The people in the mountains are not like the people in the city, they live in abundance, have good medical conditions, live in the isolated mountains all the year round, sometimes there are no people for four or five miles before and after a family, and everyone is used to following the tradition and believing in gods and ghosts.

For example, there are mountain gods, land, Wong Tai Sin (fox fairy), Shiji Niangniang, no matter how tall and big the tree grows, it will not move. Therefore, where there are these small temples, there are usually ancient trees towering to the sky and sheltering the sun.

There is a mountain temple in Jizi Ao, the small temple is not big, it is half a person high, but the radius of dozens of meters is full of ancient pines and giant cypresses that two people hug. On the pine and cypress branches that are not high above the ground, there are hundreds of red cloth strips, which are all the proof of the mountain boys worshipping the mountain god as their stepfather (mountain customs, hoping to be blessed by the gods).

There is a small stone lawn in front of the temple where there is often some incense, and there is a mountain spring that does not dry up all the year round, and the bubbling spring water accumulates into a small pool, and the water and grass are clear to the bottom. There is also a small bamboo spoon on the stone slab by the pond, some small ailments of the mountain people, often come here to burn the pillar incense and drink some spring water, it is said that most of them will be cured without medicine very effective.

In the past, when the big dog took everyone to school, he would also rest here, and Li Jiaming also followed, stopping in front of the Xiaoshan Temple and letting everyone drink saliva and rest. The mountain road is difficult to walk, not to mention that they are still teenagers, and the oldest is only fourteen years old.

"Stepmaster (Bodhisattva) bless", seeing that except for himself and Mao Tong's leather man, everyone else arched their hands when they passed by the temple, and Li Jiaming also hurriedly turned around and arched his hands, so he went to drink water. Since inexplicably returning to the present, Li Jiaming also feels that it is better to respect the gods and ghosts.

After drinking some cool mountain spring water, sitting on the shady stone lawn, looking at the giant pines and ancient cypresses, Li Jiaming was very comfortable. Mao Tong, who had finished drinking water behind Li Jiaming, took more than a dozen steps and made several steps, leaned in front of him and whispered: "Jiaming, do you really have a way to let me go to junior high school? ”

"Don't worry, I just say yes. Hey, don't you like to read?"

Mao Yan smiled and flattered: "Hey, hey, do you really think I'm stupid? How good it is to read, as long as you are studying, don't do things, do you think it's quite comfortable to do things under the big sun?"

Honestly, this is the big truth!

If the adults say that if you don't study, you can do nothing, it is estimated that the school will be empty immediately, and only Li Jiaming will be left in class alone.

At present, the junior high schools in the township only take the examination for a small technical secondary school every other year, and every year they take the examination for three or four key high schools, five or six ordinary high schools, and several vocational high schools. In addition to those who go to study in small secondary schools, those who go to the county to study in high school, and finally can take two or three college exams every year, that is, they are very lucky!

If you don't go to work outside now, most of the better factories require junior high school graduates, and these mountain boys and girls are estimated to be sent by their families after they finish elementary school, as long as they can count money and write their names.

Seeing that Li Jiaming was just smiling and not talking, and Mao Tong, who didn't want to study and didn't want to go home to help with things, was anxious, and thought that he looked down on himself, and pointed to the three girls and girls who were scattered in the small stone flat and said, "Really, don't believe you ask them, is there one who really wants to study?"

Li Jiaming didn't need to ask to know, but Jin Mei, who went to school to enlighten her uncle's family, that is, the little playmates of Manmei and Wenmei, blushed and plucked up the courage to say: "Brother Jiaming, I want to study." ”

Everyone looked at this little little girl in amazement, she hadn't read yet, she didn't know the pain of reading, she thought it was fun to walk so far every day, right?

Li Jiaming also felt very strange, this golden girl was 'grown up' by him, she has always been relatively timid, and she can't compare with the bold girl like Manmei, how can she be bold today.

"Jin Mei come over and tell me, do you really want to study?"

"Oh", the timid Jin Mei came over, squatted in front of him, her little face flushed, and whispered: "Man Mei said that you and Sister Zhonghua said that as long as you can read, you can eat the best food and wear the best clothes in the future, just like on TV." ”

"Hahaha, do you think you can be admitted to a small secondary school or a university?"

Mao Tong's ridicule caused a burst of laughter under the tree, which made Jin Mei, who had already mustered up courage, want to cry in shame.

", you don't have the ambition yourself, and you still have the face to laugh at others?"

Li Jiaming punched Mao Yan the shoulder, knocking him down on the stone slab, and the small stone flat was immediately silent. Mao Tong, who felt that he had been shaved face, wanted to turn his face when he got up, but when he thought of the temptation of going to the countryside to study in junior high school and Li Jiaming's eyes when he was beaten, he smiled and sat next to him again.

Yes, this guy isn't too stupid!

Li Jiaming said secretly, pulled the squatting Jin Mei to sit down, and said gently: "Jin Mei, do you really want to study? It's very bitter, it's a sunny day now, if you encounter snow and rain in winter and spring, you will be covered in mud in the school, and you will shiver with cold! Not to mention junior high school and high school, you see my eldest brother and second brother, every time I come back, I lose weight." ”

"I, I", Jin Mei stammered a few times, and the delicious and good-looking clothes on TV still made her whisper: "I'm not afraid! Brother Jiaming, I want to study with you like Sister Man Hua and Sister Wen." ”

I understand, this little little girl plays with Manmei and Little Sister every day. The little guy who is full of sisters is afraid that she is afraid of death, and she has been beaten a few times, nine times out of ten she will provoke the ridicule of her friends, in order to get back her childish face, she must have bragged in front of this little bit.

Jin Mei, a seven-year-old little girl, will definitely go home and talk to adults when she hears her friends' bragging. Uncle Chuan Zu and Aunt Cha Ju will echo the cowhide of the full sister in order for the child to study seriously, saying that as long as they can read, they will be able to eat, dress and play well in the future.

Don't talk about this little thing, I guess my little cousin thinks the same way. The little guy who has three sisters on it, eats tightly with her when she is young, and wears new clothes tightly with her, and has long developed a squeamish spirit of wanting to eat the best food, wear the best clothes, and play the most fun. She bragged a few more times, not only deceived others but also deceived herself, plus the eldest sister coaxed her, she definitely thought that as long as she followed her to study hard, she would be able to eat better food and wear more beautiful clothes in the future.

What about the little sister? She has been well-behaved since she was a child, and she doesn't believe what others say? Manmei asked her to ignore herself, and she really ignored herself in front of the young lady, and avoided Manmei before kissing her in front of her for a while.

However, Li Jiaming didn't think that Uncle Chuan's uncle and eldest sister were wrong, if they studied seriously, they wouldn't even get the least reward, so what kind of broken books would they read? Monsters like the fourth brother are called monsters because they have a kind of heartfelt fanaticism for knowledge. For mortals like yourself, don't join in that kind of fun!

"Okay, as long as you endure hardships and are not afraid of being beaten, you will study with your brother in the future. ”

"Hey", Jin Mei, who was so ashamed that she almost cried just now, immediately became happy, as if she had been admitted to the school and could eat the best food and wear the best clothes.

Seeing that Jin Mei was so happy, the softest place in Li Jiaming's heart was touched, thinking of his little sister and full sister, and then looking at the cousins sitting around, they were all his cousins, and simply said: "Do you want to study with me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jiaming added, "Ugly words are ahead, those who are not serious will be beaten, and those who are not obedient will be beaten." ”

The fine dog and Gui Mei (Mao Yan's sister) also wanted to agree, but after listening to Li Jiaming's second sentence, they immediately shut up. These days, as long as Sister Man and Sister Wen are playful, go back a little late, and let Li Jiaming find them, they will be two small bamboo tips for one person, and the two of them will scream and cry out in pain. If you do your homework or something wrong, you will be beaten to the ground, and you will study with your brother who beats people like that, isn't it stupid?

Seeing that no one was willing, Li Jiaming sighed, this gang of girls and girls is still too stupid. If you can always have a strict teacher like Teacher Wang, you will definitely not only take three exams.

Forget it, foreigners say it well - 'The strong save themselves, the saints cross people', and those who can think of saving themselves in adversity are the real strong. Since they don't want to save themselves, they don't want to be strong, and they don't need to be saints, so when these cousins and sisters are in trouble in the future, they can stretch out more hands.

It is really hard for children in the mountains to study, and the current high school entrance examination and college entrance examination acceptance rate is so low, so that the vast majority of children have already given up their unrealistic college dreams.