After the results of the college entrance examination in 2001 came out, I got 478 points in the test, which was 55 points away from the second batch of undergraduate courses. Alma mater repetition.
However, the reality is cruel. The college entrance examination is like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate. Although it can't be said that everyone who can cross it can't be said to be the pride of heaven, it can definitely be said to be outstanding. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as tens of thousands of people crowded on a single-plank bridge.
But this time I still fell off the bridge, and when the results came out, I was still disappointed. My father didn't improve the exam, and he didn't pay attention to my results. As for me, I didn't ask about anything. It's not that I don't care, but that I'm afraid that I will be sad. After all, there is an older brother who is admitted to a bachelor's degree, which still brings me a lot of pressure.
"Li Yuwei, have you filled out your volunteer application?" When I was sitting in the classroom looking out, I suddenly heard someone calling my name. I didn't even need to look to know who it was. It was from a dormitory that I was too familiar with. I also repeat Hou Chao.
"I haven't filled it out yet, I don't know which school to fill it in." I said a little disheartened, but actually I wanted to say that I didn't want to fill it out.
"I don't have anything to choose. I don't think it's easy to get admission with the score of the test. I filled in the North China Institute of Science and Technology as my first choice, and Hebei Institute of Technology as my second choice. I didn't fill in the latter. You won't not fill it in, right? Last year you Didn¡¯t fill it in.¡± Hou Chao said, obviously not going to repeat the reading.
"I don't want to do it anymore." Looking at Hou Chao, I expressed my thoughts.
"The employment of a better junior college will not be worse than that of a bachelor's degree in the future. What's more, you are only 6 points short of the second batch of undergraduates. Apply for the junior college of Hebei University of Technology, or apply for the junior college of Hebei University, which is close to home." Hou Chao suggested.
Seeing that I was still not interested at all, Hou Chao continued: "Why don't you apply to Yanda University, if you are admitted, go there, Qinhuangdao has heard that it is very good, and the brothers will have places to play at that time. "
To be honest, I really didn¡¯t expect him to be so open-minded, and finally decided to just fill in any one. If I am admitted, I will prove that I am still qualified to go to university even if I don¡¯t go. At least not even myself.
It¡¯s quite interesting not to arrive at Hou Chao first, and let me take a look after filling out the report by myself, and I¡¯m not afraid that I will fill in a school and a major with him, in that case, he will definitely be admitted first. However, I did choose the same major, but it was his second choice, the business administration major of Hebei Institute of Technology.
?After coming out of the classroom, I didn¡¯t greet the few classmates who came with me. I rode on the 28th pole and walked straight home. There is nothing worthy of my nostalgia here. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say it is a sad place. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Lu Chengzheng, the head teacher who had been with me for three years right after I left school.
"Li Yuwei, are you finished filling out the report?" the teacher said, and when he heard the teacher call him, he quickly stopped his bicycle and stood still.
"It's finished, it's not that I'm ready to go back." I said to Teacher Lu with a smile.
"Don't give up. There is still a long way to go. Even if you can't get into an undergraduate university and still have a special education, if you work hard, you will never be worse than anyone else. I think the college entrance examination is the only way for our rural children, but How many people know how difficult it is for rural students to take the college entrance examination.¡±
"You have the energy to fight, it can only be considered bad luck! Hehe!" Teacher Lu smiled wryly after finishing speaking, as if he had lost the bet, "Go, no matter what you do in the future, you have to work hard, the chance to get ahead If you have time, remember to come back and take a look."
"Good teacher!" After finishing speaking, without looking at Teacher Lu again, he pushed on the bicycle and left, quickly disappearing from the head teacher's sight. When the bicycle turned the corner of the school courtyard wall, I couldn't bear it anymore, and tears flowed down my face.
?How could my little thoughts be hidden from the head teacher, but I really didn't have the courage to say it. Once there are more roads to choose from, would I be willing to go home and face the peasants with their backs in the loess?
I have already lost the bet twice, and I no longer have the courage to gamble with my time and my parents' hard-earned money. This is the only choice I can make now.
I didn't know how to walk the 20 kilometers. I only knew that I rode my bicycle home. As for whether the soul was lost, I didn't know. I felt a little groggy, and I didn't even notice when someone came to the house.
"Li Yuwei, where have you been? I didn't see you when I came here. You just came back?" the other party asked.
Hearing my name called again, I suddenly looked up and found that my cousin Lai Jiangpo was talking to my father and the others in the yard, "Brother, when did you come? I have something to go to school today."
"It's been a while. Tomorrow, a few people from our village will go to Tangshan together, and someone from our village will pick them up there.There is a job, just now there is a shortage of carpentry support formwork, will you go? If you go tomorrow, we will go together (together), if you don¡¯t know how to support the formwork to supply materials to the bottom, it¡¯s 25 yuan a day. "Cousin said.
"Go! It's fine at home anyway, it's still early when school starts." I heard that I could go to the construction site, so at least I didn't have to listen to the neighbors in the village talking about whether I was admitted to college, and I didn't have to bear the pressure from all directions.
"Where are you going, stay at home and wait for the announcement from the university." Before my cousin answered, my father answered my question in advance.
"Let him go. This year's work is not heavy, and he won't be tired. Besides, all of them are from our side, and it is impossible to let him do heavy work. The vacation time is quite long, so you can count as much as you earn when you go. It also pays less tuition fees." Cousin Lai Jiangpo said.
Hearing my cousin mention sharing tuition fees, my dad was really moved this time.
"Let him go, he hasn't been out of the house for so many years, let him go out to see what's going on outside." Mom said directly, and Dad didn't insist anymore at this time, and his eyes fell on his cousin again.
"When are you leaving?" Dad asked.
"Let's go tomorrow afternoon, meet at the gate of Dingzhou Bus Station, and wait for the sleeper car to Qinhuangdao Qinglong, which is cheaper than taking the train." My cousin said.
"Okay, let's pack up and send him to your village tomorrow, and then you will go together." Dad said.
"Okay, then I'll go back first, arrive at our house before three o'clock, and there are four of us, let's go to Dingzhou together. I'm leaving, aunt, uncle!" After finishing speaking, my cousin pushed his bicycle and walked out of the courtyard. Parents sent him out of the yard before returning.
Back in my room, my dad stood beside me and didn¡¯t know how to help. In the end, he could only help me take out the mattress and a blanket, and then rolled them into a long strip and tied it with a rope, which is more convenient to carry boarding.
"Bring two pieces of clothes and two pants. It's better to bring a slightly thicker one, or it may be cold when it rains." When Dad was talking, my mother also entered the room, "This is two hundred yuan, look good on the road Your own stuff. Buy whatever you need.¡±
After finishing talking, my mother handed me the money, as for other things, I really can't help myself.
Perhaps the most worrying thing at home is that I have never been out of the house. Apart from being in Wuji County, I have never even been to Dingzhou City. It was also this trip to work that let me know how small Wuji County is, and even feel that it is a luxury for me to gain a foothold in our Dingzhou, let alone the outside world.
Dingzhou is very hot in July. My father and I each rode a bicycle to Gaopeng Town. By the time I arrived, the four of them had already arrived. Two of them still knew my father. The minibus from Gaopeng Town to Dingzhou City costs 4 yuan per person.
"The construction site I went back to has a place to live. It's their unused office. It's much better than the shed we used to live in. The foreman is also from our Gaopeng Town. I have known the big head above for several years, so I took this live Come down, I¡¯ll talk to the foreman, maybe I¡¯ll give you a few extra dollars in wages,¡± said the cousin.
"En!" I nodded quickly, but this is a matter of taking money out of someone's pocket, at least I think it is a bit unreliable.
The car does not have air-conditioning, so it is a bit boring to sit in the car, and all the salutes are placed in the trunk of the car. It is rare to lose luggage in the village, and no one in the village will steal other people's things. I put the backpack for the clothes on my lap, and watched the familiar village gradually go away from the window, without any regrets, and even a little expectation. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com