Chapter 24: One Crying, Two Troubles, Three Hangings
"Teacher Liu, is it true that the school has given a place to come out?"
"Well, it's true, it's the principal's special approval. ”
"Great!"
Everyone in the room was smiling, and the school places were finally available, and the children could go to school.
"Feng'e, don't cry, do you hear it, the child's school quota is available. ”
The neighbors and relatives laughed and said that when the stepmother heard this, her tears were also in her eyes, and she stammered: "Really, don't fool me, the child has gone to school?"
"I can't lie to you, the letters of introduction are here. ”
Teacher Liu took out an envelope from the pocket in his arms and handed it over.
The stepmother's excited hands are trembling, great, her daughter can finally go to school, and she will also be a literate person in the future.
At this time, the daughter who went out to play also happened to come back, and the stepmother called the other party over excitedly and said, "Daughter, you can finally go to school, great." ”
"Mom, can I go to school?"
Cai'e said in astonishment.
The stepmother nodded again and again, the letters of introduction are here, and they will definitely not be fake.
"Open the envelope and see what's inside. ”
The stepmother nodded and couldn't wait to open the envelope.
"Daughter, mom can't read, you read it. ”
Cai'e took the envelope and read it.
After seeing the back, suddenly, the smile on Cai'e's face slowly solidified, and there was disbelief in her eyes.
"Keep reading, what are you talking about, is it a compliment to you for being well-behaved and sensible?"
The stepmother couldn't stop laughing.
"Mom...... This letter is not for me, it is for him. ”
Cai'e stretched out her hand and pointed at Tao Xueming.
The stepmother's smile suddenly froze, how could this be, why wasn't this letter for her daughter.
Tao Xueming reached out and grabbed the envelope, took a closer look, and found that the principal really wrote his name.
It was really an accident.
Tao Xueming smacked his lips, this quota was actually given to himself, it didn't make sense.
After graduating from elementary school, because my family couldn't afford the tuition fees for two people, I didn't plan to go to junior high school, so how could I write a letter of introduction to myself.
"The school spot was given to me, and I disappointed you. ”
Tao Xueming said lightly.
As soon as these words came out, the stepmother's head exploded immediately, not for her daughter, but for this kid!
"Remember to report to the school, don't be late. ”
Teacher Liu smiled and waved his hand, then turned around and left.
"Don't go, explain to me what's going on, why it's not my daughter, why it's like this......"
The stepmother raised her voice and asked angrily.
Teacher Liu smiled: "You have to ask the principal about this, how do I know." ”
The stepmother's face became very ugly, she was a small villager, where did she have the courage to question the principal.
Definitely, it must be this bastard who snatched his daughter's place, it must be!
"There are two children in the family, and one child can go to school. ”
"Yes, anyway, when my daughter grows up, she is going to get married, raising children to prevent old age, and letting her son go to school is right, and she will be productive when she grows up. ”
The neighbors laughed and said that both children go to school, the tuition is too expensive, and one son goes to school well.
When the stepmother heard the words of these people, she stopped laughing and said, "It's not early, let's go back to bed early." ”
The neighbors didn't say anything, and turned to leave.
After these people left, the stepmother sat on the kang with a cold face.
"Mom, I want to go to school, I want to go to school. ”
Cai'e burst into tears.
The stepmother's face was very cold, and she sat silently.
Dad picked up a cigarette, took two puffs, and didn't speak.
The room, the atmosphere was a bit dull.
Tao Xueming smiled at the corner of his mouth, let you be so bad usually, retribution is coming.
"Taozi, what despicable means did you use to snatch my daughter's place. ”
The stepmother raised her head and stared at him coldly.
Tao Xueming shrugged his shoulders and said, "How do I know what's going on, I'm still confused." ”
"Maybe God opened his eyes, so he gave me a place. ”
"You fart!"
The stepmother's angry face turned white, and her body trembled: "You must have colluded with the principal, you despicable and shameless boy, why are you so vicious, and you snatched my daughter's place in school!"
"You father and son really don't have a good thing, white-eyed wolf, I hate you to death!"
Hearing these abuses, the anger in Tao Xueming's heart also came up, he glanced at his father, who was sitting in the corner, bowing his head and not speaking.
"Dad, this matter has nothing to do with me, I don't know about school at all. ”
Dad hung his head, but still didn't speak.
"Your father and son continue to act, continue to make up nonsense, how can you be so wolf-hearted, I have worked hard to support you, and you are still with us. ”
As the stepmother spoke, she started crying again, and her daughter Cai'e also cried.
Tao Xueming rolled his eyes and cried to you, the master ignored you.
Then, he turned around and went back to his room, packed up, and lay down directly.
Not long after, Dad also entered the house, took off his clothes, and lay down under the covers.
Tao Xueming opened his eyes, thinking to himself why his father had to say a few words.
"Otherwise, you give Cai'e a place. ”
Dad said in a very small voice.
Tao Xueming's eyes widened, why, did he just let her go to school, not let herself go to school.
Dad continued: "The tuition fee for this semester will cost about 300 yuan, and our family can't get it out of smashing pots and selling iron." ”
Hearing this, Tao Xueming's heart was panicked, he was thinking, is Dad really because he can't pay the tuition.
"Dad, my son has been making some money outside recently, and tuition is not a problem. ”
Tao Xueming said in a low voice.
"Son, you know that your mother wants to save face, if Cai'e can't go to school, maybe she will do something like a moth, you should be your brother, let it be your sister. ”
A sentence to his sister made Tao Xueming's heart hurt, even if he had the mind of an adult, he was still very sad when he heard his loved one say such things.
"Dad, go to bed early, I'm going back to the county tomorrow. ”
Tao Xueming turned sideways and covered his head with a quilt.
In the room, Dad let out a long sigh of helplessness.
……
Early the next morning, Tao Xueming woke up very early, but his father was earlier than her and had already gone to cook.
Suddenly, there was a panicked scream in the room, and Dad ran in in a panic.
"Son, come over and help, your mother is drinking pesticides!"
Tao Xueming was stunned, what the hell, drinking pesticides?
Immediately, Tao Xueming immediately went to his stepmother's room, and when he entered the room, he saw his stepmother foaming at the mouth lying on the ground, with this insecticide next to her.
Daughter Cai'e kept crying next to her.
Tao Xueming frowned, what are you doing, you actually drink pesticides.
However, the stepmother's consciousness is still very clear, and it is estimated that the dose she drank is not too large.
Tao Xueming picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into the other party's throat to induce vomiting.
The stepmother vomited a lot of white foam, as well as stomach acid, and after vomiting a few times, her face was much better.
"Fortunately, it was found early, and if it was too late, the house should have stopped. ”
Tao Xueming said unhurriedly.
"Let me die. ”
The stepmother was heartbroken and lay on the ground crying, and the father was also in a hurry, and the neighbors who heard the movement also came over.
In the past half an hour or so, the stepmother's family came, and then there were a few uncles.
Seeing her sisters drinking pesticides, her mother's family was all angry, and they all pointed at the nose of the father and son and scolded.
Dad was ashamed, he didn't dare to fight back when he was scolded, and he couldn't explain it.
"You guys keep your mouth clean, she drinks medicine, what does it have to do with my dad, she will come to me if she has anything. ”
Tao Xueming scolded and said.
Syllable!
One of the stepmother's sisters raised her hand and slapped him in the face.
His cheeks immediately ached.
"It's you father and son who bullied my sister, why don't you die!"
Then, the relatives in the house all quarreled loudly, and the grumpy uncles were ready to start beating people.
Uncle here, no one stopped him, they all looked at it coldly, and they also thought it was their own people's fault.
Tao Xueming saw all this in his eyes, and sneered in his heart, if he wasn't young now and had no strength, he would definitely pinch their necks and press them to the ground hard.
The stepmother lay on the bed, closed her eyes, pretended to be dead, and refused to say a word, and when others asked why she drank the medicine, she did not speak.
The matter became more and more noisy, and almost all the people in the village came, and the room could not stand, so they ran to the courtyard to stand.
When people from all over the country heard about it, they all came over to join in the fun.
Shame, completely thrown out of the village.
Outsiders don't know what's going on, can Tao Xueming still not know what's going on, it must be for the school quota.
But Lao Tzu just doesn't give it, you keep drinking if you have a seed!
Tao Xueming sneered in his heart.
"Son, come here. ”
"Dad, what's wrong. ”
Tao Xueming walked over.
Dad pursed his lips, and then said, "You can also see your mother's situation, if Cai'e can't go to school, she will hang herself next time." ”
"You ...... the quota"
Tao Xueming glanced at it, the stepmother is looking for her own death, who is to blame.
"Daddy begs you, you don't want to go to school. ”
Dad said with tears in his eyes, his voice choked up for a while.
"Dad, isn't a daughter who is not his own daughter more important than his own son?"
Tao Xueming asked unwillingly.
Dad's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and his body trembled: "It's Dad who is incompetent, Dad has no ability, your mother has been taking care of us all these years, and we can't be sorry for other people." ”
"Alas. ”
Tao Xueming sighed in his heart, he said so, what can I do, this matter can't be solved, I don't know how long it will be to make trouble.
They were all disgraced and thrown to their ancestors.
Then, Tao Xueming took two steps into the house and looked at his stepmother: "I let go of the school quota." ”
As soon as these words came out, a smile immediately appeared on the corner of the mouth, the stepmother who was lying on the bed.
"But you remember for me, this is for the sake of my father's face, and you will have to inch in the future, don't blame me for turning my face with you!"
Tao Xueming said coldly.
The stepmother smiled directly, and then sat up from the kang, revealing that I had won.