The results of the internal test were announced before Qingming Festival.
In the first year of junior high school, there were the ever-present Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni, plus Song Jiangli, Zhao Cui, Qin Honghua, Fang Wenjun, and a tall and strong boy named Liu Haiyan who sat at the back.
Plus the second-year junior high students, Zheng Yimin, Li Shengnan, and a boy named Feng Shitou.
Wang Zhaozhao secretly complained to the system, "Some parents are so irresponsible when it comes to naming."
Feng Ergou, it turns out to be a famous name!
And Liu Haiyan is a boy... In the countryside, there are many people named Haiyan, but they are all girls.
Her third aunt is called Shi Haiyan, and there is another one named Wang Haiyan in their Wang family.
When the system heard Wang Zhaozhao's secret complaints, it popped up and started chatting about trivial matters.
"Host, is there a possibility that Liu Haiyan's parents originally wanted a daughter, and when they were suspicious of him, others kept saying it was a daughter, so they gave him the name Haiyan in advance. Who would have thought that it would be a son?"
"I wanted a daughter, but I gave birth to a son. I was too lazy to name him, so I just used the daughter's name I had chosen in advance."
Wang Zhaozhao almost felt sympathy for classmate Liu Haiyan.
It would be better to just pick a random name... Don't be too casual. Liu Haiyan is much better than Liu Ergou.
Suddenly, Fan Ye came and asked Wang Zhaozhao and Qin Hongjun to go to the principal's office.
Li Shengnan, a second-year junior high school student, has arrived first.
"Nothing else, but the awards for the Harvest Cup Mathematics Competition and the provincial finals have been distributed. A sophomore student from the city's No. 1 Middle School is also on the list. After discussion, the commendation meeting will be held at our school.
The city and county will send representatives to participate. You will not only bring honor to the school, but also to Lianshan City and Zhushan County."
Principal Chen called Wang Zhaozhao and others over, not only to inform them of this matter, but also to remind them to prepare to "say a few words".
The most important thing is that reporters from provincial and municipal newspapers will be present and will interview them.
That is to say, they also have to prepare to answer reporters' questions and may even conduct in-depth interviews.
"Principal, what is an in-depth interview?" Wang Zhaozhao raised his hand and asked weakly.
“We will learn about your living environment, your upbringing, and may even visit your home.”
Wang Zhaozhao opened his mouth and understood.
That is to say, we need to set an example.
Sure enough, Principal Chen sighed and said, "There are still many children who don't have access to education. In addition to family difficulties, some children feel that studying is useless. Therefore, we must focus on promoting education."
Wang Zhaozhao understood very well, accepted it gladly, and was willing to cooperate.
"I don't know much about Li Shengnan's situation, but my classmates Qin Hongjun and I are very suitable for this kind of publicity."
Li Shengnan laughed after hearing her words. "Classmate Wang Zhaozhao, you don't have to worry about my face. Just by hearing my name, can you imagine several versions of the story?"
Shengnan...
"A name doesn't necessarily mean anything. Shengnan doesn't necessarily mean that boys are favored over girls. It could also be that your parents and family have high expectations for you that go beyond boys, and they have good wishes for you."
At least it's better than calling him Zhaodi or Laidi.
Of course, Wang Zhaozhao would not say the latter sentence, but everyone might think of it.
Oh!
She seemed to have accidentally entered a name maze today.
"Maybe..." Li Shengnan didn't continue, but just curled the corners of her lips, smiled and nodded.
She cared about it for a while, and now... she still cares about it, but she has buried it very deep.
Principal Chen patted Li Shengnan on the shoulder.
After Wang Zhaozhao and the others left, Principal Chen sighed softly.
…
On Qingming Festival, schools and factories are closed.
Wang Zhaozhao and his friends got up early in the morning and caught the first bus back to Hebian Village.
There are two big surnames in Hebian Village, and their graves are located on Houbei'ao Mountain and Duimen Mountain respectively.
The Wang family grave is on Houbei'ao Mountain. When they arrived, some families had already hung paper sails, paid their respects and left, some were still paying their respects, and some had not arrived yet.
“Crackle…”
When firecrackers go off, the natural reverberation effect is superb.
It can be heard on every hilltop and in every village at the foot of the mountain.
Speaking of firecrackers, Wang Zhaozhao shouldn't say that she is generous or stingy.
Because most people in their village don't set off firecrackers when sweeping graves, Comrade Xie Ailian arranged for Wang Sibing to buy several strings of firecrackers. However, if they were to be disassembled and cut, one string would become four or five strings, and it was inevitable that a string of firecrackers would be set off for each paper sail.
As a result, short and loud firecrackers could be heard in the village from time to time.
The villagers didn’t know what to make of it, they were both jealous and looked down upon.
Many people inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
“Pah…Pah pah pah…”
Again and again, a string of firecrackers was set off.
In front of a grave whose inscription had been weathered and blurred, Wang Sibing led Wang Zhaozhao and others to pull out weeds and tidy up the surroundings. Xie Ailian and Qiao Li placed a piece of pork belly, a cured fish, three cups of liquor, and three pairs of chopsticks in front of the grave.
Wang Dahai took out paper money and lit it.
While adding paper money, Wang Dahai began to chatter, but Wang Zhaozhao didn't listen carefully. After a while, Wang Dahai called them over and asked them to follow him to worship.
By the time we got down the mountain, it was almost eleven o'clock.
The village is also closed for the morning today, so it is a bit lively now.
However, Wang Zhaozhao and his companions came down directly from the mountain without passing through the village entrance.
"Dad, Mom, why don't you come to my house for lunch? I'm cooking now, and I'll cook yours too..." Shi Haiyan suddenly ran over.
He was holding a rice measure in his hand, as if he was about to wash rice and cook it.
"No need, we have everything at home, we can just make it ourselves." Xie Ailian refused.
I'm still a little confused. This third family's... the sun is rising from the west today?
"It's just a meal, let's eat together so we don't have to wash the pot." Shi Haiyan advised politely, and enthusiastically stepped forward to take the basket that Wang Sibing was carrying.
Wang Sibing would not let her succeed, so he avoided her and asked, "Third sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Isn't this a sacrifice? I've already offered it to the worshippers. I'll cook it all at noon."
So that was the idea!
Xie Ailian pushed Shi Haiyan away and said, "We need to take these back. Go and cook. We will all have lunch at your house today."
ah?
What does it mean?
They were reluctant to give her any sacrifice, but five or six people came to their house to eat for free?
Shi Haiyan laughed dryly, "Mom, are we going to take these offerings back to the city? There's no need..."
"Third brother." Xie Ailian shouted loudly.
Shi Haiyan quickly backed out, "Haha, Mom thinks it's too much trouble and doesn't want to eat with us, so forget it. I'll go back and cook."
After saying that, he ran faster than a rabbit.
“Tsk!”
Xie Ailian made a displeased sound and lifted the printed cloth covering the bamboo basket. Inside was a piece of pork belly and a cured fish.
The sun never rises from the west. It was the pork belly and cured fish that made her more cautious.
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