Chapter 150: College Entrance Examination Day
Just after six o'clock in the morning, I hurriedly got up and began to prepare breakfast for Yangyang, today is the college entrance examination day, in this important day that may change the fate of his life, I am responsible for making every meal for him, so that he can be full of energy to participate in this national exam. I made millet porridge, boiled eggs and steamed steamed buns, the side dish is a plate of fried shredded potatoes, in fact, there is nothing special, it is a home-cooked meal, I think the college entrance examination meal is still light home-cooked as well, otherwise put a table of sumptuous meals up, not to mention that full food will affect his exam, and the deliberately created grand atmosphere will also invisibly increase pressure on him, and the home-cooked meal will make him feel the same today as usual, no need to be nervous, and easily go to the exam to play his level normally.
My mother-in-law got up earlier than me, and before six o'clock, she knelt alone in front of the Buddha shrine with her hands together and prayed, asking the Buddha to bless her grandson with a good score in the college entrance examination. Although I am still an atheist, I have now fully understood and accepted my mother-in-law's beliefs, in fact, worshipping Buddha is a very effective act of self-psychological comfort, it will reduce people's worries and increase people's confidence, and will calm people's hearts and face various things calmly. Sometimes, at my mother-in-law's request, I would put incense sticks in front of the shrine to make my mother-in-law happy or to express my blessings to my loved ones.
Yangyang's examination room is not at his alma mater, but in another middle school, not far from home, just a ten-minute walk. Although Yang Yang said early in the morning that we didn't need to send him, his father and I still followed him out with him, and we had to make sure that he arrived at the exam room smoothly on the way. All three of us went on foot, as walking is the best way to avoid traffic jams.
Although there are traffic police officers on duty for the college entrance examination along the way directing traffic, the road leading to the examination room is still very congested, and the private cars that send children to the examination are one after another, stopping and stopping, and the speed is not as fast as pedestrians. When we walked outside the examination room, we saw two ambulances parked outside the examination room, and a number of volunteers set up a service point to provide free mineral water for candidates, but the most striking thing was the huge group of parents accompanying the examination, probably no more than Chinese parents pay as much attention to the college entrance examination, they put down their work and crowded outside the examination room, encouraging and accompanying the children who are taking the exam inside. However, Lu Tao and I waited for Yangyang to walk into the examination room and then returned, and we didn't want to block the school gate outside the scorching sun, let alone add trouble to the traffic police.
As soon as I came back from the exam room, I started to prepare lunch, which was also simple, the main food was rice, and the side dishes were stewed pork ribs with potatoes and cold noodles, which are also Yangyang's favorite food. After the meal was ready, Lu Tao and I walked on the road again to pick up Yangyang and come back. As soon as we walked outside the door of the examination room, Yang Yang had already come out of it, and when I saw his relaxed face, I asked him with a smile:
"How's it going?"
"Well, I've answered every question, and I feel pretty good, and the questions aren't very difficult. Yang Yang said.
"It's good to be able to do all the questions. Lu Tao on the side also encouraged his son.
At this time, we suddenly saw a girl running past us crying, and the person who looked like her mother was chasing after her, shouting: "It doesn't matter, if you don't pass the exam, you will have another year of tutoring!"
Seeing this scene, I always feel that it is not a good feeling, when can children understand that the college entrance examination is just one of the many opportunities, and understand that a good chef is no worse than a doctor.
But as soon as we arrived at the door, we saw Liu Jia following behind us panting and climbed up from downstairs of my house, I was a little surprised to see her like this, today is the college entrance examination day, she is not at home to cook for Kai Kai, what are you doing at my house? When our family looked at her suspiciously, she stepped forward and grabbed Yang Yang's arm and asked eagerly:
"Yangyang, have you seen Kaikai?"
"Kaikai? No, I didn't see him. Yang Yang shook his head and said.
"What's the matter, you didn't get Kaikai?" I asked her.
"Yes, all the students in the examination room are gone, and I haven't seen Kaikai. Liu Jia said anxiously.
"Kai Kai may have gone home. "I didn't think there would be any problems, I thought it must be that they must have staggered mother and son.
"I didn't go home, I just went home and saw it!" Liu Jia said.
"It's going to be fine, you can go home now. Lu Tao said unhurriedly when he heard this.
"Okay, I'll go home and have a look. Although Liu Jia hesitated, she felt that Lu Tao's words were also reasonable, so she turned around and ran downstairs to go home.
At the dinner table, Lu Tao sighed that it was not easy for Liu Jia to take care of the children alone, and recalling the happy life of their family when Kai Kai and his father were alive, made him sigh even more. Of course, I have always sympathized with Liu Jia, especially seeing that she is not communicating well with her son now, and I am worried about her. Although we have been helping her for many years, we have not been able to help their mother and son find their original happiness. The world is like this, there are sorrows and joys, but fortunately, Kai Kai has grown up, and the lives of their mother and son should be better soon. But just halfway through our meal, Liu Jia called, only to hear her crying on the phone and saying that Kai Kai still hadn't come home! Lu Tao couldn't sit still when he heard this, put down the bowl and said that he was going to help Liu Jia find the child, I nodded in agreement, and reminded him to drive in the car to find it.
After Yang Yang had eaten, I asked him to go to bed and rest, while I sat in the living room, reading a book and waiting for the time, I had to wake him up at half past one in the afternoon. During this period, I called Lu Tao twice, and the answer I got was that I hadn't found Kaikai yet, and there was no news of Kaikai until I woke Yang Yang up and was about to send him to the examination room.
"Did Kai Kai find it?" Yang Yang also asked worriedly before going out.
"Not yet. I said. But in order not to worry Yangyang, I continued: "Maybe Kaikai and his classmates went out to eat at noon, maybe he has gone to the exam room now." ”
"Then why didn't he tell his mother?" Yangyang was still not at ease.
"He doesn't have a cell phone, so he can't make calls. I tried to explain.
"You can borrow someone else's phone to call. Yang Yang still couldn't figure it out.
"Let's go to the exam room and have a look. I concluded.
When Yangyang and I walked to the door of the examination room, we heard someone crying in the crowd, I took a closer look and saw Liu Jia squatting on the ground with her hair messy and tears on her face, crying non-stop, and Lu Tao kept persuading her on the side.
"Still haven't found it yet?" I asked Lu Tao.
Lu Tao didn't speak, just nodded at me.
"Do you want to call the police?" I reminded Lu Tao.
"The police have been called. Lu Tao whispered.
I turned around and saw that Yang Yang was still standing beside us, and quickly pushed him and let him enter the examination room.
Until the opening bell rang and the door of the examination room was closed, everyone did not see Kaikai. At this time, Lu Tao explained the situation to the staff in the examination room, and asked the staff to go to the examination room where Kai Kai was to confirm, and after a while, the confirmation result was that Kai Kai did not take the college entrance examination at all today! Liu Jia stopped crying when she heard the news, and asked the staff with her eyes glaring:
"Kai Kai didn't walk into the exam room today?"
"Yes," the staff member replied.
At this time, Liu Jia looked at me and Lu Tao, then looked around, and asked again with a blank expression
"Kai Kai didn't enter the exam room?"
"Let's go ask the police and see if they find Kaikai. I said to Liu Jia as I picked her up and walked in the direction of the Public Security Bureau. But just after taking a few steps, Liu Jia suddenly leaned forward and fainted to the ground. At this time, Lu Tao and I panicked, and quickly called 120 to send her to this hospital. You must know how many years, Liu Jia is hoping that Kaikai can be admitted to a good university, who would have thought that on the day of the college entrance examination, her son would disappear!
Liu Jia woke up quickly in the hospital, as soon as she opened her eyes, she ignored the doctor's dissuasion, insisted on leaving the hospital to find her son, and Lu Tao and I had to accompany Liu Jia to look for Kai Kai on the street, we went to the library where Kai Kai frequented, and also contacted several friends of Kai Kai, and also went to Kai Kai's father's cemetery, but we didn't get any news of Kai Kai. At six o'clock in the afternoon, the police called, saying that they had found out that Kai Kai had taken the train to Beijing, and had contacted the conductor to tell them that Kai Kai would call his mother to explain the situation. After getting this happy news, Lu Tao and I accompanied Liu Jia back to our home and waited for Kaikai's call. But we waited until more than eight o'clock in the evening, and we didn't receive a call from Kai Kai, and finally the police called, saying that Kai Kai had left a note on the desk and asked Liu Jia to find it. After hearing this, Liu Jia hurriedly came to Kaikai's desk, and sure enough, she saw a piece of paper on the desk, picked it up and looked at it, only to see that it was written:
Mom, please forgive me for saying goodbye, I feel that I can't get into the key university you want, and besides, going to college is not my ideal, I just want to open a coffee house and live a dull life in the future. I'm gone, I'll earn my money back, don't worry about me.
Unfilial son: Wu Kai
Seeing Kaikai's message, everyone was stunned.
The next day's exam was for Yang Yang alone, and Lu Tao and I had been accompanying Liu Jia, and her spirit was about to collapse!