all the way

Spring rain is as expensive as oil.

However, this spring's oil is too plentiful. From the eighth day of the first lunar month, Liu Xia arrived at school ahead of the snow, and when the peach blossoms bloomed in March, he only went home three times.

Every Saturday night when he couldn't go home, Liu Xia sat in the cold and quiet bedroom, thinking of Liu Hai and Mao'er especially.

Every night at home, he lay on the wide kang with the cat in his arms, warm and secure.

But here, the bed is only one meter wide, and the two quilts are full, but he just feels empty, and he can't warm the quilt no matter what.

Liu Xia still couldn't help thinking about Liu Hai.

During the last three weeks of school years ago, Liu Hai came to sleep with him every night.

Both the teacher and the dormitory supervisor knew about it, and they kept silent about it. They thought Liu Hai was afraid that Huang Zhiying would use violent means to retaliate against Liu Xia while he was away.

But what Liu Hai was worried about didn't happen. Huang Zhiying didn't go to work until the holidays a year ago; when school started after the year, he was sent to the west construction site to supervise the construction of the new teaching building.

The attitudes of the other teachers were similar to what Liu Changqing expected.

They are a little alienated from Liu Xia. Although outsiders can't see it at all, Liu Xia has a feeling. Since he came back to the class until now, no teacher has asked him a question.

Even though the teachers knew that Huang Zhiying's behavior towards Liu Xia was very bad and should be punished, the person Liu Xia beat up had exactly the same identity as them, so they couldn't completely let go of Liu Xia's behavior.

It wasn't that they deliberately wanted to isolate Liu Xia, but that they had always taken it for granted that the teacher's absolute dominance over the students was suddenly impacted, which instinctively produced insurmountable embarrassment in their hearts.

On the day they sent their father and elder brother away, Liu Hai and Liu Xia told Wang Zhanjie that Liu Hai was going to the capital after the next year. Where to go to school, the college entrance examination is to go back to the place of household registration.

Wang Zhanjie also asked Liu Xia to show him his homework at least once or twice a week.

So now every Sunday afternoon, thinking that Wang Zhanjie should come back from his hometown, Liu Xia would go there, and he would go over Liu Xia's homework carefully and correct any mistakes.

The other time was uncertain. Wang Zhanjie was the principal, and he was also taking classes. He was very busy and had to meet his time. Occasionally, he would take the initiative to come to find Liu Xia.

Liu Xia didn't know what Wang Zhanjie's move meant. He thought it was because Wang Zhanjie cared about his study.

But Liu Changqing and Liu Kui who heard him talk about this matter understood that Wang Zhanjie used this method to show others his position of protecting Liu Xia.

So since the start of the new semester, what troubled Liu Xia was not the pressure from the teacher, but his own daily life.

Only now did he know how comfortable he was when Liu Hai was around, and how much Liu Hai had done for him.

In the first three weeks, he washed his face and brushed his teeth no more than five times in the morning; nearly two months after school started, he only bought vegetables less than ten times.

The water pipes in the yard would freeze at night, and he couldn’t get water when he got up in the middle of the night, and he couldn’t squeeze in after he got up in the morning and poured hot water on the pipes.

Compared with his peers, Liu Xia's height is normal, but he is two to three years younger than his current classmates in the same grade. Fifteen or sixteen years old is a peak period for boys' development, and some children have already grown in size at this age.

The 13-year-old Liu Xia was a head shorter than the tall boys in the class, and he was thin, so he had no advantage at all in a purely physical confrontation such as pushing and crowding.

As for not being able to buy vegetables, there are many reasons. Apart from the large number of students buying vegetarian dishes, it is also related to the habits of the teachers. Liu Xia’s math and physics teachers especially like to procrastinate.

It rained for two consecutive days last Thursday and Friday, and Liu Xia couldn't go home again. This was the third week in a row, and he was in a bad mood.

In the last class at noon on Monday, it was a rare thing for Teacher Li not to procrastinate. Liu Xia finally got in front of the window before the vegetarian dishes were sold out, and there was only one girl in front of him.

A hand suddenly stretched out from the top of Liu Xia's head, and there were no less than ten ocean porcelain bowls and lunch boxes stacked in it.

This is another important reason why Liu Xia can't buy vegetables: the owner of this hand, Shao Yan.

Liu Xia didn't move at first, until the girl in front turned around with the food, he raised his right arm to block Shao Yan's arm, and stuffed his bowl into the window: "A big serving of noodles, a serving of vegetarian food Sausage."

A whistle came from behind, followed by Shao Yan's pure Mandarin: "You have the guts, Liu Xia!"

Liu Xia took his own noodles without looking at Shao Yan, and went straight out of the dining room.

The weather is good today, the sun is shining brightly, and the new green leaves on the trees are extraordinarily fresh.

Liu Xia came under the big poplar tree where he and Liu Hai used to eat together. It was not far from the water pipe, and they could wash the dishes immediately after eating.

He ate his noodles and looked at the two inspections of himself and Liu Hai on the bulletin board on the outer wall of the dining room.

Although their handwriting is not too big, after nearly [-] words, each of them has six checks, with red paper and black letters, covering four bulletin boards, because in the glass window in the shade, although It has been almost three months, and it is almost the same as when I just posted it.

The same is true for the one posted in the corridor of the classroom, only the one that just entered the gate was windy and rainy years ago and has been lost.

He doesn't want to fight anymore, if he fights again, no matter whether he is justified or not, he can't tell clearly because of his previous conviction.

But whether to fight or not, it is probably up to him.

Shao Yan was transferred from the original city this semester, and he was in the first (eighth) next door. I heard that he was punished by the school for fighting in the original city. His father seemed to be some kind of official. After he was expelled, he was transferred to Rongze High School. Within a few days, the children from Rongze became his attendants.

Liu Xia couldn't figure out where he provoked Shao Yan and why he kept provoking him.

He came over suddenly many times when Liu Xia was finally waiting in line at the window. After buying the vegetarian dishes, he simply stood there to block Liu Xia and let others buy them.

He himself seems to only eat meat and vegetables.

There are not many students from good families, and there are still a few people who eat meat dishes, so meat dishes always sell slower than vegetarian dishes.

But a portion of meat and vegetables was only fifteen cents, Liu Xia felt that he was not a millionaire, so why would he eat such expensive dishes.

Shao Yan came over, followed by five or six people, and everyone looked at Liu Xia with the expression of 'I'm rude, I'm just finding fault'.

Liu Xia stood up and faced Shao Yan directly: "I don't know you, you've been picking on me everywhere since you came here, wouldn't you just bully me and be punished so that you won't dare to fight with you?"

Shao Yan chuckled: "Liu Xia, you have the guts. I heard that you are so tyrannical that you dare to fight even the teacher within a few days after I came here. Today, I saw that it is true. How about it? Have a fight?"

Liu Xia picked up the noodles and ate them: "I've never been aggressive, and I can't do anything to beat the teacher. I haven't provoked you, and I don't want to fight with you."

Shao Yan also ate the noodles, and said in a normal tone, "It doesn't matter if you want to, unless you don't want to eat food in the future, and you don't want your old clothes, quilts, etc., then you just pretend to shrink." Be a turtle."

Hearing this, Liu Xia knew that he had to fight this fight, otherwise, he would never have a peaceful life in Rongze High School for more than two years.

He had seen it before when he was in school in Wangning. If the boys identified someone as a coward, they would crowd him and bully him. Even some people who were considered a coward in the eyes of others would dare to step on him. enjoyable.

Unless one day he can muster up the courage to fight with his life, basically no matter whether he wins or loses, no one will dare to bully him in the future, otherwise, he will just wait to be bullied to death.

Liu Xia looked sideways at Shao Yan: "I won't fight with you. If you get beaten, I will ask your family to come to the school. I can't help you. Your family eats commodity food. You are not afraid of anything. I don't want to be beaten." expulsion."

Shao Yan became anxious for a moment: "You just called your family when you were beaten. I am not afraid of being beaten if I dare to beat someone. Who calls my family or complains to the teacher later? You are a fucking bastard. Don't make excuses for me, just say it." , do you want to fight or not?"

Liu Xia chewed the noodles slowly: "It can't be too late, if you get hurt and you don't recover quickly when you go home, let your family see it, it will definitely be terrible."

He summed it up clearly: "After tomorrow, the last small self-study session is next to the north of the Zehe Bridge. Don't go after eating. There is no time. Also, don't go to many people, ask the teacher to see it and take a look." It's not like doing something good."

Shao Yan sneered: "Hmph, I think this punishment will scare you. It's decided, tomorrow afternoon, if you don't go, you won't have eggs!"

Liu Xia struggled until the end of the last class the next day, thinking that he still couldn't tell Wang Zhanjie about it.

Having said that, he may buy and serve vegetables in the future, and Shao Yan may not dare to bully him openly in the future;

But if Shao Yan and his idiots went out and yelled that he was a coward, and after talking about fighting to solve the matter but secretly went to report to the principal, then he would have to stick his head in his crotch in front of boys from now on. up.

Boys despise the person who goes to the teacher to complain when they get stuck, and they will isolate him tacitly. Liu Xia beat Huang Zhiying first, and the boys in the class regard him as a hero, but Liu Xia himself doesn’t think so , Worrying every day that he might be fired, only he knows what it feels like.

Liu Changqing also warned him again and again that after that incident, he should keep a low profile. Beating a teacher is definitely not a heroic deed.

Liu Xia sorted out the homework that he had done, folded straw paper into small squares, stuffed his shoes, walked a few steps, and found that they were similar, he followed his feet better, and went out.

Cloth shoes become looser and looser, and they often fall off in the end. Shoes are very important when fighting. Shoes that do not follow the feet not only affect the speed, but also affect the momentum.

If you lift your shoes before starting the fight, you will lose your momentum first.

As soon as he passed the bus station, he saw those people on the beach of Zehe River extending northwards from a long distance away. Shao Yan and the others had already arrived.

Liu Xia ran a few steps, the shoes are fine, continue.

The people around Shao Yan couldn't believe it when they saw that Liu Xia had really come, and there was only one person.

This is too stupid!If you can't hide, at least find two helpers, even if you don't dare to help beat Shao Yan, at least you can pretend to call the teacher to scare people when you can't.

Seeing Liu Xia, Shao Yan touched his nose and smiled, "I thought you were too scared to pee your pants!"

Liu Xia walked in front of him and said, "I'm preparing diapers for you, or I would have come earlier." Before the words fell to the ground, Liu Xia's right leg had already kicked Shao Yan's side waist.

Everyone didn't expect that it was Liu Xia who made the first move, and Shao Yan certainly didn't expect that there was a clear mud footprint on his clean blue coat.

Liu Xia rushed over after him and punched Shao Yan in the face. Shao Yan was not an oil-saving lamp, so he didn't escape the blow on the left cheek, and he also punched Liu Xia on the left cheek with his strong fist.

Liu Xia is half a head shorter than Shao Yan, so he must be at a disadvantage if he is pestered and beaten, so he succeeded in two hits, and he also got hit by the horse, then jumped away, wiped his left cheek with his arm, there was no blood, Liu Xia can rest assured up.

This time it was Shao Yan who moved first.

Although Liu Xia was short, his movements were very sensitive. Shao Yan's foot only kicked his left side of the waist. If Liu Xia tried his best to dodge, he would definitely be able to dodge it.

But Liu Xia's fighting style is not blindly dodging. He feels that his skin is rough and his flesh is thick. As long as the opponent does not have a brick or a stick in his hand, it is never a big deal to get hit twice.

His principle is to allow the opponent to take one more hit, so that the opponent loses combat effectiveness, so that he can protect himself more effectively.

Liu Xia went all out to get kicked himself, and hit Shao Yan's chin with his fist again, but Shao Yan was also very flexible, so he didn't really hit this punch.

This time Shao Yan didn't let Liu Xia jump away, and the two twisted together.

But before the two of them got to the point where Yanqing was on the ground, a timid student said: "It seems that Teacher Zhang from the Political and Education Department is on the bridge."

Several people watching the battle immediately went to pull the two away.

An expected bloody battle ended so normally in less than 5 minutes.

That group of doglegs who look very much like hooligans are still high school students at school after all, that is, they have learned a few awkward postures and words from Hong Kong TV dramas that have just been circulated. peed.

Afterwards, Liu Xia was still a little scared, afraid that some of Shao Yan's bastards would tell the story loosely, and if the teachers in the Political and Education Office found out, they would ask him to call the parents again.

He wasn't worried about Shao Yan at all. He instinctively felt that although Shao Yan was arrogant and unreasonable, he was kind and not the kind of person who would talk badly.

However, no matter how scared he was, he still felt that he had done the right thing this time, especially in the next few days when he could eat a vegetarian dish at noon every day.

He also thought that after Huang Zhiying left, the students in their four classes would no longer have to be terrified at the thought of politics class.

So Liu Xia believed for quite a long time that peace was often achieved by violence.