The uncle left, and Zhou Xiaoan tried to cheer himself up, but the next day he was still wilted and had no energy.

The day passed a little trance, and when she was about to get off work, she finished the work at hand and lay on the table to practice calligraphy, since she said that she wanted to make her uncle proud of her, she had to work harder.

As soon as she entered the state, her colleagues called her, and someone in the office of the Mining Factory Committee was looking for her.

Zhou Xiaoan thought that Uncle Jiang was not worried about her, and he wanted to call her over to care about her.

But when I arrived at Uncle Jiang's office, there was still a woman in her forties who looked like a cadre sitting inside.

Uncle Jiang was very familiar with her, "Na! That's it, this little girl! Talk to her! ”

Then he introduced Zhou Xiaoan, "This is Director Zhao of the Personnel Department of the Public Security Bureau, and it is the eldest sister Zhao that your uncle told you." You cried so much yesterday that your uncle's phone call turned over these old comrades-in-arms in Peizhou! ”

Sister Zhao has a big face and big eyes, a soft gaze, an amiable smile, and looks very affinity, "Chief of Staff, don't scare the child, Xiao Zhou has repeatedly told me that this child is shy and timid." ”

Uncle Jiang laughed, "She's timid? You didn't see her when she was bold! Zhou took it and thought she was timid! ”

Uncle Jiang went out with a smile and left the office to Sister Zhao and Zhou Xiaoan.

Zhou Xiaoan embarrassedly thanked Sister Zhao, "I'm sorry for your trouble, Sister Zhao." In this era, the title "eldest sister" is a general term for respected women, regardless of generation, and can be called at any age.

Sister Zhao called Zhou Xiaoan over to sit beside her, and did not come up to hold her hand like Sister Lao, her smile was very kind, and she had obvious love for Zhou Xiaoan, which was the kind of closeness that made people feel very comfortable.

"What a pretty little girl!" Sister Zhao admired, "Your uncle's big man who is not slippery in the autumn, how can there be such a white and petite little niece as you!" No wonder the baby has to look like something! If it were me, I would be more precious than him! ”

Zhou Xiaoan pursed his lips and smiled, and couldn't help but defend his uncle, "My uncle looks like his uncle, everyone says that they are very spiritual!" ”

Sister Zhao couldn't help laughing, "Yes, yes, your uncle's spirit!" Your family is all good-looking! ”

Zhou Xiaoan also knew that he was a little abrupt like this, and blushed embarrassedly.

Sister Zhao smiled at her soothingly, "We have been old comrades-in-arms with your uncle for many years, and our relationship is very deep, otherwise your uncle would not have been relieved to hand over his precious niece to us to take care of, don't you say?"

Xiao An, we are the same as your uncle, we treat you as our own children, take care of you, you also treat us as your uncle, say if you have something, cry when you are unhappy! ”

Speaking of crying, Sister Zhao smiled again, "You cried so well yesterday!" Let us old comrades-in-arms see your uncle's joke again! You don't know, after so many years, it's hard to hear him say more than ten words except for work! Yesterday was an eye-opener! ”

Zhou Xiaoan was even more embarrassed, and she was also very guilty, she seemed to have caused a lot of trouble to her uncle, and most importantly, her uncle must be very worried about her, she obviously thought about letting him go to the battlefield with peace of mind, but in the end she dragged him back......

Sister Lao also saw it, and quickly changed the topic, "I received something from your uncle today, and I will send it to you immediately." ”

Seeing the remittance slip stub, Zhou Xiaoan immediately understood why Uncle Zhao asked Sister Zhao to hand it over.

A thousand yuan is equivalent to a huge amount of money in this era. If it is sent to the mine, it can be spread throughout the mine in an instant, and it is likely to cause her trouble.

Zhou Xiaoan felt that the thick stack of brand-new ten yuan on the table was hot, and he almost jumped out of the distance from it, "Sister Zhao, I don't want it, I don't need so much money......"

Sister Zhao sighed, "Take it!" This may be your uncle's entire savings. If you take it, your uncle can feel better.

He has a high salary, and he has no place to spend money except to help your family. Now that he is such a concerned person, he is going to the battlefield again, and he can't take care of you, you take this money, you can spend it, and he can be happier if you spend it. ”

Zhou Xiaoan's eyes began to sting again, and he choked and nodded.

Today, Wednesday, Zhou Xiaoan had a class in the evening, and Sister Zhao seemed to be very clear about her schedule, telling her to go to her if she had something, and left her office phone number, so she said goodbye and left.

Zhou Xiaoan also hurried to find Zhou Xiaoquan, and the two hurriedly ate two buns and went to night school.

Zhou Xiaoquan has also been very busy recently, except for escorting his sister to school, it is usually difficult to see him.

"I want to transfer to No. 1 Middle School." The child has been growing crazy recently, and he has surpassed Zhou Xiaoan a lot, he has grown too fast, and he looks thinner and thinner, and Zhou Xiaoan can't keep up with the speed of his consumption no matter how much he makes up for him.

"No. 1 Middle School can live on campus." This is his main purpose.

The facts at home are so bad, it's a mess, everyone is calculating, everyone is staring at the house, money, relatives are worse than enemies, he really can't stay anymore.

Recently, Mrs. Wang robbed Zhou Xiaoling's repetition fee, and injured her again, and she fell into the gutter in front of the door after two days, and in the middle of the night, if it wasn't for the neighbors who worked at night to see it, she would definitely drown the next day.

Mrs. Wang bit her to death because Zhou Xiaoling wanted to kill her, and Zhou Xiaoling only knew how to cry. There was no clue about this matter, and the third brother suddenly wrote again, saying that he wanted to provide for Zhou Xiaoling to go to school.

Mrs. Wang cried to Wang Lamei every day that her family couldn't live anymore, and the third child still had money to pay for a money-losing goods to go to school, seeing her grandmother's family starving to death, the old Zhou family, young and old, were white-eyed wolves with no conscience......

Zhou Xiaoling hanged herself, and after being rescued, the third brother also called, I don't know what to tell my mother, and my mother's hair turned gray almost overnight......

I can't stay in this family anymore. Zhou Xiaoquan thought for a long time, he was not yet fifteen years old to recruit workers, and the only way he could leave was to go to the school and take the first middle school exam.

No. 1 Middle School is the only school in Quanpeizhou that arranges residential schools in junior high schools because it recruits rural students.

Of course, it's not all kinds of rural students. It is to recruit the best rural students from several surrounding counties and districts. Students in Peizhou City must also reach a certain high score to get in, which is very difficult to get into.

But Zhou Xiaoquan made up his mind to take the exam, and Zhou Xiaoan also fully supported him. The two went to the classroom of the night school in advance every day, Zhou Xiaoan first tutored her younger brother for an hour of homework, and then she went to class, Zhou Xiaoquan was doing exercises next to her, and asked her if there was anything she didn't understand after school.

Regarding the fact that her sister has never gone to school but can tutor her homework, Zhou Xiaoquan has fully accepted it after seeing her extraordinary intelligence.

The two sisters and brothers studied seriously in each of them in the empty classroom, occasionally glancing at each other, and in each other's eyes they could clearly see the momentum of striving for progress, as well as the vitality unique to youth.

This period can be said to be the most difficult years of their lives, and every time they think about it, they will smile at the corners of their mouths and feel warm. (To be continued.) )