Chapter 9 Morning News...Students...Labourers

The intermittent morning bell startled Xiaomeng.The tree-headed sparrows were chirping non-stop, and after a while, the sky was bright. After washing up, having breakfast, and tidying up the books, I went to school.The morning sun was shining brightly on the earth, the air was fresh, and the pedestrians coming and going were full of energy. At this moment, I suddenly felt a feeling in my heart! The people walking on the street are all students who go to school and laborers, who like to start their own careers diligently, no more than those gentlemen who are still sleeping soundly there. Respectable and lovely students!Admirable workers!Apart from you, no one else can enjoy the bright morning sun and fresh air that are not worthy of enjoying.

Because of the morning light, I suddenly thought of "Morning News". December 1st was its first birthday. "Morning News" is a loyal friend of you students...workers, because it pays special attention to you and loves you among all living beings. It uses all its enthusiasm and perseverance to guide you and help you, and it spreads new news for you. News, introduce new thoughts, because you are the masters of the country and the world today, the center point of the evolutionary trend. It is like the brilliance of the morning sun, guiding and illuminating your solemn and splendid future.

I compare the "Morning News" with sunshine, which is also a compliment and a blessing. I wish the future of "Morning News" will rise like the sun. From last year to this year, from this year to next year, and forever, it will guide and illuminate the students and workers.Zhuang Hong's sister and I were sitting opposite each other at the small round table by the stove, on which was a large plate of fruits and pastries.There is a large papaya in the middle of the plate, which has a strong aroma.The thin shadows of plum blossoms on the four walls alternate horizontally.The fire was roaring.The lights are brilliant.The room was dead silent.

While peeling the chestnuts, my younger brother talked to me about what happened in the second half of the year. He is studying in Tangshan Industrial School, and he is far away from home. We can only get together during the annual and summer vacations, so we like to be more intimate when we meet.That night, my mother and two little brothers went to my aunt's house, but he wanted to stay with me at home.At this time, the younger brother smiled and asked: "Sister! I heard my second brother say, you have written some novels recently, can you let me read them?" Download my novel and keep it, I'll look for it." While looking for it, I handed it to him.He took it and read it one by one, and I sat down slowly again.

Suddenly my younger brother raised his head, looked around, and said to me with a smile: "We are now in the novel again. The scene in this room is similar to the first paragraph of the article "Autumn Rain and Autumn Wind Sorrowful People" you wrote. The scenery is the same, but there is no autumn wind and autumn rain outside the window, but there is a fire inside the window, and the sweet-scented osmanthus has been replaced by plum blossoms." I also laughed: "There is another beautiful scenery outside the window, which is not in this novel. He went to the window, lifted the curtains and took a look, turned around and said with a smile, "Is it the eucalyptus tree in the courtyard?" I said, "Yes." My brother finished the novels one by one, and said: "It's kind of interesting." I smiled and said, "I'm just bored here to entertain myself. How can I be a novel?" My younger brother said, "Why don't you do it now that you have time?" I stood up One side smiled and said: "You should also rest during the annual vacation, and you are back, we will talk and play together, how lively it is, and I don't want to..."

At this moment the servant came in and handed the younger brother a business card.The younger brother looked at it and said, "I'm afraid the fire in the living room has gone out. Please invite him to sit here." The servant agreed and went out.My younger brother turned around and said to me: "Zhuang Hong is a good friend of mine. His nickname is Qiu Hong. He is very good in morals and academics. I like talking to him the most. But I don't know what important business he has. Come here tonight." Find me!" Just as he was speaking, Zhuang Hong had followed the servants in, and under the light, he was seen wearing a gray cloth robe and holding a velvet hat in his hand.The age is also similar to that of his younger brother, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and his attitude is very lively and cute.He held hands with his younger brother, turned around and saw me, smiled and bowed.I asked him to sit down, put away the newspapers on the table, walked behind the plum pot and sat facing the fire.

The younger brother took the teacup, pushed the fruit plate in front of him, and said with a smile: "Qiuhong! What are you looking for me tonight?" Qiuhong said, "I'm very bored at home, so I want to come and talk to you Let’s talk.” The younger brother said, “At school you were looking forward to going home, and when you got home you were bored, look at me…” Qiuhong continued, “I can’t compare to you, you have a sister, There is also a younger brother who talks and plays all day long, so naturally he does not feel quiet. I have no one to play with me at home, so it is naturally boring." The younger brother said: "Don't you also have an older sister? Why do you say you have no partner?"

Qiu Hong didn't speak, and after a while, he said in a very low voice: "My sister? My sister passed away in September this year." At this time, I raised my head, only to see tears streaming from Qiuhong's eyes.The younger brother lost his mind, so he said, "Why didn't I hear you mention it?" Qiu Hong said, "Even I only found out when I got home yesterday. People in my family were afraid that I would be sad, so they didn't dare to mention it in the letter." Yesterday, when I came home, I saw my grandmother and uncle, and I went to my sister, and they told me that my sister was dead. I heard it, and there was a sharp pain, like going down to a dark hell. It’s a dream, but it’s pitiful! My sister really...” At this point, she swallowed, and just lowered her head to play with the teacup, and the front was already wet a lot.The younger brother was so anxious that he pushed him and said, "Qiuhong! Don't cry!" Then he didn't know what to say, so he just pulled him and looked back at me.I had no choice but to stand up and say, "Qiuhong! Why are you sad? 'Life is like a shadow, and the world is like a dream'. From a philosophical point of view, early death and late death are all the same." Qiuhong answered with a choked voice, He said: "My sister died of depression, otherwise I wouldn't be so sad. Since I was four years old, my parents have both passed away, leaving only my sister and me to follow my grandmother I live with my uncle. My sister is only two years older than me, and she used to study in a higher primary school. All the teachers in their school praised her, saying that she has such a material, such an ambition, and her future is limitless Yes. My sister is also very conceited, and she said to me in private: "We two need to do something in the future, seek happiness for the society, and glory for the motherland. Don't think that I am a woman. I think my future achievements may not be Under you.' So every day when we come back from school, we mostly study knowledge and talk about current affairs together. I think she is not only my beloved sister, but also my fearful friend. It can be said that my knowledge and ambition are all helped by my sister. I have laid the foundation. Cough! The happy days in the past, when I think about it now, I wish I could 'turn back the clock'."

At this moment he paused a little.The younger brother said, "Qiuhong! You can talk after you have a sip of tea." He picked up the teacup but put it down again, and continued: "My uncle is a primary school teacher, and his salary is only for family use. I don't want the teacher's salary to be in arrears every month since the fall of the middle school bill, and I have suffered a great financial loss. Then I felt that I couldn’t support it. One of the servants used by the family was also fired. My grandmother was old and had no one to help her with housework, so I asked my sister not to go to school. It also saves the tuition fee. My sister has always been very obedient and didn't say anything. I felt something wrong in my heart, so I said to my uncle: "It's a pity that someone like my sister gave up her studies. If you want to save tuition fees, I don't have to go..." The uncle sighed before he was about to speak, and the grandmother continued: "Your sister is a girl, what do you want to learn so much? It's not like you boys , you can be an official in the future, so you must study. And the family really has no money left. If you want her to study, you can make money.' My uncle didn't say anything, and I don't need to say more. Since then, my sister has not gone to school. She only helps with housework at home, cooks tea and cooks, and is very busy. One side. I saw her expression, very disappointed, but she never said it. Every day when I come back from school, she always greets me with a smile and asks about the temperature. At night, I review the class under the lamp, and she also sits by the side She stayed with me while I was doing work. At first she could teach me a thing or two, but as my level got deeper, she could no longer help me. She just stayed by the side and watched me work hard. She seemed very interested and envious. Sometimes I talked to her about what my grandmother said, and I said, "Why can women not study, but shouldn't study in college?" My sister just smiled and said, "Don't talk about grandma, this is also forced by circumstances." .

You only hope that the invoice can be restored to the original state, the education fee can not be in arrears, and the economy can be calmer, so that I can continue to go to school. 'My sister's body was originally weak, and after working all day, she was a little tired; and because she lost hope, she was depressed mentally, and I felt that she seemed to be gradually losing weight.Sometimes I couldn't bear to make her sit for a long time, so I advised her to go to rest early and not to be with me.She said: "It doesn't matter, I can't enjoy the joy of this learning myself, and I feel happy spiritually when I watch others study." ’ And he said: ‘Although I can’t learn, and I can’t have any hope in the future, I hope you can work hard for the future and repay your ambitions, so...’ When my sister said this, there seemed to be tears in her eyes.

"I graduated from high school last year, and my sister persuaded me to apply for Tangshan Technical College. After I passed the exam, my sister liked it very much, so she said to me: 'From now on, you should work harder!' But Tangshan The school tuition is very expensive, so I thought it would be better if I didn’t go and just study in a middle school in Beijing, saving half of the tuition and asking my sister to go to school too, wouldn’t it be good? Then I told my family members about it, grandma Said: "Of course you are the most important thing, and your sister has been abandoned for several years, and she can't read any books." The sister also said: "My mental and physical strength is not as good as before. I'm afraid I can't work hard. You Just go, don’t worry about me anymore.” After hearing this, I felt extremely grateful and sad, so I agreed with tears in my eyes. I think my sister sacrificed her own future to cultivate me, and now I I haven't finished my studies yet, but my...my sister is gone." When I heard this, I felt a burst of sadness in my heart.The fire also seemed to lose its heat. I just looked at my younger brother silently, but my younger brother also looked at me silently. Qiuhong said again: "When I came back from last year's annual vacation and this summer vacation, my sister always greeted me first. She likes the gentle look, and what she and I said 'brother! The one I like most is you. Every time I come back, not only my stature is taller, but also my knowledge is higher, and my ambition is also higher.' These words, I will never forget. Every time she writes to me, it is also a sincere word of comfort. Whenever I Whenever I feel frustrated or depressed, when I think of my sister’s words, I wake up like a frost clock in the early morning, and increase my heat like a furnace fire. But since September this year, there has been no I got a letter from my sister. I wrote to ask several times, and my uncle always said that she was too busy with things or that she was sick. Although I was a little surprised, I didn’t think there was any accident. So I was on the train yesterday, and my heart was very happy. I was full of thoughts about going home and seeing my sister again. Who knows... I sat under the lamp tonight, and the more I thought about it, the more sad I became. Normally, under this lamp, it is our Paradise; today it has become hell. There is no place where one thing does not make me feel sad. I want to cry a little bit to vent my grief, but I am afraid that it will increase the pain of my grandmother and uncle, so I have to go out and evacuate When I walked to the street, the street lights were on and off, and the sky was cold and quiet. I seemed to be homeless. I suddenly thought of you, so I came to talk to you, but disturbed your sister and brother Yiyi's happy environment. Please forgive me Stop." At this time, Qiuhong was also speechless, and his younger brother quickly said: "Come on! You can take a rest." Qiuhong continued intermittently: "I don't understand why the ticket price of the Central Bank is falling? Why is the education fee so high? Arrears? Why shouldn’t women be educated?” Suddenly I heard a knock on the door, and my younger brother said to me, "Mum must be back." Qiuhong quickly stood up and said to his younger brother, "I'm leaving." My younger brother said, "Just wipe away your tears." While wiping his eyes, he bowed "goodbye" to me, then took his brother's hand and ran out.I still sat down, holding the iron hook to poke the ashes, thinking about the three questions that Qiuhong said at the end, and couldn't help feeling infinitely emotional.My mother and several younger brothers walked in together, but I didn't see it either.The second brother asked, "Brother! What is sister doing sitting there by herself?" The younger brother laughed and said, "My sister wants to write a novel again." 1st to 7th. )