The fifty-fourth section of the extracurricular branch
While walking to You Hong's house, Wang Ai listened to Director Jin's introduction.
You Hong's family is in the suburbs. In the 1970s, there was a quota of workers on the factory land. You Hong's father joined the factory, and You Hong's mother worked at home. You Hong also has a younger sister and a younger brother, both of whom are doing well in studies. You Hong's mother works at home.
Hong's mother suffered from back pain when she was in her forties and could not do heavy work. You Hong's father broke a leg due to a work-related injury in the factory, so the factory arranged a light job as a janitor. When the factory was there, in addition to his salary every month,
There is still some disability pension, so the family can still maintain it.
The factory went bankrupt in 1997, and the couple received a monthly disability pension of 80 yuan. One of the couple was sick and the other was disabled. You Hong’s mother planted vegetables in the garden in front of and behind the house every day, relying on relatives in the countryside from time to time.
He barely starved to death. You Hong’s father often went out to find work, but there were too many unemployed workers. What could a disabled person do? He couldn’t even beg. People begged professionally. They were worse off than you, and what you could say
, and the organization. So I could occasionally take on the odd job of standing on the street handing out leaflets, but it didn't do much. I had no choice but to sell out bits and pieces of things I had purchased when my family was still well off.
The two arrived at You Hong's house and heard people talking in the house.
In front of the kang in the room, a thin old man with one leg and gray hair was sitting on a small bench in front of the kang, grabbing one of You Hong's hands and crying: "My daughter, I don't know that dad won't provide for you. Today I will let you go."
People kicked her out. I said my daughter was going to college, but the people at the blood bank told me that they were afraid that if I died, I would cause trouble to others. My daughter, my father really has no choice now."
You Hong's mother was sitting on the kang, wearing a tattered cotton jacket and wiping her tears. If it weren't for the two children, the couple would have wanted to get a pack of rat poison and die, but no matter how difficult this life was, they still had to endure it.
You Hong let her father hold her hand and shed tears silently.
"Mom and Dad, I...I won't go to college. I will go to work."
The old man wiped his tears: "My dear daughter, what can you do?"
You Hong gritted her teeth: "I'm going to the south! Anyway, I am the eldest in the family. I will go to the south to work and save money for my sister and brother to go to school."
"Then learning will be in vain!"
You Hong's heart ached. Is it easy to get more than 700 points? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to just throw it away like this? She wiped her tears and smiled: "It's okay. After I finish supporting my sister, my sister will go to work. Then my sister and I will support my brother together."
When my younger brother graduates, I can still pick up the books."
"Sister!" The two little ones cried and hugged You Hong: "Sister, you go to college first, and we will suspend school tomorrow. We will support you first! Wait until you graduate in four years, and then support us. If you delay four years, we can still
If you pick it up, you won't be able to pick it up if you delay it for ten years."
Outside the door, Director Jin pushed up his glasses and wiped his tears with a handkerchief.
Wang Ai opened the door and walked into the house.
You Hong wiped her eyes with tears: "Hey, Wang Ai, Director Jin, why are you here?"
You Hong's father struggled to stand up while holding on to the wall, and forced a smile: "Director Jin, why are you here? It's all thanks to you these past three years."
Director Jin waved his hands repeatedly: "Stop talking, stop talking."
Wang Ai said: "Sister You Hong, don't think about working. There is a new education fund in the city in the past two days. Director Jin helped you apply for a sum of money, which is enough for your four-year college tuition."
The people in the room looked at each other in disbelief.
Director Jin said: "Believe me, this is true. The total money is not much, but You Hong, you have studied so well, it would be a pity to give up, so you were the first to apply."
The family was stunned for a moment, and the old man was the first to react, "Old lady, hurry up, buy two taels of wine and some pork head meat, and I'll drink two cups with Director Jin!"
You Hong's mother repeatedly wanted to get off the kang, but was quickly stopped by Director Jin: "We are not just your family, we have to go to other people's homes soon. Let me tell you how to deal with this first."
The old man urged the two little ones to bring Director Jin and Wang Ai to bring hot water.
"Your notification letter should be arriving soon. When your notification letter arrives, the school will help you call your university first and ask clearly how much the tuition is for an academic year. Other tuition, miscellaneous fees, and accommodation fees will be included in the calculation.
Then our high school will issue you a formality certificate. After that, you can collect the money first through this formality. After you have collected the money, after you go to the university to pay the fees, you can get the receipt from the university so that the account can be settled with the fund. Do you understand?
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You Hong nodded repeatedly with an extremely focused expression.
After the explanation, the two of them said goodbye. When they arrived at the door, Director Jin suddenly turned around, took out fifty yuan from his pocket and stuffed it to You Hong: "Xiao You, I'll use this little money to pack a similar dress for you. It's too shabby.
People look down on it. People in big cities are snobbish... No, no, just treat it as a teacher who lent it to you, and you will return it to me after you graduate from college."
The second family's surname is Lin, a pair of twins named Lin Jiao and Lin Long. They were admitted to college together. However, their parents were laid off for three years and had to sell iron to earn a semester's tuition. One of them had to sacrifice.
The old couple were in a dilemma over the meat. Lin Jiao and Lin Long were quarreling in the room when Wang Ai and Director Jin arrived.
"I am a sister, but you are a man and have more potential than me in studying!"
"You are the younger sister and I am the elder brother. You have to listen to me. You study better than me!"
"You listen to me!"
"Stop talking nonsense! If you dare not listen to me, I'll beat you up!"
Director Jin and Wang Ai smiled at each other and went into the room to announce the matter. The family of four was overjoyed. Lin Long was the second tallest boy and did not know Director Jin and Wang Ai. Lin Jiao mainly talked to them.
Lin Jiao listened carefully to Director Jin's introduction. She was suspicious and asked tentatively: "How come I haven't heard of an education fund before? If there really is one, no one knows about it and can't find out."
Director Jin was quick to speak: "Oh, I'll tell you, but keep it a secret. This education fund was actually given by Wang Ai from his No. 1 Scholarship."
Lin Jiao grabbed Wang Ai's hand: "Little genius, little champion, we were not in the same class in the third year of high school. I didn't expect you to be so kind and righteous. Sister, I really don't know how to thank you."
Wang Ai smiled and said: "It's okay, it's 200,000 yuan. You can only use 40,000 yuan at most in four years of college. I still have some left."
"Then...that" Lin Jiao hesitated before speaking.
"What?" Wang Ai asked strangely.
"Wang Ai, can you help someone else?"
Both Wang Ai and Director Jin were a little embarrassed, because they had already planned how to distribute the two hundred thousand, but Lin Jiao's words brought unexpected changes.
Lin Jiao took a look and was about to burst into tears: "Wang Ai, I said this person is not a bachelor, she is a junior college! She is from Liaoyang Normal College, which doesn't cost a lot of money. But if she doesn't have this money, she will really
