blackstone code

Chapter 1073 Tuition Fees
In the dimly lit room, the light bulb above the head that has not been replaced for a long time casts little light into the room.

The 15-year-old was sitting at the table, looking dully at the heavy snow outside the window.

Her father was sitting on the sofa, watching TV reports about the heavy snow this year, and her mother was sitting opposite her.

The whole family remained silent, only the reporters on the TV kept making noises.

The sound is a bit harsh, the old tv speaker is long overdue for retirement, and sometimes it screeches, but no one here thinks about buying a new one, not even a used one.

Because... poor.

Being poor is not a shameful thing, because many people in this world are poor.

But poverty is a very hurtful thing, because of poverty, many small things that may be insignificant in the eyes of others have become big things, like getting a new TV.

It's like...paying for a child's schooling.

The toilet in the bathroom made a sound of flushing, and then the door opened, and a boy who was a little older than the girl came out in a daze.

He hid in the toilet for a long time, half an hour or more, but he still couldn't escape this conversation.

"Come here, sit down..."

The man stood up, went to the table and sat down. The boy walked over awkwardly, glanced at the girl with some guilt, and sat down quietly.

"It's snowing heavily this year... The factory decided to reopen after March, which also means that we have no income for more than two to three months."

"But the notice from the school has come. We must pay the money before February, otherwise they will remove your name from the school book."

"But the money in my hand can only support one person to go to school at most..."

Still silent, no one spoke.

This heavy snow that lasted for more than a month ruined the lives of many people. They encountered such terrible bad weather when their lives had just improved.

Continued heavy snow made road traffic chaotic, intercity highways and interstate highways came to a complete halt.

There are also many problems in the city. Many factories and warehouses have been crushed by the heavy snow. Before this, no one would have thought that the light snowflakes would bring such a terrible disaster to the world!

The truth is, they were too optimistic.

The shutdown of factories means that workers cannot get paid through labor, and a small amount of savings can only barely support them.

If you add the tuition fees of two students... many families can't afford them to do so.

This is not a problem of a certain family itself, but a problem of the whole society.

At present, the federal education is still basically monopolized by the education group. They never consider reducing the burden on the students' families, they only ask for more.

The tuition fee for each student ranges from dozens to hundreds of dollars per semester, plus the cost of buying various books, more than 200 yuan, which is a trouble for families who have problems with this money.

Just like the family in front of us, they couldn't afford more than 400 yuan to continue their education for their two children, and one person must be left behind.

This fall will stop for a year.

They're not going to re-enroll that kid in the current grade, they're definitely going to have to wait until this time next year.

But at this time next year, with a difference of one year, how can the child's studies be maintained?
Don't think that the federal lower and middle education doesn't care so much about students' grades, but at least you have to prove that you are not a fool and you have some understanding of what you have learned.

Missing a year could mean not going to school again.

The girl's expression was very indifferent, her hands were tightly pinching the corners of her clothes, pinching hard.

The pain from her fingernails embedded in her palm was not as good as her pessimism. The future of life was like this dark room, where there was no light.

She had a hunch that the person who couldn't go to school would be herself.

The boy also had a hunch that he could go to school but his sister couldn't.

The man turned his head and glanced at his wife, "So we have made a very difficult decision,...", he called out the girl's name, "Can you suspend your brother for a year?"

"We are still discussing, but the result may not be like this..."

Everyone knew that this was a lie. Tears suddenly pooled in the girl's eyes. She bit her lip stubbornly, and a trace of bright red blood spread outward along the texture of her lip.

She didn't say no, she didn't agree, she just looked at her father.

Maybe it was because her gaze was too "fierce", maybe it was the guilt in her heart, and the room fell into silence again.

The man has not exercised his authority as the head of the household to demand that it must, and he feels that his own inability is causing these problems.

But in fact, he has worked very hard. He goes to work at 07 o'clock every day and ends at 30:[-] in the evening. He works [-] hours a day plus a half-hour break at noon.

He has never been lazy, and has never been deducted from his salary for not working hard, but he still has no way to spend so much money for his two children now.

Blame those damned immigrants!

Beneath his pained expression was anger at immigrant laborers, lowly immigrants who lowered their wages to get a job.

Originally, his salary was more than 330 yuan, but now, he can only get the minimum standard salary, which is tens of yuan less every month.

In addition to the change in wages, there are also a lot of benefits. For example, lunch at noon has become a vegetarian without meat.

For example, the original working hours were only ten hours, but under the request of those immigrants who took the initiative to work overtime, it became eleven hours.

You don't have to work overtime, but when the factory needs to adjust the position, you may be fired.

Capitalists never talk about corporate sentiments with employees. Only when they need to use employees will they take this thing out as a sacred mission to promote.

Seeing the pain of the family, the woman felt very painful in her heart. She took off her pearl earring, which was left to her by her grandmother.

"Sell this, maybe you can pay her tuition."

The man glanced at it, "It's only worth 20 yuan at most!" He paused, "And this is your only jewelry."

Sitting under the dim light, the family fell into a kind of despair for the tuition fee of more than 200 yuan.

They will be desperate for two hundred yuan now, and they will be desperate for other money later. This may be an ordinary thing that ordinary families must face.

Do your best to get through one difficulty, and then usher in the next one!
There is no shortcut to a poor life, because the shortcut is money!

If you have money, there is no difficulty.

Without the girl's consent, the girl has no ability to change anything, she can only stand up after a period of silence, go back to her room silently, hide in the quilt and cry secretly.

She knew that she couldn't blame anyone. This society is like this. Women's status is always inferior to that of men, and it is the same when facing future choices.

Even if her studies are better than her brother's, there is no reference value.

Let boys go to school and girls get married, this may be the purest and most basic idea and practice of ordinary families.

You know, after a girl gets married, she will even change her surname, and people won't invest so much in her unless she never gets married in her life.

But is that possible?

The next day, the man took the boy and left the house against the wind and snow. They went to school to pay the tuition fees in advance. They heard that there would be a bigger snowstorm in a few days.

It would be bad if the traffic in the city was also blocked.

The girl looked at her brother who kept turning his head in the wind and snow, and could only cry silently.

She began to think about doing something. It is impossible for her to do nothing this year. Maybe she will usher in her first job in life.

Isn't it normal for teenage girls to go to work?

A woman appeared behind her, stroking her hair, "Don't hate anyone, at least you can still live in a warm room, maybe the food is not so delicious, but it can fill your stomach."

"Learn to be tolerant, this is our destiny..."

Originally, everyone thought that this matter was over here, but they didn't expect that when the two men in the family came back at noon, things changed.

A smile appeared on the man's face. He found the girl and was a little excited. "Listen, your problem of going to school has been solved, and you can go to school with your brother."

The girl stared at her father with wide eyes and shook her head slightly, as if to say "don't be kidding".

It wasn't until her father nodded vigorously again that tears welled up quickly.

"What happened?" The woman hurried over and opened the curtains.

The wind and snow that had been falling for two days stopped for a while at this time, and the sun came out, and the room became brighter!
"I saw Ms. Catherine, you know, that commoner flower!" The man was always agitated, and he was a little upside down when he spoke, and he couldn't express his thoughts well.

"She asked about our family's situation and knew that we had a child who couldn't go to school because there was no tuition fee. She was still a girl, so she was willing to help us, free of charge!"

The woman also became excited, she hugged her daughter tightly, "That's great, it's great..."

The man also nodded and said, "Yes, that's great. Many students' homes have problems this year. The blizzard came at an inopportune time. Fortunately, Ms. Catherine showed up in time."

"Oh, by the way, and Mr. Lynch, I saw Mr. Lynch too!"

The man looked at his children and felt a little emotional, "They are the real big men who have gone out of Sabine City. Few people can be like them. They are rich and can remember us poor people."

His emotion is justified, not all donations from charity gala can be used to those who really need it.

Sometimes, those fundraisers don't tell people that they generally only use a certain percentage of the total donation for some specific groups of people, and more of it is the maintenance funds of foundations or other institutions.

Finally, the man looked at the girl, "Maybe you can see them again in two days..."

(End of this chapter)