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Chen Li met Liu Jianmin, the head teacher at school on Sunday morning.

With Lin Yanxing not around, one can imagine Lao Liu's attitude towards Chen Ren, probably slightly better than towards stray dogs.

Chen Ean expressed that he would apply for tuition and tuition fee reduction.

Lao Liu said yes, but you have to prove it.

Chen Yi asked how to prove it.

Lao Liu lazily said: "Are you a child of a martyr? Are you an orphan raised by society? Are you disabled? Are you a child of a low-income family? Are you supported by an elderly household with five guarantees?"

It's really interesting, Chen Yan is too poor to eat, but none of the above five conditions for tuition reduction or exemption are met.

Chen Eun asked, "What about the subsidy for poor students?"

Lao Liu said: "It's simple, as long as the street stamps you, but the family is really poor."

Chen Eun asked, "My mother doesn't have a job."

Lao Liu sneered: "Many mothers don't go to work, and many rich ladies don't go to work. What about your father?"

"Dead." Chen Yan said, "Stepfather refused to support me."

This sentence made Lao Liu feel a little compassion: "Why don't you support me? You haven't arrived yet, no matter what, I will support you."

Chen Li didn't speak.

Lao Liu said: "You must be ignorant. Children can't understand the hard work of adults, and you are stubborn. That's why you can't get along with your stepdad. Don't think about tuition reduction or poverty subsidies. Go back Go home and apologize to the adults!"

Chen Yan was so angry that her mouth was twisted, and she barely maintained the politeness of a student, saying "Teacher, I'm leaving".

Old Liu shouted at him: "Tuition fee is 800 per semester, agency fee is 250 for social practice fee, medical examination fee is 80, accommodation fee is 200 per month, and school uniform is [-]. You have to hurry up and pay. I have seen your student status card transferred from junior high school. You The stepfather is an employee of a certain factory, and the profit of that factory is not bad, so it’s not like the money can’t be spent, right?”

"..." Chen Yan said, "I'll go back and ask for money."

It's time for him to go back, he hasn't seen him for 15 years, he wants to see his mother.

His mother always called him "Rianren".

"Eren" and "ren" are homophonic. When his mother loves him, "eren" sounds like "everyone", which is the little person in his mother's mouth.

"Ren" has the same pronunciation as "forbearance". When his mother decided to abandon him, she seemed to be saying "forbearance".

Ren Ren will grow up, Ren Ren will be able to support herself, and Ren Ren will be able to leave.

He remembered the old-fashioned residential building of his stepfather's house. They lived on the second floor, which was the worst location. The sewer was very easy to block, and dirty water leaked out of the toilet when it was blocked.

The stepfather’s house came from the stepgrandfather. When the mother married into this family, all the gossips in the whole community called Chen Rian “the oil bottle”, except the stepgrandfather.

The step-grandfather liked him for no reason, called him "Little Treasure", carried him to the park to play, and gave him candy from his pocket.

Chen Eun called him "Grandpa".

However, Grandpa fell ill and died within a year, so Chen Yan became the oil bottle of the whole world.

Chen Li was not willing to spend money to take the bus, but walked back. Fortunately, there were only six or seven stops, so he could afford it.

He stood downstairs and looked up, and saw the shacks set up for cooking in the aisle on the second floor.The family area is small and the population is large, so the kitchen is placed outside to save a little space.

Chen Rin's previous bed was set up next to the faucet in the original kitchen, and she fell asleep with the sound of dripping water every night. Because her mother wanted to save water bills, she always turned on a little bit of the faucet to drip water, one pot per night, but the water meter didn't turn.

Mom was at home, and Chen Yan saw her.

It is a lie to say that it is not uncomfortable after seeing each other for 15 years.

Before Chen Li died, she didn't even come to see him, because he was too far away, and she had no income, and her stepfather wouldn't give her money to buy a plane ticket.

Mom also looked happy: "Oh, where have you been, Zianren?"

Chen Ren's eyes were red as she looked at the woman in front of her.

She is not yet forty, her eyebrows are still vivid, her skin is still delicate, but life has stained her with a layer of rust, and she has faint chloasma on her cheeks.

Chen Li knew her mother was beautiful since she was a child, but because of beauty and ignorance, she was fascinated by an equally handsome street boy when she was a teenager.Then she was kicked out by her old-fashioned grandfather and gave birth to Chen Ren with nothing.

She has no academic qualifications, no skills, no family background, is not smart, does not learn, and has no ideas.

Chen Yan thought to herself: Did my friend give her my ashes?What will she look like?Where did she bury me?

"...Mom." Chen Yan tried her best to restrain the soreness in the base of her nose, "You...can you hug me?"

Mother turned her head and looked surprised: "Rianren, why are you acting coquettish all of a sudden? Come in and help me choose vegetables. I bought two catties of edamame and haven't peeled it yet!"

Chen Yan sniffled and said, "...Okay."

Inside the door is the living room, and through the living room is the kitchen, which is what Chen Ren called the room.

His half-twin brother and sister were fighting in the living room. When he came in, the younger brother yelled, "The oil bottle is back," while the younger sister snorted and turned her head away.

Their father and relatives have said that the oil bottle is the most hateful person in the world!

It's obviously not from their family, and they don't take their father's surname, but they want to eat from their family, use their family's money, occupy their family's space, it's shameless!

All the money in their family is earned by the father, and none of the money goes to the mother, let alone the oil bottle!The oil bottle stays here because I want my father to die early, and then divide their house and money!

Bah, good idea!

The younger brother yelled: "Mom, Dad won't let oil bottles come in!"

"Nonsense," mother reprimanded lightly, "you can't say that about brother."

The younger sister shouted: "Papa said he is not a brother, he is a debt collector!"

Chen Yan looked at them indifferently.

The little brother and sister are only more than a year apart, and their heights are also about the same.They didn't inherit even a trace of their mother's delicacy and beauty, and all the characteristics came from the thick and ugly stepfather.

The complexion is so dark, the face is so stupidly round, the nose is so broad and blunt, the eyes are small and lifeless, and the browbones protrude like ancient human specimens.

Chen Lin has never seen their adult appearance, but it is conceivable that they will be like two short and solid tree stumps, with a buffalo back and a bucket waist. If they are a little fatter, a banquet can even be placed on their buttocks.

Chen Li hurried past them.

The kitchen was only about three square meters, and it was too narrow to turn around. Chen Yan looked around and asked, "Mom, has my bed been dismantled?"

His simple cot made of two benches and a bed board is gone, as is the small bookcase he made by himself, and his personal belongings are stacked in a cardboard box in the corner.

It was pitifully small: junior high school math textbooks, old notebooks, old schoolbags, some clothes, and three or four pairs of socks with loose edges.

He didn't have a decent pencil case until he graduated from junior high school.

When I was in elementary school, I lived next door to a sister who loved handicrafts. Before moving, she sewed a pencil case for Chen Yan, and he was reluctant to throw it away until it was worn out and faded.The mended pencil case is still there, as if implying his lack of things in life.

"The bed was dismantled by your Uncle Sun. He said you wouldn't come back to live in it anyway." His mother said flatly.

"Oh, he's right." Chen Yan said.

His mother said: "Even, it's not that your Uncle Sun is unfeeling, you can't be so disobedient. What's wrong with him letting you go to work in a garment factory? There are so many old masters in the garment factory. Okay, you can learn to step on the sewing machine, you can also learn to iron clothes. After all, you can learn a craft so that you can gain a foothold in society in the future. What is the use of your high school and university? Isn’t it just a better reputation? It’s not that you can’t find a job.”

"I don't like sewing or ironing," said Chen Rin.

"It's not a question of whether you like it or not. People have to eat anyway." His mother said, "If my mother had the skills to enter the factory early, how could she be a housewife? It's useless to be scolded by your uncle every day!"

Chen Lin peeled the edamame silently, deliberately not listening to her.

His mother continued: "You are just stubborn and don't know what is good or bad. Your father watched so many scenes and managed such a big site back then. He looked powerful. Didn't he just die? It's not like your Uncle Sun, although Not so chic and beautiful, but he has skills, and he can support his family."

Chen Eun said: "Dad died because he saved people. If he doesn't stop him, his brother will die."

"What's the use of a brother? Didn't his brother be shot later?" Mom was upset, "It was an idiot who was stabbed for nothing!"

"Don't say any more."

Chen Li lowered her head and said, "Mom, I came back today to ask you for money. High school has started, and I haven't paid the tuition and dormitory fees yet. Can you give me the money to pay the dormitory fees first, so I don't have to pay?" I’ve lived here, and I won’t be back for three years in high school.”

"How much?"

"The accommodation costs 400 yuan for one semester, and the school uniform costs 200 yuan, so it costs 600 yuan."

"That much?" His mother hesitated, "Then you should come back to live, since Uncle Sun didn't drive you away."

Didn't the bed be dismantled and people go away?

His mother asked again: "Do I have to wear a school uniform? There was no requirement to wear it in junior high school."

"You can't participate in class activities without a school uniform."

"Then you don't want to participate. Those activities—such as spring outing, autumn outing, sports meeting—are all a waste of money."

"Mom!" Chen Yan begged, "I only want six hundred!"

His mother is very embarrassed: "But 600 yuan is enough for a month's food. In the past two years, your Uncle Sun's factory has not been very profitable, and the monthly salary is only a little over 3000. Now any dish costs several yuan a catty. Money, pork ribs cost nearly 20 yuan a catty. Your brother and sister are still in school, both of them are growing up, and I don’t have a job, so the family’s expenses are very high!”

"..." Chen Yan put the vegetable basket aside, he didn't want to peel the edamame anymore.

His mother said: "Look at this house. It's only about 30 square meters with one bedroom and one living room. Your younger brother and sister can live in it at a young age. What will they do when they grow up? We also want to buy a big house. How about your brother?" Said to buy a computer..."

Chen Yan interrupted: "What does he want to buy a computer for?"

His mother said: "Your brother said that all the students in the class have computers at home, some of which are advanced laptops, but ours doesn't have one, so I want to buy them too."

Chen Yan smiled. He knew that the 600 yuan would not come, so he got up and said, "Mom, I'm leaving."

His mother said: "Let's go after eating, there is braised pork at noon today."

"No."

As soon as Chen Li refused, he heard noises outside, and his younger brother complained loudly, "Dad! The oil bottle is here!"

The younger sister said: "He is in the kitchen with his mother, and my mother is going to steal something from our house for him to eat!"

Stepfather is back.

Chen Rian walked out of the kitchen and had a face-to-face meeting with him.

The stepfather frowned and snorted through his nostrils.

Chen Yan tilted her head and decided to stay for this meal.

Don't you hate eating and drinking for nothing?Then he will eat more and drink more in a grand manner, so that the idiot can taste the pain.

He is not afraid of anything now.