Shangjing, Ping'an Street, Gu's old house

"Aamy! Wonderful! Li Ying shouted: "Have you fed the chickens in the backyard?" Hello? ”

Gu Miao, who was still in the quilt, frowned irritably, turned over, twisted comfortably, wrapped her head in the quilt, and continued to sleep.

Li Ying couldn't call her little daughter, so she had to do it herself, came out of the dirty and messy kitchen, walked through the yard where debris was piled up, bypassed the dusty corridor, and finally arrived at the backyard full of chicken manure and stench.

She casually threw away the leftovers and moldy steamed buns, and when she saw the hungry roosters and hens running towards her, she hurriedly dodged and ran back to the front yard with a smoke.

"Ouch hey! The backyard is dirty! Ah Miao is really, why don't you wash the floor when feeding the chickens! Not even a place to stay! It's dirty and smelly! ”

At this time, Gu Xuan opened the door and walked out with an indifferent face.

"Ah Miao doesn't wash it, why don't you wash it either?"

Li Ying sighed and hesitated: "I'm not out of time." She went to feed the chickens, she just washed them, why did she want me to go. ”

Gu Xuan didn't even give her a look, and went to the kitchen by herself.

Then, she grabbed two cold steamed buns and stuffed them into her school bag, poured some hot water into the iron kettle, turned around and walked out.

Li Ying frowned and looked at her, and asked distressedly: "Ah Xuan, did you study in the middle of the night last night?" Ouch~~ Look at you! Look at your eyes, they're all black, like pandas! ”

Gu Xuan didn't lift his eyelids, and replied indifferently: "It's okay." ”

Li Ying was so anxious that she circled around her, and asked nervously, "Is there another exam?" Isn't it stressful? What topics you won't have? If not, write to your eldest brother. In the past, when Tiantian encountered a topic that she couldn't know, she immediately wrote to ask your eldest brother, why didn't you ask? Your eldest brother is your own brother! Ah Xuan, you can't go on like this, you're thin and dark, and your little face is as thin as a kitten! ”

Gu Xuan glanced at her coldly, and his tone was flat and straightforward, as if he was talking about a topic that had nothing to do with him.

"When I go home, can you let me quiet down and read? Can you get some hot and delicious food for three meals? I just want to go home and read quietly in my room. These two requirements are enough, can you do it? ”

"That...... I'll do it right away. Li Ying smiled again and again: "I'm too busy for a while, and I can't take care of cooking occasionally." ”

Gu Xuan's paralyzed face was expressionless: "You haven't worked and haven't been in the field, what are you busy with?" Busy sleeping, busy being lazy, busy with a group of old aunts in the streets and alleys. ”

Li Ying: "......"

Gu Xuan screwed the iron kettle on, bypassed the old mother and turned around and walked towards the gate.

Li Ying hurriedly followed, and asked with concern: "Isn't today the weekend?" You haven't eaten breakfast yet, where are you going? ”

"Learn." Gu Xuan didn't want to say a word.

Li Ying hurriedly asked again: "Where to study?" You stay in the house to read, and Mom promises not to speak today, not to say a word - really! Mom promises you! ”

"Nope." Gu Xuan opened the deadbolt and said coldly: "You can't promise it, your promise has never been fulfilled." I made an appointment with a few classmates to go to the school classroom to study and come back in the evening. ”

With that, she walked away quickly, leaving only an indifferent and slender back.

Li Ying pursed her lips and was about to close the door-

"Wait! Gu family's! Suddenly, someone shouted from the side.

Li Ying went out and saw that the postman was coming on a bicycle, and suddenly guessed that it should be a telegram.

"Yo! I was thinking about going to send a telegram, but the telegram came! A word costs three and a half cents, and this time it can save at least a few cents! You're from Yucheng, aren't you? Isn't it? Definitely, right? ”

The postman didn't even have a chance to speak, so he nodded his head, quickly stuffed the telegram to her, and hurriedly got on his bicycle and left.

Li Ying hurriedly pinched the telegram and went into the house to find her little daughter.

Gu Miao yawned and muttered to explain: "The eldest brother sent it, saying that the second brother has gone to his side to join the company." ”

"Really?!" Li Ying jumped up with joy and excitement: "Joined? Ouch! Great, great! I had already guessed that your eldest brother would definitely urge him to join the company. He has always listened to your eldest brother, how dare he not go to the job that Archie arranged for him? Besides, such a good unit, one by one, he has sharpened his head to go, and he is not a big fool, how can he be willing not to! ”

Gu Miao yawned again, feeling envious in her heart.

"Mom, my second brother hasn't finished high school, but he can still go to work in the shipyard. I graduated from junior high school this semester, and I don't know if my eldest brother can arrange one for me. Big factories and big units, I feel good when I hear it! ”

Li Ying shook her head: "Don't worry, you have to go to high school like your sister, and then take the university entrance examination." When you go to college, where do you need to be afraid of not having a good unit? At that time, there will be a good unit waiting for you to choose! ”

"But-" Gu Miao said bitterly, "It takes three years in high school, and at least three years in college." Three years and three years, and I can't help but feel numb in my scalp when I think about another six years. I finally got to the junior high school graduation drop~~"

Li Ying glared at her in disgust and whispered: "Don't be stupid, going to college is a major event for the glory of the ancestors." When your father was alive, he talked every day that he wanted you to study one by one and get admitted to college. Your eldest brother was sent by the shipyard to study at a foreigner's university in a foreign country, and it didn't cost anything, and he was very decent. Your second brother had to go to the countryside, and there was really no way to do it at that time. I finally resumed the university entrance examination, but your sister couldn't catch up last winter, so she tried her best to study to the death this time. You have more time than she has, so you should make the most of it. ”

"I saw my sister learning so badly...... Gu Miao pouted aggrievedly: "I'm terrified!" ”

Li Ying rolled her eyes and said in a rough voice: "If you have to suffer hard, you will become a master!" If you don't endure hardship, how will you be a superior person in the future? How do you marry a powerful man as a wife? If you don't read well, you can't do housework well, and it will only get worse in the future! ”

"Mom!" Gu Miao was dissatisfied and shouted: "Can't you let my eldest brother find me a good job too?" The diploma from junior high school is considered very high! ”

Li Ying shook her head and shook her head: "It's not high enough, you must go to college." ”

Gu Miao snorted coldly: "Didn't my second brother also go to college?" Wouldn't he be able to work in the shipyard too? ”

"Didn't you listen carefully to what your second brother said when he came back a while ago?" Li Ying frowned and lowered her voice: "He can only be an electrician apprentice, and he must first learn from the master for two or three years." Moreover, it can only be turned into a regular after a year, and it is not easy to get any job title in the future. Look at your eldest brother, he was an engineer at a young age, with a high salary and high allowances, and he drew pictures every day, moved his mouth, and a large number of people under him listened to his orders to work. That's the difference between going to college or not, you know? ”

"Not really!" Gu Miao shook her head: "That's the eldest brother's high ability, and many of the people who went to college are not engineers, and they also have to be apprentices." ”

Li Ying scolded angrily: "You know Mao!" Your father said that the more you read, the better, and the higher you go, the less people will understand, so you have to read them one by one. He repeated these words vigorously before he died, and demanded that I must swear that you should read—I have already sworn a poisonous oath, and I don't want the sky to thunder! I'm still waiting for you to make a lot of money to be filial to me! ”

"Mom~~" Gu Miao hugged her arm and coquettishly: "It's too difficult to get into college, or I'll go to high school for a year or two like my second brother." ”

Li Ying stared at her with disgust, and was about to speak-

"Auntie! Aunt! There was a banging on the door outside.