Zhang Xudong and his friend arrived at the office first and reported to the teacher.
Teacher Wei is their homeroom teacher, and he is very happy that the two of them can come back to prepare for the high school entrance exam.
In their two junior high school classes, the students are now sitting sparsely, with fewer people sitting.
The immigration and departure of troops years ago have already resulted in the loss of some students.
The following spring famine caused students from rural areas to drop out of school.
Most of the students who had no hope of getting into high school also applied to go to the border areas.
These students have no interest in studying now.
They just waited until the wheat harvest, got their diplomas, and then set off for the frontier.
The remaining students who are still studying hard and want to get into high school are very few.
After the wheat harvest, these two classes will be merged into one class, and even this classroom will not be full.
The school and teachers are anxious and heartbroken about the loss of students, but they are helpless.
Zhang Xudong and the other person attended classes regularly for the day.
When they were leaving school in the afternoon, they met Han Baojun, Qin Zhijun and Wang Yujun, three of their former friends, outside the school gate.
These three guys were wandering around the school gate like hooligans.
After hearing Zhang Xudong calling them, they immediately jumped three feet high and ran over.
"Brother Dong, sister-in-law, you are back.
Have we found our grandma and little sister?
You guys are so mean that you didn't even tell us about such a big thing.
After we heard about it, we went to your house several times to look for you, but no one was home.
We heard that grandma and little sister were lost in the city, so we got letters of introduction and went to the city together to look for them.
However, we searched for several days and used up all the money and dry food we had with us, but we still didn't find any clues.
There is no other way, we can only come back first."
The three of them spoke one after another, expressing their worries and anxieties.
After hearing this, Zhang Xudong hugged them one by one and said:
"Brothers, you are so thoughtful. I won't say thank you anymore. Let's do something practical.
Come on, let's go home. We still have some meat at home, let's cook two dishes and eat while we chat."
The five of them returned to Zhang Xudong's home together.
Zhang Xudong and He Jingxian quickly prepared three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and five side dishes.
He took out more than ten big white steamed buns and placed them on the table.
Although these three guys are not reliable in studying, they are really good to their friends.
Just reward them with some food and comfort them.
"The boss is the boss, he always has ways to get delicious food.
This is actually richer than the New Year dishes I have at home.”
Han Baojun and the other two were drooling as they looked at the three full plates of meat and vegetables.
Zhang Xudong looked at them and said:
"Okay, there's food to eat, so just eat it and don't go outside and make a fuss.
Do you want to drink? I have a bottle of Lao Baigan here, open it if you want."
The three people's eyes lit up when they heard this.
"Brother Dong and sister-in-law, you can rest assured.
We are not stupid. We know what we should say and what we shouldn't say.
If you have wine, just give each of us a little to try.
If I drink too much and go home, I'll get beaten up, and I'll ruin this good thing."
Zhang Xudong poured a little more than one or two glasses of wine for each person. He raised his bowl and said:
"Brothers, thank you for worrying about our family affairs.
"Brother, let's not be polite, everything is in the wine. Let's drink first as a toast, and you can do whatever you want."
After Zhang Xudong finished speaking, he drank the wine in the bowl in one breath.
"Brothers, it's time to eat and drink. Whoever is slow will suffer."
After Zhang Xudong finished drinking, he took the lead in eating a piece of pig's head and said.
"Don't worry, Dong. We won't leave our benches until we clear these plates of yours."
The three of them said after taking a sip of wine.
These three guys were really rude. They just started fighting without even bothering to talk.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Zhang Xudong made them some tea before asking:
"You three didn't attend class today. What were you thinking? You don't plan to continue studying?"
Wang Yujun heard this and said, "Brother Dong, you know exactly what kind of people we three are, and we know it ourselves.
We are different from you two. You can get first or second place just by having fun.
But even if the three of us worked hard to get rid of our hemorrhoids, we could only be in the bottom three.
We didn’t dare to even think about getting into high school, as there was no way we could get in.
But now, not only are various units not recruiting, they are also planning to lay off employees.
So finding a job in the county is more difficult than getting into high school.
We are already old enough, we can’t just sit around doing nothing and be supported by our parents.
So we all signed up to go to Xinjiang to support the border areas.
I heard that the wages there are higher than here, and the food standards are better."
Han Baojun also said: "Brother Dong, people say that Xinjiang has a lot of good things.
Raisins, watermelons, snow lotus, cordyceps, wolfberries, Cistanches, and endless amounts of beef, mutton, and venison.
Brother Dong, when we get there and find these things, we will mail them to you so you can enjoy them."
Zhang Xudong laughed when he heard his words.
"Didn't they tell you there was an endless Gobi Desert there?
And the sandstorm that covers the sky?
And those packs of ferocious desert wolves?"
Han Baojun heard this and said, "Don't worry, we will be incorporated into the Agricultural Reclamation Corps when we get there.
There are so many people here, there is no danger."
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