Salted fish Tian Lin finished eating the multigrain steamed bun in his hand in three or two bites, covered the pickle jar, and stuffed another steamed bun to Xiujuan: "This steamed bun is made by my uncle, and it is much more delicious than other multigrain steamed buns." Now it's cold, don't mention how soft and fragrant it is when it comes out of the pot in the morning, try it. ”

Xiujuan hesitated for a while, took the steamed bun and nibbled on it in small bites: "When I was in the village, I didn't hear that you had an aunt who married into the city. ”

Xiujuan and Tian Lin were from the same village before they got married.

"It's not my aunt, it's my man's aunt. Tian Lin said, took out a big fan from the cloth bag and began to fan the wind, which can be described as fully equipped, "Didn't I just marry the Zhao family for half a year, when she got married, she came to have a meal and left without saying a few words, I thought the relationship was not good." Later, I heard that it seemed that it was because my uncle was not at home at that time, and she was worried about the children at home, so she hurried back, and I always thought it was an excuse. As a result, I didn't expect the relationship to be good, and there was such a good thing to let people inform me, afraid that it would be unsafe for me to live in a temporary shed and let me live in her house. ”

"Let me tell you, she gave birth to five sons, all of them are big fat boys, and one of them goes to the house to steal food without paying attention, and I am also worried. ”

"That's good. Xiujuan only has envy.

Receiving the envy of his former friends, Tian Lin was suddenly refreshed, and the frequency of shaking the fan also increased: "Who said it wasn't." I didn't want to say the object when I first said it, the Zhao family is poor, and my man's health is not good, if it weren't for my mother's twenty yuan, I wouldn't have married him. ”

Xiujuan: ?

Seeing Xiujuan's face full of question marks, Tian Lin hurriedly explained: "My mother gave me five yuan, which was secretly stuffed into me as a dowry." ”

Xiujuan: ......

"And now, is your man treating you well?" Xiujuan asked.

"Okay!" Tian Lin said of this, her eyebrows fluttered, "Originally, I only saw that my man was not in good health and couldn't work, but I didn't expect that he couldn't beat me if he was not in good health! Not only did my man have a good temper and he was not a wife beater, but now at home, my father-in-law and I are two laborers, and we do all the work in the field, and we eat first." Although the Zhao family is poor, there are few people, and they can eat a full meal, my mother-in-law said that she would kill a pig for me to stew meat for the Chinese New Year this year!"

Xiujuan could only gnaw on the steamed buns with envy.

"By the way, Xiujuan, what about you? I heard that you gave birth to a big fat boy last year. After bragging about herself, Tian Lin felt that she should give Xiujuan a little room to brag and give her the conversation.

Xiujuan nodded, but she didn't look very happy.

"What's the matter, your son is not in good health?" Tian Lin frowned.

"It's not. Xiujuan shook her head, "It's our village that the two educated youths who were teachers in the village were admitted to the university and returned to the city, I'm a little worried." ”

Tian Lin: ???

"There are only three teachers in our village, and those two educated youths have high school education, and the other teacher has only graduated from primary school. Now that those two teachers have been admitted to university and left, it is estimated that the new teachers will only graduate from primary school, and may not even have a junior high school education. Xiujuan said.

Tian Lin is stupid, she has only been in primary school for two years, and she can't write a few big characters, if she is asked to write a letter, she will see that it is a typo and a circle, in her opinion, it is more than enough to teach primary school after graduating from primary school.

"Yes...... Is there any difference?" Tian Lin recalled the few times she had when she was studying, as if she was memorizing texts and watching the teacher write, and she had to break her fingers when she counted.

"Yes!" Xiujuan said very solemnly, "Of course there is a difference. When I was pregnant with the eldest of my family, I often met Mr. Feng, who was admitted to university, from the village elementary school, when I was sitting at the door. She told me that teachers are different from teachers, and that the better the teachers, the better the students. The teachers in the city are basically high school graduates, some have graduated from college, and there are even those who have returned from abroad, they know a lot, they have a lot of knowledge, and they teach students a lot of knowledge. ”

Xiujuan thought for a while: "That's probably what it means, I can't tell you the specifics, anyway, I think what she said makes sense." More students in our village are able to go to junior high school in the town every year than in other villages, because there are two teachers in our village who have gone to high school. I want my son to be admitted to university in the future, to be admitted to university and go to the city like Mr. Feng, and to have a job in the city like your aunt and uncle, so that he doesn't have to spend his whole life digging in the fields like us. ”

Maybe it was because Xiujuan's ambitions were too ambitious, so Tian Lin was stunned, and after a long time, she stumbled and asked, "That'...... So what to do?"

"Before Mr. Feng went to university, he told me that now that so many educated youths have returned to the city, they will definitely recruit workers. She asked me to inquire more, if I was recruited and could settle down, then my children would be able to go to school in the city in the future. ”

"It's so easy somewhere. Tian Lin said, "So many educated young people are looking for jobs, they are more knowledgeable than us, and they can write letters, where can we compete with them." ”

"So this is our best chance!" Xiujuan was a little excited, but her voice was lowered a lot, "There is no exam for this recruitment, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will have a chance to stay in the end." I discussed with my man that if I could stay, our family would move to the city, and he would come to the city to do odd jobs, and the family land would be planted for others. ”

"Little girl, don't think things so well. The uncle, who had been leaning against the tree to enjoy the shade, suddenly said, "This recruitment, the quota is all set, and it has long been set by those who have a relationship, so we are here to do odd jobs." I see you've been working hard all this time, don't waste your efforts, it doesn't matter where it's so easy for countrymen like us to stay in the city. ”

"Even if there are quotas, there must be undecided quotas. Xiujuan was a little unconvinced.

The uncle didn't want to argue, and waved his hand: "You'll know when the time comes." ”

Xiujuan wanted to say something more, but Bei Tianlin stopped: "It's too hot, I remember that there is a seller of ice water in front, I'll treat you, Xiujuan, let's go drink a bowl of ice water." ”

is still the attraction of ice water, Xiujuan was directly pulled by Tian Lin to drink ice water.

Ice water is sold cheaply, two large bowls for a penny, and sweet ice water with sugar is a big bowl for a penny. Tian Lin spent a penny to buy two large bowls of ice water, she had a bowl of Xiujuan and a bowl, and the two of them had a bowl of ice water and looked refreshed.

"What do you have to do with that kind of person. Tian Lin wiped her mouth, "I saw him this morning, a big man is slower than me in fighting sandbags, Xiujuan, if you want to fight for a place, you can do it hard, you are so desperate, maybe you really have a chance to stay." ”

"Hmm. Xiujuan nodded fiercely, "What about you?"

"I'll forget it, I don't even have a child, why do I think so much. My man is in poor health, and it is difficult to find a job in the city to work in the fields, so I should stay in the countryside honestly. Tian Lin showed her true colors as a salted fish, and she didn't take Xiujuan's words to heart, "Let's go find a shady place to sit, it is estimated that the land has been occupied just now." When the sun is not so poisonous, it will start work, and it is a waste of energy to stand here in the sun. ”

With that, Tian Lin pulled Xiujuan to find a place to cool off.

Jiang Feng listened to Tian Lin's words just now, and suddenly remembered something.

Tian Lin didn't seem to care, but she should actually have remembered Xiujuan's words.

Jiang Feng remembered that the Zhao family had always been poor until Sister Mei Mei was in junior high school. This poverty is caused by many aspects, one is because the Zhao family has no money and is hereditary poor, and the other is because Zhao Zhuangshi is not in good health and always has to take medicine, and the family only has Tian Linchong and no one goes to work outside.

At that time, simple farming could only be fed, and nothing else could be guaranteed.

Zhao Mei is older than all the children of the Jiang family, until she was in junior high school, the Zhao family couldn't eat two meals of meat all year round, you must know that at that time, the pocket money of the Jiang family's three fats could cover the zongzi stall at the entrance of the primary school, but Zhao Mei has been studying in the town since elementary school. At that time, Zhao Mei had to walk for several hours every day to go to school, and the lunch was taken to school with pickles, and she asked the master in the cafeteria to help warm it up at noon.

When did the Zhao family start to have a slightly better life - it was when Zhao Mei went to high school.

Zhao Mei went to high school in the county seat, and after leaving compulsory education, she not only had to pay for living expenses but also for tuition. Tian Lin gave up her family's land for the first time and threw her husband out to work for the first time for Zhao Mei's tuition, Tian Lin worked outside for eight years, from Zhao Mei's high school until she graduated from college and found a job, and then went home to live the life of a normal rural woman.

In a sense, if it weren't for Zhao Mei's going to school, the Zhao family would have been poor like that.

The reason why Grandma Jiang likes Tian Lin is because she thinks Tian Lin has a vision, unlike other families in the village, children love to read, and if they don't like to read and have no money, they can't study and go out to work to earn a few more years. As for why Tian Lin had this vision and was so stubborn about sending Zhao Mei to the county seat to study in high school, Grandma Jiang actually didn't understand.

Now Jiang Feng understood.

Tian Lin remembered Xiujuan's words.

The memory is very deep and clear.