Under the kerosene lamp, Chen Lianhua did not speak, and sat quietly by the kang, looking at the kerosene lamp in a daze.

Cai Jianguo told her about the money, she just had this expression, motionless, not even an expression.

I don't know if my daughter-in-law disagrees, Cai Jianguo is also secretly pinching cold sweat next to him.

Chen Lianhua sighed, got up and walked to the cabinet, took out a half-new handkerchief from it, and after opening it, there was a wad of money, seven pieces of ten yuan, twenty pieces of two yuan, and the rest were a few cents.

"This is all our family's belongings, all here, and some of the pig feed I originally kept, let's put it in it, a total of 160 yuan, all of which can be used to pay for the child's tuition."

Chen Lianhua handed the handkerchief to Cai Jianguo's hand.

Cai Jianguo took this money and weighed a thousand catties in his hand, which was the most money they had seen since they got married, leaving the money for the child's tuition fee, and handing the remaining eight yuan to Chen Lianhua's hand.

"What about the eight yuan, you just keep it to buy pig feed, you can buy as much as you want, and when the feed is gone, I will go to the mountains to cut pig hair vegetables for it, what's the matter, this year can also pass."

Listening to Cai Jianguo's words, Chen Lianhua nodded, and after a while, her lips began to tremble, and she covered her mouth and began to cry.

"I thought that I would also raise a fatter pig this year, and I will give you two a meal of meat for the New Year."

Cai Jianguo felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, got up and went over, pulled Chen Lianhua, and held her in his arms.

"Daughter-in-law, I've made do with it this year, and it'll be fine next year, when the children are all in school and have a chance, our days will get better day by day."

Cai Jianguo knew that Chen Lianhua was uncomfortable, seeing that other people's families had meat to eat during the New Year, he was also angry, and he always wanted to raise a fat pig, and eight yuan of feed was enough to eat for two months.

(The feed here is different from the current one, with no additives.) ）

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Chen Lianhua made a table full of meals, this is the day of Cheng Xiaodong's school report, several children said that they would come to his house to eat, and then take an ox cart to the county town to report together.

Several dishes are made up by four families, very rich, the dried fish is Ma Feng caught in the water the night before, just to let a few children eat enough, just soak in the water all night.

"Two chickens, one chicken wing, no one should grab them, after eating, study hard and spread their wings high."

Ma Feng has no culture, he said straightforward blessings, but several children nodded again and again, and the corners of several parents' eyes were moist.

"Don't worry, we will study hard and win glory for you."

When these words came out of Ma Chengming's mouth, everyone really didn't believe it, as long as he didn't fight and cause trouble, everyone would be satisfied.

"Eat slowly, don't worry, it's still early, the luggage is loaded, the change of clothes is loaded, everyone is sitting on the kang, don't stand here."

Chen Lianhua came in from the outhouse, saw that the adults were all clubbed on the ground, and hurriedly moved to the kang, but no one moved, looking at her children, reluctant to move her gaze.

That's right, this thought, the children come back once a month, and they can't worry about it, and now they start to think about it, they have grown so big, and they haven't left home.

Ma Feng's mother ran to the outhouse several times, secretly touching her tears, and when she came in, her eyes were still red, and everyone didn't say anything, and they didn't have a taste in their hearts.

Cai Jianguo sat next to the ox cart and smoked all the time, and didn't even enter the house.