Chapter 19: Destitute

Until Xia Yu's first day of junior high school, Xia Yu's grandfather Xia Jiaming had esophageal cancer, and the family had no money to treat it.

Grandpa's suicide was an unbreakable pain in Xia Yu's previous life in the era of poverty, and it was the price of poverty. That was the motivation that spurred Xia Yu to study hard and get ahead in the previous life.

It is also the reason for reluctantly improving the relationship between Wu Chunhua and Wang Xiuzhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Wu Chunhua got up to go to the toilet that night, and when she passed by the hall, she saw her husband with a hideous face and a long tongue that had died, and it felt as if the mountain had collapsed.

Crying and begging to be in front of her eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Xiuzhen hurriedly woke up her husband, took Xia Yu to carry Xia Jiaming's body down, and presided over the funeral. After the funeral, the kind-hearted Wang Xiuzhen watched Wu Chunhua move out of the previous bedroom and bury all her husband's clothes and cotton wool, and understood the fear and fear in her mother-in-law's heart. Let Xia Yu, who is in the first year of junior high school, sleep with his grandmother for a year, and see that the relationship between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is improving.

But there are people like Wu Chunhua in this world, who like to cause trouble. Well, the scar forgot the pain, and began to dislike Wang Xiuzhen in various ways. dislikes Wang Xiuzhen for not going out to work to earn money like her second daughter-in-law, and dislikes that her eldest son doesn't earn as much money as her second son.

A year later, Wu Chunhua, who disliked the poor and loved the rich anyway, began to play all kinds of demons, and Wang Xiuzhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to go from disagreement to quarrel to scolding for 300 rounds, and finally escalated into a fight. After being stopped by the neighbors, the situation of old and dead did not get along again.

Xia Yu looked at his grandmother's eyes and disgusted himself like a shit, Xia Yu's heart was already very strong, and he continued to wear cold clothes as if nothing happened. Anyway, there is such a person in this world. When you are weak, you treat her well, she dislikes you for not having the ability, all kinds of sarcasm, abuse and hatred, and wants to eat you alive.

Anyway, I can't get used to your family and hate your family, and it's all wrong for you to breathe and live. I can't get used to you, I just want to be against you and fight you to the end.

When you let her look up, she was all kinds of criticism and slander, and she wanted to curse the whole family not to die well. For such a grandmother Wu Chunhua, who gathers all the women in the countryside who is short-sighted, immoral, selfish, and narrow-minded, Xia Yu has the same views as his father Xia Changde. As a junior with blood relationship, you will take care of you financially. And then I don't want to have any communication with her, so do my part and stay away.

After Xia Yu cooled his clothes on the rope of the peach branch, Xia Yu went to his vegetable garden to pick some green beans, tomatoes and tender cucumbers. I took a bite of a small ripe tomato and splashed some red juice. It's so fragrant, Xia Yu hasn't eaten such a natural and fragrant tomato for many years. I wiped the tender thorns on the tender cucumber and took a bite, and it was verdant and unpleasant. This is a natural and pollution-free green vegetable. Home-grown food in the countryside is good.

Xia Yu hummed a country road, returned home, and saw that there was a little less water in the water tank. Xia Yu had no choice but to carry the bucket to carry the water again. When I passed by my grandmother Wu Chunhua's yard, I saw that my neighbor Aunt Zhang had just carried a basket of dirty clothes, and planned to use the well water of the Xia family to wash the clothes of the whole family and take them home to dry.

Aunt Zhang was chatting with Wu Chunhua, and when Xia Yu was carrying a bucket past Aunt Zhang, Wu Chunhua immediately grabbed Xia Yu's bucket and scolded: "You cheap hooves don't breathe out with your mother's nostrils, don't you have the ability to deny me as a grandmother?" That's okay, if you have the ability, your family will get away for me, don't live in the house I repaired, and don't use the well I dug up.

Just like this laundry table, if I don't allow you to use it, I won't allow you to use it. ”

Seeing that Wu Chunhua was inexplicably going crazy again, Xia Yu decided to keep silent, and it was best to be silent with a mad dog who likes to go crazy and bite people at any time. Aunt Zhang, who was washing clothes on the side, watched Wu Chunhua target her granddaughter like this, and played a round: "Ah, Wu Qi, the little girl is not sensible, why do you have to be like her." You see you yelled at the little girl, and you didn't dare to speak. ”

Listening to the neighbor's words, Wu Chunhua let go of Xia Yu's bucket, and Xia Yu took the opportunity to leave. Wu Chunhua complained to Aunt Zhang: "The same virtue as her mother." After reading books for so many years, I don't know filial piety to my elders. ”

Xia Yu, who went away, slandered in his heart: What is there about you, an elder, that is worthy of respect from the juniors, you are simply disrespectful to the elderly.

Wu Chunhua continued to count Xia Yu's family to Aunt Zhang: "The old lady has never seen that kind of mother-in-law. I stay at home and rely on my son to support him. It's okay to be lazy and do your own thing.

The pampered ones who raised the two babies, and the other ones who could teach the babies, all shouted that the babies were ploughing the fields and raking the cattle. Only the incompetent lazy woman taught the baby to watch TV in the house every day, and asked them to help me herd the cattle. The lazy woman also said that it is important for the baby to read. I, Mrs. Wu, want to see in this life, are these two babies the life of sitting in the office in this life? ”

Wu Chunhua scolded so loudly, of course Wang Xiuzhen, who was only separated by a wall, heard it, and when Xia Yu poured water into the water tank, Wang Xiuzhen sat on her dilapidated red embroidery bed and replied: "You old wife, you don't know." Lao Tzu was my mother who didn't give me money to repeat my studies, otherwise Lao Tzu would have been admitted to the secondary school, how could I be angry with you, my wife.

You look slowly, even if Lao Tzu smashes the pot and sells iron, he has to send two babies to read the book, and Lao Tzu wants to let your wife take a look, Lao Tzu's two babies are all materials for sitting in the office. ”

Xia Yu listened to Wang Xiuzhen pay tribute to her grandmother Wu Chunhua while picking vegetables. Xia Yu thought gratefully in his heart, fortunately, his mother Wang Xiuzhen had seen her classmates be admitted to the junior college through repetition, so as to realize the leap of class by carp jumping from the farmer's door.

Although her mother Wang Xiuzhen did not have the opportunity to repeat her junior college, she was not convinced and was unwilling to accept staying in the countryside for the rest of her life and living a life facing the loess with her back to the sky.

She had no choice but to put the regrets and dreams in her heart on Xia Yu Xia Jie, and said to Xia Yu Xia Jie since she was a child: "You must study hard and be admitted to university." ”

Xia Yu thought that maybe it was the hard life in the countryside, or maybe it was Wang Xiuzhen's indoctrination, at least he and his younger brother were still very competitive. Xia Yu and Xia Jie were both admitted to university, which changed the fate of their families. In fact, at this time, Xia Yu really wanted to say: "Mom, don't worry, my brother and I will be very promising, so that you can completely raise your eyebrows in front of your relatives." You don't have to be bullied anymore. ”

In fact, Xia Yu cherishes Wang Xiuzhen's dedication to the sisters and brothers, if it weren't for Wang Xiuzhen taking care of the sisters and brothers at home, the sisters and brothers may have become left-behind children long ago. Maybe like a cousin, he will go to the fate of dropping out of school to work.

But it is precisely because of Wang Xiuzhen's dedication for more than 20 years that the sister and brother have determined their ideals for the sister and brother, although the sister and brother live a poor but very loving life, which allowed the sister and brother to at least find a very stable and good job in the future.

Xia Yu walked into the room and persuaded: "Mom, that's a mad dog that bites people when they see them." You leave her alone and watch TV. I'll make you something to eat at noon. ”

Wang Xiuzhen was very pleased, and said with a smile: "My daughter is just good, okay, listen to you, don't go to see a mad dog." ”

At noon, Xia Yu made a bacon, dried bacon, green beans, tomatoes and egg soup on the coal stove. Wang Xiuzhen and Xia Jie just tasted it, Wang Xiuzhen looked at Xia Yu in surprise and said, "What about my daughter, why are you so good at cooking?" It was so delicious. ”

Xia Yu said: "Anyway, it's a holiday, I saw it on the food show on TV a few days ago, Mom, you know, I have a good memory, anyway, I haven't had classes now, cook more, let you rest and rest." ”

Xia Yu said this, Xia Jie was still very young, and he knew how to put vegetables in his bowl. Wang Xiuzhen's eyes were already a little moist: "My girl is really sensible." Well, you can cook. Do you still have to read the book and endorse it for a while? Be sure to be admitted to a key high school. You must be admitted to the university so that your mother will be happy. ”

Xia Yu promised: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely be admitted to a key university, and I will use money to repair your house in the future, and I will never be angry with them again." I'm going to buy you gold and silver jewelry and good clothes, so that you can raise your eyebrows and be proud in front of your relatives. I'm going to take you to a lot of places and see the beauty of other places. I will also buy you pension insurance, so that you can also receive the state salary in the future. ”

Listening to Xia Yu's description of the bright future, Wang Xiuzhen, who was still young, became happier and happier. At this time, his younger brother Xia Jie actually muttered: "My sister has good grades, and she will definitely go to college in the future." My grades were not good, so I worked part-time to earn money for my sister to go to college. ”

Xia Yu touched his younger brother's thin shoulders and said, "Don't say that, my brother Xiaojie is very smart, and you will have to take the university entrance examination with your sister in the future." And then work in the city, and buy a house in the city and marry a capable wife, okay? ”

Xia Jie took a bite of egg drop and nodded: "Okay, okay." ”

A family of three had dinner with Lele, and Xia Yu also took over the work of washing dishes. Thinking of Wang Xiuzhen's words, Xia Yu took out a full set of books from his second year of junior high school and took a look, well, it's very simple, Xia Yu is familiar with many contents. I don't care too much. Enjoy a young and comfortable life after being reborn with peace of mind.

When it was time to take a nap, Xia Yu entered his dangerous room and lay down on his bed. Touching the straw under the mat, Xia Yu sighed in his heart, he was really a little unaccustomed. Looking at the gradually expanding pillars of light that came through the two transparent bright tiles. Looking at the dust particles jumping inside the pillar of light, Xia Yu inexplicably remembered the mist.

Looking at the cobwebs in the corner, Xia Yu remembered that he didn't want to clean every Chinese New Year before. I made an appointment with a housekeeping company, and after spending a few hundred dollars, my home was spotless. Thinking about himself now, Xia Yu sighed that this life is really full of drama.

Looking at a wall full of awards. That was Xia Yu's honor from the bottom to the big. Think about yourself who is so good in the eyes of your parents, teachers, colleagues, and students, after getting married, she has become a housewife who works hard and is picked on by her husband at any time for the sake of her family every holiday.