"Why didn't he go to middle school? Didn't the technical school take the test after finishing junior high school?"
Involving other families, Cornucopia was reluctant to explain more, only said: "Their family seems to be in financial difficulties, and his father hopes that he can start work sooner. With his grades, he will definitely pass the test now."
Lin Lan's eyes widened in shock, as if it was the first time she realized that there are people in this world who can't even afford to go to school, although the tuition may only be enough for her to buy two skirts.
The news that Chen Songqing was about to leave our class soon became known to everyone. Although everyone was surprised, there were not many people who were really sad. After all, Chen Songqing was not gregarious and often went alone. Everyone knew him only because he was the first in our class.
Lin Lan was very attentive. She really took this as a matter. She didn't hesitate to give up her study time. She took great pains to hold a farewell party for Chen Songqing. There were all poems, songs and dances. She also used her influence to let the whole class. Fundraising bought Chen Songqing an expensive pen and a beautiful diary as a farewell gift.
I refused to donate and send gifts for Chen Jin back then, but this time, I donated all my pocket money.
Chen Songqing was so silent on the surface that he was almost dumb, but I think he was grateful to Lin Lan in his heart. His boyhood was forced to end early, but Lin Lan did his best to paint a pale but beautiful painting for him. period.
I seem to be indifferently watching all this happen from a distance, but my heart is ups and downs, not necessarily for Chen Songqing, maybe just for life itself, I once again feel the cruelty and helplessness of life. Many people don’t like to study at all. They smoke, drink and fight every day. They steal their parents’ money to play games and dye their hair. They are proud of being rebellious and different, but their parents are begging them to read. One, life does not allow him to read.
This is life, it always seems to be what you want and nothing to give you.
On the day Chen Songqing left the school, it was raining lightly.
Ever since I was a child, I have preferred rain. When it rains, I rarely even use an umbrella. I like the feeling of raindrops hitting my face.
I sat on the stone bench in the school and stared at the silky rain curtain.
A man walked up to me and stopped.
I looked over, and it was Chen Songqing, who was standing silently, carrying an army green canvas schoolbag and a black umbrella that had been worn white.
Neither of us is a talkative person, and we were relatively silent for a long time, but no one spoke.
He suddenly said, "I won't come to school tomorrow."
"I know."
At his feet, there happened to be a depression, and the rainwater accumulated into a small pool, and he kicked the rainwater one by one.
I still remember his hypocritical toughness as if he didn't care, the patches of stains on his old sneakers, and the half-untied laces.
He asked, "How's your homework review going?"
"not so good."
He kicked the rain on the ground one by one, and the drops splashed his pants, but he didn't care at all.
"I originally wanted to finish the final exam before leaving, but my dad wouldn't let me. He said that if I have time, it's better to prepare more for the exam in the technical school, and try to get into a good major and a good unit in the future, and the salary can be higher. ."
I was silent, not knowing what to say, he suddenly said, "Can I ask you one thing?"
"No problem." I didn't ask him what he wanted to ask me, and he agreed.
He smiled and said, "Can you study hard and do your best to take this final exam?"
I looked at him in puzzlement, wondering why he made such a strange request, but, I have already agreed to him, so I will keep my promise.
In fact, until today, I have never understood why Chen Songqing came to this request.
"Okay, I will study hard and take the exam seriously."
He laughed, still kicking the rain one by one, and I watched the drops of water he kicked in silence.
His shoes were all soaked, and after standing for a long time, he said, "I'm leaving, bye!"
I sat on the stone bench without moving: "Goodbye!"
With his schoolbag on his back, he turned to leave, and the thin and tall figure slowly disappeared into the misty drizzle.
I sat alone for a long time, my whole buttocks were cold, and after soaking wet, I also carried my schoolbag and went home.
That was the last time I saw Chen Songqing in my life. Since then, I have never seen him or even heard of him again. Whether he was admitted to a technical school or not, and which major he was admitted to, I don't know at all.
However, I knew that he would know my final exam results, so I followed the agreement, studied hard, took the exam seriously, and for more than two weeks, I didn't do anything, just read, from getting up in the morning until going to bed at night. He said let me go all out. Actually, I don’t know what it means to go all out, but I have memorized the textbooks of geography, history, and politics, and forced myself to memorize even the most hated English. a bunch of stuff.
After the final exam results were ranked, I became the first in class (1). In addition to the poor grades in English, algebra, physics, and geometry are almost full marks, and other courses such as geography, which rely on rote memorization, are almost the first in the class. Because I won several first places in the class, I even said It became impossible for me to cheat, and everyone could only face this accident with surprise.
My father and mother were overwhelmed with excitement. During the parent-teacher meeting, they almost kowtowed to Cornucopia to give thanks, but Cornucopia said calmly, "The English I teach is the worst, and her progress has nothing to do with me. "
We were about to separate, but Cornucopia and I got along very well. Although I had a fight with him, and although he did prefer students with good grades and a lively personality, in all fairness, he was completely different from Teacher Zhao, and he did not show any traces of Lin Lan. He tried hard to keep Chen Songqing, he taught with all his strength, and all the things I saw with my eyes made me forgive the pain he had brought me.
In fact, Cornucopia, as a college student who just graduated, is only nine grades older than us, and he is also an immature person himself. I believe that we, as the first students in his teaching career, will never be forgotten by him, just as we will never forget that he is our head teacher. Because, he left traces in our growing life, we also left traces in his gradually mature life.
After the final exam, I went to see Xiaofei, and her mother kept her promise and let me meet her.
When I saw Xiaofei, she was lying on the bed reading, her shoulder-length hair was cut short, like a boy.
She saw me, put down the book, and smiled at me.
I feel very strange, I can't tell, what is different about her, but she is indeed different, her eyebrows and eyes are still beautiful, but the enthusiasm in her eyebrows and eyes is gone, only a faint line of sight, a faint smile, Her life is like... like... suddenly from mid-spring to late-autumn.
When I saw that she was reading an English textbook, I felt relieved, sat next to her, and asked, "Are you cured?"
She nodded: "Okay, how was your final exam?"
"First in the class, I don't know the grade yet. It is estimated that we will not know until the next semester."
She was surprised and happy: "I have to work hard, or I will be left behind by you."
I have never felt extra joy over my exam results, because there is always a sense of trance and unreality, but at this moment, all of a sudden, I got excited and said excitedly: "Okay, wait for the next semester to start. , let's play to see who is better."
Xiaofei smiled: "Okay!"
I stretched out my finger: "Agreed?"
"It's a word!"
We pulled the hook and made our promise. Her mother seemed to have been eavesdropping outside, and when she heard that my result was the first, and that Xiaofei and I agreed to study in the competition in the future, she felt relieved, brought us a plate of grapes, and pointedly to Xiaofei. Fei said, "You should play more with classmates like Luo Qiqi in the future." Then he said to me kindly, "You are welcome to come and play with Xiao Fei more in the future."
I tried to smile as obediently as possible. If her mother really knew who I was, I wonder if she would have said such a thing. However, for the first time, I realized that good academic performance has so many benefits, and I have become a person trusted by all parents.
Xiao Fei lowered her head silently, her mother seemed to be a little uneasy again, and hurried out: "You two discuss study, I'm out."
When she was gone, Xiaofei winked at me, I ran to the door, took a look, and shook my head at her.
She motioned me to sit next to her, and after a while of silence, she said, "Actually, I'm not sick, I'm pregnant."
I am a person with very low facial expressions, so I just stared at her blankly. In the eyes of outsiders, it was extremely calm, but in fact, I was so shocked that I didn't know how to react.
She smiled: "Qiqi, what can scare you? Why are you so calm no matter what?"
I don't know how to explain it, so I can only ask: "What do you do?"
She said lightly: "I have already gone to the hospital for an abortion. When the next semester starts, I will start over as if nothing had happened."
I stammered and asked, "You... what's going on here? Did someone bully you?"
She said calmly: "The process of the matter is not important, the important thing is that it happened, and it is meaningless to investigate the cause now. In the first few days, I cried every day, hating my stupidity, but the tears didn't make any difference. I can't go back in time, and I can't let my mistakes go away, Qi Qi, this is the first time I tell you this, and it's the last time, I'll never want to mention it again, I just want to forget, you help me too Forget it together, okay?"
I nodded: "Okay!"
We didn't mention her pregnancy and abortion, and we discussed the school. Xiaofei asked her what happened in the school during the time she left. I told her all the gossip I knew.
Pregnancy and abortion should be a big thing for junior high school students, but maybe because of Xiao Fei's too calm attitude, I felt in a trance that it was no big deal, like a bad cold, as long as it passed, everything seemed like nothing happened. Pass.
She and I are planning what we should do after the new semester starts, expecting that we can be assigned to a class, then maybe we can sit at the same table, go to class, do homework together, and finish school together, and we even discussed about going to school together. After high school, should I study liberal arts or science, or should I go to the same university for two, she said with a smile that she likes Beijing, and she is going to Beijing to study at a university, either Peking University or Tsinghua University.
She also patted my head and said, "If you want to go to the same university as me, you have to work hard, but you can't be so playful, always thinking about reading novels." Seeing my unconfident expression, she said again. He quickly smiled and comforted me and said, "Don't be afraid, I will supervise you to study hard."
Xiaofei is full of confidence in the future, and I have no doubt that she can realize her dream, because her confusion has passed, she is ready to start again, and this time, she will not make any stupid mistakes again.