One day in mid-August, Aunt Qian's eye disease flared up again. Early in the morning, Qian Aishu was still wandering in his dreams, and Daddy Qian pulled him out of the bed. "Scrape, scrape." Two slaps left and right - slapping his little ass balls. This is the most labor-saving way for Daddy Qian to wake him up.

Qian Aishu was forced to wake up. "Go to the lotus pond to get dew and give your mother a drop of eyes." Seeing that he was awake, Father Qian commanded.

"Hmm." Qian Aishu rubbed his eyes while agreeing.

Aunt Qian's eye disease is an old and stubborn disease. This kind of long-term illness cannot be treated in the mountains - because of poverty, which mountain family can afford this long-term medicine? Therefore, to treat all kinds of stubborn diseases, the mountain people have many local methods. It's not so much a treatment as a perfunctory, but a prayer for comfort. Aunt Qian's eyes have been soaked in dew for many years. This method is useless. Every time Aunt Qian has an eye attack, as long as there is a little fresh dew, it will be effective immediately, but the effect is getting weaker day by day. Therefore, Aunt Qian's eye disease has become more and more frequent in recent years, and every time it attacks, everyone is worried: I don't know how long it will last this time? "Poor." Daddy Qian said to Qian Aishu, "Your mother's eye should have had surgery a long time ago." Qian Aishu swore in his heart that when he came out in the future, the first thing he would do was to take Aunt Qian to a big hospital to cure his eyes.

Qian Aishu went to the lotus pond, pulled up his trouser legs, and went down to the pond. The dew on the lotus leaf in the center of the lotus pond is better than the surrounding one, which is the experience he has accumulated over many years of collecting dew and Aunt Qian's years of using dew as eye drops. Qian Aishu collected a bottle full of dew. He was so happy that he jumped up on the lotus pond with his legs raised. He had just been blistered by the pond water and softened his feet, and when he stepped on the road, the sand and gravel were more stabbing than usual, and he was walking on tiptoe.

When he was about to get home, Qian Aishu heard someone calling him-

"Book baby, book baby......"

The man ran towards Qian Aishu, and Qian Aishu took a closer look and turned out to be Teacher Peng.

"Teacher Peng?" Qian Aishu ran over.

"Shuwazi, you have been admitted to junior high school!" Teacher Peng was as happy as a child of the New Year.

Qian Aishu was stunned. Because, "being admitted to junior high school" is as far away as heaven for him. Throughout the past few dozen days, he has completely accepted that "you can't pass the junior high school exam, because no one has ever been admitted." "That's the kind of verdict. Now, Teacher Peng suddenly ran over and shouted to him, "Shuwazi, you have been admitted to junior high school!" How could this not surprise him?

"The principal of the junior high school personally sent the notice to the high school, and the principal of the high school sent it to me in person, and I received the notice and rushed over immediately." Maybe Mr. Peng was too excited, or maybe this sentence was too long and too written, in short, after Mr. Peng finished speaking, his face was flushed, and even the major artery at the root of his neck burst out.

"Really?" Even though Mr. Peng was very excited, Qian Aishu still couldn't believe it.

Teacher Peng quickly took out an envelope from the white-washed Huang Jun's bag, stuffed it into Qian Aishu's hand, and then looked at Qian Aishu and smiled proudly. Qian Aishu opened the envelope and saw his admission letter. In this way, he became the first person in the mountain to break the record.

When Qian Aishu told the whole family the news that he was admitted to junior high school, the family was so quiet that only the sound of pig food rolling in the pot could be heard. Teacher Peng said to Daddy Qian, "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

"It's all about the teacher's education, and the scholar is enlightened by you. He will never dare to forget it for the rest of his life. ”

Daddy Qian was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. The lips are shrunk inward because of the loss of their front teeth. He opened his mouth and smiled, smoking a cigarette tube, his mouth looking shrivelled and drooping, and his lower lip supporting his upper lip.

Daddy Qian wanted to leave Teacher Peng for breakfast before leaving, but Teacher Peng said that there was something else to do, so he left. Qian Aishu knew that Mr. Peng didn't want to cause trouble to their family. He sent Teacher Peng to the entrance of the village. Teacher Peng said: "Love books, go back, and study hard in the future." ”

Qian Aishu nodded vigorously, and Teacher Peng patted him on the shoulder, "You will be an adult in the future." Your parents are old, be a little more aggressive, and don't let everyone down. We all believe that you can get out of this mountain nest. ”

Teacher Peng...... Rest assured. Qian Aishu had tears in her eyes and bowed deeply to Teacher Peng.

When he returned home, when Qian Aishu handed the notice to Father Qian, he saw his mother sitting on the bed, so he suddenly remembered the matter of picking dew for his mother, and he noticed that he was only holding an envelope in his hand; And the bottle of dew was somewhere he left. "Oh no, I lost the vial." The record-breaking joy vanished in an instant, and Qian Aishu rushed out the door to find the medicine bottle.

Qian Aishu finally failed to get the medicine bottle back. He walked home dejected. The sun is already high, and the dew has long since been evaporated. He felt that he had made an unforgivable and irreparable mistake. Aunt Qian was leaning on the bed frame, her hair was a little messy, and her eyes were red and swollen. Because of the eye pain, I couldn't rub my eyes, and the eye droppings at the corners of my eyes formed into large lumps, filling in the deep and wide wrinkles. Tears that continued to seep out soaked the eye droppings, sticking to the eyelashes, eyelids, and cheeks where the tears flowed.

"Mom......" Qian Aishu sat on the edge of the bed and was about to cry. Aunt Qian's eyes can't be opened, she can't see him, but she can hear him. "Cubs." Aunt Qian groped and stretched out her dry branch-like hand, Qian Aishu turned her head over, and Aunt Qian gently stroked his head and stroked the guilt in his heart. Qian Aishu couldn't hold back any longer, holding Aunt Qian's hand, crying, as if he wanted to release the guilt in his stomach with tears.

Daddy Qian said that he wanted to set up wine to celebrate Qian Aishu's admission to junior high school. Daddy Qian and Aunt Qian discussed for a while, and Daddy Qian went out. Qian Aishu asked Aunt Qian, where did Dad go? Aunt Qian said, go buy some meat and wine, and use it for a banquet.

The next day, the family held two tables of banquets, and Father Qian invited the village chief Liudou and relatives of the family. At the wine table, everyone praised Qian Aishu for his ability and promising, and gave Qian Jiaao a long face.

After the banquet, Aunt Qian discussed with Father Qian that Mao Cub's tuition fee would cost more than 100 yuan, and Mao Cub had to pay food expenses when he went to the city. "Otherwise, we will sell the buffalo," said Aunt Qian, "and there is not much land to plough in the late rice, so we will borrow it from Chunxi and they will pass." ”

"Loser!" Daddy Qian was angry when he heard this, "You can figure it out, what will you do in the spring next year?" ”

Aunt Qian lowered her head and stopped talking.

"The banquet cost more than 80 yuan, and his uncle's red envelopes came over for a total of 100 yuan, where can I find more than 100 yuan?" Father Qian said to Aunt Qian, "Did you ask him about his uncle?" ”

"Asked." Aunt Qian said, "Where their money comes from and where it goes, we all saw it before." It's all hollowed out for us, and there may still be a little bit of spring. ”

"Sell my old house." Daddy Qian said ruthlessly, "If you can eat and drink, I guess I won't be able to go for a few years." ”

"What's going to do?" Aunt Qian disagreed, and neither did Qian Aishu. Daddy Qian's old house was built by a carpenter for 20 man-days on his 60th birthday. The people in the mountains are prepared for themselves in case of accidents.

"What then? Even if I sell my old bones, I will have to make up the tuition for the book's tuition. Daddy Qian smashed a cigarette stick on the table, and the pipe sparks flew everywhere, "If you dare to fight the idea of a buffalo, I'm not done with you!" ”

Daddy Qian smoked for a long time, stood up, and tied up his broken straw sandals.

"I'm going to find Lao Heng, he has already taken a fancy to my old house. Cheap his old rabbit cub too. Daddy Qian said.

Lao Heng is the village party secretary, and the whole village calls him Lao Heng in person, and Lao Heng on the back, but he is called "Lao Heng" in his heart.

In the evening, when Qian Aishu was driving the cow back, he met Brother Goudan by the river, Brother Goudan was his New Year's friend, and Brother Goudan took care of him like a father. Someone bullied him, and Goudan was the first to stand up for him, because Daddy Qian was old, and he couldn't do a lot of heavy work at home. Many times Qian Aishu feels that his parents can't understand his thoughts, but Brother Goudan can understand him.

Brother Goudan hugged Qian Aishu, with a bright light in his eyes, "Scholar, you are really good!" ”

When he was about to arrive at the entrance of the village, Brother Goudan took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Qian Aishu's hand. Qian Aishu said that he would not ask for anything. Brother Godan already takes good care of him, and he can't ask for his money anymore, because it's not easy for him to live alone.

Brother Goudan was angry, he blushed and said with a thick neck: "If you don't want to, I won't recognize you." Qian Aishu had to accept the red envelope. Brother Dan, the walking dog, told him not to tell Daddy Qian about giving money to love books.