Bai Yurou couldn't sleep for a while, so she sat up and said to Li Ruoyu: "Oh, with you here, I can't sleep either." No, tell me about when you were a child, I love to hear stories from the countryside. ”

Li Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "What's so good about that." It's all trivial. ”

Bai Yurou tilted her head, looked at Li Ruoyu and said, "Tell me how your aunt took care of you when she was a child!" Our baby is about to be born, and I want to know what it's like to be a mother and how to take care of our baby. “

Li Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "Okay, I'll talk about it." But don't laugh, we rural people don't have as rich emotional expressions as city people. My mother is also a very little talker, but she loves me no less than any other mother. ”

Bai Yurou looked at Li Ruoyu seriously, and Li Ruoyu slowly entered the state of memory.

Li Ruoyu thought of his mother again, and he had all the pictures of his childhood in his mind, so he naturally talked about it: "Li Jiawan in the seventies was poorer than now, and my parents were all working in exchange for a little food, but they were reluctant to eat or wear, so they gave it to me, the only son." I remember that when I was in primary school, the education I received in school was also the most orthodox ideological education, learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds, advocating collecting money and helping others. Now it seems to be a farce at the time, it seems to be a matter of course, and I don't know why, at that time, there were always people who lost things, and they were often picked up by classmates, first small things such as pencils, and then someone began to pick up money, although it was a dime and two corners, and the classmates would hand it over to the teacher when they picked it up, and then the teacher wrote his name on the little red book, and he became a moral person. ”

Sighing, Li Ruoyu continued: "Maybe it's my bad luck, I've never picked up anything, let alone money." I haven't even picked up a pencil. I'm the top student in my class, I've always been the first in my grades, I can't be a laggard, I have to turn in something. By the time I asked for a watch, the market soared, and it was obviously no longer possible to find a pencil eraser, so I gritted my teeth and loaded a watch from home to school. Before class, I pretended to be very surprised and said, "Report to the teacher, I picked up a watch on the way to school today." The teacher came over, put the watch on it, couldn't put it down, and happily wrote my name on the little red book, and my wish came true. ”

Bai Yurou asked, "What about later?" ”

Li Ruoyu said calmly: "It's been a long time since this matter, and I'm about to forget about it." One day my mother was looking for something all over the house and finally asked me anxiously. Do you see our plum watch? I didn't care about the Tao at the time, and let me hand it over to the teacher. Mom was surprised and asked why. I said that the other students had picked up something, but I couldn't find it, so I handed in the watch, and the teacher praised me. My mother was very angry when she heard this, and said to me, how can you do such a thing, a child. Isn't that a lie? Go get your watch back. I said, I handed it over, no matter how I wanted, I won't do it. ”

There was a pause. Li Ruoyu said again: "My mother found the teacher and told the teacher that the watch was at home, not picked up by Li Ruoyu, and the teacher still didn't believe it, saying that it was a good thing for the child to pick up gold." Parents need to be supportive. Mom explained that the watch was really our own, and that there was a mark on it. The teacher found it and took a look, and sure enough, it was. So he went to me and scolded me severely, I cried, but my mother felt sorry for me and bought me food. Now that I think about it, I'm really stupid, I'm so sorry for my mother. ”

Bai Yurou nodded and said, "Yes, the one who cares about you the most in the world is your mother." ”

Li Ruoyu nodded and said: "Yes, my mother always saves money, and in order to provide for me to go to school, she was tired prematurely and got sick." When I think about it now, I feel ashamed. At that time, I had graduated from junior high school, and I was approaching exams, so it was time to apply. For the first time, I was faced with a life choice. At that time, rural middle schools generally required students to apply for secondary schools and middle school teachers, because in this way, they could be transferred to their household registration, they could have jobs, they could eat commercial grains and become urban people. The teacher asked every student to fill in the technical secondary school or middle school teacher, not the high school. But I stared at the page and fell silent. I've always wanted to go to university, and that's a dream that supports my hard work. What I want to go to most is the Chinese People's University, because Wu Lao from my hometown is the founder and president of the Chinese People's University, and although Wu Lao died in the sixties, he is my role model. So I want to go to high school, go to the county key middle school, and of course get admitted to the county key middle school, which is very easy for me. But the most important thing is that the school does not allow it, requires every student to apply for a secondary school or middle school teacher, and also persuades parents to go to each student's home to do home visits. ”

Bai Yurou nodded and said, "Yes, I think the school also takes into account the economic situation in the countryside on the one hand, and I am afraid that the families of rural students will not be able to afford it." ”

Li Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "Not exactly. Of course, there is one reason, and the other reason is that the school also has indicators, and there are as many rewards as there are for the number of secondary schools or teachers admitted every year. The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, I think of my mother's illness and still working hard to save money for my school, I really can't bear it, I have always been hesitant. In the end, I decided to retire my parents as soon as possible for the sake of my mother, so I chose the volunteer of middle school teacher, I think it is not bad to be a teacher, and the salary is okay. The most important thing is that after graduating from the middle school, I can be assigned to the county school, so that I can take care of the family, and if the salary is available, I will let my parents go to the city early to enjoy their old age. ”

Bai Yurou was also interested, and hurriedly said, "Then what about later, how did you go to Fuming University?" ”

Li Ruoyu said calmly: "Originally, I thought that I would be a teacher in my life, but when my mother knew that I had filled in the middle school teacher, she found the school and made a big fuss and changed my wish to Rongzhou Middle School." I know my mom is for my good, so why don't I want to go to college? But I said to my mother, Mom, I can't let you work hard, if I grow up, I have to earn money as soon as possible, and watching my mother work hard for one more day will break my heart one more day. Mom and dad both looked bitter, and my mother cried and said, Ruoyu, no matter how hard and tired your parents are, they will provide for you to go to college. We all know your ambition, although that middle teacher can solve the hukou problem and has an iron job bowl, but he will be a teacher at most in his life, and he has no great future! After listening to my mother's words, my eyes flowed out again, and I cried bitterly, vowing to be admitted to a prestigious university so that my parents can live a good life in the future! ”

Speaking of this, Li Ruoyu couldn't hold back the catharsis of his feelings anymore, and tears fell to the ground. (To be continued.) )