Qiao Lan sat in the room dumbfounded for a long time.
Qiao Lan is only sixteen now!
Sixteen to find her husband's house, crazy
She had thought before that if she did so well in the exam this time, the Qiao family could be better for her, but now she understands that for these people, it is more exciting for these people to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and not to marry a rich man at all. .
Qiao Lan suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
No matter how well they read, it is of no use to them.
If they really found a so-called "good family" for Qiao Lan, and Qiao Lan would not agree at that time, would Qiao's father and Qiao's mother not let her study.
Probably.
No, it must be so.
Anyway, she has no money to pay her tuition fees. If the Qiao family cuts off her tuition fees, then even if she insists, there is nothing she can do.
Qiao Lan used to think that she should be able to hold out until she graduates from high school, and then go to a university outside, so she can get rid of it, but now she heard Qiao's mother's plan.
Qiao Lan realized that she had to do something.
She had to make plans as soon as possible.
That night, Qiao Lan struggled to fall asleep amid the shouting of Second Sister Qiao and Mother Qiao.
The next day, she went to school and walked into the classroom. There were only a dozen resident students in the classroom, and a few classmates took the initiative to say hello to her.
After being excluded for nearly a month, Qiao Lan had forgotten what it was like to talk to her classmates.
After returning home, I sat in my seat, took out my political textbook, went outside to endorse it as usual, and then ran for morning exercises.
Back in the classroom, I took a water cup and went downstairs to fetch water. When the water came up, I unconsciously looked back, but happened to see Tan Mo who was slowly rolling his wheelchair.
A habit formed in nearly a month, Qiao Lan subconsciously wanted to say good morning to Tan Mo, but she took it back when she got to her lips.
After talking to Tan Mo that day, on the way home, Qiao Lan tried to stand in Tan Mo's position by empathy, to experience her initiative and how it felt to Tan Mo.
People who have not been in contact with outsiders for a long time will be afraid that someone will take the initiative to greet her, and will be very resistant when the phone rings.
That Tan Mo, who has suffered from Asperger's since childhood, will only get more serious, so in her opinion, a gentle greeting, Tan Mo may be very repulsive and make him at a loss.
Tan Mo also saw Qiao Lan.
He was sure that Qiao Lan had just seen him.
The movements of Tan Mo's hands accelerated a little without even realizing it, but when he raised his head again, the girl who would have stopped to talk to him when she saw him was gone.
Tan Mo's hand on the wheelchair froze for a while.
No one knew that Tan Mo at this moment just wanted to take the initiative to say good morning to Qiao Lan.
Tan Mo lowered his head, rolled his wheelchair after a while, entered the classroom, and returned to the shadow where he had been sitting for more than two months.
And Qiao Lan sat at the door, the farthest away from him.
Tan Mo's light brown eyes fixedly looked in the direction of Qiao Lan. He saw that Qiao Lan, who had never communicated with others like him before, was talking to her new tablemate at the moment.
What they said, they said it for a long time, maybe a minute, maybe two minutes.
How much can you talk in two minutes? Tan Mo does not know.
After the death of his mother, he never communicated with anyone for more than two minutes.
After so many days, Qiao Lan may have said nothing more than two minutes.
The sour feeling that came to my heart that day came back again, and it was more than that day that Tan Mo couldn't describe. He couldn't describe how it felt. He only knew that he didn't want to see Qiao Lan and others. People talk so much.
And it was something he couldn't even guess.
Tan Mo has been in this seat for more than two months. He has never felt anything wrong, but now he is dissatisfied.
Too far.
It was so far away that Qiao Lan's voice could not be heard at all.
Qiao Lan, Pei Ning's new tablemate, is a boy about the same height as Qiao Lan, and has a very introverted personality.
It's either Tan Mo's indifference to strangers, or he's timid, and he's just introverted.
And Qiao Lan suspected that Pei Ning might like Song Yao.
Qiao Lan felt a little guilty, if it weren't for her determined not to sit at the same table with Chen Yaoyang, then Pei Ning's tablemate might be Song Yao.
But now there is no way out. Pei Ning is introverted, but if you ask him any questions, he still knows everything.
Qiao Lan was inquiring with Pei Ning about the bursaries and scholarships of the attached middle school.
What Mother Qiao and Second Sister Qiao said yesterday shocked Qiao Lan who didn't sleep well all night. After a few days in the classroom, she quickly found out.
Pei Ning didn't know much, but it was much better than Qiao Lan. After Pei Ning finished speaking, Qiao Lan had a general understanding.
Qiao Lan is a poor student herself, so she has a bursary of 200 yuan every month, which will be charged to the meal card, and half of the students in the bursary class have it.
But the scholarships are different. The scholarship system in the attached middle school is privately set up by the school. The criteria for the first-class scholarships are very simple and crude, and the person with the highest score at the end of the two semesters.
Once a year, 5,000 yuan.
The second prize is a student whose final score is in the top four and does not meet the first prize, and can get 3,000 yuan.
Qiao Lan was eager to move.
High school tuition is not too expensive, 800 yuan for a semester, and 600 yuan for accommodation. If you can get a scholarship, you should not have to worry about tuition fees. In the future, even if Qiao's mother and Qiao do not let her go to school, she can still pay for the tuition fee. Affordable accommodation.
Of course, it is uncertain whether the money can be obtained or not. Even if it is, it will be the end of the first year of high school, so in addition to the bursary scholarship, Qiao Lan has to find a way to save money again.
You can't count on Qiao's family, relying on others is worse than relying on yourself, Qiao Lan decided to go to work in the fastest time.
Taking advantage of the fact that there is still plenty of time in the first year of high school, when the second year of high school starts to study at night, there will be no time at all.
On the weekends, Qiao Lan is going to go out to work and save some money, otherwise there will be no living expenses in the future.
After making the plan, Qiao Lan felt a lot more at ease, and in order to free up spare time, Qiao Lan became more serious in get out of class, and the time after class could not be wasted without wasting.
Pei Ning used to study very hard, but after sitting at the same table with Qiao Lan, seeing Qiao Lan's enthusiasm for studying, she suddenly gave birth to the illusion that I wasn't working hard enough.
So inexplicably, it started to work harder.
The grades of Class 13 were already at the forefront of their age, but since the mid-term exam, the learning momentum of Class 13 has become more visible to the naked eye.
Most of the students have this idea in their hearts. Even Qiao Lan's poor foundation can now be ranked first in the grade. What else is impossible.
And Chen Yaoyang, who was originally very smart, didn't want to be pressed down by Qiao Lan next time, but he actually knew that he had endorsed it recently.
Lao Liu was very interested in such a strong learning atmosphere in the class. He was happy all day. The head teachers of the next classes stood on the podium every day and scolded the students in his class.
"The thirteenth class took the first place last time, and now you are still fighting so hard, what qualifications do you have to not work hard!"
So, when Qiao Lan got up early to endorse, she found that there were a lot more students who endorsed it than before.
The last class in the afternoon is another physical education class.
It was with Class 5, Hao Ying and the others.
Qiao Lan actually likes sports a lot, and doesn't exclude physical education classes. When she was in high school, she used to have very good classmates. In physical education classes, they would often sit and talk together.
But now, although since the midterm results came out, there are gradually people in the class who take the initiative to talk to her, but they are just talking.
For Qiao Lan, such a physical education class is not fun at all.
As usual, Qiao Lan plans to return to the classroom to read books as usual after the dissolution.
But today, the physical education teacher suddenly became interested. After finishing the activity, he did not disband, but organized the whole class to do the activity together.
A bunch of boys who had brought basketball and were going to play with Class 5 all cried out in unison.
The physical education teacher was completely unmoved, and excitedly took the whole class to the big playground, and also enthusiastically "played games" with the students.
The boys looked at the classmates in class five on the court, and the girls looked at the girls sitting on the lawn listening to music and chatting, all protesting with their whole body cells.
But the protest was ineffective.
The physical education teacher didn't know what the wind was doing today. One class was forty-five minutes, and when the activity was finally over, there were only five minutes left.
The next five classes have finished playing a game.
Qiao Lan, who originally wanted to go back to the classroom to read, looked at the time, but in the end, she didn't go back and just waited for the get out of class bell.
There are only five minutes left, and there is no room for everyone to go, walk, walk and talk, especially now, there are several campus stars on the court.
For example, Song Yao, whom many boys liked, and Chen Yaoyang and Hao Ying, who were almost all concerned by the girls present, attracted attention wherever they went and who they were talking to.
But since the midterm exam, there has been another Qiao Lan.
The name of the first grade always makes people curious. At first, many students came to watch directly in the class. Now they are in physical education class. Knowing that Qiao Lan is here, many students are also watching Qiao Lan.
"Qiao Lan, that high ponytail over there."
"It's a perfect score of 108. It's really awesome, but it doesn't look good."
"It's enough for people to study well, why do you need to look so good?" Someone retorted and glanced at Qiao Lan, "It's not bad, the facial features are very good-looking, if it is whiter, it will definitely be beautiful."
"He's so tall, over one meter seven, and his legs are so long..."
"Too thin..."
"God made me so thin..."
Everyone was chatting and chatting, and it was not until the teacher called to dismiss that they slowly walked to the classroom.
Qiao Lan followed the crowd into the classroom, and suddenly a person jumped up behind him. It was hot, and Qiao Lan subconsciously avoided it. As soon as she turned around, she met Hao Ying with a bright smile.
Looking at the white and neat teeth, the first thought in Qiao Lan's mind was that this boy can go to the toothpaste commercial.
Hao Ying still looked familiar, he just finished playing ball, he took off his school uniform jacket and wore only a sleeveless T-shirt, holding the ball in his hand, ignoring the surprised expressions of the people around him and said to Qiao Lan, "Thank you. "
thanks
Thanks for what
Qiao Lan felt inexplicable, "You recognized the wrong person."
"How is that possible?" Hao Ying said. He thought Qiao Lan lied to him last time, so he deliberately found Qiao Lan's name. This time Qiao Lan was the first in the grade, so how could he admit that he was wrong.
When I think of this Hao Ying, I feel better. This time, his math score was 123. His father gave him a lot of pocket money, and his mother gave him the latest iPhone.
Li Fan and Qin Yang patted Chen Yaoyang a few times, "When did Qiao Lan meet Hao Ying?"
"I don't know." Chen Yaoyang frowned. He was also surprised. After all, Hao Ying and Qiao Lan were not the same person at all, and Chen Yaoyang couldn't think of the opportunity for the two to know each other.
Some people were talking, some people were playing with their mobile phones, but no one noticed the teenager who was in a wheelchair on the first floor of the teaching building a few minutes ago.
The pale boy looked at the smile on Qiao Lan's face and the tall and handsome boy next to her.
That boy is laughing, sunny, lively, healthy, completely different from the one with communication disorder, gloom and disability.
No one knew Tan Mo, who never walked out of the classroom on his own initiative, how long he had been there, and no one knew what he was looking at and what he saw.
The setting sun gradually fell, and the sun shone on the empty table of Tan Mo.
Qiao Lan returned to the classroom, even though she had decided not to disturb Tan Mo, she still glanced at Tan Mo's position subconsciously.
His brows furrowed silently.
Tan Mo is not in the classroom.
But Qiao Lan didn't think much about it. In today's gym class, Tan Mo may have left early while there were few people.
When she got home, Mother Qiao kept her eyes on Qiao Lan, looked Qiao Lan up and down, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "Our children are all pretty white, why are you so dark?"
Mother Qiao was a little worried. Earlier, Second Sister Qiao said that she would introduce someone to Qiao Lan. If they thought Qiao Lan was ugly, what would be done.
Qiao Lan: …
She's just not white, but she's not black or slippery either.
Besides, if she is malnourished every day, she must have a yellow face and thin muscles. If she is allowed to eat and drink, she may be even whiter than the little white fat Qiao Yuan.
But Qiao's mother suddenly began to pay attention to Qiao Lan's appearance. This is not a good thing for Qiao Lan. Qiao Lan can't wait for the weekend, and is going to see if there is any recruiting after school on Friday.
When he went to school the next day, until the first class was over, Qiao Lan looked back several times, but did not see Tan Mo.
Tan Mo didn't come today.
Why didn't you come
sick
Or is there something at home
As a result, the next day, Tan Mo still didn't come, and no one in the class was surprised. After school in the afternoon, I happened to meet the head teacher on the way. Qiao Lan asked the head teacher, and the head teacher said he didn't know.
Unlike other students, Tan Mo does not need to ask for leave if he does not come to school.
Qiao Lan went home, ate something casually, put down her schoolbag and went out to find a place to work.
In the past, Qiao Lan's high school was funded by good-hearted people, so she didn't have to worry about tuition fees, but if she had free time, she would still go to work to earn some money. After all, without a source of life, it would make people feel insecure.
Later, after going to college, he worked several jobs to support tuition and living expenses.
Before college, she distributed flyers, worked as a waiter, and did all kinds of jobs. After college, because of her good grades in the college entrance examination and the highest finance and economics university in the country, Qiao Lan could find a better job as a tutor.
Now Qiao Lan is only a freshman in high school, and she can only work at night and on weekends. It is too difficult to find a job that can work for a long time.
Qiao Lan wandered from seven o'clock to ten o'clock in the evening, holding a bunch of recruitment lists in her hand, and copied many addresses and phone numbers in the book. She didn't return home until nearly eleven o'clock, and her ears automatically blocked the chatter of Mrs. Qiao. , go to bed early.
The next day just dawned and went out again.
Take out the recruits selected yesterday and ask them one by one.
Qiao Lan is only a freshman in high school now, which is really inconvenient. She can't find it all morning. She is not over 18 now, and only has a junior high school degree or above. After wandering for nearly a day, I couldn't find it. Gradually the day passed and night came, and the surrounding lights gradually turned on. Qiao Lan went to the store to buy a piece of bread, and sat on a chair beside a small alley on a gravel road to look around.
Nearly ten minutes later, a western restaurant that had never been lit up finally turned on the lights belatedly. The graceful proprietress pulled up her hair and hung up a sign for business. After a while, she posted a recruitment notice on the glass.
Qiao Lan finished the bread in two bites, wiped her hands, and walked in.
I saw this western restaurant when I just passed by. It has two floors. The decoration is very delicate. Now when the lights are turned on, it is even more unique.
After looking for a day, even the worst job could not be found. Qiao Lan simply asked for a better one. It was difficult anyway.
Another part of the reason is that Qiao Lan used to work in a western restaurant, learned to make coffee, and passed the test in English.
When Qiao Lan walked in, the proprietress glanced at Qiao Lan, "What to eat."
Qiao Lan pointed to the window, "I'm here to apply."
…
After a busy day, Qiao Lan finally found another village.
The proprietress said that she did not want to be underage, Qiao Lan said that she was already sixteen years old, and the proprietress said that she needed a high school degree or above, and Qiao Lan said that her grades were good.
After chatting with the proprietress for nearly half an hour, the proprietress seemed to be impatient. As a result, the clerk had a leave today and there were many customers. Qiao Lan volunteered and said that she could make coffee. The proprietress asked Qiao Lan to give it a try. Worked all night.
The proprietress didn't expect that this little girl was very quick on her hands and feet. The most important thing was that she was very skilled. Whether it was making coffee or ordering, she was very skilled. The proprietress finally believed Qiao Lan's statement that she used to work in a western restaurant.
But Qiao Lan's time is a problem. Qiao Lan can only come at night and weekends. Qiao Lan said that she can pay less wages.
The proprietress stared at Qiao Lan for a long time, probably because of a sympathy attack, she finally agreed and asked her to come to the store at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning.
Qiao Lan went out for a day and finally found a job. Although she only had more than 1,000 yuan a month, she was very satisfied!
After starting work the next day, Qiao Lan found out that although the location of this store is quite remote and the items are very expensive, there are not a lot of people here, and many of them are regular customers.
Tan Mo doesn't like going out very much, especially these two days, but Tan Mo's father came to pick up people, and Tan Mo finally went out.
Tan Mo and his mother have been abroad all the time. Father Tan thought that Tan Mo might like western food, so he took him to a western restaurant that he often goes to. Although the restaurant is not very large, the environment and taste are first-class.
Father Tan and Tan Mo said that something here tasted very good, but Tan Mo's expression was light and there was no reaction at all.
Tan's father asked why Tan Mo didn't go to school for the past two days. The teacher called him specifically to ask him. Tan Mo was sitting in a wheelchair with an expressionless face, "I don't want to go."
Father Tan frowned.
At the beginning, he finally persuaded Tan Mo to go to school, but he didn't know what happened, and Tan Mo suddenly stopped going.
Father Tan happened to have some free time today, so he brought Tan Mo out for dinner and wanted to have a heart-to-heart with Tan Mo.
Father Tan is used to being a leader. When talking to Tan Mo, it was fine at first, but when he talked later, it became the tone of talking to his subordinates. Suddenly I saw a familiar figure.