Kuai Chuan Teaches You To Be a Man

The next day, when Yu Xia came back from Commune High School, on the way, she found that the commune members looked at her with more complicated eyes, mainly envy, but also strange.

It is normal to think it is strange. For rural people, studying is a decent thing, not to mention going to college. It is good to graduate from high school. In the village, there are a lot of elementary or junior high school diplomas. Never less. Even among the educated youths who left their hometowns a few years ago, more than half of them graduated from junior high school, which means that the second sister of the old Yu family was the best at reading in the Red Star Brigade.

The children of other families had a headache when they saw math, physics and chemistry. She easily got full marks in the exam, and the school leaders went to her house in person, praised Yu Xia in public, and told Yu Xuenong not to waste her talent, good steel must be used on the edge of the knife, Just let her read and concentrate on reading.

Even if they didn't see it with their own eyes, the members were very emotional after hearing about it. Even if the college entrance examination was resumed the first year, I heard that the test was like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

"If this is my daughter, I can make her an offering as an ancestor!"

"People are really incomparable. I think when I was in elementary school in the team, Yu Xia and my Fangfang were still at the same table. Yu Xia is going to go to college, and my dead girl still doesn't know what to do."

"What else can I do? It looks like it's recruiting or getting married. If you want to squeeze into the city, what hope can you expect from staying in the countryside? You'll be a coward like us for the rest of your life?"

In the past two days, Yu Xia was the one that women talked about the most. Look at Yu Xia, who looks good at studying and diligent, and then look at her own girl... A mother will naturally not dislike her daughter's inability. This is not a question of dislike, compared to Others have a bright future, but my own is worried.

Yu Xia didn't go deep into their complicated inner drama, she politely responded when others greeted her, followed the familiar village road home, and only after entering the door, she found that the house had changed. There were several kinds of fresh vegetables piled up in the corner, and there were also peanuts and melon seeds on the table. She went into the kitchen and turned around, and found that there was a small half of the rice tank left full, and there were still a few small slaps swimming in the water tank. crucian carp.

Yu Xia couldn't figure it out, and wanted to greet A Mao to ask, but when he turned around, he saw Yu Chun leaning against the door of the kitchen. Yu Chun said with a complicated greeting, "You're back."

"Big sister, where are you, where is Mom busy? Where's Yu Mao Mao?"

"It's all at Uncle's house."

It was quite unexpected. Yu Xia thought about it for a while, but didn't remember anything good about the uncle's house, and asked, "Did you go to help?"

Yu Chun pouted, the current situation is just the opposite, three relatives and six relatives are rushing to help him, just because Yu Xia has great prospects.

Yu Chun thought for a while, Yu Xia was good at studying in her last life, but she didn't particularly care about the second sister, so she didn't know how good she was. In this way, but after several decades, I really can't remember the details.

She suddenly became fascinated, and Yu Xia asked again, only to hear her say: "The old man asked us to go over there for dinner, and Mom helped Zhang Luo to leave me at home to wait for you, and let you know."

Yu Xia nodded and said with a smile, "Is there something good that can't be done?"

"...The leader of your school came to our house yesterday and said that you were the first in the grade for the second model test, and the family wanted to celebrate."

I didn't expect it, no wonder the family has changed a lot, and this is the reason. Yu Xia didn't pretend that this grade was nothing, she thought about going back and asking her mother to see who brought something, remember it first, and return it slowly later. At the same time, I feel very emotional. The folk customs these days are really simple. Although people's inferiority is inevitable, they are much more lovely than the future.

Thinking of this, she smiled at Yu Chun: "Sister, wait for me for a while, I'll put the things down, wash my face and let's go together."

Yu Chun agreed, and she watched the second sister scooping water from the tank, watching her twist the handkerchief to wipe her face, and then locked the door after cleaning up, and the two sisters walked side by side to Uncle Yu's house. Yu Xiaodi was squatting in the yard to play. He was the first to see the figure, and after seeing it, he jumped up and shouted at the house: "Grandpa! Grandma! Mom! My sister is here!"

The old lady was still talking, when she heard the sound of slipping out of the room, and saw the two daughters-in-law also running out of the stove, she gave them a fierce look: "What's the matter with you two? What the fun? Hurry up and burn it. Let's go!"

Yu's mother was a rat, she was cowardly when she saw her mother-in-law, she said she turned around and went back to the kitchen, but Aunt Yu, getting along with the old lady day and night, knew that her mother-in-law was just a knife mouth, so she was not afraid, and even greeted her in the courtyard. Yu Xia snorted, and then went back to work.

The old lady could only see Yu Xia once every other week, and she remembered it very much. After seeing her, she could not pretend to be someone else. She took Yu Xia and planned to go back to the house to talk, and wanted to ask her how she was doing at school and if she was busy. Are you busy or tired? How long is the exam? Do you want to prepare for something? Yu Chunxin said that her two lifetimes were the same, and the old woman's heart was biased. She was a little unhappy, so she didn't go over to get offended, and lifted her feet to wander around the neighborhood.

Yu Chun took seven or eight steps out, and the old lady squinted at her: "I don't even know how to shout, it's really annoying to have a sad face."

You don't need to be named to know who she is talking about. Yu Xia took her nanny's arm and coaxed: "Isn't nanny saying that she has something good for me? Let's go back to the house, go back to the house and talk."

The old lady immediately forgot about Yu Chun, smiled and walked into the house. When she got to her house, she took out a set of keys from her pocket, opened the door of the half-person-high cabinet, and took out a packet of peanut nougat from it: " Your uncle is not recruiting workers to the city, he came back last time, and he brought it back, Xia Xia, you take it, you are tired of studying, peel it and eat it."

Yu Xia had eaten all kinds of candy, but he didn't like it, so he decided to give it to a few small ones so everyone could taste it.

Speaking of this old lady, she is full of murderous aura: "Do you think they haven't tasted it? Are there less people who have caused their troubles? The heads are not easy to use, and the mouth is very good."

The anger came and went quickly. Before Yu Xia came to persuade the old lady, she became happy again, and she took out two pieces of blue cloth, one dark and one light, from the cabinet, made gestures on Yu Xia, and said: " You measure the size, there is enough cloth in the milk, enough to cut a shirt and make a pair of trousers for you, and when you pass the exam, we will definitely have a seat, just enough to wear it." She gestured and said, saying that she would Get a good-looking style, Yu Xia is born well, and wears a certain spirit.

After getting along for a while, Yu Xia already understood her milk's style. As long as her mother made up her mind, no matter how much you say, the result will always be the same.

Since it's useless to say more, what else can you do? Happy to accept, thank you.

The old lady felt relieved, she folded the two pieces of cloth and put them away, and locked the cabinet back, then sat back on the edge of the bed and took Yu Xia's hand: "Your parents are honest, they don't have that brain, they can't make money. Money, they have done their best to make ends meet. But Xia, don't worry, your father has no money, but your milk has money. Don't think about how much it will cost to go out to study. Your milk has been prepared for a long time and will be able to pay you. ."

Everyone in the family knows that the old lady is rich. She is rich because she feeds big fat pigs every year. There are four and a half pigs in Uncle Yu's pigpen. The pig grass is cooked and fed diligently. The rule for raising pigs is to raise two and keep one, and half of them are handed over to the state. She raises four and turns in two. She can also have a few hundred kilograms of meat left. Eat some at home, and the rest All sold to the county.

The top is cracking down on speculation and reselling, and reselling is not allowed. There is still a free market, and no one can control self-production and self-selling.

Besides, in New Years, you have to eat meat regardless of whether you have money or not. There is not much overhead, and the money saved is estimated to be enough for a college student. These days, tuition fees are not as high as in later generations, and because of the announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination, universities across the country are recruiting outstanding talents. Speaking of which, the registration fee and the book fee may not be as high as the toll to travel north by train.

So when it comes to going to college, Dad Yu has no idea, and the old lady has a plan.

The old lady has money and Yuchun also knows that most of Yuchun's expenses in the city in her previous life were paid by her. After Yuchun entered the city, she was not very economical. Except for the registration fee and book fee, she could spend 20 yuan a month, plus the admission fee. I bought a lot of things at school, and reading books in those years was a big burden for my family.

The grandparents and grandchildren chatted for a while, and they smelled the smell of meat wafting from the stove. Yu Xia asked, "It's already May, and you haven't finished eating the cured meat for the New Year?"

"How can it be, not to mention that the weather is hot and the cured meat can't be put away. How much did I keep during the Chinese New Year? Back then, the price was good, and everything that could be sold was sold! Today's meat is freshly cut by your uncle. Yes, the four pigs in our family are still too early to be slaughtered." The old lady Yu burst out laughing, she whispered to Yu Xia, "Yesterday your grandfather went to Gao's house and asked them to keep a big fish. The meal is good, you eat more, and reading takes a lot of brains? How can you do without oil and water!"

I said earlier that the Gao family is a wealthy family in the brigade. His family is rich because Chen Sufang is a good fisherman. Her son, Gao Kui, has followed him since he was a child, and he has also learned a hand. Small fishing boats go down the river every few days, and they always get a lot of harvest. The fish sells for 20 cents a pound, and they can earn a lot in one trip.

Like these things that were born and raised, whoever hits them is who, and the Gao family is capable, he should make a fortune. There are also envious people who follow the study, and the harvest is good, only enough to occasionally beat the teeth, and can't sell any money.

It is also because there is a Gao family on the team, whoever is greedy for meat will go to his house to buy a fish, because it is not expensive for acquaintances to charge money, so it saves the effort of feeding the pigs... Not only do you have to hand in half of the pigs, but If you don't take care of it, you may lose money.

The few small crucian carp in Yu Xia's water tank were sent from the Gao family's leftovers. They said they were leftovers. Chen Sufang put them in wooden barrels, and they looked very fresh. What she was talking about was thanking Yu Xia for giving Gao Honghong a lecture, and letting Ma Yu keep the fish in the tank.

Yu's mother still wanted to refuse, Chen Sufang left her things and left, and after walking a few steps, she greeted and said that she would come back and get the bucket.

The fish brought to Uncle Yu's house today is also fat and beautiful.

For this meal, there were three meat dishes on the table, one fried meat, one braised fish, and one stewed fish head with pickled vegetables. Aunt Yu also fried two vegetarian dishes. The rice was sweet potato dry rice. I drooled a lot, and I didn't even look up after eating. Yu Xia was still the same gentle, she tasted every plate, and boasted that Auntie's skill was good, and the dishes were deliciously cooked.

People with sweet mouths are always likable, and her auntie is happy when she hears it: "If you like it, eat more if you like it, and it's rare to be so rich."

The old lady picked up the most tender fish belly and gave Yu Xia a pair of chopsticks: "Eat, let's talk about it when we're full, what is this today? When the college entrance examination results come out, we Xia Xia will be admitted to a good university, and we will have a whole table. richer."

The old man listened and blew his beard: "The whole table is not enough, we need to hold a table, our brigade has never sent a college student, this is a good thing to honor our ancestors!"

What they said, Uncle Yu nodded, it's good to hold the seat, it's time to do it if you pass the exam! As for the eldest aunt, although Yu Xia was not her daughter, she was also a niece. The niece had great prospects, and the other girls in the family also rose in value, so blood relatives could always take advantage of each other.

Everyone at the table was happy, and Yu Chun was the only one who didn’t feel good about it, but she quickly adjusted, thinking that the better the second sister, the better, she was Yu Xia’s eldest sister, and she would have the confidence to talk to the Gao family about her relatives. .

There is always no shortage of conversations at the dinner table. Uncle Yu still said that the brigade has been envious of their family these two days. The family is beautiful wherever they go, and it is good to have someone in the family who can read. Yu Xia didn't answer, just listened, and Dad Yu sighed: "Second sister has a great future, and I feel at ease, but her mother and I are not capable, I'm afraid of dragging her down..."

"What's not a drag? A few cents of rice in the cafeteria, 10 cents of vegetarian food, and 40 cents of meat dishes. You can eat dozens of yuan in one semester. The registration fee and book fee are not much. Our commune high school is only 3 yuan a year. "

Dad Yu glanced at his brother: "That's a university, can a university be the same as a high school?"

"It's only thirty if you double it ten times. Even the train tickets are more expensive. I heard that it takes dozens of hard seats to go to Beijing from our end."

Yu Chun was sullen, and only now interrupted, saying that it was thirty-six.

A table of people looked at her: "How do you know, eldest sister?"

"..." What did the reborn do not know? But this can't be said clearly. Yu Chun later realized that he was talking too much, and replied vaguely, "I heard that I was working in a silk reeling factory before going to Shanghai No. 19 and Beijing to No. 36. The state is cracking down on speculation. Can you easily run across the country? The most difficult part of food, clothing, housing and transportation is to go out. If Yu Xia really goes to the capital to go to school, I am afraid that he will not be able to come back during the New Year.

The whole family is also sighing. Yu's mother has been reluctant to give up in advance, so it's not been a few years since she was admitted to the university.

"It's better not to go that far..." Yu's mother hit her mother-in-law's chopstick head with her mouth, "Shut up, if you don't understand anything, it will delay your daughter's future. If Xia Xia can really get into the capital's university, then go. Study hard, assign a good job after graduation, and try to connect you and her father to Beijing, that is a good day to be envied."

Yu Xia nodded: "I read hard, and I also took my father and mother to Beijing."

The old lady laughed so badly, she had already estimated the expenses in her mind. The train ticket cost 36 yuan, the meal cost 15 yuan a month, and the tuition and miscellaneous fees were 40 yuan. , and then slowly save the rest, and send money to Yu Xia once a semester.