At school that day, Zhuo Shao still used all his spare time to read books.
He has been away from school for a long time. In fact, he is not used to sitting upright in the classroom and listening to lectures, and he does not like to learn these things, but even if he does not like it, there are still many things to do.
During the breakout exercise, the head teacher Yang Jianhua called Zhuo Shao out: "Did your aunt hit you last night?"
"Mr. Yang, no." Zhuo Shao lowered his head and said, "I'm fine."
Although Zhuo Shao said that he was fine, but thinking of what he saw yesterday, and looking at Zhuo Shao's old clothes... Yang Jianhua sighed: "Zhuo Shao, I applied for a poverty subsidy from the school... Don't refuse, and your sister There, you can also apply to the school."
The economic development of Fuyang County is not bad. There are very few poor students in the school, but there are quite a lot of poverty subsidies... These subsidies are not only government funds, but also some private ones. He has calculated, Zhuo Shao's situation , In addition to tuition reduction, you should be able to get more than 1,000 yuan per semester.
This money is not much, but for Zhuo Shao, it can definitely improve his living conditions. Now he is afraid that Zhuo Shao's love will not save face.
There is a poor student in their class. In addition to the subsidy last semester, the school also distributed schoolbags and stationery to the poor student. Zhuo Shao must know all this, but he has been silent...
Zhuo Shao really loves face.
When he was young, he could be hungry every day, but he didn't want to let others know that he was hungry. He just experienced so many things and his face was torn to pieces several times. Now Zhuo Shao really doesn't care about that.
"Thank you, Teacher Yang." Zhuo Shao said gratefully.
Zhuo Shao's attitude was a bit unexpected by Yang Jianhua. He was actually ready for Zhuo Shao's rejection... But Zhuo Shao is willing to take the money, which is a good thing: "Zhuo Shao, after you take the money, study hard. If you have good grades in the high school entrance examination, the county middle school can be exempted from tuition.”
"Mr. Yang, I will work hard." Zhuo Shao said, looking at Yang Jianhua seriously.
He has already made up his mind. When the uncle's family's affairs are settled and he moves out of his uncle's house, he will find a way to work and earn some money, and then take his sister to study hard. When he is admitted to the university in the provincial capital in the future, he will be able to find it. Liang Xin.
Yang Jianhua nodded in relief.
Yang Jianhua didn't talk about the student subsidy in the class, and the substitute teachers behaved as usual. The classmates in the class naturally didn't know anything. In their eyes, Zhuo Shao was still the one who didn't like to talk but had very good grades. juvenile.
That's why Liang Chen asked, "Zhuo... Zhuo Shao, what did Teacher Yang want you to do?"
"Mr. Yang helped me apply for a subsidy for poor students." Zhuo Shao did not hide it from him.
"Ah?" Liang Chen's face was full of surprise. He always thought that Zhuo Shao was good everywhere, but... Zhuo Shao's family had no money and was a poor student
He wanted to ask Zhuo Shao what was going on, but he didn't dare to ask. He wanted to comfort Zhuo Shao, but he didn't know how to comfort him, and finally his face was full of confusion.
"I can't afford to eat. You have so much pocket money in a month. I'm jealous of you." Zhuo Shao smiled.
"Ah?" Liang Chen became more and more at a loss.
"Just kidding." Zhuo Shao smiled: "Also, thank you for the biscuit drumsticks you gave me."
"Then... Then do you still want it?" Liang Chen looked at Zhuo Shao with hope, and opened his schoolbag again.
Zhuo Shao thought about it, and asked Liang Chen for two breads and two marinated eggs.
In a blink of an eye, it was noon.
Zhuo Shao knew that Qu Guixiang would never give up after finding out that there were less instant noodles in the cupboard. She had already instructed Zhuo Ting in the morning that she should not go home after school and wait for herself in the classroom.
After the bell rang for the fourth class in the morning at Beimen Middle School, Zhuo Shao went to Zhuo Ting with the bread and the braised egg.
In Zhuo Ting's primary school, most of the students eat lunch in the school. Because the school does not have a canteen, meals are still distributed in the classroom.
The other students were eating with stainless steel rice bowls. Zhuo Ting was embarrassed and didn't want to watch by herself, so instead of listening to Zhuo Shao's words, she stayed in the classroom and waited, but stood at the school gate and waited.
Primary school was dismissed early. When Zhuo Shao came over, she had been waiting for almost half an hour, and her face was flushed from the sun.
"Tingting." Zhuo Shao smiled when he saw her.
"Brother!" Zhuo Ting was also very happy, but after being happy for a while, she became worried again: "Brother, shall we go home now?" Zhuo Ting didn't want to go back, she and her brother stole instant noodles to eat , If she goes back at this time, her aunt will definitely beat them.
"We're not going back." Zhuo Shao took out a piece of bread and a marinated egg for Zhuo Ting: "Tingting, take it and eat it, then go back to the classroom. After school in the afternoon, wait for me to pick you up."
"Okay." Zhuo Ting nodded, then looked at the bread in her hand in surprise.
She hadn't eaten bread for over a year.
"By the way, Tingting, how many classes do you study?" Zhuo Shao asked again, a little embarrassed.
He has forgotten how many classes Zhuo Ting is in now... Speaking of which, if Zhuo Ting hadn't been waiting for him at the school gate today, he would have spent most of the day looking for Zhuo Ting.
A piece of bread for 1 yuan and a vacuum-packed marinated egg for 50 cents are considered good snacks at this time. Zhuo Ting is very happy to take it for lunch, and Zhuo Shao also thinks it is very good to eat.
He ate bread and marinated eggs in two or three bites, and then walked towards Zhuo's house.
He ate instant noodles in the morning and didn't wash the pots and dishes. Qu Guixiang must have found that there were not enough instant noodles at this time. When he went back, he could anger Qu Guixiang.
Zhuo Shao thought well. At this time, Qu Guixiang had indeed discovered that there were four packets of instant noodles missing at home.
Qu Guixiang has always been stingy. Usually, when she eats bubble noodles for Zhuo Rongming, she has to pour out half of the water after the instant noodles are soaked, so that you can add less seasoning and save half a packet of seasoning and noodles.
Now that she found that four packs of instant noodles were missing at home, one could imagine how angry she was.
"Those two little bastards are incredible, they stole what I locked in the cabinet today!" Standing downstairs in the five-story building where he lived, Qu Guixiang shouted angrily.
Qu Guixiang was surrounded by many people. They often heard Qu Guixiang complain about Zhuo Shao and Zhuo Ting. After they knew that their parents died, they stayed at Qu Guixiang's house and didn't leave. They had a very bad impression of Zhuo Ting and Zhuo Shao. Well, at this time someone said: "What? Stealing things at such a young age? Guixiang, you have to teach them a lesson."
"Steal something while you're still studying. Are you going to rob it in the future? This kind of person must be beaten hard." Another humane said.
People started crusade against Zhuo Shao and Zhuo Ting when you said something. At this time, a young daughter-in-law finally said something fair: "No way? Zhuo Shao and Zhuo Ting look good. …”
"What is good? Yesterday I made something that didn't suit their taste, and they threw the bowl at home. Today it's even worse. They all stole things!" Qu Guixiang glared at the little daughter-in-law and said louder: " Their parents are gone, I kindly support them, but I didn't expect them to be so ignorant and steal my things..."
Qu Guixiang cursed and said bad things about Zhuo Shao and Zhuo Ting. Even if some people sympathized with Zhuo Shao and Zhuo Ting at first, slowly, this sympathy dissipated.
They even felt that those two children were probably not really good things.
While everyone was discussing, someone walked in from outside the alley.
It was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old. He was very thin. He was wearing a blue T-shirt that was washed and whitish. His hair was a little long and messy. A very good looking face.
The boy's skin is very white, his eyes are big, his eyebrows are thick but not messy at all, and his face is clean... When the people around Qu Guixiang saw it, they couldn't help sighing secretly.
Although the two burdens on Qu Guixiang's stall are troublesome, they are really good-looking, especially this big one, there is no more handsome man in their community than him.
Even if they heard that this man would steal, they wouldn't hate him.
It's just, why didn't they find this out before
Zhuo Shao noticed the expressions of these people.
He looks good. If it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have been attracted by Liang Xin, who was a bit face-controlled, and could be transferred to Liang Xin's side.
The real fifteen-year-old Zhuo Shao would not take advantage of this. He always had a bitter face, and his eyes were covered by his long hair, so that no one would take a close look at his face. But now Zhuo Shao... He knows which angle his face looks best from.
"Auntie..." Zhuo Shao called out to Qu Guixiang, then stopped a little uneasy.
"Little bastard, how dare you come back! Don't think I'll let you go after a few calls. I want you to look good today!" Qu Guixiang took a broom and went up to beat Zhuo Shao.
Zhuo Shao's threat yesterday, she didn't take it to heart at all - if she hits, she hits, what can this guy do
In the past, Zhuo Shao was so strong that he would often let her hit a few times without saying a word, but now...
"Auntie?" Zhuo Shao took a step back and looked at Qu Guixiang stubbornly: "Why did you hit me today?"
"You still dare to ask, you stole my things, can't I teach you a lesson?" Qu Guixiang said.
"When did I steal something, I never stole something!" Zhuo Shao said.
"The instant noodles I put in the cabinet are gone. It wasn't you who stole it and who stole it?" Qu Guixiang said angrily, but she didn't know that as soon as she said these words, the expressions of those onlookers became subtle.
They listened to Qu Guixiang talking before and thought that Zhuo Shao stole money or valuables, and as a result... instant noodles
"Auntie, after my parents' accident, you took the money that the driver who caused the accident paid, and you also took the deposit left by my parents. Even my TV, washing machine, and refrigerator were all used by you. Now I will Eat instant noodles, you still say I stole?" Zhuo Shao looked at Qu Guixiang angrily.
A trace of guilt flashed in Qu Guixiang's eyes, and then he said again: "Your parents owe a lot of debt, how can you have any money? You are not satisfied with me raising you, right?"
"If my parents really don't have any money to pay their debts... You and your uncle don't have jobs, how can you get the money to buy a house for your cousin?" Zhuo Shao clenched his fists and questioned Qu Guixiang.
The boy's face flushed with anger, and at the same time, he said some amazing things.
The expressions of those around who saw Qu Guixiang had completely changed.
They said that Zhuo Rongming and Qu Guixiang didn't have formal jobs, so why did they buy a house for their son, so...
This Qu Guixiang is really shameless, taking other people's money, and in turn saying that Zhuo Rongming's younger brother's family is a poor farmer!