The campus is very large, a few girls found a bank ATM, a supermarket, went to their college teaching building to recognize the door, the day of the new student registration is full of people, a group of people go to a place with few people, there is a big lotus pond in a corner of the campus. The lotus flowers in the pond are blooming just right. The layers of lotus leaves are verdant and green, the flower bones are budding, and the blooming pink lotus flowers proudly show her demeanor of "getting out of the mud without staining" like a holy girl.

Several people sat on benches by the lotus pond to rest. Lin Zihan and Wang Yuqi sat on a chair with Chen Xu, Jin Yu was frightened by Lin Zihan's attitude just now, and chose a chair farther away with the other two roommates to sit down. Lin Zihan and Wang Yuqi asked each other what year they were born, Lin was ninety-two years old, Wang Yuqi was ninety-one years old, only Chen Xu frankly said that he was born in eight or nine years, both of them were dumbfounded, and it took a few seconds for Wang Yuqi to come to his senses, "Are you repeating?" Chen Xu shook his head, "I'm a fresh graduate, but I started elementary school late, so I'm two or three years older than people in the same grade." Although the two roommates were curious about why she studied so late, they had just met and were not too gossipy. The topic ended for a while, and everyone stopped talking.

Chen Xu looked at the swaying lotus flowers in the pond and thought about it, and the crowded lotus leaves and slim lotus flowers covered the silt. I am now a college student, who knows what kind of unbearable past I have.

Chen Xu's parents were handsome and beautiful, both of them worked in the factory, and every weekend, the whole family would go to the park to play together. Chen Xu's grandmother is the stepmother of Chen Zhigang's sister and brother, but because she brought up Chen Zhigang's sister and brother since childhood, the relationship between mother and son is still good. When Chen Xu was five years old, his parents were both laid off. The North City is full of unemployed workers, and it is difficult to find a job. The Chen family, who is not well-off, will soon sit on the empty mountain. Chen Xu's mother Zhou Fenglan complained about her husband's incompetence, and Chen Zhigang borrowed wine every day to drown his sorrows. Zhou Fenglan later found a job washing dishes in a restaurant, and went home late every day, earning only 120 yuan a month. watched Chen Zhigang drink every day, the two quarreled every day, and in the end, they spoke viciously and added fists and feet, and finally got into divorce. Chen Xu's grandmother didn't want her son and daughter-in-law to divorce, she taught Chen Xu to hold her mother's thigh and cry when the time came, and her mother would not leave if she was reluctant to have children. But Mom and Dad haven't given Chen Xu a good face for a long time, and Chen Xu didn't dare to step forward. When the two divorced, neither of them wanted children, and they both said that they couldn't afford to raise them. But in the end, the judge considered that Chen Zhigang's family had a house and his mother could help take care of the children, so Chen Xu was sentenced to his father, and Zhou Fenglan needed to pay 40 yuan per month in child support.

As soon as she walked out of the courtroom, her grandmother slapped Chen Xu hard, and Chen Xu's face had five red fingerprints at that time, but Zhou Fenglan left with tears in her heart. Chen Xu's face was swollen for several days before she went down, and her grandmother kept insulting her for being a waste. Chen Zhigang really went out to work because he didn't have any money, but he didn't go home since he went out. Grandma only has a survivor's allowance of a few dozen yuan a month, and her life is very difficult. So she took Chen Xu to find the hotel where Zhou Fenglan worked and asked Zhou Fenglan for child support. The proprietress of the hotel scolded Zhou Fenglan, "This old and young man came here to make trouble, what else can I do in this business?" If they come back in the future, don't do it here! Zhou Fenglan looked at Chen Xu and said fiercely, "You evil spirit, if I have no work to do, I will kill you!" I didn't take anything when I left the house, so why should I pay alimony? I shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place. Get lost! As he spoke, he pushed Chen Xu hard, and Chen Xu fell to the ground. Zhou Fenglan turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.

Grandma had no choice, I heard that Chen Zhigang was working as a security guard in a KTV, and took Chen Xu to find her son to ask for money, the first time she went, her son said that he had no money. When I went for the third time, my son turned his face and didn't admit it, "What kind of money do I want?" You live in our house, and I don't care if you ask for rent! You are not my own mother, why don't you leave our old Chen family? If you dare to ask for money, get out of our house! The bad attitude of Chen Xu's parents made Chen Xu's situation worse, and her grandmother didn't give her food if she was unhappy, and she would beat and scold her at every turn. Later, grandma really couldn't live, so she went out to pick up rags, and Chen Xu was afraid of being left behind, so she went with her. Once grandma and another old lady scavenging grabbed a cardboard box, seeing that grandma was down, Chen Xu ignored the old lady's dirty hands, went up and bit her hand, the old lady let go of her hand in pain, but Chen Xu was also kicked heavily. From this day on, grandma made a little excuse to Chen Xu. She took Chen Xu to various garbage pits every day, rummaging through things that could be sold for money. When Chen Xu was seven or eight years old, the children of the same age around him went to school with their schoolbags on their backs, and Chen Xu also wanted to go, but her grandmother glared at her and said, "How can I have money for you to go to school, I want to go to school to find your parents!" From then on, Chen Xu never dared to mention it again.

Until one day, Mr. Lin passed by the garbage pit, and an old man who was scavenging wanted to play hooligan on Chen Xu, and Chen Xu dodged to attract Mr. Lin's attention. Teacher Lin dismissed the old man and asked Chen Xu, "Little girl, what's your name?" How old is it? What grade are you in? Chen Xu lowered his head and said: "My name is Chen Xu, I am ten years old, I have never gone to school, and my grandmother said that there is no money." At this moment, Grandma came over, and Teacher Lin squatted on the side of the garbage pit to do Grandma's work, "Grandma Chen, now that primary and junior high school are compulsory education, it doesn't cost a lot of money, how can any child not go to school this year?" In the future, it will be difficult to move an inch in society if you are illiterate, and you can't let your children be blind! Grandma didn't say a word as if she hadn't heard it, and Teacher Lin was always beside her to persuade her. Grandma didn't eat oil and salt, so when she was bored with it, she said, "Can you eat when you study?" If she wants to study, she will go, anyway, I will not care about her in the future, I can't feed two people by picking up rags alone! Seeing this, Mr. Lin left.

Chen Xu's hopes were shattered all of a sudden, she thought that Teacher Lin had given up, so she wiped a handful of tears and continued to rummage through the garbage. Teacher Lin did not retreat, she ran to the street, the neighborhood committee, and the school to report the incident. When they heard that there were school-age children in the area under their jurisdiction who had not received compulsory education, the cultural and educational assistants in the neighborhood also panicked, and hurriedly asked the people from the neighborhood committee to call Grandma Chen to the neighborhood office and urge her to let her children go to school. The grandmother took the opportunity to cry for relief, and the staff of the neighborhood committee explained: "Your son has a car and a mobile phone, which is not in line with the policy. "Grandma said that her son has no conscience and doesn't care about the old and the young at all. The assistant was impatient, "Don't talk about these useless things, the child must go to school." Your family's affairs should be resolved by yourself, and it should not affect your children's schooling. Nine-year compulsory education is a must, and it is a crime not to send children to school! ”

Grandma said that Chen Xu didn't care about food when she went to school. The assistant said angrily: "It is a crime to abuse a child, and if you don't give your child food, it is abuse!" It is also illegal not to allow children to go to school. "Grandma didn't know what was illegal, and she said that she couldn't find the household registration book at home and couldn't sign up. Mr. Lin wanted to say that because of the demolition in this area, there was a serious loss of students, and it was difficult to enroll students this year, so he neither looked at the household registration book nor the real estate certificate. But after thinking about it, this was just Grandma Chen's excuse, so she rose to the challenge and said to Grandma Chen, "I'll solve the matter of the household registration book, tomorrow is the last day of registration, and tomorrow I will take Chen Xu to register." ”

The kind-hearted teacher Lin ran to the police station non-stop, entrusted the students who worked as internal staff at the police station, and printed a new household registration book for Chen Xu's family. She went to the mall to buy Chen Xu a new set of clothes and two pairs of underwear, and also bought her a new schoolbag and stationery. When Mr. Lin returned home, he passed the newly bought clothes through the water, and wanted to go to Chen Xu early the next morning, wash her and put on new clothes to sign up.

Unexpectedly, when Mr. Lin found Chen Xu's house according to the address of the household registration, General Tie guarded the door, and the place where she met Chen Xu yesterday was not there. Teacher Lin inquired around all morning, and finally saw their grandparents and grandchildren from a big garbage pit far away when it was almost noon, and Teacher Lin stretched out his hand anxiously, "Child, follow me!" ”

After registering Chen Xu, Mr. Lin led Chen Xu to his house, boiled a large pot of hot water, tied the door, used a large laundry basin to help her wash her hair and bathe, changed the water several times before washing her, changed her into new clothes bought yesterday, and helped her comb her hair. No one has praised Chen Xu for several years, Chen Xu was a little embarrassed and smiled shyly.

Teacher Lin left Chen Xu for dinner at noon, and found that Chen Xu could count, and could also add and subtract simply, but there was no foundation in pinyin and Chinese characters. In the afternoon, Mr. Lin taught Chen Xu to write his name. Chen Xu felt a sense of accomplishment and finally knew how to write his name.

"Chen Xu, what do you think, so obsessed?" Wang Yuqi said and gently pushed Chen Xu with his hand. Chen Xu came back to his senses and smiled, "I remembered the day I signed up for elementary school." Lin Zihan was surprised, "How long has it been, I really admire your memory." ”

Is it because of good memory? No! It was the day I was given a new lease of life.