Reborn peasant female scholar

Chapter 4

Mother Tang wiped her tears, "Xiaomeng, you don't understand. If you find something to do by yourself, it is called a part-time job. How can you compare it with people who get a national salary? In the past two years, there have been many migrant workers in the village. They all graduated from elementary school. Or graduated from junior high school, your brother passed the technical secondary school entrance examination based on his ability, wouldn’t he be laughed at by the villagers if he went to work like them? They said that your brother studied for nothing, so what’s the use of good grades, and in the end he was just like them .”

Hearing what her mother said, Tang Lixin felt even more depressed. She said angrily, "What time is it now? You're still only concerned about face. If I'm really laid off, why don't I stay at home and farm?"

Tang Meng said in a low voice: "There is nothing wrong with farming, such as planting fruit trees or farming, or raising money to buy land in the town..."

Before finishing speaking, Tang Meng stopped by herself, because her parents looked at her with disdain. In their eyes, planting fruit trees and farming are farmers, and they are worthless!It is a fantasy to pool money to buy land, why buy land, build a house?I'm full.Of course, they only thought that what Tang Meng said was childish, and they didn't take it to heart.

After lunch, they continued to cut branches in the cotton field, and Tang Lixin followed suit.Tang Meng was about to go with her, but was stopped by her mother.

"Xiaomeng, don't go there. If you are as tanned as black charcoal, you will be looked down upon by your classmates when you go to the city to study, and they will laugh at you for coming from the countryside. You can cook and wash clothes at home before dark Don't forget to take the peanuts into the house."

"Oh." Tang Meng understands her mother's painstaking efforts, knows that she loves face very much, and also protects her child's face, for fear that her child will be bullied and ridiculed at school.

Half a month later, Tang Lixin was really laid off, the printing factory was completely closed down, and everyone in the factory lost their jobs, except for the factory manager, because the factory manager was relocated to another factory as the deputy factory manager.

Tang Meng's grades also came out, and she was confirmed to be admitted to No. [-] Middle School in the city. Her parents, who had been depressed for half a month, finally smiled a little.

For the next half month, Tang Lixin kept asking where to find a good job, and finally decided to go to Shenzhen.Tang Meng advised him several times not to go, but to start a side job at home, but Tang Lixin didn't listen to him at all, and of course he didn't listen to what his sister said.Moreover, Tang's father and Tang's mother knew that Tang Meng was persuading her brother so much, and they scolded her, saying that she was ignorant and not to meddle in it. The reason was that her brother was a technical secondary school student and could not stay at home to farm.

Tang Meng really couldn't compete. Thinking of her brother's first few years in Shenzhen, although he was doing nothing but working, he also made money. He lived a happy life and had his first love, so I let him go. up.After a year or two, when she has the right to speak, her parents and brother may be able to listen.

Tang Lixin was about to leave with his old canvas bag. Tang Meng and his parents sent him to the dilapidated train station.While waiting for the train at the train station, my father's eyes were red, my mother cried out, and Tang Meng was also provoked to tears.

Not long after the train arrived, Tang Lixin got on the train with some excitement and nostalgia, and Tang's mother ran forward with the slowly moving train, "Xinzi, you need to write more letters to your family and send them to Xiaomeng, the address Xiaomeng should be able to accept the ones written about our No. [-] Middle School."

Tang Lixin had been holding on just now, seeing that his family was reluctant to let him go, he seemed indifferent, but at this moment he couldn't hold on, tears rolled down, and he choked up and shouted: "Mom, stop chasing him, it's dangerous. You and your father and sister go home."

After he finished speaking, he entered the carriage, and Tang's mother couldn't see him anymore.

Tang Meng and her parents just watched the train disappear without a trace.On the way home, Tang's mother kept crying intermittently, "Xinzi has never even been out of the province, and now I have to travel so far alone to work, I don't feel relieved."

Tang's father is still reasonable, he believes in his son, "Xinzi has 1000 yuan laid-off resettlement allowance, even if he goes there for three months and doesn't find a job, he won't starve to death. What are you worried about?"

Mama Tang was startled suddenly, "I heard that there are a lot of pickpockets on the train recently, don't let Xinzi's money be stolen!"

Tang Meng knew that her mother was too nervous, "Mom, didn't you sew brother's money into the inner layer of his clothes? It was still stuck to his chest, so you can rest assured. Those people are just pickpockets, and they dare not steal it openly. There are policemen on the train, my brother has read books for so many years and knows how to protect himself."

Tang's mother was still worried. Who wouldn't worry about her son traveling far away?
Until the end of August, a young man in the village who came back from working in Shenzhen said that he met Tang Lixin. Tang Lixin had already joined a large printing factory and asked him to bring back a letter.Tang's mother's hanging heart finally let go, and Tang's father became more motivated to work in the field.

Tang Meng also breathed a sigh of relief. Affected by her mother's pessimistic and fearful mood these days, she has also lived a very depressed life.

Tang's mother only read books for four years, but she can recognize most of the letters written by her son.After reading the letter, she finally showed a smile, "Xiaomeng, you will start school the day after tomorrow. In the afternoon, I will take you to the tailor shop in the town to make two new clothes and buy a suitcase."

That's right, school will start the day after tomorrow, and Tang Meng will go to the school where she stayed for three years, the school where she has won many honors, but the school that did not leave much memory for her.

This time, she must live out the splendor she should have at this age. At least she can achieve the results of the year without too much effort. Although she has returned half of the knowledge to the teacher, there is still half left.

(End of this chapter)