Bamboo horse fell from the sky

Yu Ran went home at noon, and went to the courier station to pick up the courier Su Ang sent him.

He was startled when he opened it. He didn't expect Su An to be so efficient and complete in his work. Apart from the documents, he also sent a few notebooks.

After looking through it carefully, I found that it belonged to a senior who just graduated, and I don't know how Su An asked for it.

Yu Ran lay back on the bed, resting his head on his head and recalling the morning, unconsciously, the past events appeared in his mind.

He does have a talent for learning.

When he was young, he could almost understand what the teacher said after listening to it once, and he almost got full marks in the exams.

But for him, all this is not a good thing.

*

"Wow." A chubby little boy raised the test paper with red ticks in his hand, his bright black eyes were full of envy.

"Yu Ran, you are full marks again!!"

As soon as the words fell, people around rushed over, squeezing their heads and scrambling to read the test papers that were all correct.

"This is last year's Mathematics Olympiad paper. It's very difficult. The second place in the class is in the [-]s."

"The number one in the class next door only got 83!"

"Yu Ran is so smart!"

They were chattering and discussing, but Yu Ran, who was the center of the topic, was unmoved, sitting in the middle of the crowd and calmly packing his books and pencil case.

"It's okay, it's not that powerful." As he spoke, he couldn't help raising his chin slightly.

After all, Yu Ran is just an 11-year-old boy. It is impossible to say that he is not happy when praised by others, especially his peers.

He took back the paper from Xiaopang's hand, carefully folded it up and put it in the folder of the schoolbag: "Everyone is very good, didn't you improve by more than ten points this time?"

"Hey, thank you!" Xiaopang scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed by the praise, and his chubby little face blushed immediately.

"My mother is still waiting for me downstairs, I'll go first." Yu Ran greeted the students around her, picked up her schoolbag and ran out.

The moment Yu Ran rushed out the door, she couldn't hide the smile on Yu Ran's face, her two small canine teeth were exposed, and the pear dimples on her lips seemed to be dipped in honey, which looked sweet.

Yu Ran jumped down three steps in one step, landed smoothly and found Chen Xue at the gate of the training institution crowded with parents.

He excitedly ran over and grabbed Chen Xue's arm and shouted, "Mom! I got full marks again this time!"

Chen Xue was talking with Yu Ran's Mathematics Olympiad teacher. Seeing Yu Ran's overjoyed appearance, she gently put her hands on his thin shoulders: "Mom is talking to Teacher Li, just wait a moment, be good."

"Yo, Xiao Ran, I was talking about you with your mother." Teacher Li is a tall and thin male teacher. When he saw Yu Ran, he immediately laughed and patted his round head lightly.

"You're saying you're very smart!"

Yu Ran looked up and replied arrogantly: "It's okay, my brother said that pride makes people fall behind, and one must be humble."

When Yu Ran talks about Shen Chi outside, he usually uses "my brother" and "my elder brother Shen Chi". Teacher Li also knows that Yu Ran has a playmate who has a very good relationship with him, and he has met him twice. , is a mature and stable child.

"Oh, I'm humbled now." Teacher Li laughed loudly, his eyes filled with love for Yu Ran.

"Mother Yu Ran, you can think about what I told you. This child is really smart. Although he may not be able to see it in real life, Xiao Ran is much, much better than ordinary children in learning."

"Let's just say that since he entered school last year, he can understand everything I teach. He can infer other things from one instance, and his brain turns very fast. He scores very well in every test, and he will not make mistakes if he misses a question once. Such a smart child Really rare."

Yu Ran, who was listening obediently by the side, moved his ears slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.

Chen Xue nodded slightly: "I know what you said, our family is also thinking about it recently, but..."

"Mother Yu Ran! You really have to think about it carefully. As parents, we should take a long-term view and don't ruin the future that our children should have. Why don't you fight for that opportunity?"

After returning home, Yu Ran took out the papers in her schoolbag, and was so excited that she wanted to go out to find Shen Chi.

"Yu Ran, come back!" Chen Xue suddenly stopped him, walked to the bookcase and stretched out her hand to open the door.

The jammed cabinet door was pulled open with a bang. There were many books in the bookcase, but most of them were exercise books and famous poems. Several layers of newspapers were placed under them to prevent the books from being corroded by moisture and mold.

Rao is useless, the whole house is filled with damp, and the corners, ceiling, and wooden furniture are covered with mildew spots.The lingering skin is prone to allergies, and the clothes, sheets and quilts should be taken out in the sun every week, otherwise, the whole body will be itchy, red and swollen.

This room has been lived in for many years, the area is small, no more than sixty to seventy square meters, the furniture is dilapidated, and the lighting in the house is extremely poor. Even on a sunny day, you have to turn on the lights in the house to see clearly.

Chen Xue took out a few brand-new title volumes from the books on the top floor, the clean and reflective book covers were incompatible with everything around them.

"After finishing the questions, go to play with Shen Chi." Chen Xue handed the book to the reluctant Yu Ran: "This is the book that my mother asked someone to bring from Beicheng. It is said that it is the favorite material for the after-school tutoring class there." , more than 100 yuan for a book."

Chen Xue knew what her son's pain point was, and as expected, when Yu Ran heard that the book was about a hundred yuan each, the posture of holding the book became cautious.

"I'll do it seriously..." Yu Ran replied tangledly: "But Mom, don't buy me materials anymore, I can't finish it soon... and it's too expensive."

"Ran Ran, my mother won't buy it for you after you finish these things." Chen Xue knelt down, held Yu Ran's soft face and kissed her: "Baby is the most obedient and smartest, you are my mother's pride."

Yu Ran is particularly easy to coax, usually bursting into laughter after being praised a few words, and it is the same at this moment, as soon as Chen Xue praised him, Li Dio immediately got out.

His round eyes were bent into small crescents, he raised his head and smiled and replied, "Mmm!"

Yu Ran returned to his room with the books in his hands, closed the door and sat down at the desk, laying them out one by one on the table.

"one two three......"

There are five volumes in total.

Two math books, two English books, and one Chinese book.

Yu Ran pursed her lips, took out the pen from the pen holder next to it, and wrote her name squarely on the second page.

After finishing writing, he opened it and took a quick look, and suddenly found that he had seen many of the topics in it.

"Is this really Beicheng's book..." Yu Ran was full of doubts in his heart, but these thoughts were only fleeting, and then he started to do it seriously.

When Yu Ran was doing the questions, he was very focused. In his mother's words, it was as if he had settled down and had nothing else to do.

Time passed silently under the boy's pen, and when Yu Ran came back to his senses, the hour hand of the clock on the wall had gone from three fingers to five.

He closed the book, crossed his legs and stretched, his eagerness to play with Shen Chi could no longer be suppressed.

After surreptitiously opening the small drawer next to it, Yu Ran reached in and took out a few lollipops.

That was the reward given by the cram school teacher during this period, and he specially reserved more than half of it for Shen Chi.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and Yu Ran pricked up his ears to listen.

This familiar rhythm...it must be Shen Chi!

"Here we come!" Chen Xue responded, and then the door opened with footsteps.

"Yo, Xiao Chi, come to find Ran Ran? Come in, come in."

"Hello, Auntie." Shen Chi's voice sounded, and Yu Ran couldn't bear it anymore, rushed to the door of the room, opened the door with a "bang" and stuck out his little head.

"Shen Chi! Come on, come on! Mom, I've been doing it for two hours, can I play with Shen Chi?"

Chen Xue smiled: "Okay, let's have a good rest."

Shen Chi with a slightly curved mouth was pulled into the room by the eager lingering flames. He let Shen Chi sit on the bed, then turned around and picked up his exam paper from the desk.

"Dangdangdangdang, I got full marks again! It's amazing." He opened his test paper with a "swish" to Shen Chi.

Shen Chi glanced at the bright red one hundred percent, then raised his eyes to look at the afterglow of 'Quickly praise me' written in the bright eyes.

"It's amazing." Shen Chi praised sincerely: "Xiao Ran is really smart."

Yu Ran blinked, and a shy pink color appeared on the tips of her ears.

"Originally." Yu Ran raised his head and smiled triumphantly, then stuffed all the candy in his pocket to Shen Chi.

"Leave it for you."

Holding the candies, Shen Chi said in surprise, "There are so many, I can't finish them all."

"Keep it if you can't finish it. Anyway, I have a lot of candy here. Come and get it anytime you finish eating." Yu Ran put his hips on his hips and raised his chin, looking very proud.

Shen Chi blinked and put the candy in his pocket: "That's fine."

"By the way, do you still have homework to do today? The cram school? Will it be too hard?"

"You have to do the hard work. This is the material that my mother bought from Beicheng at a high price. If you don't do it, you will lose hundreds of dollars, right?"

"Really?" Shen Chi walked to Yu Ran's desk, and looked at the several study materials spread out on his desk.

"From Beicheng?" Shen Chi was surprised, and narrowed his eyes slightly looking at the covers of those books, "But why do I feel that these books look so familiar?"

*

Yu Ran gritted her teeth and stood at the door of the room, clutching the corner of Shen Chi's clothes tightly.

He looked at Chen Xue, who was holding the mobile phone behind his back, and keenly sensed that the surrounding atmosphere was gradually becoming a little depressing.

"Didn't you say that you brought these books back from Beicheng?!" Chen Xue raised her voice and reasoned with the other party: "These books are obviously materials from other cram schools! Are you just cheating me like this?"

This is the first time Yu Ran saw her mother lose her composure with her own eyes.

On weekdays, Chen Xue is amiable and amiable, and she sets an example of empathy in front of Yu Ran, and rarely turns against others.

He was a little frightened, and subconsciously hid behind Shen Chi.

But Shen Chi was also shocked at this time, he never thought that he would be involved in such a serious matter unintentionally.

After seeing those books just now, Shen Chi suddenly remembered that he had seen the exact same books at his cousin's house, but they were color-printed materials of his cousin's cram school. He was curious and looked at them twice , so some impression.

After that, he tentatively said it out, and Chen Xue went to check it out as soon as he heard it.

Sure enough.

Cousin Shen Chi's tutoring school is a nationwide chain tutoring institution, and it is also quite famous. Although the information is unique to the inside, in fact, there is a big difference between the information in Qi'an and Beicheng.

Shen Chi took a deep breath, looked at the terrified lingering beside him, raised his hand and patted comfortingly: "It's okay, Auntie is just a little angry now, just ask for the money back. Don't be afraid."

Yu Ran bit her lip and retorted subconsciously: "I'm not afraid, I'm just..."

It's just that I feel a little flustered for no reason, and it's just that I'm at a loss when I encounter this kind of thing for the first time.

Chen Xue has also encountered many nasty things over the years, and she became numb without knowing it when it happened too many times.But in the past, she would face it calmly and adjust her mentality as soon as possible, instead of tearing up with each other hysterically like now.

I don't know if it was because of her relationship with her son, Chen Xue couldn't calm down no matter what.

Seeing that Chen Xue was so angry, the other party didn't dare to drive him crazy, and said that he would return the extra money to her, and then hung up the phone immediately.

But Chen Xue knew that it was not just about money.

This incident was like an inconspicuous trigger, triggering a series of chain reactions in her mind.

She felt a sentence echoing in her mind, a sentence that had troubled her for many years.

'What can you bring to your children? '

Yes, she doesn't seem to have given the afterburn anything.

Yu Ran had no toys when he was a child, and when his peers were playing together, he could only watch from the sidelines.

The houses where other people live are spacious and bright, but such a small afterburn can only grow up in a dilapidated, dark concrete bungalow with them.

Not to mention that now, he is obviously so smart, far superior to his peers, but as a mother, she can only let Yu Ran stay in this little-known small county to receive an education that is far behind that of a big city.

All along, their parents were dragging him down.

She put down the phone wearily, stood in the corner for a long time, then turned around, with a face full of unwillingness and blame for herself.

"Ran Ran, can you go to Xiao Chi's house to play? Mom has something to do." Chen Xue forced a smile, walked up to Yu Ran and touched his head, then smiled and said to Shen Chi: " Xiao Chi, if your mother is on night shift tonight, how about letting Ran Ran go to sleep at your house? Auntie will give you the key, is that okay?"

"Mom, where are you going?" Yu Ran couldn't help asking.

"I'll go find your father." Chen Xue replied.

Yu Ran nodded, his father suddenly became busy these few days, he didn't go home for several days, he only stayed for a while when he came back, and left after discussing with his mother.

"Mom...it's okay, I'm not angry, so don't be angry, remember to come back early." Yu Ran wiped the slightly red corners of her eyes.

"Yes." Chen Xue kissed Yu Ran's forehead, her eyes flickered, "Mom just went to see your father for something, and she will be back tomorrow."