If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 2 Beginning of Spring
2009, February 2, the beginning of spring.

Lin Nian walked out of the city's Children's Palace with a thick stack of money in his arms, inexplicably felt that this year's spring came earlier than usual.

When the little girl at the front desk counted the money for Lin Nian earlier, he thought that the other party had taken too much, but after repeated confirmation, it was indeed so much. The 2000 yuan part-time job fee was placed in a thick stack in his hand, which made people wonder for no reason. Sing the song "Where is Spring" that the music teacher has been teaching since elementary school.

Winter is gone and spring is coming again. Lin Nian, a second-year high school student, will turn 16 at the age of [-].

He was orphaned since he was a child and grew up in an orphanage. He recognized a god sister in the orphanage, and moved out of the orphanage together when he became an adult.For several years, the two brothers and sisters have depended on each other for life, and most of them are financially strapped, so he never misses any opportunity to work illegally.

Lin Nian was walking on the street exhaling white mist. Judging by the current world prices, although the 2000 yuan he earned this time is not too much, it is definitely not too little. His old sister's monthly salary is only one About [-], for a student who is still in the second year of high school, being able to earn [-] by himself is already enough to attract the attention of others.

Lin Nian knew that what the coach gave him was a regular exhibition match fee. The 2000 yuan appearance fee and treatment could not be won by anyone in the industry. Let alone Lin Nian, his kendo rank I didn't take the exam for a while, and the two thousand was not a performance fee, but a favor fee.

For Lin Nian, the coach has always been very interesting. Probably as the coach said, he has talent, so he has a love for talents, but it may also be unilateral sympathy. Everyone looks up and sees them on weekdays. The nature of ability will take care of it.

A coach is a capable person. Those who can hold training classes in the City Children's Palace are not capable. Kendo training costs 5000 yuan per person per session, and there are [-] people in one class per session. This year alone, the coach has led five classes.

Lin Nian used to work as a small worker in the Children's Palace in the early days. Because of his interest, he touched the bamboo sword a few times. The coach saw that he was talented, and he took him to a class. Achievement also depends on the coach's love.

The coach also asked Lin Nian if he wanted to develop with him before, but Lin Nian refused, because his sister wanted him to go to college, so the coach didn't mention it anymore.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the scriptures of his Linnian family are particularly difficult to read.

There is a bus stop at the entrance of the Children's Palace. Take all the way to the subway station, Line 2, transfer to Line 3, get off the subway at the terminal station, and then take the bus.

Lin Nian's family lives in the inland suburbs of this coastal city. There is no so-called community property system in the old housing area. There are some old houses standing side by side in a large open space. On the fourth and fifth floors, the house has some mottled walls.There are also some owners who have redecorated and put up bricks in good face, and rented out the store to become a breakfast shop or hot pot restaurant, and the streets are bustling with people coming and going.

Lin Nian entered the old house area and went straight to his house - an old house with a spicy and spicy food on the ground floor. He went around from the alley to the back door, went all the way to the fifth floor and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong."

After knocking three times, Lin Nian waited at the door with his hands in his pockets. After a while, a girl's voice rang out: "Who?"

"Me." He simply responded and the door in front of him was opened.

Behind the door stood a girl who was a little older, wearing fluffy pajamas and a kitchen apron, with pink cotton slippers on the bottom of her feet, with a spatula in her hand when she opened the door.

Her name is Lin Xian, Lin Nian's older sister.

Seeing Lin Nian covering his face, Lin Xian asked, "Where did you go early in the morning? I don't even leave a note. If you don't come back after noon, I'm going to go to the Internet cafe to arrest people."

"I didn't go to the Internet cafe." Lin Nian crossed the threshold and changed into slippers and took it to the door: "I went to the Children's Palace, and the coach asked me to play an exhibition match."

Lin Xian glanced at him and sniffed, but he didn't smell the smoke. Then he turned around and ran back to the lunch in the kitchen. At the same time, he asked, "The coach of the Musashi training class?"

"Which coach could it be?" Lin Nian lay on the sofa in the living room and turned his head to see his sister who was cooking in the kitchen: "I owe someone another favor this time, and I gave him two thousand for an exhibition match."

"Two thousand? That's that much." Lin Xian's voice increased slightly, but it quickly dropped and was covered up by the sizzling sound of oil in the pot.

"At least the rent is enough for next month." Lin Nian took out the money in his pocket and put it on the table.

"Aunt Wang said that our rent will drop a little next month," said Lin Xian, who was cooking.

"How much?"

"five hundred."

"It's a good thing." Lin Nian nodded: "Then keep these two thousand for the family."

"Besides, save it first, and I'll go to the bank in the afternoon." Lin Xian turned off the gas stove and put the cooking on the table: "Don't sit still, go scoop up the rice."

"Oh." Lin Nian got up and trotted to the rice cooker, filled two bowls of rice with chopsticks and sat at the dining table.

"School is about to start, how are you preparing for the school exam?" Lin Xian asked Lin Nian, knocking on the table with his chopsticks.

"Let's be so-so." Lin Nian said perfunctorily.

"So-so? You got into Shilan based on your grades. If you miss the entrance exam, you might not get preferential treatment for next year's tuition." Lin Xian glanced at Lin Nian while holding the rice: "You know the benefits."

"Oh, I see, I'll read at night." Lin Nian sighed and took a piece of bacon into the bowl and asked, "Where did you get the bacon? Did you buy it?"

"This morning from the orphanage, Dean Li sent it to condolences. Don't change the subject, reading at night is not enough, not only tonight, but you have to stay at home until school starts on the 19th. Anyway, the year is over, it's time to play It's time to relax." Lin Xian said while chewing slowly, "Don't follow that guy named Lu to go online all day long, the smoky environment in the Internet cafe is not good."

"He covered my internet fee and nutrition express." Lin Nian said solemnly, "Are you willing to see your brother malnourished?"

"You don't go to the video store a few times to rent those messy things, and you won't be malnourished." Lin Xian said with a chopstick of leeks into a bowl.

"Hey." Lin Nian instantly felt a cool feeling that his loincloth was being slapped on the street.

Lin Xian glanced at him a few times and didn't say any more.

The dinner table fell silent again.

After a long while, Lin Xian suddenly said, "I've changed jobs."

Lin Nian paused and said, "A coffee shop?"

"how do you know?"

"The coach said that his daughter met you in the high-tech zone." Lin Nian said, "Why did you quit the office job before?"

"Not suitable," said Lin Xian, who bowed his head to eat.

Not suitable?There is no right or wrong to sit in the office, as long as anyone with a butt can sit upright.Lin Nian thought, but after a while he sighed again in his heart.

How could he not know why Lin Xian said it was inappropriate, most likely because he was harassed in the workplace again, and this was the third time since the last time. A girl in her early 20s, who has just graduated from college, has no social experience, has a poor family, and has a very good-looking life. I don’t want to harass you or harass anyone.

"It's good, it's all good, it's enough to find a job." Lin Nian didn't show the slightest expression on his face: "No loss, right?"

"What if you suffer?" Lin Xian looked up at Lin Nian after eating.

"Then I will definitely beat someone." Lin Nian said without hesitation: "At most, define a mutual fight. I will do it lightly without leaving any injuries. At most, I will be fined and detained for a few days."

"Then you'll leave the case." Lin Xian shook his head with a wry smile.

"Do you see me as someone who cares about these things?" Lin Nian said with a smile.

"You should care." Lin Xian shrugged and shook his head: "Besides, I didn't suffer."

You won't tell me if you suffer, Lin Nian took a sip of rice and didn't say anything.

"By the way, when President Li came this morning, you went out. She said she wanted to see you." Lin Xian raised his chopsticks to divert the topic.

"Look at what I'm doing, I'm not missing any arms or legs." Lin Nian didn't seem to be too impressed with President Li in Lin Xian's mouth.

"It seems to be talking about the college entrance examination." Lin Xianjiacai paused for a while: "President Li said that if you haven't volunteered yet, she can recommend you to study abroad."

"Study abroad?" Lin Nian raised his head suspiciously: "When did our orphanage have a relationship with a foreign university? I still believe it if you say that it has an association with a foreign orphanage."

"President Li doesn't look like he's making fun of us." Lin Xian said hesitantly.

"But even if it's true, it's still too early. I'm only in the second half of my second year of high school." Lin Nian was a little baffled: "And do you need financial guarantees to study abroad?"

"President Li said that she is willing to be a guarantor." Lin Xian picked up the bowl and put it down as if he wanted to talk about this matter: "It is said that she recommended a private university in the outer suburbs of Chicago."

"The United States? That's not even more nonsense. What family conditions can afford to study in the United States?" Lin Nian seemed to be lacking in interest: "And he has to take the TOEFL test, which is very troublesome."

Speaking of this point, Lin Xian simply said directly: "President Li said that the school is willing to issue scholarships."

Lin Nian was silent. He lowered his head to plan two bowls of rice and thought for a while, "Did President Li want to sell me to the Middle East to mine coal?"

"There is a possibility." For the first time, Lin Xian did not condemn Lin Nian's rebellious speech, but thought about this possibility with a serious face - now this situation does seem quite conspiracy.

The two brothers and sisters have worked hard to survive all these years, and they all know a truth. The pies that fall in this world are all added with ecstasy, just like the free cocktails given by passers-by in the bar are not free.

"According to Dean Li, the name of the school seems to be Kasser Kassel?" Lin Xian thought for a while and then said, "Why don't you go to the Internet cafe in the afternoon to check if there is this school."

"You don't even remember your name, so find an excuse to be perfunctory." Lin Nian shook his head and said, "By the way, let's talk to some of the people from the other orphanages who have connections, and let them keep a few hearts on President Li. , in the current world, nothing can be determined.”

"Then what university are you going to study, do you have a direction?" Lin Xian nodded and asked.

"There is no direction." Lin Nian said, "I can't afford to study if I pass the exam, but I don't want to study if I fail the exam."

"If the college entrance examination is good, there is always a solution for tuition fees." Lin Xian knocked on the side of the bowl: "Whether it can be done is a matter of skill, and whether it can be afforded is a matter of economics."

"The sea of ​​literati who were starved to death without their talents in the past went away. In the end, it was an economic problem." Lin Nian said nonchalantly, "I don't care what I do."

"You know what to do." Lin Xian stopped talking after saying this.

She has always been aware of the art of leaving white space in her speech, but this art often makes her think a lot about the people at the table, and the more she thinks, the more uncomfortable it will be until she understands and then backs down.

"Yeah." Lin Nian replied.

"After eating, clean up by myself. I still have work in the afternoon, so I won't come back to eat at night." Lin Xian put down his tableware and chopsticks, took off his apron, walked into his room and closed the door to change his clothes.

Lin Nian on the dining table held up his chopsticks for a long time, and finally put them down. He suddenly lost his appetite.

There was a wind blowing in from the wide open window in the living room. This year's cold spring came a little earlier, and the whole room was full of coolness, which penetrated to the bottom of my heart, and it seemed that I could smell a unique smell that belonged to this place. The astringency of a coastal city.

2009, February 2, the beginning of spring.

Lin Nian is 16 years old and Lin Xian is 20 years old. They are lonely and depend on each other in this coastal city.

(End of this chapter)