Back to the third grade

Chapter 36

When Lin Mei saw the red list, she had one thought: Fortunately, she has graduated!
This way you won't be seen by your classmates!There is still hope in life, she really can't imagine that this photo is being admired by her classmates every day.

It was originally a one-inch ID photo, but when it was enlarged to two inches, it was a little distorted. What's more, when it was enlarged so much in one go, it made her stare straight ahead with dull eyes.She remembered that when taking pictures, the master kept saying: "Look here, look here, sit upright, don't be crooked!" She didn't understand, she was clearly sitting upright, why the master told her not to be crooked, it really wasn't the camera crooked Yet?

But now looking at the photos, she understands that after the ponytail is tilted to one side, it seems that she is tilted to the left.She really wanted to say, Master, you should have told me to smooth out my braids.

In an empty school, even in the daytime, it is easy to make people feel like a thief. On the first floor, she ran into a construction worker who came here to wash her feet. The man was shocked when he saw her, and when she went upstairs I heard that the water pipe downstairs was shut off quickly, and people ran away.

It seems that she is not the only one who feels like a thief.

Lin Mei tiptoed up to the third floor, saw the door of the office open from a distance, and suddenly seemed to have found the backbone, she went over quietly and looked around, and saw Teacher Zheng sitting at her desk and writing something seriously. .

She knocked on the door: "Teacher Zheng?"

Teacher Zheng immediately raised his head, and immediately smiled: "Ah! Lin Mei, come in! Come in!"

Lin Mei hurried in obediently. Teacher Zheng opened the drawer, took out an apple (?) first, and said to Lin Mei: "Eat it, this is brought by your teacher Xu."

Lin Mei smiled and took the apple, and Teacher Zheng took out half a bag of candy and melon seeds and gave it to her: "This is the wedding candy for the wedding of the relatives of Teacher Gao's family last time."

Lin Mei had no choice but to take the half bag of candy again, thinking that it was Teacher Zheng's full love for her, and she was inexplicably moved.

Then Teacher Zheng took out a [-]-carat certificate with a red cover and beautiful artistic words printed on it: Textile Attached Middle School.Open it to see her certificate of award, with the autograph of the small factory manager and a big red badge on it.

Teacher Zheng took out another envelope: "You count."

Lin Mei took it and didn't want to order it at first, thinking that there is something unbelievable about what the teacher gave?However, under the urging of Teacher Zheng to "make it clear" again and again, she still ordered the 1000 yuan, thinking that the money for the mountain bike was returned. Sure enough, there is a golden house in the book.

Teacher Zheng said: "Originally, the school planned to announce it to you in front of the whole school..."

Lin Mei desperately shook her head!

Mr. Zheng laughed and said, "Look at the time later, let's just forget about it."

Lin Mei nodded desperately again.

Teacher Zheng straightened her clothes. She seemed to be in love with her, and said softly: "Your first choice is to apply for the provincial one, and now you are guaranteed. I will call you when the notice comes. I will inform you to come and pick it up. The faculty of Provincial No. [-] is well-known in our province, so you should study hard and get into a good university in the future.”

Lin Mei was moved: "Thank you teacher, I will."

What Mr. Zheng put on his desk was their graduation certificates, all of which had to be handwritten.Teacher Zheng brought these things here just to give her money and certificates. Now that she sees her, she packs up her things and goes out with her.

"You and Zhou Jin's city three good friends missed it this time because they applied a little late. But both of you have good grades, and it doesn't matter if you don't have the five points." Teacher Zheng went downstairs with her arms around her shoulders, very gentle, gentle Lin Mei was going to be drunk.

After leaving the school gate, Teacher Zheng saw that the iron gate was unattended, and there was no one in the security room, so he had to wrap the iron chain around the gate a few more times.

"Be careful when crossing the road, and pass only after seeing the cars clearly." Teacher Zheng said, watching Lin Mei cross the road safely before turning and leaving.

Lin Mei couldn't hide her excitement and bounced back home like a little fool, and put the envelope and certificate on the TV cabinet, and showed it to Mama Lin when she came back.

Mother Lin came back at noon and saw the certificate and kept saying yes, and she said to save the 1000 yuan for Lin Mei, "You are too old, you can use this money to open an account at the bank in the afternoon, remember to find the kind that can be deposited and withdrawn in other places." It will be convenient for you to go to college."

Lin Mei wanted to give the 1000 yuan to Lin's mother.The last time I bought a house, my family's money was gone all of a sudden, Lin Mei felt that this was a little bit of a loss.Mother Lin said: "No, my salary is paid every month. In fact, I never saved any money when you were a child. Later, you went to junior high school. I think your grades are not good. I heard that the better high schools now require sponsorship fees. I just started saving. Our family doesn’t have much to spend money on, so don’t worry.”

Lin Mei wanted to persuade Mama Lin to accept the money again, but Mama Lin changed the subject: "Your uncle said that the meal is reserved, and he also booked the hotel. This time he treats guests, which is regarded as a reward for your good grades in the exam." !"

On the day of dinner, my uncle borrowed a car and took the whole family to the hotel.Opened a small private room, the whole family sat around, the uncle stood up to toast, raised his glass and said: "Today we are here to celebrate our family's beauty | beauty test in the District No. 1 good grade! Come on everyone Get your glasses up."

Lin Mei felt that this was a bit silly, and picked up the Coke in front of her.Mother Lin was overjoyed, raised her glass and said, "Come on! It's done!"

Lin Mei hurriedly tugged on Lin's mother's clothes: "Mom, take it easy!" That cup is worth two taels!Not even red wine!
Mother Lin only took a sip, but Uncle drank the whole glass of white wine in one go.My aunt said: "Your uncle just drinks whenever he gets a chance! You drink less!"

Uncle sat down and ate a few mouthfuls of cold dishes to hold down the wine, "Isn't that happy? Did Taotao see it? Learn from your sister!"

Tao Tao has been working hard on the spicy beef strips and marinated chicken melon since he came in. He didn't forget to serve Lin Mei and the grandpa and grandma next to him. Hearing his father's words, his mouth was full of vegetables, and he raised his head and said vaguely : "No way!"

Uncle cursed bitterly: "You won't choke to death!" His grandpa and grandma beat him together, "Have you ever cursed a child like that?"

Lin Mei whispered to Tao Tao, "Do you want my books and papers?"

Tao Tao quickly swallowed what was in his mouth, and begged Lin Mei with a bitter face: "Sister, you can give it to me when school starts." Now I can't pass this summer vacation.

Lin Mei understood her younger brother very well, nodded and said, "Come and get it yourself then."

When the siblings were talking, the aunt over there only cared about eating for herself, for fear that she would suffer a loss if she missed a bite.Mother Lin took care of grandma and grandfather. After drinking for a while, my uncle remembered something, took his bag and dragged Mother Lin outside.

The two stood in the corridor, and the uncle took out a roll of money from his bag and said to Mother Lin, "The house is rented out, and the price is six. I asked them to pay six months' rent in one go, and then let them pay another month's rent. As a deposit. This is money, you count."

Mother Lin didn't expect it to be so fast, and asked, "Have you rented it out?"

Uncle bit his cigarette and nodded: "I've adjusted the price for you. The master bedroom has its own bathroom, and it's [-] a month. The two secondary bedrooms have a bad orientation, and it's [-], and the other has a good orientation, and it's [-]. The living room is big, so it's three hundred and five."

A total of nine thousand and eight.

Mother Lin counted the money and said, "You rented it out too?"

Uncle said: "I'm in trouble over there, I'm letting them make the bed."

Uncle first inquired and found that the most lucrative thing is to collect rent by bed. A bed is [-] yuan at the public price. Even the living room and the three rooms are filled with two-story beds like school dormitories. This month can make a lot of money. .

He didn't do that on Mama Lin's side, mainly because the people who rented houses in this way are too complicated, and this kind of renting method is monthly payment, which is not stable enough.That's why he rented out Mama Lin's house on a household basis, and rented it out to individuals or young couples for half a year.

As soon as Lin's mother heard it, she said, "Who are the people you rented like that? What if they make trouble in the house?"

The uncle said: "So I plan to live there first, and wait until the track is on." And he has calculated that this way, at least one month, there will be [-] income, which is better than him being idle at home every day.

Ms. Lin felt relieved when she heard that my uncle was going to live there, "You can just think about it. Find something serious to do, and Taotao will talk a lot. You, a father, should also show your child."

The uncle grinned: "The boy can find work wherever he goes. Even if he goes to the construction site to move bricks, he won't be hungry. If I can earn him a house, I will be worthy of him."

His concept has always been born and raised.If Tao Tao is that kind of material, no matter whether it is reading or other things, as long as he has this talent, his father will pay for him even if he sells everything.When he was young, Tao Tao had nothing special about him other than being able to play football and fight. He just wanted to be safe for the rest of his life, so let it be his child's temperament.That's why he didn't care about Tao Tao no matter what Lin's mother said.

Even so, Tao Tao just skipped class and played game consoles, and did nothing else. Even after learning how to drink, Tao Tao only dared to drink beer now, and even smoked behind his back.This is the seed of their Tao family, and they are not born to do bad things.He felt more relieved.

"Meimei has finished studying now, have you thought about the future?" Uncle asked Lin's mother.

Lin's mother was silent for a while and said: "The mother of her classmate is in the United States. I heard that her classmate may go to study abroad in the future. I thought of sending Meimei out, and there will be someone to take care of her there. Since she is willing to learn now, I Naturally, she will be offered."

Lin's mother's buying a house is not something that Lin Mei can just say.She has long been thinking about how to save more money and provide Lin Mei with the best conditions.After chatting with Uncle Lin Mei, the method of renting and supporting loans is very useful. Maybe this house can be offered for Lin Mei when he is in college.Although housing prices are rising slowly now, a house will cost around 10,000+ by then, right?Buying it is enough to send Lin Mei abroad.It's faster than her slowly saving wages.

The uncle said: "You're right to think so. If Meimei is willing to learn, we will confess. Don't worry, I will sacrifice to Meimei with you in the future. We will confess to see how far she can go."

On the way back after dinner, Mother Lin took Lin Mei along the way to deposit the 1000 yuan.Then the uncle said that Lin Mei did well in the exam, and he, the uncle, would also be rewarded, and he also paid a thousand.Two days later, Lin Mei's grandma and grandfather secretly stuffed a passbook with more than 5000 in it, saying that it was to pay Lin Mei's tuition and asked her to secretly pay her mother.

"Don't let your aunt know." Grandma told her secretly.

Lin Meijiongyoushen took the passbook to Lin's mother.

In the past two days, my uncle and aunt said that Tao Tao should come and study with her.Tao Tao also brought his summer homework, but after he came, he watched movies every day, saying that his mother would not let him watch them at home, saying that it would waste electricity.

"Electricity wasted?" Lin Mei repeated, "Watching VCD player wasted electricity?" Auntie's reason is really rare.

Seeing the air conditioner in her room, Tao Tao screamed again: "Sister! You still have an air conditioner in this room!" He was so envious.

Lin Mei thought about dismantling the air conditioner again, and urged Mother Lin to call an electrician to dismantle the air conditioner, but then installed it in the living room.Mother Lin said: "You and Taotao watch TV in the living room every day, why install my room? Install the living room, and we will sleep on the floor in the living room at night."

After the air conditioner was installed in the living room, Tao Tao was even more reluctant to go home.My aunt missed her son, thinking that his son must have been gone for two or three days, and couldn't help but want to go home. Seeing that his son didn't come home, she kept calling, and even called Mama Lin's office.

Tao Tao had no choice but to go back with a big bag of chicken feet with pickled peppers made by Lin Mei.Lin Mei, who is bored, recently began to recall the past. Pickled peppers and chicken feet were just a small test. She also soaked capers and cooked a pot of meat in cured sauce, which Tao Tao couldn't want.If it wasn't for the absence of an oven, she would still like to try bread and chiffon cakes to see if she is unfamiliar.

Tao Tao eats, plays, and watches movies here, but no one scolds him, and he is reluctant to part.

Not long after Tao Tao left, Lin Mei received a flamboyant call from her aunt, saying that she also bought an air conditioner!It’s better than Lin Mei’s. Lin Mei spent a lot of time talking with her aunt on the phone, and her aunt said: “It would be nice if there was an air conditioner at home, so Taotao could concentrate on studying. Meimei, you didn’t have an air conditioner back then. Your mother just couldn't bear to part with the money, so she bought you an air conditioner a year earlier, maybe you can get a higher score in the exam!"

Lin Mei hung up the phone with her aunt for a long time, "Don't dare, no, no, no." She thought that Tao Tao would never be seen again, but Tao Tao came the next afternoon with more luggage than last time.

He was carrying a big schoolbag and carrying plastic bags in both hands. He knocked on the door and shouted, "Sister! I'm here!"

"You're moving." Lin Mei hurried forward to pick up the things, and saw that he even brought the football, which means he plans to stay here for a long time.Lin Mei said strangely: "Didn't my aunt buy an air conditioner? If you want to watch VCD, you can take it back. I don't watch it now." It seems that watching and watching are all early movies, and she has had enough aftertaste.

As soon as Tao Tao entered the room, he rushed to the front of the air conditioner to turn it on, blowing the air comfortably, and said: "Don't mention it, my mother won't let the air conditioner be turned on at all, saying that it costs electricity!" Hidden.

Lin Mei: ...Auntie's painting style has always been so strange.

Because Tao Tao is a big eater, Lin Mei happily went to buy more than 100 catties of watermelon for home.Otherwise, it would be unclean for her and Mama Lin to kill a melon every day and put it in the refrigerator.With Tao Tao around, solving a melon a day is not a dream.

Good days always pass quickly, and when Teacher Zheng called to tell her to get her graduation certificate and notice, she realized that it was already July [-]th.

More than half of the summer vacation has passed.

Tao Tao's summer homework has not been moved at all. Lin Mei, who found out with conscience, said to him when she was preparing to go to school tomorrow: "When I come back tomorrow, we will start to solve your summer homework."

Tao Tao slumped on the sofa holding half a watermelon and wailed: "Sister... don't be so cruel...how can you bear it... there is still more than a month left, don't worry."

Lin Mei said sternly: "Take one week to finish your homework first. I heard you say that you only have those two homeworks? One week is enough. In fact, according to my plan, I can finish it in four days at most."

Tao Tao lay on the back of the sofa chair and said seriously: "Sister, you need to actually consider the difference in level between us."

Lin Mei said: "So I'm not taking you to leapfrog monsters?"

Tao Tao opened his mouth wide: "...Sister, you are so handsome."

It was a sunny day on the day of returning to school, which made the red banner at the school gate even more conspicuous.Fortunately, Tu Hai and He Qi accompanied her on board.But after entering the teaching building, she was the only one on the red list.

The school is full of returning third graders and their parents, but it seems that there are more people than when they were in school.There was a lot of people everywhere.

Lin Mei sneaked into the school and went upstairs, and found that no one was looking at her, so she immediately felt relieved.The ID photo was a little distorted after being enlarged, making her appear to be a lot stupid, far away from her real person.

But after entering the class, there are more people watching!
Sitting together, He Qi and Zheng Kai saw Lin Mei come in and laughed and applauded, and some people applauded Lin Mei.

Embarrassed, Lin Mei had no choice but to come in with a dark face.

Guo Xinxin and Zhou Yu had already arrived, they pulled her over, Guo Xinxin smiled quietly and said, "I heard that you are number one in our district."

The more we have to appear noble and indifferent at this time, this makes us appear humble.Lin Mei smiled, and said calmly, "That's not a problem", and was shocked by the shiny earrings on Zhou Yu's ears, "Are you really going to get them pierced?"

Guo Xinxin said: "Isn't it? I was shocked when I saw it."

Zhou Hao flaunted left and right to let Lin Mei look at her ears, and said with a smile, "My dad took me there. When he was piercing me, he watched them change needles and checked whether the anesthetic they used was a legitimate product." In the end It was the store manager who pierced her ears by himself. After the piercing, the little girl over there said to Zhou Yu, "Your father is so kind to you."

The week is exhausted.

Lin Mei even found that Zhou Jie's earrings seemed to be made of platinum, and the small diamonds inlaid on them were not like zircons.

She quietly asked Zhou Yu: "Is this the real thing?"

Zhou Jie didn't expect to be seen by others. Many people asked her today, and she said that she bought it for more than 100.She nodded and said to Lin Mei: "Don't tell me, my dad bought it for me, more than 3000."

Lin Mei would sigh: "Your father treats you so well..."

Zhou Que said: "My dad said that I really wanted it, so he bought it for me. He said that if you want to use this kind of thing, you can use the best one."

Father Zhou's idea was actually to watch his daughter grow up day by day, and began to love beauty. He was afraid that she would be fooled by the little boy with a three-melon and two-date one, so he simply used the best, ordinary ones for his daughter from the very beginning. If the boy tried to deceive her daughter, he couldn't.

Zheng Kai and Mei Lu were the ones who issued the graduation certificate and notice. Originally, Teacher Zheng wanted to come, but her relative went back today and bought the bus ticket. Take out the notice and send it out.

Without the teacher, naturally there is no lecture.Everyone took their graduation certificates and notices and left, but they left a lot earlier than other classes. When they went out, they saw other classes sitting in the classroom listening to the teacher.

Lu Lu didn't come, it is said that her mother sent her to a weight loss summer camp, and planned to lose weight before high school.Zhou Jie took it for her and gave it back to her.

Zhu Hai was admitted to the No. [-] middle school she wanted to attend, and her grades were better than she did in the mock exam. Both Zhu's father and Zhu's mother said they would reward her and take her back to their hometown to play, and they left after receiving the notice.

"Tonight's train will arrive tomorrow afternoon." Zhu Hai said, "My hometown is wonderful, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and few people. I can ride horses and cows there. Last time I went there, I rode cows." Zhu Hai Dad was admitted to the school here after resuming the college entrance examination, and was assigned directly after graduation.It can be regarded as the best one in their hometown.

Zhu Hai's grandparents died in the ten-year turmoil, and Zhu's father has no brothers or sisters. When he returns to his hometown, he just meets his old relatives, which is to find a root for himself.

Guo Xinxin's future is uncertain now, she has seriously lost points in politics, and her performance in several other subjects is worse than expected.She planned to repeat her studies, while Guo's father and mother were hesitant to repeat or find a relationship to transfer to another school.

After they broke up at the school gate, only Lin Mei and Zhou Yu walked forward slowly.

Zhou Jie's total score is more than [-] points lower than Lin Mei's, but there is still no problem in the first province.

"There are quite a few in our class who are in the first class. He Qi, Zheng Kai, and Mei Lu are all." Zhou Yu said, "We probably won't be assigned to the same class by then. You should be in class one, and I might be in class two." class or class three. My dad said to find a way to transfer me forward."

Lin Mei wanted to change the subject and asked her, "When are you going to America?"

Zhou Que was surprised: "I'm already back."

Lin Mei: "What?!"

Zhou Yu said, "Yes, I brought you a present." She dug into her flat denim bag and took out a blue Disney watch with Tigger printed on it, two World War II watches. Medal, "This is the real thing. I bought it at the memorial." And a box of chocolates.

Lin Mei held the gift, and the two stood at the corner of the street. She was surprised: "Why so fast? When did you go? When did you come back?"

"I left on the 18th, and came back on NO.[-]." Zhou Yu looked bored, "That's it, I'm not used to eating, their food is too simple, and they especially like to eat cold things." On the first day she went, the jet lag had not yet reversed, and she was quite excited in the morning, but Zhou's mother had to go to work and couldn't accompany her, so she asked the children of that family to take care of her.

There is still a language barrier between the two sides!
"There are two children in their family. The older girl is named Britney, and the boy is named Macaulay. The girl is working as a babysitter. When I get up in the morning, there is no one at home, and they eat cereal directly with milk in the refrigerator. , it’s not hot at all.” At that time, Zhou Yu felt that his three views were about to crack.

In fact, those two children were very polite and enthusiastic to her, and it was obvious that they had no resistance to her coming.But different habits are different.

Because most of the communication between the two sides is by hand gestures, if they speak faster, Zhou Yan will not be able to understand. Her ears seem to be unable to receive their signals, and she feels that a very long string passes quickly, and she can't hear anything.All of a sudden, I lost all confidence in myself.When Mingming listened to tapes and watched foreign movies, she felt that she could still understand some simple dialogues.

At that time, she watched them eat oatmeal soaked in ice milk, and Britney specially toasted two slices of bread for her, gesturing for her to eat with jam.Zhou Jie wanted to boil two eggs for them.

She also wanted to show her kindness, not to mention that although Zhou's father didn't allow her to work at home, it was okay to cook an egg and instant noodles once in a while.

As a result, she found the pot, filled it with water, and just put it on the stove to start a fire. Brandy came over in shock as if seeing a fire alarm, pulled her away, and then checked the stove.Then he said a long series of words a little loudly to her, repeating "No" several times, Zhou Jie was half frightened, half didn't understand, and was taken aback by her.

Britney quickly called Zhou's mother, and on the phone, Zhou's mother told Zhou Jie not to use fire without adults.

Zhou Jie said angrily, "I'm already fifteen, and I know how to boil eggs at home."

"Just be obedient, if you can't, you can't. This is the United States. You are still a child, and you have never used the stove here. You don't know how to use it at all. Don't mess around." Zhou's mother said, maybe her tone was too blunt, and she Gentlely said: "You can go around, say hello to the neighbors, and get acquainted with them. Mom will be back in the afternoon."

When Zhou Yu told Lin Mei, his expression was blank: "At that time, I really wanted to go home, I wanted to come back. It is absolutely impossible for me to want me to study abroad, and I will never go out."

Lin Mei patted her, there was this stage when she first went abroad, but she got used to it gradually.

Zhou Yu said: "If you want to say that their family treats me badly, that's not right. Even an uncle behind their family asked for leave to take me out to play, go to Disneyland, visit, and buy me gifts." That uncle was very Likes children, treats her no differently from Britney and Macaulay.

"It's just that the habits are different." Zhou Yu sighed and said, "I will tell my dad after I come back, at least wait until I have mastered the language before going out, and I need to collect more information from there."

So Zhou Yu has decided not to study abroad for the time being, and she will go to the provincial one.

After hearing this, Lin Mei said happily: "Come on, let uncle do activities for you, and try to keep us in the same class!"

(End of this chapter)