The first two months of being out of school are the most difficult.

During the first few days of school in September, Chengcai went to a distant city to study at university, and Yuxiu still went to the key high school next door where Chengliang originally studied. Youfu was busy with their elder sister's schooling, and didn't care what Chengliang was doing.

When Chengcai went to study, Chengliang carried thousands of burdens to chop wood on the mountain on the way to where he was studying. Fortunately, Chi Lian went to see him off. Chengliang was their pride...

Seeing that Chengcai's pace was somewhat different from that of the country boy, Chengliang felt a little regretful. A thought flashed through his mind, was it wrong to give up and continue this time...

In those days, Cheng Liang never went with Yi Hui while chopping firewood. It was not because he was annoyed with him, but because chopping firewood with him always attracted inquiries from his neighbors. On September 1st, Yi Ziren met him and Yi Hui chopping together.

Chai. He stood still and stopped. When they passed by, he asked with an unknown smile on his face: "Hey, Master Yao, I heard that you got into a key high school, why don't you sign up to study?

, are you chopping firewood with Yi Hui?"

Cheng Liang was so ashamed that he seemed to have stolen someone else's things, and his face was red with anger. He lowered his head and walked over quickly without saying a word. Yi Hui followed behind and replied loudly: "A few points..." and then hurried to catch up with Cheng Liang.

Liang.

Yi Zi and Ren Yuan had a quarrel with Youfu, but the villagers were so good at each other that they never had a life-long feud, and they would get better soon. The children of Yi Zi and Ren's family, like Yi Hui, could not study, and looked at Cheng Liang who was leaving.

They muttered: "College student? You are not the same as Yunya in my room..."

Hearing Yi Ziren's muttering behind him, Cheng Liang walked quickly, wishing he could find a crack and crawl into the ground immediately...

That day when he was chopping firewood, Yi Hui was very excited. He chattered around Cheng Liang and chatted here and there. When cutting firewood, he let Cheng Liang chop hard wood.

They even helped him when tying firewood. On the way back, he saw that Chengliang's firewood was at least thirty kilograms heavier than his, so he fought with Chengliang to pick a second section of the road...

In those days, all the elders and acquaintances I met would ask a few questions. Some of them really felt sorry for him, while others seemed to be comforting but were actually gloating about his misfortune...

From the third day of school, Cheng Liang stopped walking with Yi Hui. He couldn't stand people pointing and asking questions. He carried thousands of burdens by himself, deliberately avoiding acquaintances and choosing places where few people went.

Chopping firewood by the mountain stream...

After cutting the firewood, he would lie down on the ground, randomly pick up a piece of silk grass or a branch, put it in his mouth, chew it and play with it. When he got really bored, he would dig out the insects and ants hidden in the soil to play with. When he got tired of playing, he took out the thing and soaked it in urine.

They are soaked to death...

Cheng Liang also went to the fields with Youfu to dig sweet potatoes, dig soil to grow winter vegetables and other farm work. When it was his turn to look after the cattle, he took the old scalper up the mountain to chop firewood. The cow was more than ten years old when the collective was disbanded.

, old. After he chopped the firewood, he lay down on the ground and picked up a branch in a daze. The ox had a good understanding of human nature and walked over tremblingly, sniffing around the beam.

Looking at the old cow that had been with him for seven or eight years, Cheng Liang had mixed feelings. He stood up and helped him catch the cow fleas. The old cow enjoyed it very much and stood there motionless...

When returning home, the old cow did not need to be led. He walked behind Cheng Liang who was carrying firewood, five or six steps away, not far or near. When he returned to the cowshed, the old cow went straight in without bothering him at all. Several of them

Months later, the brothers Yougui thought the cow was too old and was slow to plow and harrow the fields. Later, they found a cattle dealer and sold the cow.

In the days without Lao Niu's company, Cheng Liang becomes even more lonely...

Youfu saw what Cheng Liang was thinking and planned to find a skill for him to learn from.

On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Fu Youfu came home from helping the fourth team bury the old man. He tried to ask Cheng Liang: "Who are you? Today I met Uncle Baiyun. He runs a motorcycle repair shop. He has good skills and good business. When drinking

Listening to what he said, he just tinkered with me for two hours to make me do a day's work. Uncle Baiyun used to be friends with me, and we were cousins ​​who had just graduated from the fifth server. I asked him to take you. He vaguely agreed.

Yes, it depends on what you mean. After three years of learning, it is hard, but it is better than digging a hoe with me..."

Cheng Liang stayed for a long moment without saying a word.

When he first dropped out of school, he was in a trance, and his mind was blank. After a few months, he remembered bits and pieces of studying again, and the fantasy of continuing to study flashed through his mind from time to time...

He was completely unprepared for Fu Fu's question. Motorcycles were still a rarity at that time, and in an era when not everyone owned a bicycle, he couldn't imagine how to tinker with that thing. As for his future plans to rely on this craft to gain popularity,

That was something Yuan Yuan had never thought of...

When he was lost in thought, Youfu asked, "Yaoyanji, think about it carefully, this matter is worth it..."

Cheng Liang came to his senses and replied casually: "If you don't want to learn, just dig turmeric with Yi Hui..."

Youfu was stunned, and for a moment he slowly said: "If you don't want to, forget it, you can't learn even if you force yourself..."

The matter of learning skills was put aside, and Cheng Liang followed Youfu every day to do various farm work.

After that, there was no one to point fingers behind Cheng Liang. Everyone regarded him as one of the thousands of others who dug up hoes, and sometimes the elders even made some nasty jokes with him. Cheng Liang also adapted to his students’ introduction to society.

Changes, working at sunrise and returning at sunset. Although I met not many students of the same age, I still felt a little disappointed...

Chengcai Yuxiu went to school again after the winter vacation. This time Chengliang was not as confused and sad as last year. After Yuxiu went to school, he also went to the high school to deliver food to her. Last year, he would have felt sad when he passed there.

Uncomfortable. After he finished delivering the food, he looked at the illustrated newspaper column made by the students with great interest, and was attracted by the characters drawn by the art students in the column. Cheng Liang has a talent for painting, and he can compete with those students who have received professional training.

The comparison of the characters in the painting is simply too childish.

He lay on the drawing board and looked at the character's hair, facial features, and muscles. They were so three-dimensional and clear, just like a black and white photo. He pondered for a long time, wondering how he could use a pencil to draw this effect...

…

When he got home, he used a pencil to scribble on the blank homework book he had left when he was studying, recalled the figure drawings in the drawing column, and tried to doodle according to the method he came up with...

Not to mention, he really tinkered with some effects, especially when painting shadows and lightness. He also created his own painting using charcoal when burning, and then applied it carefully with his fingers. Not to mention, although compared with those professional art students,

It’s a long way off, but it still makes sense…

In March and April, Cheng Liang and Yi Hui went to the town market to sell turmeric dug from the mountains. A group of people gathered around in front of the grocery department store on the crossroads to look at something. Yi Hui was a person who loved to join in the fun, so he hurriedly greeted:

"Master Yao, let's go take a look too..."

As soon as I squeezed in, someone whispered: "This jewelry factory makes diamonds. I heard from people that those things are valuable... We are looking for people with a junior high school education or above. Do you know if you can get in?"

Cheng Liang carefully read it item by item, and the general idea was that he had opened a jewelry factory in the former Farmer's Technical High School to recruit one hundred young people of suitable age with a junior high school degree or above. After passing the interview and physical examination, he was officially admitted, and a deposit of 300 yuan was required, and the probation period was three years.

month, the salary is 75 yuan per month. After the probation period, the salary is calculated on a piece-rate basis, the more work you do, the more you get...

After reading it, Cheng Liang pulled Yi Hui and squeezed out of the crowd, muttering: "It looks so good, go back quickly..."

Yi Hui walked away with some reluctance and said: "You are the only young master, and you will be anxious to death..."

As soon as they arrived near the supply and marketing cooperative, Cheng Liang and the others met an acquaintance. He was Yi Hui's eldest uncle at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, which was located at the Farmers' Technical School.

As soon as he saw Yi Hui, he said: "Hui, you're welcome. Our Institute of Agricultural Sciences has opened a jewelry factory with good technology. Come and sign up with me. The director of the factory is the accountant of our Institute of Agricultural Sciences."

, the boss worked in a factory in Shenzhen and became an official and made money. He signed a contract with our Agricultural Science Institute. We are responsible for organizing production, and he provides technology, arranges machines, and is responsible for sales. The future is very good. You want to join the factory,

Just say a word..."

Yi Hui was very happy to hear this, so he pulled Cheng Liang up and said, "You come with me..."

Cheng Liang came to the Farmers Technical High School with his uncle Yi Hui.

The Farmer Technical High School is a place for junior high school students who don’t study hard. That school is despised. When I was studying in the past, the old man, Principal Deng, always taught the students earnestly when he held meetings, saying that if you don’t study hard today, you will be in trouble in the future.

The place opposite is the only place you can go when you want to study...

Every time I say this, the students below always burst into laughter.

The school discipline there is notoriously messy, and the teachers don't care about it. For a school like this that only cares about graduation certificates, not admission rates, and does not arrange jobs, the teachers are too lazy to care. There was a joke in the Farmer Technical High School that spread to Guangyuan

, said that there was once a girl and a boy who did not come to school one month into the school year. The head teacher of that class was questioned by the school office about tuition fees, and only then did he remember that two students had not come to class.

The head teacher went to visit the two students’ homes. He was really not concerned about the students’ academic future, but the tuition fees of those two students!

The teacher went to the boy's house first, but saw the girl holding a baby, and the boy was teasing her. The girl was a little shy when she saw the teacher coming, and carried the baby into the room. The boy didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

Stunned.

Later, the boy's parents came back and greeted the teacher warmly. While sipping the meal, the boy's father asked: "Teacher, how can my little boy still study..."

The teacher was stunned for a moment, stopped holding the chicken drumsticks with his chopsticks, and said, "Okay, I'll pay the tuition in two days after the drinks..."

After hearing this, the boy's mother hurriedly poured a glass of wine for the teacher and thanked you: "Thank you, I'm still a fierce kid. It's better to be locked up in the school than wandering around outside... Forget it about my wife, take her with you

It’s also inconvenient for people…”

The teacher suppressed his laughter and said, "We'll talk about it when the baby is older..."

Later, a beautiful sight appeared in the Farmer Technical Secondary School. A girl who looked like a child herself often came to the school with a child who was babbling and learning to speak. In fact, he was just a big boy.

Those classmates were very excited, hugging each other, and teasing the child to call him uncle, brother, aunt, sister...

What a mess...
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