After pushing open the door and putting down the firewood on the back, I went to the kitchen with the firewood, and by the way took a pot of wild vegetables that had just been picked back. Fill a basket full of it, wash half of it, and save the other half for the next meal.

Make a fire and make lunch, and memorize the text while doing it, "The gentleman said: You can't learn." Green, taken from blue, and green from blue; Ice, water for it, and cold for water. The wooden straight rope, the wheel is thought to be the wheel, and its curve is in the rules. Although there is violence, those who do not stand up, tanning makes it so. Therefore, the wood is straight, the gold is sharpened, the gentleman is erudite and the day is self-conscious, then there is no fault in knowing the yin and doing it..."

After cooking, I called grandpa to eat, and after the two of them finished eating, grandpa sat at the door to bask in the sun and greeted each other when others passed by, and came over to sit and chat with grandpa.

She packed up the dishes and chopsticks, washed them, and went back to her room to study when she was done.

As night falls, the hot weather also gets cooler, and the early ones are now back.

Yang Xingchen helped grandma hold the basket, waited for grandma to take off the shoulder straps, and then put the basket on the ground, a basket full of wild peppercorns was particularly heavy.

"Today the sun is big, and we have come a long way." sat down and picked up the cup and poured the tea, "When I came back, a kind young man said, grandma, you are so heavy, I will send you back, we said it was very troublesome, let him leave us alone, he insisted on sending us, not this young man, we have to walk for more than an hour." ”

"It's good." She moved the basket aside, "I'll go to the kitchen and bring the dishes out and start the meal." By the way, I went and knocked on Grandpa's room, "Grandpa is eating, and Grandma is back." ”

"Okay, you eat first, I'll come right away."

Yang Xingchen went to the kitchen to bring the food to the dining table and went to get the dishes and set them up, and his grandfather happened to come over.

Pumpkin porridge, fried beans, fried sweet potato leaves, this is the dinner of the three of them.

After dinner, he wanted to pick off the leaves of the wild peppercorns that he had just picked back, Yang Xingchen looked at his swarthy grandmother who was exposed to the sun, his eyes were red, and he was silent for a long time, and then said: "Grandma, the mountain is so dangerous, there are cliffs, thorns, snakes, etc., and the sun is big, so don't go." ”

Grandma picked it quickly, "If you don't go, where to go will it cost a penny, and if you go for five days, you will have a few hundred pennies to save some money to buy rice." ”

Yang Xingchen was afraid that tears would fall, he looked up and blinked and couldn't speak, if he didn't want to study, his grandparents wouldn't have been so bitter.

Grandma looked up at her and continued to move her hands, thinking that she was rubbing her eyes with her hands, "The peppercorns choke and there are thorns, be careful not to touch them and rub your eyes." Is the homework done? ”

Yang Xingchen nodded: "It's done." ”

"School starts in a few days, has your father sent you tuition?" Grandma was worried about her granddaughter's tuition.

"The day after tomorrow should be here." Her parents have been running around to earn money for tuition, in fact, she doesn't want to study anymore, but if she doesn't read, her family will not agree.

"Study hard, so that you can find an easier job in the future, and don't be like us, facing the sun and barely making ends meet.

You must study hard to get out of the mountains. ”

Grandpa was silently picking leaves on the side and didn't speak.

It's the last year, and even if you don't have the money to get a diploma, it's good.

A year later, she took the imperial examination, and after the examination, she found a job in the town and worked first, thinking about whether to go to an ordinary school or not to go to school. The tuition fee for going to an ordinary school is cheaper, but it is quite expensive for a poor family, and it is still a few years to live a life of grandparents who have hollowed out their families. I don't read it, and I feel very sorry.

As soon as I finished collecting the table and took the money to the front desk, I heard firecrackers set off outside, and the gongs and drums finally stopped at the door. The guests were also curious to look out at what was going on.

A middle-aged man in an official uniform came in, and there were many people holding things in their hands.

Yang Xingchen didn't know what such a big battle was for, so he stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what is this?" ”

The county magistrate was very happy to look around, "Who is Yang Xingchen?" ”

"I'm Yang Xingchen." She was a little confused at this time? What's going on?

The county magistrate looked at the girl in front of her, she had big eyes, shining with intelligence, like two bright stars. The body is slender and petite, and he speaks softly but has a lot of strength, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it. happily patted her shoulder: "Classmate Yang has won glory for our Rong County." ”

He took the admission notice to her: "Congratulations to Student Yang for being admitted to the Beijing Guozijian." ”

She took the admission notice and looked at it and was very happy, but she didn't expect to be admitted to the Guozijian, but after thinking about it, she still clenched the admission notice in her hand.

The county magistrate was still very happy to see her get it, but after a while, he frowned, "What's wrong?" ”

Yang Xingchen was embarrassed and didn't know how to say, "I can't afford to study for that county magistrate, and I don't dare to think about the high tuition fee." ”

"Well, I thought it was a big deal, you don't have to worry about money, you just have to read. Therefore, the expenses of the yamen are all covered. Take the big red flower and put it on her, "Let's go to your house." ”

Ah, she's still working," but my work isn't over yet. ”

The boss heard the news upstairs and hurriedly came down, and kept watching, "Xingchen, hurry back and report the good news to your family." ”

"Thank you, boss." After bowing to the boss, he followed the county magistrate.

The boss happily hurriedly wrapped a red envelope and took a few jars of good wine to her, "The red envelope gave you wine to bring to grandpa." ”

She refused the county magistrate to help her get the car directly, and Yang Xingchen "......"

The county magistrate and the boss waved their hands, "Business is booming, let's go." ”

The large army went to Yangjia Village, blowing suona, gongs and drums, and setting off firecrackers along the way, and it took half an hour to arrive at Yangjia Village.

Everyone in the village came to join in the excitement when they heard the news, and the grandparents heard the lively sound outside, and they were stunned when they went out to see their granddaughter wearing a red flower.

Yang Xingchen happily stepped forward and hugged his grandparents: "Grandparents, I was admitted to the National Prison." ”

When grandparents heard that they were admitted to the National Prison, they couldn't be happier. Being admitted to the Guozijian can be described as a matter of glory to the ancestors, and I didn't expect the child to be so competitive after living for most of my life.

The county magistrate also held a banquet for Yang Xingchen, and it is difficult for this small county to produce a talent who has been admitted to the highest university in the capital for tens of years.

After the banquet, she also went back to continue working, there is still a month before the start of school, although the state rewards a lot of money, but still have to work to earn some money.

It was a few days before she left for the capital, and her father and mother took leave to send her to school.

How to say it, it's so happy that she is about to take off, who in this world would not like her parents, just send her to the capital and see her for the New Year.

Yang Ling and his wife Liu sent their daughter to school, made beds in the dormitory, packed their things, and the family of three wandered around the school.

Yang Ling held his arm's daughter, "Daughters should study hard, eat, drink and dress, don't treat themselves badly, although my father and mother don't earn much, but the subsidies given by the state are enough, Daddy is proud of you, and you will definitely be a useful person to the country in the future, do you know?" ”

"Good!" Yang Xingchen smiled and looked at his father, who was happy for him.

"Your father is right, you have helped the country a lot along the way, and we owe the country too much, so if you have a profit in the future, you must serve the motherland." Although Liu has never read a book, she still understands the truth.

They stayed in the capital for two or three days, and their daughter went back to class normally.

Yang Xingchen graduated four years later, she could have worked in the imperial court, and her future could be said to be a bright time, but she was going back to her small county town to shock everyone, and everyone persuaded her to stay in the capital.

The principal called her to his study, "Classmate Yang Xingchen, as an excellent graduate of Guozijian, you are also a strong graduate of Guozijian, you must have great achievements in the capital, and your hometown is not very rich, what are you going to do when you go back?" ”

Yang Xingchen just smiled, "I happened to read a passage in a book recently, "I always believe that the purpose of our higher education is not to get rid of the poor hometown, but to get rid of poverty in the hometown." I think it makes sense, I want to go back to build my hometown, there has always been no shortage of talents in big cities, but small places also need talents to build to become better, you say? ”

The principal was speechless, and in the end he didn't hold back.

"The big city is good, our small county can't compare, are you sure you don't regret it?" Yang Ling does not interfere with her daughter's choice, and her daughter has her own ideas about what she does, as long as she does not regret it.

Yang Xingchen shook his head: "No regrets." Big cities are as good as big cities, and small counties also have the unique beauty of small counties. "Load your bags in the car.

Back in the county, she was ready to start working, and the principal came to her and said that the country was going to send a group of outstanding talents to study in Yunguo, and return to serve the motherland.

The emperor's holy decree that she dared not go to the nine clans was gone, and there were a total of thirty people who went, and they set off from the capital after the assembly.