The day before school started, the classroom was filled with students. No one knew why they had to come to class without reporting for duty, but it was clear when they associated their doubts with the stern and mean head teacher. "I'm going to check my summer homework!" The desks were littered with books, and a group of worried children hurriedly copied them.

In the midst of the commotion, a young teacher in a black and white striped shirt walked in outside the door, with short neck-length haircuts and flat bangs hanging down beautifully on his forehead. She was the homeroom teacher of the third and fourth classes of junior high school, and as soon as she entered the classroom, she immediately quieted down from the inside out. She gracefully stepped up to the podium and scanned the class with suspicion, and the scattered books of the students were slowly sorted out and placed in the corner of the desk.

"It's all quiet, put your heart down, everyone knows that the summer vacation has passed, but..."The head teacher said angrily, "I told those students who had to make up classes during the summer vacation, but there was a group less, is the summer vacation for you naughty ghosts to go out and toss around?" ”

The students who were ordered all shrunk their necks and worried, because the students who had to make up the class were all students with unqualified grades, so they were very playful, and they were afraid of the head teacher.

"I can talk to you first, call the parents to see me before the school starts, otherwise don't want to enter this school." The young teacher continued, "Tomorrow is the 29th registration day, and there are some things that cannot come to school in the morning, but you still have to go to the payment window to make a bill normally, and the window is opposite. As she spoke, she raised her finger and pointed out the window. Then, she began to talk about her plan this morning - all the students in the class first handed over half of the homework to the class representative, asked the class representative to carefully read and sign it, and after getting the slip of paper for signing the list of all subjects, she came to the office to get the approval form. Come to school tomorrow morning to pay the fee and pick up the book in the afternoon.

"Of course, each class representative must remember that the quality of homework should be checked well, so as not to miss some slippery cats." The young teacher was not stupid, she knew that it was impossible to check batches of homework by herself and still ensure the quality. So thinking of this stupid method, even if the quality of homework cannot be absolutely guaranteed, according to previous years, there will be individual students who do not hand in homework or are scribbled in the homework book, don't they also pass with their eyes closed? "The person I just clicked, if you have time today, call your parents to come and talk to me, and the office is waiting for the good news of your parents." After giving the order, she quickly left the classroom.

The planned show was staged, and the people who had already prepared for this arrangement hurriedly held their homework books in exchange for the signatures they needed, and when they were done, they rushed to the office with great interest, or they chatted slowly while packing their school bags.

There are also those who are unable to pass the normal formalities, and they use all kinds of tricks to curry favor and threaten the representatives of the section in exchange for signed notes. Even more cunning is ...... Lo and behold, a small, sloppy fat man crept into the crowd, and he was quick to take advantage of the fact that he was not looking, so he snatched an exercise book from his desk, changed it to his name, and then pretended to walk to the back row and back again.

Half an hour later, in addition to the class representatives, more than half of the classroom had already left. A little boy with bright eyes in the penultimate row sat in his seat and did not move, only to see him holding his chin and looking at the crowd in front of him.

Wait until all the classmates are gone. "Hey, Gu Ling!" The boy in the penultimate row walked up.

"Huh?"

"Sign it for you."

"Bring the homework." Gu Ling was very busy, and he answered in a low voice without looking back.

"I-still have homework, so I'll help sign it first."

"No, no, no, if you don't hand in your homework, you won't sign it." Gu Ling said resolutely, but as soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw him, and his tone softened. "You..."

He smiled mischievously and placed the note on her desk, begging again, "Haha, sign it, just this time, this time." ”

"Why don't you do your homework?"

"I don't want to write, I can't write."

"Why don't you ask your classmates?"

"I don't want to ask, I don't have to ask"

Gu Ling showed a wry smile, but she immediately stood up and said loudly: "It's really bad that you didn't stay at home and study your homework during the summer vacation." ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you sit down first." Jiang Yang stretched out his hand and gently put his arm on her shoulder, asking her to sit down. But Gu Ling was not to be outdone, and stood up straight again and complained.

The surrounding students heard someone shouting, and all of them hugged over, there were 6 people, and they leaned on the podium and the desks to watch the farce with relish. Gu Ling noticed that the atmosphere had become awkward, sat down a little embarrassed, and signed his name on a blank sheet of paper. In fact, there are many students who have not read the homework carefully and have missed a lot of content.

The same table gave up his seat, and Jiang Yang sat next to her, helping him sort out the stacked textbooks. Her table mate is also a class representative of another subject, and Gu Ling usually does things slowly and logically, so her desk in the class is the most messy. "You're not angry, are you?" He lowered his voice and approached her face.

"Nope." Gu Ling lowered his head a little aggrieved, but he was happy in his heart.

"That's good, this homework book is for you."

Jiang Yang handed her the physics workbook, and she looked back in surprise and picked it up and flipped through it. "It turns out that he did his physics homework very well, and he just deliberately talked to me more just now, but I misunderstood him." Gu Ling thought in his heart, his face couldn't help but heat up, and he avoided his gaze slightly.

"It's okay, it's okay, hurry up and hand in your homework, and go home early." Jiang Yang shouted at the audience who had been casting curious glances here. He also stood up silently and walked back to his seat. The audience members laughed secretly.

Summer vacation flies by like a white horse, and the new semester has arrived in a hurry. Just like those fun-loving kids think, the long vacation ended without doing anything. The heart that flew outside reluctantly returned to the "birdcage".

In the early morning, the sky was bright. The earth stretches its backs, the mist floating under the mountains gradually disperses, the outlines of the fields become clearly visible, the faint and cool air fills the fragrance to the households, and people slowly wake up from their slumbers and open the doors. The sky was exceptionally blue, and a fiery round sun in the east stretched out its face shyly, and a flawless white cloud was dyed into bright red clothes, set off against the clear blue sky.

Just after 6 o'clock, a child happily went to school with a school bag on his back, and he walked out of the gate and turned his eyes to look at the situation in the neighbor's house, which was a hardcore door, and the inside and outside could see each other. "Jiangyang!" He shouted.

No one responded.

"Jiang Yang, go to school, otherwise you'll be late!" He raised his voice and shouted again.

This time it was not in vain, a mother walked in front of her, wiped the sweat on her cheeks with a rag straddling her waist, and said, "It's so early, let's find Jiang Yang to go to school together, okay, let's go and wake him up." ”

"Huh? Haven't gotten up yet? Before she could finish asking, her mother was already striding indoors.

"Get up quickly, Chen Yue shouted that you are going to school, you big lazy worm, hurry up." The mother looked at her son, who was still asleep in the sheets, and pulled him up with both hands.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Jiang Yang squinted his blurred eyes and rubbed the bottom of his eyes.

"Chen Yue came to call you to school."

"Mom, you're bluffing me again, it's only what time it is, and the alarm clock hasn't even gone off." Jiang Yang said impatiently, pointed to the alarm clock on the desk, straightened the sheet, and continued to sleep. ”

"It's really, it's only a little past 6 o'clock."

The mother walked back to Chen Yue and explained, "It's still early, let him sleep, the pot I burned is about to turn over, I have to hurry, you go first." ”

"No, that..." Chen Yue still had something to say, but her mother ran away in a hurry.

He had to go to school alone. Along the way, he had a sad face, and he was very relieved that he couldn't go to Jiangyang, "Will you be taught a lesson because you are late, it's quite far from the school, it's not too early, it won't be forgotten." "When I think of this, I have more concerns. Chen Yue is a middle-height and thin boy, introverted and shy. Due to the poverty of the family, he did not dress well, and he was dressed frugally, the collar of the white shirt had been torn several holes, and under it were dark blue sweatpants, and several thick red spools were patched with needles and threads at the knees. Life is simple and simple, but his grades are among the best in the class, and his performance is usually very good, with good morals and excellent exams, and the teachers like him very much.

As he slowly walked up the highway in a sullen mood, a familiar shout came from the other side of the road.

"Chen Yue! Wait for me. "The person who shouted came running, it turned out to be Gu Ling, who was at the same table." Morning. Gu Ling waved his hand and said hello, and walked side by side with him.

"Well, early."

"Hey, why didn't you see Jiang Yang, didn't he go with you?" She asked curiously, looking at the village that Chen Yue had just walked through, and there was nothing she wanted to see.

"I called him when I went out, but his mother said he was still sleeping and would wake him up later."

"Oh, that's a mess. You should stop his mother and get Jiang Yang up quickly, it was already a quarter past 6 when I went out. Gu Ling stopped and said anxiously to Chen Yue.

Chen Yue lowered her head and whispered, "I just want to explain, who knew that as soon as I spoke, his mother had already left." "Really, if he's late, I can't spare him." Gu Ling raised his steps and looked back from time to time.

"I'm sorry," Chen Yue looked very guilty and bowed her head to apologize.

Gu Ling deliberately looked back at him, smiled, shook his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay with you, it's all that stupid." After speaking, she thought to herself: I'm really shy, others see it and think I'm bullying him. But if Jiang Yang is really late, I have to train him well.

On the way to the school, there was a long slope, Gu Ling and Chen Yue walked up while chatting, a faint ray of sunlight shining on their faces. Chen Yue had forgotten her previous worries and chatted with Gu Ling about the topics that were often discussed among her classmates in school. It just so happened to be at the same table again, and they could talk very well. Chen Yue's heart always had a heat wave impacting his thinking, most of them were Gu Ling who took the initiative to talk about it, he only smiled reluctantly bitterly, sometimes stammered, and thought about a sentence for a long time, but Gu Ling didn't hate it, and let go to talk to him.

"Hey, it's you." Gu Ling saw the two girls in front of him holding hands and walking together, ran up, passed between the two, and happily hugged their arms, and the two girls also happily hugged Gu Ling. It's her two best friends.

Leaving Chen Yue alone, he stopped and waited for a moment, and gently patted his chest with his hand. When he walked with Gu Ling, he always seemed very nervous, but now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At home, Jiang Yang slowly got up and turned off the alarm and walked to the kitchen shirtless. He washed his soaked towel on his face, then put it in a basin of cool water and came to his senses. A flash flashed in his mind, remembering something, and asked his mother who was sitting in front of the fire, "Mom, did Chen Yue come to call me in the morning?" ”

"yes, it's early." The mother replied with a smile, and picked up a piece of wood and stuffed it into the stove.

"Oops." Jiang Yang shouted and rushed out of the kitchen.

Glancing at the wall clock in the living room, it was too late to brush his teeth and eat breakfast, he opened the drawer of the desk in a panic, took out 5 dimes from a small box, put on his coat, grabbed his schoolbag and ran out quickly.

Jiang Yang used his best strength to kick his legs, and his mouth nagged from time to time: It's really confused, how can I forget, that long-winded head teacher made such a stalk last week, saying that next week, colleges and universities will organize health and civilization publicity activities, and you must do gymnastics in the morning, and you have to read 20 minutes in advance. I've had enough. But I'll definitely catch up, half past six, 10 minutes to go, we'll see.

There was a strong will in him that filled his whole body with strength. "I won't forget my promise to Gu Ling! She specifically told me to go to bed on time before 9 o'clock at night, get up before 6:30 in the morning, go to bed early and get up early, and not be late for school. How could I disobey at this time. The more he thought about it, the faster he strided, and in an instant he ran from the village to the road leading to the school.

The sky was slowly brightening, the earth was up and open, and the birds were flying to the branches and chirping in the breeze. At this time, a neat group walked over, and the leader of the team took a breath, and the sharp whistle of "....." raised his finger as a command to change his team. The bird standing on the branch was so frightened that it quickly flapped its wings and flew away.

The team lined up in four columns, and when the squad leader saw that everything was ready, he returned to his own queue.

The morning exercise had already begun, and Jiang Yang was panting at this time. He cautiously found his class from the side, paid attention to the timing, and swooped into the group, following everyone's movements into the group.

"I said Brother Yang, you only arrived at this time, it's not like you." The classmate behind him leaned over and said. He lay on Jiang Yang's shoulders with both hands, and his two feet simply kicked left and right.

"Let go!" Jiang Yang gasped for breath and took a step forward to move the troublemaker behind him.

"Haha, it's the first time since the first year of junior high school, you see! She's worried about it. The troublemaker refused to give up, and continued to lean himself over, only to hear him jokingly say again: Look, angry, you have to kneel on the washboard when you go back, hahaha. He laughed to himself. Jiang Yang glanced back at him impatiently and shook his shoulders. "Whoa—" The guy suddenly lost his balance and stumbled.

The final accompaniment was played and the morning exercise ended. After the disbandment, the other junior high school students rushed to the school cafeteria, and only the students in the third and fourth classes of the junior high school walked to the classroom sullenly.

"Brother Tao, help bring down breakfast." Jiang Yang pleaded with his friend.

"Old rules?" This friend is the guy who was just mischievous behind him.

"Hmm." Jiang Yang turned around and threw the five-dime coin to him.

Jiang Yang was so tired that he just wanted to hurry back to the classroom to rest, but he didn't notice it on the way, at a certain angle, Gu Lingzheng was paying attention to him intently, from his unkempt hair to his bent waist to his weak feet. "Obviously he came running, he must be very tired." Gu Ling thought like this, which made her feel sour in her heart, but just now she had such an emotion, it disappeared immediately. "But he's still late, that's a fact."

Back in the classroom, everyone was already sweating profusely, and they all collapsed in their seats to pick up their books and fan the wind, while some boys opened the collar of their shirts and grabbed their shirts with one hand to expose their chests.

For the early reading, which starts soon, no one is interested. Only the class leader walked up to the podium, picked up the whip and said in the tone of the teacher's order: "Quiet! Study. Although it was early reading, the head teacher did not come to the classroom in person, and she was slowly returning to the office, making honeysuckle tea and talking to her colleagues.

The hooligans and ruffians in the class simply ignored the squad leader's words. They would stand up and make a loud noise, and they would go out to breakfast noisily, and even the middle students in the class would make a disgruntled noise. The squad leader had no choice but to return to her seat, and she muttered in her heart: A group of big bad guys, wait for the head teacher to come, see if I don't report this.

"Thanks, one for each person." Jiang Yang saw that his friend had brought the morning, thanked him, and took out a fritter from the convenience bag and handed it to him.

Jiang Yang was holding his own fritters and was about to open his mouth to eat. "Yo, that's good, Jiangyang." A figure flew from the side, snatching his bag and the fritters away in an instant, and the man spun around like a monkey before climbing to his seat.

"I said..."Jiang Yang turned around and stood up, walked to the man's desk, stretched out his hand to get his things back, and said, "Cheng Peng, you'd better be obedient and return breakfast to me." ”

But the man listened to him, and did not care, and stood up.

"What? Are you not satisfied? The man said in a mocking tone, waving his hands to the sides. After a while, the hooligans who had mingled with the man approached. He's not stupid: Jiang Yang's tall body, dark eyebrows against his shining eyes, and the flesh on his cheeks are tight. To deal with him, of course, you have to find a few helpers.

A group of ants wrapped up behind him, Jiang Yang consciously took a step back, stared at Cheng Peng and asked with an embarrassed smile, "You want to fight?" ”

"It's up to you to perform." Cheng Peng sat down calmly, put his two legs on the table, and nibbled on Jiang Yang's fritters.

"You stinky scoundrel." Jiang Yang scolded briefly, suppressed the anger in his heart and walked back to his seat.

Gu Ling, who was sitting in the first three rows, didn't know what was happening later, but she was still silently worried about Jiang Yang, and she knew very well in her heart: honest people sitting in the back row will only be bullied every day, not to mention the cheerful and active Jiang Yang, if there is really a trouble one day, something big will definitely happen. Anxiety welled up in my heart. She wanted to go home with Jiang Yang after school today, who knew that she was in the middle of it, and Jiang Yang came over and took the initiative to ask her for this during a recess activity, she was both happy and excited.

As soon as the bell rang, the students in the back row frantically grabbed their schoolbags and ran out, the teacher stepped out of the classroom and didn't take a few steps, and the little guys who ran desperately passed by, and the teachers who were used to seeing this style shook their heads and sighed.

"Chen Yue, you go back first." Jiang Yang walked up to Gu Ling's table and said to her tablemate.

"Hmm."

Jiang Yang accompanied Gu Ling. "I'll help you get your bag." Jiang Yang took the initiative to care. Gu Ling was embarrassed and pushed down the straddle belt with his hand, but immediately stopped. "Ah, no, I can carry it myself, and I'm not tired." Gu Ling whispered, speeding up his pace. Jiang Yang smiled and caught up with her, grabbed her arm, let Gu Ling face him, gently pressed one of her shoulders with his hand, and easily slid the backpack down and landed on his wrist. She didn't have time to react, so she had to keep her head down and not speak.

The two partners walked side by side in this way, shyly and timidly. When they reached the fork in the road, both of them stopped, Jiang Yang smiled parting at her and handed the schoolbag to Gu Ling. But Gu Ling didn't take the schoolbag, she blushed and whispered, "Send me home, okay?"

"Well, let's go." Jiang Yang agreed excitedly, and his cheeks flushed.

When you cross the concrete road, your feet immediately turn into a boring dirt road. Plane trees stand tall on both sides of the road, their leaves barely blocking the strong sunlight. In front of the gate of a tiled house, a few mischievous children were sliding around on the ground with mud mixed with water, carefully pondering back and forth with their hands, dipping them in water and digging holes to pile up the mud into small houses.

Home, getting closer and closer, Gu Ling looked up at the tall plane tree, a horizontal star crossed in his mind, and remembered one thing. She stopped.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yang took a strange step back and stopped, his big eyes looking at her were bright and clear, as if they were printed with glass balls. He jokingly said: "Good sister, it can't be lost, I can't remember the way after going around this road for so long." ”

"If you don't remember, forget it." Gu Ling said quickly and loudly, and then walked forward with a pout.

"Okay, tell me, what's wrong? Suddenly it was like being angry. Jiang Yang asked.

"You haven't forgotten your promise, have you?" Gu Ling looked at him, thinking that he had worked hard to make up for his mistakes, so he didn't get too angry.

"Commitment. Oh, do you mean I'm late in the morning? Jiang Yang lowered his head and blamed himself in a low voice, "If my mother could drag me up in the morning and let me wash my face, I would definitely be able to remember this, but it just so happened that my mother was stewing soup in the morning, and I was afraid that I would miss it." I'm so confused. He reproached himself and tapped his hand on the head. Don't worry, I won't do it again in the future. ”

Gu Ling looked at him and seriously reflected, and had already forgiven him.

"I'm home, I'm going back." Gu Ling shyly grabbed his schoolbag and said goodbye to Jiang Yang.

"It turns out that your family lives here, and the environment is very good." Jiang Yang said with a smile. Gu Ling hurriedly ran away with a red face, at this time, he saw her charming back, her brown ponytail was bright and smooth, the hairband was dotted with pink hairpins, she looked particularly cute, her posture was graceful and soft, and her upper body was cartoon plaid with a long white skirt, fluttering in the breeze. When he heard Gu Ling reluctantly close the door, he said to him, "Don't mess around, my mother is very fierce." He disappeared from sight.