Chapter 2 You don't need to read this book anymore
"You are talking nonsense, this is my money. Don't say it's yours when you see the money now." Wang Meili's eyes widened.
"Then you just said that Xiaoxi's money belongs to Chen Xiuxiu. Now Xiuxiu thinks that the money in your hand is hers. How do you explain it?" Zhang Lan was quite schadenfreude.
Wang Meili saw that everyone was looking at her, especially a group of boys standing there watching. She was very anxious. "This money is all mine. I didn't steal your money. Chen Xiuxiu, look for it yourself. You must have lost it yourself." As she said that, she pulled Chen Xiuxiu over and touched her trouser pockets and shirt pockets.
"Why are you crazy, Wang Meili." The classmates next to her couldn't stand it.
Wang Meili didn't care. She couldn't let people misunderstand her.
Wang Meili pulled Chen Xiuxiu to continue to touch her thin coat pockets. The pockets were all empty, except for a small hole in the left pocket. She put her hand into the small hole without caring. The hole was very deep. She could reach the other pocket directly after a circle. When she touched the bottom, she actually touched out a rolled-up paper-like object.
When she took it out, it turned out to be a dollar. Wang Meili didn't expect that she had found the money by accident.
Everyone exclaimed. Chen Xiuxiu was even more excited and said, "My money."
Wang Meili threw the money in front of Chen Xiuxiu: "Apologize to me."
Chen Xiuxiu now found the money, and her heart was full of joy of regaining what she had lost. It was no big deal for her to apologize: "I'm sorry, Meili."
Wang Meili was satisfied, and looked at Xia Xiaoxi again, "You have to apologize to me too."
Xia Xiaoxi said, "You slandered me first, you should apologize to me."
Wang Meili had already reacted and realized that Xia Xiaoxi had just deliberately used words to counter-attack her. She had been played by her, and she was so shameless that she asked her to apologize to her.
Wang Meili stared at Xia Xiaoxi's face and became more and more angry. Suddenly, she ran to a table and lowered her head to search in the drawer.
Xia Xiaoxi ran over and grabbed her: "Wang Meili, what right do you have to mess with my drawer?"
Wang Meili took out an English-Chinese dictionary from the drawer and held it high: "Xia Xiaoxi, you are a thief. You stole Li Haoran's English-Chinese dictionary. Now don't tell me that you bought it yourself. This English-Chinese dictionary costs seven yuan. If you have seven yuan, you have to sell your blood."
She always pays attention to Li Haoran's every move. Last week, she saw the English-Chinese dictionary on Li Haoran's desk, so she borrowed it from Li Haoran.
It's not that she likes studying so much, she just thought that if she borrowed the book, she would return it, and there would be a connection between them.
Isn't that how feelings come about?
But Li Haoran refused, saying that he needed to use it.
Today, she accidentally saw this dictionary in Xia Xiaoxi's drawer, and her first reaction was that Xia Xiaoxi must have stolen this book from Li Haoran. So when Chen Xiuxiu's money was missing, her first reaction was that Xia Xiaoxi stole it. If he could steal the English-Chinese dictionary, he could naturally steal money.
"Li Haoran lent it to me, give it back to me." In fact, Xia Xiaoxi did not borrow it on her own initiative.
A few days ago, during evening self-study, Xia Xiaoxi found a brand new English-Chinese dictionary under her math exercise book.
She had always wanted a copy to look up words, but it was too expensive, costing seven yuan, which was enough for her food expenses for most of half a year. So she usually borrowed the dictionary from He Yan, who sat in front of her, to look up words.
She opened the dictionary with doubts, and a note fell out of it, "I know you want to use this dictionary. I happen to have two at home. I'll lend you one. Li Haoran."
Li Haoran's family is well-off. It is said that his father is the director of a bureau in the county, and his mother is a doctor in the town, so he studied in the town. When everyone was wearing gray homespun clothes, he wore a fashionable white shirt, sweater, and white sneakers. In addition, he was handsome, well-mannered, and had excellent grades, so he was always a special existence in school.
Xia Xiaoxi didn't understand why Li Haoran lent her an English-Chinese dictionary, but she was not familiar with Li Haoran and had hardly talked to him. She certainly couldn't accept his kindness for no reason.
She decided to put the book back on Li Haoran's desk when no one was in the classroom one morning.
She didn't dare to return it when there were many people around. If her classmates saw her and misunderstood her, gossip would spread. That's how it is in their school. If a boy and a girl have the slightest contact, gossip will spread.
She didn't expect that the dictionary matter would be exposed by Wang Meili. She could only say that Li Haoran lent it to her.
"What's going on?" Teacher Cao, the head teacher, suddenly entered the classroom.
"Teacher Cao, Xia Xiaoxi stole Li Haoran's book." Wang Meili snatched it and said, she didn't believe that Li Haoran lent it to Xia Xiaoxi.
Teachers always favor students with good grades, and Teacher Cao didn't believe that Xia Xiaoxi would steal books. "Is there any misunderstanding about this? Xia Xiaoxi, tell me, what's the matter with this book?"
Xia Xiaoxi immediately said, "Teacher Cao, I didn't steal the book. This book was lent to me by Li Haoran."
Teacher Cao raised his eyes and said to Wang Meili sternly, "Wang Meili, you can't accuse your classmates like this in the future. You must provide evidence for everything."
"Teacher, you must provide evidence for what Xia Xiaoxi said. I think we should call Li Haoran over to confront him face to face." Wang Meili was very dissatisfied.
Soon, the classmates in the class ran out and called Li Haoran back.
As soon as he entered the classroom, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
Obviously, Li Haoran had already known what happened on the way here. As soon as he entered the classroom, he said, "Teacher Cao, I lent this book to Xia Xiaoxi. She didn't steal it."
"Impossible, how could you lend it to her if you didn't lend it to me?" Wang Meili said anxiously.
Someone said, "You are not as pretty as Xia Xiaoxi."
The crowd immediately laughed,
Xia Xiaoxi blushed, and Li Haoran's face also blushed.
The noise of the crowd became louder.
Wang Meili's face turned black, and her eyes were fixed on Xia Xiaoxi.
Teacher Cao covered his fist and coughed, "Okay, what are you yelling about. The final exam is coming soon, you have to focus on studying, and don't make trouble in the future."
"Wang Meili, come to the office with me." Teacher Cao took Wang Meili away.
After Wang Meili came out of the office, she looked at Xia Xiaoxi hatefully.
Xia Xiaoxi ignored her and concentrated on studying. Some people are like this, when they do something wrong and fail to achieve their goal, they feel as if others owe them something.
"I think Li Haoran likes you. I saw him peeking at you several times during class. This time he lent you a book secretly." Zhang Lan said to Xia Xiaoxi.
"Don't talk nonsense." Xia Xiaoxi was a little anxious. "If the girls in the class heard this, they would laugh to death." What kind of family background is she, and what kind of family background is Li Haoran. I'm afraid that once she said this, she would be laughed at as a toad wanting to eat swan meat. And the most important thing for her at the moment is to study.
"What's so funny, you are the first, he is the second. You are beautiful, he is handsome. I think you two are a good match."
Xia Xiaoxi quickly covered Zhang Lan's mouth and whispered, "Auntie, I beg you to stop talking nonsense."
But the rumor that Li Haoran and Xia Xiaoxi were in love also spread. Xia Xiaoxi and Li Haoran were already very popular because of their good grades, not to mention the news that they were in love.
As a result, on the way back to Xia Village on Friday, Xia Chunxiang, a fellow villager who was in the third grade of junior high school in the town, asked her with a gossipy look on her face, "I heard that you are dating someone?"
"Why do you say that too?" Xia Xiaoxi was shocked, and then said worriedly, "I'm afraid everyone has spread it." She was in the second grade of junior high school, and now even the third graders were saying it, I'm afraid everyone in the middle school had spread it.
"Is it true?"
"You see, I usually have to squeeze in time to read, so how can I have the time to date? And I'm afraid that Li Haoran and I have spoken no more than five sentences in total." After saying that, Xia Xiaoxi suddenly became nervous, "You'd better not tell this in the village. If my aunt finds out, I'll be finished."
Xia Chunxiang immediately believed what Xia Xiaoxi said, and knowing Wang Juhua's character, she hurriedly said, "I know, I'm not that kind of person. Xiaoxi, you have to study hard. You have such good grades and have always been the first in the grade. Maybe you will be the first college student in our village."
"You know the situation in my family." Xia Xiaoxi smiled bitterly when she heard it, "I'm afraid that I will have to compete with my aunt in a battle of wits and courage before I finish the third year of junior high school." Xia Xiaoxi
's words soon came true.
At 9:30 in the evening, as soon as she entered the house, she was slapped in the face. She had no time to dodge. "You shameless little bitch. You didn't study hard in school, and now you have a girlfriend. I think I don't need to study anymore, and I don't need to go to school anymore. From tomorrow on, you have to stay at home and work."
Xiaoxi was stunned by Wang Juhua's slap and a string of words.
She knew that if Wang Juhua seized this excuse, she would definitely let her drop out of school. Her brother Xia Zhiyuan followed the people in the village to work in the south in March this year, and no one could help her.
She couldn't beat Wang Juhua either. Wang Juhua was stronger than some adult male laborers in the village. If she fought back, she would only be beaten worse. Xia Xiaoxi ignored the burning pain on her face and retorted, "I don't have a date. If you don't believe me, go ask our class teacher."
"Don't think you can fool me. Last time I came back from my mother's house, I met Wang Meili on the way. She told me that you were shamelessly pestering her. Am I working so hard to give you a date? From today on, work for me at home." Wang Juhua said and snatched Xia Xiaoxi's schoolbag.
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