The original smile on Xu Tongdao's face disappeared after hearing what Ge Xiaoyu said.
He remembered his scores in the high school entrance examination, but since he was reborn, since he decided not to go to high school, he didn't want his younger brother and others to know his scores in the high school entrance examination.
He didn't want his brother to feel that he owed him anything, and he didn't want to argue with him anymore about who studied and who went out to make money.
Therefore, at this time, he ignored the words of Xu Tonglin and Xu Tonglu, and just gave Ge Xiaoyu a faint smile, shook his head and said, "Don't waste your phone bill. Anyway, no matter how many points I get, I won't go to high school."
Yes, thank you!"
After saying that, he suppressed his smile and walked away.
Ge Xiaoyu was stunned there, and she didn't even react.
By the time she reacted, Xu Tongdao had already walked seven or eight steps away.
Xu Tonglin was also stunned. After he came to his senses, he sighed and followed Tongxu.
In contrast, Xu Tonglu's expression was the most complicated. He frowned and remained silent for a while before lowering his head and walking home.
"This...this..."
Ge Xiaoyu looked at the backs of the three of them, speechless, and wanted to call out Tongdao Xu, but after thinking about it, she held it back. What Xu Tongdao had done in the past two days had made her view of him change a lot.
In addition, she found out that her score in the high school entrance examination was good, and she should have no problem getting into the No. 2 Middle School in the county. She was in a good mood, so when she suddenly saw Comrade Xu just now, she subconsciously called him, wanting to show him a favor and help him check it out.
Check out the scores for this high school entrance exam.
She had a vague idea in her heart: with Xu Tongdao's past results, he might be able to get into the county No. 2 Middle School this time. After all, she and he were from the same village, and they had been classmates since childhood, and these two days... or since
After Xu Tongdao's father disappeared, Xu Tongdao seemed to have matured overnight and no longer disgusted her. She hoped that if they could go to the County No. 2 Middle School together this time, they could take care of each other in the future. She is a girl after all.
, if there is a boy from the same village taking care of me, I will feel more at ease.
This was her instinctive thought just now.
But it wasn't until now that she realized that she had ignored the current situation of Xu Tongdao's family.
His father disappeared, and his family had no money-making labor force.
How could his mother, a woman alone, afford to support the three brothers and sisters in their studies?
At this moment, her nature as a woman...the factor of maternal love made her a little sympathetic to Comrade Xu.
He also realized that the disappearance of Xu Tongdao's father, Xu Weixi, might completely change the fate of Xu Tongdao's three siblings.
…
Tongdao Xu walked into the house first. As soon as he entered, he saw his sister Ge Yuzhu coming in from the back door with an apron tied around her waist. She must have been cooking just now.
"Brother, you are back? How was your harvest?"
She still smiled before saying anything.
"good!"
Tongdao Xu replied and asked her casually, "What about you? Have you sold the fish?"
Hearing this, Ge Yuzhu frowned slightly, her expression a little sad, "I sold all the living and larger fish, but I sold them too late today, and several of the big fish you brought back were dead.
The total cost was 25 yuan..."
Prices are low these days. Crucian carp, for example, is a little more expensive in winter. It can be sold for about five or six yuan per pound. Of course, it should be a slightly larger one. If the fish is small, it is still very cheap.
But it is the rainy season recently, and many people can go to the fields to get crucian carp by themselves, so crucian carp, etc. are very cheap recently.
The larger crucian carp can be sold for three or four yuan, which is considered good.
The smaller ones can be sold for two yuan a pound.
That's it, still alive.
Today, most of the fish in the fish basket were sold for only 25 yuan. It would be false to say that I was not disappointed, but seeing that my sister looked very sad, Tongdao Xu couldn't bear to blame her.
Instead, he smiled and said, "It's okay! Let's keep the dead ones and the little ones for ourselves. By the way, go get the bathtub quickly. Go quickly!"
"Hey! Okay, big brother!"
Ge Yuzhu quickly brought their large wooden bathtub.
Comrade Xu poured all the river shrimps in the bucket into the bathtub. In an instant, dense river shrimps covered the entire bottom of the bathtub.
Xu Tongdao called his sister, Xu Tonglin, and Xu Tonglu to help pick out all the big river shrimps inside.
While picking, he said: "I remember that there are two or three fish and shrimp sellers in the vegetable market in our town. Let's quickly pick out the big ones. Wait for Yuzhu and Xiaolu, you two can go to that vegetable market together.
I have to go wholesale to the fish and shrimp sellers. I don’t have time myself. After dinner, I have to go to the market to exchange for my mother, otherwise I will go to the vegetable market by myself.”
"Oh, oh, okay, okay big brother."
Ge Yuzhu was a little hesitant, but still agreed.
As for the reason for her hesitation, Comrade Xu also understood that for a girl who had never sold anything before, it would definitely be a bit daunting to suddenly ask her to sell things to strangers.
This was one of the reasons why he just asked his brother to go with her.
Another reason was that he was afraid that his sister would be bullied, so he asked his younger brother Xu Tonglu to go with her, so that he, Tongdao Xu, could feel relieved.
Seeing that his sister had agreed but did not hear his brother Xu Tonglu's voice, Xu Tongdao subconsciously glanced at him, only to see Xu Tonglu frowning slightly and looking a little absent-minded.
Seeing this, Tongdao Xu frowned and called Tonglu Xu twice.
When Xu Tonglu looked at him, Xu Tongdao repeated his decision just now.
After hearing this, Xu Tonglu had no objections and just made a faint hum, which was regarded as an agreement.
"Aren't you going to sell these smaller river shrimps?"
Xu Tonglin couldn't help but ask.
Comrade Xu smiled and said, "We won't sell the small ones today. You can take half of them back later. We have been tired all afternoon today. Our two families will keep these small river shrimps for ourselves as a fresh taste."
Starting from tomorrow, you can sell the small river shrimps you get for money!"
…
Five or six kilograms of river shrimp were picked out, and the four of them worked together and quickly picked them out.
Xu Tongdao gave Xu Tonglin half of it, and then ordered his sister to serve food for dinner.
Shunkou also asked Xu Tonglin to stay and have dinner with him, but Xu Tonglin refused with a smile, took the small river shrimp given to him, turned around and trotted back to himself.
The remaining three brothers and sisters had a simple dinner. Comrade Xu simply washed his face and feet, took his coat and umbrella, and left, going to the fairground to exchange for his mother's return home.
His younger brother and younger sister also took the large river shrimps they picked out and headed for the town.
What Xu Tongdao didn't know was that Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu had just walked out of the village. Xu Tonglu, who had been silent all the way, suddenly said: "Yuzhu, do you know where the admission ticket for the senior high school entrance examination is?"
Ge Yuzhu was surprised, "Second brother, why are you asking this? Can't the eldest brother be found?"
Xu Tonglu shook his head, "No! Ge Xiaoyu said that their high school entrance examination scores came out. She originally asked her eldest brother for her admission ticket number and planned to use her home phone to help him check the scores, but he didn't agree, but I want to check! You
Just ask if you know where his admission ticket is!"