Gui Province, Pingchuan County, Baisha Township, Shanglin Village.

Shanglin Village is a very quaint and primitive small village, built on the mountain, the houses are scattered, most of them are built of mountain stones and yellow clay, quite ancient, if it is not for a telephone pole at the entrance of the village, the wires are implicated into the houses, here and hundreds of years ago in ancient times.

Behind a loess house in the southwest corner of the village chief, a little girl of seven or eight years old was sitting on a clay tooth under the eaves, sobbing quietly and wiping her tears with her hands.

But tears are the same as bleeding wounds, and no matter how hard you wipe them, you can't wipe them clean.

"Cry, cry, cry! Just know to cry! Cry to death, forget it! ”

At this time, an old lady of sixty or seventy years old came out of the house, she looked disgusted, and then handed over a small bag in her hand:

"Isn't it just a doll? What's the big deal? Just ask your dad to buy another one! Go, feed me the chickens! ”

Lin Xiaoyu turned his head, with tears in his eyes, stood up, stretched out his hand, and retracted it again, but under the old lady's stern gaze, he finally stretched out his hand again and took the bag.

The chicken coop is not far from the house, although Lin Xiaoyu is not big, but he has been feeding the chickens for a long time and is already very proficient.

However, although her hand was spilling the bran in the bag on the ground, the tears in her eyes still did not stop, and they still slid down her cheeks like glass beads with broken threads, gathered on her chin, and then dripped to the ground.

Lin Xiaoyu doesn't understand, why some people just like to force others, why they have to be sensible and obedient to make sacrifices, why those adults never listen to their own ideas and protests, why they even hide and cry for a while?

There are already several beautiful dolls in Jiaojiao's house, why do you want to grab your own? I'm just this one, and I've always been this one! Why did I give her my dearest thing for nothing? Just because she likes? I like it so much, I like it!

It's the only thing my mom and dad gave me! I am the most precious, I have to sleep together every day, and I feel very distressed if I get a little dirty! She is still my only friend, I whisper "Meimei" in the dead of night, she knows all my thoughts, all my worries......

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't stop crying, as if I was going to cry all the tears of the whole year.

In fact, Lin Xiaoyu has always known that his grandparents don't like him, even in front of him, he will say that he is a "money-loser", a "spilled water", a "broom star", and a dispensable thing, and then he has been thinking about it, nagging, and wanting his parents to have another one.

Lin Xiaoyu knew that in order to support the family, his parents, like the parents of other children in the village, had been working in the big city outside the mountains, and would only come back during the Chinese New Year, when they would bring them delicious snacks, beautiful clothes, warm hugs, and sweet smiles......

However, since the birth of their younger brother, they have not come back for the Spring Festival for several years, and they only occasionally call back and tell themselves to listen to their grandparents, be sensible, and take care of themselves.

However, I am already so obedient and sensible, and even my most beloved "Meimei" has been let out, why haven't my parents come back?

Lin Xiaoyu has never been to a big city, but she has heard her friends say that she has seen it on the TV set of Ergou's house, and she knows that there are many tall and bright buildings in big cities, neatly grown trees, and many children in beautiful clothes, as well as buzzing cars, and the best Kendanglao hamburger in the world that Ergou has been showing off......

If you go to such a beautiful place, you definitely don't want to come back, right? But why didn't Mom and Dad bring them along? Why did you only take your brother with you? He's still so young that he can't even walk? Mom said it was easy to take care of, but obviously I used to be so young......

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As night fell, there were not many houses with lights on in the whole village, and most of the people here had long been accustomed to the law of sunrise and rest, so they had dinner early before it was dark, washed up, and lay down in bed to get ready for bed.

Most of the families in the village who have turned on the lights are big families who have earned money by working in the city and bought TV sets and satellite pot lids, so that their families can watch TV at night for more leisure and entertainment.

Of course, Lin Xiaoyu's family does not have such treatment, and the only electrical appliance in the house is an electric bulb hanging on the beam of the room in the hall outside.

It's just that the situation today is different from the past, and today this light bulb comes in handy, giving off a bright glow in the dark.

Of course, there is a reason for this, at the table in the center of the hall, directly opposite the grandparents sitting, there is a tall, thin middle-aged man wearing a blue shirt and a blue hat, with dark skin.

Lin Xiaoyu looked through the gap in the door of the inner room.

She knew this middle-aged man, this was the village secretary of their Shanglin Village, and the village chief was the only two people in the village who were officials, and they were the two most trusted and feared by the villagers on weekdays.

Compared with the village chief, Lin Xiaoyu prefers the kind-looking village secretary, he sometimes comes on weekdays, but most of the time during the day, he sends money from his parents to the family, or asks himself and his grandparents to go to his house to answer the phone, in short, as long as he comes, it is generally a good thing.

It's just that it's so late today, what is he doing at our house? Are you giving me back the doll that the village chief's Jiaojiao snatched from me?

In front of the secretary, the grandparents did not have the strictness and fierceness they usually had to themselves, and they were obviously submissive, and they spoke with a smile and a soft voice.

Fortunately, the village secretary has always been a person who pays great attention to efficiency, and his speech is as full of enthusiasm as he is in the loudspeaker radio at the entrance of the village: "I came today, there is nothing else, or about the light rain in your family, the central government has issued an official document, every county, every township, every village school-age children, all have to go to school!" The document says that no child can be given up! It's the same with your family, let's send it over in a few days! ”

"But...... This ......" Grandpa's voice was stumbling.

"Nothing!" The village secretary's voice was stern: "The People's Good Dream College is a key support from the government, and I want to buy it!" The state has contributed money and efforts, and your children have gone to pack food, shelter and clothes, and they will not charge you a penny, what is such a good thing? ”

"You see, our family has responded to the call of the country this year and raised so many chickens, we are all so old, and we still have land to ......" Grandma spoke more tactfully: "Now the young ones in the family are not around, these chickens can't take care of them......"

"What's not to take care of?" The village secretary continued to criticize: "How many acres of land do you have? How many hours does it take to feed a chicken? Besides, it's not like you won't come back when you go to school, and you can come back to help you when the holidays come...... Now almost all the children in the village have gone, and your Xiaoyu stays in the village, is this like a word? ”

"But......," said Grandma, who was going to say something again.

"I want to go to school!" The door opened, and Lin Xiaoyu's eyes were as firm as his voice: "Uncle Secretary, I want to go to school!" 2k reading network