Chapter 1: A Boy from a Mountain Village (Part II)
The Chen family sighed in their hearts, but still smiled and patted the young man's shoulder: "Well, come, I'm waiting for you to eat." After knowing that his son was living a hard life outside, the Chen family suddenly didn't dare to face this son.
The young man glanced at the back of the Chen family worriedly, then came to the beautiful woman, lowered his head again and said, "Mom, I'm back." ”
The beautiful woman smiled kindly as before: "It's good to come back, Yixin, go and shake the water to wash your brother's hands, and get ready to eat." So saying, he went back into the house.
The boy looked up again at his mother worriedly, and then at his sister, who was dragging him to the well with a happy face. There was a look of pain in his eyes, and he sighed involuntarily in his heart.
"Brother, what are you thinking?" Chen Yixin, who was shaking the water in the well, found that her brother was washing his hands absentmindedly.
"Uh, nothing. The boy rubbed his hands a few times, shook them off, and then got up and walked into the house. "Hey, brother, wait for me. Chen Yixin shouted dissatisfiedly, and busily washed her hands on the faucet that was still dripping, and then quickly followed the young man, took the young man's arm again, and walked towards the house.
At the dining table, the young man lowered his head and slowly picked up the food, not much to threaten the vegetables, the dishes on his wrist were all coerced to him by his mother and sister. The Chen family did not say a word and drank slowly, only occasionally glancing at their son.
Chen Yixin felt that the atmosphere was very tense, and although she didn't know what was going on, she kept talking to her family, hoping to break the tense atmosphere.
"Brother, aren't you going to get your graduation certificate, can you show me?" When Chen Yixin said this, everyone felt that the young man's body suddenly trembled. Everyone couldn't help but think in their hearts, "Didn't he get his graduation certificate?"
Chen Jiajia coughed dryly, and said, "Yes, show me the graduation certificate." ”
The young man with his head down hesitated for a moment, then put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out a graduation certificate from his pocket, and handed it over with both hands.
After the Chen family took it, it was opened to see, and the mother and daughter sitting on both sides also approached curiously. When everyone saw the font of the excellent grades and was allowed to graduate, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Then they all looked at the boy suspiciously, because they couldn't understand why the boy was so nervous.
Still her sister was clever, she hurriedly asked: "Brother, which high school have you been admitted to? Is it a direct promotion?" When the young man heard this, he lowered his head and shook it, and said in a low voice: "I...... I don't want to go to high school anymore. ”
Chen Jia's eyebrows jumped, and he asked in a dignified tone, "What is your high school exam score?" Everyone thought that the teenager was like this because he didn't do well in the exam. Of course, everyone showed a look of disbelief, because the teenager usually has good grades.
The boy whispered, "697 points." Everyone frowned again, this score is very high, why is the boy unhappy?
Chen Yixin interjected and asked, "Brother, how many are you in the school?" It's just that as soon as these words came out, Chen Yixin couldn't help but spit out her small tongue, looking at her brother's depressed appearance, she asked the wrong question.
"...... 1st place. Hearing the boy say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the boy is like this because he didn't rank well in the city.
"Brother is so amazing, the first place in the school, yes, brother, how many are you in the city?"
"Uh......" The young man still lowered his head, hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "First place." ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and my sister came to her senses and hurriedly asked, "What about the province?"
The young man's voice lowered: "It's also the first ......" Everyone stared at the young man in surprise at this time.
Chen Jia's eyes glared and he was about to say something, but the beautiful woman touched him lightly and gave him a look. The Chen family immediately understood why their son didn't want to go to high school, he must have thought that the family was in financial difficulty, so he was ready not to study in order to reduce the burden on the family.
The Chen family looked at the ceiling and sighed, Ancestors, wouldn't it be appropriate for you to leave such a family motto? Now such an excellent descendant is actually ready to give up his studies because he is worried about the family's financial problems.
The Chen family took a breath and got up and motioned for his daughter to change seats with him, and after he sat down next to the young man, he happily patted the young man's shoulder and said, "Son, you know what you are worried about, don't worry about money." Do you know, those fruit farms and fish ponds are all contracted by your father and me......" The Chen family told their son what they told their daughter, and Chen Yixin also echoed on the side. As for the beautiful woman, she kept smiling at her family.
The young man raised his head after listening to his father's words, but there was still concern in his expression, and he stammered a little: "But Dad, I was admitted to the High School Affiliated to NTU." As he spoke, he took a notice from his pocket again.
"Nanda High School?!" the father and daughter exclaimed in unison, and the mother also showed a look of surprise.
After taking the notice and looking at it, the Chen family slapped the young man's shoulder fiercely, raised his head and laughed: "It is worthy of my son, the High School Affiliated to Nanjing University is a key middle school in the country." Don't worry about anything, you give me to concentrate on studying, and then go straight to NTU. Hahaha. ”
Chen Yixin had already hugged the boy and said happily: "Wow, my brother is so powerful, Nanda...... Oh, Nanda High School. The mother also looked at her son with a smile on her face. In China, no matter who you ask, even if you are illiterate, they will tell you that NTU is the highest university in the country and a temple for students. The High School Affiliated to NTU is the middle school that is the easiest for many students to be admitted to NTU, because many professors from NTU will come to serve as lecturers at the High School Affiliated to NTU. Therefore, the teachers of this middle school are not able to keep up with other middle schools.
The young man hurriedly said anxiously: "However, the tuition fee there ...... I'm still going to an ordinary middle school, right?" "The teenager's worries are not unnecessary, because they are the key middle schools in the country, or the key ones in the key areas, and their tuition fees are several times higher than those of other middle schools.
Speaking of this, the Chen family said softly: "Son, the High School Affiliated to Nanjing University is different from other key middle schools, where university professors give lectures, and that knowledge cannot be bought with money, so you must study at the High School Affiliated to Nanjing University!
"But ......," the young man said worriedly, but his father immediately interrupted: "There is nothing, if you don't read it, I will break your legs!"
The boy shuddered, lowered his head and whispered yes. The Chen family patted the young man's shoulder again and said loudly: "Come, today you are very happy, accompany your Lao Tzu to have a drink......" Before he finished speaking, he was glared at by his wife fiercely, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly changed his words: "Uh...... Eat, eat. ”
Throughout the summer vacation, although the teenager still didn't talk much, he helped his family work more diligently. Maybe he's hoping to help the family. A month later, the Chen family left the village to see off the boy. After watching the young man get on the long-distance bus with simple luggage, the Chen family sighed, and the beautiful woman and Chen Yixin both looked at the car in the distance with tears. The High School Affiliated to Nanda is thousands of kilometers away from here, and now the teenager is taking a bus to the provincial capital, and then he has to take the train for several days. Although it is possible to take a plane, it is impossible for ordinary students to take a plane, let alone a teenager from this mountain village.
Chen Yixin followed her parents back home, still sitting at the door, she was happy for her brother, but sad that she could only see her brother once a semester. I don't know how long it took, but a voice woke her up: "Yixin." ”
When she looked back, she saw her father and mother standing behind her, and her mother carrying a small package. She couldn't help but ask strangely, "Mom, where are you and Dad going?"
Mom smiled: "We're moving." ”
"Moving?" Chen Yixin stood up in surprise.
"Girl, I'll tell you something later. Now you can take anything with you, but you don't need clothes or anything like that. Chen Jiajia said softly.
"That'...... What should I do with my brother? What should I do with Xiaohuang?" Chen Yixin obviously knew that the move was related to her brother, otherwise she would not have moved as soon as her brother went out to study. But she didn't dare to ask directly, so she had to ask like this.
"Your brother has grown up and started a career of training. Hehe, I didn't expect that we wanted to stay with him for a long time, and God couldn't wait to hone him. The Chen family said this, looking at his wife and smiling bitterly.
The woman looked at Chen's family with a smile and said, "You weren't alone at this age back then, your sons are now 16 years old, it's time to go out." ”
Chen Yixin listened blankly, and with her cleverness, she quickly learned that her parents deliberately waited for her brother to leave before moving.
Seeing that Chen Yixin's eyes were full of tears, the woman couldn't help touching her daughter's head lovingly, and said kindly: "Don't be sad, this is something that the man of the Chen family must experience." Let's go to see grandparents, you can also take Xiao Huang with you, our family will be reunited in the future, be happy. ”
"Grandparents?!" Chen Yixin was very surprised, because she had never heard her parents mention that she had grandparents.
"Okay, girl, what are you going to bring?" said the Chen family.
"I ...... It's okay for me to bring Xiao Huang, Xiao Huang was bought for me by my brother. Chen Yixin hugged the big yellow dog who stayed beside her, and said in a sad tone, she couldn't figure out what was going on at all, why did her father ask to move immediately as soon as her brother left?
The couple glanced at each other with a wry smile, and the Chen family nodded: "Okay, let's go." So the three of them left Ziyin Village like this, and no one knew where they had moved to at all.