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The end of the year is approaching, and the pressure of schoolwork is getting heavier. After school, I often have to step on the snow to go to after-school tutoring classes, and it is almost nine o'clock when I get home.The teachers also assigned homework mercilessly, as if the students only had his one class and only needed to write his homework.Ye Ran was exhausted by this kind of repetitive work, and if he was really sleepy, he played tricks and got lazy.

On this day, Du Ying returned to her natal home in Duwan Village early in the morning before dawn. She said that Grandma Ye Ran rolled down from the bed in the middle of the night, and the old man had no relatives to take care of her. Lying in the hospital.Before dawn, Du Ying packed a few changes of clothes and drove west.When she was about to arrive in Wuxu County, she just called Ye Ran and told him to eat and wash, and Ye Ran agreed one by one, this is a later story.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, Ye Ran was frantically copying the Chinese test papers - Zhang Shu assigned the task of copying every ancient Chinese text twice within the scope of the test syllabus to the students of Class 5 in order to face the challenge, and also distributed a dozen or so mock papers.Ye Ran likes Chinese, but he is too lazy to write Chinese test papers, especially reading comprehension. He thinks it is very stupid. A good article, taught people to tear it apart to do test questions, even a beautiful article loses its flavor, just like No matter how carefully the parts of the chicken are processed, it is impossible to replicate the delicious taste of the whole chicken. It is a sin.Naturally, he didn't agree with Zhang Shu's teaching method of focusing on answering skills and scoring first. Even Chinese homework was procrastinated as soon as he could.

Ye Ran shook his sore right arm, the right hand holding the pen was already numb.He threw the pen on the table, rubbed his eyes, and didn't want to hold the pen anymore.He sighed, and flipped through the Chinese test paper on his left - there were still five blank sheets, and there were three pieces of ancient Chinese that he hadn't copied.Ye Ran decided to treat himself better tonight, so he simply didn't write, and told Zhang Shu that he forgot to bring his homework tomorrow morning.He reckoned that Zhang Shu was in a good mood recently, presumably there was a happy event coming, so late handing in homework shouldn't be a problem.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, he misread the alarm clock time and woke up an hour later than usual.Ye Ran got up in a panic, brushed his teeth and washed his face in 3 minutes, grabbed his schoolbag and ran to school.Ye Ran was also unlucky, and bumped into Zhang Shu at the door of the class.

This day, Zhang Shu had just had an unhappy fight with his wife early in the morning-Zhang Shu's wife had a brother in her hometown, and she had only one son under her knees.The husband and wife have been running small businesses in other places all year round, leaving their son with their grandparents, and they only send monthly living expenses, and they don't care about anything else.The boy was spoiled by his grandparents, and the old man didn't teach him what is shame and etiquette, and he relied on him in everything, for fear that his only grandson would suffer.Raised until the age of seven or eight, he would reach out to ask for what he liked, steal if he didn't, and cry when something didn't go his way. He was domineering and uneducated.Zhang Shu's wife went back to her hometown a few years ago, and seeing her nephew's savage virtues, she secretly made up her mind to take care of her natal family and bring her nephew from her hometown to her own home to raise him well.

Looking back to discuss this matter with Zhang Shu, Zhang Shu was 1 reluctant.He persuaded his wife that if the child bumps into each other somewhere, or refuses to accept and report behind his back, it is his own fault anyway, and then he will not be able to be a good person, but will cause a lifetime of embarrassment.Comfortable life, but why bother to ask for trouble.As the old saying goes, snakes have snakes and turtles have turtles. Adults become adults by themselves, and no matter how anxious others are, it is useless.Zhang Shu was so persuaded that his lips were dry, but his wife not only refused to listen to the persuasion, but also scolded Zhang Shu for not seeing his mother's family well, and his stomach was smaller than the eye of a needle.Cursing and cursing, Zhang Shu's wife started to twitch, babbling about her miserable life, finding a poor teacher, and not daring to spend a penny on weekdays, and she didn't help her mother's family at all for so many years.Thinking of her childhood playmate marrying a businessman and going back to her natal home during the holidays, she was so out of breath that she howled even worse.

Zhang Shu was scolded by his wife early in the morning, and he was very depressed. The evil fire in his heart was not going anywhere, when he saw a student rushing to the classroom in a hurry.Normally when students were late, Zhang Shu would go to the wall to give a few words of reprimand, at most he would ask the students to write a self-criticism, but this time he was not so lucky.

Seeing Zhang Shu's livid face, Ye Ran knew that today would be a difficult day.I just heard Zhang Shu say: "Don't go into the classroom, look at your classmates, who dares to be an hour late? You will be the same next week. Your learning attitude is here to hinder Class 5!" He pointed at Ye Ran's nose, the word "Chuan" between his brows is deep and awe-inspiring: "I tell you, you, Ye Ran, think that you did well in the quiz a few times, so you are complacent, your tail is raised to the sky, you relax your vigilance, and you are lazy all day long. I have been teaching for more than ten years, and I see a lot of students like you. When the high school entrance examination stumbles, you can cry. Stand outside the door for me this morning and reflect on whether I have a problem with my attitude towards learning recently. "

Seeing Ye Ran being trained to hang his head down, Zhang Shu finally felt better: "Give me the homework, I have to see if you have done it with your heart."

Ye Ran looked at the tips of his toes, and secretly sighed, thinking that the house leaked early and it was raining.He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Mr. Zhang, I left in a hurry, and I forgot to bring my homework."

As soon as this sentence came out, Zhang Shu's small eyes immediately widened: "Did you really not bring it with you, or were you lazy and didn't write?"

"Mr. Zhang, I really didn't bring it with me. I finished writing the day before yesterday."

Talking about a gust of cold wind, Zhang Shu closed his leather jacket and said: "Whether you write or not, you don't need to take today's class, copy the classical Chinese in the outline for me...uh ...Copy it five times and go to the lounge. Call your parents to come to my office after school at night."

Ye Ran said: "My dad is on a business trip, and my mom is back home. See if you can call them over in a few days."

These words stepped on Zhang Shu's sore spot.Zhang Shu has been a Chinese teacher in junior high school for so many years, with a meager salary and no status at home. The respect of students' parents is his spiritual sustenance. He likes to put on a show in front of his parents in order to gain a sense of dignity.If he encounters parents and students who "neglect" him, Zhang Shu is almost like a dog whose tail has been stepped on, and he can't help barking.

So after hearing Ye Ran's words of "negotiation", Zhang Shu's male duck's voice became sharper: "Then I don't care, tell your parents to come back quickly. Is it important for your son's studies or messy things? No wonder you don't If you study hard, your parents will have problems! If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked!"

Ye Ranben still felt a little guilty, thinking that he was not good, he didn't do his homework, and he was late for the morning reading class, so he should be reprimanded by the teacher.But Zhang Shu's harsh words were extremely harsh to Ye Ran's ears.

Ye Ran's silent attitude made Zhang Shu even more annoyed: "Call your parents at five o'clock in the afternoon, otherwise you don't need to think about your school status, just drop out of school." He was not accepted, so Ye Ran's student status has not yet been transferred to No. [-] Middle School.)

Ye Ran said yes, but he didn't know what to do.

On that side, Zhou Si closed "The Feynman Lectures on Physics", saw that the hour hand of the wall clock had pointed to 12, and was about to go to the kitchen to find Aunt Song to get something to eat, when the phone on the table buzzed.He took a sip of jasmine tea, picked up his phone and checked, it was actually Ye Ran calling.

Zhou Si was startled and delighted at first, just as he was about to connect, but the image of Ye Ran and Yu Yue hooking up shoulder to shoulder and laughing at Yan Yan in the sun appeared in his mind, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he didn't bother to answer the phone, so he put the phone on the bed As soon as he fell, he went to the kitchen to eat.He is not a magnanimous person at all, and he has not had time to settle the old accounts of the welcome song meeting, so how can he give Ye Ran a good face?

"Zhou Si, isn't the vinegar fish well done? See, you don't stretch out your chopsticks very much." Seeing Zhou Si buried in the rice, Aunt Song occasionally chatted with her about a few interesting things about school, but she didn't even taste a table of dishes. After a few bites, he looked absent-minded.

"It's none of your business, Aunt Song. It's because I've been a little tired these two days. I don't have a good appetite, and I don't have a good appetite."

Song Aiyun couldn't help but think about Zhou Si's listless appearance. She scooped up a spoonful of steamed eggs with shrimps for Zhou Si, and said, "You child, you are prevaricating Aunt Song with nonsense again. I just said a while ago that I was escorted." , the school's basketball league also won the championship, so how can there be anything to teach you to work hard? Is your father putting pressure on you again? Listen to Aunt Song, don't talk to your father, Ala knows Yi, all day long Too busy to go home, don't see each other for a long time, see my son, and when I see the opportunity, I will rush to yell one, two, three, and start to scold. A good child will become mud that can't support the wall in Yi's mouth. What a big deal. I don't know. Cutting, this is called "Plucking seedlings to encourage growth! When I was young, I may not be half as good as my son, but when I am old, I rely on the old man to teach his son well! Don't lose face!"

Song Aiyun is from Zhou Si's grandmother's side.Zhou Si's grandmother, Wang, was a lady from a rich family in the old days. When she got married, the family had several maids who took care of her. Among them, a lady surnamed Song was the most dedicated in serving her, from eating and drinking to daily life and dealing with others. Be considerate of your own owner.Later, I found out that this Miss Song's family was in Suzhou, and she was originally an official lady. The case was dismissed, and the family fortune gradually declined, so he had to go out to work to beg for a living.

Zhou Si's grandmother pitied Ms. Song for her miserable life experience, and treated her like a real sister. Later, she became sworn brothers with her under the moon and begged her parents to accept her as a goddaughter.When she was 20 years old, the Wang family also found a good marriage for her. Although the other party was not from a wealthy family, she was also a son of a scholarly family.This Miss Song was naturally grateful, and vowed that her children and grandchildren would never fail the Wang family.She had six children, two boys and four girls, and the third daughter was Song Aiyun. Her mother thought of the old favor of the Wang family, and when she finished her studies, she asked her to serve Zhou Si's mother.

Song Aiyun is [-] years old this year. She has a pair of twins. One went to Paris Science and Technology University, and the other went to LSE.Originally, the Zhou family saw that she was not young, her joints suffered from cold when she was young, and her bones were weak. They were afraid of her hard work, so they planned to quit her and hire another aunt.But Song Aiyun and her children are not around, and her husband often goes out on business. She is lonely and has a restless temperament, so she has been taking care of the Zhou family's housework.I won't repeat them here.

It is said that Song Aiyun scolded Zhou Huaizhu a lot, and Zhou Si couldn't laugh or cry, so she could only say: "I'm having trouble with my classmates, my dad is too wronged this time."

Song Aiyun put down her chopsticks, and said, "Zhou Si, listen to Aunt Song's persuasion, even if your classmate is doing something wrong, it's not worth your effort to hate him or blame him. What's more, children of your age are at the time when their minds are the purest. Is there a deliberate mistake? The roses raised on the balcony at home will produce dewdrops when the weather is cool, you children are just like dewdrops, very cute!"

Zhou Si said: "I didn't hate him, I just thought that I would ignore him in the future. It doesn't matter to me what he does."

Song Aiyun smiled and said: "I have watched you grow up since I was a child, and today I have seen how small your mind is."

Zhou Si said: "That's right, I didn't know what it means to be heartless when I met this classmate." He took the last bite of rice in the bowl and said: "You eat slowly, I will go back to the room to continue studying." Said After that, he pushed away the chair and got off the table.

Song Aiyun said: "Hey, why are you so anxious, you don't even wipe off your mouth."

Zhou Si went back to the room, grabbed the phone quickly, and saw that there were three missed calls, each with an interval of 5 minutes, all from "A Ran".His full of resentment was like a balloon that had been poked by a needle, and he ran away without a trace. There were mixed feelings in his heart, including regret, expectation, and faint fear.Zhou Si called back, and after three or five beeps on the other end, he was connected: "Hi, I'm Ye Ran."

Zhou Side hadn't heard Ye Ran's voice for more than [-] days, so he didn't know what to say at this moment, his mind went blank, and he froze in place like a piece of wood.

Ye Ran said, "Zhou Si, are you there..."

Zhou Si just came back to his senses and said, "It's me."

"I...I have something I want to ask you for..."

"You said."

"I made a mistake today, and the class teacher asked me to call my parents. My parents are not in N City, so...can you help me find an uncle or aunt..."

"I don't know anyone in City N..."

"Zhou Si? Are you listening..."

"I'm listening. Okay, I'll help you find it. What time does your head teacher set?"

"Five o'clock in the afternoon...Thank you, Zhou Si...I don't know how to thank you. If anyone can help you in the future, please let me know."

Zhou Si laughed out loud: "Being so polite to me is not like you, Ah Ran, I'm not used to it."

Ye Ran embarrassedly drew circles on the draft paper, not knowing how to answer.

Zhou Sifu asked again: "Ah Ran, am I your first choice in this matter?"

Ye Ran nodded, and suddenly realized that Zhou Si couldn't see, and hurriedly said: "Yes."

He was afraid that Zhou Si would ask him some difficult questions again, so he said: "Hang up first, Zhang Shu is here, I have to pretend to copy the text seriously. See you later!" He said without waiting for Zhou Si's answer , then hastily hung up the phone.

Zhou Si swallowed the phrase "Where is Yu Yue..." and felt both ironic and melancholy.The irony is that Ye Ran was in trouble, so he was the first one to ask him for help.The melancholy thing is that he also knows that he is the choice of Ye Ran's desperation, but he will not think of himself if there are other ways.

Isn't it just doing a friend a favor, I'm stunned.Zhou Si smiled and shook her head, opened the door and went to the dining room to find Song Aiyun.

In the dining room, Zhou Si saw that Song Aiyun was tidying up the dishes, and wanted to make a fool of herself, so she built a few blue and white porcelain bowls and put them in the sink.

"Hey, it's really the sun coming out from the west. You child, something is wrong today." Song Aiyun wiped her wet hands on her checkered apron, and said with a smile, "This is a sign of asking for help."

Zhou Si leaned forward, beat Song Aiyun's shoulders and squeezed her neck, and said, "If you want to talk about the fortune teller in the world, you will be the second, and no one will dare to recognize the first."

Song Aiyun patted Zhou Si's hand, and said: "Stinky boy, tall hats will be put on my head one after another. Tell me, ask me to do something, don't ask me to wipe your ass if you cause trouble again."

"How can it be, Aunt Song, since I was promoted to junior high school, the number of times I committed crimes is very few, so be good." Zhou Sipin said, "Why don't you help me with my classmates?"

"What kind of help?"

"Just go to his head teacher's office and say that you are his aunt. Whatever the head teacher says, you just nod and admit it."

"What did your classmate do?"

"What can he do? I guess the head teacher is in a bad mood. He was late and didn't bring his homework. He was unlucky and hit the gun." Zhou Si said, "Don't worry, he is usually very obedient, very obedient, just a bookworm who just keeps his head down , I am determined not to do such a thing as fighting and fighting, and I am definitely not asking you to catch people."

Song Aiyun saw Zhou Si's eagerness for fear of shaking her head and not agreeing, and joked: "Look at your tone, if I don't help you, today will be endless."

Zhou Si complained of grievance: "If you don't agree, my classmate will be miserable. I guess his head teacher is too small-minded, and he will take revenge." He sighed, raised his forehead and said: "Forget it. Well, my classmate can't get into your eyes, and I have no fate with you, it's fate, I can't force it."

Song Aiyun was amused by Zhou Si's eloquent and emotional nonsense, and said: "Forget it, I will let you go. I see, if you don't agree to this, I'm not afraid of your classmates, anyway, they don't recognize me. , but you kid will hate me from now on, I'm so scared of seeing you up and down, Aunt Song."

Zhou Si hugged Song Aiyun, he has grown a lot this year, he is already a head taller than Song Aiyun.He rubbed against Song Aiyun affectionately, and said: "Aunt Song, I know you have a bodhisattva heart, and you are determined not to see my classmate being abused by his teacher."

Song Aiyun said: "You're talking nonsense again. He was late and didn't bring his homework. The teacher called his parents a practice? You, you can't even distinguish between red and white when you help your classmates. In ancient times, you are a fool!"

Zhou Si repeatedly said yes, but she didn't think so in her heart: "What you taught is that I will definitely change my temper in the future."

Zhou Huaizhu came out of the Innovation Industrial Park in N City, and asked the secretary who was following: "Do you have dinner with the people in Hong Kong tonight?" The secretary replied: "Yes, Li Baohua, the director of Fuhua Group, handed over the invitation a month ago. .”

"Isn't it the land that is greedy for the new area? How many people are staring at this piece of fat, we have to whet our appetite." Zhou Huaizhu said, "Just tell Mr. Li that I have something to do at night, and I will definitely go for his meal. , let’s talk about it someday.”

The secretary repeatedly said yes.

Zhou Huaizhu said again: "Go to pick up Zhou Si first at night. I'm busy with work, I haven't chatted with this kid for a long time, and I don't know what I've been up to lately."

"I didn't say that Zhou Si is one in a thousand. My eldest nephew is in the class next door, and the teacher praised Zhou Si. I heard that he was recommended to the middle school attached to the Normal University. You are really amazing. .”

After the secretary complimented, there was no emotion on the mayor's face, but his eyebrows and eyes stretched quite a bit.On weekdays, the mayor of Zhou always wears an unsmiling majestic mask. The mask has been worn on his face for a long time, as if it has been integrated into his life. At this moment, a small piece has just cracked, revealing some human touch.

But she said that Song Aiyun went to No. [-] Middle School in person to be Ye Ran's cheap aunt.Zhou Si gave her Ye Ran's mobile phone number, and told her not to worry about it, she had to tell herself when she was done. The way she chanted sutras was like a little old man.

Zhou Si is more accommodating than Song Aiyun's acquaintances from the official family, he is more easy-going, he does not treat people with Qiao, but his background is more sensitive than ordinary official children, so the distinction between family members and outsiders is very clear , no matter how well he plays and how compatible his personality is, he rarely invites people to his home, let alone introduce his family to outsiders.Zhou Si has always been impartial about the proportions here.It was the first time for Zhou Si to push her out this time, which made Song Aiyun unavoidably more curious about Zhou Si, a classmate.

According to the original agreement with Ye Ran, Song Aiyun first went to the lounge on the third floor to find him.She knocked on the green-painted wooden door, and heard a crisp "Come in—"Song Aiyun pushed open the door and saw a boy sitting on a low lacquered sofa. Seeing her, she smiled and called "Aunt Song, you are here" while tidying up the Chinese books and homework books spread out on the coffee table.

The boy's eyebrows are beautiful, and the most striking thing is the pair of clear almond eyes. The black pupils reflect the whole world, shining brightly, overflowing with affectionate innocence in the dark reflection.He was a little taller than Song Aiyun, and his figure had not grown yet. Standing in the cramped lounge, he stood tall and straight like a young poplar.

Ye Ran's appearance is lovable, and Song Aiyun's clean student spirit can please Song Aiyun, she looks at Ye Ran like her own son, and can't help but touch his head: "Xiao Ran, let's go to your class teacher Go there. I'll be your aunt later, but don't wear clothes." She said and winked at Ye Ran playfully.

Ye Ran nodded obediently, picked up her schoolbag, and took Song Aiyun to Zhang Shu's office.After Zhang Shu finished class all day, the anger he had received from his wife in the morning had already dissipated a lot.When I met Ye Ran, the aunt, I saw that she had exquisite makeup, a dark gray coat, a mink fur around her neck, and a bright green emerald ring on her ring finger. She was carrying a handbag that his wife had been in love with for a long time but couldn't bear to buy. , the whole body is rich and dazzling, so people dare not underestimate it.

Zhang Shu originally wanted to give Ye Ran's family a disgrace, but when he saw this aunt, he immediately shrunk a bit, his old face was a little loose, and he didn't notice his words when he made Ye Ran's small report, and his tone of questioning "aunt" became respectful .Later, Song Aiyun found out that Teacher Zhang's speech was really righteous and boring, so she took Ye Ran to leave early on the pretext that there was a dinner tonight.

The old and the young were saying goodbye at the gate of No. 3 Middle School. Song Aiyun asked Ye Ran that he was the only one at home at night, and said with pity: "Go back with Aunt Song, and have dinner with Zhou Si. You are a little boy, what kind of food can you cook?" .”

Ye Ran declined: "I've already troubled you to make a trip in the afternoon, how could I have the nerve to wait for your meal again."

Song Aiyun said: "The food is ready-made, isn't it just a matter of adding an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks, what trouble can there be? Listen to Aunt Song and have dinner together. Look at your child, how thin you are without your parents around gone."

Ye Ran still made excuses to decline.

Song Aiyun said: "Okay, if you want to thank me and my godson, go back and have a meal with me, half-grown guy, what are you swaying. Don't say anything, my car is still parked nearby, we have to Hurry up, or you will be fined." Then he grabbed Ye Ran's arm and dragged him to find a car.

Song Aiyun was very enthusiastic, and Ye Ran knew that the Zhou family's meal was inevitable.He was unwilling to get involved with Zhou's family, so he hesitated for a long time to ask Zhou Si for help.

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