In the evening, the family started to eat dinner.

Father seemed to have made up his mind, and he put down his glass and said, "You can repeat your studies for another year." ”

Zhu Zijun said quietly but firmly: "No, I don't want to repeat it. ”

"Why don't you want to repeat it? Can't you afford it? Father's voice was a little angry.

"Going to university is not the only way out, and college students are no longer worth as much as they used to be. Many people go to college, but they can only sell coolies. Zhu Zijun retorted.

"But anyway, it's better than a high school student." Mother was there to help.

The father said, "Have you seen your cousin's example, her current salary is more than what we earn in a year, why can she get so much, it is not because she went to college." ”

Zhu Zijun did not compromise at all: "Her university at that time was different, it was difficult to get into college at that time, and the admission rate was low, so college students were very valuable and popular." Nowadays, college students are forced to work as coolies more and more often when they can't find jobs, and times are different. I believe that even if I don't go to college, I can make a career. ”

The mother said lukewarmly: "Anyone can talk big, and you know that you are daydreaming." ”

The father took a sip of wine, and he suddenly blamed himself: "Are you worried about the tuition fee?" Don't worry, your mother and I can still hold on, but I can't make it up, so I'll go out to borrow it, and if I can't borrow it, I'll go out and beg......"

Zhu Zijun couldn't listen to what his father was saying at all, his father's words exposed his kindness and innocence, if begging can really make up the high tuition, then don't all the parents in the world who can't afford to pay the tuition go to beg?

When a person stretches out his begging hand, he loses the last bit of dignity. Don't deceive me with the fairy tale of the beggars, it's just a white lie.

The greatest significance of human life does not lie in how rich the material life is and how vain the spiritual life is, but in the dignity of life.

But how many people live with dignity? In order to live, they grovel, submissive, and flattering, just for a tomorrow with meager hope; Do those who are arrogant and commanding have dignity? No! On the surface, everyone obeys him, but in his heart, behind his back, he will be scolded and even worse than a dog.

Dignity is the backbone of a nation.

Zhu Zijun knows that her cousin has now bought a house in the city and has a high salary, but who can ignore the price paid by her parents who support her education? Two people in their fifties, who have been severely overdrawn from years of exertion, look no different from those in their seventies. Every time he looked at his skin tightly wrapped around his bones, Zhu Zijun's heart couldn't help but chill, is such a price worth it? Maybe in the hearts of uncles and aunts, no matter how heavy the price is, it is worth it, and they have piled up the happiness of their daughter for the rest of her life with their own blood and sweat, and this is enough. However, Zhu Zijun doesn't want his parents to repeat the mistakes of the past, he doesn't want his parents to age as quickly as his uncle and aunt, not to mention that he has a younger brother who will take the college entrance examination next year. If you repeat your studies and two people are admitted to university at the same time, only one person will be able to study. In that case, it's better to give up as soon as possible.

Father seemed to understand Zhu Zijun's thoughts, he didn't say more, just muttered: "It's just that the family is too poor, it's just that the family is too poor!" At this time, he was even more sad than in the afternoon, for the first time he felt inferior to the poverty of his family, and he was ashamed of the future of his son.

At this time, anxious footsteps came from outside the house, and a flashlight flickered, Zhu Zijun saw a person rushing in, only to hear him ask loudly: "Is my daughter at your house?" See my daughter? ”

The mother stood up and responded, "It's the village chief, I haven't seen Jiajia for a day today." "The village chief's daughter is called Zhu Jiajia.

The village chief hurriedly ran to the next family, Zhu Zijun walked outside, and heard someone discussing:

"Jiajia is gone, could something be wrong?"

"It can't be that someone kidnapped it, I heard that a girl was abducted from Taolin Village last month, and she hasn't been found until now, and her parents are crying to death."

"Has anyone seen her today? Isn't it because you're lost in the mountains and don't know your way back? ”

"No one saw it, I heard that it disappeared at noon, and at that time everyone was resting at home, where would they notice what was going on outside."

As if he remembered something, Zhu Zijun suddenly asked his father: "Dad, where is Wangwang?" "Want Want is a big yellow dog raised at home.

"Oh, Wangwang was taken by Zhu Lao Si and a few of them, they had to walk at night, and they were afraid that it would not be safe, so they brought a few dogs, Wangwang was bold and fierce, they must bring it." The father smiled proudly, as if Want Want had given him great honor.

Zhu Zijun also smiled, he suddenly thought, the simpler the person, the simpler the idea, the easier it is to be satisfied, the easier it is to be happy.

True happiness is something that cannot be bought no matter how much money is spent.

At this time, the moon slipped into the thick clouds, and the darkness suddenly spread down like a huge net, the boundless darkness was the best cover, how many conspiracies could you think of in the dark?

Zhu Jiajia's sudden disappearance brought uneasiness to the village, everyone was anxiously waiting for the arrival of tomorrow, maybe tomorrow, Zhu Jiajia will come back again, she may be found in a lost ravine, or she may have slept under a tree and forgot to go home......

There is also a possibility that she will never come back, to this familiar village, or to this world.

In the middle of the night, Zhu Zijun suddenly woke up, he had a very strange dream before, he dreamed that the ducks he just bought in the afternoon had grown up, each one grew fat, so the family killed one to eat, Zhu Zijun gobbled up for a while, and the belly of the food was round and round, when he burped past the duck house, he suddenly heard a strange voice shouting: "Brother and sisters, I'm back." I saw that the other ducks all straightened their necks and called with tears in their eyes: "Sister, you are dead, you can go quickly." Then they all bowed their heads and fell silent. The strange voice began to sobb sadly, and it was only then that he suddenly realized that the strange sound was coming from his stomach! He shuddered, and then he woke up, unable to sleep for a long time.

Zhu Zijun believed that some dreams were an omen, but this dream was so strange that he couldn't guess it for a while, and he thought about it endlessly, and he didn't feel sleepy.

Suddenly, he heard a low "whimper" from a dog, a sound that dogs only make when they encounter difficult opponents. For dogs, no matter who passes in front of them at night, as long as they don't know it, they will inevitably bark loudly, and they will never be afraid of this.

So, what makes dogs so scared in the middle of the night?