Life is more than just living

The campus is very big. Several girls found bank ATMs, supermarkets, and went to the teaching building of their college to identify themselves. On the day when freshmen were checking in, there were people everywhere. The group of people went to a place with fewer people. In a corner of the campus, there was a very large Large lotus pond. The lotus flowers in the pond are in bloom. The layers of lotus leaves are verdant and green, and the flower buds are in bud. The blooming pink lotus proudly displays her grace of "coming out of the mud but not stained" like a holy girl.

Several people were sitting on the benches beside the lotus pond to rest. Lin Zihan, Wang Yuqi and Chen Xu were sitting on the same chair. Jin Yu was frightened by Lin Zihan's attitude just now, so he and the other two roommates chose a chair farther away and sat down. Lin Zihan and Wang Yuqi asked each other when they were born. Lin was born in [-] and Wang Yuqi was born in [-]. Only Chen Xutan said frankly that he was born in [-]. Both of them were stunned. After a few seconds, Wang Yuqi calmed down. Come over, "Are you repeating your studies?" Chen Xu shook his head, "I am a fresh graduate, but I entered elementary school late, so I am two or three years older than people in the same grade." Although the two roommates were curious about why she went to school so late, they had just met her. , and don’t be too gossipy. As soon as the topic ended, everyone stopped talking.

Chen Xu looked at the swaying lotus flowers in the pond and was filled with thoughts. The crowded lotus leaves and the graceful lotus flowers covered the mud. I am now a college student, who knows what a terrible past I have.

Chen Xu's parents, a handsome boy and a beautiful girl, both worked in factories. Every weekend, the whole family would go to the park to play together. Chen Xu's grandma is the stepmother of Chen Zhigang's siblings, but because she raised Chen Zhigang's siblings since they were young, the relationship between mother and son is still good. When Chen Xu was five years old, both his parents were laid off. Beicheng is full of unemployed workers, and jobs are hard to find. The Chen family, whose family was not well-off, soon came to nothing. Chen Xu's mother, Zhou Fenglan, complained that her husband was incompetent, and Chen Zhigang drank every day to drown his sorrows. Zhou Fenglan later found a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She was so busy that she came home late every day, earning only 120 yuan a month. Watching Chen Zhigang drinking every day, the two of them quarreled every day. In the end, they exchanged bad words and fists, and finally got divorced. Grandma Chen Xu didn't want her son-in-law to divorce. She taught Chen Xu to hug his mother's lap and cry and not let go. But his parents hadn't given Chen Xu a good look for a long time, and Chen Xu didn't dare to step forward. When the two divorced, neither one wanted children, and both said they couldn't afford them. But in the end, the judge considered that Chen Zhigang's family had a house and his mother could help take care of the children, so he sentenced Chen Xu to his father, and Zhou Fenglan had to pay 40 yuan a month in alimony.

As soon as she walked out of the court, her grandma slapped Chen Xu so hard that five red fingerprints appeared on Chen Xu's face, but Zhou Fenglan gritted her heart and left in tears. Chen Xu's face was swollen for several days before it went away, and her grandmother kept insulting her as a waste. Chen Zhigang went out to work when he really had no money, but he never came home after he got out. Grandma only gets a few dozen yuan in survivor benefits every month, and her life is very difficult. So she took Chen Xu to the restaurant where Zhou Fenglan worked and asked Zhou Fenglan for child support. The hotel proprietress scolded Zhou Fenglan, "How can I continue my business when these old and young people come here to make trouble? If they come again in the future, don't do it here!" Zhou Fenglan looked at Chen Xu and said fiercely, "You This harmful man, if you make me lose my job, I will beat you to death! I left home without getting anything, why should I pay alimony? I shouldn’t have given birth to you in the first place. Get out!" He said, using Chen Xu was pushed hard and Chen Xu fell to the ground. Zhou Fenglan turned and left without any hesitation.

Grandma had no choice but to hear that Chen Zhigang worked as a security guard at a KTV, so she took Chen Xu to her son to ask for money. The first two times she went, his son said he had no money. When he went there for the third time, his son turned his back and said, "What money do I need? You live in our house, and I haven't even asked you for rent! You are not my biological mother, why should you depend on our old Chen family?" Don't you want to leave? If you dare to ask for money again, get out of our house!" The bad attitude of Chen Xu's parents made Chen Xu's situation even worse. Her grandmother would not give her food if she was not happy, and would beat and scold her at every turn. Later, grandma couldn't live anymore, so she went out to pick up rags. Chen Xu was afraid of being left behind, so he went with her. One time, my grandma and another old lady who was scavenging were fighting for a cardboard box. Seeing that her grandma was at a disadvantage, Chen Xu ignored the old lady's dirty hands and went up to bite her hand. The old lady let go of her hand in pain, but Chen Xu was also hit hard. Kicked. From that day on, grandma only spoke softly to Chen Xu. She takes Chen Xu to various garbage pits every day to look for things that can be sold for money. When Chen Xu was seven or eight years old, other children of the same age around him went to school with schoolbags on their backs. Chen Xu also wanted to go, but her grandma glared at her and said, "How can I have money for you to go to school? If you want to go to school, go to your parents." !" From then on, Chen Xu never dared to mention it again.

Until one day, Teacher Lin passed by the garbage pit. An old scavenger wanted to play rogue on Chen Xu. Chen Xu dodged and attracted Teacher Lin's attention. Teacher Lin dismissed the old man and asked Chen Xu, "Little girl, what's your name? How old are you? What grade are you in?" Chen Xu lowered his head and said, "My name is Chen Xu. I'm ten years old. I haven't gone to school yet." My grandma said she has no money." At this time, grandma came over, and Teacher Lin squatted by the garbage pit to do grandma's work, "Grandma Chen, now primary and junior high school education is compulsory, and it doesn't cost a lot of money. How can a child of this age not go to school? In the future, it will be difficult for people who are illiterate to move forward in the society. We cannot let the children act like they are blind!" Grandma acted as if she hadn't heard and said nothing, while Teacher Lin kept on admonishing her. Grandma was tired of hearing this, so she said, "Can I earn a living by studying? If she wants to study, just go. Anyway, I won't care about her anymore. I can't feed two people by picking up rags by myself!" Teacher Lin saw this! left.

Chen Xu's hopes were suddenly shattered. She thought Teacher Lin had given up, so she wiped away her tears and continued to dig through the trash. Teacher Lin did not give up. She went to the streets, neighborhood committees, and schools to report this matter. When he heard that there were school-age children in the area who did not receive compulsory education, the cultural and educational assistant of the street also panicked and quickly asked people from the neighborhood committee to call Grandma Chen to the street office and urge her to send her children to school. Grandma took the opportunity to cry out about poverty and asked for relief. The neighborhood committee staff explained: "Your son has a car and a mobile phone, which does not comply with the policy." Grandma said that her son had no conscience and did not care about the old and the young at all. The cultural and educational assistant became impatient and said, "Don't say these useless things. Children must go to school. You can handle your family's affairs by yourself and do not affect your children's schooling. Nine-year compulsory education is a must. It is illegal not to send your children to school!"

Grandma said that she would not care about food when Chen Xu went to school. The cultural and educational assistant said angrily: "It is illegal to abuse children. If you don't give your children food, that's abuse! It's also illegal not to let your children go to school." Grandma didn't know what was illegal, and she said she couldn't find her household registration book. Arrived, unable to sign up. Teacher Lin originally wanted to say that due to the demolition in this area, there has been a serious loss of students and it will be difficult to recruit students this year. He neither looked at the household registration book nor the real estate certificate. But when I thought about it, this was just an excuse for Grandma Chen, so I faced the difficulty and said to Grandma Chen, "I will take care of the household registration book. Tomorrow is the last day to register. I will take Chen Xu to register tomorrow."

The kind-hearted teacher Lin ran to the police station without stopping and asked the students working in the police station to print a new household registration book for Chen Xu's family. She went to the mall and bought Chen Xu a new set of clothes and two pairs of underwear, as well as a new schoolbag and stationery. After returning home, Teacher Lin put the newly bought clothes through water and wanted to go to Chen Xu early the next morning to wash her and put on new clothes to register.

Unexpectedly, when Teacher Lin found Chen Xu's house according to her household registration address, General Tie was holding the door. She went to the place where she met Chen Xu yesterday and was not there. Teacher Lin spent the whole morning asking around, and finally, when it was almost noon, he saw their grandparents and grandson from a large garbage pit far away. Teacher Lin stretched out his hand anxiously, "Child, follow me!"

After registering Chen Xu, Teacher Lin took Chen Xu to her home, boiled a large pot of hot water, locked the door, and used a large wash basin to wash her hair and bathe, changing the water several times before giving it to her. After cleaning her, putting her into the new clothes she bought yesterday, and combing her hair, Teacher Lin held Chen Xu's face and said, "This girl is so pretty." No one has praised Chen Xu for several years. Xu was a little embarrassed and smiled shyly.

Teacher Lin stayed with Chen Xu for dinner at noon and checked Chen Xu's preschool knowledge. He found that Chen Xu could count and do simple addition and subtraction, but he had no foundation in pinyin and Chinese characters. One afternoon, Teacher Lin taught Chen Xu step by step how to write his name. Chen Xu feels very accomplished and can finally write his name.

"Chen Xu, what are you thinking about, so absorbed?" Wang Yuqi said and gently pushed Chen Xu with her hand. Chen Xu came back to his senses and smiled, "I remembered the day I signed up for elementary school." Lin Zihan was surprised, "How long has it been? I really admire your memory."

Is it because of good memory? no! That day was the day when I got a new life.