Zhou's father and Zhou's mother pushed the bicycle and walked into the courtyard together.

Zhou Fangyuan's house is a small courtyard with a single family, the north room is a three-piece large tile house, the east side room is the parents' bedroom, the middle is the dining room and living room, and the west side room is Zhou Fangyuan's bedroom. The three tile houses add up, which is enough to have dozens of square meters, and the area is not small.

There are two rooms in the south room, which are a firewood room of a few square meters and a warehouse of more than 20 square meters, which are full of miscellaneous things, including old clothes and old furniture, large iron pots and large iron basins that are not usually used, and various discarded woods and so on.

The courtyard in the middle, with an area of more than 100 square meters, is paved with square bricks, and a small plot of land has been opened in the west, where some seasonal vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes are planted, and grape vines are hung on the edges. The age of this vine is not small, the thickest place is as thick as a baby's arm, the branches and vines climb all over most of the yard, it can be used as a pergola on weekdays, and in autumn you can pick two or three hundred catties of grapes, although the taste is very ordinary, but it is better to spend no money.

There is also a jujube tree and a pear tree in the corner, both of which have been raised for many years, and they can pick a lot of fruit every year.

This yard, in fact, was originally handed down by Zhou Fangyuan's grandfather, because the old man was admitted to the university, so when he returned to Beitong City, he went directly to the Beitong City Light Industry Bureau as a cadre, and the bureau also gave a room.

At that time, Zhou Fangyuan had just been born, and Zhou's father was just a young man who had just gotten married.

At that time, even today, people still think that cities are better than rural areas, and even villages on the outskirts of cities cannot be compared with cities. Therefore, Zhou Fangyuan's family, except for Zhou's father, all entered the city household registration, and they all moved to the city to live in the building. Only Zhou's father was left, and when the brothers made a few choices, they carried forward the style and stayed. At that time, it was really a style to carry forward, you know, in those days, almost everyone wanted to go to the city, and it was a lifelong dream of many people to be able to settle in the city.

In order to make up for his "loss", the old man made the decision and handed over the ancestral yard and fields to Zhou's father, which is also the origin of the courtyard where Zhou Fangyuan's family of three now lives.

I have to say that looking at his own small courtyard, Zhou Fangyuan felt all kinds of satisfaction.

He knows very well that in another 10 years, no, even in another five years, the gap between the urban and rural hukou will be greatly reduced. Moreover, as the national policy begins to be cheaper in the rural areas, and the living standards of farmers and various benefits continue to rise, a rural hukou will become quite sought-after.

Because having a rural hukou is equivalent to being eligible to buy land in the village. And the price of a piece of rural land will rise several times more than today. Not only that, as various farmhouses have sprung up, concepts such as "green life" and "stay away from pollution" have begun to take root in the hearts of the people, and many rich people even buy a small yard in the countryside to buy a piece of land, grow their own vegetables, and go over to take care of it when they have time. Not only can you live a farm life away from the hustle and bustle, but you can also eat some pure natural green food without spraying pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

At that time, the peasants became the envy of the city.

In particular, some rural areas on the outskirts of the city have become sought-after places, which means that as long as this yard can be preserved, the price of land here can increase at least tenfold for ten years at most.

Of course, the most important thing is the quality of life, not in the urban area, the first air pollution can be reduced a lot, although it is impossible to completely avoid it, but the air here is relatively better. The second is the living area, now the small courtyard where Zhou Fangyuan and his family live, counting the courtyard and four large and one small five-room tile house, the total area is definitely more than 200 square meters.

If you change the living area of 200 square meters to the city, even in this era when housing prices have not generally risen, a 200-square-meter house will cost 200,000 or 300,000 yuan to get it, what if it is put in ten years?

Ordinary salarymen may not be able to afford such a house in their lifetime, but now Zhou Fangyuan and his family have lived there for more than ten years.

Except for some small inconveniences in life, such as no toilet at home, for example, there are too many mosquitoes in summer, there are almost no shortcomings. So before he was reborn, every time he thought that his yard was sold by his parents, his heart felt uncomfortable. It's a pity that in his previous life, he was not only ignorant in his studies, but he also didn't participate in family affairs at all, and only knew how to play all day long.

In short, life is full of regrets, and Zhou Fangyuan has a lot of them.

Watching his parents push the cart into the small courtyard, Zhou Fangyuan hurriedly greeted them, helped them put the cart against the wall, and took the handbag in his mother's hand, and the glass teacup in his father's hand. After his parents entered the living room, he ran to the kitchen again and brought the mung bean soup that had been brewed in the afternoon.

After a tiring day, drinking a bowl of mung bean soup to cool off can definitely be called a pleasure.

The son was so eager, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother were a little dumbfounded, they watched Zhou Fang running far east and west, and it took a long time to come back to their senses.

"Yangyang, come over here. ”

The couple glanced at each other, and finally Zhou's father spoke, calling Zhou Fangyuan's nickname.

When Zhou Fangyuan heard the greeting, he first hung up his father's coat, and then came over with a basin for washing his hands.

"Dad, Mom, you wipe your face first. ”

"I'll wipe it later," Zhou's father shook his head and put the bowl in his hand on the table, "What's wrong with you these days? You don't usually do these things, I told your mother yesterday, why did my son suddenly grow up." And the day before yesterday, as soon as we came back, you cried, did someone bully you? You told your father, and your father gave you a head. ”

Dad Zhou raised his brows as he spoke.

Zhou's mother slapped her husband hard next to her, blaming him for being troublesome.

"It's okay, Dad, no one is bullying me. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said with a little blush.

The day before yesterday was the day he just came back, and when he woke up early in the morning to find that he had returned to the past, he saw his parents who were still young, and he couldn't help but shed a few tears when he was excited. This is already a great thing for him, who hasn't cried much since he was a child, so much so that Dad Zhou has been thinking about it until now.

"What the hell is going on, did you make something wrong? Or do you want us to find you a good school to deliberately behave yourself? If it's a school thing, don't worry, your mother and I have already asked someone to ask you, and we will have an answer in a week at most." You don't need to worry about this, it's more important for you to study hard than anything else, and it's enough for me and your mother to do things at home......"

"Dad, I don't want to go to No. 3 Middle School. ”

No. 3 Middle School is one of the top three middle schools in Beitong City, and Zhou's father definitely has a lot of connections, and even Zhou Fangyuan's grandfather came forward to get this admission place. Seeing that this matter was about to be done, but now Zhou Fangyuan said that he didn't want to go, and Zhou's father's brows wrinkled suddenly.

"Why don't you go? Do you not want to study? What will you do in the future if you don't study, how can you find a job if you don't have education......

"Dad, it's not what you think. ”

Seeing that Dad Zhou was getting more and more excited, Zhou Fangyuan hurriedly said.

"It's not that I don't want to go to school anymore, I just don't think there's any need to go to No. 3 Middle School. ”

"Why is it not necessary? Where do you go if you don't go to the third middle school? The fourth middle school? The fifth middle school? What is the difference between that and not studying?"

Dad Zhou couldn't understand Zhou Fangyuan's thoughts, just like Zhou Fangyuan couldn't understand the importance of reading.

In this regard, Zhou Fangyuan can only explain as much as possible.

"There is nothing wrong with the fourth and fifth middle schools, others say that the school spirit of these two schools is not good, but there are also students who are admitted to one or two books every year. Dad, haven't you read the newspaper reports? Even those children in the deep mountains in the southwest have been admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, so in the end, it depends on whether they learn or not, and the teacher can only play an auxiliary role.

I realize my mistake now, I didn't study well to disappoint you. But I will definitely study hard in the future, I am ready to use this vacation to review my junior high school homework, and go to the cram school to preview the knowledge of high school, in short, even if I go to the fourth and fifth middle schools, I will definitely study hard, and I will definitely be admitted to university, you can rest assured.

In addition, there are art classes in the fourth and fifth middle schools, so even if I am not good at cultural classes, haven't I been learning painting since I was a child......?

There are not many reasons that Zhou Fangyuan can use to persuade his parents, after all, he can't explicitly say that he is a reborn person, he can only try his best to convince his parents with this completely unconvincing prophecy.

But sure enough, Dad Zhou didn't agree with his statement, but shook his head directly.

"No, we either don't go to school, or we go to a good school. You say that you will study hard, how can you guarantee that you can do it? When you go to No. 3 Middle School, other students are studying, and you can still be influenced by other students in a good way. If you really go to the fourth and fifth middle schools, and you are taken by those bad students, what will you do if you can't get into college after three years? Can you do it all over again? No, I don't agree!"

Dad Zhou is actually a very good talker, but it depends on the situation, as long as it is related to Zhou Fangyuan's learning problems, he will not regress easily.

Zhou's mother also nodded again and again on the side, expressing her approval of Zhou's father's opinion.

Zhou Fangyuan should have thought of this question a long time ago, but he thought that he could convince his parents, but now he realized that his reasons were so pale and powerless that he couldn't impress his parents at all.

In other words, this is a realistic version of "the wolf is coming", because there have been too many times before that he will study hard, so now his parents don't believe him at all, but would rather let the school's learning atmosphere infect him, although this probability is not high.

There is no way, seeing that Zhou's father and Zhou's mother have a firm attitude, and then think about the Ganhe clean-up plan more than a year later.

"Dad, it's okay to go to No. 3 Middle School, but you can't sell a house, let alone a land!"

Zhou Fangyuan said in a deep voice, and at the same time, his mind was racing and he began to look for suitable words.