rebirth of cataclysm

The cinema in Duge Township is still there, but now during the Chinese New Year, the busiest place on the street is no longer in front of the cinema. The busiest place on Duge Street has become National Street, especially the small square in the center.

People from Shiliba Village, whether they want to buy something or not, will go shopping on Minzu Street during the Chinese New Year, and even liven up in the small square.

At present, the small square on Minzu Street has become the center of Duge. Basically, all important and lively activities will be held in the small square.

Hu Mingchen chose to read and rest at home on the first day of the Lunar New Year and did not go out. However, it was also the Chinese New Year after all, and Hu Mingchen could not stay at home like this forever.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Hu Mingchen and his family had breakfast, Hu Jianjun went to play cards with others, Jiang Yucai and two sisters, Li Xiuju and Li Xiumei, went to listen to people singing folk songs, while Hu Yujiao and Hu Yandie went to play on the street with Hu Xiaomin's two sisters.

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Hu Mingchen also chose to go shopping on the street that day. Although she had a car, Hu Mingchen could ask Hu Jianqiang to drive her to the street, but Hu Mingchen did not do that. Instead, she chose to take a small road. Anyway, the weather was good today and she left after nine o'clock.

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In the mountains surrounding Duge Township, every path leading to the street was full of people. As soon as Hu Mingchen walked to the edge of the ditch, he met Tong Zhiwei and Hu Dehua.

"Uncle, are you going to the street?" Hu Dehua was squatting on a stone on the side of the road smoking a cigarette. When he saw Hu Mingchen, he stood up quickly and put the cigarette behind him.

Hu Dehua is three years older than Hu Mingchen, and he no longer goes to school, so he follows Hu Mingyi at home to earn some money.

Logically speaking, even though Hu Mingchen is older than him, Hu Dehua should not be afraid of Hu Mingchen. He is just smoking, there is no need to hide.

But for some reason, Hu Dehua felt a little embarrassed about Hu Mingchen. He was not afraid of his father or his grandfather, but when he saw Hu Mingchen, he always felt that there would be invisible pressure on him.

"What are you doing waiting here? It's just sobbing. It's nothing shameful. There's no need to hide."

"Hehehe." Hu Dehua chuckled, "Uncle, come on, you want to smoke one too?" Hu Dehua took out a pack of 5 yuan cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and handed it to Hu Mingchen.

"You can smoke, I don't smoke yet." Hu Mingchen waved his hand and pushed Hu Dehua's cigarette back, "Xiaowei, if he smokes, why don't you smoke? Or are you still not smoking?"

"Uncle, he's just a student. Why should he smoke? It's not that we don't let him smoke, but that he can't smoke." Hu Dehua said quickly.

"What student kid? Let me tell you, the boys in our class usually smoke cigarettes like yours. I don't want to smoke now, haha." Tong Zhiwei said.

"Haha, Xiaowei, where are you studying now? Are you still at Duge Middle School?"

"No, my mother sent me to the No. 5 Middle School in the city this semester."

"Oh, the fifth middle school is not bad. Just study hard and don't let your parents down." Hu Mingchen said like an elder.

Tong Zhiwei's father, Tong Bailiang, originally taught in Huangni Primary School, but has now been transferred to Duge Primary School. It is precisely because his father is a teacher that Tong Zhiwei can be sent to school in the city. Although the City No. 5 Middle School is within the city's middle school

It's relatively low, but it's still better than Dugger Middle School.

"Oh, oh, I know, I know." Tong Zhiwei nodded hurriedly.

Hu Mingchen just did his best and listened to fate. He knew that even if Tong Zhiwei was sent to the city to study, he was not a material for studying. Instead, he went to the city without adults to control him, and he only knew how to play.

"Do you want to wait here or go to the street? If you want to go to the street, come together."

"Uncle, you go first, we'll come back later," Hu Dehua said.

"Brother Mingchen, Hu Dehua wants to wait for the girl here, why would he be with you?" Tong Zhiwei said with a sinister smile.

"What are you talking about? Go away." Hu Dehua pushed Tong Zhiwei away, and then said to Hu Mingchen with a smile, "Uncle, don't listen to his nonsense. We are just here waiting for two classmates.

That’s all.”

Hu Mingchen smiled, said hello and left without comment.

For young people like Hu Dehua, now is the time when hormone secretion is strong, and during the Chinese New Year, it is the best season for courtship.

They must be waiting for the little girl here. Even if Hu Mingchen knew, it would be nothing. How could he stop the young man from falling in love?

"Tong Zhiwei, if you keep talking, I won't take you with me." Hu Dehua cursed as soon as Hu Mingchen left.

"You just ran against me. Besides, if you tease a girl, just tease the girl. What's the shame of saying it? You're aboveboard. Are you afraid of Hu Mingchen?" Tong Zhiwei jumped to the side and laughed.

"Oh, it sounds like you are not scared. When he taught you to study hard just now, look at your head, it was all burning like a pug." Hu Dehua said sarcastically.

"You are like a pug. Who is the one who hurriedly hid his cigarette when he saw him coming?" Tong Zhiwei shot back.

"Forget it, we are the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother. Speaking of it, I am afraid of him around here. I feel pressured to face him." Hu Dehua sighed.

"Although it's not true, look at the way he spoke about me just now, it's exactly the same as my father. He's only one year older than me, so... I don't know how to describe it." Tong Zhiwei agreed.

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Tong Zhiwei followed the path to the street. Before he entered the National Street, there were more and more people selling various things on the roadside, including balloons, marshmallows, melon seeds and peanuts, firecrackers, and sugar cane fruits.

, and there are all kinds of small toys selling. It’s a lively scene, so lively.

When we arrived at Minzu Street, the road was even more crowded. All the shops on Minzu Street were open for business. The further we walked toward the small square, the more people there were.

Everyone in Duge Township, regardless of family conditions, has a smile on their face, and many people, even if they are not wearing new clothes on this day, will be much cleaner than usual, especially those who are shouting everywhere

A little doll who wants to buy something.

Hu Mingchen clasped his hands behind his back, like a little old man, looking around and looking carefully, but he didn't mean to buy anything. When he walked to the small square, Hu Mingchen saw it. No wonder there were so many people here. It turned out that there were people in the square.

They were dressed in colorful clothes and walked on stilts, and there were people playing gongs and drums beside them.

For Duge Township, which lacks recreational activities, such a performance is very attractive. There are people standing on the three floors inside and outside. Many children are lifted up and sat on the shoulders of adults, and some people stand on the ground.

On top of the flower bed.

Hu Mingchen felt that there were many people, so he did not squeeze in. He was not interested in such entertainment activities.

Since the Xingsheng City store in Duge Township opened, Hu Mingchen has not visited it yet. He passed by the small square, so Hu Mingchen simply went to see what the store was like.

Who knows, there are so many people here in the city that it's hard to even get in through the door.

Just when Hu Mingchen was hesitating whether to go in and take a look, someone suddenly slapped him from behind.

"Hu Mingchen, ah, it's really you."

"Mao Feng, it turns out it's you!" Hu Mingchen turned around and saw Mao Feng standing behind him.

"It's me, it's me, oh, I thought you wouldn't come back for the New Year."

"Look what you said, it's the Chinese New Year. If I don't come back, where will I go? Are you here to play alone? Business should be very good during the Chinese New Year. Didn't you help your grandma with her business and sell some melon seeds or something?

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When Hu Mingchen mentioned his grandma, Mao Feng's expression darkened: "My grandma is no longer here."

"Oh, sorry, I don't know."

"Don't be sorry, it's nothing. Hu Mingchen, when you came back, didn't you go to play with Luo Zhizheng and the others?"

"No, I just came back. This is my first time on the street today. Come on, there are too many people here. Let's go to the side and I'll treat you to something to eat."

Hu Mingchen and others walked out of Minzu Street. There was an open-air stall selling spring roll jelly on the roadside. Hu Mingchen and Luo Zhizheng each found a small bench to sit down and asked the boss for two bowls of two portions and a plate of spring rolls.

"Hu Mingchen, you should graduate from junior high school next semester and enter your first year of high school, right?"

"Mao Feng, I am already in my first year of high school and I skipped a grade." Hu Mingchen explained.

Except for those at home and those close to him, no one else knew about Hu Mingchen's grade skipping.

"You are already in the first year of high school. You are so awesome. When you were studying before, you were terrible at studying. I didn't expect you to skip a grade so well. Hey, if only I could be half as smart as you." Mao

Feng exclaimed.

"What are you talking about? You're not stupid either. If you work hard, you can do it." Hu Mingchen reassured.

"Forget it, I can't study at all. You said before that if we can study, you can pay us tuition and go to high school or college. But now it seems that there is no chance. I will work hard.

I'm fine, but I can't do well in exams, especially English, I'm even more useless." Mao Feng shook his head and complained to himself.

"It's so serious, how many did you take in the final English test?"

"Thirty-two points are obtained by multiple-choice questions, so I have no hope at all in high school or college."

If you only get 32 ​​points on the English test in the third year of junior high school, it is indeed a very popular thing.

"It doesn't matter. As long as you work hard, there is still a chance for everything. Chinese and mathematics are even more important." Hu Mingchen comforted.

"I am barely good at math and Chinese, and I often fail. My dad told me that after I study for another semester, he will let me go out to work after I graduate from junior high school. Now I really want to work and earn money, but I see that others are not studying.

If you go to a big city and earn thousands of dollars a year, I think that's suitable for me."

"Nonsense, it's because you have little experience. How do you know those people don't regret it? Let me tell you, you will regret less when you use the book. If you go out to work, you will be more educated and you will earn more money. Maybe others are workers, but they are a bit

You can be a team leader if you are educated. Don't think about making money now. Your task now is to study hard and you have to make money. I will give you opportunities in the future and I will guarantee that you will not earn less than them."