Chapter 2 Chapter 1 In September, "Tears of the Number One Scholar" in front of the single-plank bridge

July is another extremely hot summer. When he woke up in the morning, Shi Kai felt that God was ruthless at all, such a "major decisive battle", wouldn't it be beautiful?Really, why do college exams have to be held in these hot and dry days every year?No, no, no matter what you do, don't affect your mood before the exam. Shi Kai forced himself to concentrate, but the more he did this, the more disturbed he became.So he quickly took advantage of the washing machine to clear his mind. Well, everything is back to normal. Shi Kai felt a little hungry, so he couldn't help putting his hand into his pocket.But he immediately withdrew his hand back like an electric shock.Unlucky, damn it, so unlucky.Shi Kaixin cursed secretly, only he knew what it meant.The students don't know, and the teacher doesn't know, but Shi Kai knows.Just two days ago, the intense review has entered the final stage, and the college entrance examination is only two or three days away. Other students are busy asking their parents to buy nutrition, prepare oxygen cylinders, etc., but Shi Kai is worrying about his own food. Borrowing money everywhere, but hitting a wall everywhere.When he was in trouble again, his father, a hundred miles away, asked someone to bring a package of things and 110 yuan.At that time, Shi Kaizhen was a little excited, but when he got a little money, his heart shuddered suddenly: 110, my father called the police for me!Shi Kai broke out in a cold sweat...

Others don't know what his father is like, but Shi Kai knows it too well. From the day he was sensible, he knew that his father did not support him in studying.Shi Kai has four older brothers, all of whom dropped out of school before graduating from elementary school, so in his father's view, there would be no talented people from the Jin family, so they simply farmed at home to earn some money.Shi Kai still remembers the scene of his first day at school. His schoolbag was already on his shoulders that day, but his father refused to let him go out of the house. What's the use?The children in the village were all waiting at the entrance of the village, and Shi Kai cried loudly, crying after his father non-stop.The father was annoyed by crying, holding a big rice bowl, drinking porridge and cursing non-stop, finally seeing that he couldn't do anything, he threw down three yuan angrily, and said, "Come on, let's see if you little bastard can read What a name!"

Shi Kai went to school like this.Fortunately, his academic performance has always been very good, and the teacher likes him very much.But the family was poor, and his father and his wife had to drag five bald boys, so he still refused to let Shi Kai continue studying several times, and even ran to school when the farming season started, and had to drag Shi Kai home to work.The teacher saw it and said, Lao Jin, Lao Jin, if I have such a good child, I will let him continue to study even if he sells everything, until he goes to college!After hearing this, my father was stunned for a long time, and went home without saying the last word.After that, my father never mentioned the matter of letting Shi Kai drop out of school. On the contrary, he felt that Wu Waer had hope, so he worked very hard.Although life is still so hard, seeing Shi Kai's certificates of merit pasted all over the wall, my father was very happy. It could be seen that he secretly hoped that one day the Jin family would really have a great "No. 1 scholar" who would honor their ancestors!For this day, my father's thin body silently bears the burden of a family of eight.Shi Kai's grandmother was still alive at that time.

In those few years, Shi Kai was happy, because he didn't have to look at his father's face every day, and went to school quietly like a thief.He even did quite brilliantly for several years as the school "Little Witty".Just because of the poor family, some rather chilling jokes were unexpectedly left in this splendor.Once he walked into the classroom with only a pair of dirty shorts and bare feet.The teacher didn't bother to say a few words to him, so he pushed him onto a tractor loaded with sand, and said that you should go to the village to take part in the random exam on behalf of the school!When Shi Kai heard that he was going to take the exam on behalf of the school, he immediately became energetic.But when he strode into the examination room, his classmates from other schools burst into laughter.The teacher who took the test was also angry, and pulled him away, which made the teacher who led the team very helpless.The teacher smiled wryly at Shi Kai and shook his head, saying, Jin Shikai, Jin Shikai, you are the student with the best grades in our school, but you are also the poorest student in the class. When will I let you go to school in Beijing to see how you get there?Shi Kai went back and told his father what the teacher said. At first, his father said nothing, but later he said that if you can go to Beijing to study, I will let you move the gold and silver mountains of the Jin family.Shi Kai felt that his father was really refreshing, and he kept these words firmly in his heart.Another thing about Shikai is famous in the village.For a period of time, in order to prevent reading and doing homework too long at night, he made a homemade oil lamp with a small medicine bottle, and learned a "lamp" oil every night.After the teacher promoted this method to the students, the children gave Shi Kai a nickname: "One Lamp Oil".

Shi Kai was admitted to the junior high school with the first place in the township, and then the county high school with honors.Just as he was going to school year after year, the family's situation was declining year by year, to the point where he couldn't solve the problem several times.From the death of grandma to the construction of houses and marriages by the elder brother, the second elder brother, and the third elder brother one after another, the already skinny father was squeezed to the bone.The poorer the place, the more ostentatious weddings and funerals are. By the time Shi Kai was in high school, his family's debts were already overwhelmed.According to county regulations, high school students must live on campus, but Shi Kai couldn't afford the accommodation fee, so he had to run back and forth between school and home every day.With a distance of tens of miles, Shi Kai couldn't remember how many scorching suns and biting cold winds he encountered, let alone how many times the moon accompanied him on the cliff...

However, all these are nothing to Shi Kai. What he feels desperate is the first college entrance examination after graduating from senior high school. His test score was already 23 points higher than the undergraduate admission line in Henan Province, but because he failed to fill in the application form If you check it well, you will lose your name to Sun Shan.Shi Kai, who has always been strong, couldn't accept this cruel reality, so he went to a martial arts school alone, trying to torture himself with severe corporal punishment.The father couldn't accept this blow even more, and lost the ability to work almost overnight.Just at this time, Shi Kai's fourth brother reached the age of building a house and marrying a wife.Among the five sons of the Jin family, apart from the accumulated debts, none of them can make the old father feel that he can walk with his head held high in front of others.

But the elder brothers thought that his younger brother Shi Kai should not give up on himself, so they pooled money for Shi Kai to go to tutoring and try to retake the exam next year.When Shi Kai took the money from his brother, his heart became even heavier.He was very strong since he was a child, so he insisted on going to a place where he still doesn't want people to know to study secretly.He did this at the time just in case, if he failed the exam after the cram school, if the Murakami knew it, he wouldn't be able to live!Shi Kai knew that the matter on his face was not related to him alone, but also his old father!

The days of being alone in a foreign land cannot be described in words.But no matter how difficult he was, Shi Kai tried his best to pretend to be relaxed in front of others.Once, he couldn't find a penny on him after lunch.It happened that the third brother sent a letter. For some reason, there were four stamps in the third brother's letter.Shi Kai's eyes brightened: Yes, stamps can also be turned into money!So he really took three postage stamps (leaving one for a letter back at home) to "change money".Business is good, everything goes as expected.Shi laughed, because he once again avoided the strange eyes of his teachers and classmates...

Time flies, and this is the second time for Shi Kai to take the college entrance examination. He warned himself more than once that there should be no mistakes this time.In fact, the father who is far away in his hometown understands his son's heart best, but he just feels helpless.As soon as he borrowed 100 yuan, his father hurriedly asked someone who was passing by to take it.slow!The father suddenly stopped the person who brought the money: There are still 10 yuan here, let's bring them to him together. This is how the 110 yuan came out, but Shi Kai was still willing to believe that this was the alarm call his father sounded for him.

Shi Kai conveniently reached into the bag his father had entrusted him with, and touched it, and it was an egg.so much!One, two, three... a total of eighteen.What does eighteen mean?It means "you want to send".Hey, lucky this time.Shi Kai thought that this must be what his father encouraged him to say.Yes, three days of exams, six per day.Hey, "Liu Liu Shun" every day! Shi Kai suddenly felt refreshed. An hour later, he entered the examination room together with all the students who took the college entrance examination.It was like this for three consecutive days after that, and he did not forget one thing before entering the examination room: eat three eggs...

"Kai'er—come and listen!" In the bend of the mountain, the father suddenly raised the small radio near his ear and shouted ecstatically, "You have your name! You have your name!" "Really? Hahaha... I finally got admitted to university! I finally got admitted—!" Jin Shikai was so excited that he was about to faint.He saw his eldest brother, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, third brother, third sister-in-law, fourth brother, and fourth sister-in-law all smiling at him.Yes, and dad, and mom.Mom smiled the happiest, and even her wrinkled face seemed to be blooming. "I said earlier that you are a person who 'survives a catastrophe, there must be a future blessing'." In the evening, under the kerosene lamp, my mother happily boasted about the past, "When you were just born, your whole body was purple, It’s also hard to breathe. Your dad saw that he was a boy again, so he couldn’t tell, so he can do whatever he likes. A doctor happened to pass by here, and I said at that time, Xiao Wuwa is a blessed person, and it’s not true now’ No. 1 Scholar!" "That's right, if I hadn't thrown him three dollars that time, he would have been able to study until now?" The father with a smile on his face also said. Shi laughed, but his nose soon became sore again.Under the dim light, he saw that his parents were both very old.At this moment, Shi Kai has only one thought: he can no longer let the elders worry about his study. A few days later, the university admission notice was sent to Murakami. When Shi Kai saw his name on the envelope, his heart seemed to jump out.However, at almost the same moment, the joy that had just flashed in Shi Kai's eyes disappeared instantly... What's the matter, baby?My father took the notice and looked down hastily. When he glanced at the "tuition fee" column, his face suddenly darkened. The people in the small village didn't know what the Jin family father and son were thinking, they still came to congratulate them non-stop, but Shi Kai, whenever he saw his father's embarrassing smile in front of the villagers, his heart felt even more like that. Knives. It was late at night, and the villagers who had been lively for a while finally left, leaving only the old father of the Jin family and Shi Kai's brothers in the house.After a long silence, the father finally coughed and said slowly: "Listen, I know you guys are having a hard time right now. The eldest's house was torn down by road repairers and needs to be rebuilt. The second child also has two children." I am studying, and the daughters-in-law of the third and fourth children are about to give birth, but it is a big deal for your brother to go to college! He is the "champion" in our village! No, whose baby has gone to college? Whose baby can Has he done so well in the exam?" The father paused for a moment, then lowered his voice, "Oh, but your mother and I are getting old and will not pass the exam. This time your brother's tuition for college, I and your mother have to beg you ! Please!” "Dad—" Shi Kai couldn't help crying after hearing what his father said, "If I really don't have any money, I won't..." "Bastard!" Father slapped Shi Kai's mouth shut. In this way, according to their father's opinion, the four brothers of the Jin family agreed on a loan for Shi Kai to go to college that night.The eldest brother borrowed 800 yuan, and the second, third, and fourth children each borrowed 500 yuan. That night, apart from the ignorant children sleeping soundly, few of the dozen or so members of the Jin family closed their eyes.Shi Kai listened carefully, his father and mother kept turning over and sighing, the fourth brother's room had been turned off and the sound had not stopped, and within a few cigarettes, the crying of his sister-in-law suddenly sounded over there, and it didn't stop all night... The next morning, when Shi Kai woke up, he saw that the side of his pillow was wet.He didn't care about his own affairs, and hurried to the fourth brother's house. "Brother, where is sister-in-law?" "I went back to my mother's house." Seeing his fourth brother smoking a stuffy cigarette alone, Shi Kai didn't know what to do... (Jin Shikai is now a student at China Agricultural University. After paying tuition and miscellaneous fees with the loan from his four older brothers, he only has 455 yuan left. One week after the start of school, he heard that the school can reduce tuition fees for some students from particularly poor families, so he Write your application now, and get approved.) Tang Lixia is a classmate who is one grade higher than Jinshikai, and her college entrance examination results are also the local "top scorer".But she does not have four elder brothers to help him like Jin Shikai.She has only one mother, one younger brother, and one stepdad who suffers from diabetes. Such a female "champion scholar" from a family is doomed to have a much more difficult university journey than others. Tang Lixia's home is in a fishing village in Guichi, Anhui, very close to the Yangtze River.Her parents were all fishermen, and the two old huts by the river recorded her family's short history of half-fishing and half-farming.Tang Lixia is particularly fond of her childhood memories because she had her biological father at that time. When Tang Lixia was born, Beijing was holding the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.So her father caught up with a good opportunity and changed from fishing with a small sampan to contracting a large sailing boat for transportation.Tang Lixia was very happy when she was a child. Every time her father came back from a long voyage, he always brought a lot of things that people from the city could eat.For this reason, she was the natural "leader" among the children of her age--she won the support of most of the children with her gadgets.So she developed the problem of "crazy", not knowing what is grievance and what is suffering.The father said that it is not good for the girl's house to be too wild, so he contacted her everywhere about going to school.Later she entered a unit's children's primary school.My father still loves her so much. Every time he goes home, he always visits her at school first and puts down a lot of food she likes.During the vacation, her father took her to the boat and stayed in Nanjing for a whole month.Every time she went ashore, her father would always pull her along, and whenever she saw the lintel sign of any unit, he would ask her to read it. "Write down everything you don't know, and go back and look it up in the dictionary." Father said.Because of this, she learned a lot of words during the holidays, and she was always praised by the teacher at the beginning of school. The winter when she was 9 years old was very cold, and Xiao Lixia went to bed early that day.As soon as she fell asleep, she thought of her father, because his father hadn't come home for a while... After midnight, in her dream, she suddenly heard someone crying in grief in the main room.She sat up from the bed with a "bass", and listened carefully—it was not a dream, but someone was crying.She hurriedly put on her clothes and walked to the main room, but was hugged by her grandma. "Son, my poor son—" the grandma howled loudly.After a while, Xiao Lixia realized that her father had died. "Dad, Dad—!" Xiao Lixia cried desperately, but she couldn't see her father for the last time.Only later did she know that her father suffered from severe tuberculosis because he lived outside for a long time.Due to failure to treat in time, the condition deteriorated rapidly.The adults were afraid of infecting the children, so they did not let her and her younger brother go to the hospital to see their father for the last time.Tang Lixia regretted this for the rest of her life.The mother told her that when his father was dying, he took her mother's hand and said these words countless times: "I only care about two children. They are very smart and are suitable for studying. No matter how hard you suffer, you must let them study. Going to middle school and college." That night, the mother put her arms around Xiao Lixia in one arm and her son in the other, crying, and kept saying, "You must be obedient. Mom is like a cow and a horse, begging from house to house. I also want to let you go to school..." The life of orphans and widows is extremely difficult.The uneducated mother can only rely on the only one-acre fish pond in front of the house and two parts of private land to support the family.Seeing her mother busy from morning to night every day, Xiao Lixia seemed to have grown up all at once.When she came back from school, she started to help her mother wash clothes, cook, and clean up the house.The girl is dexterous in her hands and feet, Xiao Lixia learned to do housework, and then began to think about helping her mother earn money.She knew that when her father died, she still owed a debt, and now she and her younger brother have to pay a lot of tuition fees for studying. "Mom, I'm going to catch snails and shrimps too!" From January to April and May, my mother would get up at 4:00 every morning and go down to the river to catch snails and shrimps, and then go to the streets to sell them at dawn.On this day, Xiao Lixia made a request to her mother. Mother looked at her and nodded.Since then, the teenage daughter has followed in her mother's footsteps. Whether it is spring or summer, autumn or winter, as long as she can enter the water, she will enter the water; as long as she does not delay going to school, she will spend all the innocent childhood It is used to reduce the burden of hard work for the mother.She was almost swept away by the torrent several times, and was bullied on the street countless times, but she survived tenaciously. When she was in the second year of junior high school, her stepfather came to her house.Apart from working hard all day, the honest stepfather treats Xiao Lixia and her younger brother well.But the daughter who wants to be strong still thinks that she should do something for adults, because she wants to continue her studies, and the tuition fees for middle school are not easy for a rural family.Tang Lixia is determined to support herself by her own labor.From then on, she started doing business.The fish and shrimp in the river pond could not be caught due to pollution, so she went ashore to run to the pier.People saw that the little girl of the Tang family either launched a cart to sell watermelon in summer, or set up a stall along the road to sell melon seeds in winter.As for Tang Lixia, no matter how others looked at her, her heart was always so bright. She was very happy to be able to use the money she earned to pay tuition and buy some school supplies. In high school, she should have concentrated on her studies, but her stepfather was getting thinner and thinner. After checking, she was diagnosed with diabetes.Some people said behind their backs that the children of the Tang family were miserable, but Tang Lixia didn't shed tears, she kept the bitterness in her stomach.She loves her mother more than anyone else, and she wants to share the pain for her mother. She had to continue going to school and running a small business.Learning cannot be relaxed, and earning money is also indispensable.She fainted several times on the way to do business, and after waking up, she rushed to school with her schoolbag on her back. On several occasions, she encountered thunderstorms while doing business on the way out of school, and was doused and shivering.It's not that she doesn't want to cry, but she thinks of her mother who is harder than her at home, her stepfather lying on the bed, and her little brother who is also in school. She doesn't cry, she falls down and gets up before walking... In July 1996, Tang Lixia won the "No. 1 Scholar" in her middle school with a score of 580 in the college entrance examination. On the day she received the admission notice, she cried, and so did her mother. "Good boy, your father can smile happily under the nine springs." The mother said to her. The daughter raised her head and exclaimed as if she had suddenly discovered something: "Mom, where is your hair? Ah, why are there so few hairs left?" "Dropped. Mom is old." Mother said with a wry smile.But my daughter knows that she is only 42 years old! "Mom, you are suffering too much! How can I go to Beijing to study without worrying?" The daughter fell into her mother's arms and cried bitterly... Tang Lixia is now a third-year student majoring in sociology at China Agricultural University.When she reported to school, her stepfather gave her all the money for his medical treatment.After paying all kinds of fees, there is only more than 200 yuan left.She did not tell anyone about her difficulties, so the school never knew about it.She said that there are many poor students in the school, and there are others who are more difficult than her.He also said that he was used to working since he was a child, so he could support himself.For more than two years after this, she relied on part-time jobs and some money sent by her mother to sustain herself.But then her stepfather became more and more ill. In mid-April this year, her mother urgently urged her to go home. She hurried back to Guichi, Anhui Province, and saw her stepfather who was almost a skeleton.The filial daughter's "Father" turned the dying stepfather back from death. "Good girl, don't miss Dad. Go back to study." The stepfather tried his last bit of strength to let his daughter go away at ease. On April 23, Tang Lixia returned to Beijing.At 6 pm the next day, she called her hometown and asked her neighbors to call her mother.Her mother told her on the phone: "Your father...after you left..." Tang Lixia's mind went blank when she heard it.After a long time, when she picked up the phone again, she heard her younger brother's voice.The younger brother told her: "Mom told you to just study hard, she went to attend Dad's funeral..." Tang Lixia couldn't say a word for a long time.Finally, she said to her younger brother with trembling lips: "You must be admitted to university this year, otherwise I will be sorry for my mother." The younger brother said: "Yes. I will try to be the 'No. 1 Scholar' like you in the exam!" "Li Jun, congratulations on becoming the champion of our city's college entrance examination this year!" After the results of the 1997 college entrance examination were published in the city newspaper, Li Jun, who won the first place in science with a high score of 672, became the "news" of Yancheng, northern Jiangsu. figure".School teachers and students came to congratulate Li Jun and his family. "What's so good about the number one scholar? It's useless if you can't remember it!" Unexpectedly, Li Jun beat up the happy group of people. "Li Jun, what's going on? You are not only the No. 1 scholar in Yancheng City, but also the third in Jiangsu. Fudan University admitted you as the first choice. You should be happy!" Li Jun's class teacher was a little angry . "Teacher, I didn't do it on purpose, you don't know my family..." Li Jun said, his nose became sore.He turned his head away, not wanting everyone to see his sadness. "What's the matter at home?" "Don't ask, I can't read at all..." Li Jun knew that he would cry if he continued, so he left his teacher and classmates and went home. Alas, this is my home!Li Jun looked at the small bungalow in his home that was about to be moved, and held back his tears.He bent down and walked in, his eyes fixed on the hut that had been with him for twenty years.This is the home where he, his parents and grandma lived for a long time, a small house less than 15 square meters.Because of the overcrowding, during the six years since middle school, Li Jun lived in a "small building" separated by a piece of wood.It is a snail's land where you can't stretch your head up and kick your legs down—that's what Li Jun calls his own world.In this small snail world, Li Jun studied hard in silence, and won 16 (times) national and provincial mathematics, physics and chemistry competition awards, becoming an excellent student in his class every year.Li Jun knew that his family was poor, so he never disliked every piece of space in his hut, especially the small attic, but now thinking of his inability to go to college, he feels ashamed of the one who has made so much contribution to his studies. Bench... Li Jun's father, Li Lilin, was an educated youth sent to the countryside. When he returned to the city, little Li Jun was only six months old.Although her mother, Cai Ping, has settled her household registration, she has never been employed and has a congenital disability.The family's source of income is only the meager salary of a few hundred yuan from the father who works in the boiler factory.Li Jun's father later took long-term sick leave due to a herniated lumbar disc, and his salary was even less.Three years ago, the boiler factory basically stopped paying Li Jun's father's salary due to poor profitability.Since then, the whole family has made a living by selling newspapers on the street.Li Jun is sensible. Although he grew up in such a difficult family, he never felt inferior, worked hard, and his academic performance has always been among the best in his class.In order to help his father share his worries, he shared the burden of the family with his immature shoulders.When he came home from school, he helped his grandma wash the vegetables and cook. After eating, he went to the street to replace his mother who sold newspapers.Children from other people's families play and eat during the New Year's festival, but Li Jun follows his parents all day long and sells newspapers on the street.Even three days before the college entrance examination, Li Jun was still helping his mother sell newspapers.What is even more unbelievable is that during the three days of taking the college entrance examination, Li Jun took time to replace his mother and go home for dinner every day. However, the reality is too unfair to this hard-working and poor "champion".He received the admission letter from Fudan University, and before he had time to be happy, he was stunned by the tuition fee of 4,000 yuan and the unknown living expenses.Where did such a large sum of money come from?Parents weather the wind and rain, get up early and work in the dark for a month, which costs three to four hundred yuan. It is already extremely difficult to maintain the life of the family of four.Li Jun is very clear about the situation in front of his family and the two accounts once he goes to college, so from the moment he received the admission notice, his joy of being the "No. 1 scholar" has long since disappeared. When the other "prospective college students" whose grades were much lower than his and whose admission schools were not the key ones were happily visiting friends and hosting banquets, Li Jun followed his mother on the street as usual as if nothing had happened. Shout out and sell newspapers.Instead, some well-meaning people were secretly doing things for him... Within a few days, a reporter from Yanfu Dazhongbao published in the newspaper that he was unable to enter Fudan University due to family financial difficulties.For a time, it aroused strong repercussions from the people of Yancheng.At the same time, a Fudan alumnus working in Yancheng reported Li Jun's situation to the leadership of his alma mater. Li Jun's fate suddenly changed dramatically. "Are you Li Jun? I'm Teacher Ying Yuelin from the Department of Education and Engineering of Fudan University. Our school already knows about your situation. The school leaders attach great importance to it. Let me tell you three points: First, as long as you study hard, our Fudan University Students with financial difficulties will not be allowed to drop out of school; second, we have a policy of reducing or exempting tuition fees, and after we verify your situation, we will definitely solve it properly; finally, our Department of Education and Engineering has prepared some daily necessities for you, and you can do other things Let’s talk. Remember: you must come to report...” On September 13, Li Jun suddenly received this phone call that made him overjoyed.Although he still had no idea at the time, he simply packed his luggage the next day and went straight to Shanghai. Just at 7 o'clock in the morning on the 15th, the phone of Ying Yuelin's house, the deputy director of Fudan University's Department of Education and Engineering, rang: "What? You are Li Jun's classmate! Okay, you wait at the school gate, I will go right away!" In the next few hours, Li Jun seemed to be in a dream: he was first led to the freshman registration office of the Ministry of Education and Engineering, and then settled in the dormitory with the assistance of Teacher Ying.Before noon, he went to the school gate to taste whether he had really entered "Fudan", and was surrounded by several reporters, asking him to talk about his thoughts on the just-convened 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as a new college student. "I...I want to study for the rise of the Chinese nation! To study for the construction of the motherland in the new century!" Li Jun finally burst into tears.Because he knew that he really entered the university, and he was expressing his heart to the motherland on behalf of more than 10,000 college students in Fudan University. The next day's "People's Daily" (East China Edition) published a large photo of Li Jun on the Fudan campus, and this time the "No. 1 Scholar" really showed his face. Li Jun's "No. 1 Scholar" was not in vain.But there are not many people as lucky as him.Zhao Yongjun's fate is much worse than Li Jun's. Zhao Yongjun's achievements in Chifeng's hometown in Inner Mongolia are also resounding.In a radius of tens of miles, how can I hear that someone's child has been admitted to a university, and it is a prestigious university? But when Zhao Yongjun reported to Southeast University in Nanjing that day, he was very sad. The scene was so lively, it was the first time he had seen Zhao Yongjun at such a young age: there were so many cars, so many people... Zhao Yongjun didn't understand what was going on at first, but later he realized that it was all the parents who came to see him off in groups. New students have registered!Darling, what a nice car!Look, there is simply a "transport brigade" behind that student!Tsk tsk, Miss Jiao from somewhere, even kissed her parents goodbye when she parted from her parents! curious.Fresh.Dazzling... But when Zhao Yongjun woke up, he suddenly found that he was incompatible with all the people here. Look, they are also freshmen, surrounded by their parents and relatives, all of them are as proud as a little emperor entering the palace, and I, Zhao Yongjun, alone, wearing crumpled clothes and carrying two old plastic bags, the whole body is like " Tramps", at best, are regarded as "wage earners".His face was hot all of a sudden, he lowered his head, which he never lowered easily, in a panic, and walked along the side of the road as if he had done something wrong.Perhaps because he was only staring at his own toes and didn't pay attention to the front, he slammed into a freshman of his age.The newborn screamed delicately, and a middle-aged woman covered in jewels next to her gave Zhao Yongjun a hard look: "Why don't you look at people when you walk?" After speaking, the rich woman pulled up. His precious child avoided Zhao Yongjun far away, and muttered, "Why do you still let beggars come in at the university?" Zhao Yongjun heard these words clearly, and his whole body froze there for a long time like an electric shock... … After a long time, his trembling hand unconsciously stretched into his pocket—yes, it was the same admission letter as others!Zhao Yongjun seemed to have the strength to save his life. He looked at the stream of people rushing past him, opened his mouth and shouted: "I'm not a beggar, I'm also a college student!" But he found that he couldn't yell, only the bitter tears gushed out of his eyes like the tide breaking the embankment... Why?Isn't it because of my shabby outfit!Isn't it because I don't have my parents to escort me to report!My parents... When Zhao Yongjun thought of his parents on the prairie, he no longer had the strength to shout. Zhao Yongjun will never forget the scene after receiving the admission notice that day. "Mom, Dad, I have been admitted by Southeast University!" Zhao Yongjun first showed the admission notice to his mother, and then to his stepfather.He thought this time to make his parents who had worked so hard for several years to support his education happy this time, but he didn't see the old couple say something nice for a long time, so the stepfather just let out a long sigh and went out with his hands behind his back. The mother was even more surprised, she hid aside and wiped away her tears. Zhao Yongjun was taken aback, and asked, "Mom, what's the matter with you?" The mother raised her tears and said, "Son, how can the family afford so much money?" After hearing this, the son understood everything.The parents were worried about the tuition and miscellaneous fees of more than 4,000 yuan on the admission notice.Zhao Yongjun lowered his proud head just now, tears filled his eyes, but he stubbornly didn't let it flow out.He said softly, "I know this..." Zhao Yongjun really knows the hardships and difficulties that his parents did not express in their lament. At the age of 6, Zhao Yongjun's biological father passed away. At that time, his mother was alone with four children including him. The oldest couldn't help her with work, and the youngest was just able to walk. Life was very hard.Many years later, stepfather walked into Zhao Yongjun's house.In this remote village composed of impoverished grasslands and hills, people’s ancestors lived a self-sufficient life by grazing and raising livestock. Due to the constraints of objective conditions such as traffic congestion and backward information, even if you guard a golden mountain how?What's more, knowing that my family doesn't even have a few decent horses, the life of the whole family is short for three or four months every year.If he hadn't gritted his teeth and insisted on finishing elementary school and going to junior high school, and finishing junior high school to high school, he would have gone to the distant mountains to meet his wife.Zhao Yongjun knew in his heart that in his hometown, in his family, a person like him who was so dedicated to going to school would have no other choice but to find his own way.As for the family, the biggest support is not holding you back, and you don't even think about the rest. From the second day on, Zhao Yongjun began to think of his own way. He drove for dozens of miles and arrived at the township government first.People told him that there was no place in the village to take out the money, and they couldn't make up for you alone.Seeing that people didn't take his "No. 1 scholar" seriously, he vowed never to enter this yamen again. He still used the old method in high school-to borrow from relatives and friends. "Why do you always borrow and never pay back?" The friend was already angry. "I, didn't I just graduate from high school?" Zhao Yongjun always felt that his confidence was not enough at this time. "Then hurry up to the mountains and circle a pasture or something, why don't you go to the south of the mountains to work and earn a lot of money!" "I can't even go..." "What?" "I'm admitted to college." "Hey kid, you're promising!" "So I want to borrow some money..." "How many?" "The tuition fee is more than 4,000 yuan. You can lend it to me." "Oh! There is no deadline for this loan!" My friend sighed, and took out 500 yuan, "When you get rich in the future, don't forget our brothers in the mountains!" "No. Thank you." Zhao Yongjun ran to his relatives' house again. "Hello, Uncle and Aunt. I have entered university and want to borrow..." As soon as Zhao Yongjun said this, Uncle and Aunt closed the door, and a harsh word came out: "There is no Bodhisattva in our family, so don't grow old in the future! " Zhao Yongjun knelt down on his knees with a "plop": "Uncle and aunt are Bodhisattvas, nephew, I kowtow to you..." As a result, a patch of redness and mud was left on his forehead. The door finally opened heavily with a "creak". "Poor child, there is nothing we can do!" "My nephew knows. When I finish college, I will repay you twice." "Don't say nice things, didn't you say similar things when you were in high school?" Zhao Yongjun was speechless for a moment. In this way, Zhao Yongjun spent nearly a month going door-to-door to relatives and friends to borrow the money he thought he could travel on the road, and came to Nanjing before the school registration... Among the classmates in class 97, he traveled the farthest, but did not A family sent him to school, for which he quietly shed tears. (Zhao Yongjun is now a sophomore at Southeast University. He said that the school probably considered him to be independent, and made him the class monitor as soon as he entered the school. He owed more than 10,000 yuan in debt because of going to school. He didn't let his family know, and the school didn't know. .Now he mainly relies on working during holidays to solve tuition and living problems, and life is still extremely difficult.)