"There is no cent at home. In the blink of an eye, the children are about to start school. How should they get their tuition fees? "A middle-aged woman said to her husband.

Under the scorching sun, a couple is busy with farm work in the yard.

The one who was speaking just now was Zhang Chaoxia's mother. Her face looked wrinkled and her dark skin was a proof of hard work. As the hostess in the family, she has suffered a lot in order to pull out four children over the years. Other families have been looking forward to the growth of their children for a long time, and she does not want the children to grow up as soon as possible. Growing up means facing cruel reality.

Zhang Chaoxia's father was filled with a sad face and sat in the sun and lit a dry tobacco. For a long time his wife finished speaking, he was silent.

"I can only borrow it! I can't do anything about it," he said softly.

Zhang Chaoxia's mother suddenly got angry and scolded: "You only say you want to borrow it, where to borrow it? You have been running all the money you can borrow in the past few years. Who would like to lend you a penny?"

Her husband on the opposite side remained silent and let his wife curse.

He felt very painful. He knew clearly that the reason why his family was so tight was because he couldn't make money. He was not unwilling to work and earn money, but his weak body made him helpless. He hadn't experienced the cold eyes of these years? It can be said that he had experienced everything he should have.

"You are always incompetent. Look at other people's men and spend time on the family for a year! Look at you again, when you come to this time, you look like you are dead! Why do I have to bear so much in my family?" Zhang Chaoxia's mother continued to curse.

Zhang Chaoxia is the second child in the family. Because her family is too poor, her elder sister abandoned her studies a few years ago and went to work in the provincial capital to subsidize her family's expenses. The three of them still insisted on going to school through the quilts between her elder sister and her parents. Her academic performance is very good. She really wants to change the fate of the family through knowledge.

When she accidentally heard her parents' predicament, her heart was bleeding. Such a powerless scene has become her nightmare. At this time of year, her parents have to argue endlessly about their tuition fees. Seeing her mother's loss when she returned from borrowing money, she couldn't know how many times she cried in her heart.

Zhang Chaoxia came to her parents. She sat on the ground and said to them in front of her parents: "Dad, mom, stop arguing! I won't go to school this year and am going to work with my elder sister. In this way, my younger brother and sister can continue to go to school!"

Her father said, "That won't work. Even if I go out, it's better than you. Do you study hard? I'll go out to work and earn money this year!"

Zhang Chaoxia cried, and she said sadly: "Dad, with your health, you should take good care of your illness at home! I decided so, don't say more!"

After saying that, Zhang Chaoxia ran away in the room and continued to cry.

Since she can remember, the family has always been so poor. Even some very cheap snacks, they just saw what they had eaten, and never knew what they tasted. They ate an ice cream together, but because they were too poor.

After wearing a pair of pants for five or six years, she has become the key target of being ridiculed in the class. Sometimes she has no clothes to wear, and even wears her mother's clothes to go to school. When she stepped into the classroom door, her face seemed to be full of words. Therefore, in recent years, she rarely went out of the classroom door, and she was afraid that others would see her true appearance.

"Xia, you study hard. Even if you are tired and exhausted, you can't let you drop out of school, ah!" The mother came to her room and said to her.

Zhang Chaoxia could no longer control the grievance and depression in her heart. She hugged her mother and cried, "Mom, you have worked hard enough! I am already very satisfied with being able to go to high school. Don't worry, I will make money well and let my younger brothers and sisters get out of school!"

Two lines of tears flowed down the mother's face.

"It's all because of our parents' incompetence, that you can suffer too! God, why is life so difficult!" Chaoxia's mother said crying.

In order to reduce the burden on the family, Zhang Chaoxia dropped out of school that year and went to a strange provincial capital. She worked as a cashier in a supermarket, sold clothes in a mall, washed dishes in a restaurant, and cleaned up the hygiene in a hotel. Although she was very tired, she felt very at ease. After her monthly salary, she couldn't bear to spend a penny, so she saved as much as possible, and called her younger brother and sister who were in school regularly.

Several years have passed, and Zhang Chaoxia's efforts have not been in vain. Her younger brother was admitted to a key university with excellent grades, and her younger sister also went to the ideal university in her heart as she wished. When she saw the joy of her younger brother and sister's success, she felt that everything was worth it.

However, when it was late at night, she cried more than once. Why can't she be as lucky as her younger brother and sister to enter the university of her dreams? Looking at her younger brother and sister's beautiful life in college, she was envious and jealous.

A few years later, the younger brother and sister graduated and they each found jobs. At a family gathering, everyone was very happy. But Zhang Chaoxia was very sad after her words.

The younger brother said proudly: "Second sister, look, who made you not study hard at the beginning? Now we are all so good, so I saved you and married this useless brother-in-law!"

When Zhang Chaoxia heard this, she couldn't smile bitterly, and she smiled at her younger brother.

Who can see her efforts? Is it really because she doesn't work hard to study? Sharp questions are torturing her conscience.

"You can! If it weren't for your second sister's efforts and sacrifice, how could you be like today! These unscrupulous guys!" Zhang Chaoxia's mother suddenly got angry. After saying this, she left the dining table angrily.

At this time, Zhang Chaoxia's younger brother realized that the words just now had hurt his dear sister.
Chapter completed!