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Shao An didn't go out, and was at home doing woodwork for a family that was going to have a wedding.In fact, apart from this, he is also a good bricklayer. When the farm work is not busy, he either goes out to build a house or does these jobs at home.The most indispensable thing for children from poor families is the versatility forced out of poverty.Shao An was drilling holes for the legs of the stool along with the ink, when he saw Shao Gan come in on his bike, he was taken aback for a moment, Shao Gan said, "He Dong has a new car, he wants to throw this car away and ask me if he can ride it after repairing it." After a few years, the chain and spokes are a bit rusty."

Then he took down the cloth bag from the back seat, "Aunt Gui insists on bringing it back, but I don't know what it is."

Shao An didn't speak, nodded and continued to drill holes in the wood in his hand.The wooden drill composed of thin wooden sticks, nylon ropes, and drill bits, every time it is pulled, a small mouse will appear on the arm due to the force.After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Go ahead, don't take other people's things in the future. I can't afford it now."

The joy on Shao Gan's face faded a little, he stopped undoing the cloth bag, and said with lowered eyebrows, "I know, Aunt Gui must let me take it, and Uncle He is here."

After taking out the contents one by one, Shao Qian belatedly regretted that he had ridden so hard on the road.Twenty catties of white flour, wrapped in more than a dozen eggs.Fortunately, those eggs were wrapped in white flour, so they could withstand his violent treatment all the way.In addition, there are two catties of pear paste (triangular (shaped) light brown sugar) wrapped in glossy paper, and one catty of sunflower seeds.At the bottom are two boxes of the most precious things to Shao Gan—pigments.Different from the one Shao An bought, it was the kind that was packed in a beautiful cardboard box, and inside was like an aluminum tube of paint.

You can't buy this kind of paint in the village, and you can only buy it in a designated store next to the Cultural Bureau in the county.I don't know where Wang Guizhi got it.

Shao Gan carefully opened a tube of red one, looked at the delicate paste inside, and was reluctant to try it.He will save these paints for future competitions.Having said that, when he was in junior high school, no matter what the competition was, he always handed in pencil drawings.There was only one watercolor handed in. The teacher said that the color matching and brushwork were not ideal, and it was not as good-looking as the one made with pencils.Yes, he was reluctant to practice painting with paint, and he never learned it systematically. He only learned pencil drawing from his father.Usually, I just practice with ink mixed with water, but the color matching is definitely not the same thing just based on imagination.

"When school starts, I'll take the pear paste and melon seeds back to He Dong." Shao Gan said, fiddling with the watercolor in his hand.

"He Dong also passed the exam? Is the list already down?"

"No. Uncle He will definitely let He Dong continue to study. He has a way."

Seeing him put the pear paste and melon seeds back carefully, Shao An lowered his head and continued to work, saying, "Eat it, I will buy it for him when I earn money."

Shao Gan smiled, packed up his things and helped him plan wood.

"He Dong didn't choose the right place this time, and caught not too many fish."

"The puddle by the Yellow River has been turned over several times by the villagers, and some people have cast a big net. If you are not allowed to enter the water, why do you descend again?"

"No, I saw the big iron boat again on the side, but it was too far away to see what was on it."

"If you study hard, you will not only be able to take a boat, but also a car in the future."

"Dad said Mom saw cars when she was young."

The two brothers recalled the past and looked forward to the future. For dinner, they cooked a pot of sweet soup with white noodles. Shao Gan let Shao An lay down a poached egg. They let Shao An eat most of it.

Wang Yongshuai, the eldest son of the village chief Wang Shezhuang's family, received a notice from No. [-] Middle School. Although it was not a key high school, given that Shao Gan, who was the best student in the village, did not pass the secondary school entrance exam, but instead passed the high school entrance exam, Wang Yongshuai's results are still enviable.The people in the village started a new round of discussion about who is more powerful among the students. By the way, let's talk about the young son of Shao Huaigu's family who made a fuss.With such good grades, what kind of high school should I take instead of taking the technical secondary school allocated by the state to the subsidy package?After discussing and discussing, everyone still felt that Shao Gan was not as good at studying as the legend said, and he was also afraid that he would not be able to pass the technical secondary school. Otherwise, why would he give up the technical secondary school that only first-rate students go to, and go to the high school that only second-rate students go to? ?

Shao Gan also heard some gossip, and only frowned at their short-sightedness.It's just that when Wang Yongshuai bought all his clothes and was ready to go to school in the county, Shao Gan's notice still didn't come down.

Shao An didn't bother to go to the field or do carpentry for several days.He doesn't have the habit of smoking, well, in fact, he was not allowed to smoke tobacco leaves under the conditions in the early years, and now he quickly saves up one or two coins, let alone parting with it.He squatted in the yard biting a piece of planing wood for a long time, and finally looked at Shao Gan who was drawing animals on the ground and said, "I'll go to the village chief's house to ask, your notice should have been issued long ago."

The yellow raccoon squinted its eyes and squinted under the sun, running back and forth along the twig in Shao Gan's hand.When Shao Gan spoke, he turned his head and looked over, wagging his fluffy tail.

"I'll go to the school in the afternoon to have a look. Maybe it's in the school, but no one is on duty, so I forgot."

Shao An spat out the wooden scroll and went out. On the way, he met someone who asked, "Shao An, have you received the school notice for your brother? The village chief's family, Yong Shuai, is about to start school."

"No, maybe it was delayed somewhere."

The neighbor's aunt came over and said in a low voice: "When the college entrance examination was not allowed before, some people with good grades went to school with poor grades. Don't let people push Shaogan."

"No, no, what's the age? I don't like that anymore." Shao An said so, and shook one hand vigorously to the side, as if to add confidence to what he said.

The village chief was not at home, so Shao An approached the small building built by his grandfather, stood in the yard for a while, and then called out when no one came out: "Is the village chief here?"

Wang Shezhuang didn't show his prestige as usual, he poked his head through the window, "What's the matter?"

"My brother's notification letter hasn't come down yet, let's see if he's put in the team." Shao An said as he walked in.

Wang Shezhuang removed a dozen newspapers, revealing the following two letters, but they were both addressed to the brigade of Nandi Village.Shao An rubbed his hands, took the newspapers in Wang Shezhuang's hand and flipped through them one by one, even unfolding each folded place to look at it.Wang Shezhuang didn't stop him, and when he frowned and put the newspaper back as it was, he said, "Has the two acres of wasteland allocated to you been reclaimed?"

"No, work will be rushed in a few days, and it will be ready before the wheat is planted."

"Do you know who gave up this land?"

Shao An smiled, "You see, our brother's life is not easy, and we are subsidized. I remember the care of the village brigade in my heart. If there is anything else in the village that I can help, you can just call. Shao Qian can read , I also want to thank the national policy for thanking you."

"I didn't give it to you." Wang Shezhuang took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows strangely, sighed and said, "The journey of the township chief is very smooth, and it is said that the township chief will be promoted again soon. .Even his son was very lucky. He went to a key high school. It wasn't the first high school in the village, but the city. I heard that his grades were particularly good, and he was promoted away from the city by a layer of county. Do you know He Xiang How much did the eldest son get in the exam?"

Wang Shezhuang looked at him with a smile and didn't continue talking.He sighed and said, "Your brother's matter, Xuan. You, it's best to report the situation directly to the Municipal Education Bureau, and ask to see what's going on, whether it's exposed or something. Shao Gan's ability Everyone in our village knows, alas, what a pity."

Shao An's heart skipped a beat, and he forced a smile and said, "A few days ago, He Dong came to play with Shao Gan, and didn't talk about it."

Wang Shezhuang shook his head and said nothing, just sighed: "So, the matter of luck is a mystery."

When Shao An went back, Shao Gan just ran forward with a picture of a yellow civet cat on the ground with a chicken in its mouth, and someone behind him chased him with a stick and finished painting.The yellow raccoon cat squatted up and turned its head to look, probably seeing itself, stood up and walked over, and slapped the cat in the face, scratching the cat's face.

Shao Gan poked it with a branch, "Stupid, I scratched myself."

"Shao Gan, hurry to the school and see if the notice is there. Ask the person in charge of your school." Shao An wrapped up the pear paste that he had eaten.Fortunately, they were very careful when opening it, so that there is nothing wrong with turning it back. "Bring this on and ask carefully."

"What are you doing with this?" Shao Gan stood up and clapped his hands, then turned around and pushed the bicycle that had been carefully cleaned and polished by him, and became much newer.

"Take it with you." Shao An stuffed the things into his schoolbag and hung them on the handlebars for him, and said worriedly: "If you don't have any, you can go to your head teacher."

Shao Gan pushed his bicycle and took two steps outside, then sighed, "Oh, I'd better go with you."

"What's the matter?" Shao Qian took the bicycle while holding the schoolbag around his neck.

"It's just that everyone else's has come down, but you don't have it. Maybe something happened."

When the two arrived in the village, it happened to be lunch time, and they squatted at the school gate for nearly an hour before the uncle who received the letter came late after eating.Although Shao Qian's family is poor, he is a top student in the school after all. The uncle saw him and greeted him with a smile, "When are you going to school? There were two students who came over the other day and said they wanted to see their alma mater or something. Although our school has a dilapidated building , the students are all top notch."

Shao Gan smiled, "Master, do you have my notice?"

"No. The notice has been sent out a long time ago, and you haven't received it?"

"Did you see what Shao did?" Shao An asked.

The uncle thought for a while with his hands behind his back, put on reading glasses and opened the drawer to look through the registration book, carefully looked at each line and shook his head and said, "No wow, didn't I just send you home?"

When the two brothers came out of the school pushing their bicycles, panic was already on their faces. The two stood at the school gate for a long time, as if they didn't know what to do next.

Shao Gan asked, "Where are we going? Shall I ask the county education bureau?"

Shao An held back for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "He Dong went to school in the city. Wang Shezhuang said that he got a good score in the exam, and the school liked him, so he was promoted."

"Wangshezhuang..." Shao Qian raised his hand to wipe his sweat, his nose expanded strangely a few times due to excitement, "Wangshezhuang is not a joke, when Uncle He was transferred to the village, he immediately cut off our land .My brother and I have two homesteads. Didn’t he ask his nephew to build a house? He took it without paying any money. He... what did he say to you?"

"If you want to find out, you can go directly to the city to respond." Shao An bent his back a little bit, and finally gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you want to study in this school?"

"Of course, Dad wants us both to study."

"Brother, go to the city."

Shao An seemed to have made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and stomped hard to move forward, but was grabbed by Shao Gan.

"Wang Shezhuang really said that?"

Shao An didn't answer, but the silence said everything.

"I'll go ask him."

Shao An grabbed the car and said annoyedly: "He is the head of the township. He saved our father's life when our father was being criticized, and provided food for our family. When you were in junior high school, Wangshezhuang didn't give you a certificate. He directly asked someone to open it at the township police station, and now even the land is allocated. If he just tells you to give up the school to He Dongshang, will you give it?"

Shao An yelled anxiously, his eyes were a little red.Shao Gan stood there with his head down, holding the handlebar tightly, like a child who has made a mistake, and said for a while, "I'll send the bike back to him."

"Fart. If you really want to do it, brother will go to the city to find someone to sue. We, we are also ungrateful. Rewards are reciprocated, he can't cut off my brother's way."

"elder brother!"