Two days later, school opened. No matter how bad his parents looked, it was impossible to continue the confinement. Chen Yuanming returned to his two-point and one-line life. However, when he sat on his seat with his schoolbag on his back, he felt that he was not complacent, but deepened his sense of disobedience.
Over a year of group exclusion and self-isolation, his image in the class fell to the bottom. Ma Zhiqiang didn't come to look for trouble anymore, but the boy's expression of fear when he faced Chen Yuanming really made other students in the class have rich associations. In addition, the director of the office is still very focused on finding faults and picking up mistakes and endless homework exercises in the third year of junior high school. His campus life can only be described as boring.
Of course, if you manage the interpersonal relationship between classmates carefully, it may not improve your current situation, but Chen Yuanming does not have this mood. Even if Liu Yun and Sun Lang could pretend to be cute in front of him, he couldn't really integrate into the lives of these 14- and 5-year-old children. The childishness and innocence of this age group should have been wiped out by another memory. They are interested in games, Topics and ignorant feelings are too far away for Chen Yuanming. Before he knew it, he no longer doubted what he remembered, but was assimilated and engulfed by that memory, and transformed into another soul.
This change was silent, but the sensitive middle school students still sensed something wrong with their talent. Facing Chen Yuanming's increasingly erratic behavior, they took direct measures. Chen Yuanming's side became more and more deserted, like a weirdo who broke into the class by mistake, and was excluded from a safe distance by his classmates.
Chen Yuanming didn't care about such an attitude. He only looked at the little girls for a few days, and observed with a cold eye that the half-finger gloves changed from a few pairs to a dozen pairs, and then spread to the whole school. In less than a month, this kind of woolen gloves has become a fashion trend, but from Liu Yun, there are fewer than one hand.
He was right again.
However, this accurate prediction did not bring him much joy. In these days, Chen Yuanming has gradually developed a habit. In addition to completing his homework every day, he has a draft book bound with waste paper. The back of the book is full of plans. From food, small commodities, philately to scrap iron ingots from steel mills, resale of materials in partnership, stake in gaming halls, etc., he listed all the profit-making methods he could think of, but after each one, there was a huge black x .
Principal, time, contacts, partners... All industries with huge profits require some level of investment, but he has no advantage other than that memory. His family, his friends, and his own age limit mean all dead ends, and it is impossible to achieve anything in such an environment.
Chen Yuanming's eyes fell on the paper again. There is a date, a key turning point that can change anyone's life, so it is within easy reach and out of reach.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Yuanming closed the book and walked out of the classroom at the bell of the evening self-study. A month and a half after the start of the school year, the school has conducted two thorough examinations. Now he is fully confident that he will enter the top three in the school and be promoted to the first high school, but so what? In his heart, unwillingness and hesitation are tearing apart, and he still can't give up those coveted opportunities. Maybe all of these should be put into high school. The first high school is a boarding school. With enough freedom, he can try to do some real money-making business, just wait another 3 months.
With all kinds of chaotic thoughts, he set foot on the path home. It was the end of April at this time, and it was almost dusk when school was over. The children were all in a hurry on the road, eager to go home for a hot dinner. In comparison, Chen Yuanming's pace was too slow, so when he approached the staff dormitory, there was no one around. At this moment, at the head of the road, a familiar figure came into view.
"Uncle."
Chen Yuanming was stunned for a moment, and walked up to meet him. The man standing by the door is his uncle Wang Tao. My mother's family is relatively simple, with only three brothers and sisters. My aunt is with the army in Gansu, and my uncle is in the third line. Currently, he is dragging the factory to work, and he has been mixed into the small management team. He is also the only relative of their family in L city. Back then, after my father had a falling out with the aunts in the countryside because of my grandmother's medical expenses, only my uncle still had some contact with the family.
"Doudou." Wang Tao also saw Chen Yuanming and showed a slightly bitter smile. "School is over, how are your grades?"
"It's okay." Chen Yuanming keenly noticed that the other party was not in a good mood, and hesitated for a while, "My mother should be home, let's sit at home for a while, she..."
"It's okay, I just came down from your house." Wang Tao interrupted Chen Yuanming and waved his hand, "It's not early, I should go back. You study hard and don't let your mother worry too much."
After he finished talking, Wang Tao got on his bicycle and left along the bumpy road. Looking at the other party's back, Chen Yuanming was stunned for a while, then went upstairs.
There was only Wang Juan in the house, and it was late at night before the fire was lit. She was sitting on the bedside blankly, looking down at her fingers. Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, she stood up in shock.
"I'm back." The smile immediately appeared on his cheeks, but because it was too stiff, it didn't look like a smile. Wang Juan lowered her eyes in disguise, "Mom got off work late today, so I'll cook dinner. Your dad is still working overtime in the factory, so just the two of us..."
"Mom, I saw my uncle downstairs..." Chen Yuanming said softly, "Is there anything at home..."
"What nonsense." Wang Juan patted Chen Yuanming's arm lightly, "Your uncle is just asking me to discuss something, don't worry about it so much as a child, study hard."
Saying that, she pushed the door and walked out, and started cooking, as if nothing had happened. However, Chen Yuanming couldn't ignore the other party's red eyes. After standing there for a while, he put down his schoolbag and sat down beside the bed.
In fact, in my impression, Chen Yuanming didn't know much about the situation in his family when he was 15 or 6 years old. He only remembered that his grandmother suddenly became seriously ill when he graduated from elementary school. return. The family has changed from an enviable dual-earner family to a family in complete difficulty. Relatives and friends have been borrowed many times. Although everyone was kind at that time, after all, no one was rich.
In order to pay off debts, parents put their minds on work, and have no time or interest in disciplined children. He is considered to be the only child of the first generation. He has no siblings by his side, and he is bullied at school. He has been suffering for a long time due to the neglect and misunderstanding of his family. The family has unknowingly become disfigured, indifferent and alienated. In his last life, he never heard about the situation at home from his parents, and never really got his parents' attention. It was not until 1994 when his mother was involved in a factory theft case and was laid off directly that he couldn't bear to go north to work...
However, in the last life, the relationship between the family and the uncle's family was really not very good. The uncle and the aunt did not visit the house at all, and it seemed that there was some serious conflict. What is it that just caused the two bad friends
Eating, warming classes, chatting, washing up... Until he went to bed, Chen Yuanming couldn't get his words out of his mother's mouth. He glanced at his mother who was quietly patching up his clothes. He sighed softly and turned to sleep.
This night, he slept in the middle of the night, and when he was awakened by the tragic dream again, Chen Yuanming chose to lie on the bed quietly to relieve his breath as usual. After just taking a few breaths, he suddenly heard a small conversation.
It was already early morning, and it was long past the night shift. Chen Yuanming calmly nodded his head sideways, overhearing the whispers coming from the opposite side.
"... Would you like to squeeze some money to get it first?" a female voice said, the volume was very weak, a little uneasy.
"Where does the money come from?" Another voice replied tiredly, "I just paid back 500 yuan for Liangzi, and I have to save on living expenses for the next two months."
"But the younger brother said that Yuanyuan can't be delayed any longer. If it wasn't for your mother's treatment..." There was a bit of crying in her voice, "Can't you let your sisters out? That's not their mother. what!"
"Be quiet." There was a long silence, "Lingling's son just started high school this year, and her family is... You don't know about Lili and her man. How can I speak?"
"If you can't speak, can I speak? If Xiaotao didn't help our family back then, how could we survive. Now Yuanyuan's legs have been injured for so long, and if they don't get cured, they will really fall ill. How can you make me worthy of it? His family?"
"... I'll change two shifts next month, and I'll have to pay for overtime, plus I'll save that little tuition... "
"The tuition fee can't be moved! I heard people say that Doudou can definitely get a high grade, but you don't know the tuition fee for a high school. What if it's not enough?!"
"Isn't it two or three months left!" The voice became a little louder, showing some stubbornness, "Wait another two months and it will be able to turn around..."
"Chen Jianhua! That's your son! If you can't go to high school, will you let him be a worker for life like you?"
"I don't want him to go to high school or go to college?! What else can you do? Have you inquired about how much college tuition is? Now your brother is still chasing after him for money, what do you want me to do?"
"Go and tell Lili! She should have paid for it back then, and Lingling still paid a little bit. How could a big sister of hers..."
"Go to you!"
"Okay! I'll go, and I'll go too! Don't hold me back, not to mention one or two thousand, seven or eight hundred should be available!"
"She can't live anymore. In case of divorce and leaving the house, you can ask her to give you anything, and you can open your mouth!"
"Chen Jianhua!"
After listening for too long, Chen Yuanming couldn't help but move his neck, and there was a slight rustling sound from the buckwheat hull pillow. The two voices around him suddenly disappeared. Chen Yuanming gently rolled over and turned his face out of the window. After a long time, a small voice came from behind.
"Anyway, my son has to go to college. My Doudou is so smart and more promising than you!"
The whispers slowly fell, and finally turned into silence. Chen Yuanming's eyes were wide open, and he stared out the window, the curtains were still so thin that they couldn't cover the bright moonlight at all. In that dazzling light, he couldn't close his eyes for a long time.
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Note: 妗子, commonly known as aunt in some northern provinces and cities.
Sometimes family love is so weird...