The days before the high school entrance examination are really full, even if the time is tight, the classmates all went to take hazy photos, one by one they all dressed up, washed a lot of them are ready to give to the classmates to leave a souvenir, and also took the graduation commemorative book just issued by the head teacher to call the good students to leave a message.

Lin Xiao is not exempt from vulgarity, there are some things to do, and he can't seem too unsociable, he spent fifteen yuan to take three styles of hazy photos, which look particularly mature, there are not many washes, and there are not many people who want to send them.

On June 16, it rained.

The rain has been raining since last night and has not stopped until early in the morning.

Lin Xiao's home is extremely quiet, get up for breakfast, or soak in rice, what is different than usual is that there are more salted eggs, Lin Xiao's favorite thing to eat is salted eggs, especially the kind that can flow oil when the yolk is peeled off, and the bad habit is that she doesn't like to eat egg whites+

She ate the egg yolk, and it was Zhao Xia who ate the egg white.

Lin Changfu was still holding Erlang's legs, still making a sound while eating.

It's like a normal family like someone else's.

Yes, it's as normal as someone else's home, this is what Lin Xiao wants, because she knows it's impossible.

Chen Li was already waiting for her at the door of her house.

As usual, the two of them went to school together, Lin Xiao sat in the back, stretched out his hand to hold an umbrella, blocked the dripping rain, and the bicycle slowly went to the school, looking quite leisurely.

"I just feel like I'm in junior high school, how did I graduate, it feels so strange." Chen Li avoided letting go of the people in front of her, and said with a slight feeling, "Ah Xiao, do you want to take the first middle school exam?" ”

Lin Xiao nodded in the back, "I want to take the test." ”

"You can definitely be admitted," Chen Li said in a firm tone, "Anyway, I have already planned to go to vocational high school or technical school, I guess I may not even be able to enter an ordinary high school, the tofu head is the tofu head, no matter how hard I work, I want to ......open it anyway."

Lin Xiao really agrees with this sentence, some people are really not reading material, it's not that they don't want to read it, but they can't read it at all, Chen Li is probably like this, I didn't see that she didn't work hard, she also worked hard, but there was no way to turn hard work into an improvement in grades.

"Say what? Haven't you even taken the test yet? Lin Xiao seemed to comfort her.

"It's the same as not taking the test," Chen Li smiled without the slightest annoyance, "I have self-knowledge." ”

Lin Xiao also envied such no troubles.

Two days before the high school entrance examination, the school is on vacation, allowing students to review at home, and the afternoon before the exam is allowed to go to the school to see where their examination room is, the door of the classroom is pasted with the start and end number of the admission ticket, a classroom only sits twenty-four candidates, and each examination room has two invigilators, not teachers from the school, but people transferred from the primary school.

Yesterday she went to see the examination room, in the second classroom on the second floor, and also went to see Zhang Mingli's examination room by the way, Zhang Mingli's examination room was upstairs, and she was not assigned to the same examination room, she didn't see Zhang Mingli, she met with many classmates, and everyone else did, so she didn't see Zhang Mingli.

It wasn't like this before, she clearly remembered that Zhang Mingli was taking the high school entrance examination with her, and at the same time, the two difficult sisters and sisters got similar scores in the exam, and both entered ordinary high schools, both of them dropped out of school before finishing their first year of high school, she had no money at home to continue studying, Zhang Mingli felt that reading was too boring, and reading was useless and didn't read-

Lin Xiaozuo, I still want to study, I didn't get into the second middle school, I felt embarrassed, and then I saw that few of the classmates were admitted to the second middle school, and the female classmates who usually ranked high in the class were not admitted to the first middle school, and they cried when they saw the list, at that time, Lin Xiao and Zhang Mingli hadn't made fun of others, and they really fucked up when they thought about it, and they still made fun of others, and they didn't want to think about how many points they scored.

Holding an umbrella to enter the school, there is a "cordon" in the teaching building, which was torn open half an hour before the exam to let the students in, and now they can only stand outside and wait, waiting for the time of the high school entrance examination to approach.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the number of students standing in line outside was increasing.

It doesn't seem like the rain will stop.

Finally, the "cordon" was torn open.

Putting away her umbrella, she walked into the exam room with her head held high, the second table in the second row.

There are four courses in total, Chinese in the morning and natural science in the afternoon. There are two more classes tomorrow, math and English; Civics, as well as history and geography, were taught long before the high school entrance examination and were not included in the overall score of the high school entrance examination.

Look at the questions, do the questions, check it again, and then use the spare time to write the essay, the essay title is "My Hometown", Lin Xiao did not hesitate at all, and wrote it handily, and there was no pressure at all in the morning-

However, when she walked out of the examination room with confidence, she saw Li Yanzhu standing there, and when she saw her coming out, she immediately ran over, "Is Mingli here?" Why didn't I see her? ”

Lin Xiao was a little surprised, "She didn't come?" ”

"It's impossible," Li Yanzhu stomped her feet anxiously, "I didn't see her, really, I saw her come out in the morning, did she take the exam?" ”

"I'm not in the same exam room as her," Lin Xiao looked up at the third floor, the students who finished the exam came out of the exam room one after another, and never saw Zhang Mingli's figure, according to Zhang Mingli's temperament, she must have handed in the paper early, and it was impossible to stay until the final handing in, "I didn't see her come to the exam room yesterday, did you really come out?" ”

Li Yanzhu was so anxious as if she was about to fall into something, with an expression that the sky was about to fall, what is she going to do, her head is broken, her head must be broken, and she won't come to the high school entrance examination, what do you think?" ”

Also, Lin Xiao is almost the same idea.

"Hey, why are you still here?"

Li Yanzhu was anxious, but although Lin Xiao was also anxious, she was not so anxious, after all, she was still a little calm, Zhang Mingli did not come to the exam by herself, it was her own choice, and when she heard Ge Dongyan coming, both of them looked back.

Zhang Mingli, who had been anxious for a long time, was standing beside Ge Dongyan.

"Zhang Mingli, did you take the exam?" Li Yanzhu hurriedly ran over, "Why don't you see you?" ”

"She was in the same examination room with me, and she was escorted in by their homeroom teacher," Ge Dongyan rolled her eyes at Zhang Mingli, "I'm going to die laughing, it's just her, she is still hiding in the commissary outside the school and refuses to come in for the exam, saying that if she doesn't study, she will go out to earn money......"

"What, isn't it good to make money?" Zhang Mingli pursed her lips and looked disapproving, "I'm going to Shanghai, have you ever been to Shanghai?" It's all because the teacher has to let me take the exam, what's so great about the exam! ”

Hearing that Lin Xiao wanted to laugh, she was really afraid that Zhang Mingli didn't come, she hadn't seen Zhang Mingli in the morning, she really thought that Zhang Mingli didn't come, but fortunately she came to take the test, "Others asked you what your academic qualifications were, did you say that you didn't graduate from junior high school?" I haven't been to Shanghai, it's a big place, what can a person like you do who hasn't graduated from junior high school? ”

"I can't do anything," Zhang Mingli rolled her eyes angrily, her legs were still shaking, "Besides, it's a restaurant opened by our relatives there, can I still be bad?" ”

"Serve the plates?" Lin Xiao stabbed her.

This so-called relative's restaurant, she has heard before, their town is mainly fishing, there are people who go out to open a restaurant, in the name of this town to open a restaurant, every year there are many young girls to work there, are to do the work of waitresses, with whom they are relatives.

Zhang Mingli glared at her.

She was not afraid, and instead glared back, not intending to admit defeat at all.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Yanzhu saw that the atmosphere was not right, so she quickly squeezed between the two people, trying to separate the two people, "You two have been weird recently, have you quarreled?" ”

"Not really!" Zhang Mingli immediately blurted out, and when the words came out, her face was a little unbearable, she glanced at Lin Xiao quickly, and turned her head, "I didn't quarrel with her!" ”

Lin Xiao smiled.

didn't say much, in fact, I was relieved, fortunately it wasn't really not that I didn't come, but just a false alarm.

"It's good if you don't quarrel, it's good if you don't quarrel," Li Yanzhu also breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that the two of them would not be good, and she and Dongyan were quite embarrassed to be sandwiched between the two of them, "Let's go, let's go home and eat." ”

Zhang Mingli hesitated for a moment, took out something from the paper bag she was carrying and handed it to Lin Xiao, her tone was quite stiff, "Oh, it's for you." ”

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to open it, she dragged Li Yanzhu and ran away, and did not forget to pull Ge Dongyan.

Lin Xiao was stuffed with something inexplicably, and when he looked down, it was a thin envelope, which seemed to have something in it, and when he took it out, he found that it was a photo, Zhang Mingli was wearing a white shirt, white trousers, her hair was tied up, and she put a little light makeup on her face, and she posed in an extremely chic posture.

A commemorative photo?

Lin Xiaoxiao smiled heartily, yes, she still has a few at home, and she will also bring them to Zhang Mingli in the afternoon, no matter what happens in the future, at least at this moment, she is still grateful to the head teacher for arresting Zhang Mingli back for the exam.

The afternoon exam was even more complete, and Lin Xiao handed in the paper with confidence.

The next day's exam, it was still the same.

After the exam, take a thorough rest.

The results will be known in a week.

Lin Xiao basically didn't do anything, she watched TV at home, Hong Kong films were in charge, the plot had long been familiar with it, and the 14-inch black-and-white TV still made her watch it with relish.

When it was her leisurely appearance, her sister Lin Jie couldn't look at it.

"Is it overestimated?" Lin Jie herself was admitted to the second middle school that year, and only twelve of them were admitted to the key class of the second middle school that year, looking at her sister's appearance, she was still a little worried, "How many middle schools can I enter?" ”

Lin Xiao moved his body, regardless of the protest sound of the spring bed under his body, "Enter the first middle school." ”

"Sure?" Lin Jie didn't see the score, and she couldn't rest assured, "Are you really sure?" ”

Lin Xiao simply sat up, "Of course, of course I'm sure." ”

"What about your classmate Zhang Mingli, how did you do in the exam?" Lin Jie asked about her classmates.

"It's not good," Lin Xiao replied thoughtfully, "Sister, if I take the first middle school and then study in the second middle school, will your school be able to get free tuition?" ”

"There is such a thing," Lin Jie subconsciously replied, before she answered, she suddenly understood, her eyes were full of some complexity, "Do you want to study in the second middle school?" One middle school will be better! ”

"If you take the first middle school exam, you have to have the money to study!" Lin Xiao didn't hide her clarity about the family in front of her sister, "Do you think the family has the money to study for me?" ”

Lin Jie turned her head-

It's not okay to let her not study, and it's not okay to let her sister not study, but can the family really afford the tuition for two people? That's why her sister wants to go to the second middle school and can she be free of tuition?

She felt bitter in her heart for her sister's thoughts, and she couldn't hold it down, the family really had no money, and there was a □□ Lin Changfu here, which made people feel that this family was hopeless for a lifetime!

"That's it!" Lin Xiao clapped his hands, as if he had seen everything.

Lin Jie looked at Lin Xiao, who was shorter than herself, and for the first time felt that she didn't know when Lin Xiao's thoughts had stood farther away than her, and she could see it more clearly than her.

Zhao Xia went out to buy groceries, and she was more worried than ever.

The youngest daughter is happy to study.

Studying costs money, she naturally knows, and the registration fee is enough to worry her, the eldest daughter's tuition fee for the next semester is almost more than 1,000 yuan, and the younger daughter almost wants this, the tuition fees of the two daughters can add up to crush her shoulders, and the money on hand is really a drop in the bucket-

This is just the tuition fee, as well as the living expenses, others give a minimum of 100, and the one she gives to her eldest daughter is only ten yuan a week, which is usually enough to be tight, or tell the younger daughter not to read it?

As soon as this thought flashed through her head, she quickly tried to squeeze this thought out of her head, both daughters are the same, why can this be read, this can't be read? She really can't do such a thing, and she has to ask her two daughters to study if she grits her teeth.

Or would she go and find two younger sisters and two younger brothers?

As soon as Zhao Xia had this idea, she didn't go to the door immediately, she has always been poor, and she was not embarrassed to go to her younger siblings' homes, for fear that her younger siblings would think that she came to fight the autumn breeze, which was also thanks to Lin Changfu, he took her brother's fish money to gamble several times, so that she couldn't raise her head in front of her younger siblings.

As soon as she came to the door like this, saying that the two of them couldn't even earn the tuition fees of her two daughters, Zhao Xia felt bad when she thought about it, very bad, she felt that she couldn't raise her head in front of her younger siblings, and she was going to ......

Until the end, she can't take a step after all.

Originally, she came out to buy vegetables, but this trance made her uncomfortable, not only afraid that her little daughter would not do well in the exam, but also afraid that she would get good results, so she simply picked a handful of water spinach, bought a few razor clams and planned to fry a plate to eat, and then bought a circle of winter melon and a few green onions, and went home.

As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard what the two sisters said, and her heart was immediately mixed, but she walked into the house as if she hadn't heard it, "It's all up." ”

"Hmm." Lin Xiao replied lightly.

Lin Jie lay back in the bed, "I'll sleep for a while." ”

It doesn't seem like there's anything to say.

Zhao Xia didn't know what to say, and she had a heavy heart in her heart, which made her feel sorry for her two daughters, unable to provide for the two of them to study, and their uncompetitive father was all pressed on her-

"Will you peel the shrimp tomorrow?" Zhao Xia asked.

"Go." Lin Xiao did not hesitate.

Lin Jie also nodded.

You have to get up early to peel shrimp, otherwise there will be no seats.

Zhao Xia woke up at half past four, cooked rice, and called her two daughters up, Lin Changfu was still asleep, their movements did not wake up the sleeping Lin Changfu at all, seeing the two daughters who were already taller than her, Zhao Xia was really relieved and sad-

But there is no way to do it.

She didn't have much ability, so she could only rely on her labor to eat.

The mother and daughter each brought a small bench, it was really a small bench, a simple small bench put together by several wooden boards, at five o'clock, the sky was already very bright, and there were people who went to peel shrimp on the road, and they were a little surprised to see Zhao Xia come out with their two daughters, but they didn't say anything.

The shrimp are piled up there, and you can't tell what it tastes like when it comes to your nose.

Lin Xiao smelled such a smell again, and couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach, so that Lin Jie didn't feel it at all, walked in directly, found a seat in the simple shed, and beckoned to Lin Xiao and Zhao Xia, and the small workers on the side shoveled several shovels of shrimp in front of them.

The mother and daughter gathered in a circle to peel the shrimp, peeling off all the shells of the shrimp, and the best way to peel off the shrimp tail was to peel out the tail of the shrimp.

At noon, I didn't bring it at all, not only did they not bring it, but the people who peeled the shrimp didn't bring it, and when it was time, someone would come to sell wheat cakes, five cents apiece, and the mother and daughter ate one by one, and the lunch was completed. At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the shrimp were all peeled, and they went directly to the person in charge to receive the cash, and after receiving the money, they left.

The mother and daughter made more than 60 yuan a day by peeling shrimp, and of course Zhao Xia peeled the most, she looked at the hands of her two daughters, and then looked at her own hands, "Tie your fingers with socks tomorrow, otherwise the skin of your hands will be broken, and it will hurt......"

There is naturally shrimp powder on the shrimp, and the shrimp shell is not smooth, the thumb and index finger are used to get rid of the shrimp tail, once or twice is fine, the number of times is more, and the skin of the skin can be thinner and thinner.

"Mom, can you keep the money for me?" Lin Jie's hand hung down at his side.

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, "Well, Mom, can you just give the money to my sister?" ”

Zhao Xia naturally knew why, the money she put away, no matter where she put it, Lin Changfu could find it, as soon as Lin Changfu found it, it was like she couldn't come back, facing her eldest daughter's eyes, she didn't have much confidence in her heart, and she still handed Lin Jie the money she earned today, "You take it well, don't put it indiscriminately." ”

Can Lin Jie be left indiscriminately?

No, she has a passbook, which is specially opened for her sister, and can only be withdrawn with a password.

After peeling the shrimp for three days, the two sisters really couldn't bear it, their fingers were red, not to mention, they would feel a fart/pain when they saw the small bench, the three of them went out to earn money, Lin Changfu was also obedient, cooking at home every day, and the fish business was not done every day.

"Let's look at the results tomorrow, don't go tomorrow morning," Zhao Xia drank winter melon soup and instructed her two daughters, "I'll go with your little aunt tomorrow." ”

Lin Jie's fingers were very red, and there was a layer of ointment on them, which smelled like her, she looked sideways at Lin Xiao, she was the same, frowning, thinking of money, she still felt that it was not worth it, rich people earn money by money, and people without money rely on people to earn money, like their family, no matter how hard they work, they earn meager hard money.

But she didn't want to think about it too much, so she went to bed early after eating, and Lin Xiao did the same.

The day has finally come for the results to be announced.

The results were posted at the door of the teacher's office, and before Lin Xiao walked over, she had already seen many classmates turn their heads and look at her in surprise, not only surprised, but also envious, and even jealous, as she approached step by step, the classmates all got out of the way, and she actually stood in the middle to see the results.

In the high school entrance examination with a total score of 600 points, she scored 560 points.

Five points lower than their classmates with the best grades in school, second in their class, and a proper first high school!

She was more excited than ever, but she didn't show it.

A total of ten students from the two key classes have entered the first middle school, which is probably the best result in the history of their junior high school, and the students who entered the second and third middle schools have also broken the past records.

As for Zhang Mingli, she took a look, and it was still the same as in her previous life, she could only enter an ordinary high school according to her scores.

She took a deep breath and went back to the classroom to fill out the volunteers.

The head teacher was already there.

"Hello teacher." She greeted the head teacher with a bit of respect.

The head teacher really didn't expect Lin School to do so well in the exam, which was completely unexpected by her, "Have you ever thought about going to the second middle school?" ”

Lin Xiao has been waiting for this, and looked at the head teacher suspiciously, "Did I pass the first score?" ”

"Go to the second middle school," the head teacher persuaded her, "the second middle school can exempt you from tuition for three years, and if you have good grades, you can also get a scholarship, think about the conditions at home?" ”

"Can you really avoid it?" She looked at the head teacher with hope.

The head teacher smiled, "I can't coax you, last night the people from their admissions office called me and wanted to call you to go to the second middle school." ”

Lin Xiao took the volunteer form and wanted to write down the county No. 2 Middle School on the volunteer form, but he bit the pen hesitantly, "Teacher, can it really work?" ”

The head teacher patted her on the shoulder, "In the first middle school, your grades are not necessarily very good, in the second middle school, it is considered to be excellent, if you work harder, who can compete with you for a scholarship?" ”

Under the "persuasion" of the head teacher, Lin School's first choice was County No. 2 Middle School.

After filling in the volunteers, she was relaxed and planned to go home, as for what those classmates said about the graduation ceremony or something, she was not interested at all, not the graduation ceremony held by the school, but the graduation ceremony organized by the classmates in private, everyone contributed money to get together and find a place to have fun!

Passing by the Xincheng community, she also subconsciously glanced at Gu Dandan's side-

Gu Jingsheng stood at the window.