"Bell ......"

The crisp bell rings far away, the sun is warm in the early summer morning, and the morning breeze has the smell of grass and trees.

"Ye Chin, where are you going?"

"I'm going to town."

On the rural road from Shangyun Village to Xiaoli Town, Ye Qin held the head of the car with one hand and supported it on the ground with his left foot, greeting two young people who were also riding bicycles.

"Ye Qin, you were admitted to the second middle school, right? Yesterday I heard that your grandfather took your admission letter and walked around the village committee for a long time. ”

The one who spoke was a tall and thin teenager riding a beautiful gearing bicycle, which was called racing in the towns and villages at this time. Next to him was a slightly shorter teenager riding a brand-new women's bicycle.

Ye Qin smiled and didn't pick up the topic, but asked the two, "Zhang Jianping, Wang Wu, where are you two going?" ”

"Go to town too." Zhang Jianping, a tall and thin boy, paused and scratched his head, "There are some things to go to school." ”

"To school?" Ye Qin was slightly surprised, everyone has graduated from junior high school, and they have been on vacation for a long time, what are you doing running to school at this time.

"Well, there's something to hide." Wang Wu on the side pursed his lips and pointed at Zhang Jianping, "His father called back and said that he wanted him to go to high school, and asked him to inquire about how much it would cost to buy a No. 1 Middle School or Sanyang Middle School?" ”

As soon as he said this, Ye Qin immediately understood.

Xiushui No. 1 Middle School and Sanyang Middle School in Sanyang Town, which has a high school, in addition to recruiting students who are admitted to the score line, there is also a high school entrance examination score that is too low and can be bought by paying extra money.

The exact amount of money Ye Qin is not clear, in short, it is a lot of money, and there are not many people who are willing to spend a lot of money every year.

"Let's go."

Ye Qin lightly stepped on his feet and stepped on the pedals of the bicycle to take the lead.

"Ye Qin, your car is so old that it is clanging, can you catch up with us?"

Zhang Jianping and Wang Wu followed to catch up, and the three of them walked in parallel, looking at Ye Qin's phoenix 28 bars, Zhang Jianping shouted with a smile.

"yes, wait a minute, you won't be able to catch up with us." Wang Wu also shouted, although his is not a racing car, but the women's bicycle is light to ride and does not take much effort.

The comparison of young people is actually the same in both urban and rural areas. Compared with Ye Qin's Phoenix brand 28 bars, the bicycles of the two are undoubtedly trendy and beautiful, and in the three years of junior high school, who should be able to have such a bicycle, not to mention becoming the focus, but it is still somewhat eye-catching.

Ye Qin's 28 bars have a history of more than ten years, and they were bought by the uncle when he was not married at home before, and some of the parts that have been painted are mottled with rust, and the back seat is wrapped in a snakeskin bag that has been washed clean.

As for the variable speed bike, Ye Qin started in the sixth grade and went to junior high school in the town. Thinking about uncle or sister-in-law, or grandpa who will really give him one, if he rides such a bicycle, the speed should be too fast.

But he himself knew that this kind of thing was always only in a dream......

The reverie in his mind flashed, and seeing Zhang Jianping and Wang Wu suddenly accelerate from their sides and ride towards the front quickly, Ye Qin suddenly laughed.

With both hands gripping the handlebars, the man arched slightly, lifted his butt off the saddle, and his whole body weight began to fall on the bicycle pedals. The 28-bar bicycle started with a heavy foot, and Ye Qin seemed to use all his strength every time.

After kicking a few feet in a row, Ye Qin's feet changed faster and faster, and the squeaking of the flywheel chain suddenly became fast and urgent.

Ringing bells, crisp bicycle bells are getting more and more crisp.

"Damn, he can fly!"

But four or five minutes later, on the winding loess road, two teenagers riding a variable speed bicycle and a brand-new women's bicycle gasped, looking at the phoenix 28 bars that clattered but quickly disappeared in front of them, and shook their heads and sighed again and again.

……

Xiaoli Town is the northernmost township in Xiushui County, today is not a day to catch the market, but the main streets in the middle of the town are still quite lively. Especially in the wet market, there are many vendors along the street, and the sound of chickens and ducks and the sounds of various vehicles and pedestrians passing through the street from time to time are intertwined.

Ye Qin cautiously rode his bicycle through the street, and soon came to a street behind the town hall.

In recent years, the town has developed quite rapidly, and this old street, which was dilapidated when Ye Qin was in the first year of junior high school, has now risen with rows of three-story buildings covered with white tiles.

There is a regular asphalt road on the ground, the first floor is a storefront, and the second and third floors are inhabited. There are still a few places in the distance that have been rebuilt under the plan after demolition, which cannot be compared with the county and the city, but they are also quite regular and can be regarded as passable.

Probably because it was still early, except for one store selling breakfast, the other roller shutters were closed tightly.

In front of the shop closest to the corner, Ye Qin jumped off his bicycle, pulled it to the side of the wall, and untied the cloth bag from the back seat of the car.

Raised his head and looked at the building in front of him, the security door next to the shutter door for people to go up to the second and third floors was hidden, and the residents upstairs had already gotten up.

Ye Qin stood in front of the door and took a light breath, and instead of pushing the door directly, he knocked on the metal panel of the security door.

"Who?" Soon a voice came from inside.

The one who opened the door was a slightly chubby middle-aged woman, who looked at Ye Qin standing outside the door, was slightly stunned, and then squeezed out a smile on her face, "Ye Qin, it's you, why are you here?" ”

"Hmm." Ye Qin nodded silently, this middle-aged woman was his stepmother Wu Fengqin, but after so many years, he couldn't stop shouting.

"There are some dried fish here, and my grandmother asked me to bring them and add a bowl of vegetables for you." Ye Qin handed over the package in his hand, followed him into the door and didn't say much.

There are many streams in Xiushui County, and these dried fish are basically Ye Qin carrying a battery along the small river ditch to electricity, and the equipment of electric fish is also simple, that is, a battery is equipped with a metal conductive rod, and then there is a net.

"Sit down, I'll pour you a glass of water."

Wu Fengqin took the package in Ye Qin's hand, and the smile on her face became a little closer.

"Don't bother." Ye Qin waved his hand, he didn't want to stay here for a long time, and said directly, "I was admitted to the second middle school, and my grandfather and grandmother are old, so I want to ask, are you willing to help me pay some tuition, and I will pay it back to you in a few years." ”

When Wu Fengqin heard the words "high school" and "tuition", the smile on her face suddenly froze, she was slightly stunned, and then laughed dryly, "Admitted to high school, first middle school or second middle school?" ”

"Second middle." Ye Qin hesitated for a moment, and replied in a low voice.

"I didn't get into the first middle school." Wu Fengqin's tone seemed to be a little more relaxed when she heard it, "Well, I'll tell your dad about that." As he spoke, he turned his head and put the dried fish given by Ye Qin into the kitchen, and instead of pouring water, he went upstairs.

"Who's coming?"

Ye Qin was just about to sit down on the stool in the living room when he heard a male voice upstairs.

Although it was upstairs and downstairs, the sound was still clearly audible, and after hearing the man's voice, Ye Qin almost subconsciously left his seat and unconsciously approached the staircase.

"It's Yechin here." Wu Fengqin's voice rang out.

"What is he doing here?" The nonchalant voice of the man upstairs sounded again.

"He was admitted to high school and came over to ask about tuition."

"Oh-" The male voice paused for a long time, as if he had been muttering for a long time, before he seemed to slow down for half a beat, "First or second?"

"One?" Wu Fengqin sighed lightly, and her voice was raised a little high, "It's good to be in the second middle school, and it's good to be in the first middle school in Xiushui, hehe, your Ye family doesn't have such a good feng shui ......."

"No. 2 Middle School doesn't seem to have much interest." The male voice didn't seem to hear Wu Fengqin's sarcasm at all, and just spoke slowly.

Xiushui No. 2 Middle School had a bad reputation in the past few years, and there was a saying that there were talented people in the county and hooligans in the second middle school, until the past two or three years have successively changed an experienced principal, vigorously rectified the atmosphere, and introduced a lot of excellent teachers from outside, which gradually improved.

However, Rao is like this, and such a bad impression cannot be changed overnight.

"What do you think?" Wu Fengqin's voice seemed to be a little complaining, "Let me tell you, Xuanxuan will be in her second year of junior high school in the second half of the year, and my salary as a primary school teacher is not enough." If you make a start, you will have to come out of high school for three years, every year. University...... University, there are no two people who can go to Xiushui No. 2 Middle School for undergraduates, Ye Qin can say this, it is high school, and there is a lot of money in the city......"

"I know, I know." The man's voice was slightly excited, "I don't have any money, and I can't pay it." There is nothing to read about in the second middle school, fifteen or sixteen people, when I was so old with him, they all earned their own food. ”

"I didn't tell you to be so desperate." Wu Fengqin listened to the man's excited words, and her tone softened a little, "I mean, give a little bit to save your relatives from looking bad." ”

"Give what you give!" The man upstairs became more and more intense, "Their grandfather, Laozi, and their brothers and sisters, have been scolding for so many years, so let them continue to scold." I don't rely on my grandmother and sister to live well in this life, and I don't expect my children to support their old age, they live theirs, I live my ......"

The sound of talking upstairs continued, but Ye Qin heard this, and he couldn't listen to it at all, standing at the top of the stairs, his hands clenched into fists, his body was tense, and the hairs on his body seemed to stand up.

The vision in front of me seemed to be a little blurry, and I was stunned, and I don't know how long I stood there.

It wasn't until the sound of clackling footsteps came down from upstairs again that Ye Qin woke up suddenly.

Wu Fengqin, who came down from upstairs, was stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Qin standing at the top of the stairs, and then smiled all over her face, and shouted in a harmonious voice: "Ye Qin, eat here at noon......

Ye Qin turned around sharply and ran directly out of the door.

"Yechin, Yechin......"

Wu Fengqin hurriedly shouted twice, and when she went out, the young man in the blue sweatshirt had already stepped on the bicycle and rode away without looking back.

……

On the way back, the sun had risen, and the yellow dirt country road was a little white from the blazing sun.

On a steep slope, Ye Qin got out of the car and wiped his face with his undershirt, his eyes were slightly red, and he didn't know if it was sweat or something else that got into his eyes.

The temperature is high, the weather is hot, but Ye Qin's body trembled slightly, and he only felt a chill all over his body.

This is the third time I went up to ask for tuition, the first two times were the first and third years of junior high school, and the two times were taken by the uncle, he was branched out, and I don't know what the uncle talked about with that person, but on the way back, the uncle's face was always not good-looking.

And this time, he heard it downstairs.

He didn't know if it was someone who said it to him on purpose, or if it was an inadvertent thought, but it didn't matter.

He remembered the serious words of his uncle before he went out to work, "Ye Qin, you have to fight for breath!" You don't have your parents to care, you still have grandparents, and uncles......"

And what my grandfather used to say to him, "As long as you can read, we will sell the house for you to study." ”

Comparing the two, looking at the man who didn't even go downstairs to show his face, Ye Qin only felt a burst of nausea.

"Ahh

Ye Qin suddenly shouted loudly on the road, and the stuffy breath that was stuck in his chest seemed to make people breathless.

"Ye Mingwang, you have the ability to live, but you don't have the ability to raise, what kind of man are you!"

"Wu Fengqin, you are an amazing elementary school teacher!!"

"I will not be looked down upon by you for the rest of my life!!"

"It's a big deal for Lao Tzu not to study, but to work !!"

"Ye Qin, you must fight for it."

The sound of the bicycle chain sneered, the gears spun fast, and on the white-sunned yellow mud road, the teenager pedaled the bicycle vigorously, sometimes venting loudly, sometimes gritting his teeth.