"Because of my father's death, my mother got a staff dormitory and a vegetable stall. Although I was young, I knew that my family was in great difficulty and every penny was hard-earned. In our chemical factory primary school, except for the children of section chiefs and workshop directors, the other children's families were similar in conditions. And I couldn't even get into this 'similar' level. My family was the poorest in the class and I couldn't even afford a dime of snacks."
"When I was in the third grade, one day the teacher said that class fees would be collected. Each student had to pay one dollar, which was used for class activities and was usually given to the class monitor for safekeeping. Because my mother worked so hard to make money, she didn't give me the one dollar until several days later, and it was collected dime by dime. I was the last one to pay in the class, and I carefully gave the money to the class monitor, who snatched it away and said, 'You are the one who is causing trouble!' I didn't care, because he was used to being domineering anyway."
I recalled the overbearing tone this squad leader used when I spoke to him on the phone before. It seemed that even after so many years, his temper had not changed. It was destined that he needed someone like me to teach him a lesson.
"After school, I finished my homework and went home. I happened to follow the monitor and the most beautiful girl in our class, Xuanxuan. Don't laugh. In the third grade of elementary school, everyone started to choose the class beauty. Xuanxuan got the most votes in our class. Not only is she beautiful, but she can also sing and dance. She can also steal her mother's lipstick and put it on her lips!"
"I'm not laughing at you guys for doing this in the third grade." I said, "I just think you should be the most beautiful one, right?"
"At that time, I didn't even have new clothes, and I was dirty all day long, dressed like a boy, and I was not popular with the boys in the class at all... Don't interrupt me, just continue listening to me. At that time, I was following the class monitor and Xuanxuan, and I saw the class monitor took out money to buy snacks for Xuanxuan. I was very familiar with that money, penny by penny, it was the class fee I gave him!"
I laughed: "This squad leader is quite capable. He can embezzle public funds at such a young age. We must not let him become an official in the future!"
"That's right. I was anxious at the time, because this was the money my mother saved from selling vegetables! I was so angry that I rushed up to him and asked him why he used the class funds to buy snacks for Xuanxuan, and said I would expose his crimes to the teacher. The monitor scolded me for meddling in other people's business, and I was also very angry, so I fought with him on the spot. Xuanxuan watched for a while, said "boring" and turned away. The monitor and I fought for a while, and then we were pulled apart by an adult passing by. I told him to wait, and I would report to the teacher in the afternoon so that you can't be the class monitor! Then I went home. I didn't expect that this was the beginning of my misfortune..."
"I came to class in the afternoon. I usually like to arrive in the classroom early, and today was no exception. I was shocked when I entered the classroom. Usually, there are only two or three people at this time, but today there are more than seven or eight people, as if they had discussed it beforehand. When I entered, my classmates were all looking at me, and that look made me a little creepy. As soon as I sat down, my deskmate asked me: 'Bai Qing, did you take my pencil?' My mind was confused: 'What pencil? I didn't take it!' The deskmate said: 'Give me back the pencil, many of our classmates said it was you who took it.' Sure enough, a boy jumped out and said: 'Bai Qing, I saw with my own eyes that it was you who took the pencil!' A girl also stood up and said: 'I saw it too, I thought you were just using it, but I didn't expect you to not give it back!' Then three or four other classmates stood up and accused me of stealing the pencil."
"How could I, a third-grade student, have ever seen such a scene? I was completely dumbfounded at the time. More and more classmates came out and said they saw me taking the pencil. Faced with so many people saying so confidently, even I began to doubt whether I really took my deskmate's pencil. Otherwise, why would so many people say that I stole it? Just when the class was in chaos, the monitor suddenly said, 'Everyone, be quiet. Since so many people saw it, Bai Qing must have stolen the pencil. As the monitor, I will say something fair and let the teacher handle this matter!' He looked at me coldly as he spoke."
Bad Youth
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