After careful consideration, Sangou's father decided to let Sangou go to middle school in the county town, which was a big news in a small mountain village, and it was already news that Sangou could be admitted.

The people in the village think that this is too much of a waste of money, and it may not be able to afford it, and it is simply not the normal practice of the peasant family to put a small laborer who does not work and still put money in it to support him.

Sangou's father ignored the gossip of these idlers, and personally walked dozens of miles with Sangou carrying rice and bedding to Xishan Middle School to report, such a long way, it is impossible to go home every day.

Therefore, if you want to live in the school, you have to bring a futon, and as for the rice, it is given to the school cafeteria, exchanged for a meal ticket, and eaten every day.

Along the way, I watched my son who was growing taller, but he still carried a heavy burden on his thin shoulders, sweating and sweating his back clothes, and the sweat on his face and the dust on the road were black one after another; Despite the fatigue, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

Seeing that the father of the three dogs is both relieved and sad, the child is promising, can read, and sensible, which one is unhappy to be a father? But this child was reincarnated into this poor family, and he has really suffered for so many years, and he really hasn't lived a comfortable life for a few days, and he can't help but feel ashamed and sad when he is a father.

It's okay to endure hardships when you are a child, so that you will not forget your roots when you grow up; It is better to endure hardships when you are young and enjoy happiness when you are old; No pain, no gain; These truths were heard by the three dog fathers in the drama and in the mouths of the old people, and they felt very insightful.

When the mud legs entered the city, it was the same as Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Sangou felt that there were new things everywhere, the city tower was so high, the streets were so wide, the houses on both sides were so dense, and the crowd was so numerous..... it was dizzying.

After sending the three dogs to the school, going through the enrollment procedures, finding the dormitory, making the bed, and picking the rice to the canteen for weighing, the three dogs are going home in a hurry, there is no place for parents to live in the school, although there is a hotel in the city to stay, but the three dogs are willing to spend that money, so they hurried back.

Watching Sangou send him out of the school gate, he told him to go back, no need to send it, looked back at the child, the corners of his mouth moved, and wanted to explain a few words, thinking that what should be said has already been said at home, forget it, don't say much, after looking at the child more, he turned his head and left.

Sangou looked at his father and looked at him, thinking that his father was going to say something to him, so he stopped and looked at his father, but he didn't expect his father to just look at him, so he turned his head and left without saying a word.

At this moment, Sangou wanted to raise his feet to catch up with his father, but he felt that it was unnecessary, and he didn't know what to say when he caught up, and wanted to shout to be careful on the road, but the corners of his mouth just moved, and he didn't make a sound.

Seeing his father's already somewhat rickety back, Sangou was also ashamed and distressed for a while, ashamed that he was already a fourteen-year-old guy, and he couldn't work for the family to share something with his father, but he had to take the family's money to support the family.

The distressing thing is that if I had average grades in school, I wouldn't have come here to study, so I could help my father and not make my father so tired.

Alas! Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and only by reading here can we be worthy of my father's fatigue and father's ricketism; Thinking of this, Sangou slowly returned to school.

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Mingcheng did not go to school with Sangou, but went to the city nearly half a month in advance, and lived in his grandmother's house on East Street, but his grandparents were very happy, and the golden phoenix flew out of the ravine, and he took Mingcheng to a few uncles' houses as guests, and even the neighbors invited Mingcheng to dinner.

At that time, not many people could be admitted to middle school, and this Xishan School was still the best middle school in the county, and the nephew's high school Xishan School, of course, had a bright face.

Grandpa pulled Mingcheng to test this ancient text all day long, asked the poem, in the face of the grandfather who was known as the local Confucian, Mingcheng could still cope with the past, at a young age, it was already very good, and my grandfather was naturally happy.

Grandma didn't have so many exams, so she called the kitchen all day long to think of ways to make new dishes, and kept serving dishes to Mingcheng when she ate, and her strong love was all in that one of the dishes; Maybe there's a debt to my daughter.

It's about to start school, and grandma hasn't let Mingcheng go, saying that Mingcheng will live in his grandmother's house, and come back after school every day, and it's not very far from Xishan School outside the West Gate to East Street, and if it doesn't work, buy a bicycle for Mingcheng to learn to ride.

My grandmother's family has money, and she opened a fabric and tailor shop, so she not only made several sets of new clothes for Mingcheng, but also prepared a schoolbag and pencil case. Although it was very comfortable at his grandmother's house, Mingcheng still wanted to live in the school with Sangou Shoucheng, so he repeatedly refused his grandmother's kindness.

Seeing that the child was so persistent, the grandmother didn't ask for it anymore, asked someone to prepare the bedding and mosquito nets for the school, and gave some money to exchange for meal tickets and food tickets.

Grandma repeatedly advised: "Come to grandma's house to eat whatever you want to eat, sometimes there is no need to go back to your hometown on vacation, live directly at grandma's house, grandma will leave you a separate room."

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On the day of going to the county seat to study, the clansmen fired cannons, beat gongs and drums, and sent off the glorious clan's defense of the city.

The defenders of the city rode on a tall horse, and the elders of the clan personally pulled the reins for it, leading the horses all the way to Shuikou, and several leading figures said some words, and the defenders were able to tremble on the road.

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The dormitory of the school is very simple, similar to the Chase bunk, each person has a bed board almost one meter wide, and he spreads his own bedding and hangs mosquito nets.

All the freshmen slept in a big room, and the three dogs were happy to get together again, they used to just play together often, but now they even sleep together at night, can you not be happy.

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Walking on the way to the gate of Xishan School, Sangou recalled the scene when he first enrolled three years ago, and couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth; After crossing the stone bridge at the school gate, you will arrive at the school gate, and there is a couplet hanging at the school gate: "Come to this gate, don't be promoted to make a fortune; When you go out of this door, you must have a self-cultivation and a man", banner: "Seek talents for the country".

The first time I saw this couplet, Sangou felt that it was really well written, and he had been reading it for years, if it was just for promotion and making a fortune, the pattern of that person was really too small; After many years of cold windows, it shouldn't be just such a small pursuit.

Regardless of whether it can be realized in the end, there must still be an ideal in life, and we must always stick to it, even if it is not realized at the end of our lives, we must persist until the last moment.

Many years later, Sangou was in the capital Nanjing, and happened to see such a couplet hanging at the door of the examination institute, which turned out to be a copy of the couplet of the examination institute by Xishan School.

As for whether it is copied or not, it doesn't matter anymore, the famous sayings are shared all over the world, and the heroes don't ask where they come from, not to mention the famous words of the article, if they can help the world, they don't care who said it.