Chapter 14: Hardship

In this world, there will always be someone luckier than you, and there will always be someone less fortunate than you. ’

Looking back on it later, I think I was lucky. I was able to meet two homeroom teachers, who made me slowly become cheerful, and a mute uncle brought me the best childhood.

Time flies, and primary school life passes in a blink of an eye in happiness and beauty. When my mute uncle disappeared in sixth grade, my grandmother told me that he had been assigned to a specific place by the town, and although she was a little reluctant, she thought it was good to think that he might never have to be treated with injustice and cold eyes again.

When I graduated from elementary school, my parents were particularly interested in my grades and often called home. In the past six years, my grandparents' gray hair has thickened, I think most of these gray hairs have been boiled for me, I am very susceptible to colds, how many days and nights they have not slept well, I can't remember.

The sense of dispersion after graduating from primary school is not so strong, because the junior high school is still in the town, and the probability of this junior high school being promoted to the first middle school is not small, so basically few students go out to go to school.

As promised, in the scorching sun of early September, I stepped into the junior high school campus, at that time I was still a small boy, but I have lost a lot from the original round body, looking relatively well-proportioned, I saw that most of the men and women on the campus are much taller than me.

"He looks like he just got out of elementary school, right?"

"It seems that it is, I heard that there are a lot of people who have risen this year, I don't know if there are any tall and handsome guys who are eye-catching."

"What do you think of him?"

"He...... Still a little kid. ”

After speaking, the two girls "giggled" and laughed, twisting their faintly cute postures, and the two ponytails swayed away.

Their voices weren't too loud, but they weren't shy away either, and I happened to hear them anyway, and I didn't notice their faces in a hurry. I still care a little bit about their words, I do feel a little uncomfortable in terms of height, and I don't feel anything else.

Then I walked inside and saw several school buildings, and I saw a sign on the second floor on the left that said "Junior High School Registration Office", so I walked straight over.

When I saw the three first-grade registration offices, I actually looked at which class the teacher told me.

"Forget it, just take a class." I thought to myself.

Then I walked to the registration office of a class with great interest, the teacher was a man with eyes, a strong man, a whole oily face, shiny leather shoes, I didn't know that I thought the city leaders were here.

The pattern is almost the same, but a few casual questions make me feel oppressed.

When I was leaving, he stared at me and said that junior high school needs to live in a group, no matter how far or near it is, let me bring everything in the afternoon and start self-study in the evening.

This junior high school is so different, I feel the tense rhythm at the moment.

In the evening, after the roll call, the book, and the teacher's self-introduction, after the same process, he introduced a classmate individually......

"Wu Tao, come up for a moment." He looked at one of his classmates under the podium.

This is a sturdy classmate who is not short in height, with some dark skin and some tendons and flesh all over his body.

"This classmate was promoted from Shiping Village Primary School, and he will be your class president in the future, so you should support his work more." After speaking, he motioned for him to introduce himself.

"My name is Wu Tao, and I hope you will take care of it in the future." Then he bowed slightly.

The applause below rang out one after another.

It seems that he is shy and introverted, but I am thinking that there must be a reason why the head teacher personally appointed him, at least he must be one of the best in the class in his studies.

After getting along with each other later, I confirmed my conjecture that his grades in all subjects were among the best, and I don't know why I felt that I had a magnetism that attracted to him, and I slowly got to know each other and became friends in the ordinary relationship.

Sunday, for us in junior high school, it is the beginning of a new week, this is the second week of school, my enthusiasm is very high, although it is closer to the school, but I have to rush to the school to do the rest of the homework, put on school uniforms, ask my grandparents for a week's food money and go out.

On the way to the school, I was in no hurry, walking from my house to the school had to cross a street, and when I walked into the street, a familiar figure came into my view.

"What is this?" I thought to myself, and I shook my head again.

A figure carrying a sack in front of him swayed, and from time to time he changed his left and right hands to grasp the mouth of the bag, obviously with some effort.

He seemed to have sensed me intuitively, and turned his head back, I didn't dodge, but hurried a few steps after him, and the schoolbag behind me swayed from side to side.

"Going to school so early,"

"Hmm."

He looked at me, and then slightly embarrassed.

"I've gotten some mountain goods, and I'm going to sell them right away and get some pocket money."

Although I live in the town and have the green mountains at my back, I never thought that the things in the mountains could be exchanged for money, I only knew that there were many things that could be fun in the mountains, but I never knew which ones could make money, which may be because I was born with not much desire for money.

"What can I get and sell for money?" I asked with some curiosity.

"There are many plants that can be picked in the mountains to make money, such as: honeysuckle, artemisia annua leaves, Ganoderma lucidum, etc., and some animals can also be exchanged for money, such as: centipedes, scorpions, toads, leeches, etc., and living animals can make more money than those plants. I have some turmeric in my bag, which can be sold for a few dollars, enough for a week's worth of food. He smiled happily as he said that.

I am familiar with all of what he said, but I am a little surprised that he can say this so clearly, and I feel that he does it regularly, and I am a little surprised that a student who studies so well can be self-reliant in his spare time, and I feel some sympathy for it.

I didn't show anything out of the ordinary, and continued to talk to him. I think he had come to town from their village so early because he didn't want people to know that he would feel sorry for him or pity him, and I knew that people with good academic grades were generally strong.

When I got to the door of a department store that received herbs, he waved at me and turned to go in, I thought he was going to ask me to keep a secret for him along the way, but he didn't say anything, and I knew at the moment that I was too small.

When I arrived at school, I was the same as usual, I knew that Wu Tao also thought that I would talk about it with others, but I never waited. Later, he gradually got closer to me, and I knew that this was his friendship after he found out who I was, and he opened up with me.

"When I was very young, my parents divorced for unknown reasons, and I don't know why they all left me ruthlessly and never saw me again, and I was also brought up by my grandparents, and my grandparents are not young now, so I have a lot of time to be self-reliant and share some ...... for them"

After speaking, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, very briefly. I know I don't know how many times better with him. After hearing this, I realized that he had taken me as a friend, and I was a little happy.

At this time, I remembered Wang Yan, but I still don't know how many classes he is in......