87 Military Wives of the Eighties (86)
Not long after Lu Xuan's high school entrance examination results came out, the college entrance examination results also came out. Lu Xiaomei's results came out and she was admitted to a normal college in the province.
After the Lu family learned the good news, they thought it was a mixed blessing, happy that Lu Xiaomei was admitted to college, and worried that the family who said they were going to sell the college place to Da Mao regretted it.
Although Lu Xiaomei was only admitted to a normal school in the province, this result is already a very good result in a middle school in the county. The Lu family is happy, but they are not willing to pay a large amount of tuition for Lu Xiaomei to go to college.
Lu's mother said directly to Lu Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, you have to pay for this tuition by yourself, I will borrow you the tuition for the first year, and you can figure out your own way for the rest." ”
Lu Xiaomei nodded mockingly, she didn't tell her family, she applied for a normal college because it was cheap, and there were many subsidies. She already plans to use her spare time to work after school.
Lu's father and Lu Ming smoked at the same time and didn't say a word. Zhou Xiaoli doesn't care, anyway, she doesn't have much money, and she doesn't have the money to pay for tuition. Da Mao and Xiao Mao don't care even more, and the brothers don't know where to run to play for a long time.
Da Mao's college is yellow, Lu's mother is not happy, and if she is not happy, she will make others unhappy. She sat at home and cursed, so that no one in the family hid out.
She thought that Da Mao couldn't go to college, and he didn't know much technology, so she had to find a way to find him a job. She didn't have the ability, so she could only think of going to the city to find Lin Xiaoxiao.
Mother Lu went over this time with Lu Xiaomei. She took her granddaughter who had just been admitted to college, and Lin Xiaoxiao said a little bit that she would not lose money this time.
Lin Xiaoxiao was found at home by Lu's mother, and she had to greet her with a smile.
After Lu's mother entered the door, she gave Lin Xiaoxiao good news as soon as she opened her mouth, and praised Lu Xiaomei's admission to university. Lu Xiaomei's face was like fire, and it was difficult to speak when she lowered her head and blushed.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't expect Lu Xiaomei to really have this resilience, of course it's a good thing to be able to go to college, and this kid can be regarded as having survived.
Lin Xiaoxiao listened to Lu Mu's words, and she somewhat understood what this meant. She turned around and went back to the room, and she wrapped a red envelope of 500 yuan for Lu Xiaomei.
Lu's mother still wanted to take the money, so Lin Xiaoxiao handed it to Lu Xiaomei directly, asking her to put away herself and buy some beautiful clothes or school supplies. Lu Xiaomei accepted the money under the pressure of Lu's mother, her tuition and living expenses had to be earned by herself, why couldn't she take this money.
Lin Xiaoxiao used to think that Lu Xiaomei was timid, but now it seems that it is not necessarily. She said to Lu's mother that when Lu Xuan came back, they would go out to eat.
Lu's mother said that eating out is expensive and the portion is small, and that it is better to eat at home. Lin Xiaoxiao covered her chest and said that she was uncomfortable with heat stroke, and she didn't buy vegetables at home, so she had to be vegetarian if she wanted to cook. There is also a pumpkin at home, as well as two tomatoes and a handful of sweet potato leaves.
Lin Xiaoxiao asked Lu's mother for instructions, if you don't wait for Lu Xuan to come back to cook, you can fry a plate of sweet potato leaves, a plate of tomatoes and eggs, and a whole pumpkin, you can eat as much as you want.
Lu Xiaomei stood up and said, "Auntie, I can cook, I'll do it!" ”
Lu Mu grabbed her, "What can you do, you can cook, you can use the gas and pressure cooker in this city?" When Lu Xuan comes back, we will go out to eat. ”
Lin Xiaoxiao told the truth, the weather has been hot in the past two days, and the family really didn't buy meat. If Lu's mother wants to come, she plans to make cold skins with Lu Xuan today, and wait for Lu Xuan to buy cucumbers and bean sprouts home.
After Lu Xuan went home, she greeted Lu's mother respectfully, and politely called Lu Xiaomei "sister".
Lu Xiaomei talked to Lu Xuan nervously, looking at her radiant appearance, and then at the worn-out plastic sandals on her feet. She was even more uncomfortable in her heart, and subconsciously tucked her feet in, not letting the worn-out sandals be exposed.
Lu Xuan didn't pay so much attention, Lin Xiaoxiao did, but she didn't do anything. This child has a strong temperament, she wants to buy her clothes for fear of hurting her self-esteem, and of course she is even more afraid of being entangled by Lu's mother.
Of course, Lu Mu didn't come here for this money, but she was going to talk about important things after eating.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't plan to go anywhere to eat under the scorching sun, so she found a small restaurant downstairs to eat. Lin Xiaoxiao has been a resident of the community for many years, and the proprietress of the hotel also knows her, and when she comes to eat, she greets her warmly.
Lin Xiaoxiao handed the menu to Lu's mother and asked her to order. After Lu Mu ordered a few hard dishes, Lu Xuan ordered another soup and a cucumber.
Lu's mother immediately criticized her: "This cucumber is still eaten outside, and the worthless things in the field are sold so expensively here, you are too wasteful." ”
Lu Xuan wanted to refute, but Lin Xiaoxiao held her hand and didn't let her speak. She said to Lu's mother: "We have to buy cucumbers if we want to eat them, and we have to process them when we buy them, and people open shops to do business to make money, and this price is not expensive." ”
Lu Xiaomei fidgeted and listened to their comings and goings, she didn't dare to make a sound, trying to reduce her sense of existence as much as possible, for fear of being angered by Lu's mother.
Mother Lu wanted to say something, but Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly said, "Mom, you don't have to worry about the price if I pay for it, just eat with peace of mind." ”
What Lu Mu wanted to say was blocked, so she could only glare at Lu Xiaomei angrily, blaming her for not helping to speak.
Lu Xiaomei lowered her head and smiled bitterly, she was really angry. She looked at Lu Xuan's beautiful dress, leather sandals on her feet, and a cute pearl necklace on her hands. Look at the old clothes on his body that have been washed and white, his shoes have been sewn and repaired, and the collar of his shirt is frayed.
No matter how good her attitude is, she can't help but want to be jealous of Lu Xuan, and she is not more beautiful than her, but because she has a good mother, she can sit in the classroom and study with peace of mind, and she can play the piano to learn various specialties. In addition to studying, she also has to do housework every day, and every day before going to bed, she can't help but worry that she will be forced to drop out of school by her family the next day.
Lu Xuan didn't know Lu Xiaomei's jealousy, and saw that she only carefully picked up the rice in her bowl, and she didn't know how to eat vegetables, so she kindly persuaded her to eat more vegetables.
Lu Xiaomei smiled shyly, and did not speak or move chopsticks to pick up vegetables.
Lu's mother scolded her: "A bowl of pickled vegetables that can't be served on the table." ”
Lin Xiaoxiao saw Lu Xiaomei's eyes darken, and her head lowered a little more, and she was almost in the bowl. She hurriedly asked Lu Xuan to help Lu Xiaomei pick up vegetables, and persuaded her not to care about Lu's mother's words.
Lu Mu looked at the eyebrow lawsuit between several people, and pouted indifferently.
Lu Mu ordered a bit more dishes, they didn't finish eating, Lin Xiaoxiao asked the proprietress to help pack them when she checked out. Lu's mother asked her if she was allowed to eat leftovers at night.
Lin Xiaoxiao said that the leftovers were not eaten at night, but were brought to a homeless man nearby. Someone in the community also sent him to the aid station and called the police to send him back to his hometown, but soon after this person appeared again.
I heard that this man's child was very young and lost in this part of the neighborhood, and then he went crazy. After he went crazy, he didn't have any other symptoms, but he stayed near here and refused to leave, thinking about looking for his son every day.
Lin Xiaoxiao bought him steamed buns, but he didn't accept them, but whoever wanted to give him leftovers would accept them. Gradually, after the people in the community found out, they would also give him the clean leftovers at home, and he survived by feeding the people near the community.