The two couples were greeted by a cold stove and a dimly lit room, and usually the couple would not come here at night, because the wait here was very dark, and the ducks were locked in the back room, and the smell was terrible, and they generally did not come unless necessary, and even children were forbidden to play.

The more he waited, the more angry Xia Guoan became, and Huang Zhen was still lighting the fire on the side: "It's so late and you haven't come back, a girl doesn't know how to go home, and people who don't know still think that we don't have a tutor." ”

Finally, when it got dark, Grandma Xia came home and saw the two couples in surprise and asked, "Why don't you go home so late, have you eaten?" It just so happened that your eldest sister asked me to bring some hairtail fish back, eat it here, and I will cook immediately. ”

In a blink of an eye, he smiled at Xia Xin and said, "Xinxin, I will eat at grandma's house today, and grandma will give you steamed eggs to eat." Seeing the little grandson nodding, he happily went to the house.

Xia Guoan followed behind Grandma Xia and asked, "Mom, didn't you say that you would go to F Town Middle School at the end of summer?" The school teacher called and said that there was no tuition fee, just accommodation and living expenses? ”

Grandma Xia quickly made a fire: "Yes, I went to your sister's house today to get the money, and your eldest sister even gave your sister's money together." ”

Huang Zhen's eyes lit up when she heard that she took the money: "But Mom, how did Guoan and I hear that we are going to Zhenyi Middle School at the end of summer today?" And I took the first place in the exam, although I don't need a sponsorship fee, but the tuition fee is 650, two sets of school uniforms are 200, the accommodation fee is 600, and the food fee is 550. This year, it will cost 2,000, not counting the pocket money given to her. Xinxin is going to elementary school in a few years, where is so much money for her to waste? ”

After Grandma Xia put away the fire, she went to wash rice, and when she heard this, she asked dislikely, "Who did you listen to?" How did I not know? ”

Huang Zhen ate oranges: "Didn't the youngest son of the good uncle teach mathematics in the town, he said that his name was posted at the gate of the school, can this still be fake?" And everyone in the village knows that they are all together during the exam, but our family doesn't know. ”

Grandma Xia took a look at the pot, covered the iron pot with a bang, and shouted loudly: "Momo, Momo is not upstairs, come down." ”

Xia Guoan suddenly got angry: "Don't shout, I'm not at home, I thought I went to my eldest sister's house with you, and I don't know where Ye went, and I'm getting more and more ignorant." ”

At this time, at the end of summer, I really went home from the street slowly, and met the uncle who came home from work halfway, and went home with laughter. Of course, she didn't forget to disguise herself, and carried a basket of vegetables and beans that she didn't know who picked in the field.

"At the end of summer, you knelt down for me, and you have grown your skills, and you don't tell your family about such a big thing secretly?" Before he finished speaking, Xia Guoan picked up the broom at the door and started fighting.

Ah, I only heard a scream at the end of summer, and then my right hand held my left hand, and my eyes turned red all of a sudden. She gritted her teeth, her forehead was covered with sweat, and she endured it. The joint of the left hand is swollen at a visible rate, which is very scary to look at.

Late Summer was hit twice on the back, the last one on her elbow carrying the basket. Uncle Xia didn't react at first, and when he heard the miserable shout, he immediately went to protect him, and he was also beaten, which was really distressing.

He grabbed it in a big way: "Third brother, what are you crazy about?" As soon as you enter the door, what are you going to do? Mom too, no matter how you stop it. At the end of the day, he carried a basket of vegetables by himself, where did he provoke you? ”

As soon as Huang Zhen entered the door, she heard her uncle's words and said sarcastically: "Is she good? I picked vegetables all afternoon, but no one saw them, and I didn't know where I went. And I think she is bold, she secretly went to the town No. 1 Middle School to sign up alone, but she didn't know how much money her family lacked. ”

Uncle Xia didn't know about it, and looked at the end of Xia in a daze.

Xia Guoan saw that his younger brother stopped talking, and immediately said loudly: "Don't kneel down yet, who gave you such courage?" If you don't make it clear, you'll kneel today. ”

Self-esteem is ridiculous in the face of reality, and slowly you will find that it is so fragile and vulnerable; Taking self-esteem too seriously is actually an absurd and nonsensical thing, because it doesn't take you seriously, let alone such an ethereal dignity?

People often have to go down to the dust to know their insignificance, and only in the dust can they grow holy flowers.

At the end of the summer, she didn't hesitate, she knelt down softly, without any rebuttal, because she was also afraid of pain.

Grandma Xia saw that the tears of the end of Xia, who had never cried, fell to the ground one by one, and said distressedly: "Okay, I beat you and scolded you, so be it." You don't have to read the exam, haven't you paid yet? ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, it seemed to be like this, looking at the reproachful eyes of Grandma Xia and Uncle Xia, Xia Guoan sat angrily and didn't speak.

Huang Zhen smiled and said: "Although I say so, everyone in the village knows it, what will they say if I don't read it now?" I said that she shouldn't take this test, didn't I force us to send her to study? Who has so much money. ”

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the room froze. Nowadays, rural people are particularly good-looking, like comparison, do not like to be gossiped about, and do not like to be looked down upon. Shopping for groceries, clothes, houses, and children are also compared, this is the current wind.

At this time, the end of Xia, who was accustomed to the pain, said a sentence that instantly made the air condense: "Grandma, I want to go to Zhenyi Middle School to study." ”

Xia Guoan slapped the table: "What are you talking about, see if I don't kill you today, what's the use of supporting you like this." While talking, I had to get the broom again, but this time Uncle Xia was one step faster.

"What are you doing, what are you doing so noisy when you don't eat at night?" Ah Gong pushed the door and came in, followed by Xiao Chubby Dun, and when he saw the end of the summer, he knelt on the ground and ran over to pull it up, but he accidentally pulled the wound at the end of the summer.

"Grandpa, my hands are swollen at the end of summer." After speaking, he blew on her elbow in distress. Ah Gong Chun is actually not old, but he is relatively senior, and he is the village head, so many people respect him. In addition, his two sons are very capable, so they have a lot of status in the village.

As soon as the old man looked at the hand at the end of the summer, he said loudly: "Guoan, this is your daughter, how did you do it." It looks like it's broken, and if there's a good one, you'll regret it. ”

This is the only time that everyone sees the swollen elbows of late summer, and whether they should be happy or sad. Granny Chun was a step late, and when she saw this scene, she patted her thighs with her hands: "What a sin, how can such a good child not be satisfied." ”

After speaking, he carefully helped the end of summer to his house.

The old man said angrily: "I have heard what you are arguing about, and I guess the whole village has heard it." What can I say about you, you are not happy if your child does well in the exam, do you have to take the last place? Ah, that's talking. ”

Seeing that Huang Zhen was about to speak, the old man continued: "There are a few people in our village who have been admitted to the first middle school in the town, and you don't boast that you have been educated, but you have never seen such a strange family member of yours. ”

Huang Zhen stabbed Xia Guoan in the back: "Uncle, it's not that we're unhappy, it's just that this kid secretly went there without telling his family, and we really can't get this tuition." ”

The old man snorted: "On the day Xiao Mo went to the exam, I happened to take Xiao Jie over, and we went together." Speaking of tuition, you two couples play mahjong a few times less, and I can watch the leaves enough. Although it is not biological, it is also on the Xia family tree, and everyone in the clan looks at it. ”

Xia Guoan's face was flushed when he said it, and he didn't say a word. Huang Zhen was also flushed at this time, saying that she hadn't gone on the family tree yet, but her son had gone up.

Grandma Xia sighed: "I'll ask someone to borrow it again, there's no way to do it." Although Grandma Xia felt sorry for the end of summer, she was even more distressed about money, and Grandpa Xia's money was basically never returned.

The old man nodded: "Okay, so be it." I told the clan that I could produce up to 300 a year, and I was smart at the end of the summer, maybe I was the first college student in the village. After saying that, the old man went out, turned back to the door, and said, "Let the end of summer stay in my house today, and I will take it to see my hands tomorrow, but don't really waste it." ”

The face of the room was panicked, but the reality was that no one would take him to the hospital because it cost money. At most, Grandma Xia would go up the mountain to find some herbs to mash and wrap them in a cloth.

At the end of summer, after eating, he slept quietly on Xia Yingjie's small bed, although his hand hurt very much, he still smiled and said that it didn't hurt. It smells of sunlight when you take a deep breath and it smells good. When she arrived at Granny Chun's house, the old man immediately smeared rapeseed oil on the swollen area, took a wooden board to help her hang her hands, and fried a bowl of egg fried rice to feed her, which was very fragrant and delicious.

Granny Chun's eldest daughter-in-law immediately took out the new quilt today to make the bed, and then helped her wipe the bath. I was very moved at the end of summer, it turned out that there was still a human touch in this world, but I was too closed.

The old streets of S Town are very distinctive, with a forest of old wooden houses, narrow streets, crowded crowds, and all kinds of shops; The old street is ruthlessly cultured, eating, drinking, and playing, and there is everything in a street to the end, and it is worn in this street before graduating from the first year of junior high school at the end of summer. Later, when I bought clothes, I went upstairs to Xinjie, because the style of clothes there was better, and she was drawn at that time.

Grandpa Chun is very familiar with the end of the summer into a very large and relatively deserted old house, sitting in the hall is an old man with gray hair, very energetic, soft-spoken and very gentle, he carefully checked his elbows, and said with a smile: "External force impact, climb the tree and fall." It should be broken, as long as it is not a broken bone, there is no big problem. Now the children are more skinny, and the elderly are more tired. The little girl has to be obedient and obedient, she can't be so skinny, otherwise she will grow up and won't be able to find her in-laws. ”

Father-in-law Chun nodded awkwardly and smiled, the old doctor: "Go upstairs and wait, I'll go up and shoot a film for you later." "Walking up the stairs makes a creaking sound, so everyone tries to light their pace.

There were other people upstairs who were waiting for the film, and the old doctor went upstairs after a while, skillfully operating the machine, and then said, "You can go to the street and come back in two hours, or wait here." After speaking, he took a piece and went downstairs, which should have been the previous guest.

Late summer: "Father-in-law Chun, I'll wait here alone, my mother-in-law has asked you to bring things home, I won't go out if there are so many people, my hand will hurt when I touch it." The old man touched her head, praised her, explained the people around her, and left. Originally, he was also worried about whether to take her out, not to mention that his hands were swollen, and there were many people, so it would be troublesome if he lost it.

At this time, people did not know about medical equipment, and doctors explicitly forbade whispering, so even if there were many people, it was very quiet upstairs. The old doctor beckoned to her when he saw that he was standing outside alone at the end of the summer, and opened the door to the cubicle to let her in. Smile gratefully at the end of summer, it's a small office inside, but no one is there.

At the end of summer, looking at the jubilant river outside the window and watching quietly, this is a difficult time to be in a daze.

People often say: life is like water, we should be quiet to life, clear and quiet; It is necessary to have the strength to embrace all rivers and laugh at the bumps and bumps in life. Bullshit, this is all done by saints, and such an enlightenment is too high a standard for ordinary people.

At the end of the summer, I just want to say that she is not a saint, she is not so broad-minded and noble. She wouldn't repay it, but she could choose to ignore it. Don't take yourself too seriously, in fact, you are just an ordinary person with a temper and a small temperament.

Unfortunately, at the end of the summer, the injury was somewhat severe, and the joints and bones were part. The old doctor looked at the film and pointed with a small wooden stick: "The upper and lower bones are good, the joint bones are some misaligned, and there are some cracks, and the girl will only have one hand left in the future." ”

The old man teased the end of the summer in a strange voice, but the other party was still smiling, turned his head and said to Ah Gong Chun: "I'll straighten her bones back in a while, it hurts a little, you grab her, and then clip the plank for a few months." I'll give her some more medicine, change it once a week, and come back in a month. ”

Ah Gong Chun didn't expect it to be so strict, thinking that it was just a dislocation, and sighed in his heart, this time it will cost a lot of money, and I don't know if it is enough. The process of treatment is really difficult, and the bones that have been used to one night are brought back to their original positions, and then fixed with wooden planks and hung around the neck.

At the end of the summer, she scolded her mother in her heart, and tears came out unconsciously, but she gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound. Maybe it's because the old doctor is used to seeing a child who shouts at the sky and the earth when he hurts, and at the end of summer, he made him a little uncomfortable, and praised fiercely: "The little girl is stubborn and can bear it, and she will definitely have a big future in the future." ”

The old doctor conservatively estimated that it would take about three months to raise it, and he would have to drink more bone broth. Although I like to stuff a bunch of food at the end of summer, I don't miss the money. At the end of summer, he immediately took out a bunch of fragmentary banknotes from his small cloth bag: "This is what I save every year during Qingming, and my grandmother also gave me fifty in the morning, asking me not to use my grandfather's." ”

The old man turned his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, how difficult it is for a child to save a hundred and fifty yuan, and it is also a mountain of children running all over the mountain. "Grandma will give you one hundred and twenty as tuition, and thirty for you to buy food to eat, you have to make up for it, and you can only read well when you are in good health." But in his heart, he made up his mind to explain to the people in the clan that this child will have a great future in the future, and he must cultivate it well.

Three months meant that she would start learning to live right-handedly, and that she would only have one hand when school started. Actually, it's good to think about it, at least there are some things she doesn't have to do, just treat it as a kind of enjoyment.

ps: The holiday is over like this, as if there is no rest, sometimes the holiday is really more tiring than going to work.