Chapter 17 Differential Treatment
"God's will is here to sweep the snow too?"
Zhang Liangpeng came over carrying a big broom. He was already a big man, and now it was snowing and he was wearing a thick cotton coat. He walked with his feet turned outward, swaying with each step, like a big bear coming out of a cave to look for food.
His voice was as simple as his personality, muffled and deep. He spoke to Xin Tianyi and smiled again, "You're not wearing much. Don't catch a cold. We can just sweep. You can go back quickly."
"It's okay, uncle, you'll feel warm if you move." Xin Tianyi said quickly.
"Look at that little girl!" Zhang Liangpeng looked at Xin Tianyi with a smile, and then said, "Hurry up and go home to look for another broom. See if there's another one."
Zhang Liangpeng turned his head while speaking, intending to talk to Zhang Yang, but when he turned around, he found that Zhang Yang was no longer behind him.
"Hey, where's Zhang Yang?"
Zhang Liangpeng immediately looked around.
Zhang Yang walked on a road that no one had ever walked on, leaving behind a long trail of footprints.
Zhang Liangpeng called out to him, "Where are you going?"
"Borrow a broom!" Zhang Yang asked without even turning his head.
He had already walked slowly to Yuan Dabao's house, stopped at the door and called out, "Yuan Dabao, Yuan Dabao."
He shouted twice and then stopped. After a while, the door of Yuan Dabao's house opened.
Yuan Dabao only showed his head, and his hair was messy and frizzy.
He looked at Zhang Yang gloomily: "What time is it, brother?"
"Give me your broom." Zhang Yang said.
"What?"
"Sweeping the snow."
Yuan Dabao took a large broom from the yard and handed it to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang urged him, "Hurry up, go back and get dressed, then bring your shovel back."
"I won't sweep!" Yuan Dabao was about to cry, "I have to go to sleep."
"Why are you sleeping? Look at all that fat on your body. Hurry up, or I'll call you if you don't come out in two minutes." After Zhang Yang said that, he picked up the broom and started sweeping.
This man had no plan, and he didn't join Zhang Liangpeng and Wang Yuxiu in sweeping. He just started sweeping wherever he was standing, but he was quite strong. He put his broom on the ground and pushed the thick snow forward, like a ruthless snowplow.
"Why did this kid start sweeping from over there?" Zhang Liangpeng complained in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter where we start." Wang Yuxiu looked up at Zhang Yang and nodded in praise. "It's a great honor for me to get up and sweep the snow with you. Your second child is not bad, he acts like a man."
Zhang Liangpeng smiled slightly. "Aside from studying, he's pretty good in everything else. It's just that his grades aren't good enough."
As Zhang Liangpeng was speaking, he suddenly remembered that Xin Tianyi was still there, so he said to Xin Tianyi, "Tianyi, you two are classmates now. You should help Zhang Yang more and see if you can get a good score in the high school entrance exam."
Xin Tianyi was embarrassed to say that she could only solve two steps of the math problem, while Zhang Yang had already solved one more. She could only nod and said guiltily, "Help each other, help each other."
Xin Tianyi swept slowly, and even with his best efforts, he couldn't outsmart Zhang Liangpeng, who was standing behind him. Zhang Liangpeng claimed to be sweeping snow, but mid-sweep he went to talk to Wang Yuxiu about something. The New Year was approaching, and the factory had been in turmoil. Zhang Liangpeng was a new employee, and many were secretly trying to trip him up. Zhang Liangpeng, a laborer by trade, had risen to his current position through hard work and self-study. He had no connections, no one to consult with about work matters, and so he turned to his retired master for help.
The two stood in the snow, sweeping and chatting for a while, and they didn't notice that Zhang Yang had cleared a large area in a short while.
While sweeping, Yuan Dabao came out. He really didn't want to come out, and didn't want to listen to Zhang Yang. However, his brain always couldn't listen to his body at this time. He put on his cotton coat and cotton hat as a conditioned reflex, and came to sweep the snow with a look of grievance.
The two older boys were playing and sweeping at the same time. Yuan Dabao put the shovel on the ground and pushed it hard, preparing to push it from one end of the yard to the other in one breath.
He finally pushed it through, panting heavily. Just as he was about to show off to Zhang Yang, he saw Xin Tianyi standing next to him.
"Let's call Wei Ran to sweep the snow as well." Xin Tianyi said to Yuan Dabao.
Although Xin Tianyi had apologized, Yuan Dabao still felt somewhat resistant to her. He pretended not to hear her, picked up the shovel, and prepared to push it back.
Xin Tianyi thought he didn't hear, so he followed him and continued, "Yuan Dabao, let's call Wei Ran out too."
Yuan Dabao twisted his chubby body and pushed the iron shovel hard. As he pushed, his hands felt cold, so he simply put them in the pockets of his cotton-padded jacket, stood up straight, and pushed the iron shovel with his belly.
Xin Tianyi was following behind, and when he saw that Yuan Dabao had clearly heard him but was ignoring him, he stopped.
When Yuan Dabao pushed his car to Zhang Yang's side, he stopped and said to Zhang Yang, "See? That's the Long March I've taken!"
Zhang Yang was already sweating, his cheeks flushed even though he was only wearing a turtleneck sweater. He reminded Dabao, "You're wearing too much. You'll be sweating soon."
Yuan Dabao had already unbuttoned his cotton coat and taken off his hat. "I'm already feeling hot."
Zhang Yang was holding a broom and saw Xin Tianyi standing not far away, looking into the distance.
I asked casually: "What did she say to you just now?"
"Ah?" Yuan Dabao paused slightly.
"I said what did she just say to you."
"Who is it?"
After Yuan Dabao finished speaking, he looked at where Zhang Yang was looking, and then he suddenly realized, "She, she asked me to call Wei Ran to sweep the snow. This person is really something, who knows her well enough to actually order me to do the work... Also, is she and Wei Ran well enough to know each other well enough? Why did she not sleep to sweep the snow, and even had to wake Wei Ran up..."
Yuan Dabao was muttering to himself when he saw Zhang Yang had gone somewhere else.
He quickly ran after her: "What are you doing? Aren't you going to sweep? If you're not sweeping, why are you calling me?"
Zhang Yang walked straight ahead. Not long after he went, he called out in the direction of Wei Ran's house, "Wei Ran, Wei Ran, come out and play in the snow!"
As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, the door of Wei Ran's house was opened.
Yuan Dabao looked at Wei Ran, who was holding a book, and said to Zhang Yang, "Why did you call him? How did you know he was already awake?"
"When has Wei Ran ever slept in? Don't you know he gets up at 5:00 every day to study?" Zhang Yang waved at Wei Ran, "Come on!"
Wei Ran stood at his door, history book in hand. He got up early every day, including Sundays.
When he heard Zhang Yang calling him, he hurried out with the book. Unexpectedly, in addition to Zhang Yang, there were also Yuan Dabao and Xin Tianyi.
All three of them were looking at him.
Especially Xin Tianyi, when he saw him open the door, he waved to him happily.
"What are you doing?" Wei Ran asked.
"Sweep the snow!" Yuan Dabao shouted. "Are you stupid? Can't you see we're all holding brooms?"
Wei Ran smiled sheepishly, "Then I'll put the book back home and sweep with you using the broom."
"Don't take it, what are you sweeping?" Zhang Yang said from the side: "Just carry your books, we called you to come out and play in the snow."
After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he felt as if the right side of his face was cut open by something, and it was burning.
Turning around, I saw Yuan Dabao's resentful gaze.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang asked him, "Why are you glaring at me?"
"Can you do this, brother? You called me to sweep the snow, and what will happen if I don't come out in two minutes? And you called Wei Ran to play in the snow! Why treat us so differently?"
"With Wei Ran's small frame, do you think he should sweep the snow, or should the snow sweep him? Do you think he can swing a big broom? And look at you, you're full of fat. Wouldn't it be a waste if you didn't use it?" Zhang Yang immediately retorted, "The three of us are together every day, so there has to be one who is good at studying. Let him memorize the lessons, so that others won't call us idiots. With Wei Ran, the top student in the school, who dares to say anything to us?"
Yuan Dabao thought about it and realized that asking Wei Ran to sweep the snow would only cause more trouble.
Every profession has its own specialization, and so do people.
Forget it, he decided not to bother about it. He picked up the shovel and said to Zhang Yang, "Then sweep it!"
Wei Ran didn't want to recite anymore, so he went back, put down the book, took out the broom, dragged it all the way, and first came to Xin Tianyi.
"You swept the snow too?" Xin Tianyi looked at him with a smile.
Wei Ran nodded, "Yes, with you."
"That's good." Xin Tianyi said, "You can't study all the time. Your body is your capital, so you need to exercise."
Wei Ran wholeheartedly agreed with Xin Tianyi. He hadn't felt any pain before, but once he entered the third year of junior high, the workload became much heavier, and his body clearly couldn't keep up. Just as winter had just begun, he began to get sick. Colds, fevers, rhinitis, coughs—everything was present. Looking at Zhang Yang and Dabao, they were both as strong as calves, and he'd never seen them get sick.
But I feel like I'm not having a good time.
Wei Ran had originally wanted Yuan Dabao and Zhang Yang to stand on the opposite side, while Xin Tianyi was alone here, so he decided to join him. The two groups could sweep separately and quickly gather together.
But just as he was about to start sweeping, Yuan Dabao called him.
"Wei Ran, why don't you come over? What are you doing with that little girl? Come quickly!"
Wei Ran thought for a moment and said, "I'll sweep from this side, and you guys from that side. It'll be faster this way."
Before Yuan Dabao could say anything, Zhang Yang kicked him in the back. "Alright, it doesn't matter where you sweep. Hurry up."
The four of them worked much faster, especially Zhang Yang and Yuan Dabao. They treated the courtyard as a training ground, and it was unclear whether they were sweeping the snow or practicing martial arts. He shouted the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and he shouted the Dog Beating Stick Technique. The two of them were sweeping the floor and chasing and playing. The snow on the ground seemed to be frightened and fell into their trap and rolled together.
The compound was quickly cleaned up. Wang Yuxiu and Zhang Liangpeng were chatting animatedly, leaving the physical work to the four children.
"Wei Ran, come, let's build a snowman!" Yuan Dabao called Wei Ran over.
Wei Ran put down the broom and looked at Xin Tianyi, "Let's go, together."
Xin Tianyi nodded and followed Wei Ran.
When Yuan Dabao saw Xin Tianyi coming, he started to wink at Zhang Yang, meaning that why is this person here too? What should we do? Should we not gather together?
Zhang Yang seemed not to notice and had already rolled out a big snowball.
"Can I join you guys?" Xin Tianyi asked first.
"Why not? We are classmates and we are sweeping the snow together. Besides, you and Dabao sit at the same table." Wei Ran said immediately.
Yuan Dabao was speechless after hearing the word "classmate", and he couldn't say anything to object.
"Go to your house and find some stuff so we can give the snowman eyes and a mouth," Zhang Yang said to Yuan Dabao.
"I?"
"Who should go then?" Zhang Yang asked, "Hurry up."
Yuan Dabao groaned as he walked home. Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang with a smile and said, "You guys take care of the body, I'll roll a small snowball as the head."
Zhang Yang didn't agree, but he didn't object either. Without even looking up, he called out to Wei Ran, "Come and help me! This is too big and too hard to roll!"
…
While sweeping the snow, Zhang Liangpeng solved his own problem and found that the snow had also been swept away!
The four children not only cleaned the yard, but also built a big snowman.
Zhang Liangpeng was unusually cheerful. He walked up to the four of them and said, "You four did a great job. You've finished clearing the snow! Very good, very dedicated, and very hardworking. Come on, uncle will treat everyone to breakfast!"
Yuan Dabao was the first to jump up: "Really? Then I want to eat xiaolongbao!"
"Okay, let's go eat soup dumplings. Uncle will take you to the restaurant at the intersection ahead. They have more than just soup dumplings. They also have fried dough sticks, pie, and huoshao. You can eat whatever you want!"
Yuan Dabao couldn't wait to go, so he stood up first and pulled Zhang Yang and Wei Ran to leave.
"Tianyi is going too." Zhang Liangpeng said quickly.
"Okay, thank you uncle." Xin Tianyi said.
Yuan Dabao thought Xin Tianyi would refuse, but he didn't expect her to agree without even thinking about it.
"How come she's even greedier than me?" Yuan Dabao muttered softly, "She's really going? She's not familiar with the place."
"It will be cooked slowly." Xin Tianyi immediately retorted, "Besides, I'm not eating your food. Uncle Zhang is treating me."
"Yes, Tianyi is going too." Zhang Liangpeng said with a smile, "We are all classmates and live in the same compound, so how can we not be familiar with each other?"
"You guys go ahead. I won't go." Wang Yuxiu said, "I'm tired now. I'm going home to rest."
"Then I'll ask Tianyi to bring you some fried dough sticks." After Zhang Liangpeng said that, he took the four of them to the breakfast shop.
Zhang Liangpeng and Pei Juanjuan's lifelong wish was to have a daughter, but unfortunately their second child was Zhang Yang.
There were no girls of the same age as Zhang Yang and his friends in this compound. When Zhang Liangpeng saw Xin Tianyi, he felt that this girl was very attractive to him.
The two walked in front, talking and laughing.
Three older boys followed behind.
Yuan Dabao was thinking about what to eat when he got there. As he was thinking, he asked Wei Ran whether the buns or the pies at that restaurant were better.
The two discussed for a long time and finally decided to order a variety of dishes so that everyone could take turns.
Yuan Dabao poked Zhang Yang beside him and asked, "What about you? What do you want to eat?"
Zhang Yang didn't answer, he was staring straight ahead.
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