The original smile on Xu Tongdao's face disappeared after listening to what Ge Xiaoyu said.

He remembered his score in the high school entrance examination, but he was born again, and since he decided not to go to high school, he didn't want his younger brother to know his score in the high school entrance examination.

He didn't want his brother to feel that he owed him, and he didn't want to argue with his brother about who studied and who went out to earn money.

Therefore, at this time, he ignored Xu Tonglin and Xu Tonglu's words, just squeezed out a faint smile at Ge Xiaoyu, shook his head and said, "Don't waste your phone bill, anyway, no matter how many points I score, I won't go to high school, thank you!"

After saying that, he put away his smile, raised his feet and left.

Ge Xiaoyu was stunned, she didn't react.

By the time she reacted, Xu Tongdao had already walked seven or eight steps away.

Xu Tonglin was also stunned, and after reacting, he sighed and followed Xu Tongdao.

In contrast, Xu Tonglu's expression was the most complicated, and he frowned and was silent for a while before lowering his head and walking home.

"This ...... This ......"

Ge Xiaoyu looked at the backs of the two of them, opened his mouth, and wanted to shout Xu Tongdao, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help it, what Xu Tongdao had done in the past two days made her think a lot about him.

In addition, she found out that her score in the high school entrance examination this time was good, and she should be no problem in Shangxian No. 2 Middle School, and she was in a very good mood, so she suddenly saw Xu Tongdao just now, and she subconsciously called out to him, wanting to show him a good idea and help him check the score of the high school entrance examination this time.

She had a faint thought in her heart: with Xu Tongdao's previous achievements, she might be able to be admitted to the county No. 2 Middle School this time, after all, she and he are from the same village, and they have been classmates since childhood, and these two days have been ...... Or since Xu Tongdao's father disappeared, Xu Tongdao seems to have matured overnight, and she is no longer disgusted. She hopes that if they can go to the county No. 2 Middle School to study together this time, they can take care of each other in the future, after all, she is a girl, if there is a boy from the same village to take care of her, her heart will be a little more steady.

It was an instinctive thought of her just now.

But it was only now that she realized that she had ignored the current situation of Xu Tongdao.

His father disappeared, and his family had no earning laborers.

With only his mother and a woman, how could she afford to study for the three of them?

At this moment, her nature as a woman ...... The factor of maternal love made her sympathize with Xu Tongdao a little.

also realized that the disappearance of Xu Tongdao's father Xu Weixi may completely change the fate of Xu Tongdao's three brothers and sisters.

......

Xu Tongdao walked into the house first, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his sister Ge Yuzhu coming in through the back door, with an apron tied around her waist, she should have been cooking just now.

"Big brother, are you back, how was the harvest?"

She still laughed before she could say anything.

"It's okay!"

Xu Tongdao replied and asked her casually, "What about you?"

When Ge Yuzhu heard this, her brows furrowed slightly, and her expression was a little sad, "I sold them all alive and bigger, but I sold them too late today, and several big fish you got back died, and they were sold for a total of 25 yuan......

The price of goods in these years is low, like crucian carp, it is a little more expensive in winter, it can be sold for about five or six yuan a catty, of course, it is a little bigger, if the fish is small, it is still very cheap.

However, it is the rainy season recently, and many families can go to the fields to get crucian carp by themselves, so the recent crucian carp and so on are very cheap.

A larger crucian carp can be sold for three or four yuan, which is already good.

The next one can be sold for two yuan a catty.

That's all, it's still alive.

Most of the fish in the basket today were only sold for 25 yuan, and it must be false to say that he was not disappointed, but seeing that his sister's expression was already sad, Xu Tongdao couldn't bear to blame her.

Instead, he smiled and said, "It's okay! the dead and the small, let's keep it for ourselves, by the way, you go and get the bathtub, go quickly!"

"Okay, big brother!"

Ge Yuzhu quickly brought their large wooden bathtub.

Xu Tongdao poured all the river shrimp in the bucket into this bathtub, and in an instant, dense river shrimp covered the entire bottom of the bathtub.

Xu Tongdao beckoned his sister, Xu Tonglin, and Xu Tonglu to help pick out all the big river shrimp inside.

While picking, he said: "I remember that in the vegetable market in our town, there are two or three fish and shrimp sellers, let's quickly pick out the big ones, wait for the jade beads and small roads, you two take the vegetable market together to wholesale to the fish and shrimp sellers, I don't have time myself, wait for dinner, I have to go to the polder to change my mother back, or I will go to the vegetable market by myself." ”

"Oh, oh, good, good big brother. ”

Ge Yuzhu hesitated a little, but still agreed.

And the reason why she hesitated, Xu Tongdao also understood that for a girl who had never sold much before, it must have been a little intimidating to suddenly let her sell things to strangers.

This is also one of the reasons why he just said to let his brother go with her.

Another reason is that he is afraid that his sister will be bullied, so he asks his younger brother Xu Tonglu to go with him, and he Xu Tongdao is relieved.

Seeing that his sister had agreed, but he didn't hear his younger brother Xu Tonglu's voice, Xu Tongdao subconsciously glanced at him, but saw that Xu Tonglu, the kid, was frowning slightly at this time, looking a little absent-minded.

Seeing this, Xu Tongdao frowned and shouted Xu Tonglu twice.

When Xu Tonglu looked at him, Xu Tongdao repeated the decision just now to Xu Tonglu.

After listening, Xu Tonglu didn't have any opinions, but just hummed lightly, even if he agreed.

"Don't you sell these smaller river shrimp?"

Xu Tonglin couldn't help but ask.

Xu Tongdao smiled, "I won't sell the small ones today, wait for you to take half of them back, today we are all tired all afternoon, these small river shrimps, our two families will keep them and eat them by themselves, just try them, from tomorrow, the small river shrimp you get will be sold for money!"

......

Five or six catties of river shrimp will pick out the big one, and the four of them will work together and quickly pick it out.

Xu Tongdao divided half of Xu Tonglin, and told his sister to serve food and eat.

Shunkou also asked Xu Tonglin to stay and eat together, but Xu Tonglin refused with a smile, took the small river shrimp assigned to him, turned around and trotted back to himself.

After the rest of the brothers and sisters had a simple dinner, Xu Tongdao simply washed his face and feet, took his coat and umbrella, and left to go home for his mother.

And his brother and sister also went out to the town with the big river shrimp they had picked out.

What Xu Tongdao didn't know was that Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu had just walked out of the village, and Xu Tonglu, who had not said a word all the way, suddenly spoke: "Yuzhu, do you know where the admission ticket for the eldest brother's high school entrance examination is?"

Ge Yuzhu was surprised, "Second brother, why are you asking this?

Xu Tonglu shook his head, "No! Ge Xiaoyu said that their high school entrance examination scores came out, originally she asked her eldest brother for the admission ticket number, and planned to use her phone to help her eldest brother check the scores, but the eldest brother didn't agree, but I want to check it!