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Chapter 11 This Wind Changsha Cloud Old Habits ([-])

In Changsha, Hunan Province, outside the gate of the Children's Palace, 16-year-old Zhou Song was standing under the eaves of the building with his schoolbag on his back.It was pouring rain outside, and there was an endless stream of parents who came to pick up their children.

The Children's Palace closed at seven o'clock, and she took advantage of the light under the eaves to open her textbook and do her homework quietly.In the night, a black Accord parked in front of the door, and the man in the car came to pick her up under the eaves with an umbrella.

Zhou Song carried his schoolbag and followed the man into the car.

"Xiao Song, wipe it off." The man took out a clean white towel with an apologetic expression on his face: "I'm sorry, Dad was delayed at work for a while."

Zhou Song's school uniform coat was splashed by rain, she took off her autumn coat, and wiped her bangs with a towel: "It's okay, father, your driving safety comes first, don't be in a hurry."

She called him father, and called you respectfully. The father and daughter were very polite and unfamiliar.

Zhou Huaiming slowly started to drive the car, and he asked his daughter, "Did you finish your homework just now?"

The girl nodded. She looked at the street trees whizzing by outside the car window with a very indifferent expression.

The driver at home has asked for leave for the past few days, and Zhou Huaiming will take his daughter to and from school this week.Because of his busy schedule, he was four hours late today. Zhou Song finished the activities of the Children's Palace at six o'clock, and he didn't finish the meeting until ten o'clock, but his daughter didn't make a call.

On the way here, his headlights shone on Zhou Song who was huddled in a corner to shelter from the rain. The girl quietly lowered her head and squatted under the eaves of the Children's Palace, writing earnestly in the open textbook.

He had to admit that the girl had been educated very well in the past few years in the country.

Opening his eyes in the morning and waking up in a strange room, Zhou Song's eyes gradually cleared up, then got up to brush his teeth, washed his teeth, changed his school uniform and went to school.

Today's driver is still her father, Zhou Song opened the door and sat on it, Zhou Huaiming took the initiative to ask a few words about her situation at school, although Zhou Song's attitude was lukewarm, but every question would be answered politely.

When she got off the bus, she carried her schoolbag, and it was rare for her to take the initiative to say: "I can take the bus, you don't have to pick me up every day."

The car window fell slowly, and Zhou Huaiming nodded while sitting in the car: "Xiao Song, your teacher said that you are very good at long-distance running. We will cheer for you at the school sports meeting next week."

Zhou Song nodded and followed the crowd into the school.

Parking was not allowed at the school gate, and the car drove away slowly only after the girl's back was squeezed away by the crowd.

Zhou Song originally studied in a private middle school in Changsha, where most of the children were from rich or noble families, but she really couldn’t get used to it. For example, she couldn’t understand why a bowl of rice can be poured out after just one bite, why clothes should be particular about brands, Why as a student don't study
Zhou Song mentioned to her parents several times before finally agreeing to change her school, and arranged for her a public high school, which is actually considered a key middle school.The school was chosen by Zhou Song after seeing the quality of the teachers. She seldom asked for it, so her parents did their best for this matter.

The relationship between Zhou Song and his mother was very tense, because once Feng Yi (Zhou Song's biological mother) bought a bunch of small skirts for her daughter, with the intention of trying to please her.

Zhou Song came home from school and looked at the closet before taking a shower. She went downstairs and asked Aunt Song, "Where are the original things in the closet?"

Aunt Song said that her wife told her to lose it.

Zhou Song turned around and went to the garbage station to search for two hours, and finally found her things. In the past few days, her face was very ugly. When eating, she said, "Please don't move my things in the future."

Feng Yi's face turned green and pale, she probably couldn't understand what good things Zhou Song picked up from the garbage station, she was shivering at home every day, and it made people laugh when she saw it.

It was Zhou Huaiming who put down the bowls and chopsticks to smooth things over: "Xiao Song probably thought that the clothes used to be well-dressed, Feng Yi, don't just look at the style when buying clothes in the future, buy clothes that are comfortable, and my daughter will definitely like more real."

Also eating at the dinner table was her younger brother Zhou Li, who was ten years old this year and looked a little weak.He would wink, he was very gracious and picked up a chicken leg for his sister, and acted as a peacemaker and picked up a prawn for his mother.

Seeing his sensible son, Feng Yi's expression finally eased.

The new clothes hanging in Zhou Song's closet are still there, but they have never been worn.

Zhou Song's academic performance is at the bottom of the rope in key middle schools. Let's put it this way, if the family didn't spend a little money to get her in, she probably wouldn't even be able to enter the school gate.

The place she often goes to is Hunan University, where Zhang Chengnian goes to school.His first choice was the Department of Computer Science, but he was transferred to the Department of Architecture because of his grades.In addition to attending classes and soaking in the library, he usually spends most of his time on work-study programs.

At the beginning, Zhou Song would pester him with homework. Once in their school library, after Zhou Song solved a problem, Zhang Chengnian had already fallen asleep lying on the table.There was a shadow in his closed eyelashes, and his face was tired.After that, Zhou Song rarely bothered him deliberately. She realized that time was such a precious thing to him.

And time is also her most precious thing, only by studying hard can she not disappoint her parents.

So she studied harder, and basically never refused anyone who came to the cram school.Sometimes parents worry about whether their daughter will learn to be a nerd if this continues, and they also organize family outings on weekends.

But Zhou Song often sat on the grass with a textbook in his hand, and Zhou Li couldn't do strenuous exercise, so he sat beside his sister and actively chatted with his parents' encouraging eyes.

Seeing the kite in the sky, Zhou Song would close the book and look at it for a while.It is rare for the two siblings to be interested in the same thing. Zhou Li finally found a common topic and kept chattering in her ears. Zhou Song felt noisy, so he put on headphones to indicate that you can shut up.Her slightly narrowed eyes were still following the tall kite in the sky, and her mood drifted along with it.

Compared with Zhou Song, Zhou Li's grades are much worse. He is a standard dude in terms of study and life style.

A ten-year-old child often invites the whole class to go to an amusement park or sing songs with a big wave of his hand. He also pays attention to going to mid-to-high-end western restaurants for meals.It's a good thing to be taken advantage of. Who told his family's great business to stand up to squandering? Zhou Lique is not short of money for anything.

Once, Zhou Song was forced by his classmates to play with him in the amusement park.After going to the bathroom, I happened to meet Kuo Shao Zhou Li, Zhou Song pretended not to know her and walked over, but Zhou Li happily ran over to hold her arm, and introduced to his classmates: "This is my sister."

His classmates looked at Zhou Song up and down. The little child already had a lot of vanity and looked down on Zhou Song very much.

"Your sister." The tone was disgusting.

"Why are you dressed so shabby?" Zhou Li's classmates laughed out loud when he said this.

Zhou Song was wearing a light-colored blouse and wide-leg pants made by his mother. It did look a bit rustic in the city, so Feng Yi made up his mind to clean it up.

"What are you laughing at? My sister is very good." Zhou Li likes to pout his mouth when he is unhappy. The two siblings were very similar when they were young: "My sister is very good at reading, she is very good at writing, and she runs very fast, which is faster than both of you." .”

As soon as this remark made the students laugh, they laughed not only Zhou Song, but also Zhou Li, because Zhou Li couldn't run.

Before Zhou Song could speak, a few friends in her class spoke first.

Jiang Lele stepped forward: "Little devil, you owe a lesson today."

Chen Fan picked up the kid who laughed the most wantonly: "Your parents didn't teach you well, brother will teach you well today."

The location happened to be remote, and the child was very miserable, because Zhou Song's principle was that the big should not bully the small, so under the instigation of his own sister, Zhou Li beat him up.This is Zhou Li's first fight, and with his sister in charge, the situation is sure to win.

It's over, Zhou Song told him: "Zhou Li, you didn't make friends like this."

This wave of operations completely subdued Zhou Li. He always thought that his sister was a good student with both good character and academics, but he didn't expect that there were a lot of bad things in his stomach.

After that, the classmates in the class were not so presumptuous in front of him, at least they didn't dare to laugh at him face to face.Later, the classmates went to play together, and when it was time to pay the bill, they looked at Zhou Li, what do you think I am doing?Oh, pay the bill, so Zhou Li bought his share, and everyone else paid for it.

Zhou Li was very proud of himself, and accidentally leaked something in front of his father, so he didn't hide it at all, and said arrogantly: "My sister is simply the goddess of war, the muse in my heart."

Before leaving, I did not forget to remind my father to keep the secret: "Don't let my mother know."

If Feng Yi knew that Zhou Song had brought his delicate and frail son into a fight, it would probably cause another family disturbance.

After his son got out of the car, Zhou Huaiming sat in the car and lit a cigarette.He recalled the first time he saw Zhou Song, the girl riding a bicycle on the lampwick bridge had a bright smile and a high spirit on her face.If he hadn't seen it before, it would be difficult for him to associate with the sensible, calm and demure girl.

Squeezing out the cigarette butt, he had to admit again that his daughter was brought up very well.

When Zhou Song first entered high school, his Mandarin was very poor.But for the first school sports meeting, she prepared for a long time.In a short period of time, the improvement of Mandarin is very fast, because of his positive performance, he was selected as the broadcaster of the sports meeting.

Broadcasting is a drudgery, rarely fought for.Sitting on the podium and reading for a long time, the voice of reading is hoarse. The teacher Wen who leads the team loves the children and always buys drinks for them out of his own pocket.

Zhou Song looked at Teacher Wen. She was about to retire. Although the teacher was old, she was very temperamental in every gesture. She must have been a beauty when she was young. What was even more rare was her caring and tolerance for students from the bottom of her heart.

Zhou Song will participate in two competitions in the afternoon, a class 800-meter relay final, and a women's 500-meter individual competition.It was a disadvantage to put the two games together, but Zhou Song is an endurance player. She talked to Teacher Wen and arranged for other students to broadcast in the afternoon.

Teacher Wen nodded: "Our class will also compete in the 400-meter race in the afternoon, and I'm going over there to cheer."

Zhou Huaiming and Feng Yi both came to watch the game today, and the youngest son came here asking for leave after knowing about it.

Listening to the girl's sonorous and forceful voice on the broadcasting station, Feng Yi's eyes were red, and she murmured: "When Xiao Song was a child, he still couldn't speak well when he left."

Zhou Huaiming was silent for a long time, but Zhou Li was a little confused.

In the class relay race, a combination of two men and two women, Zhou Song is the third bat, and the last bat is the boys in the class. Because boys are more explosive, it is most advantageous to stay behind.

The small red flag in the referee's hand was raised, ready, and the teenagers were ready to go.

Bang, as soon as the command gun fired, the boys and girls on the runway rushed out like arrows off the string.After the first bat, Zhou Songzai's [-]th class took the first place, but the second bat fell behind.There were four teams on the field, and they fell to the third place. When the baton was passed to Zhou Song, the girl rallied and rushed forward.

She is not an explosive player, but at this moment, seeing the encouraging expressions of teachers and classmates, Zhou Song's heart ignited a flame, and she rushed forward in one breath, with no opponents beside her, only the shuttle wind and the encouraging voices of classmates and teachers.She breathed a sigh of relief after passing the baton to the last male classmate.

Their class finally had a trend of catching up, turning the situation around and becoming No.2, not far from the first place.In any case, the ranking was stable, and the last classmate was also struggling, so Class 1 came out on top and took No.[-].

The biggest contributors are the first, third, and fourth sticks, and one or four sticks are all male students.The third girl who overtook the track on the track made people feel that she was a heroine.The students gathered together and cheered happily, and when they were about to praise Zhou Song, she had already walked far away from the crowd.

Teacher Wen's class finally made it to the finals, but she had no regrets about the ranking. She pointed at the generals in her class, but her tone was very gentle: "You guys, usually only know how to read, and tell you to exercise more. Which teacher in physical education class will not be able to do it in the future?" Dare to occupy, I will fight with him."

Zhou Song bought water and brought it over. She smiled and invited everyone to drink, and said to Teacher Wen: "Teacher, I will run for your class next semester."

The students looked at her with astonishment on their faces: "ah, what can I do, you are from Class [-]"

Zhou Song said to himself: "At the end of the semester, I will be admitted to Class Five."

"Hahaha, yes, I have ambition." The students couldn't bear to beat her. Class 500 is an ordinary class, Class [-] is a key class, and there is a difference of nearly [-] places in the middle.

At this time, the classmates in Zhou Song's class also came over, and couldn't help but stepped forward to beat her up when they heard her bold words: "Zhou Song, you traitor, you are a guy who eats inside and out."

A group of people were laughing together, Zhou Song saw someone standing outside the bustle, Zhang Chengnian waved to her slightly, she trotted over with surprise on her face and took him by the arm: "Why are you here?"

"I saw it." Zhang Chengnian, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was never stingy with her praise: "Xiao Liu is very good."

When Teacher Wen saw the two, his tone became a little serious: "Zhou Song, you can't fall in love early."

Zhou Song hugged her tighter with a smile. Seeing the teacher's sinking face, she explained slowly. She motioned: "Mr. Wen, my brother."

Zhou Song took Zhang Chengnian to find a place with relatively few people on the football field and sat down: "I will run 500 meters in a while, and I will be exhausted."

Zhang Chengnian began to ruin the lawn mercilessly. Like when he was a child, he skillfully wove a grass ring and put it on her head: "Do you know what this is?"

"Grass." Zhou Song pointed to the stems and leaves on the ground.

"The ring of luck, for you." Zhang Chengnian narrowed his eyes, and his tone was somewhat teasing.

The two sat on the lawn, enjoying the leisure at this moment, and Zhou Song also needed to rest for a while to prepare for the next game.

"Who are you?" A tiger-headed child came out of nowhere and asked angrily: "Sister, you even forgot about your brother."

Zhou Huaiming and Feng Yi were still standing behind the little boy. They looked at Zhang Chengnian, Zhou Huaiming looked as usual, and Feng Yi had a bit of undisguised contempt in his eyes.

Zhang Chengnian stood up politely and said hello: "Hello."

He didn't address it.

Zhou Song also stood up. She frowned and thought for a while, obviously just remembering them.

The husband and wife saw Zhou Song laughing with classmates and teachers from one side, and also captured the surprise in her pupils when Zhang Chengnian appeared.

But standing in front of her parents, the girl's attitude is neither cold nor cold, reasonable and restrained.Zhou Huaiming saw an article in his daughter's text "People in a Cover", just like the relationship between their family at the moment, Zhou Song drew this boundary very clearly.

(End of this chapter)