Return To 1998

Seeing Xu Tongdao's return, his mother Ge Xiaozhu was very happy.

Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu, who came back from school in the evening, were also very happy.

When the family had dinner in the evening, Xu Tongdao made a request to his brother and sister.

What he said to his younger brother Xu Tonglu was: "Xiaolu, it will be a few months before the high school entrance examination. You don't have to worry about other things at home. You have only one task, and take a high score! At least it can't be worse than my exam last year! "

Xu Tonglu's reaction was calm after hearing this, and while continuing to pick up vegetables to eat, he said flatly: "I see."

This is his attitude.

But combined with his first grade in the final exam last year, his attitude tonight makes people feel his strong self-confidence.

To his sister Ge Yuzhu, Xu Tongdao said: "Yuzhu! You also read me well, next year it will be your turn to take the entrance examination. I know your foundation is not very good. If there is anything you don’t understand, ask your second brother! After you finish your middle school, you have to go to high school for me. If the score is not enough, I will give you the school selection fee. Anyway, I will let you continue to finish high school. If you want to save some money for your eldest brother, the next year or so, Just work harder for me! Give me the score as far as possible, you know?"

Yes, to sister Ge Yuzhu, Xu Tongdao did not expect her to be admitted to high school by her own ability.

As a result, Ge Yuzhu's grades in school from an early age were much worse than those of their brothers, and the foundation was not well laid.

Secondly, the teaching level of their middle school in Zhulin Township is there. There are only a few people who can enter high school in one grade each year. For the rest, if they want to go to high school, they have to pay school selection fees.

As long as the school selection fee is in place, not to mention County No. 2 Middle School, County No. 1 Middle School can also go to it.

But the school selection fee is not cheap. Even if it is a point, it will cost thousands of dollars. If it is a hundred points, it will cost tens of thousands.

In this year, the average family in Zhulin Township has an annual income of two to three thousand.

Excluding family expenses, many families have worked hard for a year and have no surplus at all. In this case, there are very few families that can spend thousands or even tens of thousands of school fees in addition to high school tuition. Up.

This is why it is common for children in cities to go to high school and college, while most of the children from rural areas have junior high school degrees.

The quality of teaching in rural middle schools is so high. There are only a few hundreds of candidates who can pass the exam a year.

For more than 90% of children in rural areas, if they want to go to high school, only their scores are up to the threshold. Otherwise, don't even think about it.

Of course, this situation will gradually improve over time.

But that's all for the future.

Anyway, the current overall situation is like this.

Ge Yuzhu was so shocked that they forgot to eat, and both Ge Xiaozhu and Xu Tonglu looked at Xu Tongdao in surprise.

Ge Xiaozhu frowned: "Xiaodao, Yuzhu is a girl. It doesn't matter if she reads less books. If she can't pass the exam, don't read it! The school selection fee is so expensive that it can't add to your burden."

Ge Yuzhu came back to his senses and quickly stated, "Yes, big brother! I don't like studying, so don't waste that money. Really! I still want to wait for my graduation and go to work to help you share the pressure at home. Yeah! Really, brother! I really think so."

Xu Tonglu frowned slightly, looked at Xu Tongdao, and then at his mother and sister. He was silent and did not speak.

And what about Xu Tongdao?

Facing his mother's persuasion and his sister's statement, his attitude did not waver at all.

Calmly said to my sister: "I'm not discussing with you, I don't care what you think, anyway, you must at least finish high school for me! You will sit down until you are 16 years old, and you will only be 17 years old next year. You don't want to continue. What kind of job do you go out to do when you study? What can you do as a junior high school student? How much money can you earn? I don’t need you to help me share the pressure of supporting my family. If you really want to relieve my pressure, you can raise my grades. , Let me save you the school selection fee!"

"Big Brother..."

Ge Yuzhu wanted to refute, but didn't dare, her expression seemed aggrieved.

Ge Xiaozhu frowned tighter, "Xiaodao, why bother?"

Xu Tongdao turned his eyes to his mother, "Mom! Leave it alone, just let me arrange it? I let Yuzhu study for a few more years, and it won't hurt her. Our three brothers and sisters will definitely be in my life. I have a junior high school education, and I don’t want Xiaolu and Yuzhu to be like me in the future. Besides, I earn a lot of money now, so I can provide them with a few more years of education. It’s nothing, so don’t worry about me!"

"This...oh!"

Ge Xiaozhu looked at him with a complicated expression, then looked at his daughter Ge Yuzhu, sighed, and finally did not persuade him.

"Big Brother... I really don't want to miss..."

Ge Yuzhu wanted to struggle again.

Xu Tongdao glanced at her coldly and looked at her so coldly, just like this, Ge Yuzhu dared not say anything else.

After this incident, the atmosphere at the dining table was significantly more silent.

No one spoke again.

Xu Tongdao frowned. He rarely went home on holiday. He didn't want the atmosphere at home. After thinking about it, he decided to give them some hope in life.

He stopped his chopsticks, coughed lightly, and said, "When Xiaolu gets the results of the high school entrance examination this year, if he gets the first high school by that time, our family will buy a house near the first middle school. If he gets the second high school, let’s Just go to the second middle school to buy it! So, Mom, in the first half of this year, you don’t raise chickens and ducklings anymore, because when our family goes to the county to buy a house, you will have to move there too. Then the chickens and ducklings It's not easy to handle."

"what?"

Ge Xiaozhu was stunned.

"Big brother? What you said is true? Does our family have the money to buy a house in the county?" Ge Yuzhu was also surprised.

Although Xu Tonglu still didn't speak, his eyes were also very surprised.

Tongdao Xu smiled and nodded, "So, Xiaolu, where we live in the future, it depends on where you can get in the test this time. Also, Yuzhu! You also work hard! You must go to high school, and then our whole family All in the county seat, all living together, how nice are you? Right?"

Ge Yuzhu's small face was bitter, and she dared not answer the conversation with a smile.

Xu Tonglu was silent.

When Ge Xiaozhu was surprised, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com suddenly said: "Even if you buy a house in the county this year, I can't go! According to you, if Yuzhu wants to go to high school in the future, she will be in the third year of junior high next year. I also have to prepare for the entrance examination for high school. I must not take good care of her? So, I should raise chickens and ducks this year, and I have to raise them. If you really bought a house in the county this year, you and Xiaolu should live there first! The two brothers live together, and I feel at ease at home."

Xu Tongdao was a little surprised.

He really didn't think about it just now, but it doesn't matter. Mother and sister go to the county seat a year later, it's okay. Just like the mother said, he can live with his brother.

Anyway, he decided to buy a house in the county seat.

Unless these old houses are demolished and rebuilt, the improvement of the living environment at home will have no effect at all.

And he didn't want the whole family to live in this old house, or even the whole family to continue to live in this village.

Because of the scandals his father did, the mother and son living in this village will always be stared at with strange eyes.

Yuan Shikong has always been like this. In this life, he wants to take his mother and them all away sooner.