Chapter 24: Taking a Walk
"What school do you go to? What is the use of going to school? Can you bring food or clothing to your family? You have been studying for twelve years, but it's not enough? You still want to go to college? Do you know how much the tuition for college?"
The middle-aged man is Xia Chu's father Xia Yuan, and he is a real farmer.
The Xia family is relatively poor, and it can be seen from the outside environment.
But Xia Chu still did not give up on studying because she wanted to leave this home.
"I am the number one in the school. The teacher said that I can get into a prestigious university. After getting into a university, I will have more opportunities to make money in the future. I don't want to give up." Xia Chu said softly.
"Present-class universities? Nier, do you know how much it costs to be a famous university in a year? I can't afford it!" Xia Yuan said mercilessly.
Xia Chu's mother, who was carrying her son, still fed her twelve or thirteen-year-old son. She looked at the two women of Xia Chu from time to time, but didn't care.
There was only the son in front of her.
"I earn it myself!" Xia Chu said suddenly.
"Make it yourself? What do you earn? Do you know how difficult it is to make money now? I asked you to go to school just to give you some knowledge and tutor your younger brother to school. Now you are in high school and are still the number one in the school. There is definitely no problem tutoring your younger brother. Don't go to the college entrance examination, we won't go." Xia Yuan said with a final say.
"No, I'm going!" Xia Chu said stubbornly.
Xiayuan was smoking a dry tobacco in a slight annoyed manner.
"You always ask her to take a test." Xia Chu's mother finally spoke.
"Let her take the exam? If she really gets into a prestigious university, she still can't go to school? Now the country advocates going to school. This ghost girl is more knowledgeable than us. Then she will definitely have a way to go to school secretly."
Xia Yuan's words made Xia Chu's mother shut up.
At this time, an old woman appeared in the house and pointed at Xia Yuan and cursed: "You don't just give her tuition when you are in high school. You must give her tuition when you were told not to give her tuition, but now you have to be forced to pull her down. Why is it so easy to get her if you lose money? Why do you spend so much money on her?"
Xia Chu's father and mother did not support Xia Chu's schooling, but at least there was a reason. If you really get into college, the tuition fee for college is really not something that your family can afford.
But as an old woman opens her mouth, the ugly words come out.
Xia Chu stopped the movements in his hand and stood in the yard, listening to the person who should be his grandmother cursing him wildly.
He raised his head and saw his father, who was slightly pale but silent in front of him, and behind him, he was his mother who only cared about his younger brother's words.
She stood in the middle of the yard, and it seemed like a suffocating tide was everywhere, wrapping her up and making her unable to breathe.
In my heart, something warm was frozen.
Grandma was still saying unpleasant words without stopping. Since her youth, Grandma has been so famous that the entire village is so difficult to deal with. Whoever dares to provoke her can scold her at someone else's doorstep for a day and a night.
But I treated my granddaughter much more tenderly, and I only took the opportunity to scold me for more than ten minutes.
But Xia Chu didn't want to listen and wanted to leave, but didn't know where to go.
Until this time, the knock on the door rang, Chu Han pushed open the fence door, poked his head out and said, "Xia Chu, the classmates are all waiting for you there. Are you going to have fun together?"
Eighteen-year-old Chu Han is 1.8 meters tall, and she is white and clean, dressed cleanly, and when she smiles, she looks like a flower under the sun.
Seeing outsiders present, it seemed that they were looking for their granddaughter, the old lady finally closed her mouth.
It is not enough to be understood by outsiders.
"My parents, my classmates are looking for me to play with, I'll go out first."
"Go and come back early." Xia Chu's father said.
Xia Chu turned around and didn't look at the family around her. But when she left, there was a sneer on the corner of her mouth.
Their family has always adhered to the principle that family scandals should not be made public, so no outsider knows how the family is cold and violent.
After all, every time their family goes out, people outside must brag about how good Xia Chu's grades are, and this time they won the first place, etc.
Xia Chu's parents naturally benefited when they heard others say this.
Even though the elderly at home disagreed with letting Xia Chu continue to go to school, he didn't want to waste money, but when he thought of these flatteries, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
Now, the son at home also has to go to school, and the family has also accumulated a savings for his son to go to school. If Xia Chu wants to go to college, these savings must be used, but Xia Yuan doesn't want to use them.
As the best high school in southern Anhui City, Anhui No. 2 Middle School is the best high school in southern Anhui City. The only one who passed the exam in the entire village is Xia Chu, and there are only two people who passed the exam in the other villages next door. There are no classmates from Xia Chu here.
Xia Yuan understood this, but did not expose it. He didn't care whether Xia Chu had a boyfriend at all. According to his ideas, he wanted to marry his daughter out quickly and supplement his family's income.
Xia Chu walked out of the yard and looked at Chu Han with a smile on his face, feeling a little cheerful.
"Why are you here?"
"Let's see you. We live so close to you and haven't walked around yet. Why don't we relax together?" Chu Han asked.
The sky today is not so gloomy, it looks a little bright, but it is still very stuffy.
The weather that is about to enter summer is so confusing. If the weather changes, it will change. Everyone seems to be looking forward to a rain, so the wheat in the field does not need to be manually watered.
But it seems that God is brewing a big move, but he can't hold it in.
"Yeah, let's go."
Xia Chu was in a bad mood, but after seeing Chu Han, there was a trace of cloudy turning into sunny things.
The air in the countryside is very good and the scenery is also good. If you ignore the cow dung on the dirt road, it will be perfect.
The two walked from Xiazhuang to Sanlizhuang and walked a long way. Along the way, Chu Han and Xia Chu talked a lot.
Neither of them are ordinary young men and women. It is logical that boys of this age will always feel secretly when walking alone with a girl in the flower season. Even if they don’t have feelings, their mood will always be very exciting.
But Chu Han, who is already forty years of mental age, cannot be said to be uninterested in the flower girl. At least he has no other thoughts about Xia Chu. He just wanted to chat with Xia Chu as a friend.
Xia Chu has always been disliked by his family and is in a bad mood, so it is even more impossible for him to have other ideas.
They were like a pair of close friends, talking about life, ideals, and finally talking about the status quo.
Because the only thing that can support ideals and distances is the current situation.
Xia Chu smiled dimly and said, "I don't have any dreams. At the beginning, my dream was to leave here, to leave home, to leave my parents and family, and to live freely alone."
"It's quite a normal idea."
"But, my family's attitude...I'm trying to take this college entrance examination."
"Of course you have to take the exam. The top scorer in the college entrance examination has a bonus, 10,000 yuan. With this money, it's enough for you to pay the family."
"Commit the job?" Xia Chu was puzzled. The family had already disagreed with her going to college. She really had 10,000 yuan, so they would only leave the money and would not let her go to school.
"Yes, I'll get the most out of the game. If you really become the top scorer, you will be watched by many people, and even the mayor will come to receive you. At that time, your parents dared not let you go to school." Chu Han said with a smile.
Chapter completed!