1052: Almost Killed by Poverty (3 More)
"His father, look, why is there any noise?"
After dinner, there is no entertainment, and rural people wash their faces early and go to bed.
This period of time has just passed the busy harvest period, and the farmers who work intensively also need to rest and recuperate. Yang Yonghong's parents also went to bed early, and the electricity bills are all about money. If you can't turn on the lights, you can't turn on the lights... Yang Yonghong's family is especially poor, but her family doesn't even have electricity.
Before Yang Yonghong took the money home, he told his parents that Yang Jie could make money in Pengcheng, so he should turn on the electricity at home. Yang’s father went to the power supply station to ask, and they told them to line up slowly.
Yang's mother lit the kerosene lamp, and Yang's father went out to check with the lamp and clothes.
A white car was parked in front of his house, and Father Yang was startled.
Yang Yonghong carried the suitcase, "Dad, you guys went to bed so early today, my classmate came to Jibei to drop me off by the way, this is my classmate Xiaolan!"
Xia Xiaolan called her uncle with a smile, and Father Yang's hand was shaking while holding the kerosene lamp.
This girl Yonghong, why did she lead her classmates home without saying hello?
"Go in, go to the house."
The ones who brought them back were not ordinary classmates. Even the streets in the county could not find a few cars running. The classmates who came directly by car were very wealthy.
Is it Xiaolan?
Isn't Xiaolan the female classmate who introduced Yonghong and Ajie to work in the SAR?
The Yang family didn't know what to say when they saw Xia Xiaolan.
The kindness to the Yang family is too great. If Xia Xiaolan didn't send charcoal in the snow, the Yang family would either sell blood for the whole family, or leave Yang Jie with lifelong regrets. Mother Yang had tears in her eyes. She wanted to cry in front of Xia Xiaolan, for fear of being disliked by Xia Xiaolan. She was really kind and grateful.
"Auntie, don't do this, I would also like to thank the boss for helping my uncle. The boss has good grades in school, she is very capable!"
I had known that she had put Yang Yonghong at the entrance of the village and went back to the county to live in a guest house.
Arrived at Yang's house in the evening and disturbed Yang's family.
If it wasn't for Yang Yonghong holding her dad down, her dad would go to the yard to catch chickens to kill him at night.
Xia Xiaolan sweated anxiously: "I have eaten on the road, I really don't need it!"
"Don't be like this. How can Xiaolan stay at home with peace of mind? She only stays for one night. She is a big favor to our family. I remember it!"
Yang Yonghong said it several times before she stopped her parents' transitional reaction.
Xia Xiaolan pretended to yawn, "Uncle, aunt, let's rest early, don't bother."
Mother Yang finally had something to do, and hurriedly went to make the bed and gave out the new quilt at home. In the evening, Xia Xiaolan and Yang Yonghong slept in the same bed, and Yang Yonghong shook the new quilt and smiled: "This quilt is for my marriage. Our village is poor, and most people marry their daughters just to marry a quilt. As a result, the quilt has been made for a few years. I'm not married yet!"
Xia Xiaolan wondered: "That's fine, why make a quilt in advance?"
The new quilt is usually useless in the box, but there is actually a dampness. Fortunately, Yang Yonghong's bed is old, but it is very clean. Xia Xiaolan has also slept in a straw bed, so there is nothing to dislike.
It was pitch-dark, Yang Yonghong's expression was invisible, and his voice was unwavering:
"I didn't do it early. You know my family's conditions. I should have been married a long time ago. When I repeated my studies in the first year, my mother was seriously ill, and the family urgently needed money. There is a family in our town that is quite wealthy. , said that I married his son, and gave me some money to help my family get through the difficulties. At that time, I was under a lot of pressure. Others said that it was useless for girls to read so many books, and they called me unfilial. I watched my mother get sick. I couldn't bear it, so I packed up my things and went home. Both families have agreed on the marriage and made me this quilt as a dowry. I was almost married. "
Xia Xiaolan sighed secretly, "But you regretted it in the end."
"Yeah, I regret it, especially shameless for accepting money from someone else's family, to cure my mother's illness but refuse to marry. The school teacher came to my house several times, saying that I would definitely pass the exam after repeating a year. I am not happy with myself.”
In the end, her father hunched over his back and went to the betrothed family in a low voice, saying that he could not be more stubborn than Yang Yonghong, or else he would order the third sister of the Yang family to his son.
"That family was really kind. My third sister was only 13 years old at the time, and the other party didn't like it, so I asked my dad to make an IOU. Even if the betrothal money was lent to our family, don't mention the marriage again. already."
The money will not be fully paid off until this year, so Yang Jie's married family can't afford the extra money.
This kind of thing doesn't just happen to Yang Yonghong alone. Yang Yonghong's incident is just a microcosm of the times. If you want to change your destiny, rural children have to be paid more by young people in the city.
It is not easy for the whole family to support a college student, and the Yang family dares to let all five children go to school, which is really not easy.
The topic was heavy, and Xia Xiaolan didn't know what to say.
She can help Yang Yonghong, but looking at the whole country, there are thousands of people like Yang Yonghong's family.
Yang Yonghong fought hard, and she proved to those people that not only can she be admitted to the university, but also the best university.
What about the others who gave up halfway through?
He didn't even have a chance to let Xia Xiaolan get to know him.
Xia Xiaolan always felt that her heart was very hard, and even she was confused at this time. She can change her life and earn wealth for herself, but how can the environment change?
"Go to sleep, wake up, tomorrow is a new day. The days when you were struggling are over. Whether it's you or the rest of your family, the days will always get better and better!"
Xia Xiaolan felt that she had to think about it.
Du Zhaohui donated millions to the university at once, which she does not have now.
But besides donating books to the school, can she do anything else?
If you can't help everyone, if you can help one, it may be just a small amount of money for her, but it will change the fate for others.
Xia Xiaolan had to think about this matter carefully.
Early the next morning, Yang Yonghong's parents were still not stopped from killing the chickens. Anyway, when she and Yang Yonghong woke up, the smell of chicken soup filled the yard, and Xia Xiaolan had two large drumsticks in the bowl.
Dead chickens can't die in vain. To let the old hen of the Yang family die, Xia Xiaolan nibbled the two chicken legs cleanly.
"Uncle and aunt, I'll pick up Yonghong tomorrow, thank you for your hospitality!"
When Xia Xiaolan drove away, the whole village was watching.
I heard that it was classmate Yang Yonghong, and many people were wondering, how good it would be if it were a male classmate, and the Yang family didn't have to worry about anything.
However, this girl Yang Yonghong does have the ability. Huaqing University is not for nothing. I heard that after taking Yang Jie out for two months, I collected enough money for the bride's family's betrothal gift. Yang Yonghong, an uncle from his own family, came over:
"Tell your uncle, is the money in the south really easy to make, and money is picked up everywhere?"
Yang Yonghong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Uncle, you can pick up money everywhere. It's better to have a diploma. If you don't have a diploma, you need to have a craft. Yang Jie is also doing errands on the construction site of his classmate's uncle. I want to ask him to come back and go to college again."
After all, do you still have to read?
The middle-aged man has deep ravines between his eyebrows, and the Yang family's baby is a role model. Even Yang Jie is a high school student. These days, the baby is not allowed to study, and can only be eaten in the ground.