Extra 12 - Winter vacation for a family (3)
Polly's two older sisters – Tanya and Natasha – have the capital to make Polly nervous.
While their mothers were struggling to adjust to a foreign country at the age of 19 and grapple with tuition bills, Tanica and Natasha, who were on merit scholarships, earned their bachelor's degrees from top universities at the age of 18. Although she is also described by other parents as "someone else's child", she is also a year and a half younger than her sisters, and she has been in college for half a year, Polly and Sellie still feel that they have little confidence in their own abilities.
What makes them even more frustrated and sad is that Xiuyan and So-yeon, who put seventy percent of their energy into ballet, were able to enter the university in the same year as them with 8 high scores in admission, and they studied at the same time.
Sara, who is also a clinical practitioner, is asked by Natasha to demonstrate cecal tumor surgery for a black cow, and Su-yeon and So-yeon have to practice dancing every day, so Nadia calls Polly to go for a ride on a horse by her daughter.
Two men dressed in heroic riding clothes rode two brown and yellow ponies through the white forest path.
The road used as a barrier at Bracken Yard has fallen into disrepair and has been replaced by a flat asphalt road to a slightly bumpy gravel road that is now suitable for the ponies of the Welsh Gorge.
"It's really like a hunt for Victorian aristocratic ladies. "And in her own home." ”
"I want to talk to my sister about girls. Tanya tried to communicate with Polly, and the two rode home together, but they were still not familiar with each other, and the sisters did not say a few words to each other along the way.
"I never thought that the famous Tatiana would be my sister. "So, when we first met, we were a little bit jaw-dropping. ”
"Actually, two months after Polly you were born, we met. I was 20 months old at the time. Tanya smiled, "So it wasn't the first time we'd met at that time. ”
"So the younger sister will be able to remember?" asked Polly.
"Hmm. I remember when you were in your infancy, and one day when the nursing class came home I was told by my dad that Natasha and I were coming to see my little sister, and then I saw Aunt Katie and her two children. ”
"Our family's concept of family has been so distorted since then. Polly asked.
"There's no way around it. Tanya said.
"Then my sister just accepted it?"
"I was a little confused, but no one taught me family ethics. But compared to family issues, in my education with Natasha, others thought that my sister and I were more special in terms of academic performance, so they didn't talk about these things much. ”
"Others?"
"I just think that Natasha and I are in a different class, and Natasha and I are too young to go to school. Tanya replied, "Natasha and I are referred to as 'others.'" Except for our closest relatives, it seems to us that everyone else is everyone else. ”
"So, Sister Tanya must be very lonely. Polly suddenly resonated strongly with Tanya, as did her and her sister Sally, "So-yeon and Su-yeon were even worse than us, they were hostile to the whole school until the days when they shared our dorm room - but we didn't know each other at that time." ”
"We're all the same. Tanya also fell into a certain sense of loneliness, "However, it would be nice to have you now." In order to strengthen the relationship with my sisters, Natasha and I are going to be roommates with you. ”
"Didn't my sister live with her grandparents in Kingston, and she was going to move to Riverside Street?" Polly didn't quite understand.
"Daddy is going to sell that mansion. Said that he had already found a buyer, so he arranged for us to live on Riverside Street. ”
"I'm not happy. Daddy is going to sell all our memories. Polly complained, "Mom's former apartment in Kingston was sold, the townhouse on the Bonas waterfront was gone, and So-yeon and Su-yeon's home in Bonas was handed over." ”
"And our house in Kire, the apartment where So-yeon and Su-yeon used to live in London. Tanya added, "We're left with apartments here and on Riverside Street." ”
"Some of the feelings have become homeless. ”
"That's true, but when it comes to the concept of 'home,' I'm going to defend my dad. Tanya took out her bank card and showed it to Polly, and solemnly pointed to the agency number, "Although we live in different places, our home has been in the Bracken Tree Farm since we were born. If you look at your birth certificate, Polly, you'll see that our addresses haven't changed since we were born. ”
"......" took out her bank card, and Polly checked that the institution number of the branch to which the bank card belonged did indeed point to a commercial bank in Cardiff. When shopping online, the address she filled in was also a P.O. Box instead of her address.
"So, theoretically, we're living in other places like when we were in boarding school. Tanya explained, "It's just that we were too careless to know this. ”
"......" Polly was completely silent.
"That sister is willing to accept our family form?" Polly asked.
"Why not?" Tanya asked rhetorically, "I don't plan to leave my parents to live alone unless my parents are annoying me." We had a similar experience before, and it was nice to be a carefree little girl at home. I'm sure Natasha thinks so too. ”
"I wanted my life to go on with it. "Just now I heard about my parents' love story, and I realized that my sister and I really chose the same thing. ”
"That's right!" Tanya said.
"Then why does my sister have to work in London?"
"The main thing is that I want to see how far I can accomplish something. Tanya replied, "I'm sure that's what Mom and Dad want to see." ”
The sisters chatted about their respective interests and hobbies again, and sure enough, they chatted with Lin Yilong about the same, the sisters' "each" interests are actually "common", except for the difference in appearance, the characteristics of the two are far less than their commonality.
"Polly, you really are my own sister. Tanya sighed, "Dad is really guilty." ”
"That's right!" Polly winked at her sister, and the sisters burst into laughter.
With half an hour left for lunch, Tanya and Polly rode back.
Return the horse to the stable and remove the harness. When I got home, I saw that So-yeon and Su-yeon were still practicing hard under Amy's supervision - Lin Yilong, as a father, was playing the piano accompaniment.
"Stop here for the morning. Seeing Tanya and Polly coming back, Lin Yilong looked at the time and relieved Suyan Xiuyan, who was still tense all over, "The ladies change their clothes and get ready for lunch." ”