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Chapter 23 "The Elders"

The two siblings walked into the house without saying anything, and Tang Shi just put the bicycle away, feeling that the atmosphere at home was not right.

Father Tang Zhaohui didn't go to the ground, but sat on the stone steps in front of the hall, smoking a stuffy cigarette.Mother Kai Yuying came out of the kitchen with water, glanced at Tang Shi, poured water and lowered her eyes and entered the kitchen.

Except for the sound of wind blowing grass, the whole yard seemed extraordinarily quiet.

Tang Shi glanced at the closed south-facing hut, and passed Tang Zhaohui without saying a word while carrying her schoolbag.

As soon as he walked into the back room, Tang Zhaohui said from outside: "Girl, I have something to tell you when you come out."

Tang Zhao raised his head and looked at Tang Shi eagerly. Tang Shi comforted him with his eyes, took off his school uniform and went out.

Tang Zhaohui smoked without raising his head, Tang Shi walked over and sat on the steps, and casually grabbed Tang Zhaohui's cigarette: "Smoking less, it's not good for your health."

Tang Zhaohui was stunned for a moment, but he didn't refuse.

After the two father and daughter sat quietly for a while, Tang Zhaohui finally said, "Girl, tell me, why do you hate your grandma so much?"

Tang Shi looked out of the gate, looking a little confused.

Outside the door, there were two puppies hugging and having fun together. A few ducks passed by them, stretching their necks, as if they wanted to join in.

A little farther away are two jujube trees, with a rope tied to the tree, and a few clothes of the child are hanging on it.

In the distance, I can't see clearly, the faint fields are rolling up and down, and the people working in the fields have become black spots...

"Girl? What do you want?"

Tang Shi came back to her senses and thought about Tang Zhaohui's question.

Why does she hate Zhao Quanying?It seems that Zhao Quanying didn't allow her to go to school, right?
I remember in my previous life, after the high school entrance examination results came out, Zhao Quanying had a completely different attitude towards the two granddaughters who also entered the admission line of Boli High School.

While praising Tang Xiaomei for her cleverness, she cursed Tang Shi as a loser.

After receiving the admission notice, Tang Shi was working in the fields, and Tang Xiaomei's family was hosting a banquet.

At the beginning of school, she joined forces with her third uncle Tang Chaoke to force her father Tang Zhaohui to lend money to Tang Xiaomei to study, so that Tang Shi dropped out of school.

If it wasn't for Tang Shi begging her mother, Kai Yuying, and Kai Yuying to let her go to school, she would have dropped out of school and stayed at home.

What is life like for girls who drop out of school and stay at home?Tang Shi can see the head at a glance.

Three years of labor, then marry a man who can't read a few characters, have a few more children, and just live like this for the rest of my life...

It's a pity that Tang Shi is not reconciled to her!
"Girl...I know that last time your grandma didn't let you study, it chilled your heart. But, you are still in it now...your grandma is an elder after all, how can you fight her... "

Tang Zhaohui's voice interrupted Tang Shi's thoughts. She listened to the word "elder" and smiled ironically.

That's right, if it's just about not being allowed to study, maybe she will figure it out after a while.After all, there are so many girls in this village who don't study.How common is it to drop out of school!
It's a pity that Zhao Quanying's heart is much darker than everyone imagined.

In her previous life, she had just started her third year of high school, and before Tang Shi had time to report, she heard Tang Xiaomei came to gloat, saying that Zhao Quanying had sold her to a bachelor man in his 40s.

The man lost his wife and son, was alcoholic and violent, and most importantly, he was also lame.

Zhao Quanying sold Tang poetry to him only because the man paid 3 yuan.

The bride price of 3 yuan is indeed like a huge fortune in this narrow and closed village.

However, Tang Shi couldn't figure it out, she was Zhao Quanying's granddaughter, how could Zhao Quanying be so cruel?

(End of this chapter)