Chapter 14: The Commencement of School ("138 Reading Books")

At dawn, Liu Peng's family sat around the table, and on the edge of the table was a large canvas bag, on which was a bed of folded cotton wool, and there was a small roll of mats next to it. On the side, his mother told Liu Peng: "Son, don't save on eating, don't starve yourself, use the money you should use, don't get tired when studying, and pay attention to rest." ”

Grandpa looked at Liu Peng with a smile on the side, with an encouraging look in his eyes, "Xiaopeng, grandpa doesn't say much, remember your ideals and fight for your ideals, but you must also pay attention to your body, your body is the capital of the revolution." ”

"Mom, grandpa, don't worry, I know, and you should pay attention to your body at home, remember to drink a small sip of the 'medicine' wine I brewed for you every day, don't forget it." Liu Peng reminded on the side

"Alright, old woman, his son is so old, he will know what to do." The father interrupted the mother, who wanted to continue.

"Old man, what are you doing, you don't care about your son at all, your son went to school in the city for the first time, so far away, is it wrong for a mother to worry about her child?" Mom pointed at her father's nose and scolded

Like a child who has made a mistake, the father muttered in a low voice, "Why don't I hurt my son anymore!" ”

"That's it! All right! Don't argue between the two of you, Liu Bin, hurry up and take Xiaopeng on the road! It's a couple of hours away from town! Grandpa was blowing on the side

"Okay, godfather, I'll leave right away!" Dad said

Looking at his mother's worried face, his father comforted: "Old woman, don't worry, I will send my son to school and help him arrange everything properly before he comes back." ”

"Xiaopeng! I have to listen to the teacher at school, but now I can only go home once a month, and my mother is not around, so I must pay attention to my body! Alas, I wonder how the school meals are like? Mom 'touched' Liu Peng's head and said worriedly

"Mom, I'm leaving! Don't be tired at home, just rest when it's time to rest! ”

Liu Peng picked up the cotton wool, while his father carried the big canvas bag on his back, and still held the roll of mat in his hand. Liu Peng turned around and said goodbye to his grandfather and mother again, Liu Peng turned around and waved his hand backwards in three steps, and his grandfather and mother were also waving to him, Liu Peng vaguely looked at his mother's eyes with tears of reluctance, walking on the field in the countryside, Liu Peng breathed the air with a light humidity in the morning, which shocked his depressed spirit.

"Dad, don't be in such a hurry, we're in a hurry."

"Son, let's go to school early, report your name first, and Dad will accompany you to find a good bed. I'm saying that I'm so busy in the field right now, and my dad and I have to rush back early. ”

"Oh, Dad, let's carry this bag for a while!"

"Son, don't look down on your father, what is this weight, in the past, your father carried a hundred pounds of east, and he didn't take a breath of air." Father laughed

Along the way, the father and son walked and chatted to the bus station in the town.

Outside the small station, the car owners stood by the door of the bus with a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "To the county seat, hurry up!" Hurry up! Pack it up and go. ”

Liu Peng and his father walked towards a bus, and then the owner of the car pointed at Liu Peng and shouted: "I said that, yes, it's the two of you, big bags and small bags, so many eastern, put them in the tail box by yourself." ”

Liu Peng saw the attitude of the car boss towards his father, and he was indignant, his father pulled Liu Peng, signaled him to bear with it, put the luggage into the trunk, and Liu Peng and the old man got into the bus. After waiting for about half an hour, the bus started, along the way, the car owner stopped and stopped from time to time, pulling passengers, and it only took an hour's drive to the county seat, but it turned out to be two hours.

County No. 1 Middle School is a key middle school, every year there are more than ten students admitted to famous universities, such as Zhejiang University, Fudan and the like, occasionally one or two people will be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University, generally into the first middle school students, college entrance examination can be admitted to a better university. Of course, No. 1 Middle School also accepts a lot of school choice students every year, and this fee is charged according to the score difference, ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 yuan.

Standing outside the gate of the school, looking at a large carving erected by the gate, there are several big characters engraved on it, the county No. 1 middle school, groups of students enter and exit the gate, and some are the same as Liu Peng, all of them are accompanied by their parents to sign up, among these students or parents, they are basically from the city, and there are only a few people in the countryside, they all carry large bags of luggage, mainly some quilts and mats. Liu Peng and his father walked towards the school, and from time to time the eyes of the students or parents passing by "revealed" contemptuous eyes, and some even whispered scolding hillbillies and the like. Liu Peng clenched his fists, bit his lip, and buried all this deep in his heart, after experiencing these few things, Liu Peng had the heart of patience, because he knew that he was standing up impulsively now, which would only attract greater ridicule, only by changing the economic and spiritual outlook of rural people, then we rural people could proudly stand up and say their hearts. Liu Peng secretly swore in his heart: "Look at it!" Someday I'll show you how we countrymen do great things, and I won't have to wait long! ”

After entering the school gate, there is a staircase of forty-nine steps, and in the middle of the staircase is a mural, two dragons are lifelike entwined together, and when you go up the steps, there is a green avenue, which leads to the teaching area of the school. In the distance, pulling a big red "color" banner, which said the new student registration office, Liu Peng took the admission notice to the registration office, the teacher took the notice to verify the name, and said: "Liu Peng, you are in a class, that is the top of the grade, I hope you will study hard in the future, do not disappoint the expectations of teachers and parents for you." ”

"Thank you for the encouragement, by the way, I live in the teacher's house, and I don't know where to register for accommodation next." Liu Peng asked

"Oh! You go directly to the dormitory to find the administrator, you take this shift list, and the administrator will arrange it for you! ”

"Okay, teacher, goodbye!" Liu Peng and his father walked to the dormitory, the administrator arranged a bedroom on the fifth floor for him, when he came to the dormitory, Liu Peng found that there were six people in the dormitory, he was the last, Liu Peng can see from their clothes, they are all from the countryside like themselves, at this time, a look a little dark, the body looks strong, a smile on the face of the running over, help Liu Peng's father take the canvas bag, said: "Uncle, hello!" You sit on my bed first! ”

"Thank you, young man!" Father thanked

"Hehe, it's nothing!" The big man smiled innocently, "By the way, this is your son!" Everyone will take care of it in the next class! ”

Looking at the big man with a "revealed" honest smile, Liu Peng suddenly had a good impression in his heart, "Hello! My name is Liu Peng, and you will take care of me in the future. ”

"Hehe, my name is Deng Chao, let me introduce you to a few others, this is Zhang Feng, this is Chen Yong, Xie Dong, Cai Bo, Yang Yang." Deng Chao introduced Liu Peng one by one.

Liu Peng looked at the other students in the dormitory one by one, and greeted politely: "Hello, take care of me in the future!" ”

And the other people who also symbolized "sex" responded, Liu Peng didn't care, and began to pack up the only bed. The enthusiastic Deng Chao came to help Liu Peng clean up, and after making the bed, his father said goodbye to Liu Peng: "Son, Dad is leaving, there are still many things at home, you have to take good care of yourself at school alone, listen to the teacher, don't be naughty, you know?" ”

"Daddy! I'm walking after lunch, it's almost noon now. ”

"Yes! Uncle, let's go after eating, I heard those seniors say that the food in the canteen is not bad! Deng Chao also persuaded

"Forget it, I'd better go home and eat, it's okay to be hungry, the food in the city is expensive." My father insisted on leaving

"Dad, are you really leaving?" Liu Peng looked at his father

"Okay, son, you have to study hard in the future, and Dad will leave now."

"Then Dad, I won't keep you anymore, I'll send you off! You can stop it. Seeing that his father wanted to continue, Liu Peng quickly interrupted him

The father sighed, stopped insisting, turned around and walked out with Liu Peng.

"Uncle, you're good to go!" Deng Chao waved his hand

Liu Peng and his father were walking on the way to the station, and his father instructed his son all the way, telling him not to worry about his family and to pay attention to his body.

Liu Peng couldn't help but quipped: "Dad, why are you nagging like your mother now!" Aren't you talking about mom in the morning? Ha ha! ”

"Okay, you kid, you actually demolished your father's stage." Liu Peng's joke diluted the parting feeling for a while

Liu Peng helped his father buy a ticket to go back, and sent his father to the bus, and his father said: "Son, go back first, you have sent your father to the car, what else to worry about." ”

"It's okay, just let me stay a little longer!"

"Okay, Dad knows that he can't persuade you to leave, Dad is telling you one last time, you have to listen to the teacher at school in the future, now Dad and your mother are not by your side, you must learn to take care of yourself, don't let your mother worry all day long."

"Dad, I know, I'll go home once a month in the future, and you tell Mom not to worry, a month is very fast."

After a while, the time for the car to depart, Liu Peng got out of the car, waved and looked at his father in the car, his father looked at Liu Peng by the window, waved his hand gently, the car gradually went away, Liu Peng kept looking at the bus until it disappeared from sight. With a sigh, Liu Peng walked on the way back to school.

Back in the dormitory, Liu Peng fell asleep, Deng Chao ran over again at this time, and comforted: "Liu Peng, don't be sad, the first time I'm outside, just get used to it, don't you think I'm pretty good now?" ”

Looking at Deng Chao with a sincere face, Liu Peng's heart was hot, "Hehe, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, you don't need to call me to eat at noon, I'm not hungry, let's have a good chat next time." ”

"Hehe, okay, you can rest well!"