There is light at the wellhead

Chapter 13 The Frog at the Bottom of the Well

The final exam is coming soon, and all classes are mobilizing before the exam.Old Xu took a time for evening self-study, walked to the podium, and suddenly took the blackboard eraser in his hand and slapped it on the podium, and at the same time yelled: "Is there a lot of limelight at the sports meeting?"

Everyone was trapped in the sea of ​​questions, and they were so frightened that their souls flew out of the sky. After a long while, they came back to their senses, and there was a sound of "Wang!", "Wang~" and "Wang~" one after another.

In the white mist that rose from the strong impact on the blackboard eraser, Old Xu squinted his eyes and smiled happily: "Oh, look at this litter of puppies. Our monitor doesn't have a face?"

"It's long!"—this time they shouted more in unison.

"Do you want to continue with the final exam?"

"Yes!" - the entire teaching area trembled.

"Come on, please!"

"it is good!"

The teachers in the other class heard that they didn't know what was going on, poked their heads out to look around, and saw Lao Xu coming out of the classroom, with a face that could smile brightly in the night, they all sighed secretly, "nervous!"

The days of anticipation always fly by so quickly.Before Guan Wei even had time to call out the names of all the students in the class, the countdown to the final exam came.

Teacher Zheng had to go to the classroom to clean up the room every night, and sent all the students who were working hard with candles back to the dormitory.

On weekends, no one would go home or play ball games. The girls cut their hair short one after another to save washing time.Ma Liwen also thought about shaving his head to show his ambition, but the weather was getting colder and colder, and he thought about spending money and wasting time to buy a hat, so he gave up.

Guan Wei and He Jingyang looked like chicks on steroids, they competed so hard that they almost went crazy.He Jingyang even came up with the idea of ​​connecting two wires to the light bulb and connecting a small desk lamp in the house, planning to stay up all night.It was rejected by House Chief Zhou Yi for safety reasons.

This tense tension made the air in Datongpu seem to be filled with all kinds of theorems, formulas, and words, which would turn into test papers if you touched them.

Anyone who doesn't have a few paragraphs of classical Chinese in their stomachs will feel ashamed to talk to others.

Li Jie looked really annoying, so he asked everyone to make an appointment to go to Dingfu Village on a weekend night to relieve stress.

Everyone was very happy when they heard it, and took a few precious seconds to express their admiration and gratitude to Li Jie.

Li Jie got used to the pace of learning not long after the start of school, and as an outstanding student in the youth middle school, he took two tutoring jobs in the city, and went to class every weekend without hesitation, with some spare money in hand.

According to Zhao Bingcai's information, his family runs a canteen in the village, the economy is good, and they are not short of money, but they are willing to make troubles. In the past few years, they have been working in Shushui Town during the holidays. Now they have been upgraded and moved to the county seat.

It is said that Dingfu Village has been open for many years at the gate of Qingzhong School. On the day of reporting, Guan Wei had lunch here with his uncle.

The proprietress was hot and enthusiastic. Seeing the two of them coming from afar that day, she presented a local pork stew dish without saying anything. own.

A few people came in on the weekend night, and the proprietress asked Li Jie to go to the back kitchen to watch the dishes, and chatted with Guan Wei: "Is the stewed food delicious last time?" Eat delicious".

The proprietress smiled sweetly and roared, "Send a braised dish to this table!"

He Jingyang also came over when he heard it: "Sister~~ Do you remember me? I have also been here in summer, and the fried fresh mushrooms are also delicious."

The proprietress took a look at him and smiled: "Remember! It's delicious, right? There are no mushrooms today~~" He Jingyang was so angry that he raised his fist and pointed at the back of her head.

There were not many people coming to dinner on Saturday night, and they were the only ones left at the table, and Li Jie, He Jingyang and Guan Wei were the only ones left at the table.Because a few people at the dinner table were chatting, there was a huge disagreement on the proof of a geometry problem in the afternoon, mainly divided into those surnamed Zhao and those surnamed others. Several people couldn't wait to go back to discuss.

Li Jie was annoyed that they didn't understand the customs, they were entertained with good food and dishes, but they were still thinking about it, so they asked for a bottle of wine under the pretext of being depressed.He Jingyang and Guan Wei were worried that he was alone, so they had to accompany him.

The proprietress was not willing to give it at first, because she was afraid that the school would find out and Teacher Zheng would scold her.But he couldn't stand Li Jiemo.He also said that the teachers all go home on weekends. Seriously, who would go into the restaurant so late?

As a result, a man wandered in after a while. The lady boss was startled when she saw it. Yo, are you drinking?"

The three of them turned their heads and saw that it was Lao Xu.

Before Guan Wei could react, He Jingyang had already reached out to take the wine bottle and wanted to hide it under the table. Li Jie blocked him, stood up and asked calmly, "Teacher Xu, come and sit down?"

"Okay!" Old Xu Huang came over and sat down, glanced at the mess on the table, and asked with great interest, "Whose money did you make this?"

"Hey, Teacher Xu, there are seven or eight children just now, how many of them have gone back to study~ It's not that the three of them ate so much." The proprietress handed over a wine cup with a very winking look.

"I, I have a small income from tutoring. Seeing that everyone is too nervous these days, we will come out together to reduce stress." Li Jie took the wine cup, poured a glass for Lao Xu before sitting down again.

Old Xu took a puff of a cigarette, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and gave He Jingyang a sideways look: "I heard you smoke? I won't invite you, it won't affect you well."

He Jingyang: ...

"Looking at a very smart individual, why did the student union compete for employment and give up?"

When He Jingyang heard this topic, he was filled with grievances. He talked about the matter again and again, and finally looked up at Li Jie.Seeing that the latter showed no sympathy, he added: "I know I can't do it, but it's a pity that Li Jie didn't go. I don't believe that he can be more knowledgeable than Li Jie."

Li Jie was amused by his accusatory Dou E look: "I know a lot, so you are a frog at the bottom of the well. I just climbed three meters earlier than you, and I have to slide down two meters every day." Half."

"Then I don't care, anyway, I think you are enough. Otherwise, old Xu——what do you think is the teacher?"

"Being well-informed is a kind of ability. What counts as a relative problem. It doesn't mean how much you know, but whether you can compare yourself to others when you encounter things that you need to deal with immediately. It is easier to deal with it without being too embarrassing." Old Xu picked up the wine cup and took a sip without hesitation, "For example, I came in to see you for a long time just now, your first reaction is to hide the bottle, his first reaction is Drag me into the water, that's the difference of three meters—no, half a meter—he's taller than you."

"Then what if you weren't dragged into the water by him?"

"Do you think I'm still in the restaurant so late, do I look like the kind of person who cleans himself up and is decent?" Old Xu pointed out something, Li Jie smiled, poured wine nonchalantly, respected Old Xu from the air, and did it himself.

"What about Guan Wei? He's still in a daze, is he three meters down the well?" He Jingyang was learning and selling, and pulled Guan Wei into the water.

"Student Guan Wei, he is outside the well where you are struggling, and he doesn't need these survival skills to climb the well wall for the time being." Old Xu knocked the cigarette ash and took another sip of wine.

Guan Wei didn't understand whether Lao Xu was exaggerating or belittling, or was describing it objectively, so he could only continue to remain neutral.

"You mean to say that we have to climb to the mouth of the well to get off the only level?"

"Of course not. Everyone has their own well to climb... If you talk too much, you may not like to listen to it. You just remember that the skills you cultivated in the process of climbing this well are the frogs that didn't climb and the wells that didn't climb. What the frogs outside the well didn’t learn, will come in handy if they have the opportunity to go to a higher place in the future.”

"What about Zhao Bingcai? He is so smart, he has to climb like us?" He Jingyang felt that he was about to understand, and wanted to work harder.

"That sloppy boy with a big head? Jinlin is not a thing in the pond~~ Every few sessions will produce such a great person." Old Xu got up to leave, and then pointed to Li Jie: "You are from Qinghe High School. Yes. Sometimes you always remind me of someone..."

Li Jie suddenly shook his head very slightly at Old Xu.

He Jingyang was thinking about taking a cigarette from Lao Xu's cigarette case, so he didn't pay attention to their small movements.Guan Wei saw it clearly, Li Jie didn't want Lao Xu to continue talking.And at that moment, tears welled up in Li Jie's eyes, something fleeting, if he read correctly, it should be sadness, pain, and even a hint of pleading.

Old Xu was startled, took a few puffs of cigarettes and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Who is it?" He Jingyang didn't follow the smoke, but just a word.

"It's not impossible to call Lao Xu, but to call Lao Xu—teacher, you'd be stupid." Lao Xu avoided answering, slapped He Jingyang's hand stretched towards the cigarette case, turned to leave, and returned to pick up the wine bottle , looked at Li Jie meaningfully, Li Jie didn't say anything, and Lao Xu took it away.

From then on until he left Qingzhong, Guan Wei never saw Li Jie drinking again.

Although Qingzhong has always placed emphasis on learning, it is not unkind.

The day before New Year's Day is not a weekend, but the evening self-study time makes an exception and allows each class to move freely.There was a lot of fun in the first and second grades of high school, and some classes in the third year were holding small parties.

The non-staff class is not so easy. Once the festival is over, they are faced with the important test of whether they can enter the fast class. Although Lao Xu did not issue a ban on entertainment, most of them are busy studying hard.Even if they heard the bursts of laughter from other classes outside, it was inevitable that they would feel envious or helpless, but no one could take care of their little emotions.

Except Guan Wei.

In the memory of the past, New Year's Day is also a big festival.Parents will take him out to play, eat out, and collect gifts when they are resting.

On the last day of last year, I climbed the mountain with Huang Jin, Liu Quan and Zhu Baoping overnight to welcome the first ray of sunshine in the new year.

This year, I only received one call from Mama Guan, and it was from old man Zhao: "Study hard and tell Mama what you want."

The dinner canteen made dumplings for the first time, Guan Wei bought ten more, thinking of keeping it for He Jingyang as a supper, he went to meet his fellow villagers.As a result, Gu Gu and Zhao Bingcai talked about how to spend New Year's Day in the past, and ate it all without paying attention.

Rubbing his belly that was about to explode and walking out, Guan Wei reviewed the results of the last few quizzes, and felt that he was entitled to relax, so he decided to take a small vacation for himself who has studied hard for so long and never slack off——not to go It's late for self-study.

I wanted to take Zhao Bingcai with me, but before I finished eating, someone came to Zhao Bingcai to ask questions.

Although Guan Wei planned to put aside his own pressure for the time being, he was ashamed to be a hindrance to others, so he went back to the dormitory alone.

There is no one in the dormitory.

Guan Wei lay down for a while and sat up for a while, so he had to shake out and walk to digest his food, and then walked to the playground.

Looking at the teaching area from a distance, the lights tonight seem to be extraordinarily soft and warm, and behind every window there are voices and laughter.

I have already escaped from the world, but the world doesn’t know it, it’s still bustling——Guan Wei thought as he walked, and felt that he had inadvertently composed a very powerful poem, and his footsteps became reserved, but it’s a pity that he didn’t have a bosom friend.

Poet Guan walked around the playground modestly and hummed a song. After two laps, he felt that he was not so strong. He decided to go to the canteen to buy some snacks. When people came back at night, everyone would spend New Year’s Day together—he lived for 16 years, but he only survived During the Chinese New Year, I still feel a little happy when I think about it.

It's a pity that the happiness didn't last long. Not long after returning from the grocery store, my stomach began to churn.The dumplings that I ate seemed to have a party all night in my stomach. At this time, I was anxious to come out to take a breath, scrambling to run out.

After Guan Wei ran to the bottom of the wall outside the door, vomited for the second time, leaned on the wall tremblingly and reluctantly stood still, and heard a voice behind hesitantly calling "Guan Wei?"

The author has something to say:

Lonely author, but I didn't cry, I still made up my voice to firmly support the two protagonists to go on.

This inhumane author's love.