Chapter 6: The Dilemma of the Country Girl

That winter, the village of Xizihu was particularly cold, and the lake to the east was covered with thick ice, and the whole village was covered in snow. Wild plum was born that winter.

She is a child of the mountains, she climbed out of the mountains, and she is full of heavy game.

The children of the mountains have the simplicity and kindness of the mountain people, but they also have some stubborn opinions, and it takes several generations to change these views, which is not sensational. Fang Yemei is precisely the rebel of these stubborn views. As a result, she was always ostracized. Not to mention, this kind of rejection is really a bit unbearable.

Fang Yemei's hometown is in the high mountains of southern Zhejiang, which is a good place to escape the heat, and the whole village is covered in ice and snow in winter, but because there is no strong wind like in the big cities (blocked by the mountains), it is cold, but not biting. That village has a beautiful name: West Lake.

She put on her slippers and picked up her schoolbag and leftβ€”it was bitterly cold winter, and her mother ran out of the house: "Dead girl, you will get frostbitten on your feet!" "It's okay, Mom!" She lifted her foot for her mother to look at and fled. She found it very interesting to walk barefoot and felt close to the earth.

"How? Did you give in? The boys looked at the girls who were looking up at them on the ground and laughed gloatingly. No! No! Fang Yemei simply took off her shoes and began to climb, climbed to the center of the tree pole, let go of her hand, and fell down, but she clapped her hands and started to climb again. As soon as she climbed to the branch, cheers erupted all around her......

Two beggars in ragged clothes stood at the door of the classroom, their dirty hands outstretched, their hair unkempt, but their jet-black hair was clear that they were young. One of the girls in the class came in from outside, fumbling in her pockets and placing a crumpled dime note on a dirty hand.

The two beggars were too little, and this was not enough, and they reached out to pull the little girl.

Fang Yemei, who was wiping the blackboard, slipped off the bench and looked at the two young beggars with fierce eyes: "Where are you from?" "Anhui's." A beggar looked at her in bewilderment. "You are also Chinese? Not at all! Chinese are hardworking, brave and kind! You see...... "The two beggars have long since gone somewhere."

"You...... You...... What bad things did you do today? The corners of Mom's mouth twitched.

"Bad things? No? ”

"You...... Good! I'll discount your legs when I play tricks on people later! ”

"Mom! It's her (the witch) who pretends to be a god and catches ghosts and deceives people! ”

"Can you handle it?" Mom was panting with anger.

"Managed! I am Chinese. Then he ran away with another puff of smoke.

"Brother Fang, your daughter is so bold that she dares to fight with adults, so it's time to take care of it."

"I can't help her, I gave birth to this evil seed, and I won't be able to marry in the future!"

"It's not good to be out of line like this, it's not good, a girl's ...... Alas! ”

"No one will want this girl in the future." Mom interjected sadly.

"If you can't get married, you'll become a laughing stock." The old man, who has always been a matchmaker, lit a cigarette, spit out a large circle, and said in a matter-of-fact manner, "I have a way to discipline her......"

"Uncle her, say it quickly!"

"Keep her in the darkroom......"

"This ...... A girl's house, it's too cruel. ”

"Alas! No, can you manage it well by your nagging? ”

Fang Yemei woke up, it was pitch black all around, and she slept on the floor! "Ahh Did I fall out of bed? But she groped but couldn't touch the bed! Can't touch the switch! "What's going on?" She suspected that in her dream, pinching her thigh, it would hurt. "Squeak...... "A mouse passes through his feet." Yes! ...... "She was terrified. There seemed to be a reckless snake in front of him, with teeth and claws. She stood, and she didn't dare to come out. When the surroundings were quiet, she dared to find the door. But such a wide room! She cried out: "Mommy ......" there was no echo! So, she began to believe that there were demons and ghosts in the world, as if there were graves all around, and she trembled with fear...... She sobbed softly.

After a long time, the door opened, and a ray of light shone in, and her eyes widened in confusion.

"Kid...... "It's grandma!"

"Grandma, I'm afraid!"

"Don't be afraid, although this house is dark, there will be no ghosts, at most a few rats."

"Kid, don't be in the limelight in the future, okay?" Mom followed behind her grandmother and shouted at Yemei.

"Mom, this is your ......" Thinking of the terrible yin just now, she trembled a little, and then a wave of anger arose, "I don't! ”

She is out of the limelight, and she no longer looks like a girl, without the appearance of a virtuous lady. She opposes restraint, and adults give her more restraints and more truths: girls should be virtuous, shameful, and dignified...... This did not change Fang Yemei, but made her want to get rid of something more, and also made her curiosity more intense.

The county unified recruitment, and she entered the county key middle school with excellent results. When she was about to leave the village, she went to every tree she had conquered and silently recited a poem, a poem expressing her feelings, went to the fields and the hillsides to pick a handful of lilies, and dragged her companion to every place she thought was a landscape, and took a whole roll of photographs, until her mother's scolding filled the whole compound.

Probably because of her grades, people temporarily changed their opinion of her.

The children of wealthy families probably don't know what hunger is, and they can't imagine what it's like to be unable to even pay their school fees. They are amazed at why you always eat vegetables, why you always wear the same clothes, why a high school student doesn't even have a pen. No matter how she saved, Fang Yemei always couldn't keep a penny in her pocket. But she just made friends with a relatively wealthy girl, Chen Jingling, and the two were almost inseparable, so she had to find a way to deal with her poverty. She brought an iron pot from home, and she took her good friend to Xiaowai and told her friend with relish which wild vegetables to eat and which wild fruits tasted better. Friends brought oil and salt from home, and they used iron pots to cook wild vegetables, and occasionally "stolen" sweet potatoes and potatoes from the ground. These kinds of days bring excitement to her friends, bring joy, and bring new life experiences. Fang Yemei's purpose is not only to be happy, but more importantly, to solve hunger.

That's it, as long as she has a book to read, she is satisfied.

It's incredible to send a girl to read a book for more than ten years! Sixteen or seventeen-year-olds are still studying! Many of the girls in the village of her size were already engaged, and some were married. Of course, boys can be an exception, Fang Yemei's "champion" has gradually faded away from the feeling of glory and glory to the family, and her mother thought that this would bring her benefits, but now she is gradually beginning to be disappointed. The main thing is that the family has no money to continue her education. The words of the old man who loves to be a matchmaker finally ignited this imminent fuse.

"Brother Fang, don't be stupid, girls are going to marry in the future, and marrying someone is the glory of someone else's family, and I can't miss you."

"But her grades are really good."

"Not a good one? Our daughter just didn't have anyone wanting, and someone wanted me to marry her off earlier. ”

At this time, grandma will always appear in the yard and stare at the old man who loves to be a matchmaker.