You are so handsome, you are handsome after 20 years
You guys sing so well, after 20 years of singing, it's still very good
Because you are the unique "Four Heavenly Kings"
It is the glory that accompanies us to grow up
1
What I thought was plain at first was not plain
There were many proverbs when I was a child, and when I grew up, I realized that it was just some beautiful lies.
For example, "no pain, no gain".
This proverb only takes into account the variables of the peasant uncle's toil,
But he forgot to consider the weather, price fluctuations and other related variables,
In fact, harvest is a multivariate function, not a univariate function.
I prefer to use rigorous mathematics to define it: Cultivation is a necessary condition for harvesting, but it is not a sufficient condition, that is, to deduce harvesting, there must be cultivation, but cultivation may not necessarily lead to harvesting.
Half of the more than 30 students in the sixth grade (1) class of the fourth primary school entered key junior high schools, and the other half entered ordinary junior high schools. I was promoted to a key junior high school with the grades that just went online. Zhang Jun and Guan He were also admitted to the junior high school of the No. 1 Middle School in our city. None of this surprised me. What surprised me was that Xiaobo was admitted to the high school of No. 1 Middle School with a score much higher than the admission score.
No. 1 middle school is very sloppy in recruiting junior high school students. It is not as difficult as other key middle schools, and the quality of teaching is similar, or even worse. But the high school is completely different. The college entrance examination rate ranks among the top three in the province every year. In the eyes of many parents, being able to enter the high school department of the first high school means that one foot has successfully entered the university and half insurance. Therefore, parents squeezed their heads and tried to send their children to No. 1 Middle School, which led to extremely fierce competition in the high school department. Students from several key junior high schools and outstanding students from ordinary junior high schools staged a competition of natural selection every year. A brutal game of survival of the fittest.
In order to celebrate Xiaobo, Brother Li put on a big show in his newly opened karaoke room, gave two boxes, drinks and food, free of charge.
At that time, "カラオケ", which spread from Japan to China, was just popularized in our city. Even the generation of parents had not figured out what karaoke was. Young people already regarded it as a very fashionable and face-saving pastime. . Brother Li's karaoke hall is not the first one in the city, but it is the best decorated one. That day, the three religions and nine streams gathered, the squid invited a group of buddies and sisters, and felt that the face was very bright. In addition, the enchanting girl who had been chasing after him also came, and he couldn't tell the difference between the world and the north. Come on, forget who's the protagonist tonight.
The space in the box was small, but there were a lot of people, and the alcohol and smoke were mixed together. After sitting for a long time, I could not breathe. I sneaked out and ran to the terrace to breathe. Xiaobo was holding a wine glass and sandwiching A cigarette also swayed out of the other box. He was drenched a lot this evening, and although he forced himself to vomit twice, he still walked and flirted. I laughed and called him "duck" (duck didn't have another meaning back then).
I lay on the railing to get some air. He stood for a while, but his body became weak. He simply slid down the railing and sat on the ground. He smoked while talking to me. In the first high school, he smiled with a cigarette: "How you passed the test, I will pass the test."
Thinking about my hard work from seven to ten during that time, I sighed dejectedly: "Is there no shortcut in the world? Why do you have to 'no pain, no gain?'"
He was drinking, and when he heard the words, he spit out all the wine, coughed and said, "I'm very lucky if things in this world can be 'no amount of hard work, no amount of harvest'!"
Both fell silent, each in a daze.
Brother Li led a few people up the hall and was about to enter the box. One of them saw me, said hello to the people around him, hurried over, opened the glass door and walked towards me, because he didn't see Xiaobo sitting on the ground. , He stepped in a hurry again, tripped by Xiaobo's leg and fell to the ground. Xiaobo was a little drunk, but instead of apologizing, he laughed. I couldn't help laughing, and while laughing, I bent down to help each other.
I didn't wear glasses that day because of the smug look, and the light was dim. I didn't see clearly that it was Zhang Jun until I bent over to help the other person. My laughter immediately got stuck in my throat, and only my hand was stretched out stiffly in the air. He didn't hold my hand, he stood up from the ground, turned around and left without saying a word, Xiaobo was even more happy: "Qiqi, who is this boy?"
My head was still covered, and without answering for a long time, Xiaobo grabbed my hand: "Who is he?"
"my classmate."
Xiaobo stood up staggeringly and said drunkenly, "Don't associate with him, this person is not a good person."
I laughed, and the unspeakable melancholy disappeared in half at once. People really have eyes on their own heads, only to see other people look black. I said angrily: "You are not a good person, and I am not a good person. Good people should stay at home now, not drink and smoke here."
Just as Xiaobo was about to speak, a man came out of the box, just like a horn wind, half-naked and running back and forth in the corridor, shouting "Xiaobo", when he found him standing here, he was about to run over immediately, Xiaobo murmured Whispering, he went up.
I came out of the karaoke hall alone, and when I passed the bookstore, I went in and rented two sets of Qiong Yao's books, and planned to read them at night.
Walking into the rental bookstore, I saw Zhang Jun standing on the side of the road.
I ignored him and walked away. He blocked in front of me: "Don't play with squid and Xu Xiaobo, they are not good people."
what happened tonight? How come everyone has become a villain
I raised my chin: "You don't care! I can play with whomever I like."
Zhang Jun actually began to learn to control his temper. Instead of turning his head and leaving like before, he patiently persuaded me: "I'm doing it for your own good, you're a girl, it's better not to mess around outside, if you don't have friends to play with, You can go to Guan He, she is very nice."
I was so angry that I glared at him and asked, "What kind of person do you think I am? I need you to be good for me? Are you still teaching me like this?"
The bitter language blocked him and turned away.
I also walked with big strides, but the more I walked, the more annoyed I became, and I threw the book out of my hand and kicked again.
Qiong Yao's novels didn't make me feel better, but even worse. The next day, I couldn't read any books, and I had no friends, so I could only go to Xiaobo to play. I got the address of Xiaobo's house from Squid and found Xiaobo's house directly.
When Xiaobo came to open the door, he was shirtless and his upper body was covered in sweat. Seeing it was me, he was a little stunned. I saw that he had no clothes on, and he was embarrassed. He stood at the door and didn't know what to say. He immediately turned back to the room and put on some clothes. , come out again.
The moment he turned around, I saw that he didn't have the same tattoos as Brother Li and Squid. I don't know why, but I felt relieved. It was like when I was playing cards, I knew that he and I were family.
We both stood at the door talking, I asked him if he could accompany me out for a walk, he said he was going to work, I thought it was housework, so he said I could wait for him, he opened the door and let me in. I still remember that scene.
The living room is empty, it can be said that the living room is large and empty, but there are two blue glove mountains in the empty living room. In the middle of the two mountains, there was a bench. Obviously, Xiaobo was sitting here just now.
People in the 1980s should have seen the kind of blue flannel gloves. They were specially used for heavy work. I have a lot of them in my house. It was the labor insurance issued by my father's unit. It seems that many units will issue this kind of labor insurance. I will wear it when I have liquefied gas.
According to Xiaobo, making this kind of gloves is divided into two major processes. First, the machine will cut the entire flannel into various parts of the glove, and then manually use the sewing machine to roll the parts together. Xiaobo's mother is on the balcony at this time. , wearing a mask and burying his head in rolling gloves.
The rolled gloves are turned inside out. Xiaobo's job is to turn these gloves upright, and then stack them together after pressing the right and left hands to match.
Because the flannel gloves have a lot of fine fluff, they will flutter everywhere when the wind blows, so no matter how hot the weather is, the electric fan cannot be turned on, and the room is particularly stuffy.
There must be a look of shock in my eyes, but Xiaobo's expression is calm, there is no embarrassment, and there is no embarrassment. Go across from him, follow his example, and turn over the gloves with him.
The two of them chatted while flipping their gloves. I asked him how much he could earn with these gloves, and Xiaobo told me that for rolling a pair of gloves, his mother could earn 18 cents, while in previous years, a pair of gloves could only earn 12 cents.
I had already asked all the questions about gloves in my mind. I didn’t know what to say, so I didn’t speak, and Xiaobo didn’t speak either. The two of them turned over the gloves in silence until the mountain-like gloves were turned over. I was sweating all over, my dress was sticking to my back, and Xiaobo was sweating all over his head.
I looked at the neatly built glove mountain in the living room, and felt a special sense of accomplishment. I laughed at him, and he smiled and said to me, "I'll invite you to eat popsicles." I nodded.
When I went out, the wind was blowing on my body, and I felt very comfortable. For the first time, I felt that the wind was so cute. We each took the cheapest popsicle and sat beside the river, enjoying the sunset and evening breeze while eating the popsicle.
After working for a long time, I was sweating, and my mood improved inexplicably. No matter what Xiaobo said, I couldn't help but want to laugh. Xiaobo laughed when he saw me laugh. The two of them hit the water with their feet, and to see who had the biggest splash, they both tried their best to get the other wet first.
The stone has been exposed to the sun for a day, and it is still hot, but our clothes are wet. Xiaobo crossed his hands under his head, whistling, and he was out of tune until I listened to it for a long time, and then I could hear that he was playing "Kangding Love Song", but in the sound of rushing water and the warm breeze, everything was fine. Comfortable, the corners of my mouth could not help but curl up. Xiaobo laughed too, the whistle brought out a smile, and I hummed along with his whistle: "On the mountain where the horses are running, a cloud is shining, and the city of Kangding is full. , the moon is crooked, the city of Kangding yo..."
Later, the squid told me that Xiaobo's father was an electrician. When Xiaobo was in the third grade, he was electrocuted by a high-voltage line in an accident while repairing a power line. Xiaobo's mother was a housewife and did not have a job. From then on, Xiaobo relied on odd jobs to support Xiaobo. She sold popsicles, spread pancakes, sifted sand on the construction site, and rolled gloves, which was his mother's longest occupation. The squid also said that Xiaobo's mother is not normal. She either doesn't speak for a few days, and she doesn't say a word to her son, or she can't stop once she talks, and pulls a stranger who can cry and talk about Xiaobo's father, the squid speaks. At that time, there were lingering fears, and it was obvious that he had been pulled.
When I recalled the scene that day, it seemed to be the case. Xiaobo's mother didn't say a word. Before Xiaobo went out, he greeted his mother, but his mother didn't even raise her head.
After turning over the gloves, for a long time, when I buy anything, I will subconsciously exchange the price for several pairs of gloves. For example, a bowl of Liangpi is 50 cents, and I want to roll three pairs of gloves; a bowl of beef noodles is Two yuan, I need to roll eleven pairs of gloves, and after each exchange, I am a little more cautious about the money I spend, and I will carefully consider whether I should spend it. I can understand wavelet's emphasis on money.
My summer vacation is very leisurely, Xiaobo's summer vacation is very busy, he is studying with Li brother to manage the business of karaoke hall. There are many people around Li Ge, whether it is age, qualifications, or even time, there are people who are far more suitable than Xiaobo. After all, Xiaobo is still in school, but I don’t know why Li Ge has always been special to Xiaobo, and he often speaks very poorly to others. Be patient, sometimes even yell at the other party for having a pig brain, but always answer Xiaobo's questions patiently, but Xiaobo is very smart, no matter what occasion Li said, as long as he said it, Xiaobo will always be remember.
The squid has graduated from the technical school and did not report to the state-run unit. He started to do business with Li Ge, and Li asked him and Xiaobo to take care of the karaoke hall together. Although the squid is older than Xiaobo, he always looks like a big brother, but if anything happens, Xiaobo makes up his mind. With them, my main event venue, also unknowingly moved to the karaoke hall. The conditions have advanced a lot, at least when many people still don't know who Tsui Hark is, I have watched a lot of his movies, plus countless Hong Kong and Taiwan gangster movies. Chow Yun-fat's pony demeanor has swept away countless hooligans like squids. They often wear black, a pair of sunglasses, and a toothpick in their mouths. They pretend to be cold and deep, lest they walk on the street and people don't know their nerves. Something is wrong.
Brother Li himself was dressed in a normal way, lest people see that he was a gang of lunatic heads. Brother Li looked at his subordinates and often laughed helplessly. The mantra was "Don't think that after watching two more Hong Kong gangster movies, you think you can become a gangster".
The enchanting girl has officially become the squid's girlfriend. She is three years older than the squid, and the squid is very proud. It seems that at that time, if any boy can find a girlfriend who is older than himself, he will have a special face in front of others. I didn't understand why at the time, but now I have a general understanding. It's probably that adolescent boys are eager to prove that they have grown up and have a girlfriend who is older than themselves, making them feel that they are ahead of their peers.
Once, I was talking to Xiaobo behind the back of the enchanting girl. When the squid heard this code name, not only was she not angry, but she was quite proud. She felt that her own horse was very enchanting, so she simply gave up the name and called her "enchanting".
Me and enchanting looked up and saw each other, and we chatted a few times. From what she said, I only knew that Brother Li had been in a prison cell. It is said that he was once in the limelight in the past. The old people in Jianghu all thought that after he came out, he would find a way to recover the lost ground, but no one thought that he would be in the past few years. It's actually doing business in a proper way, and doing it well. I'm very curious about how Xiaobo is with them. In my mind, someone who can be admitted to a high school and senior high school should not be the same as Li Ge and Squid. I don't know about enchanting. I just say that Xiaobo fights very hard and shoots very ruthlessly. , Many people who came out back then knew that there was a little Potter who could play.
Xiaobo now looks like a good old man, I was in a daze, and enchanting looked at me and smiled: "I heard from the squid that you fight is also very poisonous, if it wasn't for Brother Li last time, you would have died already."
In fact, it's not vicious, but it's not turning back and leaving no way out. Half is forced by circumstances and half is personal character, but things will gradually change in the eyes of outsiders. Suddenly I understood Xiaobo's ruthlessness. He lost his father in the third grade, and his mother was mentally abnormal. He had no way out at all, so he had to turn his back.
The summer vacation of the sixth grade is very splendid in many people's memories, because it is the end of an old life and the beginning of a new life. There is no summer homework in the two spaces, no study pressure, and some are just a good vision for the future, and play , play, play!
My memories are very dull, I only remember the only time I met Zhang Jun, the Blue Glove Mountain in Xiaobo's house, and his out-of-tune whistle.
Many years later, I was singing with a group of friends at the cash cabinet, and was ordered to sing "Kangding Love Song" by my friends. I sang and sang, laughing and laughing, and there were two blue glove mountains and the whistle that was out of tune. The sound suddenly came out. Just choked up. At that time, I realized that what I thought was plain at first was not plain.
2
my friendship
Women's friendships have been complicated since they were little girls.
A man's friendship is probably like playing football,
The bottom line and rules are clear in my heart, and cooperation and competition are clear and distinct.
In the battle cry, the sweat of each other is melted;
A woman's friendship is probably like cooking a dish,
There is no set formula, no rules, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, all can be added to the dish,
The taste can be so complicated that no one but the cook knows what she's putting in it.
I, Guan He, and Zhang Jun were assigned to different classes. I was in class (1), and I didn't share the same class with any primary school classmates.
The teaching building of the junior high school has a total of three floors, the first floor on the first floor, the second floor on the second floor, and the third floor on the third floor. The shape of the building is a structure similar to the English letter "Z", but the vertical line in the middle of "Z" is vertical. (1) From class (1) to class (3) in a corridor, that is, a horizontal line above the "Z", then turn a corner, the next corridor is the teacher's office, and then another turn, connecting five large classrooms, according to the serial number From class (4) to class (8). There are independent exits at the corners of each corridor. Guan He is in class (5) and Zhang Jun is in class (8). The two of them are in one corridor and I am in the other corridor. There should be very few opportunities for us to meet.
The corridor exit closest to class (1) leads to a building imitating a classical garden, with pavilions and pavilions and a small pond. There are two corridor exits where Guan He and Zhang Jun are located, and the front one also leads to The back of this small classical garden leads to a small sports field with eight cement-built ping-pong tables. The periphery is surrounded by poplar forests. After the poplar forests, there are volleyball courts, science and technology buildings, laboratory buildings, dormitory buildings, canteens, etc. .
With faint excitement, I looked forward to the beginning of a new life, and hoped that this new beginning would bring me a life completely different from primary school.
The head teacher is our English teacher, a male teacher with small eyes, surnamed Cui. He just graduated from college and was assigned to our school. The school leaders entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and made him the head teacher, so he was very serious, and any small actions in the classroom could not escape his eyes.
Before we learned phonetic symbols, the classmates had given him a good nickname, saying that his small eyes focused on the light, and it was euphemistically called "cornucopia".
This cornucopia has had a great influence on my life, and has made an indelible contribution to the shaping of my agile and excellent character, but I will mention his story later.
The first teacher I met was my Chinese teacher, Zeng Hong. She was a very masculine woman with short hair and liked to smoke. She was the only female teacher I knew who smoked.