There was a burst of hilarity.

Shao'an's mother is ready to kill a pheasant and cook a good meal.

It's been a long time at home, and there is no smell of meat.

Sun Lanhua helped Shao'an's mother.

Sun Shaoan went to deal with the sparrows.

Tian Runye, Sun Shaoping, and Sun Lanxiang followed and watched.

Two meat dishes at noon.

A stewed pheasant.

The other dish is a stew of sparrows, both of which are stewed dishes.

It didn't take long.

Sun Yuhou is back.

He looked at the pheasants and hares with some surprise, and then at the pile of sparrows that Sun Shao'an was cleaning up, as well as a sack of medicinal herbs next to him.

Sun Yuhou took a few puffs of dry tobacco, didn't say anything, didn't rest, and went to pack up the medicinal herbs.

The medicinal herbs are dug up, and some need to be dealt with.

Soon the aroma of stewed chicken came out.

Fortunately, Shao'an's house is far away from other people's homes, and no one comes.

"Here, one bowl of chicken soup per person."

"It smells so good!"

"It's delicious!"

Tian Runye didn't leave, and ate at Shao'an's house.

There are not enough bowls at home, so I can only drink chicken soup first, and then sparrow soup, and the staple food is sorghum bun.

After two bowls of soup, the whole body was warm, and the tip of the nose and the forehead of the whole family were sweating.

Eaten.

It didn't take long.

Sun Yuhou went to work again.

Sun Shaoan didn't go up the mountain, so he read books with Tian Runye and reviewed his homework.

When it's almost dark.

"Brother Shao'an, I'm leaving, I'll come to you tomorrow." Tian Runye was ready to go home. She stayed at Sun Shao's house for a day.

"Runye, I'm going to go up the mountain early tomorrow morning to dig medicinal herbs."

"Then I'll go too, you wait for me." After Tian Runye finished speaking, he didn't wait for Sun Shao'an to reply, and went home happily.

Dinner.

Warm up the soup left over from noon.

There was still a lot of meat left in the soup.

Serve it with a few sorghum buns and eat a little at will.

That's it, it's a lot better than usual.

At the very least, you don't have to go hungry at night.

This is all the credit of Sun Shaoan.

Had dinner.

Sun Yuhou smoked a dry cigarette and looked at Sun Shaoan, wanting to say something to Sun Shaoan.

"Dad, rest early." Sun Shaoan didn't plan to say anything to Sun Yuhou.

Anyway, Sun Shaoan will definitely go to school in Yuanxi County.

Here is a brief explanation of why Sun Yuhou doesn't care about Sun Shao'an's schooling.

Before, Sun Yuhou smashed pots and sold iron for his younger brother Sun Yuting to study.

Now, some people are not so in favor of Sun Shaoan's schooling.

The reason is that after Sun Yuting spent a lot of money on school, he still had no interest.

Sun Yuting not only has no interest, but also becomes a drag on the family.

Sun Yuting was not a worker, but a farmer.

But Sun Yuting will not farm.

This peasant is very unqualified.

Therefore, Sun Yuhou felt that Sun Shao'an would not be productive when he went to school. Lao Sun's family didn't have that life.

Coupled with the situation at home, some people can't get by, so Sun Yuhou doesn't want Sun Shaoan to continue to go to school.

The situation here is similar to that of later generations.

The children of farmers were finally admitted to university.

I spent a lot of money, and after graduating, I couldn't find a job and couldn't support myself.

Not to mention buying a house or a car.

Even if you go back to your hometown to be a farmer, you can't do anything, you can't do anything.

Next.

Morning.

Sun Shaoan just got up.

I heard outside, "Brother Shao'an, Brother Shao'an!" "Tian Runye has already come.

"Runye is here?" Sun Shaoan greeted him out.

"Brother Shao'an, let's go up the mountain, shall we?" Tian Runye was looking forward to going up the mountain with Sun Shaoan to dig medicinal herbs.

Tian Runye also brought some handy tools.

"Mom, I went up the mountain with Runye." Sun Shaoan said hello.

"Shao'an, you guys slow down, take care of Runye." Shao'an's mother said a few words.

"Got it." Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye left together.

It's still from dark to dawn.

"Smack!" Sun Shaoan stunned a sparrow.

"Hit again, Brother Shao'an, you're really amazing!" Tian Runye happily ran to pick up sparrows.

Sun Shaoan is also in a good mood.

Sun Shaoan could see that Tian Runye liked him from the bottom of his heart.

This kind of liking is very pure.

Of course, Sun Shaoan also likes Tian Runye.

"Brother Shao'an, let me try." Tian Runye also wanted to play a slingshot.

"Okay, you aim like this" Sun Shaoan took the hand and half-hugged Tian Runye to teach her.

While playing, we walked deep into the mountains.

Sun Shaoan shot a lot of sparrows and harvested a pheasant.

It's past nine o'clock, and it's ten o'clock.

"Brother Shao'an, I brought a nest head for you to eat." Tian Runye took out a few cornmeal nests.

The situation of Tian Runye's family is better, and they can usually eat cornmeal wotou.

Sun Shao'an's family is much worse, and he can only eat sorghum buns.

Sometimes, you can't eat sorghum buns, so you can only drink thin ones.

A few nests, that is, breakfast.

The same is true for those who go to work.

Bring some dry food for breakfast, and the mat is just that.

I don't go home and have breakfast.

I worked until noon, and then I went home to eat.

"Runye, let's roast a pheasant to eat, shall we?" Sun Shaoan's body is in great deficit.

Sun Shao'an's family is too poor and can't eat enough all year round.

What we eat, there is not much nutrition.

In this case, Sun Shaoan's body is very weak, his face is yellow and thin, and his face is discolored.

"It's just a pheasant, let's roast and eat it, can we do it?" Tian Runye was reluctant to roast and eat, and wanted to take it back and eat it with everyone.

"It's okay, I'll shoot a few more later." Sun Shaoan found a place and began to clean up the pheasants.

Tian Runye was picking up firewood nearby.

The two were busy for a while, and the pheasant was roasted.

"Runye, eat a chicken leg."

"Brother Shao'an, you eat too."

"Okay." Sun Shaoan gulped down chicken.

Sun Shaoan had to take the opportunity of digging medicinal herbs outside to roast a pheasant to make up for it.

Tian Runye is also very thin.

Although Tian Runye's family is doing well, they can't eat anything good.

After many years like this, Tian Runye's health is not very good.

Tian Runye didn't eat much, he didn't eat much, and most of the roast pheasant went into Sun Shao'an's stomach.

After eating, without resting, Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye continued to look for medicinal materials.

"Runye, don't move." Sun Shaoan saw a hare from afar.

"Okay, Brother Shao'an." Tian Runye whispered in Sun Shaoan's ear. She smiled, thinking it was funny.

"Smack!" The hare was knocked unconscious.

"Brother Shao'an is awesome!" Tian Runye hurriedly ran over and picked up the rabbit.

"Smack." Hit a lot of sparrows.

"Smack!" Sun Shaoan hit another pheasant.

"Runye, there are medicinal herbs here, let's dig them together."

"Okay."

The two of them stopped and stopped, and they were busy until almost noon.

"Runye, let's go back."

"Brother Shao'an, I'll get the sack." There are two sacks, one for game and one for medicinal herbs.

The portion is not heavy, but it is not light either.

"Runye, you can just take this small basket." A few more wild eggs and a few bird's eggs were placed in the small basket.

"Brother Shao'an, are you tired, can you take a break?" Tian Runye is like a little daughter-in-law, helping Sun Shaoan wipe his sweat.

"I'm not tired, I'll be out of the mountain soon."

Soon back home.

"Shao'an, hit so many things again?" Shao'an's mother, they were pleasantly surprised.

"Auntie, Brother Shao'an's slingshot is accurate." Tian Runye began to talk about Sun Shaoan's 'great achievements'.

"Stew a hare today." Shao'an's mother is ready to cook a good meal again.

Sun Shao'an: They followed to help.

After Sun Yuhou came back, he saw the stewed hare, but he still didn't say anything, and continued to pack up the medicinal herbs.

The next few days.

Sun Shaoan went up the mountain to dig medicinal herbs every morning.

Tian Runye came over every day and followed Sun Shaoan up the mountain together.

Dig up the herbs and dispose of them.

Shao'an's mother will send it to the Shibi Festival Commune and sell it.

There is not much wild meat that is beaten back, and I don't plan to sell it, so I either eat it or kill it and freeze it outside, waiting for the New Year to eat.

Ate it for several days in a row.

Sun Shao'an, Sun Shaoping, and Sun Lanhua's faces have all changed for the better.

Sun Shaoping was born in 58.

Sun Shaoping's body bones are the weakest.

I have also made up for it in the past few days.

It doesn't look so 'skinny' anymore.

A few days later.

Early this morning, Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye went to Shibijie Commune together.

The junior high school exam has begun.

"Brother Shao'an, are you afraid?" Tian Runye was a little nervous.

"Don't be afraid."

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"I'll do everything I want to test." Sun Shaoan looked confident.

"Then I'm not afraid, I will." Tian Runye was not so nervous.

Walked for a while.

When it's almost time to school.

"Brother Shao'an, give you eggs." Tian Runye fed Sun Shao'an.

The two had already eaten at home before they left.

However, Tian Runye still brought eggs.

Over the years, Sun Shao'an's family was poor, and Tian Runye fed Sun Shao'an.

"Runye, I brought chicken, you can eat it too."

The two feed each other.

The exam took two days.

Exam subjects, arithmetic and language.

The exam is all in order and will be over soon.

After the exam, Sun Shaoan still went up the mountain early in the morning, digging medicinal herbs, hunting game, and chopping firewood.

Tian Runye still followed Sun Shaoan and went up the mountain together.

The two of them, as long as they go up the mountain, will roast a pheasant or hare for breakfast.

The food has improved, and the complexion of the two has also changed a lot.

Sun Shaoan's body is recovering quickly and becoming 'strong'.

Tian Runye's hair has also become smoother.

These days, Sun Shao'an has caught a lot of game.

The family's food has become much better.

A lot of medicinal herbs were also dug up.

By the time the exam results were about to be announced, Sun Shao'an had already made more than twenty dollars from digging up medicinal materials and selling them, which was not a small amount.

Early this morning.

"Brother Shao'an, the results will be announced today, let's go to school quickly." Tian Runye pulled Sun Shaoan and ran to school.

"Runye, don't be in a hurry, it's useless to go early."

"Brother Shao'an, my dad said that he would take me to the second dad's house in the county seat."

"It's about going to junior high school next year, right? There is no junior high school in Shibijie Commune, so if we want to go to junior high school, we have to go to Yuanxi County. ”

"Brother Shao'an, will you go to my second father's house with us?"

"Runye, you and your dad can go, I won't go first."

Although Sun Shaoan also wanted to go to Yuanxi County to have a look, he would not be with Tian Futang.

Tian Futang took Tian Runye to Yuanxi County and told Tian Fujun about Tian Runye's stay in junior high school, and it was not appropriate for Sun Shaoan to follow him.

"If you don't go, then I won't either."

"You can't do it if you don't go."

The two talked and laughed, and soon arrived at school.

Liu Genmin walked over.

Liu Genmin was a classmate of Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye.

"Shao'an, you took the first exam!" Liu Genmin said with some excitement.

"Oh." Sun Shaoan's expression was very flat.

"Brother Shao'an took the first exam?" Tian Runye was happy, but not surprised. Because, Sun Shaoan has always been the first in the exam.

"Shao'an, you are not only the first in our school, but also the first in the county!" Liu Genmin said excitedly again.

"What? No. 1 in the county?! Sun Shaojiao was surprised.

This is what Sun Shaoan expected.

Sun Shaoan wants to be the first in the county.

Then let's see if it will appear, Sun Shaoan can't go to school because he has no money.

"Huh? No. 1 in the county?! Tian Runye was stunned, hugged Sun Shao'an's arm, and shouted: "Brother Shao'an, you are the number one in the county!" ”

Sun Shaoan took the first place in the county.

Now it's really famous.

The teachers at the school, from the Shibi Festival commune, and many others, all know.

"You are Sun Shao'an? Did you get the first place in the county? Many people came here and watched Sun Shao'an for a while.

Sun Shaoan has been in the limelight for several days.

Tian Futang and others from Shuangshui Village also verbally praised Sun Shaoan.

Sun Shaoan's second father also came to congratulate Sun Shaoan, and by the way, he ate the hare that Sun Shaoan hit.

A few days passed.

Restore calm.

Whether Sun Shaoan can continue to go to school depends on whether Sun Shaoan's family has money.

If he has no money, Sun Shaoan can only go home and farm.

Sun Shao'an's examination was the first in the county, which could not solve the problem that Sun Shaoan had no money to go to school.

A few days later.

Tian Futang took Runye to Yuanxi County.

Tian Futang is a capable person.

In the past, Tian Futang and Sun Yuhou worked together in the landlord's house.

Both were poor.

Now, Tian Futang has become the village party secretary.

Whether it is his daughter Tian Runye or his son Tian Runsheng, Tian Futang can provide them with school.

Sun Yuhou can't.

Sun Yuhou is still an honest old farmer.

The eldest daughter, Sun Lanhua, has no chance to go to school.

Even in elementary school, Sun Lanhua didn't go to school.

Sun Lanhua can't read big characters and has been helping the family work.

In the end, he was deceived by a second-rate man, and he wanted to marry a second-rate man.

After marriage, she relied on Sun Lanhua to work and support her family.

The second-rate people not only can't help, but also keeps adding to the chaos.

Sun Lanhua's tragedy was caused by the family.

Without further ado, let's get down to business.

Just when Tian Futang took Runye to Tian Fujun's house, Sun Shaoan was still digging medicinal herbs in the mountains.

Sun Shaoan has a lot of means to get money.

However, Sun Shaoan chose a more stupid method.

Sun Shaoan went into the mountains alone, and went to a more remote and farther place.

Sun Shaoan wanted to dig up enough medicinal materials and scrape together enough money to go to school in Yuanxi County.

At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, Sun Shaoan roasted a pheasant to eat.

When it was almost noon, Sun Shaoan roasted another pheasant.

Sun Shao'an has a lot of food.

It's not enough to just eat at home.

The amount of food is large, and Sun Shaoan's health has also become better.

"Brother Shao'an, in junior high school next year, I will go to live at my second father's house." As soon as Tian Runye came back, he looked for Sun Shaoan.

"It's good, I'm going to live at the school." Sun Shaoan also indicated that he would go to school in Yuanxi County.

"Brother Shao'an, early tomorrow morning, let's dig up medicinal herbs." Tian Runye knew that Sun Shao'an's family was poor and wanted to help.

"Okay."

Next.

Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye continued to dig medicinal herbs and hunt game.

The medicinal herbs dug up made some money again.

Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye eat well in the mountains every day.

The New Year is coming soon.

Sun Shaoan has already received the admission letter from the former West County Middle School.

This evening.

"Shao'an, do you want to continue going to school?" Sun Yuhou finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Sun Shaoan said a word flatly.

"Shao'an." Sun Yuhou wanted to speak and stopped.

Sun Yuhou didn't want Sun Shaoan to continue going to school.

The situation of the old Sun family, relying only on Sun Yuhou is about to be unable to support it.

"Dad, I'll figure out how to make up for my school expenses.

If you want food, I'll borrow it from the brigade. Sun Shaoan continued to say flatly.

Sun Shaoan has already figured out how to go to school.

During the holidays, dig up medicinal herbs and sell them for money.

If you want food, you can borrow it from the brigade.

It's not that there are no other ways to get food, but there are many ways that are not allowed.

Sun Shaoan doesn't need to do anything illegal.

After going to school, Sun Shaoan will also find a way, work-study or something.

Anyway, there is always a way to solve the cost of going to school.

Sun Yuhou was smoking a dry cigarette, not knowing what to say, and not knowing whether to stop Sun Shaoan and prevent him from going to school.

"Dad, it's okay to go to bed early.

I'm going to dig up herbs tomorrow. Sun Shao'an washed and slept.

"Alas" Sun Yuhou sighed, and said helplessly: "If you want to go up, you can continue to go up." Shao'an, you must study hard and make a name for yourself. ”

"I know, Dad, don't worry, I'm not my Sun Yuting, I won't be useless." Sun Shaoan sarcastically said to Sun Yuting by the way.

Sun Yuting was supposed to change the fate of the Sun family. Not to mention the same as Tian Fujun, but at least don't lose your job at the Bingzhou Iron and Steel Plant.

But Sun Yuting didn't do it, but dragged down the Sun family.

"That's your second father, don't scream."

"Yes, Sun Yuting is my second father who has no interest."

(End of chapter)