When Hua Feng and his younger brother Hua Qiang returned home from Xiao Huashan, Hua Feng saw that his parents had already returned from the fields.

"My parents, have you finished the farm work?"

When Hua Feng found that his parents were staring at the mountain herbs in his hand, Hua Feng smiled embarrassedly.

"Feng'er, why are you doing with herbs? You won't be sick, are you going to college soon."

Feng's mother felt strange. How could her son go to the mountain to collect herbs?

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine, you know, I like to study medicine, so I'll take some medicine and come back to study."

After Hua Feng finished speaking, he immediately ran back to his room.

"My mom and dad, I'm sorry, I've lied to you. I will never lied to you again."

Hua Feng, who was lying on the bed, thought to himself.

After dinner, Hua Feng returned to his room. After closing the door, he secretly took out the collected herbs, washed them clean and put them aside. Since there was no medicine jar, he had to use a new glass bottle instead.

When he was in high school, Hua Feng often did chemical biology experiments, so he was very familiar with these things.

Put the glass bottle on the tripod, take out the alcohol lamp and place it underneath, and start lighting it.

Twenty minutes later, the bottom of the glass bottle had turned black. The inside had already started to boil. At this time, the room was already full of the smell of mountain herbs.

So Hua Feng moved the alcohol lamp away from the bottom of the glass bottle and used the lamp cap to extinguish the fire.

The task is done! Although there is no real medicine jar and the medicine boiled is good, it is nothing. After all, Hua Feng's high fever has basically been cured. So, just drink a little.

After drinking the medicine and packing up the tools, Hua Feng sat in the book chair and quietly looked at everything outside the window under the moonlight outside.

Under the moonlight, the outside of the window seemed quiet and natural. The small river not far from the door of the house was slowly flowing to the other side, sparkling.

There is no sound of cars in the city; there is no sound of trafficking in the city; there is only occasionally sound of children and dogs here.

Here, there are no high-ranking officials who fight for power and profit; there are no profit-seeking businessmen; here, there are only kind and simple farmers.

All of this seems so natural and harmonious.

But is this the life people are pursuing?

No, why would the village chief ask Hua Feng to go out of the countryside and lead the villagers to the road to prosperity?

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At ten o'clock in the evening, when Hua Feng was about to read a book, he knocked outside the door.

"It's so late, who is looking for me?"

Hua Feng thought to himself.

"Feng'er, open the door quickly, mom has something to come to you."

When Hua Feng opened the door, he found that in addition to his mother, his father was also standing outside the door. However, there was a faint smell of mountain herbs inside.

When his parents looked at him in confusion, Hua Feng first touched his hair embarrassedly.

"Haha, I, I was doing an experiment just now."

Feng's mother pulled Hua Feng to the side of the bed next to her, while Feng's father walked to the only chair, sat down, took out the hand-rolled earth cigarette from the trouser bag, lit it with fire, and slowly sucked it up. The thick white smoke slowly rose up.

However, when Hua Feng looked at his father, his face looked much older and his head was covered with a lot of white hair.

What my dad smokes is not cigarettes, but bitterness!

Seeing his father so serious, Hua Feng thought his father had something important to say to him.

"Hua Feng, you will go to Shanghai to go to university in a few days."

"Dad, yes, it's the twenty-fifth day today, and I'm going to school for six days."

"Hey, our family is poor and I don't have much to give you. It's already very good that you can achieve such results. However, although Dad hasn't read many books, I also know that there are people outside the people and mountains outside the mountains. I won't talk about the others, this is the money for you to buy train tickets."

After Feng's father finished speaking, he took out a 10% discount from his pocket. Looking at it, it was all changed.

Whenever Hua Feng saw his father take out the change, he had the urge to cry. The children in the city knew that they, they, once eating McDonald's, might be the source of income for farmers for a month.

The change that Feng's father took out was obtained by Hua Feng's parents working hard and saving money from the fields.

After Feng's father gave the money to Hua Feng, he walked out of Hua Feng's room.

After Hua Feng put the change, he sat next to his mother and looked at his loving mother. Hua Feng really wanted to go back to his childhood, and after being wronged, he could cry in his mother's arms.

However, as I grow older, I spend less and less time with my mother, let alone anything else.

However, many people don’t understand that, in fact, no matter where they are, their mother will care about you silently.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the son wants to support his parents but his parents are not waiting!

But when you understand, you may have regretted it.

"Mom, you've been tired for a day, so I'll talk about anything tomorrow."

"Yesterday, after you came out, I found that you were a little different. Have you encountered something unhappy? Tell your mother and let her share the burden with you."

"Mom, I, me."

As soon as Hua Feng finished hearing this, he remembered the breakup with Zhuang Xiaoli, and tears couldn't help but stayed. In the past two days, Hua Feng wanted to find someone to listen to his confession.

But, who can I find?

His younger brother, sister, and still young, told his younger brother and sister that he didn't understand. Just as Hua Feng said to Hua Qiang on the mountain, "The farthest distance in the world is not that I stand in front of you, but you don't know that I love you, but that he knows that they love each other but cannot be together." He thought it was his older brother who said, "Can Hua Feng talk to his younger brother and sister?"

Speaking of which, Hua Feng felt that he was really a failure sometimes. In these eighteen years, there was no good friend of the same sex. Before that, except for Zhuang Xiaoli, who left, there was almost no one in his mind. Those so-called classmates basically had no friendship except to say hello to each other.

You said, can Hua Feng express his inner grievances with a stranger?

cannot.

His parents can do it, but Hua Feng doesn't want his parents to worry too much about his own affairs.

However, now, Hua Feng's mother has long discovered Hua Feng's grievances. Her mother said this, so what else can't we talk to her?

"No matter when, no matter where you are, you are my good child. Feng'er, tell me what pain and grievances you have in your heart."

"Mom, my girlfriend broke up with me..."

Since Hua Feng met Zhuang Xiaoli, he talked about his little things with Zhuang Xiaoli in front of his mother, and kept talking about it that yesterday, Zhuang Xiaoli notified herself to meet at school, and then told herself that she would marry the son of the municipal party committee.

Hua Feng didn't understand whether Zhuang Xiaoli had always deceived her or because she was not in a good match with her. Hua Feng's inner unwillingness was because he had been giving, but in the end, others just said thank you.

"Haha, actually I always treat you as my brother!" But why did you give yourself a chance at the beginning!!

Moreover, he had already swore to Zhuang Xiaoli's father that he would only give him five years. However, Hua Feng found that even Peking University had given up for Zhuang Xiaoli, so what else could he do for her now and what else could he do for her.

Hua Feng didn't know and didn't need it anymore, because he thought Zhuang Xiaoli had already gone happily with the childhood sweetheart of the city committee.

"Feng'er, are you sure she really broke up with you."

From the perspective of Feng's mother's passing person, the girl could not break up with Hua Feng.

"Sure. Because she's already wearing a ring."

"Feng'er, no matter what, she will regret that girl leaving you in the future. Feng'er, you heard from your mother that you are so outstanding, you will definitely meet a better girl in the future. Have a good sleep, and you will be fine when you wake up tomorrow (a lie)."

It was late at night, and after Hua Feng waited for his mother to go back to bed, Hua Feng felt that his mood had improved a lot.

Some people say that behind a successful man there is a woman silently supporting him, and that person is his wife. In fact, behind a successful man there is a woman silently supporting him, and that person is his mother.

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The next day, when Hua Feng got up, it was already noon. Maybe Hua Feng's mother had told others that she didn't need to call Hua Feng and let him have a good rest.

Hua Feng finished lunch alone and returned to the room to study ancient medical books. Then he studied each acupoint in the human body; what is Baihui acupoint; what is Jinmen acupoint; what is Yamen acupoint... Hua Feng carefully studied and confirmed it. Even since he cured the high fever with acupuncture yesterday, Hua Feng felt that he was getting bolder.

Hua Feng used silver needles to insert acupoints according to the meridian diagram in the medical book. Of course, Hua Feng dared not touch some dangerous acupoints, such as special acupoints, which may cause death if touched.

In the past few days, Hua Feng stayed in the room to study various prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Originally, seeing his parents working hard, Hua Feng also wanted to help his parents, but he didn't let Hua Feng go, as long as Hua Feng rested well at home.

Hua Feng’s father has been very worried these days. Hua Feng’s tuition is 5,000 yuan, but with living expenses, it costs at least 8,000 yuan. Hua Feng’s father originally thought that he could apply for a scholarship loan, but after walking for several days, the bank did not have a definite reply. At the beginning, the bank asked for a copy of Hua Feng’s notice, and Hua Feng’s father took it to the bank. The next day, the bank asked Hua Feng’s father to have a capable guarantor, and the so-called condition for becoming a guarantor is to have at least 10,000 yuan in deposits in the bank, or at least the officials of the town government.

However, Hua Feng’s father himself didn’t know how to go there to find a guarantor with a deposit of more than 10,000 yuan. As for the so-called town government officials, let alone because he only knew the village chief and did not belong to the so-called town government officials.

Can this be blamed on the bank?

I don’t know, because the bank used to borrow scholarships to students, but after the students graduated, most college graduates did not go to the bank to repay the scholarships. It is conceivable why the bank did this.

Alas! Hua Feng’s father was very worried. Even if he took out all the property in the family, it would only cost three or four thousand yuan. However, even if Hua Feng’s father sold blood, he still asked Hua Feng to go to college. Because not only Hua Feng’s hope, but also the dream of the whole family, and even the whole village.

On the evening of August 30, 2005, Hua Feng's father sat at the door worriedly and kept smoking earth cigarettes. Hua Feng's father decided that if the bank did not make a loan tomorrow morning, he would go to a private clinic to sell blood. After all, he could sell blood secretly there, and it was the fastest way to make money.

Just as Hua Feng’s father made the decision, the village chief’s voice sounded not far away.

"Dad Feng, why are you sitting here? Has the bank loaned Hua Feng?"

"well!"

Hua Feng's father sighed and shook his head.

When the village chief sat next to Hua Feng's father, Hua Feng's father gave the village chief a cigarette, then helped the village chief ignite it, and thought about how to get up early tomorrow to sell blood and exchange money.

After the village chief finished smoking cigarettes, he took out a pack of square things from his pocket and handed them to Hua Feng's father.

"What's this?"
To be continued...