Chapter Forty-Eight: New News Arrives
"Going to school?"
Brother Rundong was stunned at first when he heard these two words, and after thinking about it, he came to his senses and said, "Yes, Ling Feng is now eight years old, and he is at the age when he should go to school. ”
"Isn't it?" said my mother, who was finally expecting reinforcements, glared at me beside her.
I lowered my head, if Brother Rundong came to persuade me, I really couldn't refute him, I didn't go to school because I thought there was nothing to learn from that school, and I would only delay my time if I went, so I was thinking quickly about what excuse I could find to prevaricate Brother Rundong's pass.
Who knows, after Brother Rundong struggled there for a while, he suddenly said: "I can't learn anything useful in our school, what Mr. Wu talks about is hundreds of thousands of years ago, it's outdated, and I'm tired of learning, from tomorrow, I won't go to the school, and I won't go to school anymore." ”
"Ahh
My mother was shocked when she heard that Brother Rundong didn't go to school, she wanted Rundong to help persuade me to go to school, but I didn't expect to persuade Rundong to quit school, how could this happen, she was so frightened that she hurriedly said: "This can't be helped, Young Master Run is a great talent in our village, you can't go to school." ”
Hearing this, Rundong lowered his head slightly, his expression seemed to be a little unbearable, and a little resentful, and after taking a deep breath, he pretended to be as calm as possible and said: "It's my dad who doesn't want me to go to school, and besides, I don't think there's anything to learn anymore, so from tomorrow onwards, I won't go to school." ”
Oh!
Hearing this, and seeing Brother Rundong's unbearable expression at the same time, my mother and I have already guessed the reason, it must be that Runyuan is distressed about money and doesn't want to pay Brother Rundong's tuition, which is the main reason why Rundong doesn't go to school.
My mother also guessed the reason, but she was afraid that Rundong would be embarrassed, after all, she knew that Brother Rundong had a strong self-esteem, so she hurriedly changed the conversation and said: "Yes, a talented person like Young Master Run, he really can't learn anything in a primary school like ours, and besides, Rundong is now 13 years old, he is already an adult, and he doesn't need to go to school anymore." ”
Yes, in some remote mountain villages, children as young as thirteen or fourteen are already considered to be adults, and at this age they have already begun to do the same things as their parents instead of going to school.
His brows furrowed again, and when Brother Rundong heard this, he seemed to have been wronged in his heart, and he straightened his neck unconvinced and complained: "In big cities, or in schools in other empires, a person can still enter the academy to study in his twenties, and there are always new things to learn, and our education here is really backward, and we talk about so little things every day, no wonder our empire is always bullied, and students are educated to be so ignorant and conservative, how can the empire be strong?"
Stunned, my mother didn't know anything about education, and she didn't dare to comment on the affairs of the empire, but she had already heard Rundong's voice and wanted to continue going to school, this was what Rundong wanted to say the most, but she couldn't continue to follow the words of learning, I was afraid that that would only make Rundong even more dissatisfied, so she hurriedly pulled the topic back to our village from the current situation of the empire, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Rundong knows a lot, even the affairs of the empire outside." I believe that in the future, if you become a member of the run family, you will do better than your father. ”
"I'm not going to be like him! I'm not going to be an outsider. ”
In fact, we also know that Brother Rundong does not want to inherit the career of Runyuanwai, he doesn't want to live like Runyuanwai, and he doesn't want to accept the life arranged for him by Runyuanwai, the reason for this is that in addition to his long-term confrontation with his father, the more important thing is that his heart has been yearning for the outside world, and the outside world is too tempting for him. ”
I smiled to myself, disapproving.
What Brother Rundong said is probably a dream that all children in mountain villages will have, but it is more just a dream.
Yes, almost all the children in the mountain village have such a dream, and they all want to get out of this small mountain village, but how many can really go out? Even Yam Egg's ambition is to go out of this village to become a soldier, but now he is not hoeing with his father? Although Brother Rundong's ambition is to go to school outside, it costs a lot of money to go to school outside, but with Rundong's attitude towards money, how can he give Brother Rundong this money, so I can understand Brother Rundong's current mood, that is, he has just dropped out of school, he feels uncomfortable, complains, and loses his temper.
This is the fate of most children in mountain villages.
Hehe, only people like me, who have been determined to get out of this village since childhood, and are preparing to get out of the village every day, can really get out of this small mountain village, this is the road of the strong, in the future I will go to the outside world to break through, casting the top strong, this is the ideal that only big people should have!
The old mother pursed her lips on the side, she didn't dare to speak anymore, she didn't know how to persuade Rundong anymore, she was afraid that if she said a few more words, Rundong would go out of the village with a angry backpack now.
After being silent for a while, Brother Rundong saw that my mother and I were no longer talking, and then he remembered what he had just said about my schooling, Brother Rundong twisted his body and thought about it, and said to me: "If Ling Feng doesn't want to go to the school, I will show you the books I went to school before, anyway, now that Ling Feng is literate, he can understand the things in the books at a glance, and he learns by himself, which is no different from what Mr. Wu taught." ”
"Okay, thank you, Brother Rundong. I immediately nodded so that I could not go to school and stop my mother's mouth, and of course I happily accepted this suggestion.
My mother is not a rigid person, if I can learn what is taught in the school without spending tuition, of course she is willing, so I finally don't have to worry about going to school with my mother every day.
After that, our family returned to its former peace.
During this time, because Brother Rundong no longer had to go to school, I could often see Brother Rundong weeding in the fields, grazing cattle in the forest, and feeding pigs next to the pigsty, which was the end of a child's childhood in a mountain village and the beginning of a rich peasant's life.
Occasionally, Brother Rundong will also help Runren go to various houses to collect debts, yes, Runyuan lends to many people's homes to charge interest, and now Brother Rundong is helping to do things at home, which of course has become Brother Rundong's job.
I'm afraid this is also the ability that Runyuanwai wants Rundong to learn the most, it can be seen from Runyuanwai's journey of running this family to today, Runyuanwai has lived very carefully, very shrewdly, and even a little mean, and Runyuanwai also wants Rundongge to learn this, I think Runyuanwai also wants to let his son know that just being a kind-hearted person, just being a person with ideals, is not able to support himself, and he still has to be realistic and self-interested, so as to make their family more and more rich.
It's just that I don't know if Brother Rundong can understand this meaning, but from the frown he tightens when he works every day, he can see a little bit of his attitude towards his father arranging these things for him.
I don't think so, children at this age are a little rebellious, I think back then, when I was at this age, I didn't annoy my parents every day, thinking that they were out, hey, it would be better after this age, I was using the perspective of the people who came over, looking at this problem, my perspective is through the perspective of the people who came over.
Brother Rundong is just a child's rebellious psychology, he is fourteen years old, and it is at this stage.
In fact, Brother Rundong's current life is already very good, the life of a rich peasant, this is an identity that many people in the village envy! The two dogs and yam eggs in the village, they are tired and tired in the fields, not just to want to become a rich peasant, Brother Rundong's current behavior is like the one who often scolds him outside Runyuan, he does not know the blessing in the blessing.
I believe that time will slowly change Brother Rundong's attitude, time is very magical, time is very powerful.
Time is flowing quietly.
In less than half a year, there was another great joy in our village, Brother Rundong was getting married! This was another great joy in our village this year, that is, after the village chief and Widow Li got married.
In addition to being happy and novel, I am still a little jealous to put it mildly.
I think back then, when I was 14 years old, I spent a good time on the key high school entrance examination, how can I have the blessing of Brother Rundong, I have my wife at the age of 14, hey, the life of a rich peasant, is to make people envious, jealous, what is that! But I don't have to be too inferior, I believe that after I cross into this world this time, my 14-year-old will be different from the past, so Brother Rundong's candy must be eaten, by the way, what will Brother Rundong be beautiful with a daughter-in-law?
In the next two days, the news of Brother Rundong's marriage was spread in the village, there were not many people in the village, and such a big happy event would of course become the focus of everyone's attention, and through well-informed people, Brother Rundong's bride's surname is Luo, it is said that Brother Rundong's distant cousin, and the bride is actually 4 years older than Brother Rundong, the groom is 14 years old, and the bride is 18 years old.
But in a remote mountain village, this is also the right of the rich peasants, and the little man looks for a big wife.
No matter what, when Brother Rundong gets married, I will clearly see this wonderful match, so I must take a look.
(The article "Shenghua" is very tiring to write!Because I want to add someone's real information, but also to integrate his experience with Ling Feng, and at the same time create Ling Feng's own experience from it, this article is a challenge that I have never had before, so on this basis, all the officials should also support this article, thank you in advance!)