dream village

Xiaowen sighed and continued: "Yes, most of us high school students think that we have read a few books and learned a lot of knowledge and are complacent and proud of our talents. But when we step into the society, we find that we are simply Without any ability to settle down, there is no stage for all the knowledge learned.

"Those boring formulas and theorems, those ancient Chinese and English words that are more difficult to memorize than heavenly scriptures, they have nothing to do with our life and work, and they have no benefit in improving our situation. Whether it is farming or working, we are different from big characters Bai Ding who knows a few people does the same job and gets the same salary.

"Since the result is like this, why does the country invest so much money in training us? Is it to create us with a perverted mentality that is higher than the sky and our life is like a paper book, or is it to create such a useless waste of money like us? What about it?"

Speaking of this, Xiaowen suddenly stopped, gasping for breath, looking out of the window with deep eyes, full of hope and longing for the future, but also full of hatred and anger towards reality.

Zhang Tao also looked out of the window following Xiaowen's gaze. There is a vegetable market not far from the window. It is the peak time of noon trading. Housewives who plan to save money often choose this time to buy vegetables. Many office workers The man also looked in a hurry and bought the vegetables for tomorrow and went home.

The vegetable market was bustling and bustling, and small vendors shouted one after another, all wanting to seize the best business opportunity and sell their goods.

Pointing to the people coming and going below, Xiaowen said in a little confusion: "Actually, we are one of them, a speck of dust, an ant, without ideals or ambitions, but small and ordinary. From school and from books, we worship the so-called greatness and sublime, and we have to face life, integrate into life, become an ordinary member of the world, and struggle every day for eating, drinking and drinking.”

Zhang Tao took the words and sighed, "Yes, for the children of the rich, who are used to living a comfortable life, the ideal naturally needs the so-called self-challenge, but we poor people always ask for three meals to have food and clothing. The so-called ideal , just let us have a reason not to collapse under the pressure of such a life, although everyone knows that it is self-deception, but... how should I put it, sometimes self-deception is better than despair."

After talking about Zhang Tao's thoughts, he was immersed in the part-time job world described by Xiaowen, which caused him a lot of worries and fears.

"Is it so difficult to work part-time?" He couldn't help muttering to himself.

Xiaowen turned around suddenly, looked at Zhang Tao quietly, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Tao, you have asked so many questions about part-time jobs, do you have any ideas?"

"Accompany you to work!" Zhang Tao said to him half-truthfully.

Xiaowen immediately retorted. "What an international joke! Brother Tao is going to work. I am from a poor family and cannot afford it, otherwise I would like to repeat my studies now."

"My family's conditions are not the same as yours, and I'm still struggling." Zhang Tao said with a wry smile.

"But your grades are much better than mine. If I repeat the exam, I only have a 50.00% chance of passing the exam, but you are [-]%."

"The competition for the college entrance examination is so fierce now, who dares to guarantee it? Capsizing in the gutter is a common thing, isn't this the case for the college entrance examination this time? Otherwise..."

"Trust you! Brother Tao will definitely win this time!"

"I'm just worried.... The failure of the college entrance examination this time has hit me too hard, and I'm worried that I won't be able to get out of the shadow of that failure. If..., neither my family nor myself can afford to fail again. " Zhang Tao said worriedly.

"Brother Tao, this is not the confident, great, omnipotent, invincible Brother Tao in my eyes. Believe in yourself, there will be absolutely no problem this time!" Xiaowen patted Zhang Tao on the shoulder and said encouragingly.

Zhang Tao lowered his head and moved his feet restlessly, as if he was fighting some thoughts in his heart.

After a while, he raised his head, looked at Xiaowen with confused eyes and said, "Actually...in fact, I still want to roam the rivers and lakes, roam the world, and live a free-spirited life as a knight-errant."

"You! You! You are still full of fantasies. It seems that you are indeed too poisoned by Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng. Wake up! Comrade Zhang Tao, this is just life in a novel. What about the knights? The beautiful female knights in Tianshan that you've never forgotten will never appear." Xiaowen said a little angrily.

Immediately afterwards, he said with some confusion: "I really can't figure it out. If you want to talk about brains, ten fingers can count your best, but why do you always pretend to be such nonsense? It's been so many years, why are you so smart?" The idea of ​​wandering the rivers and lakes has not been eliminated yet?"

Zhang Tao said sadly: "I don't know what's going on, these thoughts have been haunting me like ghosts. They began to take root when I was young, and they were worrying my nerves every day when I was in junior high school. There was a break after high school, and now as soon as I fail, they all stand in front of me, as if they have been waiting for me to fail."

After a pause, Zhang Tao said with a long sigh: "Maybe I don't belong to this world. My heart has been wandering far away, pursuing an illusory, utopia-like ideal life."

"Okay, okay, you're dreaming again."

Xiaowen interrupted Zhang Tao angrily and said: "I tell you, your only choice is to continue to repeat the study. This is the collective decision of the brothers, and all the expenses for the year of repeating the study will be borne by us. You have to agree or disagree. Do it like this. Your task is to win the reputation for you and the Ten Fingers, and try to get a heavy exam next year, preferably a top ten prestigious school, so that we people can also look good."

"Oh! When will the boss's affairs be decided by you?" Zhang Tao said pretending to be angry.

Mengzi interjected, "Brother Tao, this is your fault. You made the Ten Fingers' rule that the minority obeys the majority!"

"But this is my private matter?" Zhang Tao argued.

"We have collectively decided to make this matter the top priority of the Ten Fingers Gang in the coming year. The future success or failure of the Ten Fingers Gang is closely related to this matter."

Wang Meng said triumphantly, "I'm sorry, Brother Tao, I'm the director of this matter, I finally have a chance to win a game, you have to cooperate with me!"

As soon as Wang Meng finished speaking, Wu Xiaobao opened the door and came in, shouting, "I also support this matter, and I will be responsible for Brother Tao's life this year."

Wang Meng said annoyedly: "Old Wang, this is none of your business, we have discussed it, you can support it if you want, you can support it with your mouth."

Wu Xiaobao slapped his hands on the table angrily and said, "Mengzi, what do you mean? Although I am a non-staff member, am I not a member of the Ten Fingers? You have been eating and drinking here for three years, and if you slap your butt, you will be out of the way. Don’t you just look down on my old bones?”