"Xiaoting, what year were you? Don't be a long brother and a short brother, don't be afraid to say that you are old. Li Jun looked at Xiaoting with a smile.

"I know it's you who belong to the horse, Brother Xu told me, but I'm also a horse, my birthday is the first day of the first month, older than you, right?" Xiaoting seems to know everything.

"Is it your birthday in the first year of junior high school? You're kidding me, aren't you? Li Jun was still a little skeptical.

"Can you still talk nonsense about this?" Xiaoting is very serious.

"The first year of junior high school, the fifteenth official! Xiaoting is waiting for you to be a mother! Li Jun laughed at Xiaoting.

The smile on Xiaoting's face disappeared, revealing a sad look, "When I was born, everyone said the same, saying that I might be a mother when I grow up in the future, but since I was born, our family has been in constant disaster, first my father fell from the house and broke his leg when he went out to work, and then my grandmother was hit by an out-of-town car at the door of her house, and the car also escaped, and then my brother was born when I was two years old, but my mother died of hemorrhage." The sadness on Xiao Ting's face was even greater.

Li Jun stroked Xiaoting's back to show comfort.

"I'm sorry to touch your heartache!" Li Jun scratched his head reproachfully.

Xiao Ting raised her head with a wry smile on her face, "What does this have to do with you, it's my life that is too bitter!" ”

The glasses patted Xiaoting's head and said, "Xiaoting, don't say it, you follow me to work hard in the future, I will definitely not treat you badly, go and clean up the front, there will be guests in a while." ”

"Xiaoting, I'll work with you, I'll help you a little more if I stay here for a day." Li Jun also stood up, looking at Li Jun with glasses and shaking his head, this brother is still too kind.

When working with Xiaoting, Li Jun learned about Xiaoting's situation, Xiaoting's big name is Wu Ting, not from their county, and her hometown is in a mountainous area west of Shijiazhuang. Since the death of her mother, her father's family has said that she is an ominous person, two-year-old Xiaoting has been very beautiful, her mother is a big beauty in the neighborhood, Xiaoting has completely inherited her mother's beauty, and some places are better than her mother, but she is such a very cute child, or Xiaoting's father drove directly to her grandmother's house.

Xiaoting's mother has no brothers and sisters at home, and her grandmother, who was already immersed in the pain of losing her daughter, saw Xiaoting being sent home, and took Xiaoting in without saying a word.

The conditions in the mountains were relatively harsh, and Xiaoting's grandmother's family didn't have much land, so the two old people who raised Xiaoting's mother and got married and had children planned to be content with taking care of this little land in the mountains for themselves to eat and drink.

Xiaoting's arrival broke the old man's thoughts, first of all, Xiaoting's school is a big expense, so grandpa can only work with people, because he has no culture since he was a child, and grandpa can only sell labor on the construction site with people, and he has to earn a meager salary to raise Xiaoting. And her father has never seen him appear since he sent her back to her grandmother's house.

Xiaoting grew up little by little in such a difficult environment, although she ate rough corn and sorghum rice, and wore clothes left over from the children in the village, but Xiaoting was getting more and more beautiful. Grandma watched her grow up little by little, and her mother's appearance became clearer and clearer, and when she woke up several times at night, she heard Grandma looking at the sleeping Xiaoting calling her mother's name, and tears flowed on her wrinkled face because of hard work.

Xiaoting is also very sensible, since she was a child, she knew to help her grandmother do some work within her ability, when she went to work in the mountains, she helped her cook at home, and used wicker to weave some simple utensils with her grandmother and then sold them in the market for some money.

Slowly Xiaoting grew up and went to primary school in the village, because she knew that the conditions at home were not easy, she cherished the opportunity to learn very much, so she was the first in the class in every exam. Seeing her situation, some children who are relatively better at learning always want to surpass her, but they have not achieved it again and again, so some children began to spread rumors in the school, saying that Xiaoting was a broom star, and their whole family was killed, so that everyone stayed away from her.

Xiaoting, who has always been sensible and gets along well with her classmates, was stabbed by the rumors of these children, and at home at the same time, in order to let her go to school, her grandmother found someone to borrow money, and the creditor also came to them to repay the money, and also said that such a girl is going to college, what can she do in the future, it is better to learn more housework and get married early.

Under the double stimulation, Xiaoting first beat the child who spread rumors at school, because Xiaoting usually helps adults to work, although she is a girl, she is much stronger than a boy, she beat the boy to the back and rode on her, tore the boy's mouth with her hand, and shouted loudly while pulling back: "I'm not a broom star, my mother is not my death, it's not me!" "That terrible cry was like a lone wolf wounded.

Since this incident, no one in the school dared to mess with her, but few people paid attention to her anymore, and since then she has also understood that the more honest and well-behaved you are, the easier it will be to be bullied.

This kind of life lasted until she graduated from junior high school, Xiaoting was still the first in every exam in the class, and she didn't care what others thought of her, she usually went to school and left school alone, and finished her homework in the fastest time after school, and then helped her grandma do the work in the field and at home.

Because she can eat, cry and stand hard work, Xiaoting's body is also much more mature than children of the same age. There are many boys in the class who want to pursue her and write love letters to her, but she doesn't even look at it, she tears it up, she knows that it is impossible for her to have this kind of idea now, she wants to use her grades to change the fate of herself and her grandmother and grandfather.

Another thing happened during junior high school, that is, Xiaoting's younger brother was also admitted to the same junior high school as them, and the younger brother also completely inherited his mother's genes, and he looks basically the same as Xiaoting, but he may have grown up in a loving environment since he was a child, and his younger brother is obviously the kind of soft and unassertive child.

Once, on the way home, Xiao Ting, who was about to graduate from junior high school, saw several children in the second year of junior high school stop her younger brother and asked him to give them some pocket money.

The younger brother looked at the girl in front of him who was very similar to himself but didn't know who she was, just worshiped and said that he would recognize her as the eldest sister in the future, Xiaoting's memory still has the petite shadow of the younger brother, and in the process of growing up, her grandmother also told her that she had a younger brother, and then the younger brother didn't know that she existed at all, maybe no one told her brother about them after she and her mother left.

Xiaoting stroked her brother's head and said: "I can be your eldest sister, but I can't always be by your side to protect you, if you are a man, you should have courage and responsibility, don't be afraid of it when you encounter something, but have the courage to overcome it." After speaking, he looked at his younger brother with an ignorant face, turned around and left.

"When I graduated from junior high school, I was admitted to the banking school with the highest score in the county, because the teacher said that after graduating from the banking school, I could be directly assigned to work in the bank. When she said this, Xiaoting's eyes were full of pride.

"But when I got the notice, an accident happened, when my grandfather was working on the construction site, a person who drove a crane drank some wine at noon, and when he was hanging something, he should have hung to the left, but he turned to the right, knocking down the grandfather who was working next to him. After rescuing my grandfather's life, it was saved, but the right half of my body basically couldn't work harder, and the most hateful thing was that the crane was the foreman's brother-in-law, and the foreman tried his best to protect him, and finally sent him home after seeing his grandfather's illness, he was given an extra two months' salary! ”

Speaking of this, Xiaoting's eyes were full of tears, and her face turned very red because of anger, "Those people really have no conscience, don't they really know that such an old man is also the pillar of a family?" They only have money in their hearts, and when I become strong one day, I must make him pay a heavy price for it! ”

"Xiaoting, today's society is such a society of the jungle, don't be too relieved, how is grandpa's health now?" Li Jun is also completely caught up in Xiaoting's story.

"What else can I do, I raise them at home every day, and I can't do the work in the field, my grandmother is doing it alone, but I pity them all over 60." Speaking of the old man, Xiaoting's eyes were full of concern.

"Grandpa went back, did you give up your studies? Isn't there any other way? Li Jun also asked about learning with concern.

"Well, that's what sadds me the most!" The loss in Xiao Ting's eyes was even more difficult to hide, "Grandpa went home, first of all, grandma was suddenly ill, on one side was the sick grandfather, on the other hand was my bright red admission letter, and an old man who lived for more than 60 years and never left our small ravine, what do you say she can do?" She said that she would not let me go to my father and give me some money to support my education for the sake of my studies, and then repay him after graduation. ”

When talking about her father, Xiaoting's face was fleeting, "Because my grades were publicized in school, my younger brother also saw it, and he told my father when he went home, saying that a big sister he knew at school had taken the first place in the school, and he would learn from me in the future." Originally, my father was very happy at first, because his son had a goal, but when he knew my name, he changed his face and said to his younger brother, no matter how good he studies, he is also a broom star, and he should stay away from her in the future. ”

Xiaoting looked at Li Jun self-deprecatingly, "But her father always treats her daughter as a broom star, do you think it's ridiculous?" After speaking, he turned his head to the side, and at this moment Li Jun saw the tears flowing from her eyes.

"I didn't let my grandmother know about it, for fear that they would be even more anxious, so I told them that I should try it with my father, and then I went around outside, and then I came home when it was almost dark, and told them that my father had promised to support me! Do you know that the faces of their second elders were full of smiles at that time, and it was the smile of their granddaughter's dream to come true! ”

"How easily the hearts of the old people are satisfied!" Li Jun let out a long sigh.

"When the school start date came, my grandmother gave me all the 200 hundred yuan left after buying medicine for my grandfather at home, saying that I was away from home, don't be too careful, you are now a big child, you have the right clothes to buy yourself a piece, I can still move at home, I can earn money, you study hard, and you must get good grades in the new school. Looking at the empty house with four walls, I couldn't stop crying anymore, they knew that I had sold my admission letter to the daughter of our village chief, they gave me 500 yuan to buy my future, and I secretly hid the money under my grandmother's kang mat, planning to tell them when I found a job. I hugged my grandmother and cried loudly, and I cried out all the grievances and helplessness of the past ten years. Xiaoting's tears were already like a river, covering her entire face.

Li Jun's eyes were also moist, Xiao Ting was indeed too difficult, he gently wiped Xiao Ting's face with his hand, "Xiao Ting don't cry, you will be my eldest sister here in the future, if you dare to bully you again in the future, Gao Qi and I will help you clean him up." ”

Hearing Li Jun's words, Xiaoting burst into tears and laughed again, "Aren't you afraid to call me old now?" ”

"You're still young, and you're so beautiful, how can you be old." Li Jun also said with a nice tone, "Then do the old people know your current situation now?" ”

"I've been out for so long, I haven't gone to school, the school is afraid that something will go wrong and sent someone to find the family, I originally left home to come to you, first, I don't want them to find me easily, and I don't want my former classmates to see my jokes, after all, I, Wu Ting, was also a man of the hour in our place!" Saying that, he proudly raised his fist to show that he was very good.

"I have no culture, and second, I have no skills, so you can only be a waiter, at the beginning I found a few restaurants, and the boss wanted to take advantage of me when he saw that I was beautiful, so I left until I got to Brother Xu." Xiao Ting paused slightly.

"Brother Xu, it's really not the person you think, in fact, we didn't have anything before, I wrote to my grandmother and told her about his situation after I came over, and I was afraid that they would worry. They still want me to go back, one is to be around and take care of each other. When they replied, when I was crying secretly, Brother Xu heard it and asked me if I was not used to staying here, I saw that he was also more loyal and honest and told him the situation, and he took out a thousand yuan to let me remit it to my grandmother, so that I could rest assured that I would work hard, and I would never let me suffer if I followed her. Originally, I thought that he wanted to possess me with so much money, so I kept teasing and testing him, but he didn't mean this at all, and in the end I was embarrassed, but I always felt that I couldn't repay him, and I really couldn't repay him with anything, so I thought about giving him my body. At this point, his face turned a little blushing.

Li Jun's heart sighed secretly, what kind of era is this, rich people can squander wantonly, but poor good children like Xiaoting don't want to owe others, so they can only repay their benefactors with their pure bodies.