Qin Yin returned to the county bus station in the evening, and originally wanted to stay at the station for one night, but when he thought of reviewing and taking the college entrance examination, he had a lot of books bought in the provincial capital in his backpack, and he already had the financial support of Yang Yun and Chen Lai, so he found a small hostel to stay for a night. That night, Qin Yin was alone in the small hotel in the county town to review her homework, but she was also like a fish in water, and many college entrance examination questions in the materials could be answered correctly. This greatly boosted Qinyin's determination to take the college entrance examination.

The next day, when Qinyin returned to the small mountain village, her grandmother and mother stood at the entrance of the village to pick her up, accompanied by the barking of dogs. The dogs, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, wagged their tails vigorously at the sound of the piano. Qin Yin breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's really someone else's dragon bed is not as good as your own kennel, or a small mountain village is kind." But when she saw her grandmother and mother as if they had just quarreled, their barely smiling faces were stained with tears and redness. Kotone didn't dare to say or ask, pretending not to know anything.

At dinner, Qinyin took out 100 yuan and gave 50 to her grandmother, and her grandmother said, "It's not easy for you to make money, so you don't dare to ask for so much, so she stuffed back 30 to Qinyin, and kept 20 for herself." Qinyin stuffed her mother with another fifty, and her mother said in surprise: "Aunt Chen of the supply and marketing cooperatives only receives thirty yuan a month, why do you have so much money?" Qinyin said that it was the money from helping people wash dishes, and her mother said how many dishes you have to wash, and then said, since washing dishes can make money, what are you going to do when you come back?

Anyway, because the music gave the money, the mood of the grandmother and the mother finally showed some peace. His face was not as sad as before, and a smile began to appear in the corners of his eyes.

At dinner, my mother kept putting vegetables in the bowl of Qinyin, saying that Qinyin was hungry. Grandma also boiled an egg and sent it over for Qinyin to eat, saying that she had tanned outside, and she didn't have to keep it if she made money, and she should spend some of it, and she should eat enough and so on. In short, both mother and grandmother are nagging.

It wasn't until Qinyin said that the reason why she came back was because she wanted to sign up for the college entrance examination, and her grandmother and mother stopped talking. Qin Yin obviously felt the changes in her grandmother and mother, so she asked, why didn't you say anything as soon as I said the college entrance examination?

Grandma said that girls are so good and have money to make outside, so why do they read so many books?

The mother also disagreed with Qinyin's plan: "Our family has not even solved the problem of food and clothing, where did you get so much money to study? Your grandmother is right, making money is important, why do girls read so many books?"

Qin Yin briefly summarized his experience in provincial cities and special economic zones, and used the gap between himself and Yang Yun to illustrate the importance of the college entrance examination.

Grandma Qin said that after a girl finishes reading, she is a member of someone else's family, like Qin Mi, who has read enough books, and she is not going to fly away after reading? I don't agree with the Qinyin college entrance examination.

Qin's mother said that there is a piano in the family, which is annoying enough, and I dislike the poor family after reading the book, I don't want another person like this in the family. I also don't agree with the Qinyin college entrance examination.

Qin Yin didn't argue, when she was in the provincial capital, she had already guessed what her grandmother and mother were going to say. It's not surprising to hear my grandmother and mother say that tonight. She finished her meal silently, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks for her mother, lit a kerosene lamp, and read a book alone.

Next door, Ah Gui heard that Qinyin was back, so he came over and told Qinyin everything about Li Fei and Lin Qian's revenge on the Wang family. Ah Gui thought that Qinyin would be happy and happy, but he didn't expect Qinyin to show joy, but he just said lightly: "It's really useless, it's going back and forth, and repaying each other's grievances, and in the end it's not just an ordinary man? ”

Seeing that Qinyin didn't want to hear about revenge, Ah Gui changed the topic and asked Qinyin what way he went out to the provincial capital. Gui's question evoked Qin Yin's memories and thoughts. The sound of the piano gushed about the peasants on the outskirts of the provincial capital, those who raised chickens, pigs, vegetables, and transportation, and that they could make money in everything anyway.

Ah Gui listened fascinated, as if he was the one who raised chickens and pigs. After listening to it, I was still not addicted, and asked: "Why are the same farmers, the same chickens and pigs, they can make money, and we can only make a living?"

Qin Yin replied: "People are professional breeders, and they want to learn some breeding techniques, but we are farmers who breed at will and have no professional knowledge." ”

Ah Gui seemed to suddenly become enlightened: "Yes, we also need to learn some techniques." Then he praised the sound of the piano as cultured, and having culture and not being cultured is different.

Gui went back. Qin Yin heard the voice of Ah Gui educating the children from next door: "You must study hard, and in the future, if you have culture, you will not have to suffer in the fields." ”

It was late at night, and people were quiet. Only the kerosene lamp with the sound of the piano was still on.

Qin Yin didn't expect that so many things had happened at home in the days since she left. She recalled the days when she traveled to the provincial capital and the special economic zone, remembered the changes that had quietly taken place in the provincial capital and the special economic zone, and everything in the mountains seemed to be the same, and she had more and more thoughts of escaping from the vulgar things, and became more and more determined to take the college entrance examination.

She thought of her twin sister, Jeanmi. It was precisely because she was admitted to university that Qin Mi had the opportunity to leave her hometown or even go abroad for development. Grandma and mother, on the other hand, could not understand the fate of their sister, and always considered the problem from their own point of view, hoping that the children would live as they needed to be, not as they should be. It is not so much that the loss of my sister has added to the troubles of my grandmother and mother, but that it is because of their own narrow-mindedness.

From this, Kotone thought of himself again. There is no way to choose the family of your parents, but since you grew up in this family, you must control your own destiny. Grow to be what you should be, not what your family wants to be.

Thinking of this, Qin Yin suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. What is the purpose of the college entrance examination for the children of poor families? Isn't it for their own future and fate? Isn't it for the sake of striving for more and better entrepreneurial opportunities like Yang Yun? Isn't it so that they don't repeat the vulgarity and narrow-mindedness of their grandmother and mother?

Qin Yin quietly opened the envelope hidden in the backpack that Yang Yun and Chen Lai had given him, and there was six hundred yuan lying there, which was almost two years' wages for ordinary workers. Qin Yin calculated the 160 yuan he gave Li Fei, and the remaining 440 yuan, planning to review his homework and be admitted to university no matter what. If you pass the exam and your family doesn't agree, then the 440 yuan is the only lifesaver for going to college in the future. Everything was planned, and Qin Yin quietly wrapped the remaining four hundred and forty yuan in paper and stuffed it into the crack of the strongest wooden box in the house.

When my mother woke up in the middle of the night and saw that Qin Yin was still studying under the kerosene lamp, she impatiently persuaded: "You don't want to be a scientist, why stay up late, don't waste lamp oil, go to bed early." ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Yin agreed, but she was thinking in her heart: Compared with the hardships of the provincial capital and the grievances of the Special Administrative Region, the nagging of the family is really nothing, and he must tolerate it until he is fully capable of deciding his own affairs.

After thinking about it, the sound of the piano became pleasant.

She walked up to her mother and asked, "Are you tired from working during the day?"

My mother said, "I'm used to it, why are you tired?"

Qin Yin said, "I have been away from home for these days, and I finally know that it is very tiring to work, I don't believe that you are not tired, come, let me rub it for you." ”

Mother said, "I don't see you being attentive during the day, what are you rubbing in the middle of the night?"

"My daughter knows how to feel sorry for her mother, you don't encourage it, and you pour cold water?"

In the room at night, there was the sound of mother and daughter giggling.