REMIX

Three months before the senior high school entrance examination, I shortened my weekly part-time job to one day. The heavy homework before the examination has left me with no more time and energy to deal with other things. I set aside a day or an afternoon to talk to Li Qianlan She made an appointment with Qiao Xinxin to go to the dessert shop to do her homework.

——No one mentioned the incident at the bar with our tacit understanding, but I can see that the incident has reduced the barrier between Qiao Xinxin and us. We went in and out with us, had lunch together, and went home after school. Never feel awkward because of gender, let alone taboo other people's eyes.

When we were doing homework, Li Qianlan and I would directly ask her about homework questions that we didn't understand, and she never tires of it, and she never lost her temper no matter how much time was wasted.Whenever at this time, I feel sorry for the boys in school who just look at the cold appearance and don't want to associate with her.

Surely they didn't know how soft the girl was in private.

If there was still time left after homework, the three of us would gather around the table and chat for a while, talking about happy vacations and sad partings.Naturally, I don't want to be separated from my two friends. It seems that the two of them plan to go straight to the high school of our school. With Qiao Xinxin's grades, they are sure to win. If Li Qianlan plays stably, there is great hope. I am one of the best in the class, and it may be dangerous to continue at this half-baked level.

Let’s say it’s the first formal exam with some serious weight in my life. Xia Jie would remind me to work hard when I was brushing my teeth or eating. The sincerity of the unfinished meal is questionable.

I also discussed with Xia Jie when I was filling out the application form, and I said don't worry, I will take the exam to a decent high school.

When it comes to how to work hard, I have never thought about it. Determination can only be done when I suffer setbacks and heartbreak. After the scar is healed, I forget the pain, and after a few days, I will lazily return to my old self, so I don’t even have a slogan. Too lazy to shout.

During this period of time, my body is like a plant that has experienced a long drought and rain, ushering in a period of rapid and intense growth.The change is so dramatic that every morning when Xia Jie sees me, she screams "you can't wear yesterday's clothes today".I became hungry easily, as if I could never have enough to eat. In my dreams, I could feel pain like bone spurs growing in my joints, and I was constantly yelling at me to vent my excessive vitality day and night.

In addition, I also started to get up and run every morning like the depressed male protagonist in some foreign movies. On those mornings that are brightened by the cold north wind, the sky is so light that it seems that ink has melted in the water. Go out at the time when it is just off, put on headphones, pick a fast-paced song, put on a thick sweater over a vest or short sleeves, and take off the coat when the body is sweating from the inside out, which is rare in the early morning Passers-by looked at him strangely and ran home.I am not very afraid of the cold, and I don't know if it is due to the hot and dry puberty.

Now I can also share some physical work for Xia Jie, such as helping to carry boxes of soda and beer when buying goods in the grocery store. Whenever I sit down to rest after moving, the uncle cook in the small restaurant next door will not care. Squeeze my shoulders a few times and wish me to grow muscles sooner.

I also want to grow up quickly.

The night before the senior high school entrance examination, I went home early, prepared the stationery and certificate bag for the examination, watched TV for a while while Xia Jie was cooking, and ran again when I remembered something I forgot to pack, back and forth Back to busy work.

Xia Jie had been sitting at the dining table with her legs crossed and looked at me for a long time. She threw a ball of paper towels at my head and said with a sneer, silly son, are you afraid?

I said no, and after I finished speaking, I sat at the table and waited for dinner.

But she suddenly took two cans of beer from under the table and handed me one, and I saw that there was a plate of roast duck on the table, and there were peanuts and edamame next to the wine, so I lifted the ring of the beer can for her, " "Bang".

I just laughed and said, Mom, don’t you usually let me drink alcohol?

She tilted her head and picked the dishes in front of her with her chopsticks, her expression was picky like a little girl, she answered my words with emerald green edamame in her mouth, and said, today can make an exception.

She knows that I usually listen to her the most, and she will never rebel if she is not allowed to do anything.

I toasted her and took a long sip of the wine. The bitterness in the beginning and the sweetness in the aftertaste made my tongue numb. I lowered my head to pick up the rice and didn't say anything to her, as if we both had something on our minds.

The one-and-a-half-day exam ended quickly, and it was almost a matter of turning over a page of the test paper and rubbing my eyes.I remember that rainy afternoon, I ran all the way home from outside the examination room. I didn't ride a bicycle or take a bus, I used to run.The process of answering the questions was smoother than I expected. If there is no accident or luck is good enough, I don't need to worry about it. I can also be included in the list of direct high school.

On the way back from school, I passed the "Dawn" bar. At first I didn't pay attention to it. I stopped because I saw the fat man smoking at the door.

——This is the lead singer of the band who performed here at that time.

His size and face were so recognizable that I couldn't help but recognize him in a crowd.

He really wasn't skinny at all.

I saw thin, pitiful job advertisements hidden behind his bulky frame.Recruit a bartender, a concise line followed by a rather exciting number.

I admit that the moment I saw it, I couldn't walk anymore. Maybe it's because I was used to being poor since I was a child. Even though I have always adhered to Xia Jie's life principles, I really couldn't resist the temptation of money in my heart.

The fat man must have also noticed my strange behavior. The white sand in his mouth was half drawn, and he said in a rough voice, "Hey, boy, looking for work."

Like a ghost, I looked at him and nodded honestly.