Chapter Ninety-One: Herding Sheep for My Sister
After Wang Defa's parent-teacher conference, on the way home, he had mixed tastes, thinking about life with his head stuffy, ignoring too many details of children's growth.
Judging from Guisheng's composition, this child, if his brain is not broken, is also a good seedling. Take a look at the parents below, from the disdainful attitude at the beginning, to the end when everyone leaves with a heavy heart, right down to a simple article, how heart-wrenching it is.
The roles of men and women in the family are irreplaceable. Wang Defa only cares about food and clothing, he is a parent for the first time, how does he understand that there are so many problems with children's growth.
Before I got home, I met Ma Xiu'e halfway and finished the parent-teacher conference. The parent-teacher meetings of the two grades are staggered, Wang Guisheng's class is opened first, and it is obvious that Hu Yuting's parent-teacher meeting is open quickly.
"What's going on? Yuting's exam results. Wang Defa asked, and the two of them went home.
"The grades are not good, and they are counting down, the teacher said, mainly because Yuting can't speak, understand or not, can't express, and there are many students in the class, so I can't take care of her. What about your life? ”
"One look, your student is even worse, but his situation can be studied in school while growing up slowly."
"Hey, you're talking about two dolls, what can you do in the future? They're getting bigger, we're getting older. Ma Xiu'e sighed.
"Hurry back, what you're thinking, I have more headaches than you."
There is one thing that Wang Defa and Ma Xiu'e have done very well, that is, they will never lose their temper with Yuting and Guisheng because of their academic performance. To learn this, in addition to hard work, you really have to rely on some innate talent. The two children are not learning material, and it is useless to be in a hurry with them.
Wang Guisheng and Yuting are two babies who can play together. Since Hu Yuting came to Wang De's family, Jackie Chan and his brother have excluded her a lot, but Guisheng is different, while not angering the two sisters, he can still play with Yuting. Guisheng was used to being a younger brother to his two older sisters, and suddenly he had a younger sister, and he enjoyed the feeling of being an older brother very much.
Wang Defa figured it out, Wang Chenglong and Wang Laidi already had their own ideas, as long as they didn't take the wrong path or deviate from the road, Wang Defa would follow them. He could provide for them for as long as he could, and he didn't want to see these four children again, any of them with a knife on their necks.
The ones who should pay the most attention to him are Guisheng and Yuting.
Wang Defa has been collecting apples in the surrounding area for so many years, selling apples from south to north, meeting many people and going through a lot of things. He didn't say it to anyone, and if he didn't go anywhere, he would pay attention to see if there was a female doll suitable for Guisheng to be a daughter-in-law. His criterion is that the child can be defective, but must have a normal head. What is deaf, dumb, etc., it is not a big problem, as long as Wang Defa meets someone who has such a child of the same age as Wang Guisheng, he will jokingly say: "My daughter has grown up and married into my family, and our two families will be in-laws." "But there is one thing, Wang Defa is very simple, and there is a smell on his body, even if it is a concubine, he will not agree.
Therefore, the long-term thing Wang Defa thought to Guisheng was to be able to give him a family, and just have a companion by his side to support each other and live his life.
Since Wang Chenglong went to the county seat to study, the whole family, especially the three younger siblings, is looking forward to the eldest sister coming back on the weekend, because she will have a lot of delicious food at home when she comes back.
After staying at home for one night, before the evening self-study on Sunday afternoon, Wang Chenglong carried a large bag of food prepared for her by Ma Xiu'e on his back, and hurried to school, Zhou Zhou.
The apple industry in the town and county is already the pillar of the economy, and the volume is large, and there are more people doing apple business. Wang Defa, as one of the first fruit merchants to start buying apples, is making money, but now there are many people doing business, the competition is greater, and the income is not as good as before, so he can barely cover the family's expenses.
At the beginning of the Spring Festival, Wang Defa's uncle's house next door was ready to start renovating the house.
This time, Wang Youcai's plan was very good, and the self-reserved land left by his ancestors was all opened up with the old mansion, and the courtyard looked square and neat.
One day at noon, Ma Xiu'e felt strange and asked Wang Defa: "Old man, haven't you looked, what's the matter with my uncle's house leaning against the wall of our house and not moving?" ”
"What uncle, don't call him uncle, don't tell him anything. I'll go out and see what's going on later. Wang Defa educated Ma Xiu'e.
During the day, Wang Defa was embarrassed to go to the foundation of Wang Youcai's courtyard wall to see what was going on, and at night after estimating that everyone was almost asleep, Wang Defa took a flashlight and looked around the newly built foundation of Wang Youcai's house, and understood what the reason was.
Just as he was about to go home, the big black dog of Wang Youcai's family barked, so frightened that Wang Defa fell among the rocks of the wall, got up and ran away.
Wang Youcai heard the barking of the dog, and then turned on the light to see what was going on, and went back without finding anything unusual.
was tossed nervously by Wang Defa for a while, and when she turned back to the kang, Ma Xiu'e also woke up.
"What are you doing so late?" Sleepy-eyed, she asked lazily.
"When it was dark, when there was no one, I went to see the foundation of the courtyard wall of Wang Youcai's house next door."
"Old man, I haven't figured it out, Wang Youcai is your uncle, what kind of hatred do you have, you don't get along with each other."
"Don't ask, go to sleep, that big black dog, scare me to death!" Wang Defa was still in shock, pulled his quilt, and couldn't sleep for a while.
He figured things out. More than ten years ago, he moved out of the courtyard wall to occupy the place of Wang Youcai's house, listened to Captain Chen, and the foundation that was moved out was buried in the ground, and it has not been demolished. Wang Youcai must have discovered this matter, and he didn't say anything, just on the root of the wall on the side of the alley where Wang Defa's house entered, he moved out the foundation of the same size as Wang Defa's house, and the brick-laying wall was built with three layers of bricks, which had been placed there.
Wang Youcai's mind and personality, within the radius, everyone is very recognized, after he found the foundation that Wang Defa buried in the ground ten years ago, he didn't say anything, as an elder, he couldn't be more serious with Wang Defa of the lower generation, ten years ago, it was because of the blood and strength; Now, ten years later, he is too lazy to reason with Wang Defa with his mouth, and directly uses his actions.
Wang Defa was thinking, why Wang Youcai's wall was built with three layers of bricks, maybe he should be waiting for him to have an attitude, if he moved back the foundation that was buried ten years ago, it is estimated that Wang Youcai will also move the wall of his alley into it.
Wang Defa lay on the kang and fell asleep thinking about it.
Sure enough, in the next few days, Wang Defa told the masters who worked for Wang Youcai that Wang Youcai's wall had not been built, and he was waiting for Wang Defa to move his own house back. Otherwise, after the wall is up, it will be very troublesome to tear it down.
And Wang Youcai waited until the houses in the entire courtyard were repaired, and there was no action from Wang Defa.
Wang Defa's home is in the innermost part of this alley, with a single courtyard, and it can be said that this alley is specially reserved for his family by the team, and a lot of land is wasted. The alley is not wide, and you can get into a tricycle. Wang Youcai also grasped this stake, so he made this decision.
He is not afraid that Wang Defa will sue him, but he wishes that Wang Defa could reflect this problem, so that the team and the town will generally understand the ins and outs of the matter.
Wang Defa didn't sue, he knew what the problem was. One alley, two foundations, two families, just like that.
In the end, Wang Youcai did not wait for Wang Defa to show his attitude with actions, so Wang Youcai also became the first to repair a house within a radius of several kilometers before building a wall.
Wang Defa would rather have his light truck bump into the alley, and did not let Wang Youcai's idea succeed.
Maybe this problem left over from time will be slowly forgotten by the two families over time, or it may become a key for their descendants to understand the past.
Feuds or estrangements should all arise like this, right?
Wang Chenglong was already in his second year of high school in the summer, and Wang Laidi's choice did not surprise Wang Defa. The younger brother chose to take the high school entrance examination, and his results in the examination were not as good as Wang Chenglong's, but the high school of Shangzhen Middle School was more than enough.
There are two high school students in a family, and their studies are not bad, which makes the people around him envy Wang Defa more and more, and in the near future, he will be the father of two college students.
In the autumn school season, things came out again, and Wang Guisheng stopped studying.
Wang Guisheng should be in the first year of junior high school in the new semester, and he is already thirteen this year, and he made this scene, but it was expected by Wang Defa, but it was a little early, and he was not mentally ready.
Although nine-year compulsory education has already been universalized, it still happens occasionally that the town graduates from primary school and drops out of school, gets married, starts a family, and has children.
Wang Defa thought that when he was thirteen years old, he was already the first half of the pillar, and when he was less than sixteen, he was already engaged to Li Yueping.
Wang Guisheng's reason for not going to school is very simple, and he can't refute it, the entrance exam, several courses combined, did not exceed three digits.
After the summer vacation, Wang Defa and Ma Xiu'e exchanged a lot about your life.
Ma Xiu'e means, the children are all thirteen, and the brain and limbs are not the same age as the children, but it really doesn't make much sense to continue to go to junior high school, it is better to let him enter the society as soon as possible, experience life, and accumulate some ways to survive. For growing up, six years of primary school is enough. Ma Xiu'e's thoughts are very simple and realistic, and for the sake of your life like this, she treats him as her own son.
Wang Defa knew that what Ma Xiu'e said made sense. is different from his attitude towards Wang Chenglong and Wang Laidi, now he hopes that your students can stay in school, even if they are useless, stay in school, and be able to mix for three years is three years.
He communicated with Guisheng many times, learned some skills learned at the parent-teacher meeting, listened carefully to his son's true thoughts in his heart, and after the last time the two discussed the matter of going to school, Wang Defa gave up decisively.
"Your student, in the compulsory education stage, no matter what your grades are, you can go to school. You listen to your dad and hold on for another three years, how about it? ”
"I, I, I don't, read it!" The familiar rhythm of your stammering.
"Then you have to have a reason, right? If you don't study, what do you want to do? Have you ever wondered? ”
"I've thought about it." These two, Wang Guisheng said simply.
Wang Defa was pleasantly surprised, sometimes, don't look at his son stupidly, between simple words, it can always make him, a father, feel that everything is worth it.
"I, I want, I want to herd sheep!"
"Herding sheep? What are you doing with sheep? ”
"Sell, sell, sell for money, give it to the two sisters, go to school, and use it for college!" The more anxious Wang Guisheng was, the more he stammered.
Wang Defa listened, his heart was not a good feeling, he understood why his son said this, and before he could speak, Guisheng spoke again.
"Dad, I, I know, I know you, I don't want to, I want me, my sister to go to school."
Wang Guisheng couldn't say too long at a time.
"You buy me, buy a few sheep, I, I will release more, more, I, I can only help them."
Wang Defa listened to his son's words, he couldn't stop crying, he couldn't believe that this was a stupid child with brain disease. The impact of the family, not a second is not working.
Wang Defa recalled the various conflicts between his two daughters and himself because of the problem of going to school, especially for Wang Chenglong, who made Guisheng stammer today, which completely woke him up.
"Is that why you don't want to study?" Wang Defa collected his emotions and asked Guisheng.
Gui Sheng didn't speak, and nodded vigorously.
"Sisters, I don't need you to herd sheep to provide for college, Dad promised you that he would let the two of them finish college."
"I, still, want to herd, herd sheep!"
Wang Defa watched Gui Sheng drag the slingshot in his hand around, and probably understood.
"Let Dad think again, after all, this is not a trivial matter, you go play."
Wang Defa told Ma Xiu'e about this.
"What a good boy! Tell me, what iniquity have you created to delay your child like this. So what do you think? Is he still not going to school? Ma Xiu'e asked Wang Defa.
"I'm also conflicted, I don't know what to do! It is true that your student is not a scholar, but only on campus can he not be affected by the reality of society! This kid wants to herd sheep, in fact, he also wants to hunt birds! ”
"After so many years, is it the first time that your student has talked to you so seriously about his thoughts?"
"That's right, this is the first time, just this time, to tell me, you don't know if I was suffering or happy when I looked at him at that time."
"Promise the child! For Gui Sheng, this is not a bad thing, herding sheep, you have to keep an eye on it all the time, you have to move, and you have to use your brain to count whether your sheep are not there, it is good for him! It is the first time for the child to communicate with you so seriously, and you should respect his choice this time! ”
"Let me think again!"
Wang Defa didn't know what he was hesitating about, and always felt that the two girls could go to school, why couldn't their own sons, this was fate.
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