Home of Rebirth

At this time, most people on the train were still awake, so the surroundings were quiet, the curtains in the box were not opened, and the two teachers were still awake.

Xia Yue tiptoed down from the ladder, stood next to Meng Huaiyuan, wiped his face with the water he used to wash his face, and asked in a low voice, "Are you hungry? I have cake in my schoolbag."

"I'll go to the dining car for dinner later, and I'll save the cake to eat at the hotel when I arrive at the place at night." Meng Huaiyuan reached out to wipe off the water droplets on his face, and then pulled him out of the box towards the direction of the dining car .

The two found a place to sit down, ordered some breakfast such as steamed buns and rice porridge, and chatted with each other while eating.

"Are you the only middle school in our city going to the province this time?"

"No." Meng Huaiyuan swallowed what was in his mouth, shook his head and said, "Both No. [-] and No. [-] Middle Schools will go."

It turned out that all the high schools in the entire Northeast Province signed up for the knowledge competition. There are a total of 89 schools. After 89 schools, the real quiz can take place.

89 to 32, half of the elimination rate with a turn, inevitably made some people nervous.

Especially Song Haohang was almost restless, if he was brushed home before the start, it would be a shame, and the other high school girl who came with him didn't look too good, probably because he thought of it One piece went.

But Meng Huaiyuan's face was very calm, Song Haohang asked him: "Aren't you nervous?"

Meng Huaiyuan shook his head, and analyzed with him in a flat tone: "There shouldn't be any major incidents in our school during the qualifiers."

"Why, why are you so sure?"

"I guess." Meng Huaiyuan calmly said, "Because most of the high schools in the city or county were called to hold the quiz in the province this time. Anyway, the organizers will average all the cities and counties, no matter good or bad, most of the cities and counties will get at least one. There are three schools in our city, the fifth middle school is ignored, we just need to beat the second middle school That’s enough, and the No. 32 Middle School is the only provincial priority among the three schools, so it’s impossible for the organizers not to let No. [-] Middle School go, besides…”

He paused, and continued: "You didn't see the teacher's relaxed face, and he didn't look too stressed. I'm afraid the teacher already knew."

"..."

After listening to Meng Huaiyuan's words, although the remaining two people still had no idea, fortunately they were not so nervous.

Xia Yue didn't care too much about it. No matter how big the quiz competition can be this year, it's nothing more than finding a bigger auditorium and inviting a few more important leaders to sit in it. These young people think too much.

After he got off the train with Meng Huaiyuan and the others, he saw people from the organizer coming to pick them up and take them to the hotel where they were staying.

As soon as we arrived at the hotel, before we could rest for a while, the teacher who led the team received a call and rushed to the competition venue with the three students, which was the gymnasium of Provincial No. [-] Middle School on the outskirts of the city.

Xia Yue also followed, but this was an internal trial, so only the teacher who led the team could enter, and the rest of the parents who followed were locked out.

He squatted outside with a group of parents, and it was not interesting to go left and right. He thought about going to the province with great difficulty, wandering around and buying some souvenirs and so on. The relationship between classmates, otherwise, listening to Song Haohang's tone, it seems that Meng Huaiyuan is not very talkative in the class and has little popularity.

He has been to this province many times in his previous life, and although he is still not familiar with it, he will not get lost and caught blind.

Xia Yue stood at the bus stop and looked at it for a while, then bought a map of the city at the stop, and then took the bus to the city according to the instructions on the bus stop sign.

Xia Yue sat on the bus and watched all the way. Before arriving in the urban area, it was basically similar to Anqiao District, and they were all small bungalows. Now it has not yet reached the time when cities around the world are developing the fastest, and cities in the north like them , there are no scenic spots and historic sites to develop tourism, and there are no special food products. Even after 20 years, it cannot be compared with other provinces.

He originally thought that even if the development of the province was a little faster than their city, it might not go anywhere, but when the bus drove into the urban area, he realized that there was still a gap between their city and the province.

It is very rare to hear buildings with a height of seven or eight floors in their cities, but this is common in urban areas in the province.

Xia Yue cut the largest shopping mall in the province. There are many people who come here. Everything is sold in the shopping mall, and there are also open-air stalls outside. The crowds are all picking things there. The scene seems to be free of money. .

On the left side of the shopping mall is a Maternity and Children's Hospital. In front of the hospital is a small martyr's tower park with stone benches and wooden chairs for people to rest.

Xia Yue wandered around the mall, bought some cheap stationery and banknotes, bought two clothes for Xia's mother, and shoes for Xia's third child, finally picked out a pair of trousers for Meng Huaiyuan, and finally carried a large He piled things up and sat in the small park to rest.

I deeply feel that although the province is developing faster than their cities, the things in the shopping malls are very cheap, and some of them are things that cannot be bought in their cities.

He was carrying too many things this time and couldn't hide away, so he decided to wait for the summer vacation when he finished his senior high school entrance examination, so he must come to the province again, and see if he can wholesale some things and sell them back to make some money.

In the past two years, his mother has been very strict, so he only asked him to study hard, and he didn't let him think about making money at all. Besides, the mahjong hall business at home is also very good. Last year, Xia's mother gave the place next door to him. I rented it out, and now the small shop in front of the mahjong hall has been expanded. According to Feng Wang's suggestion, there are already some prototypes of a supermarket, and Xia Yue still said, don't worry about opening a supermarket, because a small supermarket is meaningless, and now it's just a Save money first, and when the time comes, open a large supermarket in the city. Even if there will be pressure from your peers in the future, but if you can take advantage of the opportunity, earning two more years of money is almost enough for this life .

However, Xia Yue also has concerns about this idea, that is, his parents are not suitable for business, and he is only in the third year of junior high school. What a waste of time, besides, if he doesn't go to college, I'm afraid Mother Xia will break the broom!

Just as Xia Yue was sitting on the stone bench and thinking wildly, suddenly there was a sharp scolding sound not far in front of him, and he stretched his neck to look.

It should be a couple of young people. They looked young. The man kept talking, while the woman cried and scolded the man from time to time.

Xia Yue blinked, looked at the Maternity and Children's Hospital next to him, and figured it out within a few moments.

What else can happen to this? It's nothing more than two people falling in love with each other and accidentally killing someone. At such a young age, the man doesn't have the ability or the courage to take responsibility, and the woman doesn't know the three things about heartbroken men. The word is powerful.

She messed around behind the back of the family, and dared not let the family know that she was pregnant, but she couldn't wait, so she could only secretly go for an abortion by herself.

This kind of thing happened too much around him in his previous life, Xia Yue soon lost interest, after resting enough, he packed up his things and prepared to go back to No. [-] Middle School to find Meng Huaiyuan.

But when he passed the quarreling young couple with his things, he stopped immediately and stared at the girl with wide eyes.

wipe! ! !

Isn't this Zhao Ru, the cousin of his second uncle's family! ! ! !

Their relatives are not too close. In recent years, they have followed Mother Xia to the two aunts' houses more often. Although they have a good relationship with the second uncle's family and have a deep impression of this cousin, they have met very often. At least, during the Chinese New Year these few years, it was known from others that Zhao Ru did not go to school anymore, she found a job by herself, and gave some money to the family every month. She was a very filial girl.

And what Xia Yue remembers in his mind is that when his grandfather passed away, the squeamish young lady who begged him to help him comb her hair, but now looking at this cousin, her hair is messy and her clothes are not very neat. 20 year old girl.

A few days ago, he heard Xia's mother say that Zhao Ru quarreled with his second uncle, and then he didn't go to work, he didn't know where he went, and he didn't go home for a long time, so he called his second aunt After a phone call to report that he was safe, he never heard from him again. His second uncle was stubborn and always patriarchal. He didn't like his daughter very much in his heart. This girl didn't come home for so long and didn't mention it. Xia's mother said When they were here, they all scolded their second brother through gritted teeth.

And the scolding was very good, saying that his second uncle had eaten too much shit and got it in his head.

At that time, Xia Yue laughed for a while, but now seeing Zhao Ru's miserable state, he couldn't laugh at all.