found the office, Sister Li knocked on the door, and a deep male voice came from inside: "Come in." Opening the door, there was a man about forty years old sitting in the small office, with a pair of divine eyes, a tall nose bridge, thin and tall, with a Sven face, seeing Sister Li and Tong Yan, he smiled gently: "If you have something, come in and talk about it." Look at Sister Li and say, "Are you Gao Yue's mother?" "Yes, yes, Principal Qian really has a good memory, my surname is Li, my name is Li Chunjin, this is Tong Yan." ”

Tong Yan hurriedly greeted Principal Qian, and after a brief greeting from everyone, Tong Yan explained her intention: "I want to come to the school to study, I have learned some high school knowledge, and I hope to continue my unfinished studies and better serve the people in the future." ”

Principal Qian listened, asked Tong Yan about some of the situation, thought for a while and said to Tong Yan: "In this way, I will give you a set of test papers, you can do it, you can pass the test, you can study with us, but if you don't pass the test, then I can't help it." Saying that, she found a set of test papers from the desk, took out a paper and pen, and arranged for Tong Yan to go to the next office for the exam.

Tong Yan said goodbye to Sister Li, took the test paper, looked at it, and found that the questions in the sixties were really not difficult for her, after all, students in modern society are rolling out of the sea of questions. It takes a long time to write an essay, and it is not easy to write an essay that is in line with the characteristics of the times.

Two hours later, Tong Yan handed over the test paper to Principal Qian, looking at Tong Yanjuanxiu's font, Principal Qian was satisfied with three points first, and asked a few teachers to correct the test papers, Principal Qian looked at the scores, and was a few points satisfied, and said to Tong Yan with a smile: "The test is good, this is the test paper of the first year of high school, it seems that you have learned very solidly, do you want to try the second year of high school, if you can pass, you can go directly to the third year of high school." Of course Tong Yan is willing, in a few years, the situation will change, and there will be nothing to learn in school, so it is a good thing to graduate early.

Tong Yan did another set of test papers for the second year of high school, and the score was naturally not as high as the previous one, but she also passed. Principal Qian asked Tong Yan to go through the enrollment procedures, and came to report and pay the fee at the end of August. Now at the end of June, that is to say, in two months, Tong Yan has to make up tuition and living expenses, as well as rent. But Tong Yan is still very happy, she has completed two major things today, found a house, and found a school. Everything is moving in a good direction.

Walking all the way back, Tong Yan found a secluded place where no one was, took a rag and a broom from the space, and went back to clean the room, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

The school is not much away from the house she rented, Tong Yan carried these things back to the small yard, and happened to meet Sister-in-law Tian, who was making a stove, saw Tong Yan coming back, and greeted Tong Yan, looked at the things in Tong Yan's hand and said, "Xiao Tong, sister-in-law called you like this." Tong Yan smiled: "It's okay, you can call me Xiao Tong or Tong Yan." Sister-in-law Tian continued: "You are going to clean the room, have you bought a bucket?"

Tong Yan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and then she reacted, now is not the era of having running water! She is still used to modern life, glanced at Sister-in-law Tian, and said with a slight embarrassment: "No!" Sister-in-law Tian had such an expression on her face, "You wait, I have one at home, I'll go and get it for you to use first." Then he came out with a wooden barrel and said, "There is a well at the back of the house, and you can go out and turn left and walk two steps to see it." ”

Tong Yan took the bucket, and the weight was still quite heavy. He secretly said in his heart: "If you don't look at me, I can get water by myself, and I don't have to carry water at all." ”

Out of the courtyard gate, turn a corner, I saw a well, there were two or three people fetching water, saw Tong Yan coming, looked at her curiously, but didn't talk to her, and when Tong Yan fetched water, those people were together muttering.

Tong Yan carried the water back to the yard, in the end she had never done such a job, the bucket full of eight points was staggered to the yard, only six points full, and her trouser legs were wet. Sister-in-law Tian looked at Tong Yan's embarrassed appearance, and teased with a smile: "Little Tong, you haven't done this job, you have to practice hard." Tong Yan could only smile.

With the help of Sister-in-law Tian's bucket, Tong Yan scrubbed the house up and down several times, and finally was able to live in it. Returning the bucket to Sister-in-law Tian, Tong Yan returned to the house, and then took a closer look at the house.

The house was also simple enough, looking up, there was an old wooden beam across the roof, the floor was mud, the corners of the bed were made of bricks, and the drawers of the desk were broken with a small hole, and there was no one at all. The saddest thing is that there is no window in the house, and the ventilation can only be leaned on a window on the door, no wonder this room smells when it is opened.

Just as I wanted to take out the cover from the space, I heard someone knocking on the door, and as soon as I opened the door, I saw Sister-in-law Tian standing at the door. Sister-in-law Tian was carrying a kettle in her hand, and when she saw Tong Yan, she asked: "Little Tong, I see that you don't have anything at home, I guess you can't cook, boil water, sister-in-law has boiled water here, do you want it?" Tong Yan quickly took out the cup and poured a glass of water, Sister-in-law Tian was not polite, and walked in to look around, "Little Tong, you don't have anything, how can you sleep for a while?" Tong Yan handed the kettle back to Sister-in-law Tian: "I'll go find an acquaintance in a while, and I'll put all my things there." "Oh, oh, that's okay, then I'll go first, you can talk if you have something!" Tong Yan sent the person away with a smiling face.

Closing the door, Tong Yan thought about it, took the key and went out. At this time, it was already dusk, and the people in the courtyard came back one after another. Tong Yan realized at this time that after a busy day, she hadn't eaten lunch yet, and it was time for dinner.

The streets are full of people who come home from work, they are dressed simply, and many of them even wear patched clothes, but they do not have the anxiety and impetuosity of modern people, and most of them are peaceful, and seem to be content with their current life. Tong Yan found that there were several factories and a small restaurant in the vicinity, and it was also very close to the No. 1 Middle School in Lin'an Town, and the bus stop was not far from the No. 1 Middle School. But there were only two cars, one to the county and one to the train station. Tong Yan deliberately paid attention to it, but did not see the legendary "black market".

After going around and around, Tong Yan found a hidden place, rolled the futon, carried it on her back, took a piece of cloth, wrapped some daily necessities in the cloth, tied a cloth bag around the four corners, and turned back to the small courtyard with her arm on her shoulder, fortunately, Sister-in-law Tian was no longer in the yard, and the other people in the yard just looked at Tong Yan a few times, and watched Tong Yan open the door and walk back to the house, and they all understood that Tong Yan was new.

Tong Yan no longer had time to care about the eyes of others, so she spread the quilt, found a candle, lit it, and the room was finally a little light. I took out the things in the baggage again, and after some tidying up, I finally looked a little at home. The only trouble is that because there are no windows, the door can't be closed in such weather, but Tong Yan secretly observed the situation of other people's homes, and the doors were all open. Tong Yan decided that the first thing she would do tomorrow was to make a curtain, otherwise there would be something in the house, and others would see it at a glance.

After eating some food taken out of the space, Tong Yan closed the door after washing up and entered the space directly. The hut was stuffy and hot, but the space was at a constant temperature, and Tong Yan decided to sleep in the space tonight.

Before going to bed, Tong Yan sorted out some daily necessities and prepared to take them out of the space tomorrow. People here use coal stoves, so look for a coal stove and briquettes. There are definitely no wooden buckets for drawing water, although there are many plastic buckets in the space, but this can't be taken out and used, so use a basin to make do. The old-fashioned pu fan was also found, and there was a flower cloth for making curtains, and there was no cloth sold in the wholesale market, but there were bedding sellers, and a sheet could be cut out.

As for the cutlery, take two enamel bowls, which should also be enough. There is also food, Tong Yan found a cloth bag and filled it with some cornmeal, which should be food in line with the characteristics of the times. These are all used to cover up, and you must still use the space for your usual food.

Tong Yan prepares to cook some food in the space. In a shop selling Chinese dim sum, I found a briquette stove and an aluminum pot, although Tong Yan has never used a briquette stove, but Tong Yan's grandmother lives in the countryside and cooks with a big stove, and Tong Yan has also learned a little. Thinking of her grandmother, Tong Yan couldn't help but think of her relatives, I don't know if they will miss themselves after they disappear, it is estimated that this will not be missed for too long, after all, they all have their own lives. But my heart was still sour. Forget it, don't think about it, Tong Yan shook her head and suppressed these troubled thoughts, yesterday is gone, and the most important thing is to live the current life well.

After working for a long time, Tong Yan finally lit the stove, found a soup pot, stewed a pot of chicken soup, put mushrooms, and added a few small cabbage sums when the pot was raised. I can eat a few meals in a pot of soup, and I fried two more vegetarian dishes, and tomorrow's dishes are ready. Tong Yan found the old bed sheets in the barber shop again, white stripes on a blue background, Tong Yan looked at the sheets, and found needles and threads, cut a few pieces of old cloth of different sizes, and sewed the cloth on the sheets.

Early the next morning, Tong Yan hung the ugly sheet at the door, so that as long as she was not standing at the door, she could not see the situation in the house.

At this time, Tong Yan smelled a choking smell of smoke, and looked up to see a black stove placed three steps away from the door, and the black smoke from the stove drifted into Tong Yan's house along the direction of the wind. Tong Yan couldn't help coughing twice, and thought to herself: Who is so lacking in virtue and raising the stove at the door of someone else's house.

As soon as I thought about asking, the door of a room opened, and out came a woman with unkempt hair, probably just got up, unwashed, crumpled clothes, and patches of different colors, and didn't know what to say in her mouth. Seeing Tong Yan, a pair of blister eyes glanced at Tong Yan, and didn't pay attention to Tong Yan, bent over with a pu fan, fanned the stove hard, black smoke mixed with dust all drifted towards Tong Yan, Tong Yan choked back a step, and quickly retreated to the house, and the middle-aged woman behind her let out a sneer.

Tong Yan thought while washing her face, she probably met the best. But today Tong Yan doesn't have the heart to argue with the best, the current task is to make money. The easiest way is to take out the contents of the space and sell them, but this is risky, and if you get caught, it will be a big trouble. The best way is to work part-time, on the one hand, to earn some money, and on the other hand, to learn more about this era. Just as she was thinking about it, she heard someone call her: "Little boy, little boy." "Listening to the voice, you know that it is Sister-in-law Tian. Tong Yan hurriedly answered, lifted the door curtain, and asked Sister-in-law Tian to come in and talk.

Sister-in-law Tian didn't walk in in a hurry, and stood at the door and said to the woman who made the stove: "Zhang Lanlan, hurry up and move your stove farther away, it's choking people to death!" When Zhang Lanlan heard this, it was like a cannon that had been lit, holding a pu fan, pointing at Sister-in-law Tian, and shouting at the top of her voice: "Mind your, you can also take care of a stove, early in the morning, you are very wide, you are idle, right, you are okay!" Sister-in-law Tian did not show weakness: " Your stove is in someone's door, you are not obviously bullying people, and you don't let me say it, move it quickly, or I will pour a basin of water on it, and you won't want to cook today. Neither of them was to be outdone, and one of them shouted one sentence at a time.

The people in the yard also came out one after another, and a few people who were washing in the yard came out to persuade, "Okay, okay, early in the morning, let's not say a word, and there are people who haven't gotten up, you shouting, waking everyone up." ”

"Sister-in-law Zhang, you move the stove to the side, the new one, it's okay for you to raise the stove in front of people's homes, but now that someone has moved in, it's not appropriate for you to do this again. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang snorted angrily: "How did I know that someone moved in, I have always been there to raise the stove." There are a lot of people who are idle and panicked. After speaking, he glared at Sister-in-law Tian fiercely, and then glared at Tong Yan.

Tong Yan looked at Sister-in-law Zhang coldly, and Sister-in-law Zhang looked at Tong Yan and scolded secretly: A little girl, I hid just now, someone will support me, and dare to stare at me. I wanted to say something, but I heard a rough voice coming from the house: "It's early in the morning, you haven't done anything, what are you yelling about, hurry up and cook, and you can't eat." ”

When Sister-in-law Zhang heard this voice, she immediately became dumbfounded and turned around and went back to the house. When everyone saw it, they all dispersed, and they all went about what they should do.

Sister-in-law Tian smiled proudly, pulled Tong Yan into the house, and said, "Let's go, let's go into the house." Tong Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart: This sister-in-law Tian is really welcome, obviously it is my family, but now I am a guest. In his heart, he still followed Sister-in-law Tian into the house.

Sister-in-law Tian looked at the room carefully, turned around and sat on the edge of the bed: "Your house is quite clean, and all the things have been put in place." I'm still quite capable!"

Tong Yan pretended to be shy and smiled. Sister-in-law Tian lowered her voice and said: "Sister-in-law Zhang next door, don't be afraid of her, she owes a lot, if she bullies you, you will go back, and there is no one in our yard who will not quarrel with her." Tong Yan's heart moved, and asked, "We are all renting a house, what are they doing?"

"That's right, it's all rented here, my family, Zhang Lanlan's family, and one family all work in a machinery factory, but my family is a regular worker, and their family is a temporary worker, and her man doesn't dare to let Zhang Lanlan quarrel with me. The smugness in and out of the words made Tong Yan want to laugh too.

Sister-in-law Tian slapped her thigh, "Look at me, I forgot to come to you for something when I quarreled." I knocked on your door last night, but you didn't answer, did you go out?" Tong Yan listened, her heart chuckled, her face was not obvious, and she only said: "Looking for a house these days, I am too tired to move, I guess I slept deeply, I didn't hear it." ”

Sister-in-law Tian nodded, and accepted this statement, and asked Tong Yan what she was doing now? Are there any relatives here? How can a girl's family come out to live alone? Tong Yan picked what she could say and said a little, only saying that she had acquaintances here and planned to continue studying. After chatting for a while, Sister-in-law Tian finally asked: "I have a young man here, it's very good, do you want to look at each other." Tong Yan only felt three drops of sweat on her head, and she was busy pushing it, only saying that she was young and still had to study, and then wait, and then she would talk about it when she finished studying. Sister-in-law Tian had a look of pity. However, before leaving, he still said warmly to Tong Yan that she should speak if she has something, and don't be polite.

Sending away Tian's sister-in-law, Tong Yan let out a long breath, but this incident taught her a lesson, she couldn't hear the sound outside in the space, and it was not safe to sleep in the space at night.

After thinking about it for a while, Tong Yan found that the courtyard was gradually quieting down, and it was estimated that everyone who should go to work went to work, and everyone who should go to school left.

Tong Yan plans to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to learn about the goods and prices of this era, in case she wants to take out the things in the space and sell them, they must be of similar quality as now.

Tong Yan took something at random, stuffed it into a cloth bag and went out. Along the way, it was lively, office workers in work clothes hurriedly chatting and laughing, children carrying schoolbags to school chased after me, leaving the sound of frolicking all the way, and old men and old ladies carrying baskets to buy vegetables walked together, a peaceful and harmonious scene, even with Tong Yan's mood relaxed.

Occasionally, there would be one or two people in the alleys of the road, holding vegetables or eggs or something, and looking around with unusual caution. I guess this is a small trader. Tong Yan was not in a hurry to inquire about these, and walked into the supply and marketing cooperatives leisurely.

The scale of this supply and marketing cooperatives is still not small, several salesmen are also lazy and lazy, there are many people who buy things, and no one talks to salesmen at will. Customers in this era are the most well-behaved.