Chapter 22 Section VIII

25 The new millennium came a few days after I succeeded in stealing a car. Fortunately, my car theft happened at the end of the twentieth century and did not appear in the new millennium. , all kinds of planning, wearing new clothes, wearing a new hat, ringing a big bell and going to a bar to welcome the arrival of the new millennium, but Yang Yang and Qi Sixin and I formed a criminal group with the goal of only a bicycle worth 60 yuan. Out of fashion. I did not experience joy at the dawn of the new millennium. On the night of December 31, 1999, I fell asleep without waiting for the bell to ring in the new century. Before that, I had been sitting on the sofa watching TV, which was playing music performed by middle school students from China and South Korea. The whole process of dominoes falling, millions of colorful dominoes crashing down in an instant, dazzled me.I wanted to close my eyelids to rest my eyes, but who would have thought that I would just fall asleep like this.

The next morning, I woke up to learn that the domino toppling shown on TV last night had been entered in the Guinness Book of World Records.After hearing this news, I suddenly felt that human beings are immersed in self-deception and boring emotions but complacent.Stacking dominoes is a waste of time and money, but middle school students are responsible for this task. It is outrageous to let them take a break from their busy schedules to do such a meaningless thing. Even Qin Shihuang knew how to use it to build the Great Wall. migrant workers.Although the Great Wall was built higher and longer amidst the complaints of the common people and the corpses of the laborers. At that time, it was indeed a cruel thing, but today, when humans have landed on the moon, the Great Wall has become The only building that can be seen when looking down on the earth from space, and the Great Wall, as a historical site of civilization, not only contributes to the study of Chinese history and culture, but also attracts a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists with its majestic vigor and magnificent scenery extending thousands of miles. If you don’t reach the Great Wall, you’re not a hero.” On this point, Dominoes is absolutely incomparable.After Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, he did not pull it down, but used it to resist foreign invasion and ensure national security. However, those dominoes disappeared from the wall and sculls in an instant after they were stacked with great effort, just like a domino. People's diarrhea is majestic and unstoppable.

From this point of view, playing dominoes can be described in the following five words - full and full! 26 After New Year's Day, I didn't go back to school with the happy mood of the new century. One day, Zhou Zhou and I were studying by ourselves in the classroom. I was reading Zola’s novel "Nana", which was a book I borrowed from the library more than three months ago. Still reading the book, I asked, "Why haven't you returned the book yet?" "I renewed it again." "That shouldn't be with you for so long." The school book borrowing period is one month, and on this basis, it can be renewed once, and the time limit is still one month. Months, exceeding this time limit will pay a fine of 10 cents per day.

"I haven't finished it yet, and I forgot when I should return it." "No, you used to remember when to return books better than my birthday. How could you forget this time? What's going on?" Zhou Zhou insisted on clarifying the matter. "I didn't lie to you, I really forgot to return it." "Nonsense, there must be another reason." Zhou Zhou firmly believed that there was a reason for the incident. "I bought this book." Facing Zhou Zhou's discernment, I had no choice but to confess completely. "Buy it?" Zhou Zhou didn't believe that the library would sell me the book.

"I told the teacher in the library that I lost the book, and I will pay the library three times the price of the book." I told the truth. "why?" "what why?" "Why did you do that?" "Because I want this book." "Why pay three times the price for an old book when you can go to the bookstore and buy a new one?" "It's different." I showed Zhou Zhou the price of this book, and it was clearly printed on the back cover: The price is 2.1 yuan. "I bought this book for only 6 yuan, and it costs at least 20 yuan to buy a new book in a bookstore. With 20 yuan, I can buy 3 books in the library."

"What other books did you buy?" Zhou Zhou asked. So I took out a copy of "Molière's Comedy" from People's Literature Publishing House, a copy from Shanghai Yiwen Publishing House, and a copy from Yilin Publishing House from my schoolbag. Zhou Zhou stared at the books with wide eyes and said, "What about other students, they can't read these books anymore!" "You don't need to worry about them, these books I bought are all uninterested." "How did you know?" "Look." I flipped open the cover of a book, "This book was published in 1985, more than ten years ago, but it has no signs of being turned over except for the yellowing of the paper. When I took it out from the bookshelf, it was still covered with a good layer of dust, and, look here again." I turned the book to the back cover, and there was a list of borrowed books on this page. All the students have to fill in their student numbers on it, "This book borrowing list is clean and untraceable, which once again shows how neglected this book is."

Zhou Zhou seems to be convinced by the evidence I have listed. "Instead of displaying this book on a rusty bookshelf, letting time and air turn its paper yellow and make its handwriting gradually blurred, let it pile up on my messy bedside, for my love of literature. Do my best. The uselessness of a hero is the sorrow that I will endure for a lifetime if this book is not recognized by my wisdom eyes." I continued to explain the illegal but reasonable aspects of my behavior, hoping to gain Zhou Zhou's understanding. "I still don't think it's a good idea to do that."

"It's not very good, but even if I don't do this, these books will be appropriated by others." "By whom?" "Yang Yang. He once threatened to try to collect a set of 100 world classics before graduation. Now that he has accumulated more than 20 books, the teacher in the library has begun to doubt him, asking if he has cerebellar palsy, what? I always lose the book, and I have to pay three times the price.” "Why are you doing this?" I still couldn't get Zhou Zhou's understanding. "Actually, long before the books in the library were placed on the shelves, some of them had been lost to the teachers' homes and were shelved to decorate the room or give gifts to relatives and friends. Are teachers only allowed to eat meat, but we are not allowed to drink soup? , We have to suffer strong spiritual self-criticism and torture when we drink a sip of soup, while the teachers are eating meat while drinking wine in a big bowl with peace of mind."

"In this case, you can buy any books you want, but don't buy too many. As long as you don't steal books, I will be at ease." Zhou Zhou finally stopped accusing me of my behavior. "Do not worry." There is no one who likes to read books and does not steal books. For those who regard books as their lives, this cannot be regarded as stealing, but only plagiarism.That's what the scholar Kong Yiji said a century ago. The school library is equipped with advanced anti-theft equipment (anti-students are not anti-teachers), and alarms are installed at the entrance and exit of the library. Any student with books that have not passed through the library will pass by, and the police will ring and they will fall into the net. .The windows of the library were also locked with wire, making it impossible for students who wanted to have their books shipped out through the window.

Although the library was heavily guarded, Yang Yang and I managed to put the books we wanted on our bookshelves.It was purely accidental that we stole books. Once, I was flipping through a copy of "Guide to Solving Problems in Electrical Engineering" borrowed by Zhang Chaofan from the library. I turned to a certain page in the book and found a silver-white metal strip stuck deep in the binding seam of this page. , I feel that it is the magnetic strip that is closely related to the alarm. If it is removed from the book, the alarm will be useless, and I will take the book in and out of the library like walking on the ground.I was thrilled with my bold vision.

I immediately removed the magnetic strip from the book, tucked the book in my arms, and rushed to the library.Sure enough, as I expected, when I passed the alarm with this book, except for the sound of my heart beating, the alarm did not respond. When I walked out again with this book in my mouth, the alarm was still dumb. Generally stood by my side, turning a deaf ear to my actions.I feel like I have discovered a new continent. From then on, Yang Yang and I cooperated tacitly to take all kinds of books out of the library, and started an out-of-control campaign of stealing books. Our school discipline clearly stipulates that those who steal books once will be punished by staying in school for probation, and those who steal books twice will be expelled from school.If the punishment Yang Yang and I should be judged by this standard, we should have been cleared out of the school more than ten times.The reason why I have the courage to reveal the truth about my crime is firstly because my behavior is much nobler than stealing other property from a motive point of view.The second is because I have already received the graduation certificate with my name on it from the principal, and the school no longer has the power to pursue my criminal responsibility. If you confront me about the debt, I will refuse to admit it.Then I said, "This novel is entirely fictional. The work of art is not a record of real life. I went to college with nothing to worry about." Next, I will continue to confess my crimes at school.Not only did I steal novels, but I also tore up library picture books.Once the monthly magazine is in my hands, it will become completely shattered and unrecognizable. The degree of damage depends on the level of the magazine's production level. When he was busy, he would definitely sit at the spacious desk, drink Maojianer, and have a good time secretly. 27 Time flies so fast, it passes quietly inadvertently, leaving us with laughter, sorrow, love and hatred, and inescapable exams.It's the end of the semester again.Once again, I was terrified by the arrival of the exam.My uneasiness was only temporary, and it was caused by the seemingly contradictory fact that I didn't study hard and wanted to pass the exam, which was actually reasonable.This anxiety will appear on the eve of the exam as an inevitable phenomenon. When faced with the short-term anxiety and the confidence before the exam, I will choose the former without hesitation, because this anxiety will disappear without a trace after the exam is over. , while the latter needs to pay the price of living under the pressure of learning for a semester. In order to prevent the failure from happening again, I began to study in the all-night classroom day and night.In order to save a group of students like me who don't usually study but don't give up on themselves, the school opened an all-night classroom during the exam period, so that we can grind our guns before the battle and lose our happiness.If I make good use of these few days, I will master the content of a semester in a few days, but I will forget them all after I walk out of the exam room. In the past, I accompanied Zhou Zhou to study in the classroom, but now Zhou Zhou accompanied me to review all night long.There are lunch boxes, thermos pots and several bags of instant noodles beside us.Every night, when I was hungry, Zhou Zhou would put down the book in her hand and make a pack of instant noodles for me. After I finished eating, she would go to the water room to clean the lunch box.Zhou Zhou did this to save me time so that I can review more efficiently.She said: "You should seize all the time to read books, and one point for the test is one point." Indeed, for Zhou Zhou, her current review is to reduce the deducted points, while my review (can’t be called a review, because I haven’t studied at all) is trying to accumulate points one by one, Reach 60 points. There is no need for Zhou Zhou to devote herself to the intense review like I did. For her, there is nothing to read in the book.Therefore, she would take a few casual glances at textbooks or novels while eating crispy rice.I have many difficulties in the process of reading, and I feel extremely irritable, so Zhou Zhou's crisp sound when eating crispy rice will aggravate my irritability.Zhou Zhou understands my feelings very well. She will hold the rice crust in her mouth and wait for it to soften slowly before chewing it gently.Sometimes I turn my attention from the book to the way Zhou Zhou eats the crispy rice. She lays down on the table, carefully squeezes out a piece of yellow crispy rice from the food bag and puts it into her mouth. The crispy rice was eaten silently, and then I put my fingertips to my mouth to lick it, which made my heart flutter, and I also wanted to lick the finger that pinched the crispy rice, to taste what it tasted like.