Under the bright sun, the mountains in the distance are still covered with snow, but the mountains are already withered yellow mixed with emerald, and only in places where the sun does not shine, can you occasionally see the residual snow.

The taste of eyebrow pea cake, red bean cake, and green tea cake is refreshing and soft, which makes grandpa and grandmother who already have bad teeth very happy, and there are tears hidden in the corners of their eyes; The wild honey soaked in water is also very sweet, so that my aunt, who has a gas illness in winter, has not coughed for more than an hour.

'Dangdang', the uncle knocked the dry cigarette pipe on the foot of the chair a few times to knock the cigarette clean, filled a pot of cigarettes and handed it to his grandfather, and discussed: "Ye Ye (Dad), why don't you and your mother live in the room at the foot of the mountain, and let the room in the hall house out." Wen Mei, Manmei, they will definitely be able to pass the test for those naughty ghosts, and they will be able to come over to study in the first grade after the New Year, such a small girl lives in a room on the side of the mountain, I am afraid that they will be scared at night. ”

The white-haired but energetic grandfather, holding a dry tobacco pipe, nodded and said: "Yes, such a young girl, can't you follow Jiaming and them every day to walk the mountain road like this, what if it rains, snows, and freezes?" Stay in our room, the left is us, across the hall is you, they shouldn't be afraid. ”

Li Jiaming, who had just come out of the toilet, heard his uncle and grandfather discussing the room, and hurriedly refused: "Grandpa, maternal uncle, Sister Wen, they don't live here, so they still go back with me to live." ”

"How's that going to work? They're still so young! ”

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted his father to start a new life, Li Jiaming wouldn't want him to go out to work, and would rather be a little harder and live together as a family. If the little sister lives at her grandmother's house, wouldn't she need to take care of her anymore? Besides, I have to help her read and do her homework.

"Grandpa, there's nothing that can't be done, if they can't endure this hardship, what else can they read? If it rains or snows, we'll stay here so you don't have to worry. ”

"No! In the past, if you weren't at home, and now you have to tutor a few younger siblings, Ah Gong wants you to live here. ”

Grandpa was very stubborn, Li Jiaming had to change his words, "Grandpa, I am only in elementary school now, and I will go to the countryside, the county, and the big cities in the future to study." If you don't suffer a little more now, how can you get used to it in the future? Look at my third brother and fourth brother, a bottle of dried pickles and a bottle of moldy tofu for a week, which scholar is not bitter? ”

The grandmother, who had eaten a piece of red bean cake in small bites, looked at her favorite nephew with a smile, and said helpfully: "Old man, you don't know two big characters, what do you know about reading?" Jiaming doesn't let Wen Mei and Man Mei live here, there must be his reason, you just listen to him. ”

This is to the point, the old man feels sorry for his nephew and grandson, but he wants them to have a good life, rather than being a farmer like himself and digging in the soil.

"Well, if you want it, then it's up to you! Chengwan, you go and find a few big rocks, and make the river crossing stones on the beach more dense, don't let Wen Mei and the others not be able to cross the river. ”

"Hey"

When school ended in the afternoon, four or five teachers in the primary school were talking about it -- Yinzitan Primary School, which has a history of more than 30 years, will be revoked next semester, and all students and teachers will be merged into Chongxiang Primary and Secondary School.

Is there such a thing? Li Jiaming and the others were on their way home, Mao Tong and they were also discussing this matter, and some said that a certain teacher said it, and which teacher also said it.

There must be such a thing, although Li Jiaming 'recalled' for a long time, he didn't remember it, but he concluded that there must be such a thing. In the past two years, the government has been very strong in controlling rumors, which may lead to instability in the ranks of private and substitute teachers, and no teacher or cadre will create such unhelpful and risky rumors for the sake of a momentary pleasure. There must have been a change that led to what happened a few years later, and it happened in advance.

That's a great thing, and if it were possible, who would want to walk five or six miles to and from school every day? If it rains, you will get wet when you go to school or home, and if you encounter snow, you will freeze like a dog, and chilblains and colds are commonplace. That is, after Mr. Wang became the principal, he forbade these mountain boys to bring fireboxes to school when it was not snowing, otherwise the classroom would be the same as before, it would be a salted fish shop - how smelly it should be.

"Jiaming, do you think this is true?"

"It should be true, I'll ask Mr. Wang tomorrow."

The friends all think that this is a great thing, even the teachers think so, and of course Li Jiaming thinks so, but he thinks more and farther than others.

It's not that he's better than those above, it's that he knows too much about the importance of nutrition to children, and he doesn't want his sister to grow tall because of malnutrition, and in the end she can only grow a little more than 1.5 meters. Children live at home, so they can eat some good meals, if they live in school, which parent can deliver food every day? Why do children in the city always grow taller and stronger than children in the countryside, in addition to their own good living conditions, more importantly, when they need nutrition the most, country children can only eat pickles and moldy tofu every day, and they can't even eat fresh vegetables!

When I got home, after dinner, Li Jiaming checked the homework of several younger siblings, and taught new words, pinyin, etc., and was about to read and do homework by myself, when Aunt Hongying and they all went upstairs.

"Jiaming, is it true that the village is small and goes to the countryside?"

Li Jiaming scratched his head and hesitated: "It should be true, this kind of thing is not far from ten, and it is impossible for the teachers in the village to hear the wind." ”

As soon as he finished talking about his 'speculation', Li Jiaming suddenly realized that what his aunt was asking was actually not a merger.

Even if the merger is true, a group of younger siblings have their own control, and they don't have to worry about their studies at all. The aunts and their aunts must have come because Jin Mei and Gui Mei were encouraged by Teacher Wang in the morning, and when they returned home, they blew some calf skins in front of their parents, which aroused the desire of adults for fame. Reading is useless, that is the crooked reasoning of people in the city, and for rural people, jumping from the farm gate is the right way!

The peasants are bitter, one acre of land has to pay 300 catties of public grain, and it has to be handed over to the township's 'three tire, five overall planning', and the remaining grain must be mixed with most of the shredded potatoes to be enough for a family to eat old snacks.

How good it is to eat national grain, like Mr. Wang, they can't get caught in the sun and rain, they have more than 300 yuan a month, the state is in charge of life, old age and death, and it only costs a dime or eight cents a pound to buy rice at the grain station; And the second uncle worked tirelessly on the construction site for a month, which was only more than 300 yuan; There is no grain to eat in the countryside to buy grain for resale, and as soon as the grain station turns it over, the rice that the peasants themselves handed over becomes seven cents and two cents a catty!

The people in the mountains are simple, but it doesn't mean that they won't turn around when they talk or do things. The aunts and sisters were asking about the merger of the village and the elementary school, but they actually wanted to ask Li Jiaming about his future plans. Admitted to university, Jin Mei and Gui Mei can't do it themselves, they have to be managed and taught by themselves, and they have been managing and teaching for seven or eight years!

Aunt Hongying and Aunt Lianxiang know that although everyone has the same surname and a common father-in-law, they are not a family after all. When Chuanzu went to ask Chuanjian to teach the army, didn't he also promise to do it in person, so it was still not a good thing? Even when Jiade first started teaching Jiaming, he was a cousin of his in-laws, and his aunt was still saying strange things on the side, not to mention that Li Jiaming had been teaching a few sons and sisters for seven or eight years.

Li Jiaming smiled, the aunt's worries were reasonable, if he didn't have to take care of the little sister and the full sister, I am afraid that he would skip a grade all the way and get into a fairly good university early. As the fourth brother said, life has to go through a complete childhood and youth to be complete, which makes little sense to himself at all.

People must have hope, and only when they see hope can they endure loneliness and persevere.

Li Jiaming, who had already made up his mind and spent seven years fighting for Tsinghua University and Peking University, thought about it, let the cousins Mao Tong and Xigou continue to do their homework, and took the three aunts to the bedroom of the little sister downstairs, and whispered: "Aunt Hongying, Aunt Lianxiang, Aunt Cha Ju, you also know the difficulty of the current high school entrance examination and college entrance examination." I'll tell you the truth, although Sister Gui and Sister Jin are not very smart, they are no worse than ordinary people. As long as they can endure hardships, I estimate that they will be able to go to university in the future, at most they will have to make up for the year, or whether the university is good or not! ”

Although the three aunts are rural women, it is still no problem to be obedient and listen, Li Jiaming said so, and he didn't mention the two of them, how could they not hear his words?

Aunt Cha Ju was happy when she heard it, Aunt Lianxiang was both happy and disappointed, and Aunt Hongying was completely disappointed. The thin dog and the big dog are not reading materials, she and Uncle Chuan Mengmeng have long been mentally prepared for this, but faintly hope that this little nephew can teach her well, but now Li Jiaming's words have destroyed her last bit of hope.

"Aunt Cha Ju, you go upstairs to see them, and I'll have a few words with Aunt Hongying and Aunt Lianxiang."

"Oh", Aunt Cha Ju patted Li Jiaming's head lovingly, got up and went upstairs. The eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law must be uncomfortable in their hearts, this sensible little nephew.

When he heard the footsteps going upstairs, Li Jiaming hurriedly closed the door, which made the disappointed Aunt Hongying faintly hopeful.

After hesitating for a while, Li Jiaming said tentatively: "Aunt Hongying, have you and Uncle Chuanmeng thought about it, in fact, part-time work may not be worse than studying." I've heard my fourth aunt say before that many people outside haven't read a lot of books, but they still make a lot of money by opening a factory. ”

Aunt Hongying, who was born of hope, was disappointed, sighed and said, "Jiaming, we are rural people, and we don't have that much ability. Do you remember that a few years ago, the missionaries were arrested and taken to the police station, right? Your fourth uncle is not at home, our six families at home, borrowed and scraped together only two or three thousand yuan, and in the end, it was your eldest sister who knelt in front of your aunt's family and begged, so that the five thousand yuan of medical expenses were collected.

If there is a person in our Li family who is an official, even if he can speak in the township, he will not be like that?

Auntie knows what you mean, your five brothers can study, and you, Jiade, and Sanyan are all conscientious sons, and you won't remember our cousins and uncles in the future. Just like if you don't hand over the land to your father, you don't want to go to your second uncle's house for dinner, and your aunt also wants to rely on her own cub and doesn't want to rely on her nephew and niece! ”

Li Jiaming was silent, it is better to ask for others than for yourself, this is the same everywhere, not to mention strong people like Uncle Chuan Meng and Aunt Hongying. In fact, in my own opinion, the best way out for the Mao Tong and Dog brothers is to go outside, they all belong to the kind of bold people, as long as they don't take the evil road, they will have their own guidance and help at critical moments in the future, it is not difficult to break into a career. It's a pity that their families don't think so, and maybe they themselves don't think so!

Really responded to that sentence, what you can't get is the best!

Those big families in the village may be better, they are many and powerful, as long as they don't break the law and commit crimes, they don't have anything to fear. After a small family like myself has suffered two extremely unfair and inhumane violent oppressions, it has become the obsession of the fathers to provide for a son who can read, even if he does not become an official, he must enter the state unit!

Sighing secretly, Li Jiaming had no choice but to say the hint of Teacher Wang in the morning, and whispered: "Aunt Hongying, Aunt Lianxiang, Mao Tong and fine dog are not without a way, I know that Yuanzhou Normal and Zhanggao Normal will recruit special students every year, that is, those junior high school students who are good at sports and can sing and paint." Those places don't require any grades, as long as they have specialties, but there is an age limit, and the age cannot exceed 16 years old. ”

Li Jiaming finished speaking in a very small voice, seeing that the two aunts were still sad, he knew very well that these two aunts had been rural women all their lives, and they might not have moved their brains at all, so they had to point out in a low voice: "Auntie, the student's file is in the management of the school, and after being admitted to the school, it will be handed over to the higher school, and you can do it here." It's just that in the future, the normal school will also have a political trial, and it will check everyone's household registration, whether family members have criminal records, and so on.

The file belongs to the school, and the household registration is managed by the police station, so if we get through these two links, age is not a problem! As long as you agree, I will ask the teacher to find some physical education books to read, and let Mao Tong and the fine dog practice according to the book, for four or five years, it is not as good as those who don't usually practice much? ”

The two aunts suddenly realized, their faces began to get excited, and they also whispered: "Jiaming, is this really good?" ”

"It should work, those people at the police station, you still don't know? As long as you send a thousand dollars, it's not a sentence to change your age? The teachers in the school, as long as they are not embarrassed during the political examination at the police station, still wish that their students would be admitted to the examination. However, auntie, you can't quarrel casually in the future, don't offend people, these things usually don't offend people, no one will sue them; If no one sues, no one will know. When they graduate and go to work, who will pursue these things? ”

"Okay! Just do as you say! ”

Aunt Hongying and Aunt Lianxiang were overjoyed, they didn't have any shameful concept of cheating, and neither did Li Jiaming. As long as Mao Tong and Xigou can be admitted to the normal school, it doesn't matter whose opportunity they rob, who is not related to him, and his own business!

Besides, this matter is not very risky, even if it is found out later, Mao Tong and Xigou can still go to self-financed high school (no grades are required but the tuition fee is extremely high), and then go to the physical education major of the teacher college and the university. Li Jiaming was so impressed by those sports students that their grades were a mess except for good sports, and their friends at the Normal University also gave them the nickname 'Machine'.

The two guys can grow to more than 1.8 meters in the future, which is a miracle in the generally short ancients. Besides, after seven or eight years, I will definitely have money, and I am afraid that they will not be able to go to college by playing some small tricks? It's just that there is a three-point leeway in being a person and doing things, Li Jiaming didn't pack a ticket, and the merger of the school in advance has happened, and the ghost knows what will happen later.