Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 16
As the number of students enrolled gradually increased, the beds in the dormitory were all covered with colorful sheets and mattresses, like colorful carpets. For these immature children, living such a collective life is still a big girl on the sedan chair—— First time.Although most of them left home for the first time, the freshness and fun brought about by the big scene of collective life attracted them tightly.

Halfway through the afternoon, the residual heat still lingered in the air, and the parents who were sending the students off were leaving one after another. Although it was the first time they met, they were not unfamiliar at all. After greeting each other, they chatted in twos and threes, and suddenly a Raise the voice "octave" to silence everyone's conversation: "Everyone be quiet, Mr. Li arranged just now, let's pack up our things, and then gather in the classroom with the tableware!"

This voice not only seemed to block everyone's mouths, but also attracted everyone's eyes.The classmate who was standing at the door of the dormitory talking, he was 1.6 meters tall, with a square face, double eyelids, and a slightly chubby figure. His voice is very high, but his smile hangs on his broad face, and his eyes are narrowed, conveying a heartfelt and friendly expression to everyone.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone took out their own porcelain bowls, porcelain jars, spoons, chopsticks and other tableware, and followed the student's guidance, and went straight to the classroom where they were about to start their new learning journey.

The classroom is three tile-roofed rooms, with four tables for two people placed side by side. When you enter the school that day, you can sit in nine rows. In addition to the aisles on both sides and in the middle, there is a three-foot podium. There is space at the other end of the podium opposite the door. A small cupboard was placed in place.Most of these children who have come out of rural primary schools are seeing such crowded seats for the first time.At the same time, there were twenty or thirty little girls with ponytails and haircuts who came to the classroom.Without any competition, everyone poured in one by one and found a random seat to sit down, quietly waiting for a new start, everyone was looking forward to something, staring at the three-foot podium with big eyes. blackboard.

The silence only lasted for a few minutes, and no one saw anyone coming up on the podium, so the slight muttering started, and after a while, it became a chirping sound. I couldn't hear what everyone was talking about, but it seemed As if there were endless things to say, each other's mouths were not idle.

It was still the classmate who led everyone to the classroom, walked in from the door, took two quick steps, and went directly to the podium. Both eyes gathered on the podium in unison.

"Dinner will start. Teacher Li asked me to count the number of people eating. The steamed buns are set according to each person. If you eat a steamed bun at night, write the number and your name on this piece of paper. For example, the number of steamed buns you eat If it is one, write '1', if there are two, write '2', everyone understands, now everyone is spreading the word, day students can go home for dinner, and gather in the classroom before seven o'clock." Then After the classmate finished speaking in one breath, he got off the podium, bent down and handed a piece of paper and a sharpened pencil to the classmate sitting in the first row under the podium near the door of the classroom.Then everyone boiled up, probably around eating a few steamed buns.

In the midst of this discussion, several day students stood up, walked out of the classroom, and went home.

The sun slid down into the roof like a jump, and into the treetops, the bell for dinner rang, and the four slightly taller boys in the class, two by two, carried the steamed bun boxes they had just received. It looks like the ice cream box that a small vendor tied to the back seat of a bicycle to sell ice cream. It is rectangular and painted with white paint on the outside. The only difference is that the vendor’s ice cream box has a lid, while the steamed bun box lacks the lid and has two more sides. The iron handle can be lifted, and the other group uses a pole to carry a large wooden barrel. The wooden barrel is golden yellow, and the outside is tightly covered with three steel hoops at the upper, middle, and lower levels. At the same time, it is equipped with a handle similar to other buckets. , the pole passed through the handle and was lifted up easily.Talking and laughing, he walked to the school cafeteria.

The school cafeteria is not very far from the classrooms, only a playground away, just behind the main hall of the Confucian Temple where the results are announced, there is already a long queue outside the cafeteria, and the steamed buns are piled up on a large panel near the south gate of the cafeteria. The chopping board at home is more than ten sizes, and the steamed buns eaten by all the students in the school are piled up on it to form a mountain of steamed buns, steaming like a sea of ​​clouds and fog on the top of the mountain. When entering the cafeteria, the first thing you feel is a kind of heat. The masters didn't dare to neglect, even though the steamed buns were so hot that they shook their hands from time to time, they kept counting and pulling them into the white wooden box.

Entering from the north gate of the cafeteria, there is a large pot next to the door. On one side of the pot stand is a ladder to the pot stand. There are five steps in total. A master went up the steps, stood on the pot stand, and took a A shovel with a two-meter-long handle was shoveled from the bottom of the pot a few times, and then replaced with a two-meter-long handle. The other end was fixed with a large spoon like a small bucket, and it was stirred a few times on the paste in the pot, and it was ready. Say hello to the students below: "Which class is it?"

"Senior Class [-] and [-]!" The students in the front row below responded.

A teacher on the other side of the pot hurriedly flipped through the small book: "Senior Class Two and Three, 66 people!"

"Okay!" The master standing on the pot platform promised, throwing off his arms, waving the long spoon, scooping up the salty paste, pouring it into the big bucket of the second and third classes of high school, and scooping up a few according to the number of people. After the big spoon, it will be replaced with the big bucket of the next class.This is really news for the children who just arrived. Don’t say that you haven’t seen this scene before, you have never heard of such a big pot. People stand on the pot table to serve rice, and the pot can Jumping in and taking a shower with five people doesn't look crowded.

When the two groups carried the rice back, Teacher Li was already waiting in the classroom. He asked the students to put the rice bowls around the wooden bucket and left a person close to the gap of the wooden bucket, and then picked it up by himself. The water scoops with handles used in the countryside scoop up the mush in the wooden barrels and put them into their respective rice bowls.

When he saw the students bringing their rice bowls into the classroom, he showed a smile on his face, whispered something to the classmate who led everyone to the classroom, and then left.

After everyone finished their meal, they cleaned up their own bowls and chopsticks. No one went far, except to go to the bathroom, or go to the canteen in the courtyard to buy some necessary school supplies, and then go back to the classroom and laugh and talk about something. A classmate who led everyone to the classroom was carrying a big wooden bucket to wash in front of the faucet in front of the classroom. This scene happened to be seen by Mu Zhen who came back from the commissary with Ma Facheng. He pulled Ma Facheng and moved toward the faucet. He shut his mouth and said in a low voice: "Let's go over and help!" Ma Facheng immediately agreed, and the two walked over to help wash.

"Thank you! My name is Yan Xiguang, how about you?" Yan Dongfang asked while brushing the barrel.

"You're welcome. My name is Ma Facheng. If there is a method, it will be successful. His name is Mu Zhen." Ma Facheng replied first.

After brushing the wooden barrel, the three of them carried the wooden barrel to the side of the classroom door and put it down. At this moment, Mu Zhen found that the wooden barrel was not very light, and it was obviously difficult for one person to lift it.

Father Sun blushed shyly, indicating that the curtain of night was about to open, and four long lamp tubes in the classroom were lit up. In the countryside back then, there were very few people who could be connected to electric lights. Even in rural areas with electricity, There are only a few red light bulbs connected to the house, and such long light tubes are only occasionally seen in commune supply and marketing cooperatives, but the families using them are still rare. Even though the lights are much dimmer than the current high-power energy-saving lamps, but Compared with many rural kerosene lamps that were not powered in those years, they are already like "magic lamps" in the sky.

The students sitting in the classroom have just met each other, but they seem to be acquaintances who haven't seen each other for a long time. They communicate with each other happily. The classroom is chattering and buzzing. After all, there are more than [-] people and the space is limited.

Less than a minute after the electric bell hanging at the west end of the row of offices in the south of the campus rang, the head teacher, Mrs. Li, strode up to the classroom podium, knocked on the podium twice with a brand-new blackboard eraser, and the hustle and bustle in the classroom suddenly stopped. It was so quiet that you could hear the slight wind blowing the leaves outside the window. Teacher Li's opening remarks began: "Congratulations to everyone who entered our class. From today onwards, you will be middle school students. This is a new beginning in your life's study and life." Now there are 1 students in the class, 72 of them are selected from more than 22 reference students, and the other [-] students are recruited by us later. It is a supplementary recruitment. Each of our classmates is the top of the elementary school class. I am honored to be your class teacher. I will be proud of your future in the future! In order to facilitate the communication between everyone and me, I will appoint a monitor first. Student Xiguang, stand up!"

The boy who sat in the middle of the class and led everyone to the classroom stood up.

"Please introduce yourself to everyone!" Teacher Li cast a trusting look.

"My name is Yan Xiguang. I'm from Huli. I'm 13 years old this year. We are in the Lake District. It's not easy to go to school, so I applied for our middle school. In the future, I will live, study and make progress together with everyone. Thank you!" Apparently, Yan Xiguang's speech was clear and firm, without the slightest timidity, which won the praise of all the students.Appointing Yan Xiguang as the class monitor is no longer a suspense. From the moment he led everyone to the classroom, everyone recognized him. He is the monitor of this class.

Teacher Li took the lead in applauding, and everyone followed suit. When the applause fell, Teacher Li waved to Yan Xiguang and said, "Please sit down!"

After a short pause, Teacher Li then asked with concern: "Do you think Yan Xiguang's introduction is good?"

"Okay!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Okay, all our classmates come to introduce themselves. Introduce in turn according to the order of seating. After a classmate is introduced, he will sit down automatically, and the next classmate will come next." After Teacher Li finished speaking, Xiang sat in the first row. The first student on the south side stretched out his hand: "Please come first!"

"My name is Li Daoming. I come from Dali's family in Qinghe Commune. I am 12 years old. I am very happy to be admitted to this school. I will definitely study hard in the future and make progress every day!"

"My name is Niu Guojun. I am from Zaoyuan Village, Shanxiang County, not far from here. I am 13 years old. I am very lucky to come to school here. I hope everyone can help me in the future!" Turning around and nodding to the whole class.

"My name is……"

The students introduced one by one. It is true that they are excellent students selected from the whole county. All the students, regardless of gender, although they showed a kind of immaturity in their self-introductions, except for a few voices, no one showed timid behavior.

After listening to everyone's introduction, Mr. Li was very pleased. He smiled and said conclusively: "You are not only from our county, but also from neighboring counties and farther places. It is not easy for everyone to come together. The ancients Well said, a lifetime of classmates and three lifetimes of relatives, you sit under the classmates, you will have three lifetimes of relatives! In the future, no matter where you go or where you are, you will remember each other that you once studied together in Gucheng No. [-] Middle School and lived together. and help each other, support each other, and spend this wonderful time!" Teacher Li was a little excited when he said this, and looked around the whole classroom, "Don't you think so?"

Encouraged by Mr. Li's words, everyone responded "Yes!" in unison again. Although the language was short, it was powerful, showing the firmness hidden in the childishness of the children.

"Our class has a lot of people, so I will give you a student number. This student number is like the number of the army. If there is no major change, this student number will accompany you for three years. I will announce it later. According to what I heard later, the student number The number is ranked according to the test scores at the time of admission. The student whose student number is No. 1, his admission score at that time was No.2 in this class, because there are two classes, and the student with the highest overall score is in the first class. No.[-] is in the second class, crossed with each other, and assigned to the two classes in sequence. It is also true that among the students who have persisted here for three years, the student number has not changed.

After Mr. Li briefly raised a few requirements, he asked everyone to line up outside the classroom. The boys stood in one team and the girls stood in one team. The two teams lined up in order from short to tall. Adjustments have been made, and seat arrangements are made according to the order in which they stand.

After the lantern class, everyone went back to the dormitory to rest. It took only half an hour to turn off the lights after school. Everyone prepared nervously and orderly, and then each got into their own beds. According to what Teacher Li said, talking nonsense is not allowed while sleeping. Requirements, no one violated the rules, maybe the children are too tired after a busy day, or maybe they are underage children after all, the lights have not been turned off, and there are only low snoring sounds in the dormitory when they are sleeping.

When the wake-up bell rang in the morning, those children who were used to sleeping in at home got up from the bed at this moment, hurriedly put on their clothes, and assembled in front of the dormitory. Teacher Li had already been waiting here , and then joined the girls standing in line who came from the girls' dormitory, and followed Teacher Li to the school's big playground.

The school's large playground is not on the campus, but in an open space next to the campus. In the eyes of the children, the playground is easy to compare with the grain drying field at home. Not only is it much larger, but there are also several neatly arranged The basketball stands, the light stepped on the ground in front of each stand, are obviously the marks left by playing basketball.In the north of the playground, there is a large high platform. A young and fat teacher stands on the platform and blows his whistle, waving gestures to the teams pouring into the playground below.

The queue is arranged according to class, from junior high school to senior high school, lined up, when each class stands according to the marked position, the teacher on the high platform said loudly: "Today we have two new junior high school classes, the team's The first class will be in the lead, please listen to the password, the first class, turn left, and walk together!"

The queue of the first class of junior high school is arranged according to the order of boys first and then girls, and the queue of boys and girls is arranged from short to tall. The four boys standing in the front are the shortest in the class, but they are about the same height. We are among the four The protagonist of the book - Mu Zhen.

When the last class stepped onto the runway, it was almost integrated with the first class of junior high school who entered the runway first.Such a huge team, in the eyes of the children who have just entered school, can only be seen in the movie lens.

The above experience was recorded when the Chinese teacher asked everyone to write a diary in the first class. Although some of them were just a few words, these scenes aroused the children's infinite love for the collective life of the No. [-] Middle School, and also brought new life to the new life. Come with unlimited enthusiasm.

A life full of passion and poetry kicks off in a scene that the children have never heard of.

(End of this chapter)