Today's revision of the new book, the state is not good, and Zhao Liang's death is postponed for the time being. In addition, it is necessary to completely revise it by the order of evil, and it may even change the title of the book.

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Summer is coming to an end, and the cry of knowing is clearer, and it is finally time to return to the silent night.

Li He was writing his homework, and for no reason he remembered the scene where the teacher was talking to him after school, he turned his head to look at his mother who was resting on the bed, and sighed slightly in his heart.

Before school in the afternoon, the head teacher said that the tuition should be paid, and it has been delayed for a week, and if it continues, I am afraid that the school will not let me read. Li He said at that time that he would wait a minute, there were some things at home, and he could see it, and it was probably an ultimatum.

"Mom's ......"

When he finished writing the last word, he turned his head and said softly, "The teacher is talking about the tuition again." ”

The mother watched the series on the black-and-white TV, and she said that she knew, and the money was still being made. Read it first, and then give it to the teacher when the time comes.

Li He didn't speak, he lowered his head and looked at the gel pen in his hand that had changed several refills.

The family has no money, he knows, his father is still working outside, and the living expenses for half a year have not yet arrived. It's just that he inevitably feels aggrieved at school on weekdays, especially when the teacher urges him to pay for teaching in class, the eyes of the whole class make him a little unable to get off the stage.

"Mom hasn't been feeling well lately...... "I want to go to the house next door to help take care of the children, but I don't have the strength, and the money I get shouldn't be enough." You tell the teacher to take it slowly, and it will be done in a week. ”

"A while ago, my second uncle brought you parts to make, you can try, I come back from school every day and work with you to get the parts done, it should be able to exchange money." Li He preached.

Mother shook her head, she said softly: "That's not enough, there are some places in the family that need money, and the money earned from doing work probably has to be invested in clothes and meals, I'm a little tired recently, let's rest first." ”

Li He didn't speak, his mother has been lying on the bed recently, presumably because his body is not very comfortable, and Li He is also doing housework, he is worried about his mother's illness, and he doesn't dare to say more, so he can only look at the dirty sandals on his feet.

On the second day, Li He went to school, originally wanting to avoid school earlier, but the head teacher asked him to go to the office after school, which made him feel uncomfortable, and the eyes of his classmates also told him not to say more.

The bell rings after school, like a hammer, hitting Li He's heart hard, if he can grow up faster, then he can be self-reliant, Li He slowly cleaned up his books, as if he was so delayed, time will go slower, and the moment he faces the teacher will come slower, but time is not good for him, the classmates are gone after all, the classroom is empty, and he is the only one left.

Li He pursed his lips, put a patched cloth schoolbag on his back, held up a slightly heavy step, locked the door, and slowly walked towards the teacher's office.

Li He arrived at the door of the office, clutched the sleeves of his coat, and made a report tremblingly, I don't know if the teacher didn't hear it or deliberately embarrassed him, but he still lowered his head and corrected the homework, Li He had no choice but to raise his voice and shout again: "Teacher, report." ”

The female teacher raised her head, lifted her heavy glasses, and said expressionlessly, "Come in." ”

Li He didn't take a step before he felt his heart tighten, and the teacher asked him again, how should he answer?

The female teacher put down the red pen in her hand and blinked her eyes a few times, in fact, she didn't want to force her students to ask about the tuition fee, she had also heard a few words about the situation in Li He's family, but she was not a wealthy family, so she couldn't help much.

The female teacher was a little serious, and sighed before saying: "Li He, the leader's urging is tight, and you are not teaching in our class alone, and the teacher can't handle it, you and your family have a good discussion, and see tomorrow...... Can you make up the tuition fees, and the new homework book will also be sent out, which is also calculated in the tuition fee, if you don't pay it, you will have to take care of yourself. ”

Li He understands that tomorrow is the deadline, and the teacher can be so kind and kind to reason with him, he is already very tolerant, some teachers are mean, and there are also students who fall in front of the whole class, so Li He is still very grateful to his homeroom teacher.

But the matter of tuition fees was still like a mountain pressing on his chest, making him breathless, Li He's eyes were red, he buried his head, and didn't let the teacher see that his weak self-esteem was shattering.

Li He swallowed two breaths, as if he could choke down, and he tried to calm down: "Knowing the teacher, I will tell my mother when I go back today." ”

The female teacher remembered that her child was also expensive, so she stopped talking, and finally nodded and said, "Go back, do your homework well, rest early at night, and don't burn down." ”

Li He nodded, thanked him and turned to go out.

Li He has been sullen on the way home, not because he doesn't want to be happy, it's just that the tuition fees can't be made up, and he can't breathe out the anger in his heart.

Li He arrived home and guessed that his mother was about to be in the kitchen, so he went to the kitchen first, the pot in the kitchen was hot leftovers, Li He saw that his mother was not on the stove, for fear that the vegetables would be paste, so he took the spatula and fried it twice, the mother came out of the toilet, saw her son back, with a smile on her face, took the spatula in Li He's hand, and said with concern: "How is your homework today?" Did you understand what the teacher said? ”

Li He had no intention of answering such a question, but seeing the smile on his mother's face, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he said: "I understand, I also took a cursory look at today's homework, and I can probably write it." ”

The mother was very happy to hear her son say this, and she felt that everything she did for her son was worth it!

Li He paused, and then said, "Mom...... The teacher urged me to pay tuition again today, and I didn't teach any of them in our class. ”

The smile on her mother's face disappeared suddenly, and she was also worried about this matter, but the odd jobs she did during the day earned too little, which was really not enough for her son's tuition, and recently she felt weak and powerless, even if she wanted to do heavy work, she couldn't do it, if she also fell ill, wouldn't her son be helpless?

The mother didn't speak, and silently served the dishes to the table after serving them, Li He consciously added two bowls of rice and followed his mother to the table.

During this period, neither mother nor son spoke, one did not know what to say, and the other did not dare to speak.

At the end, Li He thought of the teacher's embarrassed face, and remembered the strange eyes of his classmates, his heart was like a pinprick, he hesitated for a while, and still said: "Mom, you are not feeling well, so you can rest at home, I have two days off on the weekend, I want to work in a nearby factory for two days, if you can make up the tuition fee, you don't have to work so hard." ”

The mother naturally knew that her son was sensible, but the nearby factory was a towel factory, and it was smoky, and the twenty-year-old man came out skinny after three months of work, and I heard that the machines there were like monsters, and if they were not right, they could hang people.

She is such a son, although she is not rich and noble, but she doesn't want her son to hurt his body at a young age.

For the first time, the mother addressed her son in a stern tone: "No! You can't go, I'll try my best to make up for you about the tuition, you talk to the teacher, wait a few days, and your mother will definitely find a way to make it up for you. ”

Li He was in a hurry, he wanted to wait, but the teacher didn't want to wait, and he couldn't wait, and he would be reprimanded for one more day if he waited for one more day.

Li He then said: "Mom, I'll go for two days, and I heard from the people in the village that the salary is paid daily, and I can pay almost all of the money left in the family after two days of work, Mom, you just let me go." ”

The mother put down the chopsticks heavily and said resolutely: "No, it's too dangerous inside, I won't allow you to go." ”

Li He lost his temper as soon as he was in a hurry, he couldn't pay the tuition fees, and his mother was not allowed to do odd jobs, who did he talk to about his grievances?

Li He held his mouth and ran out with tears in his eyes.

The mother looked at her son's injured back, and she really couldn't bear it, but what could she do? The family really can't come up with that money.

The mother reluctantly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, thinking that her son would be able to come back soon.

Who knew that the wait was two hours, and it was already dark, and Li He had not come back yet.

My mother became anxious at this time, twisted the black and white TV, pulled on her slippers and went to the next door to ask.

Aunt Li next door gets along with their family quite well, and occasionally Aunt Li will give an egg Li He to make up for his body, so Li He often goes to their house to help do some light work, and Aunt Li's family also likes Li He.

The mother knocked on the door, Aunt Li's house just changed the color TV, which was sent by the new son-in-law, and their family happily watched TV around the new TV, the mother felt that she was inappropriate, but her son lost her and she was very anxious, and hurriedly asked: "Aunt Li, is Li He here?" ”

Aunt Li lowered the voice of the TV and asked, "What's wrong?" Lee Ha is gone? ”

Mother nodded, and recounted what had happened tonight.

Aunt Li slapped her palms and said with a bitter face: "This kid, I'm afraid I'm angry, let's go, let's go out and look for it." ”

Seeing that Aunt Li sincerely wanted to help her, her mother did not refuse, and immediately went out with Aunt Li and Uncle Li, while her daughter and son-in-law stayed at home to take care of the house.

Several people searched separately for a long time, and an hour later they met at Li He's house, and the mother saw that the search was fruitless, and it was really not good to trouble Aunt Li and Uncle Li again, so she coaxed them and said: "Li He and his uncle are close, this son may have arrived at his uncle's house, Aunt Li, you go back and rest first, I will go to his uncle's house to see, I will trouble you tonight." ”

Aunt Li was relieved to hear her mother say this, Aunt Li and her husband got up to leave, and before leaving, they were concerned and said: "If you find it, send us a letter tomorrow morning, if you don't find it, we will help you find it, the villagers, there is no trouble or trouble." ”

Mother thanked them kindly, and when they left, she dared to secretly shed tears, she just lied to Aunt Li, Uncle Li He's house is far away, Li He rarely goes, but her mother really can't think of where Li He is going, so she has to take a flashlight, go out lightly, and ask door to door.

The mother knows that there are several children who play well with Li He, but she doesn't know where their home is, and she knows that her son has never begged anyone, so even if he has a good relationship with his classmates, he is afraid that he will not go to sleep at his classmates, so the only possibility is to go to his uncle's house.

The mother guessed so, but she couldn't be sure, for fear that something would happen to her son, so she went home quietly, picked up the dusty coat and put it on, and went out with a flashlight.

The mother's legs were a little weak, but her determination to find her son made her feel less tired.

After walking for more than two hours, it was late at night, my mother knocked on the door of my brother's house and asked him if Li He was there. ”

Mother now knows that Li He is not here, and her heart is in a hurry, but she really doesn't have time to explain too much, so she holds back the tears of worry and makes things clear in two sentences.

Uncle Li He said "ouch" and blamed: "Tell me about the poor tuition, I can still raise some for you, you look at what you get now, take a walk, I will accompany you to find Li He." ”

In fact, he also has two children to take care of at home, and his life is tight, where will his mother really open her mouth to her brother-in-law, and the brother-in-law is usually very helpful to her family, and she can't open her mouth at all when it comes to borrowing tuition!

Uncle Li He heard the movement and came out to ask twice, Uncle Li He instructed her a few words, closed the door and flashlights with his sister, and searched all the places where Li He might go.

The two of them shouted Li He's name while looking for it, there was a bright moon and scattered stars hanging in the dark night sky, and the night breeze was a little cool, no matter how loudly they shouted, there was no response, and the low houses seemed to be asleep, there was no movement, nothing told them about Li He's whereabouts.

The mother was in poor health, sneezed a few times, and had some runny nose, Uncle Li He gave her his coat, and said helplessly: "What do you have to say with the child in the future, the child has ideas when he is older, and he is easy to get angry when he is wronged, understand?" ”

Mother nodded, only hoping that nothing would happen to Li He!

The two found that the sky was white, Uncle Li He was really tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and his mother couldn't help it, so she said: "Brother, you go back first, so as not to worry about my sister-in-law, I will also go back to rest, and I will tell you again when Li He is back." ”

Uncle Li He saw that he had been looking for so long to no avail, and now he could only go back first, so he nodded and walked back with vain steps.

The mother was going to go back, maybe her son would be at home after a while, but she thought about the crux of her son's problem, the tuition fees were not enough, and the son was afraid that he would have to go to work in the factory.

Li He was sleeping in his classmate's house at this time, in fact, he couldn't sleep all night, he couldn't close his eyes when he thought of his mother's worried look, and he didn't fall asleep until late at night, who knew that a classmate turned over and hit him, he couldn't sleep anymore, and then kept his eyes open until dawn.

Li He saw that it was already dawn, and he really couldn't sleep, and he was worried about his mother, so he dressed lightly, left words on his classmates' homework books with pencils, thanked him, and quietly went out.

In fact, this classmate's home is not far from his home, he can walk in half an hour, if he runs faster, he can get home earlier, if he arrives home, he must apologize to his mother, he also knows that his mother did not intend to let him not study, but the family is really difficult, and his mother is worried that he will have an accident in the factory, so he does not agree with him to work.

Li He ran home quickly, while blaming himself in his heart, he was his mother's heart, he was his mother's only support, how could he be so childish? If you don't say a word and leave, how worried should your mother be?

Li He was originally strong, sometimes playing with his classmates, falling and bumping, he never cried, but last night's incident made him cry, he silently reminded himself, he must be obedient in the future, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, as long as he and his mother think of a way, they will definitely be able to pay the tuition.

Li He arrived at the door of the house, panting, his heart was beating fast, he held on to the wall and rested for a while, how impatient he was on the way, now that he really wanted to see his mother, he was about to see his mother's worried face, he really didn't know what to say.

After a while, Li He opened the door and entered his mother's room, but his mother's room was empty, Li He went to touch his mother's bed, and found that the bed was not only neatly folded, but also had no temperature at all.

Li He blamed himself in his heart, his mother's body was already weak, if he didn't sleep all night to find him, where could he stand it!

Li He was immediately annoyed and slapped himself twice, he really shouldn't have lost his temper!

Li He didn't care about changing his shoes, he was still wearing the slippers he wore when he ran out last night, closed the door and ran outside.

As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw his mother who was unsteady in her footsteps rushing here, Li He hurriedly stepped forward to pick up her mother and helped her into the house.

Li He guiltily poured a glass of water for his mother, and his mother drank the water and lay on the table for a while.

Li He put his hand on his mother's arm, he found that his mother's arm was cold, his self-blame finally drowned out his reason, Li He couldn't help but sobbed quietly.

Li Hedao: "Mom, it's me who is not good...... I really shouldn't be angry with you, I'll go and tell the teacher again, a few days of grace is, you go and rest, if you're hungry, I'll cook for you first, and heat up last night's dishes. ”

The mother raised her head with difficulty, her face was very pale, and there was a dark green circle under her eyes, and the first few interlaced blood streaks in her eyes passed through Li He's heart like iron wires.

Li He's hand on his mother's arm was unconsciously stronger, and his mother's right hand was clenched in her stomach, not because her stomach hurt, but because her son's tuition was placed in her stomach, which was her son's hope.

The mother stretched it into the waistband of her pants with some trembling, took out the tied money, put it in front of her son, and said weakly: "Li He, don't worry, this money is enough for your tuition." ”

Li He was surprised, where did his mother get so much money?

Li He didn't dare to take the money, looked at his mother in surprise and said, "Mom, this money ...... Where did it come from? ”

The mother was afraid that her son would be too careful, her eyes flickered a little, and she hesitated for a long time, but she didn't say a pinpoint, Li He kept asking, and the mother had no choice but to say, "It's borrowed, don't worry." ”

Li He is even more anxious, who will lend money to their family?

Li He asked again: "Mom, who did you borrow it from?" Who can borrow so much money from our family? Li He knew that there were not many people who were good friends with his family, and there were not many relatives who were wealthy and friendly.

The mother's eyes were a little uncertain, "Yes...... Your uncle. ”

Li He didn't believe it, if his mother was willing to borrow from his uncle, where would she wait until now? He always remembered his uncle's stinginess towards his family.

The mother was afraid that her son would be suspicious, so she added: "Not all of them are borrowed from your uncle, but there are also some relatives and friends from your father's side, although some of them don't have much contact, but when we encounter difficulties, my mother opened her mouth, how can they not help?" You see, the money is all bits and pieces. ”

Li He looked at the thick stack of change, and some believed his mother's words, after all, he didn't like to be close to his relatives, some relatives he didn't know well, his mother was familiar, and it was not impossible to borrow money.

The mother was glad that she had changed the change beforehand, otherwise her son would have to follow up.

Li He reconfirmed it again and again before he warmed up the meal and had breakfast with his mother, and went to school with the money in peace.

With the money to pay for tuition, he felt that his spine was straightened, as if this thin paper money could really save his thin dignity.

After Li He went to school, he shouted before the teacher walked out of the classroom door: "Teacher, I have something to do with you." ”

As soon as he shouted like this, the attention of the classmates was naturally on him, and the sharp-eyed classmates saw that his pockets were bulging, and naturally knew what he was going to do, and the head teacher smiled: "Come with me." ”

Li He heard the careful discussion of the classmates behind him, and his heart was much more relaxed, and the embarrassment and inferiority complex of that day seemed to disappear in an instant.

After arriving at the office, the teacher saw Li He's smile on his face, took out the fee slip and pressed the ballpoint pen, and asked, "Are you here to pay the tuition?" ”

Li He let out a cheerful "um", handed the thick stack of money to the head teacher, and said, "You count." ”

The head teacher took the money, counted it twice, and opened a list for him after counting it, saying: "It's collected, this is a receipt, take it back to the parents to see, the fee details are on it, the school did not charge indiscriminately, and the teacher did not take a penny from the students." ”

Li He let out a heavy "um" and said, "I know." ”

The head teacher collected the money and said, "Go ahead, don't delay the class." ”

Li He held the fee bill, his heart was full of joy, he must study hard in the future, work hard to earn money, so that his mother can stay away from the hard life.

After school, Li He ran home with his schoolbag on his back, and his mother was doing some sewing work at home, Li He put down his schoolbag and took the initiative to help his mother thread. Then I told my mother about what happened at school.

Mother listened quietly, but Li He found that there was a small hole in his mother's hand, if he didn't look closely, he would ignore it as a mosquito bite, Li He looked along his mother's arm, but found that there were also two holes on his mother's arm, and that hole was clearly a pinhole, but he couldn't read it.

And in those days, my mother's body was even weaker.

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Li He, who was at the dinner table, threw a backpack of money in front of his mother, and he laughed and said, "Mom, take your pocket money this month, use it and squander it." ”

The mother said angrily: "Don't spend it, I'll save it for you first." ”

"When you sold blood, what price did it come from?" Li He asked suddenly.

"What sells blood?" Zhao Liang and Chen Ziyin, who were eating together, said.

Li He told him what happened back then, and his mother was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and chuckled: "Whenever a friend comes over, you have to say it again, you kid, you start pretending to be forced again." ”

"Mom! Don't say such strange words, Mom! ”