When he returned home, he packed the herbs he had picked into a few snakeskin bags, and then carried his father's army-green kettle out of the house with a basket on his back; Di Xiaona hurried down the road to the village; August is the time when the sun is the most poisonous, Di Xiaona was wet with sweat for a while, and after walking for more than an hour, Di Xiaona sat in the shade of the tree to rest for a while, unscrewed the kettle and drank two sips, and her breath was slightly more even.

"Xiao Na, isn't this Xiao Na?" The motorcycle that had just passed in front of me turned a corner again, and a man in his forties came down.

"Ah, second uncle, where are you going?" Di Xiaona stood up and shouted happily, the second uncle works in Chang'an, probably because he has been outside for a long time, he is not very patriarchal, and he usually loves Di Xiaona as much as her two brothers.

"I happened to be resting at home for the past two days, and Yang Kai's father called me to invite me to dinner." The second uncle took out a bottle of juice and handed it to her, "By the way, how did you do in the exam this year?" If you don't do well in the exam, make up for another year, your grades are good, it's a pity not to go to school. ”

"Thank you, second uncle." Di Xiaona took it in her hand, and then lowered her head again, "I was admitted this year." ”

"Got in? Where did you get on the exam? That's a good thing, why won't your mother talk to me? The second uncle was first happy, and then complained about his sister.

"Shu Da." Regarding the second uncle's complaints, Di Xiaona didn't know how to answer.

"Shu University is a good school, it seems to be a little better than Chang'an Jiaotong University, is Xiao Na out of luck?" The second uncle happily lit a cigarette and asked a few more words before smiling and riding a motorcycle and turning away, "I'll go to the banquet first, and I'll go to your house to sit in a while." ”

Watching the second uncle leave, Di Xiaona put the juice in the basket and continued to walk towards the village; An hour and a half later, Di Xiaona finally arrived at the door of the township middle school, there were one hundred and ten names written on the two big red good news, and there were only three people in the column of art candidates, and she was the first and only undergraduate.

Di Xiaona read her name and school over and over again, smiled stupidly for a long time before turning around and walking towards the medicinal herb purchase point, and when she arrived at the store, the boss Ma Li counted the money while weighing the scales, "Your atractylodes has not been dried yet, I can only count you two yuan and five pounds, which is thirty-two pounds and seven taels, a total of eighty-one pieces and seven cents and five, count you eighty-two; The root of the fire head is three yuan and five pounds, and you add up to three hundred and forty-six yuan, so you are three hundred and fifty. ”

"Uncle, I'm going to do something, can I put the basket on your back first?" Di Xiaona took the money and carefully packed it.

"Just leave it here, just remember to come and pick it up before dinner." The boss pointed to the location of the door.

Put the back basket away, Di Xiaona went to the school again, walked to the family area, and knocked on the door of the head teacher, Teacher Liu, "Oh, Xiaona, come in and sit, this is to see the notice?" ”

took the water handed by the teacher, "Teacher, I want to ask when the notice will come; Also How much is the tuition fee of Shu University? ”

"If you are a key undergraduate, you should come earlier, probably next week, and you can come to the school to get it then; In terms of tuition, I remember that there was a Shangshu University in the county last year, and the tuition fee seemed to be 1,000 and a half, and the first year plus the accommodation fee and textbook fee was about 6,000 yuan. "When it comes to tuition, the teacher is a little hesitant, he remembers a little clearly.

After thinking for a while, Di Xiaona stammered, "Teacher, what if I don't have enough tuition, do I have to pay the tuition before I can enroll?" ”

"This is not true, if the family is in difficulty, you can apply for a student loan, and when you graduate and find a job, you will pay it back slowly, you must first go to your village to open a poverty certificate, and take the poverty certificate to the school to apply for a loan; Under normal circumstances, a university like Shu University will not let you study because you can't pay the tuition. The head teacher patiently explained to Di Xiaona.

Hearing what the teacher said, Di Xiaona's mood finally improved, "Then thank you, teacher, I'm sorry to disturb the teacher for so long, I'll go back first." ”

After coming out of the head teacher's house and going to the medicine store to carry the basket, Di Xiaona went back hungry; When she arrived at home, she was drinking with her father, "Xiaona is back, come on, come on, sit down and eat, uncle has something to tell you." ”

"How can there be a reason for a female doll to be on the table, Xiaona will go to the kitchen by herself, and your mother will leave it for you." After my father finished speaking, he lifted the flask and filled it for my uncle.

"Xiao Na will be a college student soon, and she will be a talent in previous years, why can't she be on the table?" Uncle was a little dissatisfied.

"What's the use of a girl doll reading so many books? It's the right thing to find a mother-in-law as soon as possible, first find a mother-in-law for Xiaona, and then tell the eldest and second daughter-in-law, and the task of my life is basically completed. Father sighed and drank his glass.

Hearing this, Di Xiaona turned back from the kitchen door, "Dad, I want to study, I don't want to get married so early." After speaking, tears flowed uncontrollably.

The father sighed, "Nawa'er, it's not that I don't want you to study, the family really has no money, your eldest brother and second brother are working outside and can barely make ends meet, your mother is not in good health and takes medicine every day, and the family still owes a bunch of debts; Your father has no ability to provide for you. ”

"Dad, I asked Mr. Liu today, if the family has no money, you can apply for a loan, I can take out a loan to pay the tuition first, and then pay it back slowly after graduation! When I was in school, I could also go out to work to earn living expenses! You see, I earned more than 300 yuan by digging medicinal herbs during the summer vacation! Wiping a handful of tears, Di Xiaona took out the money she earned from selling medicinal herbs today and handed it to her father.

The second uncle also followed and persuaded, "Xiaona went to a good school, and she will definitely find a good job when she comes out, maybe she will take you to the city in a few years to enjoy happiness; Xiaona, didn't your teacher say how much the college tuition is? ”

"Teacher Liu said that Shu University seems to be four thousand and five a year." Di Xiaona was afraid that her father would not agree, so she didn't dare to report the accommodation fee and textbook fee.

"You see, I came back this time with more than 5,000, I left 1,000 in my house, and I will send you 4,000 tomorrow, you are trying to find a way to make up enough for the first year's tuition for the baby. I'll think about next year's solution next year. The uncle looked at Di Xiaona's father with a smile.

"How can this work, the eldest and second child's travel expenses to go out to work haven't been exchanged for you yet, why don't you ask for your money again." The father hurriedly pushed back.

"Don't worry about it, I lent this money to Xiao Na, not to you; Xiaona, I'll bother with giving you tuition, can you pay it back to your uncle after you graduate? Uncle turned to Di Xiaona and asked.

"Uncle, I'll pay you back as soon as I graduate and find a job and earn money. When the time comes, buy good wine for my uncle, and let you have a good drink with my father. After saying that, she looked at her father again, for fear that he would not agree.

The uncle persuaded him for a while, and the father finally relented, "Xiaona, you can go to study if you want, but the family really can't help you, and the tuition fees will all depend on you." ”

The next day, my uncle sent the money over, and my father accepted it with great gratitude, and accompanied my uncle to have a good drink. Sending her uncle to the entrance of the village, Di Xiaona walked to Yang Kai's house, and she was going to inquire about how to open the poverty certificate.

"Xiaona, you're here, come and sit in the house." Yang Kai led Di Xiaona into the house, and after understanding her intentions, Yang Kai pointed to the pen and paper on the table and said, "Poverty proof?" I'm also writing, and when I'm done, you can just write a copy, and then I'll ask my dad to stamp an official seal. ”

"Yang Kai, you also want to apply for a student loan?" Di Xiaona was a little surprised, Yang Kai's father is not only the village chief, but also does some business outside, and the family conditions are quite good?

Yang Kai was a little embarrassed, "My father said, there is no interest on student loans, don't do it in vain, let me take out a loan first." ”

wrote a copy according to his poverty certificate, Yang Kai asked his father to stamp it, and Di Xiaona thanked him and took it home and carefully put it away.

After a few more days, it was estimated that the time that Teacher Liu said was almost up, and Di Xiaona went to the township again; When I arrived at the school, I got the admission letter from Mr. Liu; Di Xiaona finally couldn't help but smile and opened the courier envelope on the way home, but when she saw the column of tuition standards, her smile froze, didn't the teacher say four thousand five a year before? Why is the light tuition fee 10,000 yuan a year?

Thanks to the Japanese part of the Malu sister and ertstne for the reward, recommend a friend's book "Red Dust Tianjiao", the author is recommended by the same group of Shangdu as me; I'm going to be on the shelves on Friday, so remember to subscribe when the time comes.

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