Tao Zhenzhen's future trip to Chongwen Academy has become the hottest topic of the year in the small courtyard, and all the children are very envious of Tao Zhenzhen. But they also know that it is not easy for their brothers and sisters to make money, and it is already difficult to provide for Tao Zhenzhen alone. Besides, Tao Zhenzhen's ability is obvious to all, and the rest of them don't have such ability.

Tao Zhenzhen has been depressed since she knew that she was going to study at the academy after the beginning of the year. Finally one day, she couldn't help but run to find Hua Ruxue. "Sister, I don't want to go to Chongwen Academy." Tao Zhenzhen lowered her head, her hands kept twisting her clothes, and her face was embarrassed.

Hua Ruxue had long seen that she had been sullen in the past few days, but she hadn't asked her, and wanted to wait for her to say it herself. No, she's here today. "Is it because of going to Chongwen Academy?" Hua Ruxue asked.

Tao Zhenzhen nodded, and then looked up at Hua Ruxue again, her little face was full of uneasiness: "Sister, will you be unhappy?" ”

Hua Ruxue touched her head: "I know, you're worried about money." And do you feel that everyone's attitude towards you is different from before, and you are a little uncomfortable? ”

Tao Zhenzhen pursed her lips and wanted to cry: "Sister, Chongwen Academy is not the place we should go. I'm very happy to be here with everyone, and if I don't go to Chongwen Academy, I won't go. And I still want to get along with everyone as before. Now I feel like an outlier. ”

"You're an outlier."

"Sister, what did you say?" Tao Zhenzhen paused for a moment, looked at Hua Ruxue in shock, and couldn't believe what she had heard.

Hua Ruxue looked at her and said word by word: "I said, you are an outlier." ”

Tao Zhenzhen couldn't believe it, and looked at Hua Ruxue in a daze: "You...... Sister ......"

"If you know your ability to remember, it means that you must be different, you must be different." Hua Ruxue looked at her, "You have to learn to endure this loneliness." Because you are destined to be different from others. Born in such an era, if you don't rely on yourself, who else can you rely on? ”

Tao Zhenzhen is a smart child, and she listened to Hua Ruxue's words. It's just that she's still young, and she doesn't know what to do with her future. Leaving the small courtyard, she went to the strange place of Chongwen Academy, what should she do.

Hua Ruxue held her hand and asked softly, "Zhenzhen, don't be afraid." People can't be inferior to themselves all their lives. Although we are in this situation now, are you willing to do this for the rest of your life? ”

Tao Zhenzhen shook her head, she was the age of the little girl's beauty, and she had never even seen what the noble ladies on the street were wearing, eating, and using. If she has the opportunity, she also wants to stop worrying about her livelihood and do what she loves.

Hua Ruxue smiled slightly: "We are from a bad background, but it doesn't mean that we have to be like this for the rest of our lives." At present, Chongwen Academy is an opportunity for you to change your fate. My sister and your brother Chengyong and Brother Jiumo will work hard for you to study. If you get ahead in the future, your brothers and sisters and your friends will still take care of you. Right? ”

Tao Zhenzhen thought for a long time and nodded solemnly: "Sister, don't worry!" I must study hard! I won't let you down. ”

Hua Ruxue chuckled: "Silly boy, you are reading for yourself." Everyone has their own path, you just need to take care of yourself. To save people, you need to save yourself first. Got it? ”

Tao Zhenzhen nodded as if she didn't understand, although she didn't understand some truths now, she knew that as long as Hua Ruxue said it, then she would do it. Although going to Chongwen Academy this time is an opportunity for her to change her fate, she will never forget that this opportunity was given to her by Hua Ruxue! Without flowers like snow, even if she died, she would only be that dirty little beggar.

Hua Ruxue touched her hair: "Okay, go back and rest!" Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you everything I can teach you. You don't have to do more, just a little, and remember as much as you can! As for the meaning of the article, I will tell you slowly. ”

Tao Zhenzhen listened to Hua Ruxue's words, but her eyes turned red involuntarily. She was an outcast, and her father and mother sold her when they had a younger brother. She was seriously ill and was thrown to death in the wilderness by Ya Pozi. It was Zhang Chengyong who saved her and gave her a home so that she could continue to live. However, it is the flowers that make her live a dignified and meaningful life, and live like a person, not a grass or a dog.

"Why are you crying again?" Hua Ruxue hurriedly wiped the tears from her cheeks for her, "It's not good to look good when you cry." ”

Tao Zhenzhen looked at Hua Ruxue with teary eyes: "Sister Ruxue, thank you!" Don't worry, I'll do my best! And I'm going to follow you for the rest of my life! From now on, you will be my own sister! ”

When Hua Ruxue heard her say this, she laughed out loud: "Silly girl, the people in our yard are all brothers and sisters. Don't think about it, smile, let's go make dinner. ”

"Hmm!" Tao Zhenzhen wiped away her tears and smiled and held Hua Ruxue's hand. No matter what Hua Ruxue thought or said, she decided that after reading the book, she would always follow Hua Ruxue!

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Time flies, and every day before the end of the year flies. Taking advantage of the year before, Hua Ruxue finally hurried to make new clothes and shoes for the children in the whole yard.

Early in the morning, Hua Ruxue finished dressing up, researched the ink, cut the red paper, and wrote several blessing characters. The children gathered around, and the first thing everyone said when they met was "Happy New Year, good fortune".

Hua Ruxue wrote the word Fu, and then wrote a couplet: A year of good luck with the arrival of spring, the four seasons of colorful clouds rolling. Horizontal criticism is: all the best.

Zhang Chengyong listened to Hua Ruxue explain the meaning of this couplet, and slapped it happily. In the new year, they have the lucky star of flowers like snow, isn't it a big change everywhere? Who didn't know that this was a little beggar's den? But now, with the yard neatly organized and everyone dressed neatly, who would say they were beggars?

Hua Ruxue said that human dignity is given to oneself, if you look down on yourself, how can others look down on you? Strange to say, since they washed off the dirt on their bodies, they feel like a different person, and they are full of energy in everything. Just like the Spring Festival couplets written by Hua Ruxue, the new year must be all the best!

On Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone changed into new clothes and sat together.

On the table, fragrant stewed meat, pickled crunchy pickles, soft potatoes stewed in broth, and plump and crystal clear rice...... And of course, the most important thing is the two grilled fish! This fish is the fresh fish that Zhang Chengyong caught the day before yesterday when he followed the uncle next door to ice fishing in the ice lake outside the city. It's the New Year, you have to have a fish! It is said that there is more than every year, and although their lives are hard, they must also have a good fortune as much as possible. What's more, give the children a meat cut. As for why it is two days, because Zhang Chengyong said that good things should come in pairs.

The children's eyes widened. They are all children of poor families, even if it is a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, they have never eaten such a good thing!

"Sister, can you eat?" The children asked, the aroma of the food reaching their mouths and noses, and their saliva was running dry!

Hua Ruxue shook her head: "This is a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and you can't move your chopsticks until you have to wait for everyone." Brother Chengyong and Jiumo are going to give you red envelopes, and they can't eat until they come back. ”

Although the children were a little disappointed that they could not eat yet, they heard that there were red envelopes, and they became excited one by one. After a while, Zhang Chengyong and Hua Jiumo entered the door, with more than a dozen small red paper bags in the small basket in their hands. However, this red envelope can only be issued after the palace rings the first bell of the new year.

"It's time to eat!" Zhang Chengyong waved his hand and officially announced the start of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The children did not forget the rules of Hua Ruxue, and laughed in unison: "Happy New Year!" ”

After speaking, everyone raised their glasses together, and the cup was a sweet wine prepared in advance. The cups clinked, the cups touched together, and everyone felt a little warm in their stomachs after taking a sip of sweet wine.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Hua Ruxue only felt warm on her body, and her heart was also warm. Since she was a child, there has never been a Chinese New Year's Eve that made her feel so happy. She held her wine glass, her eyes were a little hazy, and she looked at Zhang Chengyong and Hua Jiumo: "Thank you!" ”

The two were stunned by her delicate appearance when she was slightly drunk. The reddish cheeks resemble a plump peach against the candle flame, covered with a layer of fine fluff, which is very lovely. The girl's unique body fragrance and the aroma of sweet wine are mixed together to create an indescribable smell that goes straight to the tip of the nose. The smell was inhaled into the body and lasted for a long time, as if it had reached the heart, and it went around and around, making their hearts itch.

"We want to thank you too." Hua Jiumo's gaze was deeply fixed on Hua Ruxue's face, as if he wanted to imprint the beauty of this moment in his heart forever, "You gave us a new life." ”

Hua Ruxue smiled, raised her head, and poured all the sweet wine in the cup into her mouth. The yellowish amber liquor flowed down the corners of her mouth, and Hua Jiumo couldn't help it for a while, and reached out to wipe the drop of sweet wine away. Fingers brushed the girl's soft skin, and something in his heart seemed to burst out of the ground at this moment and began to grow wildly.

Zhang Chengyong frowned slightly, but it was not easy to attack, so he reached out and took the wine glass and drank it all: "Sister, don't say anything thank you or not!" Between us, let's not talk about these vanities. In the future, my brother will work hard to make money so that you can all live a good life! Meat to eat every day! ”

Hua Ruxue sneered, and when Zhang Chengyong patted his chest and said this, he looked heroic and dry, and with his childish face, it was really funny. But Hua Ruxue also knows that Zhang Chengyong is serious.

"Good! I believe you! Hua Ruxue also nodded solemnly, "In the new year, let's make money together!" Let everyone live a good life! ”