The first snow of the year finally fell.

The cold wind and snow whistled by, and overnight, the land felt the coldness of winter.

With great perseverance, Li Ye got rid of the temptation of a warm quilt, quickly put on his clothes, and walked out of the dormitory to the classroom in the face of the cold.

It's cold, it's too cold.

Now Li Ye understands the meaning of "climate warming" in later generations, Qingshui County can only barely be regarded as a "northern city", but it is often a low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, which is very rare in later generations.

And the heating conditions in this era are even more lacking.

In the dormitory of the county No. 2 middle school, there is no heating equipment, and at night the temperature is not only dripping into ice, but even the walls are covered with frost.

One by one, the dormitory students covered the quilt and pretended to be cold birds, and Dororo Dororo was tormented.

The stove in the classroom is basically a face-saving project, and the daily quota is just a handful of firewood and a few catties of briquettes, and the smoke is over.

But even this difficult condition can't stop the students' enthusiasm for learning.

When the sky is bright, there are students in the classroom who study on their own, and Li Ye, who comes over with a bell jammed, is a "lazy thing" who has no interest.

However, as soon as Li Ye arrived at his seat and sat down, several people came over.

"Brother, tell me about these questions after eating?"

Li Dayong handed Li Ye two still hot roasted steamed buns and half a jar of warm water, and then waited with a roll on the side.

The county No. 2 middle school does not serve breakfast, the steamed buns were last night, and if you want to take advantage of the smoke of the stove to heat up, you have to have the ability to squeeze the bus in the Bawang Tomb.

Li Ye took out his own roll and threw it over while nibbling on the steamed buns, and said, "I will answer the right answer first, and then ask if I don't understand." ”

Li Dayong and others hurriedly took the volume and copied and discussed it together.

When Li Ye finished eating, the squad leader Hu Man quickly handed Li Ye a water bottle to warm his hands, and then put the paper marked with doubts in front of Li Ye.

The hot water in the water bottle is saved by everyone, and there can be seventy or eighty degrees, which is already a luxury under this weather condition.

"This set of questions is actually not difficult, let's take a look at ...... first"

Li Ye held the hot water bottle in his arms, warmed his hands, and finished the topic with three strokes and five divisions before sending Hu Man, Fu Yingjie and others away.

The volume was sent by self-study last night, and he and Wen Leyu had already finished it, but Li Dayong and the others had a lot of effort.

But Li Dayong and Fu Yingjie are not the most strenuous ones, the most strenuous ones are Xia Yue and Jin Shengli and others, who boast of being a class of "top students".

When Teacher Ke sent down the paper with a novel question type, Xia Yue and the others swept away their grievances for many days, and they felt angry.

Although Mr. Ke emphasized that "it was Li Ye who provided the volumes and the school published them", they felt that the school provided these valuable volumes, and they had nothing to do with Li Yemao, let alone Li Ye's favor.

Xia Yue and the others held their breath and vowed to prove who was the "top student" in the first class.

But the reality is very skinny, just two days of hard work, Xia Yue and the others were hit.

Teacher Ke usually sends out the papers during the self-study class, and Li Ye and Wen Leyu will finish them all without waiting for the self-study class to end.

As a result, even on the second day, Xia Yue, Jin Shengli and others were still worried about the problems on the volume!

At this time, Hu Man, Li Dayong and others will go to Li Ye to talk about the topic, and then discuss and share it with other students.

But the scope of this discussion and sharing automatically stopped when Xia Yue and others arrived.

Everyone seems to have a tacit understanding and have drawn a clear line with the small circle of Xia Yue and others.

Even Hu Man, the squad leader with the best temper, did not mince words to Xia Yue and others, and refused their "advice" neither softly nor hard.

"Chewing like a milk doll all day long, has a fart?"

By now, Xia Yue and Jin Shengli were left with hard mouths, but they laughed at Hu Man and others on the front foot for Li Ye to "eat ready-made", but on the back foot, they could only go to the teacher for advice, obviously it was the same routine, but they still felt a line higher than Hu Man and others.

Li Ye doesn't want to deal with them now, and when he gets used to the happiness of making rolls every day, when he suddenly doesn't have rolls, he can reflect people's hearts.

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When school was about to end at noon, a teacher suddenly came to the first class to look for Li Ye.

"Li Ye, Li Ye, your family is looking for you, waiting at the school gate!"

"My family?"

Li Ye was a little puzzled and hurriedly walked out.

He was afraid that something urgent would happen at home.

Li Dayong also thought of this and hurriedly followed.

Today is Sunday, no one is in class except for the repeater class, and the empty campus is snow-white, and you can see the distance at a glance.

From a distance, Li Ye saw a small figure at the school gate, stomping his feet and jumping high in the cold, it turned out to be his cheap sister Li Juan.

Li Juan was carrying a big burden, shrinking in the cold wind, and she looked even thinner, weaker and lonely.

Li Ye hurriedly shouted, "Xiaojuan, what's wrong?" ”

Li Juan heard Li Ye's shout, and didn't reply immediately, just jumped up and smiled at Li Ye.

Li Ye hurried to the door in three steps and two steps, and asked, "Xiaojuan, why are you here, what's the urgent matter at home?" ”

Li Juan hurriedly shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you should have gone home yesterday to get your living expenses, A-Niang saw that you didn't go back, so I asked me to send you cotton clothes and mattresses.

Grandpa sent a pair of suede cotton shoes, and also sent them to you, and the two pairs were just right to wear instead. ”

Li Ye's heart warmed, and he hurriedly reached out to take the burden on Li Juan's back, only to find that the right side of Li Juan's entire body was soaked with sewage and was frozen ballast.

Moreover, Li Juan walked from the west of the city to the east of the city in the snow, and it is estimated that she stepped on the snow nest, and the cloth and cotton shoes were already soaked.

He hurriedly asked, "Where did you fall?" Are there any injuries? The cotton shoes are soaked and frozen to death, right? ”

Li Juan shook her head into a rattle: "No, no, brother, I'm really fine..... It doesn't matter if the cotton shoes are soaked, I'll just go back to the fire. ”

Li Ye was quite distressed, and asked again: "Then why don't you go in and find me?" What kind of cold wind blows here? I really can't go into the communication room and wait for me! ”

Li Juan shrank her neck and whispered, "People won't let me in." ”

"Won't let you in?"

Li Ye was a little puzzled, and turned his head to look at the communication room at the entrance of the school.

Although the school has rules that do not allow people from outside the school to enter and exit, it has always turned a blind eye, who is so upright and firm in this weather?

And looking at the chimney of the communication room, it is obvious that there is a stove inside, it stands to reason that a little girl is frozen like this, and everyone should let her in to warm up, how can this child be allowed to blow cold wind outside?

The person in the communication room just happened to look out, made eye contact with Li Ye, rolled his eyes and pouted, and twisted his head back.

That's interesting.

Li Ye raised his foot and was about to go over to ask a few words, but Li Dayong pulled his arm.

"The old Liu Tou, who is the gatekeeper, is a distant relative of Xia Yue, so he is estimated to have nothing to do!"

Yes, it turned out to be their own pot.

Li Ye thought about it, he didn't have the idea of stepping on stinky shit, he couldn't step on it and couldn't die, and the poop stained on the sole of his shoe was still smelly and disgusting to himself.

He handed the burden to Li Dayong and said, "Let's go!" Brother will take you to dinner first. ”

Li Juan hurriedly shook her head and took out a wad of money from her pocket: "No, no, my mother is still waiting for me to go back to eat, this is your living expenses this month." ”

But Li Ye ignored Li Juan's objections, took her arm and walked out.

At this time, the window of the communication room suddenly opened, and a half-old man said with a calm face: "School hasn't been released yet!" Are you going to skip school? ”

Li Ye turned his head and glanced at him, scolding: "What's your business? Keep an eye on your gates, and don't let anyone steal them. ”

"Who are you scolding? You give me back! I'll tell you the head teacher....... Let your parents come and ......."

Old Liu Tou was furious, stretched his neck and babbled at Li Ye, but Li Ye ignored him and pulled his sister away.

If it were other students, they might have been really frightened by this old man, but Li Ye, who was a man of two lives, knew these doors too well.

The more cowardly you are, the more horizontal he becomes, and he really thinks he's a big guy.

They just used chicken feathers as arrows to make stumbling blocks, and they really dared to make trouble with the academic affairs office and asked Li Ye to call his parents, and Li Ye called his grandfather over and asked him to drink a pot.

Dare to let my granddaughter stomp her feet in the cold outside the door, and the cheap grain was given to you a few days ago?

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A few hundred meters to the east of the county No. 2 Middle School, there is a state-run sheep soup restaurant, at this time it is almost noon, and it is Sunday, and you can smell the smell from afar.

Li Juan didn't have the heart to pull with Li Ye at this time, it would be good to stop the saliva from flowing out.

After entering the mutton soup restaurant, Li Ye bought two bowls of mutton soup, and a stack of meat was burned, and he ate it with Li Juan.

Li Juan couldn't let go at first, and after half a bowl of mutton soup was in her stomach, she was sweating all over, and then she devoured it.

Li Ye watched the little girl eat the fire and mutton soup, and even drank the soup base cleanly, and the amount of food was not much smaller than his own.

Li Ye got up and was about to buy it again, but Li Juan hurriedly persuaded him: "Don't buy it, brother, I can't eat it, I really can't eat it." ”

Li Ye waved his hand: "I'm not full, buy another bowl, let's spread evenly." ”

Li Juan stopped at this time, waited for Li Ye to buy it back, and ate it again after a while, and I don't know if the little belly was holding on.

Seeing Li Juan burping comfortably, Li Ye asked with a smile: "How long has it been since I had eaten meat at home?" ”

Li Juan stretched out a finger and said, "I haven't seen meat in a week." ”

“.........”

Li Ye touched the stack of money in his pocket, and felt ashamed in his heart.

The father of the family gave him 20 yuan a month for living expenses, his grandfather supported another 10 yuan, and his sister added 5 yuan, so the living expenses sent to himself this time were 35 yuan.

At this time, a pound of meat is only more than eight cents, and thirty-five yuan is eaten every day, and it can't be eaten.

But the family hasn't eaten meat for a week, and I'm gnawing on the old ..... also gnawed a little harder.

"Let's go, I'll take you to buy a pair of cotton shoes."

The brother and sister were full of food and drink, and at noon, Li Ye planned to take Li Juan to buy a pair of cotton shoes turned into suede.

Today, Li Juan stepped on the snow and stayed here in the sheep soup restaurant, the ice on the upper of her shoes was completely melted, and it was really distressing to think about the taste.

At this time, whether it is a labor insurance service agency or a military service agency, there are suede cotton shoes for sale, which are snowproof and moisture-proof, and Li Ye can still afford to buy a pair of more than ten yuan.

Li Ye thought that the timid Li Juan might have to shirk it, but Li Juan didn't immediately refuse.

She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Brother, I don't need to wear cotton shoes, but Xiao Ying's feet are frozen every year, buy her a pair!" ”

Li Ye's heart was sour, and he had the idea of "making money".