"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”

The bell for the end of class was rang by the old man in the porter, two or three times at a time.

Soon, students rushed to the school gate in each classroom.

The classroom, which was originally about 30 people, was soon empty, and only 13 or 4 students were still sitting in their original seats reading and writing.

Jia Shuanghua swallowed her saliva and kept looking at the window.

"Why hasn't Aunt Canteen come yet? Why don't you pick the junior high school side today? ”

Chen Xingling was stumped by a three-dimensional geometry problem, and whispered when he heard the words: "Wait." There are dozens of boxed lunches in the high school to be taken and taken down, and they have to be picked from the small cafeteria, so it takes about ten minutes. ”

After a while, the old aunt in the cafeteria finally came.

She threw down her shoulder and shouted, "It's time to eat!" Hey, hey! ”

Jia Shuanghua stood up and rushed out with Chen Xingling in a hurry.

I saw two large bamboo baskets neatly placed in large and small lunch boxes, some dirty, some too old to tell whether they were aluminum or iron, some were tied with red or blue threads as marks, some were enamel pots, one or two sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes were placed crookedly, and some people only steamed half of the corn.

Chen Xingling's aluminum lunch box was newly bought, shiny and shiny, and a small "Ling" character was specially written as a mark.

This is the oil pen she deliberately went into the supermarket space to write, I wanted to use a cute little sticker, but thinking that there are no colored stickers in this era, it can't be too unconventional and I don't know how to explain it, so I can only use a pen instead.

The marked lunch box was easy to recognize, and everyone stepped forward to pull it in twos and threes, and soon retreated.

Jia Shuanghua's meal was a bit large, and she brought two large lunch boxes, one at the front, but the other couldn't be turned over, so she could only wait for the other classmates to pick it up before she finally saw the other.

The two were about to go back to the classroom, but the old aunt shouted, "There is also a piece of corn!" Who dropped it? Whose? ”

At this time, a boy rushed out of the class, looked embarrassed, and said, "My ...... It's mine. ”

The old aunt glanced at him, frowned and couldn't bear to whisper: "Young man, why are you eating half a cut of corn every day?" is skinny and skinny, and his face is not good. ”

The boy laughed twice, pinched the half of the corn in his palm in embarrassment, and quickly dodged back into the classroom.

Chen Xingling looked at his pants full of patches and extremely ill-fitting top, and his intuition was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember his name for a while.

Jia Shuanghua seemed to see her doubts and lowered her voice: "You forgot? He is Ma Dali, who ranked third in the placement test, and his family lives in the west of the city, which is quite far from the school. ”

Ma Dali?

The name is somewhat familiar, and my intuition seems to have seen it in the original book - it can't be a small supporting character, right?

"Do you recognize him?" Chen Xingling asked, "From the west side of the city?" ”

Jia Shuanghua is a native of Chongqing, a girl who studied in the city of primary, middle school and high school.

There are not many people in each class in middle school, after all, there are only a handful of families who can provide for their children to go to the upper grades, and there are familiar faces who come and go, so she knows many of her classmates in the city.

"Hmm." Jia Shuanghua sighed and whispered: "He is the same age as me, and we were in the same class for many years when we were in elementary school. He is the eldest in the family, and there are two or three younger siblings below. His family is notoriously poor on the west side of the city...... It's really poor, very poor. ”

Chen Xingling let out a low "oh".

In this era, most families can only barely hover on the edge of the food and clothing line, and those who can eat and clothe themselves are quite lucky. The Gu family has always been short of food and clothing, and that is because of Gu Qi, a high-paid engineer.

Jia Shuanghua pulled her to the corner and lowered her voice: "Dali's father died when he was a few years old, and then his mother has been sick, and everything that can be sold at home has been sold, just to be able to treat his mother." When we were in fifth grade, he didn't come to class for most of the semester. His grades were very good, and the teacher felt very sorry for him, so he specially asked everyone to donate a few dollars for him to send to his home. I found out later...... It turned out that his mother was also sick and died. Since then, he has been working and studying at the same time, and he has to support two younger brothers and a younger sister, and his life is tight. ”

"Are his younger siblings also studying?" Chen Xingling asked.

Jia Shuanghua shook her head: "It seems that one younger brother is in junior high school, and the other went to the countryside before." His sister is now in her first year of junior high school, and her grades are very good, and she is the first in her class in every exam. ”

Chen Xingling sighed and whispered: "If you are in a difficult situation but do not forget to read and write, such a family will only be poor temporarily, and will not be poor for a lifetime." ”

"Yes...... He's really miserable. Jia Shuanghua smiled bitterly: "You didn't have lunch at school a few days ago, you didn't know at all." He cut corn every day, and when he was hungry, he went to the faucet to pour cold water. There are few people using the faucet in the cafeteria, and he often secretly goes to drink cold water. After school, he went to work to earn money, and sometimes he didn't get home in the middle of the night. ”

Chen Xingling looked at his skinny appearance, as well as Tie Qing's sallow face, and couldn't help muttering: "It's really miserable." ”

Suddenly, a short plot of the original book flashed through her mind - there were three words "Ma Dali"!

That's right, that's right! No wonder it sounds so familiar!

In the original book, Gu Qi has been working in the shipyard, and later helped other private enterprises design some large machinery from time to time, among which Ma Dali, the owner of a large enterprise, appreciated Gu Qi very much and asked Gu Qi to design a number of production machinery.

Later, Ma Dali caught up with the good period of economic take-off, set up factories and large enterprises, created national brands, and achieved business in overseas markets, becoming one of the first large groups to be listed in China.

He has always appreciated Gu Qi very much, and when he is a close old friend. Later, when Gu Qi emigrated overseas in his later years, Ma Dali took a long-distance flight to visit Gu Qi from time to time, and quietly helped Gu Yinmo, the demon king of the mixed world.

Legend has it that when he was young, he had a lot of ill-fated and suffered a lot, but fortunately, he continued to improve himself, led his younger brothers and sisters to start a business and became rich, and eventually became a rich man!

Ma Dali is a native of Yucheng, a few years younger than Gu Qi - it turned out to be him!

Thinking of this, Chen Xingling instantly had a new idea and quietly observed Ma Da Lilai.

He sat diagonally opposite the window, perhaps too tired or from chronic malnutrition, his thin waist was as stiff as a shrimp, his facial features were ordinary, and his eyebrows and eyes were indescribably wild.

"Wow! Chicken legs! Jia Shuanghua exclaimed in surprise, her round eyes staring at Chen Xingling's boxed lunch, almost drooling.

There was only a low voice of speech in the classroom, but the silence was broken by this "chicken leg"!

The next moment, everyone's eyes were on Chen Xingling!

I saw two lunch boxes on her table, one containing steaming rice with white flowers, and the other containing two huge chicken thighs and a lump of green vegetables.

In the era of scarcity of materials, it was rare to be able to eat a meal of meat in a few days. A person like Chen Xingling, who can eat two big chicken legs in one meal, is undoubtedly the best representative of the super rich and inhumane.

"Yo! Mr. Chen, you're too extravagant! Two chicken legs! ”

"Envy and jealousy! I haven't eaten chicken in half a year! ”

Chen Xingling with an innocent face: "......"