Ge Xiaozhu stayed at the polder for a day and a night. Although she could squint at night, she still felt tired and a little depressed.
What the eldest son, Xu Tongdao, was doing at home during the day. When Xu Tongdao went to the market to replace her, she had already asked clearly. In the morning, he made shrimp dumplings at home, and spent the afternoon setting shrimp dumplings in Xihe, selling river shrimps for money...
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Her son, who was only 17 years old, was forced to think of ways to make money, which made her feel that she was so useless as a mother and that she felt sorry for her son.
Because of this, I felt a little more resentful towards my missing husband Xu Weixi.
That irresponsible man felt relieved once he left, but the three children were harmed by him.
When it was getting dark, she walked into the house with heavy steps.
The only electric light in the main room was dimly lit, and the second son and daughter seemed a little abnormal. They sat on both sides of the Eight Immortals table, facing each other, without saying a word.
There was no expression on their faces either.
Seeing her coming back, her daughter Ge Yuzhu forced out a smile and stood up to greet her.
"Mom! Are you back? Have you had dinner? I left some food in the pot for you. I'll heat it up for you?"
Ge Xiaozhu looked at her, then at his second son Xu Tonglu, who was sitting there motionless, frowned and asked: "What's wrong with you two? Is something going on at home? Your eldest brother went to Weshang to tell me that everything is fine at home.
ah!"
"this……"
Ge Yuzhu stopped talking and subconsciously looked at his second brother Xu Tonglu.
Xu Tonglu's expression was calm, but his eyes were complicated. He looked at his mother and whispered: "My eldest brother scored 594 points in the test this time. Ge Xiaoyu said that in previous years, this score could definitely reach the county No. 2 Middle School. This year, it should be no problem, maybe."
You can even go to the No. 1 Middle School in the county.”
He spoke in a low voice, but Ge Xiaozhu still heard him clearly.
"You said...your eldest brother scored 594 points in the high school entrance examination this time? Will he definitely be able to go to the county's No. 2 Middle School?"
County No. 2 Middle School is not as good as County No. 1 Middle School.
However, the County No. 2 Middle School is also a key high school in the city. Based on the teaching quality of their Zhulin Township Middle School, only a handful of people can pass the exam to the County No. 2 Middle School every year. At most, there are only a dozen in a year. In a normal year, only a few can pass the exam.
Those who go to County No. 2 Middle School will not exceed ten fingers.
One can imagine the difficulty.
You must know that Zhulin Township Middle School has had five classes in each grade in recent years, with nearly 300 students in each grade.
Xu Tonglu nodded silently.
Ge Yuzhu's expression was also a little sad, "Well, Mom! How about we think of a way to let my eldest brother continue to study? It's so hard for my eldest brother to get so many points in the exam and not continue to study... It's a pity, otherwise... or else...
...I don’t want to study anymore. I will go out to earn money for my eldest brother and my second brother to study? Anyway, I won’t succeed in studying..."
"594 points...594 points..."
Ge Xiaozhu muttered the score absently, walked over tiredly, and sat down on the bench where his daughter had just been sitting. His expression seemed lonely, helpless, regretful, and distressed.
Xu Tonglu glanced at Ge Yuzhu, who had just said that he would drop out of school and go out to make money, and said in a deep voice: "Mom! It's better for me to go out and make money! Yuzhu is still too young, she is only 15 years old, what kind of money can she make? Anyway, my eldest brother and I only need
As long as one person continues to study, he will be able to go to high school soon. If I were to go to school, you would have to support me for one more year. I will only enter the third grade of junior high school in the second half of the year, and I may not be able to enter high school next year, so,
I decided to go out and make money!"
Ge Xiaozhu looked at Xu Tonglu with a serious expression, closed his eyes, and suddenly sighed.
Tears overflowed from my eyes.
When Ge Yuzhu heard what Xu Tonglu said, she became anxious and hurriedly stepped forward, "No! Second brother, you are talking nonsense! You get certificates every year. If you want to be first, you can be first. How could you not be admitted to high school? Anyway, you get certificates.
I have the worst academic performance in our family, so just let me go out and make money! I’m not afraid of hardship!"
Before she finished speaking, Xu Tonglu was like an enraged ferocious beast. He suddenly turned his head and glared at him, shouting: "You fart! Ge Yuzhu, shut up! The men in our family are not dead yet, so it's not your turn to go out."
Make money!! If you dare to argue with me again, do you believe I will slap you?"
Ge Yuzhu cried when she was scolded, and the tears fell easily. She looked at the angry Xu Tonglu anxiously and aggrievedly, and did not dare to speak anymore.
The brother and sister were quarreling over this matter, which made Ge Xiaozhu, who was sitting next to him with his eyes closed, look even more painful.
He kept repeating in his mouth: "It's a crime... it's a crime..."
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at the same time.
On the polder, in the village.
Comrade Xu, who was doing nothing, and Xu Changsheng, who was smiling, held a flashlight and stepped onto the deserted pier step by step.
There was no task of picking up the ridge from above tonight, and although it was already dark at this time, it was still early to go to bed. Xu Tongdao and Xu Changsheng were both young people and couldn't sit still in the yard, so they made an appointment to come to this ridge.
Take a walk.
The stepmother-in-law, Xu Changsheng, had few people in Xujia Village who respected him or had a good relationship with him.
Therefore, when he saw Xu Tongdao coming to the fair in the evening, he immediately became happy.
He was always beside Comrade Xu, smiling.
Logically speaking, he was two years older than Xu Tongdao, so Xu Tongdao should have been following him, but in the end, he fell apart and became Xu Tongdao's little tail.
The two of them walked casually on the polder. Xu Tongdao looked at the dark night sky and the dark undulating river surface from time to time, breathing the earthy air with a very calm expression.
Xu Changsheng, who was walking beside him, saw that he had been silent and couldn't help but look at him and asked curiously: "Xiaodao, what are you thinking about? Isn't it some female classmate you are with? Haha..."
He was in a good mood.
Tongdao Xu smiled slightly when he heard this.
He couldn't remember a few of those female classmates back then. Missing his female classmates? Is it possible?
The thoughts in his mind just now were very complicated.
Maybe it’s easy for people to recall past events in the dead of night!
In his mind just now, he did think of many people and things before his rebirth, but they had nothing to do with his female classmates.
Instead, he thought of his marriage before his rebirth, and... the woman who forced him to divorce, and also forced him to pay 50,000 yuan for the loss of his youth.
How could he miss such a woman?
At this moment, in this situation, he didn't want to say that to Xu Changsheng. After thinking about it, Xu Changsheng looked at Xu Changsheng and asked: "Changsheng, have you thought about the future? Have you made any plans for your future?"
Xu Changsheng was startled, smiled self-deprecatingly, and shook his head: "How dare I think so far! Just listen to my father! Although my mother is my stepmother, my father is still my mother after all. I think I just need to listen to him.
I will make arrangements and give all the money I earn to him. He should think about my future! Haha, I don’t ask too much, as long as he offers me a marriage in the future and marries me a daughter-in-law. Who wants me to marry my mother?
It’s normal to die early! Hehe, I don’t dare to think too much anyway!”
Comrade Xu listened and looked at him with more sympathy.
At first glance, there is nothing wrong with what Xu Changsheng said. His father is indeed his biological father. Logically speaking, as long as he obeys and hands over the money he earns, his father should make arrangements for him in the future, and at least find a way to marry him a wife.
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But Xu Changsheng ignored one thing!
——His father is a strict wife and can't make the decision at home. He listens to his stepmother in everything.
As for his stepmother, who has children, she only thinks about her own children, so how can she care about Xu Changsheng's life and death?