In two days, it will be September 1st. Jiang Yang's father realized that it was time to worry about his child's future. In the evening, while eating, the father asked the child, "Jiangyang, have you thought about what to do next?" At this time, her mother and Xiao Ai were also at the dining table, and they both stopped their chopsticks and looked at Jiang Yang, waiting for him to answer.

Father is serious. "I wanted to go to high school, but I didn't know where I was going to be." Jiang Yang said.

"You want to keep reading, don't you?"

"Yes."

"Well, what I want to know is whether you still have the motivation to study, and as for where your score can get in..."The father turned his head to his companion, "I heard you say where you want a low score in high school?" ”

"Over there at the foundry." The mother replied, and then said, "I also inquired, and I said that there are still many schools over there." ”

"Two or three hundred?"

"Yes, they said yes!"

The father turned his face to Jiang Yang, "How about it, do you want to continue reading?" ”

"Hmm."

"Okay, it's the beginning of the school year now." The father said to his companion, "You take a day off tomorrow and take the child there to book a high school." ”

"Uh-huh." The mother looked at the child and nodded. "Oh, that's right." Suddenly, my mother thought of something, "Hey! Jiangyang. Do you know where Chen Yue is in the house next door? ”

"Dad, think about it, Chen Yue is only about 300 points, which is not much different from my Jiangyang. What school did he attend? The mother completely put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at her companion, and asked Jiang Yang anxiously.

This question caught the father's attention.

"I don't know." Jiang Yang replied.

"I said," the mother said to her companion, "after dinner, let's go to Chen Yue's house to talk about this." Children like Chen Yue, I don't think they don't leave anything unasked. Father nodded thoughtfully.

Putting down the dishes, her mother instructed Xiao Ai to wash the dishes. The couple went out to receive a home visit. As soon as the adults met, they greeted each other twice and said hello three times.

"Yo, Wangzi, where is the family eating?" Jiang Yang's father entered the living room with a smile on his face.

"Ah, why are you here?" Chen Yue's father put down the bowl in surprise, stood up, and said, "Look, there are no chairs for you to sit on. Just sit on my side. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you eat slowly."

In fact, Chen Yue's family had already finished eating and rested at the dinner table.

"Chen Yue, go to the room and read."

"Okay."

The guests sat down on a wooden bench after Chen Yue left.

"Wangzi, it's September 1st soon, have you decided which school to go to for Chen Yue?" Father just sat down and went straight to the point.

"No, his mother and I are thinking about it. We've been worrying for the past few days. ”

"Listen to me, you don't have to be too sad. Recently, I learned that there are quite a few schools at the foundry that are hiring. Jiang Yang's mother answered.

"I know that, it seems that the fifth middle school is also over there." Chen Yue's father said.

"Five? Found a school? Jiang Yang's father asked cautiously.

"No, I also listened to the child's mother."

Indeed, Chen Yue's mother couldn't help but interject at this time: "Yes, I heard from the Gao family in the village, she said that her eldest son went to high school there. ”

Jiang Yang's father nodded appreciatively.

"Where is your Jiangyang, have you figured out where to go?" Chen Yue's father asked.

"No, we're just like you, we're worried these days, seeing that high school is about to start."

"It's right to be worried. It's just that your child and mine have too low scores. Chen Yue's father looked very sad again. When he finished speaking, the four adults fell silent.

After a while, Jiang Yang's father spoke in silence: "It's better like this, Wangzi and Xiaofang." What about the two of you, who will have a day off tomorrow, and then we'll both take the kids to the foundry to look for it. I think we're going to get some real news. Even if it's not a key high school, at least you have to do your best to find a better high school for your children. What do you say? ”

After listening to the guest's proposal, Chen Yue's husband and wife looked at each other. The guests were waiting for them to reply. "That's good!" Chen Yue's father replied firmly, and said to his companion, "You take a day off tomorrow and take the child to have a look." Chen Yue's mother nodded and hummed softly.

Then, they chatted about some unpleasant things and a few common words at work, and the guests said goodbye. As the guests were leaving, Jiang Yang's mother turned around and walked back. "I hope that my family Jiangyang can still go to the same school as your family Chen Yue, and it is best to be in the same class." She said with a smile.

"Oh! Maybe it will. Chen Yue's mother happily answered.

"When the time comes, I will have to supervise and supervise my children's learning."

"If it really comes to that time, I think Chen Yue will do it, and you know that they have a good relationship."

The guests left, and Chen Yue's mother closed the door. "I've got to make a phone call and ask for a leave of absence." She muttered to herself and immediately ran into the house.

The next day, they set off. The two heads of the house, with their children, crossed the village road and went up the street. There was a newly-built overpass that led to the foundry, and on the way, the two mothers did not forget to ask passers-by how to get to the foundry. Because of the ease of transportation, a passer-by said, "You are just in time, the bridge from here to the foundry was only built this year, and if it weren't for it, you would have to go around the West Ring Road." Yes, yes, that's over there. ”

They did find the foundry, but they had to keep looking for schools nearby. There are no cars on the road, but on both sides of the road, there are a lot of green altars, and there are no pedestrians.

After turning a corner, a passerby finally came, and Jiang Yang's mother spoke politely in time and asked if there was a school nearby. The passerby pointed to the intersection ahead. So they walked along the intersection.

"There are a lot of schools here, that's what he just said, right?" After entering the intersection, Jiang Yang's mother asked.

"That's right, isn't it over here?"

"No, Mom, over here, I see the five-star red flag." Jiang Yang shouted.

On the rows of roofs, a red flag did appear, and Jiang Yang guessed that it must have been used by the school for the flag-raising ceremony. Moms agreed. It is indeed a school, and the doors are open. They walked in without hesitation, but they didn't even see a janitor. In front of me is a gray-green playground, with a path in the middle that leads to what looks like a teaching office building in the distance. They followed that path. Walking up the steps of the school building, an old lady finally came out, and she said, "You must have come to do the book." Go ahead, upstairs. She said and pointed to the stairs behind her.

The mothers stepped up to the second floor, while the two children waited in place. The wait was longer than Jiang Yang expected. Half an hour later, the two mothers walked down while talking. I only heard Chen Yue's mother say: "It's junior high school and high school, and even elementary school." ”

"I don't think it's reliable." Jiang Yang's mother pursed her lips and shook her head.

Mother walked downstairs, Jiang Yang came over and asked, "Mom, how is it?" Without answering, the two mothers shook their heads.

"Mom, what the hell is going on?" Chen Yue also came over and asked at this time.

Chen Yue's mother still shook her head, and after a while, she said, "It's a private school, and I have to pay more than 10,000 yuan in tuition every semester." I live on campus, but I don't have time for classes, so I have to be on call. ”

"What kind of school is this, and it costs so much tuition." Jiang Yang's mother added excitedly, shaking her head, expressing her dissatisfaction. Unconscionable.

"What, 10,000 a semester?" Jiang Yang exclaimed, it was the first time he had heard such a large number. "Forget it, forget it." He dragged Chen Yue's arm and left, "Let's find another school." ”

Considering that the tuition fees are too expensive and it is a private school, the mother and her mother also said that they could not come. Back on the road, they began to ask passers-by again. The last passer-by told them that it was near here, and that they would go a few more distances to the fifth middle school.

The kind passers-by did not lie to them, and after walking along the low houses along the roadside, a large road suddenly became vacant, and looking into the main road, there was an open retractable door. "Oh! Take a look at the above. Chen Yue stretched out her hand and pointed high. Everyone looked over, and on the side of a teaching building, there were two lines of big red letters side by side: Hard work - self-transcendence.

Passing by the gate, everyone saw a stone monument built on the door, which was decorated with gold inlays with the name of the school, the city's No. 5 Middle School.

"I'm sure this is the fifth middle school." Jiang Yang shouted, running forward happily. In front of me is a long campus road. At the end of the road, there are long steps from low to high. They walked up.

As they walked up the stairs and approached the classrooms of the school building, they saw the first person in the school. "What are you doing here?" The middle-aged man came out of a small room and shouted at them. The mothers walked over in time, indicating that they had come to enrol and asked where to ask questions. The man explained very kindly, in the office building in the back.

In the office, there were three people sitting, each looking at the file book in front of him. As soon as the stranger appeared from the doorway, the three of them looked up.

"Hello." The mother hurriedly said hello.

"I'm here to sign up." Said the chubby man in a white shirt.

"Yes, yes."

Next to the door was a kind middle-aged female teacher, with a gentle expression, a rough short haircut, and she looked to be thirty years old. She then asked softly, "What do you want to learn?" ”

"Learn what?" The mothers didn't understand what it meant, and Jiang Yang and Chen Yue couldn't figure it out.

The man sitting at the back stood up and walked up to the mothers, "Are these two children?" He asked.

"Uh-huh."

The man looked at the child, then sat back in his chair and asked, "Did you score the strip?" ”

"Nope." "Nope." Jiang Yang and Chen Yue then said.

"So, how many points did you score in the high school entrance examination?"

“278。” “319。”

After listening to the child's answer, the man breathed a sigh of relief and said to the child's mothers, "Yes, apply for admission." As he spoke, he rolled his palm and gestured to the governess who was sitting by the door.

Mothers felt they should ask about the tuition fees and the details of the school before enrolling. The female teacher immediately understood, took out a textbook from the file box on the table, and handed it to Jiang Yang's mother. Chen Yue's mother leaned her face over, and the two of them looked at it together. While they were looking, the female teacher told them that this school was a regular high school run by the state, so please rest assured.

"Good! Sign up with you? Jiang Yang's mother put down the textbook and asked.

"I'm studying computer science here. You've all met the scores. The governess replied.

"Computer?" Mother asked in surprise. They were all puzzled by this new term. Four pairs of eyes stared at the governess, looking forward to her next answer.

"Yes, is your child going to learn?"

The mother didn't answer, but after a while, the male teacher sitting at the back smiled and explained, "It's the computer." ”

Although it is simple and clear, the mothers still don't understand, they are still recalling the word - computer - computer?

However, Jiang Yang suddenly realized that he was extremely interested in this. He wanted to sign up, but he was worried that his mother would not want to.

"Do you want to learn?" The female teacher asked this time looking at the two children.

The two children were at a loss, and in front of this amiable teacher, they really couldn't refuse, but they didn't say they wanted to learn, they both looked at their mother, waiting for their decision.

"What else can you learn?" Chen Yue's mother asked curiously.

"Over there, there's electronic engineering, and there's general teaching." As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the mothers set their sights on general teaching. The man in charge of the general teaching was the man who explained the word computer to them, and the mother and children walked over and stood at the table.

"Is it the same for general teaching?" Jiang Yang's mother asked.

The man shook his head and looked at the two children. "You don't have enough scores," he said. ”

"How many points?" Jiang Yang's mother asked dissatisfiedly.

“320。”

"Almost not, right?"

"Oh! This mother, if you want to say 319 points, you can add some registration fees to consider it, but your child is much worse. ”

"Nope! Isn't there any other way? Do I add some money? "Jiang Yang's mother is unrelenting. The man shook his head in silence. Chen Yue's mother was proud, because the teacher allowed her own children who were one point short to sign up, and she happily applied for the registration procedures. Although it is 100 yuan more than the tuition fee marked in the textbook just now, she is very affectionate. Jiang Yang's mother asked her child, "What should I do?" The teacher says your score is not enough. ”

Jiang Yang didn't think about it, and replied, "Then let's take a professional course." ”

"Which one to learn?"

"I look at the computer well." The mother didn't even think about it, "It's just like this." "Take the child to the table of the original benevolent female teacher and go through the registration process. My mother counted the bills and folded them neatly, and then handed them over.

The female teacher was counting the coins, and Jiang Yang's mother suddenly asked, "That, after my child learns this, can he still be in the same class as the ordinary course over there?" ”

It's a ridiculous question, the female teacher explained, "because the learning is different, the curriculum is different, and it won't be in the same class." ”

Mother nodded reluctantly. She really wanted her children to go to the general curriculum so that they could study with the children in the host family. Although Chen's registration fee was 100 more, on the way home, she kept sighing: How lucky Chen Yue was.