Chapter 43: Dropping out of school
But Zhou Yang's school still hasn't succeeded. Zhou Yang went to school at the age of nine, and Zhou Hongying went to school when she was eight years old. Li Xiuhua has envied cultural people since she was a child, and even learned to read and write with a daughter of an old Xiucai who married into her mother's village, so she especially hopes that her children can have the opportunity to go to school and study. Before Zhou Yang went to school, Li Xiuhua taught him some simple knowledge, and Zhou Yang was smart, so after going to school, he compared Zhou Hongying, who had no foundation.
Zhou Hongying was used to pinching the tip at home, but she was overwhelmed by her nephew at school, and she couldn't accept it, so she cried with Mrs. Zhou when she went home and refused to go to school again.
At that time, Zhou Hongxiang had no possibility of arranging work because she was uneducated, and Mrs. Zhou put her hope of getting ahead on Zhou Hongying, of course, she couldn't allow her little daughter to be delayed like this. She immediately turned the Zhou family upside down, she simply risked her life to fight with Li Xiuhua, and ordered Zhou Yang to drop out of school, otherwise their mother and son would get out of the Zhou family!
Li Xiuhua's temperament has always been very gentle, and she has hardly blushed with anyone. But in this matter, she refused to compromise, she didn't quarrel with Mrs. Zhou, and she didn't do a lot of work every day, but no matter how Mrs. Zhou cried and spilled, and even Mrs. Zhou took Zhou Hongying to her, she just didn't let go. Zhou Yang is not allowed to mention dropping out of school.
After a stalemate for many days, Old Zhou spoke. Mrs. Zhou has already made the family so troubled that she can't go on, she can't eat well, and she can't sleep anymore, so Old Man Zhou is so annoyed that he sent a message to Zhou Yang to drop out of school and give the Zhou family a stop day.
Li Xiuhua would rather divorce than let Zhou Yang drop out of school, her attitude was unprecedentedly tough, and even her mother's family persuaded her, but she was kicked out. She is determined to let Zhou Yang go to school, and she even plans to let her parents go to school after she gets divorced, and she lives alone with her three children, so she has to let the children go to school.
Things were deadlocked again, Mrs. Zhou asked Li Xiuhua's mother and son to get out of the Zhou family if they were disobedient, it was a threat, if it got out, she forced her grandson to drop out of school for her daughter, and finally forced her son to divorce, it would be very bad for her reputation, she has always loved face, of course she would not ruin her reputation like this. The most important thing is that Zhou Hongying's reputation is not good, and in the future, she will go to school and get married, which will be affected. Moreover, it takes a lot of money to marry a daughter-in-law for the third child, and Mrs. Zhou feels sorry for the money.
It was at this time that Li Xiuhua found out that she was pregnant, and everything she had planned to do had to be changed because of this child. Although she can't divorce for the time being, Li Xiuhua just won't let go, whoever dares to let Zhou Yang drop out of school, she will fight with whomever she wants, like a female beast who has been cornered, in order to protect her children, she has the courage to fight with the world!
Looking at his mother who was struggling in despair, Zhou Yang secretly dropped out of school by himself. He hid the schoolbag that his mother had carefully sewn for him, and went to the production team to herd the pigs, and after a few days, Li Xiuhua found out. Her spirit and body were knocked down at this moment, and she was unconscious on the way to find Zhou Yang, and she also lost the child in her belly......
Zhou Yang lost the opportunity to go to school and the little sister in his mother's womb.
When Zhou Chen reached school age, Zhou Yang took out his schoolbag and sent his younger brother to school in silence, and the Zhou family looked at their mother and son, and no one dared to say anything. However, Zhou Chen only went to school for one year, and the school was closed. Then his mother died, and he was driven to work in the production team by the Zhou family, and he never had the opportunity to go to school again.
Therefore, when the school announced the resumption of classes, only Zhou Hongying of the Zhou family carried her schoolbag to school.
Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Hongying's back and was extremely lonely, he not only felt sorry for his younger brother who couldn't go to school, but also felt sorry for his mother.
"Brother, I can do anything, let's work hard, and when she is older, let her go to school." Zhou Chen said calmly, "Nan Nan is so smart, maybe she can come back with a college entrance exam!" ”
Zhou Chen really accepted this matter calmly, their brother and sister now have a foothold in the Zhou family, and they can't think of going to school for nothing, and they dare to ask for money. They can only work hard so that their sister can grow up and fulfill her mother's wish without any grievances and worries.
Zhou Wanwan's heart was sad and indignant, for her mother, for her brother, and for their fate in their previous life. But now is not the time to think about this, they have to get better quickly, have the ability to protect themselves quickly, get a foothold quickly, and it is best to have some private money in their hands, and it will not be a problem in the future.
The matter of going to school, after discovering Zhou Chen's carefulness and intelligence, Zhou Wanwan thought about it. Zhou Yang is fourteen years old, and it is already very unrealistic to let him go to elementary school in a year or two, so he can only find an opportunity to let him recognize some words in the future, at least not like in his previous life, because he didn't know the name of the station, he didn't even dare to go to Xinghua of the university to see her in the evening of the week.
After the eldest brother died, Zhou Wanwan learned that the reason why the eldest brother refused to go to her workplace to find her once was because he was afraid of embarrassing her...... In this life, Zhou Wanwan must let the eldest brother walk on any street anywhere with his head held high, and let him go wherever he wants to go.
And Zhou Chen had to go to school. Zhou Chen is only eleven years old this year, and it is not a big problem to delay for a year or two. He is so smart, he must be good material for reading. The main thing is that he loves to read. From his earnestness in writing to his cherishing of the paper and pen in the small iron box, Zhou Wanwan can see the second brother's yearning for reading. It doesn't matter if you can't go this year, and even if you can't go next year, you don't have to worry, with Zhou Chen's cleverness, if you go to school in a year or two, he can transfer classes, he can skip grades, age and time are not a problem.
For their siblings, the main problem now is to make themselves financially independent, at least to have money for Zhou Chen's schooling. Expecting Mrs. Zhou to pay for Zhou Chen's schooling, it is much easier to seek skin with the tiger than this.
How to make money, Zhou Wanwan paid attention to the fish in the bubbles in the Hetao. Now her range of motion is too small, and she really can't do much. That bubble is close to home, and it's secret, so it's very suitable for their brother and sister to develop it.
Zhou Wanwan felt that the fish in the bubble was best sold at the free market in the county. Although it is still forbidden to sell things personally, it is not as strict as it was in the decade of 66-76, and as long as you are smart, there is still no big problem.
Although it is necessary to guard against the workers' inspection team to arrest people, as long as the limelight is not tight, the inspection team rarely appears.
Therefore, if their brother and sister want to make money, they have to make money as soon as possible.
Of course, it is still difficult to get to the county seat, Sanjiatun is 30 kilometers away from Suilin County, they do not have any means of transportation, and it takes six hours to go by walking. Picking up things again, with the physical strength of their three children, it was basically an unfinishable task. Then only the township can think about it. There are two ways in the township, one is to try your luck on the side of the road to see if there are any township cadres or passing truck drivers to buy, and the other is to send it to the township supply and marketing cooperative. But when it is sent to the township supply and marketing cooperative, the confidentiality is much worse, so Zhou Wanwan still tends to sell it to passing truck drivers.
In the past few days, the Zhou Yang brothers have always taken turns to catch fish for Zhou Wanwan. Sneaked over and caught the fish and grilled it, and when Zhou Chunliang didn't go back to the West House to feed Zhou Wanwan, sometimes there was really no way to eat at home, so he took her out and found a quiet place, which made her very mysterious. Of course, Zhou Wanwan will also force the two brothers to eat some, and the brothers see that there are a lot of fish, so they will no longer save it, so the stomachs of the three of them can still be guaranteed to be full these days.
It is rare that this time Zhou Yang did not mention the matter of eating fish for Zhou Chunliang and Zhou Xia again. Zhou Wanwan didn't know what the eldest brother thought in his heart, maybe it was because the previous events made him sad too much, maybe he was afraid that if he told them about the fish, their brothers and sisters would never be able to keep it again, anyway, this time Zhou Yang didn't mention anything, although when he ate the fish, he still occasionally had a bitter and guilty look.
In this regard, Zhou Chen and Zhou Wanwan also remained silent, but Zhou Wanwan knew that the second brother was in the same mood as her. This fish, the eldest brother said to give it, they will give it, even if it is possible to cause trouble, but with them, they will help the eldest brother to minimize the possibility of causing trouble. The eldest brother said no, and they were happy to save trouble. As long as the eldest brother is happy.
On this day, the three brothers and sisters hid in the house to eat fish again, and Zhou Chen gnawed on half of the fish that Zhou Wanwan ate the belly meat of, and suddenly burst out laughing. Zhou Yang also laughed, didn't have time to cover his mouth, and sprayed several pieces of fish residue on Zhou Wanwan's face. Zhou Wanwan wiped off the scum on her face with a small face, and rolled her eyes helplessly.
Do you two want to laugh so low? She was sure that her brother had thought of what she had said that day when they were grilling fish in the loop. These days, the two of them are often like this, and suddenly they burst out laughing, which is really embarrassing. Is this the rhythm of pointing to this joke for a lifetime?
Zhou Chen came to Zhou Wanwan and was about to tease her, looking at his sister Mumu's little face that was not controlled for a while, he snorted and laughed again. Fortunately, his mouth was closed, otherwise he would have suffered again every night.
"Second brother, your snot is squirting out!" Zhou Wanwan still had a small face, pointing at Zhou Chen's nose very seriously with her fingers.
Zhou Chen was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched his nose, but Zhou Yang was already laughing out loud.
Only then did Zhou Chen know that he was in charge of Zhou Wanwan. Zhou Wanwan didn't hold back anymore, threw herself into the arms of her eldest brother, and laughed with Zhou Yang.
Zhou Chen, a hungry tiger pounced on the sheep, and pressed the two guys who were smiling softly on the kang, and the three brothers and sisters rolled together.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen confronted each other, and Zhou Wanwan secretly played a black hand behind him, squeaking Zhou Chen. After a few times, Zhou Chen couldn't resist it and was held down by Zhou Yang. Zhou Wanwan asked her second brother with a smile: "Second brother, are you afraid of itching here?" What about here? How innocent and innocent he asked, how sweet and sweet he was to laugh, but he was merciless, until Zhou Chen burst into tears, Zhou Yang quickly picked up this little villain and fled the scene.