Huzi and Xiaotian returned to school and threw themselves into the intense preparation for the exam.

A trip to Bamboo Village made Lan Lan deeply in Huzi's mind.

Huzi often thinks of Lan Lan in his spare time, thinking of Lan Lan's clear big eyes and white and sweet round face.

In the first two days after I came back, I tossed and turned, and I couldn't sleep at night. He suddenly realized that he was in his third year of high school, and Lan Lan was in his third year of junior high school, both of them were at a turning point in their lives. You have to pull back from the precipice.

On Sunday afternoon, the school had no classes and a half-day holiday, and Huzi invited Xiaotian to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy materials for Lan Lan.

Xiao Tian slapped his head and suddenly realized: "I forgot it a long time ago, but fortunately you still remember." ”

The two came to Xinhua Bookstore, and Xiao Tian searched for math and physics review materials as Lan Lan asked.

Huzi was quick with his hands and feet, and after a while, he found out a complete set of physical and chemical materials in addition to language.

"Lan Lan said that as long as math and physics, what do you do with the rest?" Xiaotian asked softly.

"It's good to do a little more practice." Huzi disagreed.

"Kelanlan doesn't have that much money!" Xiaotian was worried.

"It's okay, I have pocket money." Huzi said briskly.

"But people have to pay it back!" Xiao Tian didn't know what to do, but still said worriedly.

"I'll send her, okay?" Huzi wanted to say Xiaotian, why can't your elm pimple brain turn around?

"For no reason, why did you send her a few hundred yuan of information?" The more Xiaotian listened, the more confused he became, "Even if you send it, people may not want it." ”

"I gave it to her, and she still doesn't want it? Why? Huzi asked in surprise.

"No merit is not lost, and people are not short of ambition. Do you understand? Xiao Tian glanced at Huzi.

"But I just want to help her." Huzi is a bit of a hero with short breath.

Xiao Tian's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if looking at an alien, he looked at Huzi in surprise: "Could it be—is it—"

"What is it? It's not as complicated as you think. Huzi pulled Xiaotian to the corner of the bookstore and said softly: "Xiaotian, I admit that I like Lan Lan, but I won't affect her."

It is precisely because of her family's poverty that I want to help her, to help her get out of the mountains and out of the farm.

Lan Lan is such a good girl, wouldn't it be a pity if she lived in the mountains from now on? ”

Xiao Tian was surprised when he heard this: "Huzi, I can't see that you have such a long-term vision and are so thoughtful."

Let's buy her a set, and I hope she can be admitted to our first high school. ”

"But will she worry about the money to buy materials, but it will affect her learning?" Huzi said worriedly.

So, I told him that I had won a scholarship and helped her with it first. If you are admitted, you will be rewarded;

If you don't pass the test, ask her to go up the mountain to cut bamboo and sell it back to me. Xiao Tian said seriously.

"All the favors have been done for you." Huzi was a little lost.

"You just said that you don't want to affect her, you just want to help her. Forgot about it so quickly? Xiaotian pointed to Huzi's nose and said.

"Okay, okay, just do as you say." Huzi had no choice but to answer.

Xiaotian wrote a note and sandwiched it in the review materials, and the two of them packed the materials again, and went to the bus station to find a shuttle bus to Shuangjiang Town. Xiaotian called Uncle Wu again and asked him to tell Lan Lan that when he went to school for self-study later, he remembered to go to the shuttle bus to get the review materials.

Lan Lan received the words of the third master and went to school early with her schoolbag.

Walking on the familiar machine farming road, the dense bamboo forests on both sides were silent.

After the heavy snowfall, many cizhu were overwhelmed by the snow, and the mountain people had not had time to cut them, and the whole mountain forest looked messy; There are birds and finches in the forest, and from time to time they chirp low.

Lan Lan couldn't help but think, on such a cold day, everything is resting and recuperating, and insects are stinging in the ground to hibernate, where do these birds and birds get their rations?

Thinking of the birds and birds, and thinking of her family, Lan Lan was uneasy.

She can't blame her parents. Parents have no education, no ability to make a lot of money, go out early and return to the ground late to plan, can only dig out the current life.

Lan Lan thought again, Xiaotian, who has been playing since he was a child, how can his brain be so flexible? It's as if he was born to read.

Not only did I go to a key middle school, but I also got so good grades in a key middle school. Alas, how can there be such a big difference between people?

Yes, why are people so different?

Besides, that tiger son not only has superior family conditions, but also is handsome and has good grades, as if he knows everything about astronomy and geography. How did he take advantage of the time, place, and people?

People, you have to accept your fate, you can't do it if you don't accept your fate. Lan Lan thought so.

But she was not reconciled. She doesn't want to live in the mountains for the rest of her life, she doesn't want to be like other sisters, get married before the age of 20, often have children too early, and then run around for life.

She yearns for the life of the big city, with wide asphalt roads, high-rise buildings, a dazzling array of goods, and delicious food;

There are also neat and comfortable houses, water heaters, flush toilets, and a small home is warm and comfortable.

Thinking of this, Lan Lan couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, she actually daydreamed. It's also nice to think about it, though.

I heard Wu Sanpo chatting with her mother, saying that a woman has one more chance in her life to change her fate, and this opportunity is to get married. If you marry the right person, you don't have to worry about food and clothing. But how difficult it is to marry the right person.

Lan Lan thinks that if a woman marries, even if she wants to change her fate, she must have love, not to marry material, how vulgar it is. If it's just worry-free food and clothing, or a rich life, if there is no emotion between the hearts and minds, life is dull and boring, right?

Teachers always say that knowledge changes fate, so you have to rely on yourself to change your fate. Shu Ting's poem said that love is equal, and he can't be a climbing flower, if he is an oak tree, he must be a kapok. If you want to marry the right person, you must be virtuous and capable. What do you think? Bah! Bah! Bah! How old are you that you want to get married? Is it in the water in the brain? When Lan Lan realized that she believed in the reins, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile. At present, the most important thing is to study hard, strive to be admitted to the county No. 1 middle school, and then to a good university. Others, not for the time being.

Thinking all the way, Lan Lan soon came to Shuangjiang Town. He found the place where the shuttle bus was parked at the farmer's market, and asked one by one if there was a shuttle bus that had just come down from the city, and after asking for a long time, he found the shuttle bus that had been down for a while.

After receiving the review materials from the master, Lan Lanmeng was gone. Why are there so many? Isn't it just math and physics for yourself? It seems that the review materials for the five main courses have been bought.

Back in the dormitory, the classmates hadn't come yet. Lan Lan quickly opened the wrapping paper, and the brand-new Sichuan Normal University review materials came into view. As expected, physics and chemistry in addition to language and mathematics, materials for 5 main courses. She happily reviewed the materials, she originally wanted a complete set, but she felt that her family was financially tight and did not have so much money to pay, so she only bought mathematics and physics.

She slowly flipped through the review materials and looked at them seriously. Suddenly, he saw a note float out. She picked it up and saw that it was written by Brother Xiaotian.

Xiaotian's brother said that he recently won a scholarship, so he bought a full set of materials for her; I hope she will study hard and strive to be admitted to the county No. 1 middle school. If you pass the test, it will be used as a reward, and if you fail the test, you have to give money.

Lan Lan held a thick pile of review materials, and her heart was full of mixed feelings. I was still anxious about money just now, but I didn't expect Brother Xiaotian to be so understanding. There is no need for awards, I must be admitted to the county No. 1 middle school, and in the future, I will get a scholarship like Brother Xiaotian, and then I will use the scholarship to return it to him.

After thinking about this, Lan Lan went to the classroom with the review materials in a relaxed and happy manner.

Wu Sifu thought about the time of the bacon marinated for Huzi's family, and that afternoon, he fished out the bacon with Pingping, boiled hot water, washed the greasy surface of the cured meat, and hung it under the eaves to dry the water vapor.

He pondered that this bacon was to entertain guests at Huzi's father's restaurant, but it must be baked to a level and a good color. He discussed with Pingping and prepared to go to the opposite mountain beam to get some cypress trees back. The bacon smoked by cypress trees has a particularly mellow and fragrant taste.

Pingping found the yellow cloth rubber shoes, and found an old dress that she had not worn for many years and was somewhat tattered to cover her body, and then went down the steep slope in front of her house with Sifu, crossed the Shishitan River at the foot of the mountain, and climbed the opposite mountain beam.

In the mountains and forests, there are occasionally one or two cypress trees and pine trees, which have not been cut down for many years, and grow tall and strong like bamboo. Wu Sifu is lame and has considerable difficulty climbing trees; Pingping is a female streamer, and she can't climb. When he was embarrassed, Wu Sifu thought that he would try the old way: tie the knife to the bamboo pole.

The two of them were cutting bamboo and scorn strips in the forest, but unexpectedly, Zhou Jueming came with a scorn knife tied to his waist.

"Jueming, what are you doing?" Wu Sifu asked.

"Collect firewood." Zhou Jueming replied.

It turned out that this forest was a collective forest, and most of the people in the team went to the forest to collect firewood and burn it when they were free. As long as there is no big cut, the captain will not interfere.

"Are you going to cut down the cypress and bacon?" Zhou Jueming asked Wu Sifu.

"Yes. The pig I killed this year, others asked me to smoke bacon for him. The bacon smoked by the cypress trees was delicious, so I thought about chopping some of it. Wu Sifu explained.

"I'll cut it for you." After Zhou Jueming finished speaking, he took off his black old cotton clothes and climbed neatly to the cypress tree. In a short time, a large pile of cypress branches was cut down.

Pingping chopped up the sturdy cypress branches again, tied them with sticks, and prepared to carry them home. Seeing this, Zhou Jueming hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, I'll help you carry it back." This thing, wet, heavy, you can't carry it. ”

Pingping hurriedly thanked her. He also began to drag the cypress branches down the mountain, saving Zhou Jueming from running farther back and forth.

Zhou Jueming finally carried the three bundles of cypress branches to Wu Sifu's house. Wu Sifu handed Zhou Jueming a cigarette and chatted.

"Last time, Li Dacui asked Secretary Tang for forest land compensation, will this road not be repaired?" Zhou Jueming asked.

"Do you want compensation?" Wu Sifu asked Zhou Jueming.

"If anyone else has compensation, I want it; If no one else has it, I don't want it. Zhou Jueming pondered and said, "I think that if this road is repaired, each household along the line will also occupy a few points of forest land, and it is okay not to compensate." You say that our bamboo village is full of mountains and forests, what is a few points of woodland? I heard that some teams outside still pay money for road repairs, if you want to pay, is it okay to do this, those who occupy the land will not come out, and those who do not occupy it will come out? ”

Wu Sifu heard what Zhou Jueming said very reasonably. The huge bamboo village, tens of thousands of acres of forest land, a family loses a few pieces of forest land, what is it? Compared to the spacious cement road, a little bit of woodland is really nothing. But I don't know what Secretary Tang thinks, is it because Li Dacui makes a fuss, he retreats? It seems that he still has to talk to Uncle Wu to see what he thinks.

Wu Sifu glanced at Zhou Jueming appreciatively, and felt that he usually looked wooden, but in this matter, he saw it more clearly than himself.

After a while, Wu Sifu said to Zhou Jueming again, there is nothing to do in this cold winter wax moon, you may also weave a basket, weave a back basket to sell, or exchange some pocket money to come back.

Zhou Jueming said that his craftsmanship was not very good, and he was afraid that he would not be able to sell it if he made it. Wu Sifu made an appointment with Zhou Jueming to go up the mountain to cut bamboo the next day and teach him to draw scorn strips and weave memorization.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhou Jueming said goodbye to Wu Sifu and went home. Zhang Pingping kept Zhou Jueming for dinner before leaving, Zhou Jueming said that he was embarrassed to continue eating and drinking, so he raised his feet and went home.