Although Liu Liang was sent away, the house was still full of gloomy clouds.

Deng Xiaohong was worried, glanced at her son, and asked, "Baby, where did this thousand yuan come from?" Did you save money by doing odd jobs? You go to school and go to school well, why do you have to work hard to do odd jobs? Is the body able to eat? ”

"Mom, this 1,000 yuan is my scholarship, you don't have to worry, I'm fine." Lu Tianyu hurriedly explained that although it was a lie, in order to reassure his mother, he decided not to tell the truth of the matter.

"Baby, you have grown up and become sensible." Looking at her son, Deng Xiaohong's heart suddenly warmed, although for the debt of 10,000 yuan, this 1,000 yuan is just a drop in the bucket, but it solves the urgent need of the whole family.

However, at the thought of still owing a lot of money to others, Deng Xiaohong's brows couldn't help but lock up again.

Lu Zhijun was also preoccupied, took out a pack of homemade inferior cigarettes, lit it, and took a puff helplessly, and the pungent smell suddenly filled the entire room.

In the wisps of smoke, his father's anxious face and his mother's worried eyes made Lu Tianyu's heart ache like a pinprick, "There are also nine thousand yuan of foreign debt, this is really not a small number, what should I do?" ”

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in the young man's mind, and a thought flashed through him, and he hurriedly asked: "Dad, what is the Shennong Cup Herbal Knowledge Competition, do you know what's going on?" ”

"Oh, I know." Although he didn't know why his son suddenly brought up the matter, Lu Zhijun nodded lightly.

"This competition was held since the previous year, it seems that the municipal government and some traditional Chinese medicine enterprises jointly organized, led by the Municipal Food and Drug Administration and the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the scale is not small, this year is already the third session." Lu Zhijun spat out a puff of cigarette and said in a deep voice.

"Dad, I want to sign up." A hint of resoluteness flashed across Lu Tianyu's face.

Lu Zhijun and Deng Xiaohong were stunned at the same time, and said in unison: "Baby, do you want to participate in the Shennong Cup Competition?" ”

"Well, I saw the promotional poster for the competition yesterday, which said that if you win the championship, there will be a prize of 10,000 yuan. I want to take this 10,000 yuan, which can be used to pay off debts. ”

"Baby, are you crazy? You are studying Western medicine, and this competition is all about Chinese herbal medicine, you can't do it. Lu Zhijun shook his head and said in a deep voice.

Lu Tianyu was confident, and said unhurriedly: "Dad, the time of the Shennong Cup Competition is set for the 28th day of the lunar month, and there is still a period of time before today. Besides, I don't have anything to lose by participating in the competition, and even if I don't win the championship, I don't lose face, but what if I win the championship? ”

"The child's father, let the baby try it, he has studied Western medicine for four years, it won't be too bad, right?" Deng Xiaohong persuaded on the side.

Lu Zhijun lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that what his son said made sense, and it would not hurt to give it a try, but what if it broke out into an upset?

People always have to have some dreams, what if they come true? This sentence of Xiao Ma Shu is still very tempting.

"Okay! Baby, go and participate! Lu Zhijun nodded heavily.

The registration phone number of the Shennong Cup competition, Lu Tianyu has already been stored in the phone book of his mobile phone. After dialing the phone, transferring to the manual agent, and reporting his name, ID number, contact information and other information, Lu Tianyu got a contestant number 0222, and the registration was successful.

It's just that this peculiar entry number makes someone very unhappy, am I really two? This series of twos, both horizontally and vertically, are two.

In the next few days, Lu Zhijun stopped digging herbs in the mountains, turned into a rural teacher, and began his teaching virgin (female) career, although there was only one student, he was still his own son.

I have to say that although Lu Zhijun has been digging Chinese herbal medicine for decades, and he has a lot of Chinese herbal medicine knowledge in his stomach, he just can't say it, and even if he says it, he can't explain it clearly.

After listening to the class for two days, someone felt that this was not good, so he went to Kai'an City alone and plunged into Xinhua Bookstore, which cost a whole day.

From the "Compendium of Materia Medica" to "The Original Qingyuan", from the "Handbook of Chinese Medicine Health Maintenance" to the "Illustrated Guide to the Quick Recognition of Chinese Medicine", Lu Tianyu flipped through more than a dozen books on Chinese medicine at a glance and ten lines, and its speed was comparable to a computer with eight stars and eight diamonds.

The titanium alloy eyes of the staff in the bookstore were almost blind, "This kid is here to read books?" Or do you look at the illustrations? If you want to see the illustrations, there are beautiful female body portraits over there, why doesn't he look at them? Instead, I tried to find some books on Chinese medicine, but what secrets were hidden in them? The art of double cultivation? Star-absorbing Dafa? Or is it a sunflower book? ”

The next day, Lu Tianyu continued to be stationed in the Xinhua bookstore, but at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he finished early, got on a bus, and went straight to Kai'an No. 1 Middle School.

Today is the day of Xiaomei's winter vacation, and he came to pick up Xiaomei and go home together.

Standing at the school gate, looking at the carefully decorated flower bed in the school and the statue of Confucius in front of the flower bed, Lu Tianyu couldn't help but think of his hard middle school career.

Lu Tianyu's six years of middle school were also spent in Kai'an No. 1 Middle School, and in his memory, those days always seemed to be full of endless main courses, endless exam papers, endless learning career, and a period of youth, happiness, or helplessness.

The bell rang for the end of class, waking Lu Tianyu up from the dream of reminiscing.

A group of boys and girls in black and white school uniforms carried schoolbags and hurried out of the school, everyone's face was filled with irrepressible joy and joy.

Lu Tianyu stepped aside, his eyes constantly scanning the crowd, looking for the familiar face.

After a while, the originally bustling school gate was quiet, and the students were almost gone, but Lu Tianyu did not find the little sister.

"What's going on?" Lu Tianyu became a little anxious. The last minibus to go home is still an hour away, and if they don't leave, they will have to walk home tonight.

Just when he was looking through the autumn water, a petite girl walked out of the teaching building in the distance, although the school uniform on her body was shabby, but it was very clean, carrying a big canvas schoolbag, with her head down, slowly walking towards the school gate, looking preoccupied.

"Little sister, little sister!" Lu Tianyu jumped up excitedly and kept waving his hands.

The girl raised her head, revealing a delicate little face, when she saw Lu Tianyu standing at the school gate waiting, she was suddenly stunned, and then showed surprise and shouted, "Brother? Elder brother! How did you get back? ”