Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Zuo Liang's hands covered with oil splashes and burns were tightly holding the steering wheel, staring intently at the road ahead. After a while, the street lights came on, and he took a deep breath.

When he spoke again his voice was dry.

"Because of me?"

"Yes."

After receiving a positive answer from the little girl, Zuo Liang felt guilty and kept apologizing.

"It's all my fault. It's my fault. I shouldn't have come back. If I hadn't come back, they wouldn't have troubled Yanzi."

Xie Jianjia said "Yes" and nodded: "It's indeed your fault. If it weren't for you, my mother would not have suffered such an unreasonable disaster."

The more Zuo Liang talked about it, the more he blamed himself. He had no intention of going to Yizhou Middle School. All he could think about was rushing back to Yunlu City to apologize to Zhou Chunyan in person.

Xie Jianjia seemed to have guessed what he was thinking.

"Uncle Zuo, drive carefully. I'm still young and don't want to meet the Lord of Hell so early."

The little girl's words brought Zuo Liang back to his senses and slowed down, "I'm sorry, little girl."

"Okay, okay, don't say sorry to the left and sorry to the right. You don't know what those two people are planning. I chose to tell you the mastermind behind the scenes, just to let you solve these two troubles and figure out why they Do this, and - let them never appear in front of my mother in this life!"

Zuo Liang listened carefully to the little girl's words, waited for her to finish speaking, and nodded heavily.

"Okay, don't worry, uncle promises you that they will never have the courage to trouble your mother again in this life."

Seeing that his attitude was very sincere, Xie Jianjia was quite satisfied. She picked up the yogurt on the side and opened the lid to drink it.

“If you need any help from contacts, you can talk to me.”

Yizhou Middle School is the first high school in the county. In the early days, the school's reputation was very good. For rural people, whose children could go to Yizhou Middle School, they would be proud of it. Later, as the country vigorously improved educational facilities, the school became more and more popular. With more, people's lives are getting better and better. With more choices, Yizhou Middle School began to decline.

A year and a half ago, because it was revealed that the principal had collaborated with parents of students to participate in university replacements many times, the school's top leaders were thoroughly investigated one by one, and a lot of dark and disgusting things were uncovered, and a group of school leaders were imprisoned.

Since then, the school's reputation has plummeted, and only a few people have applied for the high school entrance examination.

"We're here." Zuo Liang's car stopped steadily at the entrance of Yizhou Middle School.

Xie Jianjia tied the scarf tightly around her neck, and the soft wool touched her skin, making her squint her eyes comfortably.

After finding the person who had been arranged in advance and leading the way, the three of them entered the school unimpeded.

It was during class, and the campus was very quiet. Only the impassioned teaching voice of the teacher could be heard from the three or two classrooms.

After many years, Zuo Liang returned to his alma mater with mixed feelings.

There were only two rows of small bungalows in the beginning, but now there are several buildings, each building is two stories high. The muddy ground underfoot has now become a cement floor, and the dirty and tattered walls are half-painted with red and green paint.

"What was my mother like in high school?" Xie Jianjia took small steps to look at the surrounding environment, and asked Zuo Liang curiously.     “Your mother.”

Zuo Liang couldn't help but think of Zhou Chunyan in high school.

She is a tall and thin girl with a reserved personality and doesn't like to talk much. She sits at the back of the class and is the study committee member of the class. Her voice is gentle and gentle every time she speaks for the teacher. She is not angry when naughty boys tease her. , it will only shrink your body and reduce your sense of existence.

"She has a good temper and a well-behaved appearance." Zuo Liang replied.

"Is it her face that you were attracted to at the beginning?" Xie Jianjia said something between the lines.

Zuo Liang shook his head, with a smile on his lips unconsciously, "Actually, these are just appearances. The mother I know has a fierce temper and a tough character."

There are traces of a tough character. Without a tough character, Zhou Chunyan would not have been able to set up a stall and sell lunch boxes to support herself and herself regardless of rain or shine.

"Where do you start with a stubborn temper?" Xie Jianjia was puzzled. She felt that her mother's temper could not be softer.

Zuo Liang recalled the past with nostalgia on his face.

At the beginning of his first year of high school, Zuo Liang was not impressed by the little girl in the front row who wore shabby clothes, liked to wear braids, and kept her head down all the time. At that time, he was just the right age, lifting roofs from houses and catching shrimps in rivers. , do everything.

A few months after school started, Zuo Liang discovered that the little girl in front of him seemed to disappear for three or four days every twenty days or so. She came back sick every time. He asked his classmates and found out that the little girl's family agreed that she should go to high school. , one of the requirements is that she must go home to help every time the family does farm work.

But her family didn’t give her any money, and I heard they didn’t even give her living expenses. She got first place in Yizhou Middle School with excellent grades and received a bonus from the school. However, most of the bonus was given to her family, and Zhou’s family only gave her A small amount of money was left for her to buy notebooks and pens. The money was not enough, so she was reluctant to take several trains every time she went home. She only took one and walked the rest of the way on her feet.

After returning from the village sickly for the third time, the little girl couldn't hold herself up and developed a high fever during class. Zuo Liang focused on her and immediately discovered her and sent her to an off-campus health center. Zhou Chunyan woke up After arriving, she found out that it was Zuo Liang who paid the money for her, so she thanked him profusely and promised that she would pay back the money, even if Zuo Liang didn't want her.

Zhou Chunyan helped her classmates with hot water, homework, errands and other chores, and finally paid Zuo Liang's salary, but Zuo Liang couldn't resist her, so he had to accept it.

From then on, the two became more involved. The more Zuo Liang got to know Zhou Chunyan, the more pity he felt for her. He was strong and capable of doing hard work, and he was sweet-tongued and thick-skinned to please his elders. Correspondingly, he brought money. There are more ways than Zhou Chunyan.

Knowing that Zhou Chunyan only eats one steamed bun a day, he secretly made excuses to give her extra food. Zhou Chunyan really thought it was pie in the sky at first, but after realizing something was wrong, she rejected Zuo Liang's kindness.

Zuo Liang had to think of another way and repeated his old tricks. He asked Zhou Chunyan to start a "small business" through other people in his class. By fetching hot water and running errands, Zhou Chunyan's meal changed from one steamed bun a day to one steamed bun and a flower roll.

In the end, the matter was exposed. The girl in the same dormitory was chatting in the shower and spilled the beans. Zhou Chunyan, who was standing at the door, heard clearly.

The girl found Zuo Liang and, with red eyes, forced him to confess exactly how much money he had given her through his classmates.

Seeing her like this, Zuo Liang subconsciously lied, but Zhou Chunyan pulled her collar and asked him to tell the truth.

Seeing the girl standing in front of him shed tears, Zuo Liang forced himself to tell the truth. After hearing this, Zhou Chunyan's eyes turned red. She wiped her tears and vowed to pay back Zuo Liang's money.

It was at that moment that Zuo Liang truly realized that the cute and obedient little girl in front of him had a strong sense of self-esteem, a stubborn temper, and did not want to owe anyone any favors.

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