Chapter 337: The seventh official copy of the monthly ticket)
[0 years old: You were born and your parents named you Nell]
[1 year old: You were born in Rock City, a city in the far north of the Federation. Here, one-third of the time is covered with ice and snow every year. You are the youngest child in the family, ranking sixth. You have three older brothers and
Two sisters.]
[2 years old: Your mother is a gentle person with long flaxen hair. She is not thin. In order to support you and your brothers and sisters, she works three jobs a day. She is only at home late at night to take care of you.
She is the fifth sister who is two years older than you.
Whenever your mother comes home late at night, she will carefully touch your forehead with her rough hands and sing you songs to lull you to sleep.]
[3 years old: You have the impression of your father for the first time.
My father is a miner. He works in a mine outside the city. He only has the opportunity to take the mine's shuttle bus home on his rest days every month, but he does not always go home because the price of the shuttle bus is not high.
Cheap.
You rarely see him, and he often hugs you, lifts you up and spins around like you are flying. You can feel his hands as hard as stones through his loose artificial cotton clothes.】
[4 years old: You met your eldest brother. Your eldest brother is twelve years older than you. He went to middle school for a year, then went to work as an apprentice in a restaurant, and then went to a furniture factory. He now lives in the dormitory of the factory.
He rarely comes home. He likes to rub your cheeks and make faces to make you happy.】
[5 years old: You are already able to move around the house flexibly and help your brothers and sisters share some housework. You are not good at washing dishes, but you are making rapid progress. The second sister graduated from middle school and joined a textile factory. The third brother, the fourth brother and the fifth brother
My sister has gone to school, and there is no one at home at noon. My mother cannot afford to pay for kindergarten, so you can only take care of yourself.】
[Age 6: Before autumn, my father came back and bought some fruits. The whole family was very happy.
You are eating a banana with a slightly black skin. You feel that this banana is much more delicious than the banana-flavored candies that your third brother brought back from school.
The elder brother transferred some money back.
This fall, you went to elementary school.]
[7 years old: You have good academic performance and are very well-behaved. The teacher likes you very much.]
[Age 8: You heard the teacher in the corridor telling your mother that it was time to pay for the teaching aid courses ordered by the school. Your mother has been delaying the payment for three months. You heard your mother's solemn promise. The third brother was admitted to high school.
.]
[9 years old: Mom still hasn’t paid for the tutoring courses. The electricity bill went up again last winter, and all the money you saved was used for heating.
You and your friends passed by the principal's office, and you seemed to hear the principal scolding the teacher. The teacher didn't seem to like you that much anymore.
The winter this year was very cold, so my mother stopped the electric stove and bought some coal to burn carefully at home.]
[Age 10: Because you have one less set of teaching aids than your classmates, your studies are gradually falling behind, and your grades are getting worse and worse. The teacher no longer urges you to pay for the teaching aids, but he doesn’t seem to pay attention to you anymore. Do you feel
He is like a transparent child.
Your mother is very tired from working every day, and you don't want to trouble her anymore. Your fourth brother was admitted to high school, but he gave up and went to work as an apprentice in a restaurant. You don't want to study either.
The fifth sister was admitted to a good middle school and received a scholarship from a private foundation.]
[11 years old: Your grades are getting worse and worse, and you have reached the bottom of the class. The third brother seems to have noticed your problem, and he talked with you all night.
Third brother is about to take the high school graduation exam, but he still spends a lot of time every weekend to tutor you and study, and your grades gradually recover.
The third brother was admitted to college. He originally had the opportunity to go to a better university in the south. After a quarrel with his father and mother, he insisted on staying in Rock City and attended Rock City Mining College.]
[12 years old: You went to middle school. You couldn’t afford any tutoring courses, so you studied hard. Your school was a church-run public welfare school. The fees for this school were very low, but there were many precepts and rules.
You also received a scholarship from Fifth Sister’s foundation.]
[13 years old: You met your fourth brother on the way to school. He joined a gang. He asked you not to tell your parents and bought you an ice cream. That was the first time you had ice cream.
The fifth sister seemed to be in love. The man was in the same middle school as her and was the child of a mining shareholder. The third brother said that this person was not trustworthy and told the fifth sister to be careful, but the fifth sister didn't seem to listen. She went to the same school as the man.
high school.】
[14 years old: Your grades are very good. The priest in charge of the school likes you very much. He is a kind man. He said that you will have the opportunity to go to college in the future. God is fair to everyone. He gave you a
Black cross pendant.]
[15 years old: You have been admitted to high school. Your mother's health is getting worse and worse. She is now working as a cleaner in a restaurant. It is getting harder and harder to find a job. She can no longer find so many odd jobs. Life is getting harder and harder. Big Brother
The second sister and fourth brother would send some money back, and the third brother would study while working.
Among all the people, you are the only one who knows that your fourth brother is in a gang. You often go to persuade your fourth brother, and your fourth brother always smiles, buys you some snacks, and sometimes helps you buy two teaching aids.
You can live with your life barely, and as you grow up, your life seems to be getting better.】
[16 years old: At the beginning of the year, my father’s mine reduced wages. A group of miners approached a consortium to protest. My father was also dragged into it. The mine arranged a security team to suppress it. My father died in the chaotic crowd.
The mine only said that it was a stampede accident and the death was accidental, and they paid 10,000 yuan.
The fourth brother was so angry that he went to the mine to discuss the matter. After that, there was no more news.
The third brother worked in a mine after graduation and began to investigate the matter. He was discovered by the mine and sent to prison for stealing company secrets and sentenced to ten years in prison.
My mother became depressed and fell ill due to years of overwork, and she fell ill in bed.
The fifth sister came back once, then left again, and could not be contacted again.
The second sister took the scissors and tried to find the people in the mine, but you and the eldest brother stopped her. The eldest brother was the most honest. He didn't know what to do, so he just smoked cigarettes from night to dawn.
You went to the prison to visit the third brother. The third brother said that we can't defeat the consortium and asked you to take good care of your mother and not let anything happen to her.
Since then, the second sister seemed to have some mental problems and often needed some care. She lost her job and her former boyfriend also broke up. You took the second sister over and lived with your mother.
Time flies to the end of the year. This winter has been extremely cold. Electricity and coal bills have risen again. More and more people have lost their jobs on the streets.
You gave up your studies and found an apprenticeship in a luxury restaurant.]
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