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By the time I got back to school, it was already dark, and it was already past dinner time in the cafeteria. Zhong Shan insisted that Wang Zhongshu and Li Zhan eat wontons and fried buns at the wonton shop at the school gate to express his apologies for dragging the team back.

After dinner, they returned to the five houses, took a cold shower, and the three of them got into their respective beds and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Zhong Shan was woken up by a violent intestinal twist, rushed into the bathroom, and pulled up. In the second half of the night, the fever began again.

In the morning, Wang Zhongshu called him to get up, and Zhong Shan said in a daze: "Go ahead, I'm afraid I won't be able to go today, and my muscles and bones hurt all over my body." Wang Zhongshu said: "It's okay, the steel starts to do manual work, and it is natural to feel unwell, so you can rest for two days, and then do it after resting." ”

When it was almost noon, the diarrhea stopped, but the high fever still did not go away. Zhong Shan got up and came to the school hospital. The doctor took his temperature and asked him about his diet and daily life. Knowing that he went to the dock to work as a porter the day before and came back in the evening and took a cold shower, the middle-aged female doctor looked at this student baby of about the same age as her daughter with pity, and said distressedly: "You children, go to the dock to work as a coolie on this hot day, and make money and die!" It should be that I sweated too much and didn't replenish it in time, and I was dehydrated. "I was prescribed a drip to supplement normal saline, and an anti-inflammatory drug for enteritis. And he said, "My daughter is a pampered master, and if I could have half of your spirit of hardship, I would die of joy." Receiving the pity and praise of the female doctor, Zhong Shan was secretly proud in his heart.

Zhong Shan went back to the dormitory to lie down after hanging up the drip, and in the evening, the fever subsided, and there was a feeling of hunger in his stomach, so he got up from the bed and went to the cafeteria to eat dinner, the joints and muscles of his body were still painful, and he was lightheaded when he walked.

This sub-health state lasted for nearly a week, and the pain in Zhong Shan's body slowly decreased, and his body gradually regained his strength. This week, Wang Zhongshu and Li Zhan went to the dock every day to look for work, Zhong Shan knew that on such a hot day, it was not easy to find temporary workers on the dock, and it should not be difficult for them to find work, and they must have obtained a considerable income. Zhong Shan secretly made up his mind that after this week, his body was almost recovered, so he would go to the dock with them again, and he would definitely not be a deserter.

On Sunday, Zhong Shan went to the mailbox in the class to pick up the letter and received a letter from his father and a remittance slip of 100 yuan. The letter was nothing more than telling him to eat well, rest well, and pay attention to his body, saying that he was afraid that he would not have enough money to participate in social practice activities, so he deliberately remitted another 100 yuan, and if it was not enough, he could write a letter to his family to ask for it.

In the face of his father's letters and remittances, Zhong Shan's first reaction was not to be grateful or elated, but to be both irritable and indignant, for the unjust fate endured by Wang Zhongshu and Li Zhan, two classmates who were two years younger than him and shorter than himself, and faintly for his unknown life experience, although he had no worries about food and clothing.

Back at 405, he spread out the letter and wrote a reply letter to his family, telling his parents that the letter and the money sent had been received, because there were a lot of social practice arrangements, so he would not write to his family for a long time, and said firmly that the money was absolutely enough, and he should not send it again.

The next Monday morning, without waiting for Wang Zhongshu to call, Zhong Shan got up early, washed his face and brushed his teeth, first went to the next bedroom to wake up Li Zhan, and called Wang Zhongshu again when he came back. Zhongshu smiled: "Boss, you have been reborn after this illness, not only are you lazy in bed, but you can still call early." The three big boys came to the cafeteria with a smile, had breakfast, prepared lunch, and then went back to the dormitory and rushed to the dock.

Or the set of procedures for handing over with the beard, today is carrying urea fertilizer, a bag of 100 pounds, the beard helped them borrow a small wheelbarrow, six bags at a time, one person in the back push, two people in front of the drag, three people with labor, more reflects the collective strength.

Today is not as tired as last time, Zhong Shan actually flashed the famous "Dock Worker Song" composed by Tian Han and Nie Er in his mind, and couldn't help singing it, Wang Zhongshu and Li Zhan also sang along: "From the court to the night/From the night to the court/The eyes are foggy/The bones are about to fall apart/Where to move/Where to move......" Singing and working to the rhythm, I didn't feel so tired.

At noon, Zhong Shan, like the two classmates, ate steamed buns and drank water, and continued to work after a short break. Before four o'clock in the afternoon, the day's work tasks were all completed. Today's salary is 8 yuan per person, and the nonsense is to give a few yuan to the person who borrows the car, and tomorrow if the car is idle, it can be used.

On the way back to campus, the three of them hummed Ye Jiaxiu's "Returning from the Sunset": "I saw you at the end of the sunset from afar/Wearing a fine flower umbrella/The evening breeze scattered your long hair/Half-hid your blushing face."

I'm like a tired sail / Wobbly paddling to your high arms / The sky has an urgent call echoing / Is it still unharmed after kissing goodbye......"

At this time, the setting sun was dyeing the campus of Jiangcheng University into a golden yellow, and the buildings, trees, flowers, and the high-spirited faces of the three young people were all gilded with a layer of gold.

During the summer vacation, Zhong Shan and two classmates went to the dock to work as porters, and they had a huge income of 170 yuan, which was enough for their living expenses for three months. For more than a month, a layer of skin was peeled off on his body, and his face was tanned and red. After the start of school, in the eyes of his classmates, Zhong Shan's whole person looked much stronger than in the past.