No one saw Jiang Sheng quietly get up after everyone was asleep, take the bamboo basket that his mother used to pick up coal in the yard, and go to the abandoned coal mine north of Tunzi.

The place in the north between Sanlitun and Qiantang Town is deserted, where there used to be a coal mine, which was mined very deeply, and later many people died due to the collapse accident, and the coal mine had the families of the deceased all day long to make trouble to pay compensation, plus the pressure from the police station, and finally the coal mine closed down and evacuated.

After the coal mine collapsed, a bathhouse was opened in a nearby village, and because the cost of burning coal was very expensive, the bathhouse collected coal privately, using the resources of the abandoned coal mine next to it.

When some unemployed villagers saw a business opportunity, they went in droves to pick up abandoned coal mines and dig coal mines, and some people made more than 30 yuan a night. At that time, more than 30 yuan was equivalent to half a month's salary of a factory worker, so many villagers in the surrounding villages rushed to dig coal, but the bathhouse did not need so much, so the bathhouse lowered the price of coal very low, even so some old men and old ladies could also earn some pocket money.

Until a collapse accident, dozens of people died.

The collapsed coal mine has long been closed down, and the villagers who went to pick up the coal mine without permission and died without compensation, even if their family members went to the bathhouse to make trouble, they would be beaten to the ground.

Many villagers no longer dare to go to the coal mine to pick up coal blocks, because people die there every once in a while, there are always people who are in urgent need of money, and there are always people who do not hesitate to take risks, and later rumors spread that the coal mine is haunted.

Therefore, even if someone in the coal mine went to pick up coal lumps, they only picked up some nearby, and did not dare to go deep into the mine, and no one dared to go to the coal mine in the middle of the night.

Jiang Sheng was young and did not have much strength, so he ran back and forth several times throughout the night to pick up coal pieces and sell them to the bathhouse, until he had earned ten yuan before returning tired in the morning mist.

When Jiang Sheng came back, he noticed that the place he passed was the north slope behind Tunzi, where a woman had died, Zhang Guangshan had died, and Zhao Zhuang was buried.

Xiao Wu was instructed by Jiang Sheng to go to Jiang Rong, and saw that Zhao Dahai had already gone to school, and Jiang Rong was not at home, so he hesitated and walked to the town.

When I arrived at the school, the students had already gathered and left, and Xiao Wu was in a hurry, so he walked to the office, and saw that there was a female teacher inside, so he asked, "Teacher, have our second-grade students already set off?" ”

The female teacher said: "It's only been a long time since you left, and now you leave the school gate and turn left, and you can still catch up." ”

"No, I'm not going, but my sister wants to go, I thought she was at school, so I came to give her money." Xiao Wu said.

"Oh, what's your sister's name?" The female teacher asked.

"It's called Jiang Rong." Xiao Wu said.

"Jiang Rong." The female teacher said as she picked up a signed sheet from the table and found Jiang Rong's name. "The money I paid for signing up this morning has already followed the school's leading teacher."

"How can he be rich?" Xiao Wu scratched his head and muttered in a low voice.

"Are you going to pay for it?" The female teacher asked.

"No, thank you, teacher, goodbye." After Xiao Wu finished speaking, he slipped out of the school and went to his tablemate Wang Hu's house.

At noon, Xiao Wu was eating at Wang Hu's house, Wang Hu's family had a bicycle, Xiao Wu looked greedy and wanted to ride, so the two of them pushed the bicycle to find an open place with few people to start practicing, because both of them were fat, and the car at that time was a girder car, so the two of them could only pedal sideways when learning to drive.

The two fell for a day, and the skin on their elbows and knees was scratched, and they were finally able to ride a dozen meters away.

When the afternoon was about to end of school, the large group of students from the spring outing returned, Xiao Wu saw Zhao Dahai, pulled Zhao Dahai out of the team, and said: "Little landlord, you are really righteous enough, you helped Jiang Rong to pay money and didn't tell us, do you like Jiang Rong?" ”

"Zhao Dahai, return to the team for roll call!" The teacher leading the group shouted.

"Oh, here!" Zhao Dahai responded, turned back to Xiao Wu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, I'll go to stand in line first and roll call, and I'll go back later." ”

After Zhao Dahai finished speaking, he ran into the school, and Wang Hu said: "Little Wu, they will come out in a while, then I will go home first." ”

Xiao Wu said: "Tomorrow is Sunday, there will be no classes anyway, you go to my house tonight, and tomorrow you, me, Jiang Sheng and the sea will go to catch fish together." ”

Wang Hu hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go back and tell my mother." ”

After Wang Hu finished speaking, he ran to the house, and after a while, several people gathered, and on the way, Xiao Wu chased after Wang Hu and Zhao Dahai, forgetting what he wanted to ask Zhao Dahai before.

Wang Hu stayed at Xiao Wu's house at night, and early the next morning, the two of them first came to call Jiang Sheng, and then went to call Zhao Dahai, and each of the four walked to the west of Sanlitun with a basin, where there were many small rivers with fish.

Xiao Wu fell ill once because of the last time he fell into the deep pit of the diving ditch on the north slope, and then he was particularly afraid of the place where there was water, Jiang Sheng, Zhao Dahai, and Wang Hu all went into the water, and he didn't dare to go down, and everyone took off their coats and wore obscene pants when they caught fish, only Xiao Wu took himself off naked, and he was not afraid of me standing next to me.

Jiang Sheng was a little uncomfortable, looked at Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, I found out that you are an exhibitionist, can you wear a little underwear when my sister is next to you?" ”

Xiao Wu haha said: "I don't wear underwear, it's too tight, if it weren't for my mother to stop me, I would still be wearing open crotch pants." ”

"I was wearing open crotch ......pants in the second grade," Wang Hu whispered in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but get goosebumps on his body.

"Haha......" Xiao Wu laughed and turned to look at me. Jiangrong ......"

"Don't face me!" I kicked Xiao Wu in the crotch.

Xiao Wu covered his crotch and fell to the ground, ouch ouch, he looked at Jiang Sheng and said, "Jiang Sheng, your sister kicked me out, I don't care, Jiang Rong has to marry me in the future." ”

"Take it if you want it." Jiang Sheng said as he took out a large yellow eel from the river, and he threw the yellow eel to the shore.

Xiao Wu is most afraid of snakes and yellow eels, such as long insects, I excitedly mentioned the yellow eel around Xiao Wu's neck, Xiao Wu didn't care at first, and when he saw that it was a yellow eel, he was so frightened that he cried, and screamed while running.

I chased and killed Xiao Wu all the way with the yellow eel, and Jiang Sheng shouted behind me: "Jiang Rong, don't scare him, I'm scared to cry by you." ”

I squinted at Xiao Wu, and when I saw that he also stopped to look back at me, I snorted and went back to the small river where Jiang Sheng and they caught fish.

On the same day, we caught a large pot of fish and brought it to Zhao Dahai's house together, Shen A-Niang disemboweled the fish and cleaned it up, and then wrapped it in flour and fried it in peanut oil for us to eat.

At the table, Wang Hu said: "The sea, the things your mother makes are really delicious, and they look so good." ”

"Of course." Zhao Dahai's face was full of joy, and suddenly as if he remembered something, his jaw fluttered, and tears fell down his eyes.

"Did I say something wrong?" Wang Hu asked Jiang Sheng in a low voice.

Jiang Sheng made a shushing gesture towards Wang Hu, then picked up a fried noodle loach and handed it to Zhao Dahai and said, "Eat quickly, it's going to be cold in a while." ”

When Xiao Wu went home at night, he saw a pile of tickets on the table, and then he remembered that Jiang Sheng's money had forgotten to return to him, Niu Aihua asked: "Son, where did you get so much money in your pocket, did you steal your father's money?" ”

Xiao Wu said: "What's the matter, this is what Jiang Sheng asked me to pretend, and I have to return it to him tomorrow." ”

Xiao Wu put the money in his pocket and returned to his house.

When I arrived at school the next day, the classmates were all talking, and Liu Ming, who managed the classroom keys and class fees, was lying on his seat crying because the class fees had been stolen.

Xiao Wu sat in the front row by the window, with Wang Hu on the left, and Liu Ming on the left.

Liu Ming's money is less, and the first object of everyone's suspicion is naturally Wang Hu.

"Wang Hu, it can't really be the money you took, right?" A girl asked.

"I didn't take the money, don't spew blood!" Wang Hu turned his head to look at the girl and said.

"Yo, why are you dead fat talking so hard all of a sudden." The girl said.

Xiao Wu turned to look at the girl who was talking, pointed at her and said, "You'd better be careful when you speak, I don't hit a girl doesn't mean I won't beat you." ”

"What's the big deal, a nest of snakes and rats." The girl snorted and whispered. "Two pigs."

After class, Mr. Zhang learned that the class fee was stolen, and said sharply: "The class fee is a collective finance, not an individual, Liu Ming has never had a problem managing the class fee for more than a year, but someone has stolen ten yuan in the past two days, I want to ask the person who stole the money, why don't you take all the money?" ”

Mr. Zhang lectured in class for half an hour, and finally no one admitted it, he was so angry that he almost broke the bamboo ruler in his hand, and then talked to the people in the class one by one.

At the end of class, Mr. Zhang glanced meaningfully at Xiao Wu before leaving the classroom, Xiao Wu lifted the desk and scolded: ", everything depends on me!" ”

Xiao Wu touched the ten yuan in his pocket, and suddenly remembered something, so he found Zhao Dahai out.

At the back of the classroom, Xiao Wu said: "Dahai, tell me the truth, did you pay for Jiangrong's spring outing the day before yesterday?" ”

Zhao Dahai said: "No, she paid for it herself, I saw it with my own eyes, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Wu took out a wad of money from his pocket and said: "Jiang Sheng secretly went to the coal mine in the middle of the night to dig coal and earned ten yuan, let me send it to Jiang Rong early that morning to let her go on a spring outing, I thought it was the money you helped her advance, so I forgot about it, I think the class fee for our class may be Jiang Rong's ......."

Xiao Wu couldn't say anything, Zhao Dahai hesitated for a moment, and said: "I don't know if it's Jiang Rong, but do you remember when Jiang Sheng's book was torn up last year?" ”

"Remember, that old man didn't always rely on me to tear it up, and he was angry with me." Xiao Wu said with a depressed face.

Zhao Dahai leaned on Xiao Wu's ear and said, "It's Jiang Rong." ”