Chapter 13 Are the Poor Human?
Nie Qiu couldn't help laughing, chatting with Nie Aifang while wrapping dumplings.
Nie Qiu thought of the test paper she did this morning, and after class, she went to the office to ask the homeroom teacher how much money she needed to pay. The situation in this family actually made it difficult for Nie Qiu to speak, but if she didn't open her mouth, she didn't have the money to hand in the papers! She thought about it for a while, but still said, "By the way, Mom, the school has to pay money to print the test papers." One paper is one dollar, a total of nine subjects, three papers per subject, and last year's college entrance examination papers from five provinces. ”
Nie Aifang was stunned and asked hesitantly, "...... total How much is it? ”
"It's a total of one hundred and thirty-five quick money." Nie Qiu looked at Nie Aifang and said softly, she knew that the previous Nie Qiu had never asked for pocket money during her study, in fact, it was the information that the teacher said to buy, and the previous Nie Qiu had not asked Nie Aifang to buy it.
As soon as Nie Qiu's words were finished, he saw that the corners of Nie Aifang's mouth stiffened, Nie Qiu opened his mouth, and originally wanted to say no, but before the words came out, Nie Aifang put down the dumpling skin in his hand, stood up and said reluctantly: "Mom, go and find out if there are so many, if not, I will go to the bank to get it." ”
Nie Qiu opened his mouth, but in the end, he still didn't say it. She didn't want to be in class ten, not at all! She knows that the teachers of Class 10 rarely use much effort on the students of Class 10, she can only rely on herself, and she just wants to take this opportunity to practice more exercises in junior high school, hoping to achieve better results in the monthly exam next month, so that she can apply for class transfer with chips.
After a while, Nie Aifang took out an old iron box containing children's toys from the room, opened the box, and it was full of some change. Nie Aifang said with a smile: "I didn't go to the stall last night, but this morning I went to the gate of the primary school in the North District and sold it for so much money." ”
Is it much? Nie Qiu looked at the coins in the iron box, five yuan, one yuan, five cents, one cent, even ten yuan, there were only three or four sporadic ones, it might not be difficult to make up one hundred and thirty-five yuan in these, but ...... It won't be too simple.
In Nie Aifang's dictionary, is this money called a lot? She didn't speak, just watched Nie Aifang take out the money in the iron box, flatten them one by one, and then counted them carefully.
In the end, Nie Aifang counted one hundred and thirty-five yuan to Nie Qiu, and said with a smile: "That's just that!" Take it and buy the rolls! ”
Nie Qiu took it hesitantly, and suddenly felt very heavy, inside the iron box, all that was left was coins. A dollar, a penny, a dime, and in her hand was heavy, seven ten-dollar bills, nine five-dollar bills, and a handful of one-dollar coins. In Nie Aifang's expectant eyes, Nie Qiu put it away.
Nie Aifang smiled, carefully covered the iron box, then picked up the dumplings wrapped in the vegetable basket, and said with a smile: "I'll go to the dumplings, you go and do your homework!" I'll call you after the dumplings are cooked. ”
Nie Qiu stood up and followed behind Nie Aifang, "Mom, I'll help you!" "Do your homework? On this day, there were seven classes, three of which were taught by the class teacher, and these three classes were either self-study or exams, and the other subject teachers only took half a class, and the remaining half of the class, they were either playing with their mobile phones or reading books, and every teacher who had taken a class today did not assign homework.
It's not that these teachers are irresponsible, but in the environment of class ten, even the best teachers in the world are difficult to teach in such an environment, right?
Those who read novels read novels, those who read comics read comics, those who play with mobile phones play mobile phones, they talk, and even some people actually walk around the classroom, in such an environment, no one listens to the class, and the teacher is not willing to give a lecture.
Nie Aifang was waiting for the water to boil the dumplings, and Nie Qiu washed the two bowls on the side, and then put the seasoning.
The seasonings are all placed on a black tin sheet on the table, because their family makes barbecue, and all the seasonings are very complete. It's just that the black skin, greasy, doesn't look like it's often put here, she put the spice and asked, "Mom, what does this iron sheet do?" ”
Nie Aifang poured the dumplings into the pot, stirred the pot a few times with an iron spoon, and then covered the pot, hearing Nie Qiu's question, she couldn't help but smile and said, "That!" It is used to make an iron plate, and some people like to eat barbecue grilled on an iron plate. ”
Nie Qiu's hand holding the salt paused slightly, this is an iron plate used to make food for others? Take it to put things on?! Nie Qiu didn't speak, this simple kitchen made of a balcony, the walls were full of black oil smoke, although it couldn't stand it, there was no way.
This house is a rough house and has not yet been renovated, that is, the fumes attached to the cement cannot be washed off. Nie Qiu looked at the pots and pans on the table, they were still there, and the food he ate was still very clean.
"Every time I closed the stall, I would park my tricycle in the stairwell of the community, and then carry it back with spices and honeycomb coal stoves on an iron plate." Nie Aifang scooped the dumplings into the bowl where Nie Qiu had put the seasonings, and said: "No one wants the rotten three wheels below, even if you sell iron, you can't sell it for a few dollars, even if you sell spices and honeycomb coal, someone will take it." ”
Nie Qiu looked at the burning honeycomb coal stove, the honeycomb coal stove was not heavy, but what Nie Qiu couldn't imagine was that every day, he went upstairs with the honeycomb coal stove and iron sheets and various spices. She has grown up since she was a child, although her parents are not around, but all her big and small things are taken care of by a nanny, and she doesn't need to do laundry and cook at all.
After leaving the society, she had her own money, and gave the house left by her parents to the nanny who took care of her, and then bought a house in the city by herself, she can cook and clean by herself, but for cleaning, she will also hire a cleaning company.
The word 'tired' never exists in her dictionary.
She knows that she is not the only person in this world, there are many places where many people do not have enough food and clothing, and she will also donate some money to the poor mountainous areas every year. However, if she has not seen or felt the life at the bottom, she does not know how difficult it is for the people at the bottom to live.
After eating, Nie Aifang went to the stall in the night market, Nie Qiu sat on a small plastic stool at home and read a book for a while, but he never got in. She was reborn into 'Nie Qiu', but she was deprived of a labor force, and Nie Qiu felt uncomfortable when she thought of Nie Aifang just now going to the night market to boil the bath water for herself.
Although she enjoyed the love and pity that Nie Aifang brought her, she couldn't bear to see Nie Aifang work so hard.