Chapter 32: My Brother's Tuition
Han Yuqi:
Thank you very much for your understanding and elevation, it is the first time that I have been so respected by others, before in my life, it was either abuse or contempt, I have been used to dealing with all this with silence, and now you have made me understand the meaning of the word respect, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart, bow to you. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, for me, a bowl of cold noodles is nothing for you to stay overnight, and I can't lose much financially, and mentally speaking, I have benefited a lot, so you really don't need to be grateful. I'll keep this book, just take it as your payment, return your money and pagers, I don't want to accept handouts from others, it seems that you don't know me completely.
A child from the countryside: Tang Hailong
After finishing work at noon that day, Hailong didn't even have time to eat lunch, so he spent five cents on postage in order to rush to Yuebao Town, Lang County, five kilometers away, to send this letter.
Because the postman can only come once a week or two, he can't make time to do his own work.
When he came back under the scorching sun, it was just time to go to work, so he just made up a few mouthfuls of dry steamed buns. For a girl who had only met once, Hailong felt that he was a little excessive, only in this way he could feel at ease.
This Sanmao's wandering diary, the sea dragon still likes it very much, the story of the Sahara, the trip to Europe and Africa, the sea dragon who reads it is in it, he carries the book with him in the pocket of dry food, and when he stops in the middle of the work, he eats the bun while looking at it with interest, so other workers kindly call him Xiucai.
Seeing that school was about to start, Jin Long's heart was worried, this few hundred yuan tuition is not a small amount, if Hailong can receive the salary, and then sell some wheat in the family, it should not be a big problem.
A few years ago, before Tang Struggle was not injured, the crops were harvested year after year, and their family had surplus grain every year, and there were at least 5,000 catties of wheat in this granary, which was also the family property of their three grandfathers.
In the early morning of this day, Hailong Jinlong got up early before dawn, loaded four bags of wheat from the wheat warehouse, Hailong helped Jinlong push it to the Liangding Highway with a rack cart, and then the two of them were companions, and walked along the road for a while, and it was just time to go to work when they arrived at the Gaocha brick factory.
"Anyway, I'm early, so let's go in and see the brick factory where you work."
"Forget it, the foreman is very fierce, and he will scold strangers when he sees them." Jin Long wanted to go in and see the environment in which his younger brother worked, but Hailong refused, he didn't want his brother to worry about himself.
The sea dragon hurried to work, and the golden dragon looked out of the door for a while, feeling very uncomfortable, only the younger brother was the smallest and the thinnest in the field, but he pulled a cart full of bricks like everyone else, and bent his waist into a big bow, and his head was almost close to the ground.
Alas, it's really hard for you, my good brother, this is our fate, Jin Long doesn't know, that day when the sea dragon was a ghost, he originally wrote two 'go to school', no matter which one you Jin Long picked, it was signed, and there was no need to read the rest.
Hailong used his tolerant heart to achieve his brother's studies, Jin Long was very guilty in his heart, but he was really eager to study, and he didn't want to miss the opportunity to change his fate, and his current academic performance was the top three students in the grade, and he must have the hope of impacting his favorite Tsinghua Civil Engineering.
Besides, I have reached high school, and I am almost one step away from the farm, just a little bit, Hailong still has to take several years to get to this point, and the price and time paid are also very large, from this point of view, Jin Long also feels that Hailong's choice is correct, as long as I come out, Da and my younger brother have a good life, I must work hard.
Jin Long alone pulled a cart to Yuebao Town, ten kilometers away in Lang County, to trade.
In fact, the price of agricultural products is still very strong in recent years, especially wheat, and the unit price of first-class products and above has reached seven cents a city catty, and these four bags of about 400 catties have to buy more than 200 yuan.
He arrived at Yuebao Town at noon, and after walking for more than four hours, he was so tired. There is a market in the street today, and after the end of farming, people have regained their enthusiasm for shopping, and their home-grown green onions, garlic, and vegetables are brought to the market to earn some pocket money.
The purchase price of wheat at the grain station is seven cents, but the purchase standard is higher, the humidity and cleanliness are very strict, and the wheat of Hailong has not passed the acceptance at one time, if you want to buy a good price, you have to dry it on the spot, and then blow it clean by the fan, so that the weight is also much less.
There are also private acquisition points outside, but the price is low, only six cents and five cents, and their purchase standards are correspondingly low, Hailong gritted his teeth angrily, this group of **** bastards is simply squeezing people's blood and sweat, there is no other way, only sell it to these black-hearted businessmen at a low price, so it is less than twenty yuan.
Jin Long spent two yuan to eat a bowl of braised noodles at a restaurant on the street, he was so hungry that he couldn't resist the temptation of this fragrant aroma, this thought made him feel very luxurious, and he was very sorry for Hailong, but he couldn't help it, and there was still a long ten-kilometer slope to go home.
Two hundred and sixty-five yuan, except for the two yuan spent on his own meal, Jin Long went home to report to Dada, and the rest was waiting for Hailong's salary.
In the afternoon, when the dry food was slowed, Hailong went to the house of the foreman, Master Gao:
"Master Gao, I want to tell you something..."Hailong was a little embarrassed, he had to be paid for less than a month.
"Cowardly doll, what's the matter, how twisted and pinched is like you." The foreman ate dry food.
"Can you pay me this month's salary, I have important things in my family."
"What's important, this salary is only settled after a year, and you don't have a salary now."
"My brother is in high school, and he doesn't get tuition at the beginning of the school year, and now he can only count on my salary."
"Your brother is counting on you when he studies, who believes it, even if this is the case, there is no reason to pay a month's salary, and I can't be the master."
"Master Gao, I beg you, I really can't help it now, my brother has three days to sign up, how can he go to school without money..."
"Get up, a cowardly doll doesn't know the rules, and besides, it's not up to me to say the money, and the big boss hasn't come in the past two days, if he comes, I'll tell you."
"Please, uncle, say more good things to me in front of the big boss."
Tang Hailong's mood today was not beautiful, he felt extremely depressed, and even had no taste for dinner, Tang Zhan and Tang Jinlong comforted him, in case people didn't give him another sale.
The rural people also pay attention to selling grain, and the people's inherent concept of food and clothing is very traditional, and grain cannot be sold, which indicates that there will be a poor harvest in the coming year, and there will be a possibility of starvation in the future, so selling grain is a last resort.