When Yang Sulan heard Ye Lingtian's words, her face changed slightly, and her tone became stern: "How can you do it if you don't repeat your studies? Have you forgotten that your father has always been looking forward to you going to college? You know what kind of money you make at a young age, so you can't learn from Xiao Tao and the others, right? Besides, what about your mother, what are you worried about." ”

Xiao Tao is the son of a cousin of Ye Lingtian, and a few years ago, he went to the county seat with several other children in the village who were also not admitted to high school, saying that he was working for others, but every time he came back, he was dressed in bells and whistles, and his hair was dyed colorful, and he looked like a full gangster. Everyone in the village also knew that what they were doing was not serious, but no one was willing to tell the truth.

Seeing that his mother was worried, Ye Lingtian hurriedly explained: "Mom, don't say it, how can I play with Xiao Tao and them?" I just think that my family still owes so much money, and I don't know when I will be able to pay it off. I'm grown up, I should go out and earn money, try to pay off the debts I owe as soon as possible, and no longer let you suffer!"

Thinking that in the past few years, her mother had used her thin body to hold up a sky for herself, and she had worked hard to get up early and work in the dark for this family, Ye Lingtian was even more determined in his thoughts.

Yang Sulan's lips moved, wanting to say something, but in the end she couldn't say it.

A few years ago, the transportation industry was booming, Ye Liancheng, who retired from the army's automobile company, took out all his family's savings, and borrowed tens of thousands of yuan to buy a large truck to run the transportation, specifically helping to pull coal from the Qianjin Coal Mine dozens of miles away from Yejia Village.

Because Ye Liancheng has good skills and can endure hardships, he earned back the money to buy a car in less than two years, and his family's life is getting better day by day, and he has gradually become a model for getting rich through labor in the village.

One afternoon five years ago, Qianjin Coal Mine called Ye Liancheng to load coal as usual.

In the evening, Yang Sulan received a call from Ye Liancheng to go home, but she didn't hear Ye Liancheng speak, only a noisy sound came from the earpiece, and she faintly heard someone say: "That kid is running in this direction...... The group dispersed and searched carefully...... That kid must not be allowed to run away......"

After a while, the phone was disconnected, and it was already prompted that it could not be connected when I called it again.

The next morning, the news came that Ye Liancheng had a car accident, saying that the company had fallen off the cliff with a car, and three miners from the coal mine died in the same car.

After the incident, the traffic police department identified the scene and gave the appraisal result that Ye Liancheng drove illegally and assumed full responsibility.

Yang Sulan raised questions at the time, and also mentioned the last phone call Ye Liancheng, but the county public security bureau replied that the evidence was insufficient, and the appraisal results of the traffic police department were still upheld.

Yang Sulan had no choice but to sell the valuable property such as the building that her family had built for less than a year, and borrowed more than 200,000 yuan from relatives and friends, and finally compensated the three miners' families for their economic losses.

The sudden change destroyed this originally happy family in one fell swoop, and the huge debt was like a mountain, which made Yang Sulan breathless.

In the past five years, Yang Sulan has gotten up early and worked in the dark, in order to earn more money, in addition to planting her own land, she has also tried her best to help the people in the village who lack labor to work and earn some wages. Fortunately, her son is sensible, never troubles himself, and his academic performance is good, so Yang Sulan can also feel a little comforted in her heart.

Whenever she thinks of Ye Liancheng's phone call, Yang Sulan believes that her husband will never be a driving guide who violates the rules and destroys the car, and there must be something else hidden in it.

In the past few years, Yang Sulan has gone to the county to petition for explanations, and has also written letters to the relevant departments in the city and province, but there has been no news like a stone sinking into the sea.

Yang Sulan knows that going to college is not only her husband's expectation for her son, but also her son's dream all the time.

"No, we must let my son be admitted to university, only when he is admitted to university, can his son get in touch with a broader world and have a better future! No matter how hard and tired he is, he must help his son realize his dream. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Sulan said expectantly: "Ling Tian, Mom understands your thoughts, Mom also knows that you have grown up and can think about this family, Mom is also happy in her heart." But have you ever thought about it, if you go out to work like this now, you need a diploma or no diploma, you have no skills, how much money can you make? But if you can go to college, it will be different, when you have a diploma, you can find a good job, earn more money, and find a good daughter-in-law in the future. ”,

Ye Lingtian didn't understand these truths in his heart, but just to go to college for himself, did he watch his mother continue to get up early and work hard day and night?

Looking at her mother, whose hair is already a little gray and her body is slightly rickety, she still looks like a woman in her early forties, and people who don't know will definitely think that she is fifty or sixty years old. In just five years, five years have made my mother age for twenty years. If I go to college for a few more years, will my emaciated mother be able to stand up?

Ye Lingtian didn't dare to continue thinking about it, he had already lost his father and couldn't lose his mother anymore. In any case, I have to go out to earn money and share the heavy burden for my mother.

"Mom, now that job hunting is all about work experience, it's hard for college graduates to find a good job. Rather than that, it's better to find a proper job now, and when I have work experience in a few years, maybe I can find a better job than a college student! Besides, when I find a job and settle down, I can still study university courses on my own while working!" Ye Lingtian comforted Yang Sulan and strengthened his decision.

"Mom knows that you are a good son, alas! It's your bad life, your dad left early, Mom doesn't have that ability, God is unfair......" As if knowing that her son had made up her mind, Yang Sulan turned around and walked slowly towards the back room, muttering as she walked, and she didn't know whether she was talking to herself or to Ye Lingtian.

Back in his room, the room is not large, there is a single bed with a mosquito net in the inner corner, a desk against the wall next to the bed, and an old-fashioned cabinet.

Ye Lingtian opened the desk drawer, took out the coveted admission letter from his trouser pocket and reluctantly stroked it, for a long time, he still put it at the bottom of the drawer, and then covered it with a book.

Turning around and opening the cabinet, he took out a slightly faded hiking bag and began to pack. This mountaineering bag was also a birthday gift that his father bought for Ye Lingtian before he died.

said that it was luggage, but in fact, it was just a few sets of cheap change of clothes, and Ye Lingtian didn't plan to bring the rest of the things. If you go out to work, if you are lucky, you can find a long-term job, and if you are unlucky, you will be wandering everywhere and have no fixed place to live. The less luggage you have, the more convenient it will be.