At zero o'clock, the New Year's bell rang, all kinds of blessings followed, and there were a lot of dynamics in the circle of friends, and a lot of red envelopes were sent in various groups.

The rain outside the house is still very heavy, and the sky above the small town is also free of brilliant fireworks, and the small town that has already fallen asleep on weekdays still has thousands of lights at the moment, and it gradually goes out after the end of the party. Back in the room, Chen Xiaodi found a red envelope with a pattern of academic success lying on the desk, although I don't know when it appeared here, but it seems that it should be left by Bai Ye.

"So that's the extra money I received?"

"Well, in a blink of an eye, it's time for me to give New Year's money to my relatives' children."

"I'm not a child of your relative's family, you better get this money back."

"I knew you would say that, but there is no reason to return the New Year's money, so you can keep it, it's not early, rest quickly."

After Bai Ye sent this message, he turned off his mobile phone and fell asleep, he was a little tired after a long journey today, and he had to get up early tomorrow to climb the mountain. The rain on Chinese New Year's Eve slowly stopped in the second half of the night, and the sky was clear on the first morning of the new year.

Just after eight o'clock, when Chen Xiaodi's family came to Bai Ye's house, Bai's mother had already cooked sweet white wine rice balls, looking at the white rice balls that were only the size of peas, Chen Xiaodi suddenly remembered that when she was a child, there was a row of small restaurants in the roadside bungalows outside the community, and one of them sold such white wine rice balls, and at that time, their family would go there every once in a while.

Later, those bungalows were demolished, and Chen Xiaodi rarely ate such delicious white wine dumplings again, although he sometimes made them at home, but he always felt that the taste was not quite the same as in his memory. I didn't have a chance to eat it in the years when I was in college, and I only ate it once on the winter solstice in my junior or senior year.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the two families came to the high tower in the east of the city, where there were many more people than usual to climb the tower and pray for blessings, and there were many temporary stalls lined up in front of the park at the foot of the mountain, selling food and incense of various specifications.

The white stone steps are a little dazzling in the sunlight, all the way from the gate to the top of the mountain, usually you don't meet anyone, but today it is crowded. It took about half an hour to walk to the top of the mountain, and there was a huge incense burner in the square in front of the tower, which was now filled with large and small incense, and the strong smell of incense could be smelled from afar.

In the eyes of the locals, this tower is a symbol of all good meanings, there is a cushion in front of each statue here, most people will stop for a short time to pray for blessings when they pass by, Chen Xiaodi and Bai Ye followed behind the adults, walking all the way to see, Chen Xiaodi looked at those who prayed for blessings, and prayed silently in his heart, hoping that he could find a good result after a few days.

After walking for a while, several people came to the wishing pond with red carp, and the pond was full of people, and many coins were thrown from people's hands and fell into the water and white porcelain jars. The two adults searched for a long time before finally digging out a few coins from the bottom of their wallets, and one threw one into the wishing fountain.

Chen Xiaodi looked at the small white porcelain jar, and after a little brewing, she finally threw the coin out, and after crossing a beautiful parabola in the air, the coin fell steadily into the porcelain jar, which was already the second coin she threw into the porcelain jar.

Although it is the Chinese New Year, it is extremely difficult for Chen Xiaodi, the day of the score is approaching day by day, and her originally calm heart is unconsciously nervous, and she can't be calm. Chen Xiaodi sits in front of the computer every day, unable to play games, just upset and swiping dynamics, typing some text in a blank document.

In the past few days, she has dreamed every day that she is going to take exams, going to school, and other things, but it is all related to school. Chen Xiaodi didn't sleep much all night the night before the score was released, she hoped to find her score immediately, but she was afraid to know that score, she was afraid that she would fail again, and she didn't know how to face her failure.

After all, the time has come to the day of the score, Chen Xiaodi's mood is very worried, seeing that the time of the announcement is getting closer and closer, she repeatedly refreshes the query page, and finally successfully logs in after countless prompts that the query channel has not been opened, she took a deep breath and looked at the small box with her results written.

Chen Xiaodi was completely stunned just by looking at her, she failed, failed again, and failed completely. The score was very low, a little ridiculously low, and for a moment she even wondered if what she was seeing was her own grade, and she should have at least scored higher than the last time compared to the first year's review.

Chen Xiaodi sat in front of the computer in a daze and looked at the scores on the screen, her mind was blank, she originally thought that she would cry, but she didn't expect her heart to be extremely calm, like a pool of lifeless stagnant water, without the slightest ripple.

At dinner, his parents asked about the results, Chen Xiaodi didn't dare to tell the truth, and said a score that was a few tens higher than the actual score, although it was not enough to cross the line, but at least it didn't sound so bad.

"Okay, don't be sad, if you don't get in, you won't be admitted, it's okay, let's eat, I'll go out for a walk with you after dinner."

I thought that my parents would scold her severely, but I didn't expect Chen's mother to comfort her, which made her feel a little calmer, Chen's father didn't speak, I don't know what to think. It's a pity that this is just thinking too much after all, not long after going out, Chen's mother began to count her down, saying that she didn't work hard, didn't listen to persuasion, didn't know how to do things, and moved all kinds of old things out, Chen Xiaodi listened silently, tears kept rolling in her eyes.

Bai Ye sent many messages to Chen Xiaodi, all of which were the scenery of his hometown, and none of them asked her about her grades. Chen Xiaodi never replied, and it was not until the evening that he simply replied, "I didn't cross the line." ”

"Ready to dispense?"

"I can't adjust it."

"Score...... Isn't it ideal? ”

"Hmm."

"Does Uncle and Aunt know?"

"Got it."

"And what do they say?"

"My dad didn't say anything, my mom comforted me first, and then scolded me again, and even moved out of the past, asked me to hurry up and prepare my resume to find a job, and also contacted all her friends, hoping to stuff me into the company tomorrow to work."

"It's okay, just do your best, Auntie is in a hurry, it'll be fine in a few days, don't think too much, take a good rest for a while."

"Hmm."

Chen Xiaodi sent Bai Ye a cute smile, but she knew that if she laughed now, it would definitely be worse than crying.

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