Hearing his brother say this, Zhang Chenyu almost cried again, but he still held back. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Brother Zhang Chenxi is twenty-three years old this year, five years older than Zhang Chenyu, and dropped out of school because of the family's predicament before finishing junior high school.

In order to help the family and ensure that his younger brothers and sisters go to school, he worked everywhere to earn money, and even went down the mine to dig coal at the most difficult time, and did not get married until he was thirty-one years old, but after marriage, his life did not improve much, because the family was poor, looking for a daughter-in-law to be suspicious everywhere, seeing that he was getting older, he could only lower his standards and find a random marriage, hoping that after marriage, he would slowly change all this, who would have thought that since his wife was a lazy person, she gave birth to a boy and a girl, and the life of the whole family completely depended on him to work alone. Among them, the hardships can be seen in general.

The most hateful thing is himself, until he got rich in his hands later, and completely lost his parents to his brother, but his brother never blamed him at all, and even took care of him like a child, it was the eldest son like a father.

Zhang Chenyu secretly stabilized his mind and said with a smile: "Is there any money in our family now?" He wants to implement the problem of money as soon as possible, although this will make the family a little unhappy, but he must ask, this is the key point to change the fate of the family, and time waits for no one.

Hearing him suddenly ask for money, his mother Wu Huijuan glanced at her son vigilantly, she wanted to read something from his eyes, "What do you want money for?" ”

It's all a holiday, what do you need money for, this is a problem that the family is worried about at the moment. In the ninety-three years, the people in the interior were not lazy and lazy, but the problems of social cognition prompted everyone to stick to their own land, where their annual income was limited, so the situation of the whole village, the whole town and even the rural areas of the whole province was almost the same.

"I want to do something on my own during the holidays!" Zhang Chenyu knows that in the face of his family, he must confess, which is a matter of attitude and the basic premise of discussion. Beat around the bush and get absolutely no results.

"Do things, do what?" The elder brother asked, as long as the younger brother can say that he can be ugly, the elder brother will support him, this is Zhang Chenxi's love for his younger brother!

"I want to sell it early in the city!"

"Buns? Will you do it? The father stopped the chopsticks in his hand, put the bowl down, picked up the hookah in the corner of the wall and took a puff, and asked with smoke in his mouth.

"Yes!" Zhang Chenyu said with certainty that all their worries must be dispelled.

The father took another puff of his cigarette and asked, "You don't go to school anymore?" He felt a little sad in his heart, his son just said that he could be admitted to the undergraduate program, but it turned out to be a lie.

"It's just going to school, so I'm hoping to roll it out early as soon as possible!"

"You went to school, who watched?" The father then asked. Their family is in the village, and no one can make steamed buns, which are sold in the market.

"I want my mom and you to go to the city to guard!"

"What about the crops and throw them away?" The father was a little dissatisfied with his son's arrangement.

"This year's crops, brother, work hard, keep the harvest, and talk about it after the Spring Festival!"

"Can you make money?" The elder brother was more curious about his younger brother's thoughts, and he was a little excited, and it would be great if he could go out.

"I must be able to, I'm sure, not to mention the hard work now, our family will not only not be able to save money all year round, but also lose money!" This is the confusion in the hearts of the family, every year is so hard, saving money. But life is still tight.

"How much income can I have?" Father asked. Obviously, they are either against it, or they are worried about losing money. At this time, people did not want to make their family life better, but it was caused by the times, and they still remember the shock brought by the movement in the sixties and seventies, and the news in the interior was blocked, and the flow of materials was not smooth, so that they could only see their own villages in front of them.

Father was able to ask how much income was considered a good progress, but you must know that at this time, the political science textbooks were still teaching people to abide by the three outlines and five constants of ethics and morality, although they did not explicitly put it forward, in fact, it meant that the general policy of taking the class struggle as the key link had not completely dispersed, and it still firmly occupied people's hearts and dominated the pace of social progress.

"Now my sister's tuition fee alone is more than 2,000 a year, which is almost the entire annual income of our family. The school year has started, and my tuition and living expenses will not add up to less than two thousand, that is, more than four thousand, and the living expenses for a year will be five or six thousand, and the family obviously can't take it out, but I promise that as long as I go out, there is no problem with this money for a year, at least we don't have to ask for people everywhere! ”

The family fell silent for a moment, Zhang Chenyu said the biggest reality in the family, thinking about the various experiences of begging people to borrow money every time school started over the years, and I didn't feel a little in tears. I was humiliated and abused everywhere, and I didn't feel good in my heart, I borrowed for the first year, the second year, and the third year, and I borrowed every year, not to mention that people also need money, and I can't open my mouth.

Especially when they had money from their uncles and aunts, they came every once in a while to ask for it. He also said a lot of ugly things, and his father was very unpleasant in his heart.

"Let's go out, instead of trying to break our heads at home, it's better to go out and break in, don't go out, is this the way our family is in this life, my brother can't find a daughter-in-law to marry?" When it was completely dark, my mother stood up and lit the resin, and the strong smell of pine resin instantly filled the room, and thick smoke rose with dust.

There is no electricity here for at least six or seven months or even more a year, and power outages have become commonplace, so almost every family has such pine resin or water and oil mixed together to make a wick to light the light, and there are very few families who can afford to light candles.

There are so many pine trees on the back mountain, and I usually go up the mountain to graze cattle and chop firewood, and I take it back by the way, which is enough for a period of time, and it is economical. This is the biggest reality, not to mention five or six thousand or even seven or eight thousand yuan a year, it is really difficult for too many people to die.

"If you lose the crops in the field, you will be laughed at!" Mother lit the pine resin and sat down.

"Isn't there still a brother at home, let's do it first, do it when we make money, and come back if we don't make money, it won't be long!" Zhang Chenyu was a little anxious, thinking about this thing is deep-rooted many times, and no one dares to take risks if they don't taste the sweetness, this is the reason why people have been poor now.

"You go, we don't want to have any other way, we really can't go on!" My brother has been at home for many years, and he can be regarded as the pillar of the family, and he has the right to speak.

Zhang Chenxi's words were a reassuring pill for his parents, and they were silent for a while and finally nodded and said, you can try it. Then asked Zhang Chenyu how much money he needed and when he would leave? What do I need to prepare?

Zhang Chenyu looked at the impoverished home and said: "If you have any money in the house, you don't need anything, just bring the quilt and other bedding luggage!" "There's really nothing to use in the house now.

"Well, last week we sold the five fat pigs in the house, plus last year's corn and wheat were all sold, there are more than 1,700 yuan, is it enough?" Mother looked at Zhang Chenyu and asked. "This money is going to be kept for you and your sister to go to school when school starts!"

"Bring it all, I believe we can earn the tuition fees for the start of school or something!" Zhang Chenyu nodded confidently at his parents and brother, then looked at his brother and said, "You can concentrate on the crops and cattle at home, and the few little pigs in the pigsty will be sold after seeing them!" "When he fed the pigs at night, he carried so much pig food, but only saw three or four little piglets humming and chirping in the pigsty. You must bring all this money with you, be prepared, and if there is a place you haven't thought of, then you will find someone in the city who is not familiar with the place.

Tonight's changes in Zhang Chenyu, his parents and brother found out for the first time, he seems to have more ideas now, and even he has learned to arrange things at home, and he will think about his family, which is a good thing.

"Since we have money at home now, we will set off tomorrow morning, and we will make less money for one day if we delay for one day!" He said this to his parents.

When he got up in the morning, the sky was a little overcast, and it seemed that it was going to rain, so Zhang Chenyu rolled up a few pieces of oiled paper and stuffed them into the pocket of the quilt, so that there was something to cover when it rained. Carrying two large bags with the words ammonia bicarbonate written on them, he beckoned his parents to leave.

The pocket was filled with quilt padding, which looked very large, but it was actually very light, so he carried it alone, and his parents went out together with two bags containing a change of clothes.

The family who was driving at the entrance of the village knocked on the door, and the people inside opened the door, they were all from the same village, they were acquaintances, and after greeting, the woman said: "You get in the car first, he is washing his face!" This family is the only one in the village who has social experience outside, the man drove a big car outside in his early years, and later quit his job and bought a small van to start soliciting customers, the business is good, but he has to get up early every day and work late.

Get in the car, the two pockets and the bag in his father's hand are stuffed into the small space behind the van, Zhang Chenyu asked his mother to sit in the passenger seat, and his father and himself sat in the second row, waiting for the driver to come.

Seeing his parents' tense faces a little worried, he knew that they had no bottom in their hearts and were afraid of losing money. He smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, everything has been planned and arranged, just do it with peace of mind!" ”

The car started, and the driver honked his horn a few times, reminding the village that there were people in the village who were going to enter the city. While waiting, the driver Lao Wang turned around and asked, "Uncle, what are your family going to the city for?" ”

"Go to the second child's house!" Father said with a smile. The second eldest in his father's mouth is Zhang Chenyu's second uncle, who is now an official in the city, a section-level cadre, and later retired from the deputy hall, Zhang Chenyu has no good impression of the second uncle at all, so he has only been to his house once in three years of school in the city.

Two more people came, and after everyone said hello, the Four Seasons King took out a pack of jewel cigarettes and handed them to his father and another man, and started the car and sped off on the dirt road. It is said to be running, but in fact, the country road at this time is really difficult to walk, and the speed is repeated up and down twenty or thirty kilometers per hour, and the car jumps forward.

Zhang Chenyu silently looked at the rapidly regressing crops and low telephone poles outside the car window, as well as the towering mountains in the distance, his thoughts flickered back and forth to recall the bits and pieces of this village, thinking about everything that was coming.