Li Mei turned on the light and couldn't help laughing as she watched Xiaoxi look at the birthday cake.

"Xiaoxi, why are you stunned, it's time to cut the cake," Li Mei said immediately on the side.

Xiao Xi came back to her senses, this cake is so beautiful that Xiao Xi can't get her hands on it.

Under Li Mei's gaze, Xiao Xi cut the cake into small pieces.

Then I took out a plastic plate and cut a piece for my mother first.

"Mom, you eat first, see if the birthday cake is delicious. ”

After Li Mei took the cake handed over by Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi cut a piece for herself.

"Wow, what a delicious cake," Xiao Xi couldn't help but taste it, it was sweet and delicious.

Then Xiao Xi hurriedly took a big bite, and the corners of her mouth floated a layer of cream.

"Mom, eat quickly, there are so many more here," Xiaoxi urged when she saw that her mother didn't eat much.

The reason why Li Mei didn't eat it was nothing more than two points.

First, this cake is Xiaoxi's, and Xiaoxi must eat more.

The second is that the cake is quite expensive, and Li Mei is reluctant to eat it.

And I've already had dinner just now, and my stomach is already full.

But Xiao Xi seems to have a soft spot for this cake, one bite after another.

It's no wonder, after all, this is the first time Xiaoxi has eaten cake, and she hasn't eaten it before.

The fruit and cake are paired together, sweet but not greasy, it is really a perfect match.

After eating a piece, Xiao Xi couldn't eat it anymore, and Xiao Xi had to sigh when she saw that there were so many cakes left.

"Mom, what should I do with these cakes?

Xiaoxi looked at her mother and didn't know what to do?

"Based on the weather, the cake should have a shelf life of a few days, so it can be slowed down. ”

"But it's better to get rid of it within a few days, or else it's going to have to be thrown away if it breaks. ”

"Xiaoxi, you can eat this cake in the morning, people in the city are bread and milk in the morning. ”

"This cake is much better than bread, and we can drink water even though there is no milk. ”

Li Mei gave Xiaoxi a good idea, she could eat cake in the morning.

This not only solves the cake so that the cake is not wasted, but also saves breakfast.

Li Meibao's copyist can be left for at least a month in this winter and remain unbroken.

"Xiaoxi, today's homework is done, so I'll rest early in the evening. ”

"You're a six-year-old now, and it's not long before you go to elementary school. ”

"Mom hopes that you can get a good score in the exam and go to primary school in the county in the future. ”

"The quality of education in the county is much better than that in the countryside. ”

Xiaoxi nodded like waves, in fact, Xiaoxi understood that what her mother wanted was for her to be able to get ahead.

Then win glory for the family and change the current state of poverty in your own family.

Seeing Xiao Xi nodding, Li Mei's nose was sour for no reason, she knew that once Xiao Xi set foot on this road.

Then there was no turning back, but Li Mei did not regret it.

If you don't rely on reading to find a way out, then Xiaoxi will have a bright future.

This family can't change the current situation, can it make Xiaoxi repeat the mistakes of the past.

Let Xiaoxi follow her own old path? Be an ordinary peasant woman with no education and few skills.

And then I did farm work for a lifetime.

Living a life facing the loess and facing the sky with her back to the sky is unacceptable to Li Mei.

She herself has already suffered from it, so naturally she can't let Xiaoxi follow her old path.

I don't have the ability, and then I was abandoned by my own man.

If you keep Xiao Xi by your side, then Xiao Xi will be like herself one day sooner or later.

Be an ordinary peasant woman, and then find a random farmer, and live like this for the rest of your life.

Then I worry about expenses such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea every day.

And then I worry every day that if I get sick, I don't have the money to go to treatment.

Don't say that Xiaoxi will be unbearable in the future, even Li Mei and Xiaoxi's father can't bear it.

So this is unreliable, of course, Li Mei will make up her mind to cut off Xiaoxi's desperate road.

Then Xiaoxi has only one way left, and that is to get a way out through study.

Li Mei has a different idea from most rural people, and people in the countryside think that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented.

Only men can attend the school if women do not attend the school, and some families even think that reading is useless.

Neither men nor women entered the school, because it cost money to enroll, and the peasants at this time were poor in money.

In the countryside at this time, it is not just a step worse than the county seat.

It is as if there is a world of difference, and the per capita income in the county is dozens of times that of the rural area.

The gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and this is not so simple.

This is a real reality, and Li Mei is more aware of this disparity.

That's why Li Mei tried her best to want Xiaoxi to go to the county seat to study.

Because the education in the county is much better than in the countryside.

"Mom, is it that as long as I pass the exam, I will have the opportunity to go to the county middle school and go to primary school. ”

Xiao Xi said to Li Mei, although Xiao Xi didn't know how to go to the county seat to go to elementary school.

But this did not prevent her from knowing the difficulty, because such a large village, so many children.

Xiaoxi has never heard of a person who can go to school in the county seat without relying on some connections.

Generally, it is which is which relative, and then the relationship goes to the primary school in the county.

Only two or three out of 100 students may attend a county elementary school.

Her classmate Tianbao's father knew a cadre in the county seat.

I'm going to find a way to send Tianbao to school in the county seat.

This made the people in the whole village envious, and when they arrived in the county seat, it was equivalent to seeing the world.

Then there was a kind of hierarchy by birth, and they entered the county and lived in the county.

There is a kind of high hierarchy in this.

They all think that in the future, Tianbao's family will enter the county seat, and they will soar.

And when Xiaoxi thought of her family, she was silent, not only did she not have any money in her family, let alone connections.

Now Xiaoxi only has grades that are much better than others.

"Xiaoxi, I heard others say that this time the county town takes into account the actual situation in our rural areas. ”

They decided that the top 10 students in each village would be admitted to a primary school in the county for the next entrance exam. ”

"And according to the ranking of grades, there can be scholarships and awards for tuition and fees waiver. ”

Li Mei said to Xiaoxi, which turned Xiaoxi from disbelief to surprise.

It was nothing short of a sudden happiness.

Since Xiaoxi decided to change her fate and the fate of this family.

Xiaoxi already knew that the countryside was not the place where she was going to show her ambitions.

She needs a wider world, and now the county seat is the first stop on her life path.

Although Xiaoxi is still young now, she doesn't know any big truths.

But she knew that there would be more things in the county that would help her grow.

In the future, she will know that this thing is called opportunity.

Xiao Xi nodded, she knew what she should choose.

This is not only for my mother, but also for myself and this family.

This family now only relies on her to support half the sky.

She can't and shouldn't leave her mother alone to shelter her all the time.

She is destined to grow up, so in the face of the county, a place that is unfamiliar to her, although she panics, she is very longing.

If you have been to a corner of the county seat, you will know the difference between the county seat and the countryside.

The countryside is full of fields and industrious farmers who cultivate the land.

In addition to the busy traffic, the county is bustling streets and a variety of food.

and a house five or six stories high, and then wealth......

This is just the tip of the iceberg that Xiao Xi has seen, there must be a bigger place in the county, and she has not seen it yet.

For example, there seems to be a city park in the county, which is full of amusement parks and other entertainment facilities.

............

All in all, Xiaoxi is full of hope for the county, and Li Mei on the side can see it more clearly.

She was very satisfied with Xiaoxi's performance, and originally she planned that Xiaoxi would not agree with it.

Then he applied both soft and hard, and let Xiaoxi agree.

But now this is obviously not needed, Xiaoxi's performance has exceeded Li Mei's expectations.

"Xiaoxi, then go to bed early, I'll light the fire first, wash my face and feet later, and then brush my teeth and go to bed. ”

After Li Mei finished explaining to Xiaoxi, she went to pack up the firewood and prepare to make a big fire to raise the temperature in the house a little.

In this way, Xiaoxi will not be woken up by the cold at night, looking at the few firewoods, Li Mei sighed.

I'm going to the mountains to chop wood again.