Chapter 5 Laughing

Sidea

The weather in July and August is like the ball of dough wetted by water in his hands, sticky and stagnant.

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At 12 o'clock in the morning, the kitchen was in full swing.The chef mechanically and skillfully stir-fried various dishes with a blank expression. Ko stood shirtless and played hands, with sweat seeping out from under his skin, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his whole body looked like he had just been fished out of the water.

His stature is still thin, but his face has the awe that adults only have.In fact, his birthday was still a year and two months away.

There was only the sound of pots and pans colliding in the whole room, occasionally mixed with the names of dishes reported by a few waiters.It wasn't until one or two o'clock that the guests gradually left, and the kitchen staff had time to breathe.

They walked to the back door in twos and threes, squatted down, and lit a cigarette as they used to do in the past.At that time, the use of mobile phones was not yet common, and a few people could only gag and say some nasty jokes together, and then dispersed happily.Or take out the playing cards and play a few hands.Life is simple and tasteless.

After washing the last bowl, Ko let out a long sigh of relief.He took out a book in his schoolbag, sat quietly in the corner of the restaurant and read it.

When we zoomed in, we can see that the book has been flipped many times, but it is not damaged at all, which shows how much the owner loves it.He watched with relish, and didn't even notice anyone approaching.

"ko." It was the son of the owner of the restaurant who called him.His name is Zhong Yuan, he is 20 years old, he is studying in the imperial capital, and he is resting at home during the summer vacation.He smiled and asked him: "Have you learned enough from this book?"

"Yeah." Ko nodded, still with his usual indifferent face.

"Okay, let's do this paper."

"Ah."

Time passed bit by bit, ko was working on the topic seriously, while Zhong Yuan was reading idle books.

"finished."

Zhong Yuan took it, and after correcting the last question, he still couldn't help feeling: It's a pity for such a smart child.After calming down, he raised his head and began to explain the wrong questions to him.

What Zhong Yuan did for Ko was high school papers.That's right, as you might expect, ko didn't continue his studies, after nine years of compulsory education.In that era, school dropouts due to poverty abounded, and even today, many similar tragedies are still being staged in remote places.

Ko just accepted the arrangement of fate very flatly.Because grandpa was too old to bear the heavy labor, he returned to his hometown in his third year of junior high school.Grandma's health has not been very good, all relying on one breath to hold on.They had given him as "good" a life as they could afford, so what could he complain about?

In the past, they came out of the mountains to work hard for him, so now it is time for him to go out of the mountains to work hard for them.He has always been a very contented and filial child.

Finding a job in the county is actually not too difficult, as long as you are willing to work hard and endure hardship.Although the law expressly prohibits the use of child labor, in fact, in places where the sun does not shine, there are always some fish that slip through the net, or even a whole large fish pond.

Ko just didn't expect to be able to pick up books again.He has always kept in mind the old teacher's words "study hard", but often, the reality always makes people feel powerless and hopeless.But Zhong Yuan was the one who accidentally tore apart the darkness.

It was also the same season and the same place, when ko was packing the tableware, he saw the books left by others.At first I thought it was dropped by some customer, but later I found out that the owner of the book was the boss' son.

The boss has always been proud of this son, and ko has heard a lot about his deeds.It would be a lie to say that I am not envious, but no matter how envious I am, I can only keep it in my heart.

I don't know if Zhong Yuan saw him rubbing the book cover that day, or he heard about him from his boss. Suddenly, one day, he said to KO: "Let me teach you about high school."

That smile was too dazzling, it dazzled KO's eyes, and inadvertently, his future.

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