Chapter 1: Not even one hundred yuan
"38 days until the college entrance examination;
56 days until the realization of the ideal.
April 30, 2016"
The three lines of block letters on the plastic whiteboard, stroke by stroke, are meticulous, just like printed letters Standard, among which the four words "College Entrance Examination" and "Ideal" are larger than the other words, making the originally regular and somewhat dull layout become lively and interesting.
A white hand, holding a piece of wet cloth, wiped out the Arabic numerals on the board. The hand was delicate and delicate, but the palm was very thick. It was a blessed hand. The five fingers were as white and tender as green tea, and the fingertips were sharp. The spring bamboo shoots are as sharp as a knife, and the nails are neatly and neatly trimmed, and the pink nails are round and cute.
The bright wrist connected to the slender hand is white, and the arm exposed to the air is like a pink lotus root, so pink and white that no blemish can be found.
If that hand were used to shoot a hand cream commercial, it would definitely attract a large number of fans with hand paralysis. Looking at it, people would also want to think about the rag in the palm of its hand, which is so delicate and beautiful. If you hold it with your hands, you will definitely be happy and don’t want it.
The owner of the hand is a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, with a round oval face, tender pink skin, white and rosy skin, a pair of bright eyes under the slender eyebrows, as bright as stars, with black pupils as if they were fished out of ice water. The orb is shining brightly.
The girl who looks like a junior high school student has short, crisp hair, a short-sleeved white shirt, three-quarter jeans, and sneakers. She is full of energy, youthful and beautiful.
Simple clothes, no concealment of the agility of a girl, and no makeup like a hibiscus. She has her own natural beauty, which is the aura flowing from the bones. Seeing her is like seeing the rising sun in winter or the early morning in summer. The wind makes people feel relaxed and happy.
The girl's red lips were slightly upturned, showing that she was in a good mood. She concentrated on erasing the Arabic numerals on the white writing board and wiping the empty spaces clean. She picked up a water-based pen with her other hand and re-added words in the blank spaces. , the words on the whiteboard became:
"35 days to the college entrance examination;
53 days to the realization of the ideal.
2016.5.2"
"There are still thirty-five days left. Come on, Le Yun, let's climb to the ideal peak!" Correcting the date, Le Yun happily put down her pen and clenched her fists, her eyes full of confidence.
Ideals are beautiful imaginations and hopes for the future.
Everyone has an ideal, and Le Yun's ideal is: to become the best doctor in China. The ideal is great, but the road to success may be tortuous. She persistently believes that as long as she persists, her hard work will eventually pay off.
The sun shone slantly into the dormitory from the window, and the light was very dazzling. Leyun closed the curtains and hung the whiteboard above her bed.
Fang County is located in the northwest of Province E, close to the Shennong Nature Reserve, the largest and most magical scenic spot in Province E, and is a tourist city.
Le Yun attended County No. 3 Middle School and lived in an old dormitory building with a dozen dormitories on each floor and shared bathrooms and shower rooms. Eight to twelve people lived in one dormitory.
Her dormitory was smaller, an eight-person room, with beds arranged against the wall, with an empty space in the middle. There was a corridor at one end and a window at the other end. Her bed was on the top bunk of a bed next to the window.
Leyun's home is in a township next to the Shennong Reserve in the county. It is far away from the county seat. There are only two buses from the township to the county seat. Every time she goes home, she usually returns to the county seat in the morning. This time is no exception. The others haven't come back yet.
Today is the return to school after the May Day holiday. In 2016, May Day fell on a Sunday and we had a day off. Monday, May 2nd, was also a holiday. It was a public holiday. For high school seniors, any holiday is worth it. Floating clouds, so others are still enjoying their last day of vacation, and the senior high school students are walking back to school in pain.
In fact, not long after Le Yun returned to the dormitory, the first thing she did when she put down her backpack was to change the numbers on the whiteboard. That board had been with her from elementary school to the present, and the edges of the whiteboard had been smoothed.
The whiteboard is also her self-motivation monument, spurring her to achieve one goal after another. She used to keep it at home, but when she was a senior in high school, she moved it to her dormitory and hung it by her bedside. She could see it every morning when she opened her eyes, making her feel happy every day. A well-oiled little motor, study hard and make progress every day.
After hanging up the whip board, Le Yun packed her luggage and went downstairs to find food. The cafeteria would only serve food in the evening, and the school canteen also had food. It was more expensive and she couldn't get enough to buy snacks. She couldn't bear to spend the money. , every time I go to a cheap and affordable store to solve the problem of food and clothing.
It was almost noon, and there was no one on the school road. Le Yun wandered out of the school, took the bus to the County Center Street, and walked towards Bu Street. One of the reasons was to look for food. More importantly, she had some necessities for girls that she needed to buy. , just right to take it back with you.
There are still three days before the beginning of summer, and the weather in Fang County has entered summer early. In recent days, the temperature has been very high. People on the street are all wearing summer clothes, feeling refreshed and energetic.
It’s a rare holiday and there are many people walking on the street.
"Lele, Lele-"
Leyun walked leisurely and heard a familiar voice. She immediately turned around and saw an old man setting up a stall in front of a shop, sticking out his tongue in embarrassment. He ran over quickly: "Grandpa Li, you are here again today."
Grandpa Li is from the same hometown as Le Yun. He is young and has a fierce temper, so he is nicknamed Li Daniu. He used to work as a small official in the township. In one word, he is a civil servant. , his son set up a business in the county town. The old man couldn't live in retirement, and he was also a person who loved old culture, so he also came to set up a stall, specializing in buying and selling small antiques.
The old man is over sixty years old, with gray hair and good spirits. His stall is located next to his son's store. He does not occupy anyone else's space. He sets up a small table with coins and old jewelry on the table. The old man sits behind the table. Come and chat with people. When there is no business, I occasionally take out my long cigarette stick and take a few puffs. Basically, I don’t have many opportunities to chat. I spend most of my time alone.
Seeing little Leyun who was able to chat with him, Li Daniu pointed to the things on the table and introduced them like a show off: "I went to buy some new products a few days ago and put them out to show off. Lele, take a look, isn't it great? It's interesting."
Le Yun and Li Daniu know each other not because they are from the same hometown. If they live in the same hometown more than once in the county, they may not necessarily become friends, let alone being friends for many years. They only know each other because they are old and young. It is purely because they are from the same hometown. One time while riding in a car, a pickpocket bullied an old man because he was old and wanted to steal money. Le Yun, a classmate, was brave enough to help him, and the old man and the young man got to know each other.
"Hmm, let me broaden my horizons." Le Yun was very generous. She tried her best to open her titanium alloy eyes wide and admire Uncle Li's new goods. After scanning her eyes, she finally found the "new goods", a snuff bottle. A piece of old jade and three pieces of silver jewelry.
Aren't these common things in the countryside?
Classmate Leyun wanted to cover her eyes, but she was deceived again!
I felt deeply deceived. Classmate Le didn’t dismantle the other person’s table. It’s hard to dismantle it. He pretended to be curious and picked up a few newly purchased items to admire them. He praised the beautiful workmanship. The old man has a discerning eye and so on. He’s telling lies with his eyes wide open. It would be a waste of talent not to be a salesman.
Li Daniu laughed out loud when he was praised. Look, this kid is so honest and honest. This is what he said.
Le Yun praised each new item and admired other small items again. Grandpa Li was sometimes unreliable and found some worthless trinkets. Sometimes he was very lucky and found genuine items. The first time I found a Yuan Datou from the Republic of China period, I made a profit of 10,000 yuan.
She personally prefers jade, so she browsed through several jade products. When her fingers touched something, her whole arm burned. She was so shocked that her heart beat uncontrollably, and she was too busy to leave traces. Withdraw your hand.
Hot, my right arm was burning hot.
strangeness.
The burning sensation made Le Yun uneasy. In recent days, her arm often had an inexplicable fever, and because it only got hot occasionally and had no other adverse reactions, she didn't care.
On the way out for shopping just now, her arm felt hot again. This time, the heat was so severe that her whole arm seemed to be on fire, and the burning sensation reached all her limbs.
Withdrawing her right hand, she used her left hand to pick up the thing she had touched before. It was a small stone, like a circle with a piece dug out, in the shape of an arc, alternating between brown and white.
To be honest, if someone looks for ordinary stones like this by the river and the sea, they will definitely pick up hundreds of pieces.
But it was such a simple stone. When Le Yun held it, her right hand burned even more intensely, making her feel that her right hand was eager to get close to the stone.
"Grandpa Li, where did you pick up such a broken stone and throw it among the antiques? A piece of mouse droppings ruins a pot of porridge. This alien mixed with a dazzling array of antiques will lower the value of the antiques. You are not afraid of it affecting your business. "Holding the small stone, she unkindly dismissed it as worthless.
"Oh, you said that... Oh, that, let me think about it, oh, I remembered it. I went shopping for goods a few days ago. When I was tired, I stopped on the road and looked at it on the side of the road. If I thought it looked decent, I picked it up. Come back, some people like to collect strange stones these days, maybe they can earn some money for their hard work."
Li Daniu looked at it, and after thinking about it, he remembered where that thing came from. To be honest, he just liked it. He picked it up casually and brought it back. If Lele hadn't found it, he wouldn't have remembered its existence at all.
"Uncle Li, I happen to be short of a paper-pressing stone. I took this with me. I don't have to pay for the hard work. It's a pack of cigarette money." Le Yun touched the pocket of her jeans and took out a big ball and stuffed it into the old man's hand: "Silver." The two clear things are mine now."
"Oh, how can it be like this? Others are forced to sell, and you are forced to buy. Is this really good?" Li Daniu shouted complaints, but he smoothly took out "a pack of cigarettes" money" into his pocket.
He just kept nagging, not to mention giving ten yuan as cigarette money. Even if he didn't give me a penny, it didn't matter. Because it wasn't open today, he couldn't give it away for free, so he took it.
"I think it's good." Le Yun smiled so hard that she couldn't even see her eyebrows. She stuffed the small stone into the front pocket of her jeans to avoid losing it.
The two of them discussed how much money Uncle Li's newly purchased goods cost. While they were having a good conversation, they heard a cold female voice: "I don't even have a hundred yuan on me, so I don't mind spending any money to buy antiques." Shameful."
(End of chapter)