In the first, second and third grades of primary school, she, her eldest brother and second brother all went home to do housework and farm work after class.

The third brother later entered the first grade at the age of seven.

Time flies, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and when Lin Na and the eldest brother and the second brother are in the third grade, the youngest fourth brother will be seven years old in the blink of an eye, and he will be in the first grade.

The younger brothers are all taller than Lin Na, of course, the eldest sister is like a mother, and she is reluctant to eat anything delicious at ordinary times, so she gives it all to her younger brothers to eat.

The oldest one in the class was her; She is also the shortest-grown.

She was like a weed in a crack in a stone, crooked, green and yellow, growing to the age of twelve.

Before the age of twelve, she remembered that she had never had a full meal.

Every day and every night is spent hungry.

Even if she picks up bamboo shoots to sell in the town every summer, she buys back a pound or half a pound of pork.

In the autumn, my father sold Sanhua plums and bought meat for them every few days to eat.

The meat on the dinner table will never be pitiful, and there will never be enough to eat.

In order to save rice, except for a few nights, when the family cooks rice, the family drinks porridge day and night, and before she turns around, the meat has been robbed.

In her childhood memories, the only time she was full was when she met Zhang Ze and ate at Zhang Ze's house.

It was Juneteenth when she was in third grade.

Every year on Juneteenth, the children of their village school and other neighboring village schools go to Panlong Village Primary School to celebrate the holiday.

Panlong Village Primary School is the central school for several nearby village primary schools.

Because Panlong Village is the largest in area, the number of students is the largest, and the teachers are of course the best.

Her Yamaguchi Village Primary School has only three classes from grades one to three, and students there complete the third grade, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades all go to Panlong Village Central Primary School.

In distant villages, students in grades 4, 5 and 6 stay overnight and go home on weekends.

Fortunately, Lin Na's village is not far from Panlong Village, located behind a small forest, and it only takes half an hour to walk from Panlong Village to Shankou Village.

When it's time for school, she can walk home with her eldest brother and second brother, and she can grab some work from her father.

On the day of Juneteenth, they set off early in the morning, and the students of the three classes walked to the Panlong Village Central Primary School under the guidance of the teacher.

Panlong Village Central Primary School is much larger than their school! The school is full of plantain trees, and a few tall banyan trees shade the stage.

Colorful ribbons hang on the stage, and the glittering lanterns reflect each other, creating a strong festive atmosphere.

The children were all in high spirits and immersed in their own festive celebrations.

The little host of the show on the stage is Zhang Ze.

She wears a beautiful white dress and carries a sparkling watch on her right wrist.

The lips are covered with red lipstick.

The face is smeared with white and red foundation.

Stand on the podium and submit the program in fluent Mandarin.

Every child in the audience fantasized about how good it would be to transform themselves into Zhang Ze.

Not only did she have good grades, but she was the student who ranked first in the overall score in several village schools every year.

He has participated in the National Essay Contest for two consecutive years and won the third prize in the country.

The third prize in the country!

Lin Na heard that even the town center primary school, there are few people who have won awards.

Zhang Ze's father is still the only one in several nearby villages who has a fixed unit and a stable job, and his family is well-off.

At that time, there were watch belts and bicycle riding, which was a sign of wealth.

Zhang Ze has both.

I heard that she rides a beautiful red bicycle every day to and from school.

Put on a beautiful dress, and now on the stage, it is radiant and admired by thousands of people.

Even Lin Na, as humble as her, dreams of becoming a Snow White who combines wisdom and beauty, has a wealthy family, and is loved by everyone, like Zhang Ze.

I heard that many people wrote to Zhang Ze, asking her how to write essays, hoping to make friends with her.

Lin Na, who was sitting in the audience, sighed, looked down and silently looked at what she was wearing.

That day, she wore a long-sleeved shirt of dull color that her mother wore when she was alive, and it was one of the few clothes she had found with the least patches.

She was always dressed in untimely, big, fat clothes.

The clothes she wore were changed and worn by her younger brothers.

The younger brothers were dressed in tatters even more than her.

She and her classmates couldn't learn pinyin well.

Because the teachers who teach them don't speak Mandarin themselves.

Teachers teach classes either in the vernacular or in the vernacular (Cantonese).

She heard Brother Li Li say that you must learn Mandarin well when you study, and many of the Chinese exams are pinyin!

Moreover, in the future, Mandarin will definitely be a unified lingua franca, and if you can speak Mandarin, you will not be afraid to go all over the world!

Traveling all over the world, Brother Li Li's ambition is so ambitious, she is still struggling on the food and clothing line, how can she have such lofty ideals.

"That's it for today's art show, thank you for coming!" The program on the morning of June Day ended with Zhang Ze's crisp and beautiful voice.

Linna is still immersed in her own fantasies.

Because there is also a sports meeting in the afternoon, some villages are far away from Panlong Village, so the children in those villages do not go back at noon.

Panlong Village Central Primary School arranged for these children to eat at the students' homes.

Each student at Panlong Village Primary School brought one or more students from other schools to their home for lunch.

Twelve-year-old Lin Na was arranged to have lunch at the home of ten-year-old Zhang Ze.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Ze, what's your name?"

Lin Na was in a fugue and didn't notice that Zhang Ze had already walked up to her from the stage, and was startled.

"I ...... My name is Linna! Nice to meet you! She timidly stretched out her hand to Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze smiled brightly, and two deep dimples appeared on his face: "Just now the teacher asked me to come down and invite you to my house for lunch, would you like to come to my house for lunch?" ”

"I ...... I do! Lin Na looked at her idol and stood in front of her, panicked for a moment, and couldn't speak.

"You seem to be a little shy!" Zhang Ze smiled and stretched out his hand, grabbed Lin Na's arm, and led her towards a large banyan tree root.

There, there is the bicycle she pedals to and from school.

"Don't be afraid! Now only my mother, second sister and third sister are at home, and they are all very good people! As she walked, Zhang Ze gently patted the hand she was holding with her other hand.

Lin Na smiled embarrassedly, a little shy, a little worried, and a little looking forward and moved when she heard Zhang Ze say this.