Judgment

lead:

There is only one primary school in Quanli Township.

This elementary school has only one dilapidated one-story house that is hot in summer and windy in winter.

There are 53 students from all grades in the school, and children aged seven to 15 are all crowded in this classroom.The school has only one principal and one female teacher, who are the only two teachers who teach students knowledge.

Although dilapidated and shabby, this is the only school among the ten nearby hills.

Every day before dawn, children from all over the village climbed the mountain road for several hours to go to school.Sitting on a rickety chair, touching the torn textbooks, pairs of big eyes are staring at the small blackboard with infinite expectations and desires for the future.

Reading is their only hope, and their only way out. If they don’t want to stay in the mountains for the rest of their lives, they can only make a name for themselves by reading!

Chen Qiuju has always known that if she doesn't want to live a hard life in the mountains like her parents, she can only study, only study!She worked harder than other children. Every day after helping the family cut pig grass, she had to sit under the lamp and do two hours of reading.Wake up in the morning, make enough steamed buns for the whole family, and then carry the cloth bag to school, more than half an hour earlier than everyone else.

After finishing elementary school, Chen Qiuju didn't know how many somersaults she fell, how much blood shed, and how much mud she ate on the mountain road.Spring breeze, summer rain, autumn frost, winter snow, did not stop her.

So tired, so bitter, but never shed tears.She knew that the book said boys couldn't shed tears easily, but she had to do better than boys, and she couldn't shed either!She gritted her teeth and read, her heart was on fire, and she wanted to rush out of this small mountain village and go to the city outside.

However, on the day of graduating from primary school, Chen Qiuju cried, crying loudly, with snot all over her face, wrinkled, and crying -- heartbroken.

The principal told her that there was no junior high school nearby, and she had to go to the town if she wanted to study.But how can the family have the money to let her go to school in the town?Will parents spend so much money for her a daughter?

The little girl seemed to see her wings cut off all of a sudden, and she could only stay in this small valley forever and ever.Farming, grazing cattle and raising pigs, living a life of bitterness facing the loess and backing the blue sky.

At that moment, in Chen Qiuju's tender heart, she knew for the first time what despair is.

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squeak-

The door has been old for some time, and it made a loud noise when it was pushed open, and everyone in the room looked over.

Old Yu smiled awkwardly as he looked at the whole room.

"I, I came to see Mr. Zhong."

There were five people in the house, three men and two women, all young people.

"Are you also here to see grandpa?" The youngest girl among them looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, and she spoke with a strong local accent.

She looked at Old Yu curiously and said, "Are you also a student sponsored by Grandpa?"

Facing those guarded or suspicious eyes, Lao Yu quickly explained: "No, no, but I met Mr. Zhong before, and he helped me a lot. So today I specially come to pay homage to his old man."

Lao Yu felt the atmosphere in the room, which was extremely heavy. It seemed that before he came in, the group of people were discussing some serious topic.

"Xiaoling, go and pour a glass of water for the guests." A girl who looked a little taller said, touching the little girl's head and said: "Let's talk for a while, after pouring the water, go out to take a breath .”

"En." Xiaoling nodded cautiously, looking at the others. "Then you guys can't quarrel anymore, Grandpa will be angry when he finds out."

"You don't have to worry." The older girl smiled at her, "We don't quarrel."

Xiaoling looked suspiciously at the several people present, and after getting their unanimous response with innocent eyes, she poured a glass of water for Lao Yu and left.

After the little girl left, Lao Yu felt that the already cold atmosphere in the room became more rigid.He wondered if there was an outsider like himself now, seeing the expressions of these people present, they were about to quarrel directly.

"Hello." Realizing that Lao Yu couldn't be left alone, someone spoke first. "You said before that you are an old friend of grandpa, is it a former friend?"

"No, it's actually a neighbor." Old Yu said casually.

"Neighbor?" The young man looked at him suspiciously, "You don't look well dressed."

Lao Yu was neatly dressed and looked like a human being, while Zhong Yuyi lived in a shack until his death. No matter how you look at it, the two have nothing to do with their neighbors.

"It was an old neighbor from the past." Old Yu hurriedly filled in the omissions, "When I was poor and down, Mr. Zhong helped me a lot. Now that I can make ends meet, I naturally want to mourn this old neighbor. I am grateful to Mr. Zhong for his help back then."

"Old neighbor? I don't think some paparazzi reporter from outside got in here?" Someone said this coolly, which immediately shocked Lao Yu.

"Cong Rong, why do you have to look at people with black eyes? You doubt anyone!" The young man who was talking to Old Yu before scolded angrily, "You think of people so dirty, what's the benefit? ?”

"It's not that I think it's dirty, it's that you are too naive, Xu Mingyu." Cong Rong sneered, "After studying outside for so many years, do you think everyone is as easy to bully as the bumpkins from the village? What are those people thinking in their hearts? , no one knows better than you and me."

"Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about today's incident. Who leaked the news? No one said how these people would know that the memorial service was held in this funeral home." Cong Rong said coldly: "Don't call The group of spectators outside just disturbed Grandpa Zhong's cleanliness."

"Yes... so what if I accidentally slipped my mouth? I didn't intentionally disclose the news to the newspaper to sell it for money." Xu Mingyu's face flushed, "And those people came here because they admire grandpa, so there's nothing wrong with it. "

"You say it's not for money, so I have to believe you?" Cong Fei sneered, "Don't treat everyone else as idiots."

"you--!"

"Stop arguing!" A loud shout interrupted the dispute between the two young people.

Even Lao Yu was startled by the angry voice, and couldn't help turning his head to look over.

"On the day of grandpa's funeral, you guys insisted on making a scene and not giving grandpa a quiet time? Do you think that the old man can't feel at ease down here, so why worry about you!" It was the girl who asked Xiaoling to go out first.Although she is a daughter, she seems to have quite a status among these few people.As soon as he made a sound, two young people who wanted to quarrel were calmed down.

Cong Rong's face froze, he snorted, and stopped talking.

"Qiu, sister Qiu." Xu Mingyu felt a little guilty. "I'm not……"

"Stop talking." Sister Qiu rubbed the center of her brows wearily, "Today's messy things are enough, we should think about how to organize grandpa's memorial service and funeral smoothly. Don't start fighting among yourself .”

"Successful?" Cong Rong said: "Someone sent that kind of threatening letter, will it go well?"

Threat letter? !

Lao Yu's heart of gossip burned instantly!Sure enough, it was the right choice to smuggle in this time, no, the big news came so soon.What exactly was the threatening letter, and to whom was it addressed?To Zhong Yuyi, why?Also, it seems that the relationship between the children sponsored by Zhong Yuyi is not very good, this can also be found out.

Lao Yu didn't care what impact it would have on these students and the deceased Zhong Yuyi after the incident was exposed. He only hoped that the news would be as hot as possible so that he could sell it for more money.

Sister Qiu's face darkened, "The matter of that letter..."

Old Yu pricked up his ears and listened. He was very glad at the moment that this group of people seemed to forget their own existence after discussing it.Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and break the news.

"Squeak."

The familiar sound of pushing the door, someone came in at this moment, interrupting the conversation.

"The time has come." It was the staff of the funeral home who came in. "The scene of the memorial service has also been set up. Are you ready to start?"

It was the little employee who brought Old Yu in, why did he come in at this exact moment?At this time, Lao Yu loves and hates this "stupid and cute" employee.Why did you choose to come and disturb me at this time!Lao Yu looked at the other party with a look of hatred for iron and steel.

If Wang Chen didn't notice it, he just looked at the people in the room and said calmly, "Mr. Zhong Yuyi's body, do you need to invite us to the memorial venue now?"

"No, don't bother you, we can do it ourselves." Sister Qiu said to him, "Mr. Wang, please come and inform me."

"Oh, no trouble." Wang Chen nodded to her, looking at the entangled people in the room, seeing the various emotions emanating from them.He chuckled again in his heart, and secretly said.Not only is it hassle-free, it's also very welcoming.

"One more thing." Wang Chen said again, "Someone sent another package just now. Because the recipient was not marked, our library opened it without authorization. It was later discovered that it was sent to you. I'm sorry."

pack?

Everyone's heart skipped a beat and they asked almost at the same time.

"What is it sent?"

"I think it might have been sent by mistake." Wang Chen said with a hesitant expression, "Maybe they wanted to send it to the hotel. Do any of you work in the hotel?"

Everyone looked at each other suspiciously and shook their heads in unison.

"What exactly did you send?" Old Yu couldn't help asking.When he asked, everyone looked at him suspiciously.What is this man so diligent for?

"It's nothing, it's just a plucked chicken." Wang Chen shook his head, "That man's hands were not clean, the chicken feathers were not cleaned, and there was a lot of blood left behind. It's disgusting. Which hotel would accept his goods like this? ?”

Blood chicken, dead chicken!Anonymous package!This is a great threat.Old Yu smiled wryly, this stubborn little employee actually made this threat incident so commonplace.Hey, they deliberately sent bloody dead chickens as a threat, they didn't send them to the hotel, and the hairs haven't been plucked!

The faces of the people present turned even darker. Sister Qiu said to Wang Chen with a stiff face, "Excuse me, Mr. Wang, do you still have that package? We want to take a look."

"The package is kept, but I cleaned the chicken." Wang Chen said calmly, ignoring everyone's surprised expressions. "Otherwise, it's not easy to serve. The kitchen said that it will use that chicken to make lunch for you. It's free, but can we share half of it?"

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't know what to say.

"Then...is there anything else left?"

"Why keep it? Throw it away, just throw it in the garbage dump behind."

Before everyone could finish listening, they all ran out in one swift motion.Wang Chen watched them walk away, and looked at Lao Yu who was also running behind Sister Qiu and the others, suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth, and shouted: "Hey, Mr. reporter! Have you finished paying homage to Mr. Zhong Yuyi? What do you want to do?" Hurry up, I made an exception to let you in!"

Lao Yu, who hadn't run far, staggered, fell, and then fell around the corner and disappeared.

However, Wang Chen could guess that those students sponsored by Zhong Yuyi must have heard what he said just now.Old neighbor, reporter?Which one is the real identity, Old Yu, you have to explain it to them yourself.

Standing alone in the small courtyard, Wang Chen was in a good mood.

"The weather is nice today."

Liu Tao got out at some point and gave Wang Chen a dark look. "I feel very cold. This place is very dark. And boss, you seem to be getting worse and worse. Don't let Mr. Housekeeper learn some bad things."

"Is there?" Wang Chen looked at him sideways, "I think William treats you very well. He raised you so 'fat', so it's easy to talk about."

Liu Tao shivered, covered his arms, and looked at him pitifully.

Wang Chen chuckled, "Don't worry, I don't want to eat those things for the time being." They all knew what those things were referring to.

This time, Liu Tao was surprised. "Don't eat? Boss, why?"

"Because there are some things that I need to figure out slowly." Wang Chen turned around and looked at the tightly built coffin in the room, where Zhong Yuyi was lying.

"I want to understand, which is better, a sleeping human or a standing human."

"Boss, what are you talking about, why can't I understand?"

"It's okay if you don't understand."

Last quote:

The moment Chen Qiuju received the letter, she couldn't believe her eyes.Who would be so kind?

Why would you send money to someone you don't know in vain, so that you can study for yourself?

The principal sighed and patted her, "Qiu Ju, don't think so much. You don't know that some rich people outside like to do this kind of good deed. They have a lot of money, so you can use it. After studying After reading it, it can be considered as a face-saving for those people."

At that time, Chen Qiuju just nodded her head in a daze, thinking about that rich man who needs to "improve face", who is it?Every time she receives money in the future, she will think about the appearance of that "rich man" in her heart.

It was not until many years later that she saw the "rich man" for the first time—just an old man in his nineties who lived in poverty.

He has rough, dirty hands and a curved back.These hands, every year for her tuition, rummaged through the dirty and smelly garbage dump day and night.This bent back, every year for the tuition fees of more children, bends over and picks up repeatedly day by day.

Later, Chen Qiuju called him, Grandpa.

grandfather.

The dearest relative in the world.

The author has something to say: Many people have asked me what I meant by the interrogation of Bai Ye. In fact, I really want to say something like Wang Chen - "It's fine if you don't understand."

Haha, dare not, dare not.

In fact, white night, extending its academic meaning, refers to a night that never falls into darkness.The specific meaning can be duniang~

The light that always stays in the night.