At half past five the next morning, Li Hansheng woke up on time. After washing up, I came to my uncle's house, and saw Li Muxiao standing in the corridor with a schoolbag on his back, and when he saw him coming, he smiled slightly, "Hansheng is here, let's go." ”

Turning around, he hugged his parents with both hands, looking at his parents' old faces and unconcealed worries, his heart was sour, "Dad, Mom, I'm leaving, don't worry, I'll take care of myself." But you, take good care, fortunately, Hansheng is at home, so I don't have to worry so much. ”

Li Kangming smiled reluctantly, looked at his wife and hurriedly pulled her hand, "Xiaoxiao, don't worry, your mother and I are in good health." If you are short of money, you must tell us, there is money in the family. ”

"Oh, I know, let's go."

Li Muxiao blinked, evaporated the mist in his glasses, turned around and pulled Li Hansheng to stride out of the village.

Behind him was the reluctant and expectant gaze of the second elder, although he did not look back, but it was like a soldering iron seared into his heart, and his body trembled in pain. forcibly suppressed the trembling of his body, gritted his teeth, and vowed to get ahead, and when I became famous, this helplessness would never be there again.

......

After turning a corner, Li Hansheng looked up at Li Muxiao, "Big brother, are you okay?" ”

The big hand holding him was still trembling slightly, and Li Muxiao's voice was hoarse, "Brother, do you know what our children from the countryside rely on to change their fate?" ”

Li Hansheng's face was serious and blurted out, "Of course, it's a good university." ”

"Yes, but being admitted to university is the first step for us to leap into the dragon gate, the first journey of the long march, there are cold and steep snow-capped mountains ahead, the grasslands are hidden and dangerous, the big rivers are raging, and the most deadly is the enemy's encirclement and interception. Only by doing your best to run up, wade through, and earn out, can you have a chance to reach the next level and take off the label of "hillbilly", and your children can use this as a base point to advance to the upper level. ”

"Hansheng, if one day you are admitted to the university and find that the university life is not as good as you imagined, there is still a long darkness ahead, there will be many voices around you who persuade you to give up your efforts, and even you yourself will be shaken. At that time, you must stick to your beliefs, persist in your efforts, and believe that as long as you work hard, there will eventually be a day when you will see the blue sky and the stars will shine in front of you. But if you relax a little, you will be darkened and your bones will be gone. “

Li Muxiao's voice changed from low to excited, and he bent down and grabbed his younger brother's shoulder to look at him, "Hansheng, you must remember!" This is the only way out for our rural children! ”

"Don't think about what you have and don't. Now some people are preaching what kind of "quality education", you don't care about it, everything is empty if you don't get into college, and whether you can get into college or not depends only on your grades. ”

Li Hansheng's eyes were firm, his black and white eyes did not dodge in the slightest, and he looked at each other with burning eyes, "Big brother, I know!" I will definitely work hard to get admitted to a good university, and I will definitely make you proud of me! ”

As he spoke, Li Hansheng's voice softened, "Big brother, you are in college, you are very tired." ”

“......”

Li Muxiao looked at the young man in front of him, and listened to his serious soft words, the psychological defense line suddenly collapsed, and his eyes quickly turned red. This young man, who has always been very strong, hugged his younger brother and prevented him from seeing his tears.

It's just a sobbing voice that betrays him, "Brother, I'm really hard, why don't others do anything, drink and clubhouse all day long, and have a great job and a brilliant future waiting for him before he graduates." And I worked hard to maintain my life, forgot to eat, and studyed, and got excellent in all subjects every year, but I had to rush around for a slightly better job, trying every way to pull relationships. ”

Li Hansheng was speechless, just stood silently, not moving, but suddenly felt so uncomfortable, his eyes were sore, the suffering in this world, pile by pile, should always be on the poor.

Li Muxiao wiped his face with his sleeve, pulled Li Hansheng up, and strode forward, "But there is no way, since our starting point has been set, then we have to pay tenfold, hundredfold, and thousandfold efforts to change our destination." “

"Uh-huh." Li Hansheng quickened his pace to keep up.

"By the way, brother, your English is improving so fast, I guess there is a female classmate helping you, right?" Li Muxiao cleaned up her mood and asked with a wicked smile.

"Don't deny it, I can see from your reaction at the time, don't worry, I won't say anything about you. That girl is the first classmate in Changsha you said, what's her name, talk to my brother. “

"Uh..." Li Hansheng didn't expect the eldest brother to guess everything, and he no longer denied it.

"Her name is Wang Anyi, and I asked her about English questions last semester, and then she took the initiative to teach me when she saw that my English was too poor, and my English gradually improved. Before the final exam of this semester, she transferred to Qingxiu Middle School in Changsha. ”

"Wait." Li Muxiao keenly found the problem, "She taught you last semester, why did you only have so much English last semester?" Did you not study hard? ”

"This..., I didn't pass English in the midterm exam, so I told her not to study it for the time being." Li Hansheng didn't expect that he deliberately didn't say it, and the eldest brother found out about this problem, and lowered his head a little embarrassed.

"She got angry and ignored me."

"Oh? Speaking of which, are you still a little aggrieved? Li Muxiao laughed angrily, "If I knew I would want to kill you!" ”

“......“

"And she forgave you again this semester?"

"I... I kept apologizing to her, but she relented and continued to teach me. Li Hansheng thought about it, but still didn't say anything about the theft of his food ticket.

"Oh, that's a good girl." Li Muxiao saw his brother's hesitation, and knew that he didn't say some things, and he didn't care, "Then are you still in touch now?" ”

"Yes, write to me, she and sent me a picture of the lotus flowers in their school." Li Hansheng was happy.

"And what are your plans?" Li Muxiao asked coldly.

Li Hansheng was puzzled, "What's the plan?" ”

"She's in Changsha, you're in the countryside, and the correspondence won't last long. And her grades are so much better than yours, and you will probably not be in the same school in high school and college, and you will drift apart. ”

Just walked to the main road, Li Muxiao pulled him against the railing of the bridge, watching the sun slowly rise, and his tone was gloomy.

"What are you going to do?"

Li Hansheng lost his excitement, lowered his head, and kicked the pebbles on the side of the road.

"Actually, I know, but... Just try to stay in touch as much as possible. I also work very hard to study, what if I can really get into the same university in the college entrance examination? ”

"In the end, if we still can't see each other, it's okay, at least I've done my best."

Li Hansheng raised his head, his eyes were terrifying, "I once took the initiative to escape because of low self-esteem, and I often regretted it later." Since then, I have vowed that I will never run away again, no matter what, as long as I have the courage to face it and do my best, I can accept any result. ”

Li Muxiao patted his younger brother's shoulder approvingly, "That's right, it seems that you have really grown up a lot." “

Hearing the sound of the car engine, Li Muxiao stretched out his hand to stop the car, "Okay, brother, I'm in the car." ”

Waving his hand, "Remember what we said today, take care, and see you next time." ”

Li Hansheng waved his hand, "Big brother has a good trip!" “

The sun rose completely, shining brightly on the cars driving away and the boys holding their hands, full of hope.