Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 5
The nap just now boosted Lao Mu's spirit a lot. He stood up and looked around. Although there were quite a few people who came to see the list, he didn't see a familiar face from the crowd.Occasionally, three or two people gathered in the corridor and whispered something. Most of the parents and teachers of the students stood there alone, casting expectant eyes at the office located in the southeast of the gallery from time to time.

Under the gallery, two school staff members used brooms to clean up the dust on the place where the list was posted, making preparations for posting the list.The crowd watching the list slowly gathered under the Wenlang. Lao Mu also locked his bicycle, stepped into the crowd, and stood in front of the team.Two cleaning staff have started to carefully unfold the two big red papers, and successfully pasted them on the wall of the gallery.

Everyone in the crowd stared at the two big red papers. Except for the names on the list, the corresponding admission ticket numbers were listed before the names. Obviously, the admission ticket numbers are arranged in order. The verification number is very convenient to check.But at this time, the crowd who read the list did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest. They did not miss every row and every column. They read them more carefully than looking up rare words in a dictionary. What's more, they read each name one by one. The scene was tense and excited. When they found the name they wanted to see, some people said to themselves from time to time: "Okay, just pass the exam!" When he asked for his name, he would hear a long moan, and then leave with a blank expression on his face.Lao Mu used his instinct for quick reading, and quickly found the familiar "245" test number through the test admission number. It was Mu Zhen's test number, and of course his son's name was behind it. Wet, these days, hard work paid off, and finally got the answer I wanted.

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "I want to check the score, there is a problem with my student's score assignment!" Then, several people echoed at the same time.

"Check the score!" Lao Mu's heart moved, "How many points did my son get in the test, and what is the cut-off line? It's not on the list. Check the score. Follow them to look up and see where your son is on the list!"

"It should be checked, it should be checked!" Lao Mu echoed in an affirmative tone.

As soon as Lao Mu finished speaking, he felt that someone patted his shoulder heavily, and Lao Mu hurriedly turned his head.

"Liu Wenjing, why don't you come to see the list too? Your child is also taking the junior high school entrance exam?" Lao Mu asked happily to the man in front of him patting him on the shoulder.

"Old classmate, if you don't talk, I really haven't noticed you! My older child is in the second grade of middle school, and the younger one is still in the third grade of elementary school. I'm here to read the list for my students." said by Lao Mu Said for Liu Wenjing's classmate with high spirits.

"Did you pass the exam?" Lao Mu asked eagerly.

"It's on the list." Liu Wenjing responded with a happy face.

The middle-aged man who shouted "check the score" in the crowd just now waved his hand: "Who wants to follow along to check the score, let's check together!"

As he spoke, he walked out of the crowd, and followed several people to the office not far from the gallery.

Old Mu gently took Liu Wenjing's hand: "We'll go check it out too!"

Liu Wenjing understood, and the two quickly followed the scoring team.

Before the two had time to converse, they followed the score checking team into the school office. The space between the two offices made the score checking team crowded and had no place to stand.

"What's the matter with you?" A teacher in the office asked a little surprised.

"We have objections to the list on the list, and want to check the scores of our candidates!" The middle-aged man who had just shouted "check the scores" answered directly.

"It's okay to check the scores, but it's not convenient for so many people. So, you wait outside for a while, and I'll apply to the leader and post the scores, how about it?" the teacher who asked the question just now said unhurriedly.

"Yes." Several people in the crowd agreed immediately.

"Then please wait outside for a while! I'll ask right away!" As he said that, the teacher stretched out his hand outside the door.

The crowd that squeezed into the office slowly diverted outward. At this time, Lao Mu dragged Liu Wenjing out of the office and returned to the shade of the tree in front of the porch.

"Are you also teaching at the school now?" Lao Mu asked a little suspiciously.

This classmate of Lao Mu had the same academic performance as Lao Mu in the class, and was also the classmate that the teacher looked up to the most. It was just because there were many brothers in the family and the family’s financial conditions did not allow it, so he went home before finishing high school. Helped the family with farming.Liu Wenjing's home is located in the southeast of the county, while Lao Mu's home is located in the northwest of the county. Although they are in the same county, the two places are far apart, and the transportation and communication tools are inconvenient. The classmates in their class have little contact with each other.

"I have been teaching for almost 20 years! Not long after I returned home, the team asked me to come to the school as a substitute teacher. Counting on my fingers, it has been [-] years!" Liu Wenjing said seriously.

"What about you? I haven't asked you to come to the list yet. Is it for your own children?"

Hearing this question from his old classmate, Lao Mu suddenly felt his face brighten, and replied in a positive tone: "Yes!"

"Has the child passed the exam?" Liu Wenjing asked tentatively.

"I passed the exam!" Lao Mu replied very easily.

"Then why look at the results?" Liu Wenjing was a little surprised.

"I just want to know how the grades are?" Lao Mu guessed that his son's grades should be good, so he said proudly.

"I'm here to read the rankings for my students. I have taught for 20 years, but I have never met such an outstanding student. Therefore, I recommended him to come here to take the junior high school. His parents have no education. When he was literacy, Only people who can know their own names. But their children are self-taught children. They will definitely become masters in the future!" Obviously, Liu Wenjing highly praised her student.

"Are you really a genius?" Old Mu asked enviously.

"That's not true, what a genius. We are a village. I know the situation of this child's family very well. Three generations of ancestors have never been educated. Before going to school, no one taught him to read and write, but after entering school, his learning ability is very good. He is strong, he knows how to teach, sometimes he masters what the teacher has not said, he was born in a farm family, if he is in a scholarly family in the city, he will probably skip a grade." When Liu Wenjing talked about this student of hers, she really What's more, he was very excited, and he was very excited.

"What's the student's name?" Old Mu became interested when he heard about the outstanding student.

"Liu Guanqun, I gave him this name after he went to school. He didn't have a tuba when he was in school. Everyone in the village called him a rotten bastard!" Liu Wenjing was very confident in the name she chose, and then said: "This kid was born before he went to school. He doesn’t have a name, but he is known to be smart. When he was in school, he didn’t have a name. The teachers decided to give him a name. I thought that such a smart kid would definitely excel in skills in the future, so I gave him this name!”

"This name is good and bold!" Lao Mu stretched out his thumb and said.

"Now Ziguang said that I am a student, what are you doing now?" Liu Wenjing asked, changing the subject.

"Same as you, I taught in the school later than you, but now I have been teaching for nearly 15 years!" Lao Mu replied lightly.

"We are colleagues! Naturally, we can talk together. Have you had any contact with your classmates these years?" Liu Wenjing asked.

"After graduation, I have nothing to do. I seldom go out. Where can I get in touch?" Lao Mu was a little disappointed.

"For so many years, because I was in the countryside, I couldn't help my classmates, and because my classmates were also in the countryside, we all had a hard time with each other, and we couldn't help each other, especially there were three underage students. My child, why would you want to go to a classmate's house?" Old Mu said these words with a slightly desolate look.

"We are in the same situation. For so many years, I have rarely contacted the outside world. Now we meet here again. It is also fate. When it is convenient in the future, we will contact more!" Liu Wenjing showed a look of helplessness and sympathized explain.

While the two of them were talking, they saw the teacher who had just posted the test scores walking down the corridor with some manuscript paper. They both realized at the same time that the test scores might be posted immediately in response to the request to read the test results just now.The two walked to the Wenlang at the same time, raised their legs up the steps under the Wenlang, and squeezed in front of the few manuscript papers that had just been pasted up.

Sure enough, it was the test score sheet. This time the score sheet was not arranged by test number, but by score from high to low. The total score No.1 was Liu Wenjing's student Liu Guanqun, who was only one-tenth of the total score. Poor but firmly ranked first, far more than No.2 by 1 points. Looking down, Lao Mu quickly found Mu Zhen's name, 25 points lower than No.[-]. Including repeated students who were tied, the total ranking was tenth two.Generally speaking, Lao Mu is very satisfied with this ranking. Usually, Lao Mu pays most attention to Mu Zhen's Chinese and mathematics learning, and does not pay attention to the study of small subjects such as geography, so the one who really distances himself from others Scores should be in these sixty-point sub-subjects.

Liu Wenjing obviously felt that her face was radiant to the performance of her students, but for Lao Mu, Liu Guanqun's name had already been engraved in his mind, and he knew that his son was very likely to become a classmate with him. A great encouragement.

After reading the results, the two squeezed out from the crowd.

"Your student is really a genius, surpassing No.2 by so much, just like your name, he is really the best of all." Old Mu praised Liu Wenjing again.

"How much did your son pass?" Liu Wenjing couldn't help asking, seeing Lao Mu's admiring expression.

"I did the math just now, and I scored 25 points less than your students. The overall ranking is not bad, and the overall ranking is [-]th. I usually neglect the child's small subjects, so the reason for the loss of points is also in these small subjects. In terms of subjects, so I'm a bit overwhelmed!" Old Mu looked bewildered.

Seeing the change in Lao Mu's expression, Liu Wenjing also felt a little embarrassed, and responded with a smile: "You see, this is only the learning of elementary school, it cannot represent the learning of middle school, let alone the level of the future, it only represents the learning of elementary school. Level, this achievement has become a thing of the past, for the children, the Long March has only raised one foot, and the real distance is yet to come!"

Old Mu nodded and smiled: "That's right, this is the beginning!"

"The farming work at home is not over yet. Today I am here to help me check the scores at the request of the parents of the students. The parents of the students help me with the farm work at home. I can't make people wait. I have to go back to announce the good news! We will have another chance in the future Talk!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and Lao Mu hurriedly reached out to catch Liu Wenjing's hand, and held it together.

"Okay, I should go back too, we have plenty of opportunities!" After finishing speaking, the two let go of their hands, pushed their bicycles separately, and rode out of the school gate together.

Seeing his son's test results, Lao Mu was very happy. Compared with Liu Guanqun's grades, they were a little worse, but Mu Zhen's overall level was quite good. Lao Mu's heart brightened, "My son's grades are the lowest in the county. Ranked twelve, if it is better, it will be in the top ten, it seems that my son is really doing well!" Thinking of this, Lao Mu raised his head and looked at the sun, which seemed a little dazzling, but he was so amiable.

"Hurry up and go home, and tell your son and his family the good news as soon as possible, so as not to make him anxious." Lao Mu couldn't help but speed up his bicycle as he thought about it.The usual two-hour journey took less than an hour today to reach the residence of the Lakeside Commune a few miles away from home. It suddenly occurred to him that he should go buy some meat for the pot. In recent days, Xia has been busy replenishing his energy, so he walked into the newly built farmer's market, saw Zhang San who was selling meat from a distance, and was a few meters away, so he hurriedly said hello: "Brother Zhang, please give me a hand." I'll cut a pound of lean meat!"

This butcher Zhang San is a celebrity from all over the world. This guy has a brilliant brain. His head is really not ordinary. He has a good memory. The characteristics of eating meat, the east family eats more meat, and the west family eats less meat, but all of them are stored in his brain, and he can even say which part of the meat the family likes to eat clearly.Seeing Lao Mu come to buy meat today, I feel a little surprised. Although I often say hello to Lao Mu, it is rare to see this old Mu visiting his meat stall before the New Year's Eve.

"Old Brother Mu, there must be some happy event or some distinguished guest today!" Zhang San asked enthusiastically with a smile.

"Don't tell me, I let you guess right. My brother's family is really happy. My son has been admitted to the middle school in the county. Let me celebrate for my son!" Lao Mu said without any concealment.

"Look well!" Zhang San said, waving the sharp knife in his hand easily, and cut off the ingot meat on the hind leg of the pig, no more, no less, a whole catty, this knife skill is really not a short-term skill It can be practiced.

At this time, Zhang San's movements, Lao Mu looked like a set of movements made by a martial arts practitioner, flowing like flowing water, perfect.

Lao Mu paid the money, said goodbye to Zhang San, and continued on his way home.In less than ten minutes, Lao Mu, who was near the entrance of the village, saw Mu Zhen looking in the direction he was driving from a distance. Shouted like: "admitted!".

When Mu Zhen heard Lao Mu's cry, tears immediately filled her eyes. The tears could not be said to be excited, or the grievances held in her heart for a long time, gushing out like a mountain torrent.

Old Mu got out of the car, looked at his son's cheeks covered with tears, his eyes were hot, he held back the tears, but they didn't flow out, holding on to the handlebar with one hand, holding his son's hand with the other, they walked into the yard together, facing the kitchen Xiuhua, who was cooking, shouted: "Today I cut a piece of meat and improved it, so it's also a celebration for my son!" Lao Mu parked the car, took the bag off the handlebar of the bicycle and sent it to the kitchen. Happy not to mention.

(End of this chapter)