Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

I didn't expect that so many people would oppose me just because I want to study liberal arts. Am I an important person? The concept of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude has been proposed for many years, why don't these people understand it? From the moment Teacher Ma knew that I wanted to study liberal arts, everyone from the subject teachers to the grade director has been persuading me not to give up science. It has been so many years, and no one in the experimental class has ever studied liberal arts. I just can't figure it out. Do they understand me as well as I do? Don't I know how hard it is for me to learn things like acceleration, chemical formulas, and cell molecules? Lin Qingmei and Cheng Xingmin were also very angry when they knew that I wanted to study liberal arts. I didn't know before why Teacher Ma was so fond of complaining.

Cheng Xingmin and I had been arguing for two days, and Lin Qingmei also asked me to think about it carefully. In Cheng Xingmin's eyes, studying liberal arts has no future at all. I said to him: "No wonder you are neither high nor low in this position. With this little political awareness, you deserve to have no future! Oh, no, you are also studying science, what's wrong with you?" He was angry and used Lin Qingmei as an example: "Look, your mother is studying liberal arts. She repeated the college entrance examination for several years. Did she get into college? Studying science may not have a future, and studying liberal arts definitely has no future!" Lin Qingmei's face changed. She hated it most when others mentioned that she had repeated the college entrance examination for six years and still failed to get into college. No one could do that. I would not offend Lin Qingmei at this point. I was still counting on her to say a few words for me. I retorted to Cheng Xingmin: "Do you know me? Do you know my grades? Do you know how many points I got in physics and chemistry even after trying my best? Do you know that I scored higher than others in Chinese and English even with my eyes closed? You deny all those who study liberal arts with just one sentence. You are a frog in a well! There are so many outstanding people, but you can't see them. How many national leaders study liberal arts? Mr. Lu Xun even gave up medicine to pursue literature. Why can't I do the same?"

"You are nothing compared to those people!"

"Why can't we compare? I study liberal arts, and I'm good at the field. Who knows what I'll be able to do in the future. But if you force me to study science, I'll make it clear that I won't even be able to get into a junior college. Anyway, I admit that I can't learn it and I'm not ashamed. If I have any troubles in the future, I will blame you. It's because you forced me to study science that I became like this. I'm so embarrassed for you! I'm so angry at you!" I put my hands on my hips, full of vigor. Cheng Xingmin drooped his head because of what I said, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. What you said about studying liberal arts having no future is just an excuse. You just feel sorry for the money! If I study liberal arts, I won't be exempted from tuition, and I won't get the 300 yuan monthly experimental class subsidy. You're such a miser, you're obsessed with money!"

Cheng Xingmin was scratching his head in anger, not knowing what to say, because I hit the nail on the head. He just didn't want to spend money, let alone spend it on me. He paced back and forth in the store, and I didn't know what he was angry about. He actually said to me: "Don't go to school, go out and work!"

I opened my eyes wide in disbelief. Is this something my own father would say? What the hell!

"You dare!" Lin Qingmei slammed the table, "Why do you let my daughter not go to school!" She still did her part at the critical moment.

"If you don't let me go to school, I will sue you! Although compulsory education is only nine years, I will sue you. The Education Bureau, the County Government, the Court, oh, and your unit..." I counted on my fingers and said slowly, "I want to let them know that my father has enough money to support me to go to high school but made me go out to work. The reason for not letting me go to school is just that I don't want to study science. I want to see who will be taught a lesson and who will be embarrassed. There are many people in these places who study liberal arts, right? Well, they have no future... If your unit knew you were such a person, do you think you can keep your iron rice bowl?" Cheng Xingmin's face turned pale. Humph, it's really scary...

"I expressed my thoughts to you calmly, but my father still tried to control me like a dictator. I was surprised. Fathers want their children to be good, but you can. If I don't follow your ideas, I'm unfilial. You use your status as an elder to pressure me every day, asking me to learn from this good one and that good one. There are so many good fathers, why don't you learn from them!" Since the last big fight, my speaking ability has obviously improved a lot. "Why can't I study liberal arts? At least I don't study so hard and my grades are better. I can't guarantee that I will be admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University if I study liberal arts, but for other things, with my current grades, it's really possible. But if I study science, I still say that I guarantee that I won't even be admitted to a junior college! I don't know where you get so many prejudices. You think so, and the teachers think so too. If you want to study science, you can cancel all liberal arts classes if you have the ability. Why deprive students of the right to freely choose liberal arts or science!"

Lin Qingmei and Cheng Xingmin didn't speak again. One of them sat on a chair and rubbed his hands, while the other squatted on the ground and sighed, just like I was being unfilial by bullying my parents. I pouted and continued, "Teacher Ma called you to ask you to persuade me to study science. It would be better if you respect my ideas, and Teacher Ma won't do anything. But if you still want me to study science, I will transfer to a regular class and see who can stop me from choosing liberal arts. As for the tuition, if you don't want to pay, I will apply for a subsidy from the Education Bureau. At worst, I still have my uncle. My uncle and aunt love me so much, they will definitely be willing to support me. I can't control what others say about you at that time~"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Your biological parents are fine and can earn money. Who else can they support if not you? You kid! Don't say such things again. Just study liberal arts. My daughter is fine with anything. I'll call your class teacher later!" Lin Qingmei stood up and hugged me. Of course I knew she would support me. Not to mention that she now goes along with my attitude and tries to be a good mother. Even if she was like before, she would still support me. Doesn't she want to save face?

I tilted my head to look at Cheng Xingmin who was still squatting on the ground: "Dad, what do you think?"

"You're grown up now, make your own decision, and don't blame me if you regret it later!" He stood up, patted his butt and left.

I got the liberal arts and science selection form as I wished, filled in my information, and put a big check mark behind "liberal arts"! My classmates also advised me: "Cheng Lin, think about it again, this is a lifelong matter!" I looked into their eyes and said seriously: "Because it is a lifelong matter, I have to think it through more carefully. If I choose science, I will only get worse and worse, and that will really delay me! So many teachers have come to talk to me one by one, only the biology teacher has not come to me, because he also knows that with my biology grades, I can't climb the wall no matter how hard I try!" The girl who advised me happened to be the biology class representative. She remembered that in a monthly exam, I only scored 100 points out of 19, which was the "proud" score at the bottom of the whole grade, and also "successfully" lowered the average biology score of the entire Class , and was surpassed by two ordinary classes. The biology teacher didn't raise her head for a month... She twitched her mouth and stopped advising me.

The days passed quickly, and life was not full of ripples. Cheng Xingmin would occasionally hit me, but Lin Qingmei learned to stop him, and I was too lazy to pay attention to him. His focus was slowly shifted to Cheng Xinyuan. Cheng Xinyuan's athletic talent gradually emerged, and his grades were declining. Cheng Xingmin looked at him with more and more dissatisfaction, always comparing him with Cheng Xinlin. I was convinced, it was okay to compare me with Cheng Xinlin, but Cheng Xinyuan also wanted to compare him. Cheng Xinlin and I were in the same grade, and we were comparing grades. What was Cheng Xinyuan comparing him with? How sensible a boy was? Cheng Xinlin was sensible? He could only pretend in front of his elders, what else could he do! But everyone in the Cheng family treated him like a treasure, and thought he was the most promising one in our generation.

嘁…

Everything became tense after I entered the third year of high school. I lived like a legend in school for more than a year. As the only student studying liberal arts in the experimental class in recent years, the teachers took care of me in every possible way. I also worked hard. After all, among the six subjects, except mathematics, which I was a little weak in, the rest were my comfort zone. After the third year of high school, every mock exam ranked top three in the city, which was enough to make everyone hold me in the palm of their hands. Every teacher who taught our class walked around the school with their heads held high. They even believed that as long as I kept this result, the whole school, the county, and the whole city would be proud of me!

I used my scores of 650+ to make Cheng Xingmin lose his temper with me. Needless to say, Lin Qingmei took good care of me. She went to school to bring me lunch every day at noon, fearing that I would not get enough nutrition. She always said to me: "I didn't understand how your grandma felt when I took the college entrance examination before, but now I understand. What's more, your grandma was scared six times..." A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. She said more than once that the person she felt most sorry for in this life was her grandma. She also always told me: "Don't be like me. Cherish your family while you are still young, otherwise it will be too late to regret..."

She has been trying to repair the father-daughter relationship between me and Cheng Xingmin, and she is also convinced that she can do it. She tells me the good points of Cheng Xingmin whenever she has the chance. One time, I finally got a holiday once a month, and she came to me again just after I got up. I was anxious: "True emotional restoration requires a natural process. Do you want me to pretend on the surface, or do you really respect him in my heart?"

"Of course, we are reconciled in our hearts as well!"

"Then just leave it alone!"

"There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between a father and daughter!"

"Of course there are none. There are plenty! He is narrow-minded, and I inherited his narrow-mindedness. You can only blame yourself for finding such a man!"

"I'm so useless! I can't even persuade you two, and yet I'm still trying to persuade others..." I'm so annoyed by Lin Qingmei's behavior. The injury wasn't suffered by her, so how could she empathize with me!

"You might as well pay more attention to the relationship between Cheng Xinyuan and my dad. I'm in my third year of high school and need some quiet time. Cheng Xingmin doesn't dare to do anything to me, but Cheng Xinyuan is different. You should keep an eye on him, so he doesn't become the next me!"

"How could that be?! Your brother is a boy, your father won't beat him!" Lin Qingmei blurted out, then instantly felt that she had said something wrong and looked at me guiltily.

I squinted my eyes at her, "So you know everything. I thought my mother was just a pure saint. So what if she didn't beat him? What about the psychological damage? What good words my father said might hurt Cheng Xinyuan's young heart. He is still young. You should spend more time with him. Don't be like me. You should be thankful that I am still alive and mentally intact!"

"I was negligent. I will..."

I interrupted her: "Don't easily say something you can't do!" She opened her mouth but didn't say anything. "Mom, you disturbed my study." I ordered her to leave. I live alone in this small room now. Cheng Xinyuan is getting older. No matter how good the relationship between siblings is, there must be differences between boys and girls. Lin Qingmei separated her big room into a small room for Cheng Xinyuan to live in.

The first semester of my senior year was spent smoothly with some minor frictions. Just when I was thinking that I would be more cautious in the next semester, I didn’t know that my nightmare was just beginning...