My Taoist Career

The days passed under such hard work, winter went to spring, spring ended and summer solstice, and it was summer again in a blink of an eye.

I was ten and a half years old in the summer of this year. One day in the summer of this year, my family moved, bid farewell to the familiar village, the land that my ancestors lived on for generations, and moved to the county seat. The reason was because of my eldest sister and second sister. Regarding the question of reading, this is the suggestion given by old man Jiang.

My eldest sister had been in high school in town for a year before giving this advice.

The cause of the matter is this.

In our area, I once said that only rural areas have primary schools and junior high schools. There is no choice. If the children are young, they can only study nearby.

But when it comes to high school, there are more choices. There are high schools in the other two townships nearby, high schools in the town farther away, and the best one is the high school in the county seat.

My parents are people who pay attention to education. Although they don't know many big characters, they worship college students from the bottom of their hearts. , the grades have improved, and my parents' thoughts have become more vivid.

It just so happened that my elder sister graduated from junior high school last year with excellent grades as always. It doesn’t matter which high school she chooses. My parents counted according to our family’s conditions, so they enrolled my elder sister in a high school in the town.

This is already the limit of what my parents can do. The quality of education in the township is definitely not comparable to that in the town, and the quality of education in the town is definitely not comparable to that in the county, but in the county, do my parents dare to think?

At that time, my mother figured that my family’s status was good, and my daughter’s grades were also excellent. Then maybe I could go to a university, and it’s fine if I can’t go to the county town.

In the summer of 77, when my elder sister finished her freshman year of high school, there was a national rumor that a policy was about to be implemented, that is, the national college entrance examination was about to resume.

This is undoubtedly a heavy bomb that exploded in everyone's heart. Everyone understands that from now on, when going to university, it has nothing to do with grades or recommendations. The only thing that can speak is grades.

That's all, my parents have confidence in my eldest sister's studies, so is she still in the top ten in the class even if she doesn't go to high school in the town?However, my eldest sister was sad because of one of her classmates.

That classmate is a female classmate in my elder sister's junior high school class. She used to rank behind my elder sister in grades when she was studying, but the family has the ability to send her daughter to the county town to study. This year, the contrast will be even greater.

When we got together during the summer vacation, my eldest sister discovered the problem. First of all, my study progress lags behind others, the details of knowledge lag behind others, and even the knowledge of knowledge lags behind others, and they also said that my grades in the class Also just a little above average.

My eldest sister is excellent and proud. She has always had a dream in her heart, which was born from the influence of my frailty when I was a child, and that is to become a doctor and go to a medical university!

But in this contrast, under the atmosphere that the national college entrance examination is rumored to be resumed, my eldest sister has no confidence in herself, and even panics.

The college entrance examination is taken by all students across the country, and I can't even compare with middle school students in a county high school, so why take the exam?

After tossing and turning for several nights, my elder sister mustered up the courage to find my parents; "Dad, Mom, can I go to the high school in the county to study? Wang Xiaomei is studying there, she..."

Before my eldest sister finished speaking, my mother was surprised: "Okay, why do you want to study in the county? How expensive is that?"

My dad was also surprised: "The county is so far away, I'm afraid we can only come back once a month, and our family can't afford to go to high school in the county."

My eldest sister is a sensible person. She knows the situation at home, and she also knows that there are younger brothers and sisters in the family. She can't be so selfish. She never mentioned this matter again, and she didn't even mention the reason to my parents. .

Half a month of the summer vacation has passed like this. My eldest sister suppressed her worries and pretended to be fine, but she was visibly haggard.

My mother was careful, and thought that my eldest sister was used to being in the town, and she was not used to the countryside, and she was bored, so she said to her, "You and your second sister will go to the mountains for two days? The air is good and the scenery is beautiful." Beautiful, Master Jiang will bring you some wild animals to play for two days."

The old man Jiang is "fierce" to me, but he is kind to my two sisters, and he almost responds to every request. He is very active in leading them to catch birds and fish. A girl's hobby, I'm a man, I deserve to be 'masochistic'.

Mom said so, and the eldest sister really wanted to relax, so she took my second sister up the mountain.

When they came up, I gave them my room, and I had to sleep next to my master, but when my master slept at night, he snored so loudly that I couldn't sleep at all.

Just that night, in the middle of the night, I heard a woman crying.

"F*ck female ghost, you are so courageous, you dare to break into my master's territory!" Having experienced too much, I no longer have the slightest fear, but I am excited in my heart, sitting up straight up, vindictive His kick kicked old man Jiang's ass.

"Master, get up and catch ghosts!"

The old man Jiang was sleeping soundly. He was startled by my kicking and shouting, and he slapped me as soon as he came up: "That ghost with no eyes dared to run to Master Jiang? If I didn't see it Ghost, I will arrest you as a ghost tonight."

In this situation, I didn't dare to argue with him, so I hurriedly pulled him and said, "Really, Master, listen, there is a female ghost howling outside our house!"

When old man Jiang heard it, there was really a faint cry, he quickly put on his clothes and led me out, but when he went out, he said: "This is not a ghost crying, I am afraid that someone feels wronged. "

I didn't believe it. As soon as I went out, I turned on the flashlight and took a picture of the surrounding area. Sure enough, I saw a figure. I knew it was not a ghost. It didn't have that hazy feeling, and there was a clear shadow. Look, who is the one sitting on the rock and crying, if not my elder sister?

Pulling the old man Jiang, I ran over quickly. Seeing the elder sister like this, I was also anxious. I don’t know why, but the words came out of my mouth: "Eldest sister, why are you so brave? How dare you be alone in the middle of the night?" If you cry in the wilderness, you are not afraid that people will treat you as a ghost?"

My eldest sister choked and said: "Afraid...what are you afraid of? I don't even know who lives here!"

When I heard my eldest sister say this, I felt a little relieved, this is my eldest sister's style!It shows that this sad thing has not yet reached the point where my eldest sister is looking for life and death.

It's just that old man Jiang, in front of my sister, gave full play to his "kindness" and said: "Girl, if you have anything to do, just tell me, can Grandpa Jiang help you?"

Hearing old man Jiang's words, my eldest sister cried even harder. After sobbing for a long time, she said to old man Jiang: "Grandpa Jiang, I may not be able to go to college."

Then, my eldest sister told old man Jiang everything in detail, sobbing. Old man Jiang was silent for a while, and finally said: "Go to sleep well tonight, and wait for my news tomorrow."

Old man Jiang belongs to the kind of person who easily refuses to promise, but promises to keep his word. My eldest sister knows his character. With his words, I suddenly feel a lot more at ease, thinking that I can't go to the county to study Forget it, I actually fell asleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, when I was still doing "morning class", the old man Jiang went out. He didn't tell me what he was doing when he went out, so he threw a sentence: "You can solve it yourself for breakfast and lunch .” And so he left.

He left for most of the day, and when he came back, it was already afternoon, I was still soaking in the water, and my two sisters were catching fish by the stream.

But he didn't come back alone, and my parents followed him at the same time.

"Everyone come inside, I have something to say." Old man Jiang said very seriously.

Where did we dare to be negligent, we tidied up in a hurry and rushed to the house, and then our family sat in a pile, all surrounded by old man Jiang, no one knew what he was going to say.

"In two days, your family should move to the county seat. I have already contacted someone to help me contact my eldest sister's school. The college entrance examination system is indeed going to be restored." Old man Jiang usually speaks in a bad manner, but this serious What I said when I got up almost scared our whole family to death.

My dad spit out the tea after taking a sip, coughed for a long time and couldn't speak.

And my mother hesitated for a while, and said: "Move to the county seat? But... but where did my family get the money?"

"I have!" Jiang old man stood up after saying that.