From Cultivator to Widow

There was a flood this year. The river was dredged here, and the water level rose, flooding the road with low banks. The villagers had to spare the road, and they could not cross the bridge or the river. All water sports were prohibited.

But in general, it is not serious. In some areas where the river is blocked and the water flow cannot be dredged in time, it will be bad. The crops are flooded, the houses are flooded, and the losses are heavy.

When the news came, Zhang Chengye took people to observe the situation by the river every day, and if something was wrong, he would notify him in time.

At the same time, he also called on everyone to put food and valuables at home in wooden barrels and large jars and seal them well, so that if there is an emergency, they will not be harmed by water.

At present, there will be floods, but the corresponding preparations must be made. The ditches in the fields are dredged in time every day, and the passage under the mountain is prohibited.

The end of the term came in heavy rain.

Su Hui corrected the test papers. The test papers for the first and second grades were written by herself. Zhang Baoguo took the first place, and Zhang Fenghua took the second place.

This result is not surprising. If there is anything else, it is called an accident.

Zhang Baoguo was in the fourth grade, not her teacher, but he also won the first place.

Su An gave each of their brothers 5 cents as a reward.

The two of them received the money and put the precious one in their piggy bank.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo are very much looking forward to it. Now that the semester is over, they will also go to school when the school starts in September. At that time, they will also have to take the exam. If they get the first place in the exam, they will also get 5 cents from their mother!

The two brothers are looking forward to this, and secretly rubbing it, they have strengthened their study time. At that time, the twin brother/twin brother will be his own competitor, and he has to work harder!

After more than a week, Su Hui went to the town to take an exam and got excellent grades. After that, she went to the town again to get the junior high school graduation certificate, which represents the end of her junior high school career, together with the students in the second year of junior high school this year.

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Zhang Weiguo felt that he was going to get moldy and wanted to go outside, even if he didn't play anything, he could go outside, as long as he didn't get bored in a small place, so when Su Hui went to hand in "homework" with him, Zhang Weiguo The first reaction was to go over in my heart whether I was good or not recently, and did I do anything. After confirming it, I cheered.

Going to hand in homework and being able to go out for a walk, that's great!

The raincoat is made of the transparent film inside the fertilizer bag, in the form of a cloak, tied with straps in front of the neck and chest, and a hat is worn on the head to prevent rainwater from seeping in.

It was raining heavily, and there were very few people outside. The few I saw occasionally were wearing all kinds of raincoats, holding hoes, and walking in a hurry.

After going out for a short distance, his shoes were soaking wet, Zhang Weiguo simply took off the shoes and held them in his hands.

He was used to being barefoot.

Su An had a pair of water shoes on her feet. At this time, gelatinous water shoes were expensive, and many people were reluctant to buy them, not every household had them.

This thing does work though, especially in weather like this.

They went to the cowshed and everyone was there.

Now that their roofs have been repaired, it will not be like the original torrential rain outside, heavy rain inside, and now it is raining heavily outside, and it is raining lightly inside, and the exposed areas are concentrated, and it will not leak onto the bed or table. .

Su Hui called the literature to the cowshed next door, where the real cows lived.

All the roofs here have been replaced with new tiles and have just been overhauled.

Wen Wenqing saw their mother and son coming, so he stood up, and didn't speak in front of everyone. He came here, and in the heavy rain, he spoke in a low voice, and the other side couldn't hear it at all.

He glanced at Su An and said to Zhang Weiguo, "Where's your homework? Show me."

Uncle Wen pointed out here: "This question, and this question are redone, I reminded you, but you forgot what made you pay attention, please do it again and show me to see if it is still the same. The answer."

After a few words, Wenxue Qing sent Zhang Weiguo to the corner to continue to solve the problem. He and Su Hui stood at the door, looking in all directions: "You come to me, what's the matter?"

"right."

Su An took out a package: "This is sent by Wei Guo's father's comrade-in-arms. He pity the four of them without their father, and has a lot of care for our mother and son. You saved Wei Guo, and he is very grateful. This is his A part of his heart, and there are things specially given to him by his friends."

If Wenxue Qing was about to refuse, he just swallowed it back in his stomach. That friend should be his son.

He opened it, and when he saw that thing, his eyes were slightly wet, and it was indeed his son. Besides him, how would anyone know that he still has this hobby?

He silently accepted: "Don't have a second time."

"Also, don't come so diligently, Wei Guo can come over."

"I know."

"I'm not leaving you anymore, you go back."

He walked over and looked at Zhang Weiguo's steps, nodded: "Yes, you can go back and do it slowly, don't worry." He paused: "Looking at the rain now, it is estimated that there will be more, I said, you write. "

He opened his mouth and added a few pages of homework to Zhang Weiguo.

Zhang Weiguo, who had learned from the past, rarely came out to let it go, but when he came out, he went back with a few more pages of homework: "..."

The death that you do, you have to endure when you cry.

Walking on the road, Zhang Weiguo was barefoot and felt the slippery mud under his feet. He became playful, and he would deliberately rub his toes to squeeze out "mud balls" one by one. When it faced the heavy rain, it turned into a puddle of mud and merged into the earth.

He stretched out his hand, felt the rain crackling on his arm outside, and followed his mother.

"Mom, shouldn't I let my cousin continue to come to our house to study?" He didn't know the reason, but the things that Uncle Wen taught him, his mother told him to try not to do it in front of his cousin.

He could only write the homework assigned by his mother at noon, and when Zhang Fenghua left, he would write Uncle Wen's.

"She has a self-motivation, which most people don't have now." Su An thought about the students in her class.

Most people hold the idea of ​​Zhao Laidi. If his son misses, his grades are good, and his family is not struggling, he will graduate from primary school. Generally speaking, after two years of reading, knowing common words, and being able to count, that's all. The children at home don’t know the benefits of learning either. In such an environment, they are so immersed in their eyes and ears that they basically don’t take learning too seriously.

In itself, learning is a boring thing that requires people to persevere.

Zhang Fenghua is motivated, and she will not be stingy in what she can do.

The little girl was already very hard. She had to do homework, go to school, and teach her two younger sisters.

In contrast, Zhang Jinhua's life was much easier. He never did any work at home. He went to school in the morning, went to the ground in the afternoon depending on the situation, earned a few work points, and went home and waited to eat.

His grades were also average. He was in the middle of the class, and he didn't pay much attention to his studies. It was estimated that he was waiting for the fifth grade in his heart, and he would not continue after getting his primary school diploma.

In a situation where the girls themselves are in a weak position, Zhang Fenghua can persist, and it goes without saying that his temperament is tough.

In a few years, if she continues to persevere, she will be able to take the college entrance examination. If she can become a college student, in this era, she will not have to worry.

"In this world, girls have a harder life than boys, so help those who can help."

Zhang Weiguo nodded with a vague understanding. He suddenly remembered his two younger brothers. He had no younger sister. Before, he seemed to have heard someone say that it would be nice if one was a daughter.

"Mom, do you want a daughter?"

Su Hui asked back, "Do you want a sister?"

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Weiguo shook his head: "My younger brother is also very cute." His two younger brothers are naturally pale in color. After eating, they are white and fat, and they are very attractive. In terms of appearance, they are really not inferior to those cute. younger sister.

Su An: "That's good."

Daughter... Speaking of which, it's better to raise boys, and it's fine to raise a little rough, girls need to pay more attention, and with her character, she definitely can't teach delicate girls, it is estimated that she can only raise them There is nothing wrong with the overlord flower, but it will be more prominent on the whole, and it will bear more strange eyes and pointing from others.

Su An put these thoughts away, thinking that some of these are useless, useless, four boys, she can't change if she thinks.

"You'll be in the second grade when school starts."

Zhang Weiguo hummed, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Your two younger brothers want to skip grades, according to their level, no problem."

Is my brother in the same grade as me?

Zhang Weiguo was shocked, how could this work? He is two years older than his brother!

"Mom, I want to skip grades too!"

Zhang Weiguo didn't want to be in the same grade as his two younger brothers. If he said that, what face would he have as an older brother? What is the dignity of being a brother?

Why didn't he listen to his two younger brothers before that he wanted to skip a grade! He wants to dance too!

Taking advantage of this summer vacation, he studied hard, and his second-grade knowledge was not difficult for him at all, but he had his mother and Uncle Wen as tutoring teachers.

"I've skipped a grade, and I can save my mother's tuition!" Afraid that Su Hui would disagree, he thought of such a reason.

Save money, Mom will definitely approve!

A smile flashed across Su Hui's mouth: "Are you sure? Can it be done?"

The knowledge of the second grade really can't be difficult for him.

Zhang Weiguo nodded affirmatively: "I can do it!"

So it was so relaxed and happy that he decided to skip grades and make up for this summer vacation.

Zhang Baoguo also felt a sense of crisis about the three younger brothers skipping grades. He knew the level of the second younger brother, and he had a high possibility of going to the third grade.

Second brother, you won't keep skipping grades until you are level with him, right?

As an older brother, being in the same grade as my younger brother who is a few years younger is really difficult to say.

After making a decision, Su An found a time to go to the old principal and talk about it.

Grade skipping has not happened in recent years, but it hasn't happened before. He accepted it well, and he didn't ask much about the reason. He made up his mind.

She wants all her children to study, but how big is the burden for four children? She helps her children make up lessons at home, skips grades, and can save three yuan a year, and one person can save three yuan a year.

Three dollars is not a small amount. As long as they get decent grades, they will be fine with skipping grades.

This summer, the four of their brothers were all caught in make-up classes. Zhang Fenghua also led them to study together. She also wanted to skip grades. She found an opportunity to tell her father that if she succeeded in skipping grades, she would save a year of tuition. Sister also goes to school?

This is not the first time Zhang Quan has been asked about this by the eldest daughter. Speaking of which, the two younger daughters are also of school age. However, all four children go to school, and a year is 12 yuan. The work points earned in Nianxiadi after deducting the grain are not as much as twelve yuan.

Maybe a little more this year, but not sure how much.

He said at the time that he needed to think about it, but Zhang Fenghua also understood what that meant. Now his daughter asks again, Zhang Quan is not feeling well, it is really inconvenient to be blind, but the two of them are not helped by her eldest sister. Have you learned to read?

Not as bad as going to school.

But in addition to literacy in school, there are also many teachers who taught her that she couldn't tell her two younger sisters the truth.

Zhao Laidi knew it, and poked Zhang Fenghua's forehead: "If you skip grades, skip grades. It's best to save us a year's tuition, but why do you want your two sisters to go to school? Isn't it the same for you to teach them? You think money is a wind. Scratch, it's sunny, don't you go to your second aunt to do homework and read every day? Take your two sisters, she teaches at school the same as teaching you at home. "

Zhang Fenghua didn't know if it was her eyes that were slightly red when she was poked, or her eyes were slightly red when she said: "But, but after that, the second aunt only taught the first and second grades, and the second aunt also had her own things to do, I did my homework there, She is often away and has to go to work, basically just the few of us there."

Zhao Laidi hesitated: "Then you won't beg her, she has let you study, what if you bring two more people? Even if she wants to work, wouldn't she have some of your cousins? The twins also need to be. If they learn, you let them learn along with them."

Looking at the tears in her daughter's eyes, Zhao Laidi slowed down her tone: "I know you are doing it for your sister's sake, but how can the family have so much money? Come back and teach you that the two sisters are the same."

This is her first daughter. Among the three daughters, she is the most important to her. Otherwise, she would not have gone to school when she was going to school.

Zhang Fenghua's tears finally fell: "...I'll teach them at home."

She is very clear about the progress of the twins. When the two younger sisters are gone, she can only be taught by others. It's okay for a while, but who will have the patience for a long time?

She sometimes gets impatient when she teaches. The family has already split up there. She knows this very well. She often goes over to ask questions. If the two younger sisters also go, her face is not so thick.

The continuous rainy season has finally passed. Although there will be occasional thunderstorms, it is basically the sun.

When the sun is out, many things are easy to do.

However, Zhang Weiguo is not so free anymore. He has to be busy with his studies. He is someone who will take the grade skipping test at the beginning of the school year. Can't be taken lightly.

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo giggled, did they deliberately go to him and ask, "Second brother, shall we go out to play?"

Zhang Weiguo said with grief and indignation: "...you go!"

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo then walked away giggling.

They are quite looking forward to it. They are in the same grade as the second brother. How fun.

Before long, it was time to harvest the rice.

At this time, it is men, women, young and old, who will go into battle together. If it is mature and not harvested in time, a heavy rain will fall and the losses will be heavy.

Su Hui straightened her waist and breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Xialan, who was on the road beside her, also straightened up and relaxed.

She beat her waist with her left hand: "My waist."

She has been bending over to cut rice, and she has to wonder if her waist is still hers.

Next to him, Zhang Dingguo came out of the paddy field in a well-dressed form, holding a small cloth pocket, which contained rice grains, which were scattered on the ground, and many children were responsible for picking them up.

The older ones, such as Zhang Jinhua, Zhang Baoguo, and the others, are responsible for carrying piles of cut rice to the threshing floor.

All busy and in full swing.

Zhou Xiaoqing and Li Manfen were all in the drying field to dry the rice.

Zhou Xiaoqing is a pregnant woman. She doesn't ask for leave except when she is sick. If she doesn't come, she will definitely be said to be spoiled by those eight women, and she will simply ask for a light job.

With such a big sun, she didn't want to go to the ground.

Li Manfen is not too old, but she caught a cold and felt a little uncomfortable. After saying that, she and her pregnant third daughter-in-law will share the rice here with the pregnant third daughter-in-law. At the same time, I watched the sparrows and other flying birds, and one of the birds that didn't look at them flew down to eat.

Seeing his daughter-in-law slowly raking millet, Li Manfen, who was working neatly, simply turned his head away, out of sight, and chatted with others.

She was not diligent before she became pregnant, and she became even more lazy after she became pregnant. When she gave birth to her grandson, she must be changed.

Doing things so slowly, you get angry when you look at it.

She turned this piece of millet over again, squatted down and pinched one, and pressed it hard. In today's weather, it can be stored in the warehouse after two days of drying.

She looked up and glanced at the sky with no clouds, the sun was dazzling, she quickly lowered her head and rubbed her eyes.

It looks like it won't rain today.

She thought like this, but it was windy in the afternoon. When the wind was blowing, she frequently looked up at the sky. When she saw clouds floating over, she lifted her heart with the others.

As soon as I saw that it was cloudy, I hurriedly put away the rice that could almost be put into the warehouse.

The rain at this time is fast and fast.

"Crackling-"

Without giving them much time, the rain fell from the sky and the sun was still shining.

"It's raining on the sun!"

"Hurry and help, block this place!"

"The one over there was just beaten today, leave him alone!"

After all the hustle and bustle, I finally blocked the rice with something, and the rain stopped.

"God! It's not trying to make us comfortable!"

The scolding is scolded, the rice still needs to be dried, and the rice is flattened on the drying field again, and the hot sun's "caresses" are accepted to evaporate the moisture in the rice.

After re-spreading the piles of rice on the ground that was basically free of rain flowers, Zhou Xiaoqing took a breath and grabbed it away, where did she remember being lazy.

This drying field is generally very busy, but if it rains, it is to compete with God for speed.

As soon as she was out of breath, Zhang Anguo came over.

"Third aunt, grandma, the captain's uncle asked me to pass a message to you. The three aunt's two younger brothers are educated youths who went to the countryside. They just came to our village today. Now they are going to the educated youth. Let me tell you."

Li Manfen doubted her ears: "...What did you say? The two younger brothers of your third aunt?"

Zhang Anguo scratched his head: "Yeah, I just went home to fill up the water, and I happened to see that the captain's uncle just brought it back from the town, and one of them looks like the third aunt."

Zhou Xiaoqing came back to her senses and immediately ran to the educated youth point.

Li Manfen came up in one breath, almost didn't hold back, the daughter-in-law here is really! just run away? What if it rains again!