Early the next morning, Zou Shun waited for Xiao Peng as usual after eating, but the time passed minute by minute, but there was no trace of Xiao Peng, Zou Shun began to be anxious, if Xiao Peng didn't come, it might be late, this is the first day of school, many things are not clear, and you need to go to school early to listen to the arrangement.

Zou Shun waited impatiently, so he pulled out his legs and ran towards Xiao Peng's house, and before he entered the house, he heard Xiao's father's loud voice from a distance: "Do you still want to rent a house like this?" Don't you know what's going on in our family? It's already hard enough for you to study, and now you have hard wings, right, and you want to move out! ”

"That's not too much rent, and I'm still coming back every week, and ...... And Ah Shun is also going to rent a house! Xiao Peng said faintly.

"Not expensive? Then you can do it yourself! Father Xiao was angry and continued: "You still use Zou Shun as a shield, are you the same as Zou Shun?" People win the first place every year, what about you? Zou Shun couldn't listen to it anymore, and left Xiao Peng's house, his face was hot all the way, as if he had been slapped twice, and at the same time, the audience was laughing. Zou Shun was slapped in the face by this reality, he was full of confidence yesterday, but today he has been suppressed by this reality and can no longer raise his head.

Zou Shun arrived home with the front foot, Xiao Peng arrived with the back foot, the atmosphere was very heavy, although it was eight o'clock in the morning, the breeze was just right, and the sun was not dry, but the atmosphere between the two was very heavy.

"Did you hear what he said?" When the two were hurrying away, Xiao Peng couldn't help but ask.

Zou Shun was obviously surprised, not because Xiao Peng used "he" to refer to his father, but because he was curious about how Xiao Peng knew about himself. Xiao Peng obviously saw Zou Shun's doubts, and continued: "We have been playing since we were children, if I can't even hear your footsteps, then what's the use. ”

The two fell into silence again, walking one after the other, Zou Shun looked at the figure a few steps in front of him, lonely and lonely, but extremely determined, he was a little stunned for a while, when was the gap between himself and Xiao Peng so big? In the eyes of outsiders, Zou Shun Siwen is well-behaved and has good grades, while Xiao Peng is naughty and mischievous, and his grades are countdown, almost all adults will say that Zou Shun is much better than Xiao Peng. But in Zou Shun's eyes, he is timid and cowardly, and he has no responsibility, while Xiao Peng is bold and careful, independent, and he has many traits that are worth learning by himself.

Coming to the fork in the road again, Xiao Peng looked at the two roads in front of him, and for a while he didn't know where to go, one led to Guanlian Town, and the other led to Guanlian Terrace. Xiao Peng suddenly pulled his legs and ran to the top of the mountain, Zou Shun didn't say anything, followed closely, about a quarter of an hour later, they came to the Guanlian Terrace, at this time Xiao Peng could no longer suppress the pain in his heart, to the Guanlian Town below, let out a loud roar, and finally turned into a low sob. A twelve- or thirteen-year-old child, born in such a family, may only be able to temporarily paralyze the painful nerves by screaming angrily!

Zou Shun couldn't control it anymore, stepped forward and hugged Xiao Peng from behind.

"Ah Shun, why do you say this, why am I born in such a family? I'm not afraid of poverty! I'm not afraid of suffering! But I'm afraid of this ignorant and rotten father! They have been suffering in the ground all their lives, but they want to tie their children to the ground for the rest of their lives! Xiao Peng's voice gradually became hoarse, but in the end it became resolute, "No! I won't, I'm definitely not going to dig in this field again! Even if you go to work, it is ten times and a hundred times stronger than carrying this hoe! I must not be bound by them! ”

Zou Shun tried to control his tears, but the tears still overflowed involuntarily. "Peng, it's okay, everything will pass, we are still young, everything will be fine!"

The two hugged each other tightly on the top of the mountain.

When they came to the school in a good mood, a notice was being broadcast on the loudspeaker: "All new students are requested to gather quickly in the playground, the opening ceremony will be held in ten minutes." ”

Zou Shun Xiaopeng quickly ran to the playground, the freshmen had already gathered there, one by one elated, the atmosphere was lively, Zou Shun Xiaopeng casually found a team and stood at the back of the team.

The opening ceremony was extremely boring, it was nothing more than some leaders' speeches, the secretary spoke about the principal, the principal spoke about the director, and when they finally ended their big talk, Zou Shun found that he didn't listen to anything.

Finally began to divide the class, in fact, the so-called class, it has been divided a long time ago, but it is just to read the name on the playground, let the teacher take these newcomers to his class, why not make a note or something like that to post an announcement? Maybe it's because you have to take care of these children's comprehension skills! Interestingly, Zou Shun later heard his old classmates say that he was originally in the first class, but he didn't hear clearly when he was assigned to the class, and went to the fourth class in a daze, and then stayed in the fourth class for two years (because he dropped out of school to work in the third year of junior high school).

The whole grade is divided into four classes, each class has about sixty students, fortunately Zou Shun and Xiao Peng are in the third class, the head teacher is a female teacher, named Lin Yujun, about thirty years old, only one meter six tall, nothing else special, this is Zou Shun's first impression of her.

As for what Teacher Lin said on the first day of school, Zou Shun had no impression, only vaguely heard that the position needed to be arranged by the teacher himself, and then, Zou Shun and Xiao Peng separated. "Hey, hello!" When Zou Shun was still in a trance, he heard such a greeting, and when he looked up and saw his new tablemate, he was obviously taken aback, his confident expression and tall figure were the young man who ate fried ice yesterday! Surprised to surprised, Zou Shun still learned his tone and replied "Hello".

Zou Shun secretly thought that he must be in the primary school of the central school in the town, and only the students of the central school would greet him like this. Zou Shun looked at him carefully again, and always felt that there was something different in him, but he couldn't tell what was different. In fact, if Zou Shun was a girl, he would easily find that the person next to him was very handsome, and he seemed to have a heroic spirit, but unfortunately Zou Shun really lacked aesthetic ability now, especially for boys.

Seeing Zou Shun looking at himself like this, the other party was also a little unnatural, and began to take the initiative to talk, drawing Zou Shun's attention, "My name is Feng Zongwei, you are Zou Shun, right?" Zou Shun was shocked again, how could he know everything!

"Actually, don't be surprised, Teacher Lin is my aunt, she has communicated with me in private about your situation, about the awards you have won and the results you have achieved, she also said that you are a very good student, ask me to become your tablemate and learn from you!" When Zou Shun heard this, he was inexplicably a little disgusted, as if he was being played with, played with, and used.

Zou Shun learned an important lesson in life on the first day of school - human relationships, is this wrong? Seems right. But is this legitimate? It doesn't seem to be legitimate. Although Zou Shun was unhappy in his heart, his face still did not change. Feng Zongwei didn't care about him, and continued: "Look at the skinny little girl in the first row, her name is Li Wenrong, she is the first place in our class, and she has to compete with you for the second place!" When she was in elementary school, she was in the same class as me, and she often won the first place, and the key is that her English is very good. ”

"You're saying you've been learning English since elementary school?" Zou Shun was a little flustered and hurriedly interrupted him.

"Yes, although I haven't learned much, but I have learned a little, haven't you learned any English in elementary school?" Feng Zongwei was slightly stunned.

"It's true that I didn't learn, and we basically relied on throwing paper to choose the answers for the junior high school English test." Zou Shun spoke brightly, looking like he was talking about his feat, but who knew the anxiety in his heart.

"Haha, it's okay, everyone is pretty much the same anyway, and in junior high school, these things have to be relearned." Feng Zongwei looked full of ambition.

Zou Shun remembered a very serious question again, "Could it be that I didn't learn English, and my grades can be ranked second in the class?" ”

"Brother, what were you doing when the teacher was talking just now? Didn't you hear the teacher say that this ranking only looks at Chinese and mathematics scores? Feng Zongwei was speechless.

Zou Shun thought that he didn't know where he was just now, so he had to haha: "Hey, I didn't react for a while just now." ”

Zou Shun suddenly felt unprecedented pressure, although the smile on his face still did not change, he knew that the gap between himself and others was not one or two points, but a gap of one year, two years or even three years, he had heard and heard English since he was a child, but he had never really been in contact with this subject, but he used to occasionally listen to his brother and cousin say "Love is oil-free", with a unique country accent, in Zou Shun's eyes it is already very romantic. Now that he heard that his classmates had studied English for at least a year, all he had left in his heart was panic.

Zou Shun moved his gaze to the thin and small Li Wenrong, thinking that others not only surpassed him in Chinese and mathematics courses, but also excelled in English. What do you do to compete with others? This was the first time Zou Shun felt powerless in his studies. The education gap between rural areas and towns is already so big, so what will education be like in county seats, cities, provincial towns, and capitals? Zou Shun was curious, but couldn't imagine.

After the head teacher adjusted the position, it was the student's self-introduction, the students came to the stage one by one, chatting about their names, origins, personality and hobbies, etc., Zou Shun was the first time to experience this kind of scene, seeing the students on stage one by one, lifting weights like light, talking and laughing freely, couldn't help but be nervous, and hurriedly asked the same table: "What should I talk about later?" ”

Feng Zongwei was speechless for a while, "You don't even know this?" It's nothing more than talking about who your surname is, where you come from, what your personality is, what your hobbies are, and it's best to add a sentence of 'I hope you will take care of it'. You only need to read the introductions of two more people to learn. ”

Sure enough, when there were more than a dozen people on the stage, Zou Shun found that he seemed to have really learned, and everyone introduced and introduced those fixed routines, Zou Shun felt a little at ease. At this moment, Li Wenrong came to the stage, "Hello everyone, my name is Li Wenrong, I am from Changping Village, I also graduated from the Central School, I like to read, and I usually like to go to Luohong Bookstore." If you also like to read, we can communicate and share together, thank you. Zou Shun looked at Li Wenrong on the stage, although his body was thin, his words and deeds all revealed good quality, which showed how much her family attached importance to her education, is this her opponent? Can she be her competitor? Zou Shun couldn't answer himself.

When Zou Shun was still in his trance, he suddenly felt that Feng Zongwei next to him touched him, he came back to his senses and found that everyone was focusing on him, and after being stunned for a second, he reacted that it was time for him to go on stage, under the burning gaze, he seemed to feel a strong blood flow being pumped out of the left ventricle, straight to the top of his head, his face was quickly congested, burning hot, his legs trembled slightly, and it was a little difficult to move his body. Seeing him like this, Mr. Lin took the lead in applauding, Zou Shun's mood was slightly relieved, he shifted his attention slightly, propped himself on the desk with two hands, reluctantly stood up, and walked on the podium lightly. The self-introduction is concise and powerful, and the words are simple and meaningful......"

Zou Shun hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "What did I say?" ”

"Haha, just seven words, hello everyone, my name is Zou Shun." Feng Zongwei laughed as he spoke.

Zou Shun felt that his face was probably lost, and this matter had indeed become Feng Zongwei's talking point, so he took it out to ridicule Zou Shun if he had nothing to do.

School ended at two o'clock in the afternoon that day, because the class had not officially started, but I just explained some things that should be explained, and then let these children get familiar with the environment and classmates. After school, day students have to go home, Xiao Peng said hello to Zou Shun, then turned around and left, Zou Shun watched Xiao Peng gradually walk away at the school gate, his back was a little bleak, he couldn't help but be a little lonely, but Zou Shun had no choice, he could only bear it silently, life had to go on, without Xiao Peng's inseparability, he still had to live a good life!

After the grief, Zou Shun sorted out his mood, cleared Xiao Peng out of his mind, and walked towards the second sister's fried ice shop. The shopkeeper still had the same smiling face as yesterday, but Zou Shun didn't have the strength to put on a happy expression, but the shopkeeper didn't mind. Since Xiao Peng didn't come together, the discount he said yesterday was naturally gone, Zou Shun understood that as long as he and her were soft and hard for a while, the discount would definitely be okay, but he was really in no mood to bargain now.

When he walked to the basement with the quilt and the shopkeeper, he suddenly felt that the heavens seemed to like to joke with him very much, because he saw Feng Zongwei burying his head in making the bed. Feng Zongwei noticed that someone was coming, looked up, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect us to be roommates." ”

Before Zou Shun could answer, the shopkeeper next to him spoke first: "I didn't expect you to know each other, so it's good, and the two of you can take care of it, or you can sleep in the same bed, right?" ”

Of course, Zou Shun has nothing to say, looking at the number of beds, he knows that it is impossible to sleep in one bed alone, in this case, it is naturally best to find an acquaintance to sleep with. Feng Zongwei naturally had nothing to say. So the two of them began to tidy up their nest together.

The basement is divided into two rooms, Zou Shun and they chose the inner one, in fact, this is not to mention the inside and outside, anyway, the two rooms are connected, and there is no door in the middle, but Zou Shun instinctively feels that the inside is more private and more secure.

Seeing that they were busy tidying up, the shopkeeper continued: "Since you will live here in the future, then don't call me the proprietress anymore, call me the second sister, and let me look younger." The two of them who were busy with their work were amused by her humorous and lively tone, and they both called out "Second Sister", and the Second Sister was very happy to hear it, and said: "Now I am younger again, I will invite you to eat barbecue in the evening." The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and the second sister went to work on her shop again.

Later, Feng Zongwei took Zou Shun to buy some daily necessities, originally these things were sold at the school gate, but the price would be much more expensive than usual, and Feng Zongwei had studied in this town for so many years, so he naturally knew where to buy cost-effective items, therefore, he took Zou Shun into a small alley, and heard him say that this alleyway was originally the original old street, and then new buildings on the new street came out, and the old street was gradually forgotten, but the things inside are not blown, they are really good and cheap, And there are also many handmade products, such as sieves, dustpans, brushes, brooms, etc., which are mostly sold in the old streets.

Although Zou Shun has also heard of the old street, but he never knew what Feng Zongwei said, and he has never been to this so-called old street, Guanlian Town goes to the street every 258 of the lunar calendar to buy daily production supplies, commonly known as "rushing to the field", Zou Shun has not actually rushed a few times, he doesn't even know what the street is like when he is idle, so, as long as he has the opportunity to go on the street, he likes to get tired of the new street with his friends, the new street is lively and prosperous, and it has a modern atmosphere, as for the old street, he doesn't have the heart to inquire where it is. Therefore, when he heard that Feng Zongwei was going to take him to Lao Cai, his first reaction was not expectation or curiosity, but slight resistance, but when he thought about it carefully, he seemed to have never seen Lao Cai since he was a child, and he had always heard about this Lao Cai from other people's mouths, and when he thought of this, he gladly accepted it.

In fact, Zou Shun's imagination is not wrong, the old street is indeed old and dilapidated, and the street is narrow, if a shuttle bus comes, the entire street may be occupied. However, the old is the old, it has its own unique charm, although this day is not a rush day, but due to the opening of the school, there are a lot of shops on the old street, mainly for the students' business, nothing more than selling some toiletries and bedding, Zou Shun They quickly bought all the things they needed. Originally, Zou Shun wanted to go home, but he couldn't resist Feng Zongwei's fun-loving heart, so he had to take him to visit this old street again, there was a lot of food on this street, but now Zou Shun was not in the mood to eat, and he also knew that his wallet could not be compared with Feng Zongwei's.

The old street is only 500 meters long, and it is still very uncomfortable to walk down with so many things around. Approaching the end of the street, just when Zou Shun was glad that it was about to end, he suddenly saw a shop, the front of the door and the walls were tied, although it was clean but still difficult to reduce the dilapidation, some of the red paint on the doors and windows fell, and some of them could no longer distinguish the original color, a plaque that was some years old, the golden lacquer words on it fell equally badly, but it was vaguely recognizable, Zou Shun read it softly: "Blue and red bookstore? ”

A burst of laughter suddenly came from Feng Zongwei, "Haha, Zou Shun, do you want to laugh at me to death?" ”

Zou Shun was still unclear, so Feng Zongwei continued: "That's Luohong Bookstore, didn't you hear Li Wenrong's introduction today?" Zou Shun reacted at this time, thinking: This can't be blamed on me, that word falls off so badly, who can recognize it. I was dissatisfied, and I didn't have a good face on my face. Today's two uglies were caught by this kid.,I feel like I've read so many books.,The ugliness seems to be concentrated today.。

Feng Zongwei also wanted to take Zou Shun in to have a look, but Zou Shun was unhappy and refused, and why did he enter the bookstore with all these things? Instinctively, Zou Shun still feels that a place like a bookstore is not something he can enter now. He remembered a text he learned in elementary school, which was "Eavesdropping" written by Lin Haiyin, in which she described her experience of eavesdropping in the bookstore, and the writing was very poignant.

When Zou Shun and the others returned to their residence, the sun had already set in the west, and the last rays of light had covered the whole earth with a golden veil, warm and golden. But Zou Shun didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful scenery, he just wanted to go back and wash his face and sleep comfortably, but before they got to the basement, they heard the noise coming from it, they pushed open the door and found that the room was full of people, sitting or standing, lying or lying, Zou Shun's arrival just attracted their glimpse, these are nothing, when the two walked into their room, they found that the most terrible thing was that there was a circle of people playing cards on a bed, and that bed was Feng Zongwei and Zou Shun's bed, Zou Shun saw this scene, I suddenly regretted it in my heart, did I want to live with such a group of people? Is their bed just a waste for them? Should I swallow my anger or should I rebuke them? Zou Shun hadn't given himself a definite answer yet, and Feng Zongwei next to him couldn't help it, and tried his best to restrain his voice and said, "Everyone, that's our bed." ”

One of the baby-faced, tall and white, cynical men said, "Where's your bed?" I'll pay you rent in a while, is five cents enough? ”

Zou Shun looked at his playful look, looking at Zou Shun and the two like pets, and the blood in his bones gushed out at this time, and roared: "Get out of here!" ”

The audience was suddenly quiet, everyone looked at him with unbelievable eyes, Feng Zongwei's body trembled slightly, after time stood still for a second, the baby face jumped from the bed and jumped to the ground, there was only a distance of two or three meters between the two, the man had long legs, and he came to Zou Shun in the blink of an eye, raised his foot to aim at Zou Shun's stomach is a kick, Zou Shun instinctively blocked with his hand, although he reduced the effect of some force, but it was inevitable to be kicked to the ground, fortunately the man was not wearing shoes, otherwise Zou Shun would have suffered this time.

Although Zou Shun was kicked to the ground, there was no trauma to his abdomen, but his elbow had already taken off a piece of skin due to the friction and impact on the ground, but Zou Shun could not feel the pain now, and his years of combat experience made him immediately bounce and prepare for the second round of attacks. At this time, everyone reacted, Feng Zongwei ran over to protect Zou Shun in front of him, and at the same time to prevent Zou Shun from being impulsive again, and the other people who played cards began to encourage the baby face to teach Zou Shun a lesson, otherwise their third-grade faces would have nowhere to put them.

Just when the two sides were confronting, a man outside came in, he was much shorter than the baby face, but still taller than Zou Shun, with a small head, a hideous face, and all the muscles on his body, Zou Shun looked at this posture, and suddenly felt a little timid, if this man's fist was put on himself, I am afraid that his bones would fall apart! But the previous arrogance had made him have no way out, and it was useless to be timid, it was better to face them head-on, because he knew that for a creature like man, the more he retreated, the more he would advance, and he would be pressed step by step.

Zou Shun and Na Ban looked at each other, but Zou Shun did not see violence, impulsiveness, or schadenfreude in his eyes, on the contrary, what he saw was a calmness that controlled the overall situation. The board turned sideways and said to the baby face: "Xiao Chao, he just came in and doesn't understand anything, forget it this time." ”

This sentence shocked almost everyone, Zou Shun looked at the posture he came in, thinking that he would give himself two fists, and kick two feet by the way, and looking at his dress, he didn't look like a good stubble, Zou Shun really didn't expect him to speak for himself. The other people were also a little surprised, on the contrary, the more calm in the audience was the baby face, he sneered and said: "Ah Hong, you are really good, for a kid who meets for the first time to be a lobbyist, okay!" Yes! Yes! I'm going to give you this face today. But ......" when he said this, he turned and put his feet in his shoes, jumped into the bed, and said as he went, "But, doesn't he love his bed so much?" What now? ”

Zou Shun's anger that had just been suppressed by fear accumulated little by little, his fists were clenched, and he just wanted to rush up and make close contact with his jaw with an uppercut fist, the blood in his whole body was quickly filled, his cheeks were red, and it seemed that blood beads were about to drip out of his pores, Zou Shun imagined that he rushed forward and knocked the baby face to the ground, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party was not so powerful, as long as he accumulated strength, it was completely possible to knock him down with a fist.

Zou Shun thought like this, as if victory was ahead, and his feet seemed to be no longer controlled, and he was bent on stepping forward. Just when Zou Shun felt that he was about to act, a sharp gaze suddenly swept towards him, Zou Shun's heart was cold, the fighting spirit that had just burned disappeared in an instant, the man named Ah Hong, his gaze was really terrifying.

In fact, from the time Babyface jumped on the bed to the end, the whole process did not take more than a minute, but in this short minute, Zou Shun's heart rose and fell several times, so when Babyface left, Zou Shun actually collapsed a little, but he still insisted on walking to the side of the bed, regardless of whether he was stepped on or not, he fell down.

The game was scattered, there were not a few people left, Zou Shun later learned that in fact, most of those who played cards did not live here, they just had a few spare money at the beginning of the school, so they invited their own brothers to come to gamble, and there was naturally a middleman to lead, this middleman is of course Zou Shun and their roommates, one is called Gu Tianyuan, one is called Shang Hu.

Speaking of Zou Shun and their roommates, first of all, it is natural to talk about Brother Ban Cun, his first impression is really difficult to relate to compliments, but his personality is really decent, this is Zou Shun summed up according to what happened just now, of course, he also mixed with bastards, but he always gave Zou Shun a sense of admiration. Generally speaking, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, it is difficult to maintain one's true mind when he hangs out with some school bastards, and it is inevitable to go with the flow and do something against his will, but Brother Bancun gives Zou Shun the feeling that he can refuse what he is not willing to do. Of course, Brother Bancun also has a big name, his name is Xu Lihong, a third-year student at Guanlian Middle School, and people he is familiar with call him Ah Hong, he belongs to the typical black-and-white type.

As for Gu Tianyuan, the name is very atmospheric, but people look really flattering, but the third-grade student has the height of the first grade, and the key is still very thin, maybe he wants to highlight his identity (of course, I don't know what his identity is), he always tilts his mouth and puts his head back as much as possible, in his cognition, the neck is probably stubborn, the eyes are very small, and occasionally radiates fine light, which often scares people.

And another Shang Hu who participated in the card game, this person is more worthy of his name, he is tall and big, I am afraid that he is 1.75 meters, but he is in the second grade, and he speaks a little stammering, Zou Shun always feels that he has a problem with his brain, and it is not easy to use. But as he gets to know better, Zou Shun will know how ridiculous his idea is in the future, but it also teaches Zou Shun one thing: try not to judge a person by first impression! Some people don't even know what kind of person they want to become, so how can others judge him from his appearance?

There are also two people who share a house like Zou Shun, they are also freshmen who have just entered the school, in the fourth class, named Wanfu and Wangui, they are cousins, and the two of them don't have much characteristics, but looking at them like that, it seems that the family is richer, Wanfu is white and fat, Wangui is thin and tall, and both of them are very afraid of life.

When Zou Shun got to know his roommate, the second sister lost no time in coming down, followed by a small pot of barbecue, of course, mostly vegetarian dishes, but this does not affect everyone's appetite, although Zou Shun was disturbed by so many fright, even if he didn't have much appetite, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of the escaping fragrance, and they feasted together, that small pot of barbecue naturally couldn't help eating, six or seven adolescent children, one by one has a very good appetite, that bit of barbecue can only be regarded as a tooth sacrifice, everyone is not happy, but considering their own pockets, still held back, but Shang Hu and Gu Tianyuan couldn't bear it (of course, I don't know if they really couldn't bear it, or they just wanted to show off to Zou Shun), anyway, they went to order barbecue again.

Suddenly, a terrible thought appeared in Zou Shun's mind, why did the second sister invite them to barbecue? Is it really just a welcome to them? This thought flashed through him, and Zou Shun didn't do much research, but it felt a little weird.

Later, a few of them inevitably chatted again, boasting about their own not good history, Zou Shun and Feng Zongwei naturally needed to make up the bed, replace the dirty pad, and cover the original pad, and a few people chatted and chatted, and fell asleep unconsciously.