Li Manjun smiled, "Of course I'm here to persuade you, but didn't you tell me not to persuade you anymore? You've already decided to go. Then, as your sister, it's okay for me to care about your situation going south, right?"
"You, you -" Li Lijun stared, and sat down on the bed angrily, glaring at Li Manjun, "You are going to piss me off!"
As soon as his eyes turned red, tears fell down. He raised his hand angrily and wiped them away, but he couldn't wipe them all away.
"Are you really angry and crying?" Li Manjun raised his eyebrows, suppressed his smile, and threw a piece of paper to her in disgust, "You're so good at it, and you still want to act with me?"
After Li Lijun wiped away her tears, Li Manjun folded her arms and said, "Tell me, why did this happen?"
"I'm not making trouble!" Li Lijun corrected seriously, her still childish face was flushed because she had just cried angrily, and she said a little embarrassedly:
"I heard that in the future, technical secondary schools will no longer be allocated, and you have to go to college. High school tuition is so expensive, and our family is like this now. I think about it, so I might as well forget it."
The point is, "I've been having trouble studying lately. I feel like I'm definitely not going to pass the high school entrance exam. Yesterday, my mom asked me to think about my future. I think what she said makes sense. I probably won't pass the high school entrance exam.
, it’s better to go south to work now.” qqxδnew
There was an element of anger in these words, and Li Manjun could tell it as soon as she heard it. Li Lijun blamed Wang Xiaojuan for hurting her self-confidence.
And Wang Xiaojuan did hurt her self-confidence. The reason why she was making such a fuss today was not just for the sake of making trouble, but because she was really stressed and worried that she would be embarrassed if she failed to pass the exam if she repeated the exam, so she simply went south to work to escape.
There is a deeper pressure.
"I'm not like Li Jianjun. He doesn't have to worry about whether he does well or not. Anyway, his parents have prepared money for him, so he can definitely go to a high school in Rongcheng."
"I don't have anyone to prepare money to send me to a private school. If I fail the exam, everyone will laugh at me. I have to repeat the exam. Repeating the exam is a waste of money..."
"You can't think like that." Li Manjun saw that she was getting more and more into trouble as she spoke, and hurriedly stopped her.
"If you are only worried about high school tuition, then I can tell you that your parents will definitely be able to provide for you to go to high school now. Even if they can't, my sister will provide for you!"
"As long as you pass the exam, you don't have to worry about high school tuition and living expenses."
Li Lijun looked up in surprise, "Sister..."
"Because of me."
Li Manjun looked into her eyes and said word by word: "You must have been among the top five in the class in the final exam last month. I saw your transcript. If based on this level, Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School are indeed in the top five.
But there is still a lot of hope for No. 3 and No. 4 middle schools.”
"We've reached the final stage now. Let's take the exam first and then talk about it. There must be at least one result, no matter good or bad."
"And I have confidence in you. You were a few points short last year. You have worked so hard this year and made a lot of progress in your studies. It is normal for you to pass the exam."
Li Lijun's eyes lit up little by little, "Really? Sister, do you think I can pass the exam?"
"Of course, I'm still thinking that when you come to Rongcheng, we sisters can go shopping together when we have time on the weekends."
"There is one more thing, I will tell you only one person."
Li Lijun asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
Li Manjun told her that she was planning to take the junior college examination and then upgrade to a bachelor's degree. Li Lijun's eyes widened when she heard it, obviously very surprised.
"You don't need to tell me how important academic qualifications are, right? But I can't take exams for work units or anything like that. I can only count on a female secretary from our family to protect me from now on."
Female secretary?
Isn't that what he's talking about? Li Lijun looked proud, changed from the previous decline, patted her chest and said:
"If I enter the workplace, I will definitely protect my sister!"
Knowing that she still had her sister supporting her and being her strong backing, Li Lijun suddenly found that the haze surrounding her head had dissipated.
Li Manjun stood up and said: "Go home, we have classes tomorrow morning."
Li Lijun nodded hurriedly. Just as she stood up, she suddenly thought of her parents and hesitated a little.
Li Manjun said with a smile: "Don't worry, they are the ones who called me to tell you to go home."
"Mom, have you calmed down?" Li Lijun asked cautiously.
This will definitely not be easy to deal with, but Li Manjun said confidently: "When you get home, rush into the bedroom and close the door. I will deal with your parents' anger."
Li Lijun was completely relaxed now. She hugged Li Manjun's arm and said sweetly: "Sister, why are you so nice to me~"
Li Manjun sighed helplessly: "Who made me your sister?"
After thanking their classmates, the sisters went home hand in hand.
On the way, Li Lijun said that the reason why she wanted to go south to work was because her classmates who had returned from working said that she could easily earn five or six hundred yuan a month in the factory.
For a little girl who has never left town, this is the salary ceiling she can imagine.
At this time, Dongshi's economy was developing rapidly. There were OEM factories everywhere and there was an urgent need for manpower.
Li Manjun couldn't help but think of the wave of migrant workers going south in the 1990s, which was probably the time when Li Lijun was clamoring to go south.
At that time, some people specifically went to recruit workers from outside the province and took away batches of young rural girls. Later, there was a TV series called "Migrant Working Girls".
The theme song "I Don't Want to Say" sung by Yang Yuying spread all over the streets and became a hit.
Some people seize the opportunity, turn over, and stay in this city to take root.
But more people are just inconspicuous little waves in the wave of migrant workers, and are eventually submerged by the torrent of the times.
...
Perhaps Li Dawei had already confessed in advance, or perhaps Wang Xiaojuan knew her daughter's nature of being soft-spoken and not hard-edged.
When the Li Manjun sisters returned home, the couple had already gone back to the house to sleep. The lights in the room were turned off, and two sneaky figures were vaguely visible under the dark window lattice.
Li Lijun breathed a sigh of relief, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and went into the house to sleep.
The next day, as usual, I got up on time, picked up my schoolbag and went to school.
Even if this matter is over, the family will not mention it again, mainly because they dare not mention it. At the critical moment, even Li Jianjun is ordered by Li Manjun not to make his second sister unhappy.
Wang Xiaojuan and Li Dawei began to take turns calling their relatives at home to inform them to come and have Li Manjun's wedding banquet.
"What? You got all the certificates now?"
Li Dalong's shocked voice came from the other end of the phone. Li Dawei frowned and took the phone away. After he finished speaking, he said:
"They young people don't want to go to too much trouble. They keep everything simple and just have a meal as a family. Brother, please talk to your sister-in-law, Daniu Renyan, and the others, and your parents will come to have a wedding banquet together."
Li Dalong clicked his tongue twice before saying yes, he will definitely come.
He turned around and ran home to tell Old Man Li and Mrs. Li about the incident. Both old men were not very happy.
Mrs. Li felt very embarrassed, "Why can't I come to my hometown to leave the government? What will the people in the village think of our family if they know about it? The second brother is also a cadre after all."
She also hoped that the second brother's family would hold a happy event to gain some leadership and gain face in the village.
