Go back to the year of the high school entrance examination

After the New Year's Eve dinner, under Ji's mother's compulsion, Ji Shi changed into a new down jacket. He grew a lot taller than this time last year, but Ji Shi didn't measure it, and he didn't know if he had passed 175. Anyway, Ji Shi was an adult Afterwards, his height did not reach 180, but it was about 178. That was because he went to other places for university, and he was a little longer than when he was here.

The wine at night was a bit weak, and Ji Shi was a little dizzy.

He sat and rested for a while, and then the second aunt and cousin came. Father Ji finally found the opportunity and ran directly to the west end of the village, where the tables that were supposed to be served had probably already been served.

Ji's mother didn't say anything, but reminded him to wear two more clothes so that he wouldn't be cold. After all, it was Chinese New Year. Half of the people in their village group probably went to the poker table, because after midnight, they had to wait for the New Year Firecrackers are set off, so many people don't sleep until midnight on New Year's Eve.

Ji's mother and second aunt's cousin were chatting in their room. Ji Shi listened to it for a while and felt that the topic was very boring. The news broadcast was still on TV at the moment, and the Spring Festival Gala hadn't arrived yet. The channels are all news broadcasts at the moment, and the local stations are all kinds of messy advertisements. Ji Shi pressed the remote control and didn't see the channel he wanted to watch.

"Eat melon seeds from time to time." The second aunt carried the melon seeds bag, "Try the melon seeds my family bought this year."

"I'll try to see what's different." Ji's mother grabbed a handful of melon seeds, "He said the ones I bought were not tasty, and these kids don't understand anything. Of course the melon seeds are delicious."

The second aunt also brought pumpkin seeds in addition to melon seeds, which Ji's mother loved most. She nibbled very accurately, unlike Ji Shi's clumsy mouth, who couldn't eat anything at all. In the end, she could only chew it with the shell on.

Ji Shi wanted to go back to his room to do the meeting questions, but his mother, second aunt, and cousin repeatedly said, "It's a good thing to study hard. Today is Chinese New Year anyway. Let yourself relax and don't make yourself a fool."

Ji Shi couldn't help protesting: "Why do you guys call me a fool when it's Chinese New Year?"

Chinese New Year is actually a bit boring now, mainly because the material level has gradually improved, and there are delicious dishes all year round, so there is no need to wait until Chinese New Year.

He still remembers that he had chickenpox one year when he was a child, which happened to be during Chinese New Year, when everyone else was at home eating fish and meat, his mother made him vegetable tofu soup, and he felt that he was extremely wronged.

Because the other classmates were all born during school, and they happened to be able to ask for leave without going to school. Not only did he graduate during the holidays, but also during the Chinese New Year, he dared not even eat a bite of soy sauce.

When I was young, the friends in the neighborhood also made appointments to play together, watching cartoons, kicking keys to jump grids, and cosplaying TV dramas. Now everyone basically stays at home and doesn’t go anywhere.

After waiting for a long time, the Spring Festival Gala finally started.

This year's Spring Festival Gala, CCTV invited the Little Tigers, who had been disbanded for many years, to come on stage and sang the three songs "Love", "Butterflies Fly" and "Green Apple Paradise". Faye Wong's solo "Legend" also became popular after this year's Spring Festival Gala. Very nice.

Language programs are when Ji’s mom and Ergu chat most vigorously. Their locals are not very interested in cross talk sketches. His parents often say: “That so-and-so looks like a dream!”

This is already their family's most extreme description of a person's ugliness, and it is basically used on a certain big coffee.

They really don't appreciate this much, and would rather watch people sing and dance on TV.

Ji Shi dozed off, he was too lazy to participate in these gossips, and he was not interested in cross talk sketches, his head sank while watching them.

"Every now and then, let's watch them play cards." Cousin Chongji winked.

"It's too cold...well."

Three seconds later, Ji Shi understood what her cousin meant. She wanted to play cards, but generally speaking, Second Aunt would not give her a chance.

But with Ji Shi added, the second aunt will be a little more tolerant.

My cousin was still jealous of Ji Shi when she was a child, saying that her mother was partial to Ji's surname, but when they grew up, the relationship between the two of them became very good. If the second aunt was partial to Ji Shi, she would still be the only one who would give 100%.

"Be careful when walking, just walk on the main road, the road at the door of the third father is slippery."

"it is good."

As soon as they left the house, the two jumped down the steps. Ji Shi asked his cousin, "When do you plan to call home?"

"It's more than an hour, I'll just play for an hour." The cousin smiled, "It's okay, my mother won't care about me when I'm at the table, and I'll be scolded at worst."

"I'll go too."

"Okay, this way you can save yourself a little scolding."

Sure enough, compared to the desolation on the east side of them, the one on the west side is busier than the other. The main reason is that the neighbors on the left and right of Ji Shi's house are all old men and women in their 6s and 70s, and they are located in the back row, blocked by the river, so they are not as good as them. Lively in the front row.

There were three families who opened the poker table today, and each family had at least two tables, not only from their group, but also from the village group across the river.

Ji Shi and his cousin went to the house where the young man was, and when there were too many people, the cousin sat while Ji Shi watched from the sidelines.

"Don't you play Shi Shi?" Someone next to him asked Ji Shi.

Ji Shi shook his head, just in time the Spring Festival Gala was still playing on the TV next to the table, Ji Shi dozed off while watching, chatting with Zeng Tairan and the others on QQ.

"Happy New Year!"

"I wish you all a Happy New Year!"

"I'm ready to go to bed, hey, I downloaded "Twilight" from my MP4, I'll watch it later."

"That's really popular, don't you girls just like to watch this, and what about "High School Musical" and "The Devil Wears Prada"?"

"You are prejudiced against girls. Those who dare not even read "The Grudge" should stop talking nonsense."

Ji Shi: "...I don't dare to look at it."

"I dare not." - This is Yao Meng.

Zhou Weile probably wasn't here at the moment, but after a while, he silently said that he was also afraid.

Ji Shi felt that girls might just like watching horror movies more, and their cousins ​​also liked watching those, Ji Shi felt that he couldn't bear it at all.

"By the way, is it really okay for you guys to discuss horror movies here during the Chinese New Year?"

"Then what are you talking about, silly Spring Festival Gala?"

Hearing what Huang Yaqiong said, everyone fell silent.

This year's Spring Festival Gala played the gimmick that the Little Tigers reunited after many years, but the Little Tigers are the youth born in the 80s, not their youth in the early 90s. It's just high school, what can I miss, miss kindergarten?

They probably only have an impression of Zhao Lirong's "Palace Yuye Wine" in language programs. When they were young, the local TV station broadcast it every day, no matter how many times a day, they could recite Ji Shi's lines, and they were not very interested in other programs.

"I used to watch movies during the Spring Festival, but now they don't."

Ji Shi also has the impression that it seems to be a movie specially released during the Spring Festival, telling the story of the exchange of children from two families.

"Let's do the questions." Ji Shi silently typed four words.

"Today is Chinese New Year, I've almost watched the movie, don't you spoil the fun by saying this now?"

"Ji Shi is the place where you are most disliked."

It took Zeng Tairan a while to post the news, saying that he had just closed the door: "Don't let my mother see what Ji Shigang posted."

A few people chatted one after another, talking nonsense and feeling that time flies, Ji Shi felt a little cold after sitting for a long time, but the card table was very lively at the moment, the cousin was completely engaged in the battle, now Excitedly asking for money.

"Eat candy all the time, chocolate too, and oranges."

Ji Shi peeled an orange and shared half with his cousin, and the others joked with them, saying that his cousin was a good servant.

It wasn't all quiet outside. In some places, firecrackers were set off late, and they could vaguely hear sounds in this area. There were also cars driving by on the road, and the sound of people talking.

The cards didn't break up until around 10 o'clock, mainly because of the cold weather. Although there were too many people huddled together to keep warm, the legs were too stiff to sit all the time, and it was still unbearable after a long time.

It is also impossible to turn on the air conditioner. There are few people with air conditioners on their side, and they have to worry about electricity bills in summer, let alone winter.

Ji Shi went home with her cousin, and the second aunt also planned to go back. She had been waiting for them, and when she saw her cousin, she knew that she would definitely be at the poker table. It won't be too big either.

New Years is a good sign after all.

"You should go to bed too." Ji's mother reminded Ji Shi, "Soak your feet and go to bed early."

Ji Shi was thinking about whether to do more sets of math papers. Anyway, his father was coming back to set off firecrackers, so he would never be able to sleep at that time.

Just write.

Ji Shi only hesitated for a few seconds before going to his room and flipping through the test papers. After all, he could finish one of the ten sets of test papers.

Close the doors and windows and close the curtains, and the whole space will be sealed, and Ji Shi can concentrate on the process of writing the test paper.

Ji's mother came in with a water bottle, and when she saw Ji Shi, she looked like she was about to read a book. She didn't say anything, but quietly put the water bottle by the wall: "When you're thirsty, remember to drink plenty of water."

"En." Ji Shi responded, his attention already focused on the paper.

Time passed by slowly, and when Ji Shi was writing the test paper, he heard the sound of Ji's father pushing the door back.

"It's too cold, and sitting for a long time is unbearable."

"If you can't bear it, you still go."

"What time?"

"As for homework, doesn't he have a lot of homework this time?"

"Oh." Papa Ji sighed, "The child is suffering too much."

He couldn't help but want to buy something delicious for Ji Shi, or simply give money so that Ji Shi can buy whatever he wants.

Around midnight, the village became lively again.

The neighbors on the left and right got up from the bed at this moment and set off firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers kept ringing, probably until one o'clock.

Firecrackers are set off on New Year's Eve and the fifth day of the new year, and the time is also after midnight.

Ji Shi was already lying on the bed when he set off the firecrackers, and there is no policy to ban fireworks in urban areas, so his little friends are still awake.

"Go to bed early, I have to get up and do the questions tomorrow."

"There are so many test papers, our house is full of banquets, how can we have time to write!"

"Go to sleep!"

Ji Shi replied to the news in a daze. Although the sound of fireworks and firecrackers could still be heard in the middle of the night, he still fell asleep, a deep sleep.

He also woke up early the next morning.

When I was at home, I seldom slept in. People in the countryside went to bed early and got up early. In summer, the sound of farm machinery and the sound of hitting things in the cement field could easily wake him up. This morning, it was the sound of New Year's greetings from his mother and neighbors.

Ji Shi lay in bed for more than ten minutes, but got up and got dressed.

As soon as he got up, he called his grandpa and grandma several times, because it was like this in his family. He had to bless others in the new year, and the new year would have a good omen. The voice of blessing had to be loud, and he couldn't be as perfunctory as usual.

After breakfast, Ji Shi insisted on writing a set of math test papers.

He wrote this set of test papers in a hurry, because he was going to his grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings at noon. The rule in County Z is to return to her natal home on the second day of the new year, but when Grandma Ji Shi was there, all the aunts came back on the second day of the new year, so Mama Ji returned to her natal home on the first day of the new year. After his grandmother passed away, this habit was still preserved.

So during the Spring Festival, it’s actually quite busy. There are fixed things to do in the first and second grades, and the third grade is basically a treat for relatives. Long, in fact, it is not as good as National Day.

The number of test papers is indeed quite large.

Ji Shi finally brought his Chinese test papers to his grandmother's house. The advantage of him being at his grandmother's house is that there is no one he knows at his grandmother's house. As soon as he said he wanted to do homework, his grandparents vacated a place for him. The cousins ​​of the uncle's house are not allowed to disturb him.

Ji Shi locked himself in the room to write the test paper.

The reason why he brought the Chinese test paper was because the gaps between the various sections of the Chinese test paper were relatively large, and he didn't pay attention to the completion of the Chinese test in one go. In addition, he was slow to do the Chinese test in Ji Shi, and he always had to take a break after finishing a module before writing the next module.

The smell of braised pork in the kitchen had already diffused into the room, Ji Shi sniffed and touched his stomach again, he was indeed hungry.

When he went to the kitchen, his aunt's family also arrived, and his cousin was shaking his legs and playing with his mobile phone at the door. When he saw Ji Shi, he came out and called him "Brother".

He is 3 years younger than Ji Shi, but his academic performance is too poor. He didn't study much after graduating from junior high school, and now he is studying auto repair.

According to him, Auntie and the others knew that Ji Shi was doing homework, so they asked him not to harass Ji Shi either.

But now it's time to eat. The dishes at grandma's house are different from those at his house. They are bigger and more substantial. They are basically meat. Ji Shi and his cousin are both very good at eating. Another chopstick pinched it down, making grandpa and grandma very happy.

After dinner, the adults got together to chat. Ji Shi and his cousin played the games that came with their mobile phone. Ji Shi had a lot of games on his mobile phone, and he still had a little traffic every month, so he was borrowed by his cousin to chat on QQ .

He continued to do Chinese questions again. The questions he did before eating were all relatively simple. They were the part before the silent writing questions. The reading comprehension later was a bit troublesome. Ji Shi was not in a hurry, and he did it slowly. I can finish writing this paper today, after all there is still composition to follow.

"Brother, do you want fried rice cakes? My mother-in-law just made them."

Ji Shi ran out when he heard the call for fried rice cakes: "Eat!"

"There's a sanzi over there, if you want to eat, take it yourself."

Ji Shiying should respond, and the attention is still on the fried rice cakes. There is enough brown sugar and a lot of oil. The fried rice cakes are even slightly black, but they are fragrant and sticky, super delicious!

He loves fried rice cakes so much!

It's a pity that this is generally only eaten when there are rice cakes during the Chinese New Year.

After Korean cuisine became popular, Ji Shi went to eat rice cake hot pot a few times, but unfortunately, there is no rice cake that is better than the rice cake fried at home.

Grandma is very kind to their children and is satisfied with whatever they want.

……

In the first day of junior high school, Ji's mother and Ji's father still didn't stay at grandma's house for too long, and went home in the afternoon, and there was still a greenhouse at home that had to be closed in time.

The afternoon of the first day of junior high school is also the most leisurely day of the Spring Festival in Jishi, because there is a tradition of not going out on the first day of junior high school, and their family changed the New Year greeting time because of the inconvenient time of the second day of junior high school. not open.

They still have the rule of not sweeping the floor and not splashing water on the first day of the new year. The wash water used in the morning is still in the basin, and it is said that splashing will ruin the fortune.

Their family also believed in this. Ji's mother specially reminded Ji Shi to keep the washing water in the morning. She told him so every year, and Ji Shi remembered it clearly after a long time.

After returning home, Ji Shi opened the test paper and did it. He finished the reading questions at his grandmother's house, but he hadn't written the composition yet. He felt that the composition would have to be put on at least for a while, because he had no intention of writing it now.

Ji Shi continued to write the math test papers. His efficiency was not low this day, and he wrote a total of three sets of papers from afternoon to night.

He also felt like he was rushing to work mechanically, but the time was too tight, and he couldn't do without rushing.