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It snowed heavily yesterday, there was no wind, the snow on the road couldn't be blown away, and the wheels of the car rolled over it again and again. This morning, there was half a foot of black mud on the road.

Pan Xiaozhuo sent his younger brother to the kindergarten first in the morning, and it was a bit late when he got on the bus.Most of the buses at this time in the morning were students, but there were not many students in Pan Xiaozhuo's school.

After all, most of them came in with high tuition fees, and those like Pan Xiaozhuo who got in without tuition fees accounted for only a small part.Those who can spend such a high tuition fee to come to a private school are few who wait for the bus with the cold wind in the winter.

Pan Xiaozhuo memorized vocabulary for a while in the car. He had a portable vocabulary book in his pocket.In the car, no one knew who was eating buns, the smell of meat buns wafted all over the car, Pan Xiaozhuo didn't have time to eat in the morning, and now smelling the smell of buns, he felt his stomach empty.

There was snow on the road, and the car couldn't drive. When the bus wandered to the stop at the school, there were only 3 minutes left before the bell rang.There was a sound of "嗤" from the rear of the car, the door slowly opened, and Pan Xiaozhuo jumped down quickly.

He has to hurry up.If he was caught late, he had to stand in the security room downstairs for the entire morning self-study, and the teachers and school leaders passing by could see it.Pan Xiaozhuo was very afraid of this, he felt uncomfortable when everyone glanced at him, he didn't know how to put his hands, and he didn't know where to put his eyes.

However, he is not going well today, and he is doomed to miss the time to ring the bell and advance to the teaching building.

As soon as he landed from the bus, before he could take a step, a battery car rushed up from behind. The uncle on the car yelled "Hey!" Pan Xiaozhuo hurriedly hid to the side, but he couldn't hide .

When entering the school gate from the side door, Pan Xiaozhuo's down jacket was half wet with black mud, and so was his schoolbag.He reached out to pat it just now, but it just made his clothes more dirty, and his hands were soaked in snow, which hurt from the cold.

When passing through the playground, Pan Xiaozhuo thought to himself, not only would he have to stand at the door of the security room today, but he would also have to stand awkwardly in this muddy body.He sighed silently in his heart, the more afraid he was, the more he couldn't hide from anything.

"Little glasses!"

Someone shouted from behind, and Pan Xiaozhuo trembled when he heard that voice, but he turned his head subconsciously.

"Yo, did you fall?" The boy in a baseball cap chewed his gum, and followed the other two boys carrying the trash can, his words were ruffian, "This body of mud is made like a stray dog .”

Pan Xiaozhuo stood there watching them come, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

"Did you fall?" Another tall boy next to him glanced at him and asked.

Among the three, Pan Xiaozhuo was the one he was least afraid of, and the other two Pan Xiaozhuo were all afraid of him.At first, even this Pan Xiaozhuo was afraid, but now he is familiar with the same table, this is the little brother at the same table, so he is not afraid if he can see him every day.

Pan Xiaozhuo said "um", and lowered his head to hear the three people getting closer.

"It's still late. You can stand at the door in this suit later. You will be greeted and sent off. After standing, you will drip half a catty of water for self-study in the morning." The man in the hat spoke again. There is a tone that is owed and not pulled.

Pan Xiaozhuo's eyelids drooped even more heavily, and he even thought about standing outside and going in after self-study was over.

"Either you call Brother Sheng, and Brother Nan will bring you in." The man in the hat said again.

Pan Xiaozhuo looked at him, but still remained silent.

"Then you just stand there, when you welcome guests in the morning, there are still drips of black water." Ji Nan laughed, and his chewing gum even smacked.

"I owe you." The boy in the white coat walking on the far side said something.

"Then you can call him." Ji Nan raised his chin and pointed to the boy in the white coat, and said to Pan Xiaozhuo, "Your name is Brother Kai, let Brother Kai take you in."

Pan Xiaozhuo quickly looked up, the boy in the white coat didn't look at him at all, he turned his eyes away, finally looked at the one he was most familiar with in the middle, and called "Brother Chi".

Chi Cheng lifted the lid of the trash can and signaled to Pan Xiaozhuo, Pan Xiaozhuo understood immediately, quickly took off his schoolbag and threw it into the bucket.

The bucket is not completely empty, Ji Nan's schoolbag is also inside.

Ji Nan himself was late, and seeing that he was late, he called the two brothers from the science class to take out the trash, so that he could follow along.

Pan Xiaozhuo followed the three of them, with a height difference of ten centimeters, like a small tail.

"Four people pour a bucket?" The director who caught the late glanced at them.

Pan Xiaozhuo shuddered, and Ji Nan laughed aloud, and replied, "Well, good morning, Director Zhao! We are on duty this week, and we are in the upper area."

Director Zhao snorted coldly, obviously not intending to really care about him: "You are not in the same class as others, you are worth a shit."

Ji Nan laughed again: "Thank you, leader! The leader has worked hard!"

"Get out!" Director Zhao gave him a blank look and let them go.

Pan Xiaozhuo didn't dare to raise his head, so he followed behind. When they arrived at their floor, he took off his muddy down jacket, picked up his schoolbag from the trash can, and carried it with him.Ji Nan had already left, Pan Xiaozhuo lowered his head and said "thank you" to Chi Cheng and Shi Kai.

"It's okay, let's go in." I don't know who said it.With a calm tone, Pan Xiaozhuo was nervous, and the two spoke in low voices, so he couldn't tell the difference.

There was no teacher in the class, so Pan Xiaozhuo carried his clothes and schoolbag to his seat, feeling chilled all over.

The deskmate next to him was touching his own book, when he heard Pan Xiaozhuo sit down and turn his head to ask, "Are you here, Xiaozhuo? Didn't you get caught and you were late?"

Pan Xiaozhuo took a long breath, and replied in a low voice: "Nearly! I met your little brother and the others, and I followed them in."

"My little brother? What did he do?" Tao Huainan asked, blinking his big empty eyes.

"He took out the trash." Pan Xiaozhuo said.

Tao Huainan immediately understood, and asked with a smile, "He and Brother Kai? And Brother Nan?"

Pan Xiaozhuo nodded, thinking that he couldn't see, and said, "Yes."

"Good idea, if you're late, tell me in advance, and I'll let them take out the trash." Tao Huainan smiled, "Brother Nan can figure this out."

Pan Xiaozhuo didn't dare, who would he dare order?Apart from Chi Cheng, the other two are his creditors.

Pan Xiaozhuo slipped while walking in the cafeteria at that time, and put all the plates on the two of them.At that time, that scene was a nightmare for Xiao Zhuo, who was afraid of society.Up to now, every time I think about it, I still feel that it is difficult to breathe, and I can't think about it.

At that time, Ji Nan asked him to pay 4000 yuan. Xiaozhuo was very poor, and his one-semester expenses were only [-] yuan. [-] yuan was his living expenses for nearly three months.

In the end, neither Ji Nan nor Shi Kai wanted the four thousand.Pan Xiaozhuo kept that roll of money for a long time, sending it to his class time and time again.Not being able to get the money out doesn't make him feel relaxed. Not being able to get the money out means that this matter has never been settled. He never messes with these boys and girls in the school, and he can't afford to mess with them.

Because of this matter, Pan Xiaozhuo was worried throughout the semester, and seeing these few people's hearts trembled, he was always struggling between going up to give money and staying away.

Now he was sitting at the same table with Tao Huainan, and had seen these people a lot. Although he was not as afraid of them as before, he didn't dare to talk to them either.

"Zhuo'er, there seems to be a hair on my face, or is it hair?" Tao Huainan touched his wrist, and brought his face closer, "Can you see it? I've been itching, but I can't touch it yet."

Pan Xiaozhuo turned to look at him, pressed his head slightly towards the window, towards the light.

"There's a fine hair, it's on your hat." Pan Xiaozhuo was about to remove it for him, when he stretched out his hand and remembered that he fell down and picked up his schoolbag from the trash can again this morning, and he hadn't washed his hands yet.He took a pen from the table and brushed the white hair off his face with the cap.

Tao Huainan couldn't see, he was blind.After the shift, Pan Xiaozhuo sat at the same table with him, which was proposed by Pan Xiaozhuo.

At the beginning, Tao Huainan rescued him more than once, and he was a very gentle person.

It is almost impossible for a blind person to go to an ordinary school. He cannot see the blackboard or books, but Tao Huainan's family has insisted on letting him go to an ordinary school for so many years, and he does not want him to feel that he can only stay in a special group.

This pair of deskmates had a very good relationship. Pan Xiaozhuo was afraid of the outside world, but he and Tao Huainan were quite open in private. The two talked every day, after class, and occasionally during class.The teacher has nothing to do with them, Pan Xiaozhuo is the top student in the class, and Tao Huainan is the favorite of the group, so they whisper in class and the teachers are reluctant to talk about them.

"Have you eaten, Zhuo'er?" Tao Huainan asked.

"No, I have to send my little brother off in the morning, but it's too late." Pan Xiaozhuo said.

Tao Huainan took out something from the table bucket, handed it over and said, "I guess you don't have time for breakfast today, so I brought it for you in the morning."

Pan Xiaozhuo smiled and said without being polite, "Thank you at the same table."

In the morning self-study without the teacher coming, Pan Xiaozhuo ate a piece of milky rice cake while reciting the map, and held it through a plastic bag, which was quite warm.

Tao Huainan doesn't like to talk to outsiders. Although he is not introverted, a blind person still doesn't feel safe in a crowded environment.Pan Xiaozhuo kept letting him sit in it, and took him with him in physical education class and when going to the bathroom.This long table is like a protective layer for the two of them, and the inside of the table is safe.

They know each other's many secrets.

For example, Pan Xiaozhuo knows that Chi Cheng is not Tao Huainan's brother, for example, Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng are not just brothers, they are very close.

Tao Huainan knew that Pan Xiaozhuo lived in his aunt's house since he was a child, and that Pan Xiaozhuo had no father since he was very young.

Pan Xiaozhuo doesn't have his own room, he sleeps on the sofa in the living room.The [-]-square-meter three-bedroom house in my aunt’s house, one room for my aunt and uncle, and one room for my younger sister. There was originally another room for Xiao Zhuo. Later, my aunt gave birth to a younger brother, and my grandmother came to take care of him, so Xiao Zhuo moved out on his own initiative. .

He has to take out the quilt every night, turn off the lights and go to bed after everyone is asleep, and wash up before everyone gets up in the morning, otherwise there will not be enough bathrooms.

Grandma recently went back to her hometown to take care of the house, and Pan Xiaozhuo sent the younger brother to the kindergarten in the morning.The younger brother is very obedient, his personality is somewhat similar to that of Xiao Zhuo, and he doesn't like to talk.

Before going home at night, Pan Xiaozhuo sent the down jacket to the laundromat. The schoolbag can be taken home and washed by himself, but the down jacket cannot be washed by himself.It cost thirty to wash a down jacket, Pan Xiaozhuo handed over the money, and walked home in his school uniform, thinking in his heart as he walked, this fall was worth thirty.

But compared with last year's four thousand ones, this seems nothing.

Thinking of the 4000 yuan that was not given away, Pan Xiaozhuo thought of his two creditors again.Xiao Zhuo rubbed his face, lowered his head and walked a little faster.

Every morning, I take my younger brother by the hand and send him to the kindergarten. The kindergarten does not open when I send him off early, so I am in a hurry after sending my younger brother Pan Xiaozhuo every day.

In the next few days, he hurriedly stepped on the bell to run into the building. On Friday, the kindergarten opened a few minutes late, and the bus missed one, so he didn't have time that day.

Pan Xiaozhuo had to walk across the football field and the teaching building. He had just run to the football field when he heard the bell ringing.Pan Xiaozhuo looked expressionless on his face, but he said "Ah—" in pain in his heart. His chest was cold and he choked on the cold wind from running all the way, but he still didn't catch up.

It's really scary for a socially afraid little boy to stop there.

"Late again?" Someone said behind him, Pan Xiaozhuo turned around and saw Shi Kai walking over with a big broom for sweeping snow.There was another boy beside him, whom Pan Xiaozhuo didn't know.They were talking, Shi Kai tilted his chin slightly to show that he was listening, and looked at Pan Xiaozhuo with a smile in his eyes.

Xiao Zhuo was in despair, now seeing that he was not as nervous as usual, he drooped his eyelids and said "hmm".

Shi Kai and the boy walked over, but Pan Xiaozhuo didn't follow them.With his head down, he was still worried about the punishment to stand for a while, Shi Kai walked a few steps, seeing that he didn't follow, he turned his head and said, "Follow me."

Pan Xiaozhuo looked at him blankly. Shi Kai only had a broom and no bucket in his hand, so he couldn't get in with him.

Shi Kai raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "Brother Chi, you dare not go with me?"

Pan Xiaozhuo froze for a moment, then shook his head reflexively.

Shi Kai is very handsome when he smiles, the smile can hang on the corners of the eyes, and the corners of the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes will become very soft, unlike the usual ruffian who looks a little bit indescribable.

Pan Xiaozhuo lightly scratched the side of his thumb with his index finger, and quickly walked a few steps to follow.

When Shi Kai was talking to his classmates, Pan Xiaozhuo followed behind with no sense of presence.Turning another corner and going into the building, the picture in Pan Xiaozhuo's mind has already played out to the point where he will be asked which class he is in and what his name is.

"Schoolbag." Shi Kai said.

Only then did Pan Xiaozhuo come back to his senses, and saw that Shi Kai was holding the broom for his classmates, and when he pulled the zipper, his coat had already been taken off.He was not wearing his school uniform, just a white T-shirt.Taking it off at minus [-] degrees, I shrank my neck instantly, seeing the goosebumps on my neck freeze.

Pan Xiaozhuo didn't understand why he was undressing outside, so startled, he stared at him through his glasses.

Shi Kai breathed a sigh of relief and directly reached out to pick up his schoolbag, his voice trembling with cold: "Hurry up! Brother Kai will freeze to death here after a while."

Pan Xiaozhuo stared blankly at Shi Kai hanging his schoolbag upside down in front, then quickly put his coat back on.

The light gray down jacket that Shi Kai is wearing today is very large and loose, and it is very popular recently.Tall, thin boys look good in anything. A coat that is less than 1.8 meters long might not fit well. Pan Xiaozhuo thinks that the coat can hold two of him.

Shi Kai zipped up the zipper, took the broom back into his hand, glanced at Pan Xiaozhuo, and said to him, "Follow me."

The person who was late today was the director of the security department. Pan Xiaozhuo followed Shi Kai in with his head down, his heart pounding.The director of the security department saw that they were holding the brooms for sweeping snow, so he didn't look at them much, and looked down at his mobile phone.

Pan Xiaozhuo's schoolbag was pressed against Shi Kai's stomach through a thin T-shirt, and Shi Kai hissed as he went upstairs: "I freeze my stomach."

Pan Xiaozhuo didn't know how to express it, so he could only look at him.

When they reached their floor, Shi Kai had no intention of stopping. Pan Xiaozhuo stood at the stairs and looked at him. Shi Kai had already started to go upstairs.

Pan Xiaozhuo had no choice but to open his mouth. It was not appropriate to call him anything. In the end, he could only remind in a low voice: "My schoolbag..."

Shi Kai just remembered, stood there undressed and handed him the schoolbag. Pan Xiaozhuo was about to reach out to take it, but Shi Kai raised his hand before he could reach it: "Thank you, Brother Kai."

Pan Xiaozhuo blinked, the rime still remained on his glasses, he groaned for two seconds, his eyes fell on Shi Kai's lap, and he said, "Thank you...Brother Kai."

"Go." Shi Kai smiled and gave him his schoolbag, turned around and went upstairs.

Pan Xiaozhuo held the schoolbag, covered with warm body temperature wrapped in Shi Kai's body and clothes.

He carried Xiao Zhuo's schoolbag for self-study in the morning, and it wasn't on purpose, but he was dazed after taking the book and kept forgetting to take it off.

When it was time for lunch, Pan Xiaozhuo was called by Tao Huainan in the cafeteria and asked to eat with them.Xiao Zhuo habitually sat next to Tao Huainan, facing Shi Kai and Chi Cheng.

Shi Kai stopped eating after a few mouthfuls, and Xiao Zhuo sat across from him, remembering what happened in the morning, he didn't dare to look up.

"Don't eat?" Chi Cheng asked Shi Kai, "Don't you have a stomachache?"

"I can't eat it, the rice is too hard." Shi Kai said.

"Brother Kai, does your stomach hurt?" Tao Huainan turned his head in Shi Kai's direction.

"It's a little bit, it's okay." Shi Kai glanced at Pan Xiaozhuo, who had been bowing his head, and said with a smile, "I'm cold."

Tao Huainan only heard the sound of Pan Xiaozhuo's spoon knocking lightly on the dinner plate next to him.

Pan Xiaozhuo hurriedly raised his head to look at Shi Kai, his eyes behind his glasses were round, looking at him in a little panic, with embarrassment and guilt in his eyes.

"Why are you cold? Are you wearing less clothes?" Tao Huainan asked with concern.

Shi Kai and Pan Xiaozhuo looked at each other, Shi Kai laughed when he saw Pan Xiaozhuo's expression of "I'm in trouble again".

Shi Kai said, "Maybe it's because I don't wear enough clothes."

Pan Xiaozhuo looked at Shi Kai for a while, and thought about the fact that he had carried his schoolbag all morning and had a half-hearted meal.

Afterwards, in order not to be late in the morning, Pan Xiaozhuo got up half an hour early every day and began to clean himself up, and by the way, tried to wake up his younger brother earlier.But the younger brother has always been spoiled and spoiled, Xiao Zhuo couldn't wake him up, he was so annoyed that the younger brother lay on the bed and began to cry loudly.Xiao Zhuo was very afraid of him crying, and every child living under the fence was afraid of the host's child crying, even if his aunt would not speak of him because of it.

The younger brother seemed to be against him. Xiao Zhuozhuo wanted him to go out earlier, and the younger brother had to delay until the last minute.Xiao Zhuo was anxious, but he couldn't say anything.I can't tell my aunt that he won't go to see it off, nor can I tell my younger brother to hurry up.

He can only study harder every day than the day before, and he especially wants to go to college.