Seventy Little Heads

"Then let's sign up over there, and I'll see you later." Qizhi and Dafu took their fathers to the window where they wrote their classes and lined up.

Goudan and the others are at the back of the line. It seems that some students were given by their parents, and some came by themselves. There are satchels hanging around their necks in front of them. straw mat.Carrying toiletries in a net bag, it seems that the journey has been very hard.

Li Si closely followed his son in line, fearing that he would lose face if he made a mistake.Goudan said: "Father, go sit and wait over there. There are stone benches there." It is hidden among clumps of red mountains, presumably it is for people to rest.

Li Si looked over and saw that many people were already sitting there. He looked down at the luggage under his feet, hesitated and said, "It's better. I'll show you these."

Goudan saw that there were more than a dozen people in front of him, thought about it, and stopped trying to persuade his father.Goudan leaned sideways and stretched his neck to watch the teacher count the money and collect it. He opened the drawer and carefully put the money in and turned the key. Then he wrote a note to the student and told him which dormitory he was in and where to go to exchange food for meal tickets. .

Goudan thought to himself, is it very enjoyable for the teacher to collect so much money a day?The tuition fee in elementary school is not much, but after entering junior high school, it is real money. The tuition fee alone is not cheap, and this does not include accommodation and living expenses.So Li Si was also terrified, worried that the family would not be able to afford his son's education expenses if he really couldn't get rid of it in the future.

It was so easy to wait for Goudan, hand over the notice, and the teacher took a look, hey. "You are Li Kai's classmate?" Goudan nodded, isn't it written on it?The female teacher is very happy. This is one of the double-hundred students assigned to her class. The teacher has a natural affection for students with good academic performance.At that time, I was worried that the students below had very few test scores better than the county primary school, after all, the educational resources were there.But also understand that they also have high dropout rates.Worried that the rural students with perfect scores might not have the money to study, they did not expect this to happen.

He happily went through the admission procedures for him, and said while writing, "If you have any difficulties, you can tell the teacher. The teacher will see what the school has arranged. I will definitely not get used to it when I first came to the county... Let's go..." Goudan silently Watching her give herself a receipt, "Here, I have been arranged in this dormitory, which is full of students who study well. You can make progress together. It just so happens that there is only the last bed left..."

"Teacher." Goudan interrupted the teacher.

"what happened?"

"No, can that arrange for me to go to another dormitory?"

"Why? It's for your own good."

"You just said that only the last bed is full, but I want to live with Wang Xuan. Look, this is Wang Xuan. We have always been in the same class."

"Wang Xuan? Let me see, another double hundred?" The teacher looked at Wang Xuan in surprise, and then his eyes lit up. This child looks really good!The handsome, white and clean child, if he didn't know the address of the child's home, he would have thought he was the child of some well-to-do family in the city.Wearing patched gray clothes, but I have to say that he looks so good, it makes people happy when they see it.

"Teacher, I live in the same room with Brother Goudan." Wang Xuan didn't feel embarrassed when he was looked at, he was used to it, and smiled more shyly. "We've always lived together."

"That's right, teacher, here, we only have one set of buckets and basins, and we will share them in the future. It's inconvenient not to live together."

The teacher looked at Goudanzhi's luggage, then saw Li Si carrying it nervously, looked at Li Si and then at the two children. "Okay then, let's see, teacher, let's make the dormitory bigger, and there are more people living in it at the same time, so that's all?"

"no problem."

Changed the dormitory number for Goudan, and then handled it for Wang Xuan. "Go, make the bed, and exchange the food for meal tickets. Tomorrow afternoon, I will go to the classroom to participate in class labor and clean up."

"Uncle accountant, let's go first, you'll be over there later when you're done, let's meet under the tree."

Accountant Chen nodded. Her family is a daughter, so the place where she lives must be different. Anyway, she is with her, and she will go back with the men in the village when it is over.

"East Row 00, where is the East word?" Recalling the map drawn by the campus that I glanced at, pointing in a direction, "Go this way."

Goudan took the lead, and Wang Xuan and Li Si, who had recovered a lot, followed behind.

"Found it, here."

"Son, the brick and tile house has glass windows. The people in the city are really nice." Li Si was very happy when he saw it. It is very old, but it is still a brick and tile building, and it looks like it should still have a cement floor.

Goudan looked at the wooden door that had been opened, and there were already people inside. The three pushed the door wider and walked into the middle of the dormitory.Seeing a frame of wooden bunk beds, Goudan and the three have never seen such a bed.The village basically sleeps on kangs, and some people sleep on beds, which are wooden bed boards.

But this kind of bunk bed has never been seen before. "It's so high, what if you fall down while sleeping?" Li Si said worriedly. Worry, this son can only sleep in mid-air?What is the reason for this, the school is not afraid of falling and getting hurt?

Li Si looked at his son, dog Dan was also confused, he had never slept on such a high bed.Seeing the people next to him, they whispered: "Isn't there a railing on it, it won't fall off." Goudan and the three turned around to look at him, and when he got nervous, he said, "Really, they all sleep like this. I've never heard of anyone falling."

Goudan stared at his lower bunk, and the man hurriedly said, "I, this is me sleeping, I can't sleep on it, I'm afraid of heights. Why don't you ask other people."

Goudan sweeps around, there is no way for people who are not there, when the people who are there see Goudan sweeping past, they all turn their heads and don't look at him, or snort and ignore Goudan.

"Let's sleep on it, it's just close." Wang Xuan said, pulling his hand.That's right, there were two adjacent beds that were still unoccupied, so Wang Xuan had his eye on this place. "Besides, there is a railing that won't fall down. It's good to live on it. People can't move things on it at will." The latter sentence was whispered to Goudan in a low voice.

"Right."

Goudan stepped onto the upper bunk in two or three steps. Due to his great strength, the wooden bed shook a bit. The one who spoke first shrank back. In fact, Goudan looks tall and fierce. Just now he was worried that he would not Will violently force him to change the bed, it's all right now.He temporarily smiled at Wang Xuan in relief.

Wang Xuan also returned a smiling face, and then took the wooden basin out of the net bag from Li Si's hand. When the man saw it, he quickly said: "There is running water outside, you can receive water."

"Thank you." Wang Xuan said this word a bit bluntly, and they seldom say thank you. "My name is Wang Xuan, and he is Li Kai. We are from the same village. I will go to fetch water first and then talk later."

"Hey, my name is Zhang Xiaoming."

After cleaning the two wooden beds, Li Si unrolled the two straw mats and handed them to the two people on top to make them spread out.It can only be paved with straw mats, or he wove it in time, and this is also used to pave the kang at home.As for the hard board, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. Isn't it the same as sleeping on a hard kang at home? It's very good.

Once the straw mat was spread out, they realized that the bed was a small straw mat and wide. They didn't know this before.Li Si weaved according to his habit, but now he finds it inappropriate.Li Si hurriedly said to fold it first and then lay it, and make a new one next time.

He gestured to the width and length of the bed with his arms, squeezed in his heart, and then he nailed a row of wooden rails beside the bed, tried hard, "It's pretty stable, try to lean against the wall when you sleep, don't If you turn over too hard, you will have to fall if you turn over." There is no other way but to order like this.

Goudan hummed and haha ​​responded, while taking the things he brought, heaped them up on the straw mat bed.After roughly tidying up, the bamboo suitcase was not opened, and the small jar of pickles he brought was directly placed on top of it, and this time he obediently stepped on the bed ladder to get down from there.

Carrying important things with you, and carrying food preparations to exchange for meal tickets, this is the practice of schools in the city, and Goudan and the others think it is new.Equally divide the grain into thick and fine grains, weigh them, and get meal tickets.

After finishing the work, it was already past lunch time. Grandpa took the steamed corn buns that he steamed at home in the morning and shared them with the pickles he brought.Li Si saw that his son was done with his work, and it was time for him to leave.

Time is a miraculous thing, they were still at home in the morning, and after half a day, they were in the county seat, and their son was going to stay, so they were in a different space within a day.

Li Si didn't know how to describe it in his heart, he was reluctant to let his son be real, he grew up so big, his son was always in front of his eyes, no matter how busy he was, he could always see him when he went home to sleep.This parting, the old man's heart was also sour and empty.

"Son, listen to the teacher's words carefully, don't conflict with others, you won't suffer if you take a step back in everything, don't be forceful, our house is far away, we can't arrive in time for something..."

"I know dad, Wang Xuan and I went back on vacation, don't keep the diced meat at home, eat it quickly, and remember to feed the big and little ones."

A few children must send the adults at home to the car. How can I say that from today onwards, I will face strangers and unfamiliar environments. I used to go home to see my parents every day. At that time, I didn’t feel anything, but now I feel so much Some trepidation.

Li Si meant that he didn't want to spend that money, and he didn't want to take the car. "You don't get home until midnight like this. It's already noon now. Hurry up." Goudan pushed his father onto the last bus. There were not many people on it, and he got a seat.

Ask the salesperson the price, Wang Xuan paid directly, and did not give the money to Li Si, otherwise the dog would be sure that his father would wait for them to leave and walk on the ground.It's so far from home to the county seat, how long does it take to walk, and it's not like I haven't walked before.I can still afford the fare now.

Li Si went back in the car with other people in the village like this. Due to the tight time, he didn't even take a good look at the county town. Just like the last time in a hurry, he followed his son to finish things, and then he was about to leave.

Qizhi and the others lost the excitement of coming to the county to study before, and they were all a little listless. Chen Qingjuan's eyes were red, and it looked like he had cried.