First dawn

In the Liangpi shop in Yuanqiao, Qiao Jue and Guo Da found a corner, and the wall-mounted fan was buzzing, dispelling some of the late summer heat. The aunts in the shop brought the spicy skewers they ordered to the table.

Lianxing’s Liangpi is a special feature of this small county. The bowl served not only contains rice noodles, Liangpi, gluten, but also mixed with bean sprouts and kelp. The Liangpi here is different from other places. After the Liangpi and rice noodles are cooked, It is scalded with warm secret soup, the soup is delicious and fragrant, mixed with rice noodles for a soft yet chewy taste, with the refreshing cold noodle and the gluten rice fragrance, the kelp is refreshing and delicious, and the bean sprouts are sweet and greasy. Served with a handful of fried peanuts and cilantro, it's everyone's favorite in this small county.

And Guo Da’s spicy skewers are very simple. Wrap the meat and vegetables with bamboo sticks, put them in the pot, cover the pot and fry them for a while. When the time is up, take them out with a colander, and then Choose the hot sauce or sweet sauce in the store according to your own preferences. The sauces of each spicy skewer in Yuanqiao have their own characteristics. Qiao Jue likes the sweet sauce of this one very much. The sauce is fried and has a unique sweetness. Accompanied by the fresh aroma of the sauce, sprinkle a handful of crispy crushed peanuts and wrap it on the fried vegetables or meat skewers. The original aroma of the food is matched with the sweetness of the sauce and the taste of peanuts. Guo Da can eat it all at once. Up to twenty strings.

Qiao Jue put the schoolbag aside and was about to take out the disposable chopsticks from the chopsticks basket, but the zipper of the schoolbag was not completely closed, revealing a corner of a white paper.

"Eat." Guo Da had already started to eat.

"I forgot to give the form to the class teacher." Qiao Jue pulled the form out of his schoolbag, "Send it back after you finish eating."

On the registration form for freshmen, there are the names of a group of six of them. Yi Xiao's name is written at the end, occupying two lines, followed by a string of mobile phone numbers. Qiao Jue suddenly thought of Yi Xiao that he saw on the Lianhe Bridge that day Yi Xiao should have his own mobile phone, so this mobile phone number should be Yi Xiao's own number.

"What?" Guo Da asked vaguely, biting a string of fried bean curd sticks.

"Tell him." Qiao Juan raised the phone in Yang's hand, "It's about Yi Xiao."

Qiao Jue simply edited a text message, entered Yi Xiao's number, relayed what he heard on the road, pressed the send button, and put the phone aside.

"Hey, Brother Sui is just a nice guy, he won't appreciate it. Look at the way you borrowed him a pen this morning. It's not easy to get along with at first glance. It's not easy to be a school bully." Guo Da said dissatisfied.

"Eat yours." Qiao Jue has never been a nosy person, but the appearance of Yi Xiao running away from the watermelon field that day always made him feel that this person might be very different from the rumored one. The most important thing is that the thing he held in his hand scared Yi Xiao who was passing by that day, and he felt a little apologetic in his heart, saying that it was also Guo Da's responsibility for what happened that day.

Qiao Jue didn't know if Yi Xiao had received the text message, but Qiao Jue felt that he had sent a text message, which was somewhat benevolent.

"Hurry up, I'm sleepy." Qiao Jue didn't have much energy.

Guo Da asked: "Brother Sui, does that old lady Zhou Cui downstairs in your house still run a casino?"

Qiao Sui nodded, and put the last bamboo stick on the side of the table.

"Damn, I've already said that it's not a problem for you to endure like this, she will only become more and more rampant." Guo Da was furious, "It's better for a few people to blow up her family's gambling nest, call the police, and try to kill her." peaceful."

"What about after the fight?" Qiao Jue said calmly, "Zhou Cui can fight people with knives. Those who gamble like their lives are addicted to gambling. Her son won't stop fighting until he sees blood. She doesn't want her life, so don't we? A fight is good." , it doesn’t matter if it’s in the game, it’s a few days at most, and if it’s released, what can we do? Do you want to fight with your life?”

Guo Da was dumbfounded.

Qiao Jue secretly sighed, the residents of the Tongzilou had countless helplessness, it was not humane.

On September 9, Lianxing No. 2 Middle School officially started school, and Qiao Jue ushered in his first day as a science student and also his sophomore year of high school.

When Yi Xiao entered the class, it was already past the time for morning reading, and the class was full of noisy voices. In just one day, the students in the class had quickly become familiar with Bao Tuan and were able to chat friendlyly between classes.

Yi Xiao pulled the stool away, Bao You next to him shivered instinctively, looked up at him, and bowed his neck to say hello: "Morning."

Yi Xiao nodded, Qiao Jue was lying on the desk, as if he had fallen asleep, and the boy named Guo Da didn't seem surprised at all.

Sleep early in the morning?Yi Xiao lowered her eyes a little confused, and put her schoolbag down a little lighter.

The break after morning reading was only 20 minutes, and soon the class bell rang. Guo Da pushed Qiao Jue beside him. Qiao Jue opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and took out an English book from the desk.

The first period of school is English class. The English teacher’s surname is Li, and her name is Li Yuting. She is a young female teacher. It seems that she has just entered the post. Her pronunciation is very standard, but the teaching mode is a bit rigid. People are a little drowsy.

"Brother Sui, are you listening?" Guo Da poked Qiao Sui with his arm and asked in a low voice.

Qiao Jue shook his head nonchalantly.

"Did you see that girl in the middle of the third row?" Guo Da leaned over, "It's the one who was chosen to be the class monitor yesterday, named Zheng Qiyan, I heard that she is Zheng Yu's daughter, tsk tsk, she looks quite similar."

"Ah?" Qiao Jue was a little surprised, and looked in the direction Guo Da pointed, and sure enough, she saw a girl with short hair, only a back view, no face.

Guo Da was very proud, and continued to ramble: "What is this called? A spy got in between us. Hey, let me tell you, we have to avoid Zheng Qiyan in everything we do in the future, otherwise Zheng Yu will know everything."

Qiao Jue was noncommittal, but had to admit that listening to Guo Da's nonsense was much more interesting than the English teacher's lecture.

"Then look." Guo Da continued, "Zheng Qiyan is right in front of the boy next to the desk in the first row, his name is Yu Yifei, did you see that one who is not tall? Come on, brother Sui, look, at nine o'clock, did you see that girl, her name is Dong Yushan, I think this is my ideal type..."

"You..." Guo Da became more and more excited as he spoke. Jiang Wenyan and Mu Qingwei in the front row turned their heads to listen to the excitement. Qiao Jue was about to ask Guo Da to keep his voice down when he heard the English teacher on the podium call out "Joe揝".

"The representative of the English class, please explain this question."

Qiao Sui: "..." When did he take an English class means why he didn't know.

The eyes of the whole class turned to the back row at once. Qiao Jue didn't panic, but Guo Da panicked.

"Where did you talk?" Guo Da lowered his voice and asked the two girls in the front row.

"It's time to talk about your ideal type." Mu Qingwei said.

Qiao Jue was about to speak, saying that he didn't know, when he felt his feet being kicked twice, and a voice came from behind him: "Question 13, choose C, now the perfect tense."

Qiao Jue's eyes changed, and he said smoothly: "C, now that you've completed the process, this question can be understood in this way..."

"Very well, that's how I understand it." The English teacher finally let Qiao Jue go, "Sit down, and the students in the back row should be quiet, it seems that you are having a tea party over there."

Qiao Jue breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of the urgent voice just now, he stretched out his hand and gestured OK to the back row.

Teacher Li is not very experienced in teaching, but he is a good procrastinator. Qiao Jue always likes to use the time between classes to catch up on sleep, but Teacher Li just dragged him for a full 5 minutes. He turned his head to look at Yi Xiao who was sitting in the back row.

"Just now, thank you." Qiao Jue buttoned the corner of Yi Xiao's table, and found a not-so-obvious scratch on Yi Xiao's side face.

"Yeah." Yi Xiao snorted softly, scanned Qiao Jue and Guo Da for a few times, and said, "Thank you yesterday, the class was so good."

Qiao Jue: "..." The new semester is really wonderful. Not only was the school bully reminded of the questions, but he was also taught to study hard by the school bully.

The homework on the first day of school is not too much, so there is no need to go to the evening self-study, but after school, Zheng Yu, the head teacher, came to the classroom with a straight face, looked at the people in the room who were packing their schoolbags, and emphasized that they must be present for every evening self-study in the future .

Qiao Jue and Guo Da walked out of the school gate side by side, and Yi Xiao walked out of the school gate not far in front of them and walked to the south of Changhe Road.

"Tsk, rich man." Guo Da said disdainfully.

It is not unreasonable for Guo Da to say this. Lianxing County is divided into the south of the city and the north of the city. Changhe Road leads all the way to the city, and the No. 50 bus can go all the way to the city.Lianxing No. [-] Middle School is just located in the middle of Changhe Road. To the south is the urban area where rich people live. There are a few small villas in the newly built community. To the north of Changhe Road is a gathering place for poor people. Relocated households, people from the village who went to the county to study with them, and tenants who could not afford a house basically lived in the north of the city.

"Don't look, let's go." Qiao Jue rode a bicycle, rang the bell to let Guo Da follow, and the two rode side by side to the north of Changhe Road.The two separated at the intersection of Xinya Road, Guo Da went back to the home appliance store on Xinya South Road, and Qiao Jue continued to ride in the direction of the Lianhe Bridge.

After crossing the Lianhe Bridge and riding down a long slope, the unpleasant smell of the public toilets on the side of the road wafted far away. Taking advantage of the momentum of the downhill, Qiao Jue did not step on the pedals, turned the handlebars, and the bicycle turned into the In a bungalow area, the narrow concrete pavement is already full of cracks. The road is surrounded by yards surrounded by wooden fences. Chickens are raised in the yards. There is always a smell of chicken excrement in the air, and some Vegetables, mosquitoes flying around in late summer.This one-story house was also the former dormitory area of ​​the glass factory. At the end of the cement road is the tube building of the glass factory.

The corridor of Tongzilou was too long, and it was very dark during the day. Qiao Jue parked his bicycle downstairs and locked it. There was a child with dirty clothes sitting on the steps looking at him. Qiao Jue leaned the bike against the wall. Put on your schoolbag and head to the second floor.

The stairs have been mottled, and some of the step corners have collapsed over the long years and are uneven. The walls that were originally painted white can no longer see their original appearance. Some of the gray-black walls have peeled off to reveal the mud and red bricks inside. I don't know which day and month someone drew inexplicable pictures and handwriting.

Qiao Jue passed a large piece of graffiti, on which it seemed that someone had written "Both boys and girls are the same" in distorted handwriting.

"The people in this dilapidated building are really wicked. The meat I just weighed was ready to make dumplings. The plastic bag I went upstairs fell on the stairs. I couldn't take it down. I went back to the kitchen first, but it was gone when I went back to pick it up. , His grandma, are you crazy about poverty?" As soon as he went up to the second floor, Qiao Jue heard the voices of Xu Hong and Lin Chenghan's mother chatting.