After the Chinese class, the whole class was restless.

The last class in the afternoon has been completed. As long as the head teacher comes around, everyone can go home happily.

Today is Saturday, and there will be a whole day off tomorrow. The students are inevitably a little excited. The idea of ​​going home is so strong that everyone packed up their schoolbags.

However, not long after, the head teacher came over and announced the bad news.

"Next Monday, a parent meeting for senior high school students will be held, and the time is set at 6 pm," said Mr. He. "This parent meeting is equivalent to a mobilization meeting for the college entrance examination. It is very important for all students, so your parents must attend and must not be absent."

He stood on the podium and said bluntly: "I am ugly in front of you. If anyone's parents can't come and don't say hello to me, then after Monday, these students will not be given to class."

This time, the grades of the students in the class were generally not ideal in the third year of high school, so after school today, everyone was in a relatively low mood.

In the evening, the falling sunset shines on the red light in the sky.

The school gate was full of private cars, turning the entire long street into a one-way road. Xia Linxi pushed his bicycle out the door, looked down at his watch, and it was almost six o'clock.

The car whistles were filled with her ears. She was wearing a loose school uniform and riding a brand new bicycle, speeding on the way home. The wind passed through her cuffs and penetrated into the back of her clothes - she felt that a piece of her back might be bulging.

The weather is still hot, but there is a scene of burning clouds in the distance. The continuous clouds are dyed red by the glow, intertwined into magnificent textures.

The rows of residential buildings, skyscrapers rising from the ground, and neon lights with bright lights and shadows all seem to be shrouded under the huge dome, acting as a background board that is completely different.

There are no young actors who appear under the dome curtain, only pedestrians coming and going, each working hard for life.

Until the sky darkened and night fell, lights were on in the residential building, and people who returned home put down their bags and took off their shoes. Thinking of the sins suffered during the day, it seemed that it was not worth mentioning.

Xia Linxi's mother sat on the sofa and waited for her daughter to come back in this state.

She turned on the TV, flipped through the newspapers, and recorded the stock index while reading the current news. Someone in the kitchen was busy stir-fried green pepper beef tenderloin, and the oil smoke passed through the door, passed the corridor, and drifted into the living room.

She was choked and lowered her head to cough.

Xia Linxi happened to go home at this time. She stood in the entrance hall to change her shoes, carried a huge schoolbag, and sneezed.

Mom immediately stood up and walked to the kitchen door: "Have you turned on the range hood? It smells a bit too big."

Xia Linxi's father held the spatula and replied while cooking: "Isn't this open? It's over immediately!"

He cooked very neatly and served more neatly. After about five minutes, three dishes and one soup were placed on the table.

Cold cucumber, vegetarian fried broccoli, stir-fried green pepper beef sticks, and a pot of tofu crucian carp soup.

Rice is also gold and silver rice, and rice is mixed with rice and millet, which is said to be more nutritious and is very suitable for students who use their brains too much.

Xia Linxi held the bowl and just finished serving a bowl of rice, she took a spoon to serve the soup. Her mother stopped chopsticks and said, "Don't eat soup to make rice, go get a bowl. Soaking rice to make rice hurts the stomach."

"If you want to eat whatever your child wants, let her eat it," said Xia Linxi's father. "I cooked all the crucian carp and added a lot of vinegar, so I won't get stuck with fish bones."

Xia Linxi's mother didn't say anything. She put down her chopsticks and stood up, walked to the kitchen and took a bowl.

After sitting back to her original position, she used this bowl to serve soup for her daughter.

A crystal chandelier was hung in the restaurant, and the light was reflected on the fish soup, which seemed to have sparkling ripples. Xia Linxi lowered his head and took a few sips, suddenly remembering that there was something serious, so he said, "There will be a parent-teacher meeting next Monday at 6 pm."

"Saturday at 6pm?" said her father, "I happen to be free, so I'll go to attend."

Xia Linxi answered yes while cooking rice.

Mother Xia picked up a chopstick of dishes for her daughter, and then asked: "Is there a boy named Zhang Huaiwu in your class?"

"His seat is behind me," replied Xia Linxi, "he is younger than us and seems to have jumped two levels."

The soup bowl was bottomed out, revealing the snow-white fish meat. Mother Xia was busy serving soup for her daughter: "Our company has a new driver named Lao Zhang. His son is Zhang Huaiwu, and he is also attending school at Jiangming No. 1 Middle School. Today I heard him talk about his son and asked, and he was in the same class as you."

Xia Linxi’s father asked: “How is that child’s grades?”

Mom replied: "I definitely can't compare with our Xiao Xibi."

"What else can I do?" Xia Linxi's father said, "It's better to read it honestly."

Xia Linxi used chopsticks to pick fish bones and mixed the fish into the rice. Seeing this, her mother picked up two more pieces of broccoli: "Don't just eat meat but not vegetables."

Xia Linxi had to eat broccoli first and then fish and beef. The so-called bitterness and then sweetness is nothing more than this.

Her mother also continued: "That Zhang Huaiwu's grades are not good. Don't get too close to him. It's the last year of senior year. You can keep it up and strive to enter Tsinghua University."

Xia Linxi nodded and said nothing.

After dinner, she walked into the room with her schoolbag, turned on the bedroom wall light, and lay on the soft single bed for a while.

Not long after, a depressing quarrel came from the living room.

First, her father said, "Since my child was in high school, I didn't go to the parent meeting? She is now in her third year of high school. Can you show off your face when you have time? Mr. Lin?"

The two words "Mr. Lin" are like a kind of ridicule.

Xia Linxi's father's surname is Xia and her mother's surname is Lin. The character Xi in her name represents the hope of her parents.

But she herself didn't think so. Without her, her parents would have divorced early and lived a better life, rather than tied up and blamed each other and had a big fight on every hard-won rest day.

"There are customers next week, and we will discuss the order again," Xia Linxi's mother said, "If you attend her parent meeting, I will pay her tuition fees. Can I not interfere with each other?"

Xia Linxi's father was silent for a moment and asked irresponsible: "Our factory is not leisurely, but everyone knows that my daughter will do everything in her third year of high school."

"So can the money your factory sends you to block the family's expenses?"

"I will discuss the education of your child with you. What salary do you care about with me!"

"Your salary is not enough to support our family. This is a fact. If you don't like it, you have to listen. I'm very busy and don't care about family affairs. How difficult can you be if you have time to share more? You are almost fifty years old and can't stand this grievance?"

"I am a big man, I clean, wash and cook at home all day. If it weren't for my child's college entrance examination, would I have sacrificed so much?"

"Then you go out to make money, will I stop you?"

"Okay, okay, you are awesome. I won't argue with you. I'll go out and relax."

The conversation came to an abrupt end and the living room became quiet.

Xia Linxi's home is very large, 180 square meters, located in the best area of ​​Jiangming City. The entire community is very secure and it is difficult for idle people to enter.

Since the community was completed, the reputation of the household head has been very good.

Such a house cannot be earned by my father's salary alone.

Whether it is down payment or mortgage, it is all the money paid by Xia Linxi's mother. She quit her job in the system in her early years, devoted herself to the mall, and also did some venture capital, which is well-known in the industry.

Their family has two cars, one in Jiangnan Alto and the other in Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which fully reflects the income gap between husband and wife.

It is said that husband and wife should have complementary personalities, but Xia Linxi's parents are not complementary. They are repulsive of each other. Although they do not fight, they cannot reach a meeting on trivial matters.

Everyone yearns for mutual support, but only in fairy tales there is a carefree married life. Not everyone can find a soul mate, and most people are constantly working together day after day.

So if a person can live a good life, why do you have to try your best to find a partner?

Xia Linxi, at the age of less than eighteen, thought about something that she might not understand even when she was eighteen.

But she quickly realized that this kind of random thought that jumped out of thin air would only waste her time, and she should spend her time on more meaningful projects - such as learning.

It’s not because you can get some fun in your studies, but because you can completely isolate the outside world and build your own kingdom and territory. It’s a bit like addiction to drug abuse, and you won’t feel guilty and self-blame because of wasting time. It is almost the easiest way to relieve stress.

Learning to calm people is one of the principles that Xia Linxi believes in.

She calmed down for two hours, finished writing a complete set of comprehensive science test papers, and was about to correct the answer when suddenly a knock on the door came.

After a while, the door opened, Xia Linxi's mother walked in with the fruit plate: "Are you tired? Let's take a break."

Xia Linxi turned his head and took the fruit plate: "Thank you, mom."

"Your dad has something tonight, so he will go home later," said her mother. "We will have a meeting tomorrow morning. After the meeting, I will go to the housekeeping market and find you a nanny."

Xia Linxi asked: "Don't you discuss it with your father?"

"This has nothing to do with him," replied my mother. "How can you not take care of yourself if you are so nervous in your senior year of high school?"

The air conditioner was turned on very low, Xia Linxi lowered her head to chew on the apple, and her mother took another piece of clothing and draped it on her: "Now is a critical moment, you don't have to think about anything, just study hard."

Just study hard.

The goal of life has never been that simple.

When Xia Linxi's mother left the room, she deliberately closed the door for her daughter. It was exactly ten o'clock at night, and the wall lights in the corridor were still on, with a warm color and a soft halo, as if she was waiting for someone.

At one o'clock in the morning, Xia Linxi's father still did not go home.

Her mother was obviously anxious, and she called seven or eight of them, each of which was busy. Xia Linxi used her mobile phone to send text messages to her father, but the text messages were no different from the phone, and without exception, the rocks and rocks were sank to the sea.

Until dawn, someone knocked heavily on the door, and halfway through the door, a smell of alcohol came in.

Xia Linxi's father was drunk.

He took a few bottles of Erguotou to the factory that night, and dragged a few young men on night shifts to drink a whole night of slutty wine.

One of the enthusiastic young men sent him home. Fortunately, the community security guard knew Xia Linxi's father, otherwise he might not have been able to come in.

The young man was about 20 years old, with a thin body and dark skin. He spoke with a rural accent in his province.

He was wearing a pair of shabby jeans, his hair was dyed red in a few strands, and his white vest was dyed yellow with sweat.

Because the main door was wide open, a cold air conditioner blew out of the living room. He sneezes and said, "My name is Fang Qiang. I am in the same factory as Lao Xia. They asked me to send Lao Xia home, and I will send it."

In return, Xia Linxi's mother gave Fang Qiang two cigarettes.

The cigarette is China cigarette, two of which cost 1,300 yuan. The next second after Fang Qiang got it, he took out the cigarette box. He took out the lighter from his pocket, lit a smile and said, "Thank you sister-in-law, you're addicted to cigarettes."

Xia Linxi stood behind her mother and raised her hand to help her father. Lao Xia was drunk and was still muttering: "Everyone calls you Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin... Why didn't anyone call me Mr. Xia?"

"It's almost dawn, you can go back early to rest," Mr. Lin said to Fang Qiang, "When Lao Xia wakes up tomorrow, I will ask him to thank you very much."

Fang Qiang waved his hand and stood outside the door and said, "Sister-in-law is so polite. They are all from the same factory. Are you grateful or not?"

He shook the ashes on the ground: "Goodbye, sister-in-law, I'll leave first. I'll take Xiaoxia to our factory for fun when I have time."
Chapter completed!