my kind of person

On May 200th, the Convention and Exhibition Center in the main urban area recruited volunteers for a fee. The organizer provided each volunteer with lunch and dinner, reimbursed the fixed fare, and subsidized [-] yuan per person. If you are a bilingual volunteer , the subsidy will be [-] more.

Xie Zixin has been paying attention to various paid voluntary activities or part-time jobs in nearby urban areas. After hearing about this incident, she sent her resume as required. If you apply for bilingual volunteers, you need to send the English manuscript recording file in the attachment.

Xie Zixin's family only has an old desktop computer that has been used for many years, and everything is stuck. In addition to recording and preparing resumes, it took almost an hour to get it done.

After the resume was sent out, there was no reply for a week, probably because the school he filled in was a vocational high school, so he just screened out his resume. Xie Zixin didn't care, this happened before, not to mention the importance of this event , the organizer may directly select volunteers from prestigious schools.

However, two days before the start of the event, Xie Zixin suddenly received a call from the organizer’s volunteer leader, saying that a volunteer from a school could not come because of school arrangements, and the number of volunteers was suddenly insufficient. He could come, not bilingual, Just do some simple physical work.

Xie Zixin agreed, and arrived at the exhibition center at seven o'clock that morning to help move things and set up the booth.

Because he became a volunteer, Xie Zixin also probably knew which schools students would participate in this event, including Ancai Experimental Middle School where Xiao Yi was, and he might be able to see him in the venue.

Xie Zixin never thought that if he saw Xiao Yi, he would say hello, but seeing Xiao Yi would make him feel better, just take a look from a distance.

He didn't expect that Xiao Yi found him faster than he found Xiao Yi.

Although the brim of the hat covered most of his face, Xiao Yi only recognized it from the side face that occasionally raised his head, and that person must be Xie Zixin.

He actually came to volunteer?

Xiao Yi's doubts rose sharply. Whether it was the accidental conversation with the proprietress of the barber shop on Linshui Road almost a month ago, or at this moment, he felt more and more that Xie Zixin was far from what he imagined before.

Why did he live in an old building in the old city, why did he work part-time to deliver meals to the barbershop, and why did he come to be a paid volunteer? Xiao Yi seemed to be able to think of only one explanation, that is, his financial conditions were not very good.

The sun was high today, and Xiao Yi was already sweating after getting out of the car for a short while, but Xie Zixin was wearing long-sleeved trousers and a volunteer vest outside, making him feel uncomfortably hot.

Seeing that he seemed to be busy, Xiao Yi didn't bother him, and planned to say hello later, but after thinking about it, he found out embarrassingly that he didn't seem to have any special reason to say hello to him.

Xie Zixin was indeed busy with work, unaware that Xiao Yi was looking at him from a distance, he put down a box of water and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, a staff member wearing a white shirt and suit pants hurried out from the side door of the exhibition center, looking around, as if looking for someone around the booth.

After seeing Xie Zixin, the staff ran over immediately and called Xie Zixin to stop.

Xie Zixin turned around, and the staff in front of him was the person in charge of the volunteer who contacted him. The other party looked down at the work permit Xie Zixin was hanging on, and asked, "You are the volunteer who has applied for bilingualism, right?"

Xie Zixin nodded.

"It's like this, classmate, I'm really sorry. One of our volunteers responsible for explaining the exhibits in English couldn't speak due to physical reasons. He just left." The person in charge explained, "Look, can you make up his position? , he is responsible for talking about the three exhibits. If possible, I will send you the manuscript right away. You can familiarize yourself with it immediately. Let's start, can you? I am very impressed with the recording attached to your resume, and your English pronunciation is very good, so I came to you temporarily."

Xie Zixin looked at the English manuscripts first. The content of each exhibit is about five or six lines. Although the content is not much, it is still difficult to memorize it all in half an hour.

Xie Zixin replied: "I will try."

The person in charge didn't waste time, and told Xie Zixin not to do the work on the booth outside, and went directly to the conference room of the exhibition center to memorize the manuscript first.

Half an hour later, the activity officially started, and the students entered the venue one after another. First, they went to the exhibition hall of the Convention and Exhibition Center to visit the art works related to the May [-]th Movement.

Bored, Xiao Yi followed the team and occasionally listened to the explanations given by the volunteers. The group of middle school students from the international school who came to observe were also nearby, and their explanations were all in English.

As he walked, a familiar voice came into his ears.

The voice was cold and crisp, the content was in English, and it was probably telling a historical event. There was no exaggerated tone of voice, but the words were spoken clearly, and the high and low pauses were natural and smooth. The tone was very comfortable to listen to.

Xiao Yi was a little dazed for a moment, not sure of his guess for a while, but he had indeed heard this voice many times, and it was very distinctive.

Xie Zixin?

While the team stopped to look at the exhibits, Xiao Yi quietly glanced in the direction of the sound.

Sure enough, across several art walls, Xie Zixin stood in front of a dozen international students and calmly explained the historical background of a painting behind him.

Standing there, he looked no different from any of Xiao Yi's classmates. On this occasion, no one would divide him into two completely different types of people because of his status and school.

An inexplicable emotion that had never been seen before penetrated into Xiao Yi's heart. At that moment, he suddenly realized that when Xie Zixin took off his school uniform, there was no difference between him and the ordinary classmates around him.

If you really want to talk about the difference, it is that his appearance is more outstanding, his temperament is more unique, and he is more eye-catching.

Moreover, just listening to Xie Zixin's spoken English when introducing the exhibits, Xiao Yi would feel that this person's English is very good, but when he knows that this person is Xie Zixin, this feeling is a little different.

It turned out that he did have a lot of prejudice.

Xiao Yi couldn't help thinking, could it be that Xie Zixin's culture class is actually good?That's right, there are always a few students in vocational high schools who are relatively good in cultural subjects, and the enrollment rate of junior high schools in their provinces is not high. There are always some relatively good students who pass away from ordinary high schools because of exam failures or other reasons. However, would Xie Zixin be one of them?

As the team moved forward, Xiao Yi could only keep up, but the calm voice like a stream still lingered in his ears and couldn't go away.

After the exhibition and speeches, there was a theatrical performance. Xiao Yi and his classmates sat down at the back of the lobby.When the lights in the lobby were dimmed and most people were focusing on the host on stage, Xia Lei quietly slipped over from the freshman seat in front and sat down beside Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi stared at the stage, but his mind was thinking about other things, and he didn't react to Xia Lei's arrival.

After watching for a while, Xiao Yi suddenly turned his head and asked his classmates beside him in a low voice: "Does it mean that if you can't pass the admission line in the high school entrance examination, you must study in a vocational high school?"

The classmate looked at him in surprise, wondering why Xiao Yi suddenly brought up this topic that had nothing to do with the present, and replied: "If you want to continue studying, you must go to a vocational high school or a technical secondary school. Well?"

"It's someone I know. I remember that you have a distant relative who is studying in a vocational high school. Just ask." Xiao Yi paused, "Can the vocational high school be transferred to a regular high school?"

"In principle, it is possible, but very few people can transfer. The procedures are very complicated. You have to move out, pass the exam, and report to the Education Bureau for approval." The classmate shrugged, "It doesn't matter if you don't have money. , My distant cousin was [-] minutes away from the admission line, and later he wanted to transfer. His parents are quite rich, so they didn't transfer, but it didn't matter. arrive."

"Oh," Xiao Yi said, "This way..."

The classmate said again: "It's meaningless to transfer from a vocational high school to a general high school. If you have the ability to pass the exam at the time, do you need to work hard to transfer later? My cousin is ignorant all day long, even if he transfers, he will be fine." He won't study hard, and he will harm other students and bring down the class atmosphere, and he will be a bastard when he comes out in the future. People in vocational high schools are like this, if you fail the exam, just admit it yourself, don't waste your efforts..."

Xiao Yi frowned slightly, wanted to say something, but didn't continue. His classmate hated his distant cousin, so it was understandable to say so.

Unexpectedly, Xia Lei, who was listening to their conversation, suddenly said: "You are too big to kill everyone, right?"

Xia Lei didn't know Xiao Yi's classmates, and when she spoke suddenly, the classmates were stunned, and Xiao Yi turned to look at her in surprise.

"I also have a classmate from elementary school who is studying in a vocational high school." Xia Lei said, "He missed the exam by five points. Could it be that he is a bastard? He even jumped into a river to save a drowning child, and he was brave enough to stand up for justice. The proportion of bastards in the vocational high school is high." Some, but not all of them, there are also those who worked hard and failed the exam, and others don’t want to go to vocational high school.”

The three of them didn't speak for a while, and the flashing lights of the singing and dancing on the stage generally passed across their faces one by one, reflecting the different expressions of the three.

Xiao Yi's classmate was extremely embarrassed, and said dryly, "That's not what I meant..."

"Okay, let's watch the performance." Xiao Yi interrupted them at the right time. Xia Lei is usually gentle and gentle in front of him. He really didn't expect her to be so direct, and whispered, "Xia Lei, go back to your grade Well, the teacher will come to check in a while."

Xia Lei snorted coldly, got up and left.

Xia Lei said that after this show, Xiao Yi and his classmates were completely speechless, and watched the performance quietly throughout.

After the performance was over, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and the bus driver of their school was going to eat at this time, and the bus departed back to school on time at six o'clock.

Taking advantage of the free time, Xiao Yi looked around for Xie Zixin, but he couldn't find him. Maybe he had finished his work and left early.

Xiao Yi suddenly felt a little bit lost in his heart. He felt that he was holding back and wanted to ask the other party, but if he really wanted to ask, he didn't seem to know where to start.

However, although Xie Zixin was not found, Xiao Yi saw a woman in business attire walking down from the meeting room on the second floor. It was his aunt Xiao Wanning.

Xiao Wanning also saw him, she smiled and said goodbye to the people around her, and walked towards him: "Xiao Yi, you are here today too."

"Yes, I was caught by the teacher." Xiao Yi replied, "Auntie, are you a guest of the event?"

"Well, I have to participate in these activities, there's no way." Xiao Wanning said, "I happen to be going back to school soon, why don't you take my car back?"

"It's okay, thank you aunt, I will just take the school bus with my classmates."

"That's fine." Xiao Wanning nodded, "Today, my aunt asked for leave, so I brought Youyou out and asked my assistant to take her to eat at McDonald's across the street. Would you like to bring you something to eat?"

Xiao Yi shook his head and said no, just at this time the teacher asked to gather, so he said goodbye to his aunt and went back to the class team.

The bus was parked beside the road at the gate of the convention and exhibition center park, and there was a bustling commercial area nearby. There was a lot of traffic on the road, and busy pedestrians came and went on the sidewalk.Xiao Yi glanced up inadvertently, and saw the huge McDonald's sign across the street. At this time, the sidewalk happened to have a green light, and two figures, one tall and one short, were walking towards this side.

Youyou was bouncing around holding the hand of her mother's assistant, holding a toy from the McDonald's children's meal in her hand. She raised her head and saw Xiao Yi standing across the road at a glance.

Youyou's eyes lit up, she was so happy, she broke free from the assistant's hand, shouted to her brother and ran over.

At this moment, a shout of "there is a car" came from the crowd in the distance. Xiao Yi turned his head, and more than ten meters away, a white car was roaring towards the sidewalk. Didn't slow down at all because of the red light.

Xiao Yi's heart was tightly grasped, and he shouted: "Youyou! Don't come here! Back!"

There were many pedestrians on the sidewalk, amidst the chaotic screams, a figure ran out faster than Xiao Yi, and hugged the bewildered little girl.