Return To 1998

Seeing Tongdao Xu coming back, his mother Ge Xiaozhu was very happy.

Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu, who came back from school in the evening, were also very happy.

When the family was having dinner in the evening, Tongdao Xu made a request to each of his brother and sister.

What he said to his younger brother Xu Tonglu was: Xiaolu, the senior high school entrance examination will be in a few months. You don't need to worry about other things at home. You only have one task. Get a high score in the test! At least it can't be worse than the test I took last year!

After hearing this, Xu Tonglu's reaction was calm, and while continuing to eat with vegetables, he said lightly, Got it.

This is his attitude.

But combined with his first grade in the grade at the end of last year, his attitude tonight makes people feel his strong self-confidence.

To his younger sister Ge Yuzhu, Tongdao Xu said: Yuzhu! You also give me a good read. Next year will be your turn to take the high school entrance examination. I know your foundation is not very good. If there is anything you don't understand, ask your second brother! After you finish junior high school with righteous thoughts, you also have to go to high school for me. If your score is not enough, I will pay you the school selection fee. Anyway, it will pay for you to continue to finish high school. Just work harder for me! Give me as high a score as possible, you know?

Yes, for her younger sister Ge Yuzhu, Tongdao Xu did not expect her to be admitted to high school by her own ability.

As a result, Ge Yuzhu's academic performance since childhood was a lot worse than that of the two brothers, and the foundation was not well laid.

Secondly, the teaching level of their middle school in Zhulin Township is there. There are only a few people who can be admitted to high school in one grade every year. If the rest want to go to high school, they have to pay the school selection fee.

As long as the school selection fee is paid in place, let alone the second county middle school, the county one middle school can also attend.

But the school selection fee is not cheap. Even if the difference is one point, it will cost several thousand yuan, and if it is 100%, it will cost tens of thousands.

In this year, the average family in Zhulin Township generally has an annual income of two or three thousand.

Excluding family expenses, many families have worked hard for a year and have no savings at all. In this case, in addition to high school tuition, there are very few families who can pay thousands or even tens of thousands of school selection fees. .

This is also one of the reasons why it is very common for children in cities to go to high school and university, while most of the children from rural areas have a junior high school degree.

The quality of teaching in rural middle schools is so high that only a few of the hundreds of middle school candidates are admitted a year.

For more than 90% of children in rural areas, if they want to go to high school, only their own scores reach the threshold.

Otherwise, don't even think about it.

Of course, this situation will gradually improve over time.

But that's all for the future.

Anyway, that's the overall situation at the moment.

Ge Yuzhu was so shocked that she forgot to eat, and Ge Xiaozhu and Xu Tonglu also looked at Xu Tongdao in surprise.

Ge Xiaozhu frowned: Xiaodao, Yuzhu is a girl. It doesn't matter if she studies less. If she can't pass the test herself, don't study! The school selection fee is so expensive, it can't increase your burden any more.

Ge Yuzhu came back to her senses and said quickly, Yes, bro! I don't like studying, so don't waste that money, really! I'm still thinking of going to work after I graduate to help you share the pressure at home. What! Really, big brother! I really think so.

Xu Tonglu frowned slightly, looked at Xu Tongdao, then at his mother and sister, he was silent and did not speak.

And Xu Tongdao?

In the face of his mother's persuasion and his sister's statement, his attitude did not waver at all.

He said to his sister with a sullen face: I'm not discussing with you, I don't care what you think, anyway, you must at least finish high school for me! You will only be 16 years old when you sit first, and you will only be 17 years old next year. Studying, what kind of work do you go out to work for? You have a junior high school degree, what can you do? How much can you earn? I don’t need you to help me share the pressure of supporting my family. If you really want to relieve my pressure, just raise my grades for me , let me pay less school fees for you!

Big brother...

Ge Yuzhu wanted to refute, but didn't dare, her expression seemed aggrieved.

Ge Xiaozhu frowned even more, Xiaodao, why do you do this?

Tongdao Xu turned his eyes to his mother, Mom! Don't worry about this, let me arrange it? If I let Yuzhu study for a few more years, it won't hurt her. We are three brothers and sisters, and I will definitely be in my life. I have a junior high school degree, and I don't want Xiaolu and Yuzhu to be the same as me in the future, besides, I earn a lot of money now, so they can study for a few more years, it's nothing, don't worry about me!

This... ugh!

Ge Xiaozhu looked at him with a complicated expression, then at his daughter Ge Yuzhu, sighed, and finally stopped persuading.

Brother...I really don't miss...

Ge Yuzhu wanted to struggle again.

Tongdao Xu glanced at her coldly and looked at her so coldly, just like that, Ge Yuzhu didn't dare to say what she wanted to say.

After this incident, the atmosphere at the dinner table was obviously much more silent.

No one spoke again.

Tongdao Xu frowned. It was rare for him to go home on vacation. He didn't want the atmosphere at home to be like this. After thinking about it, he decided to give them some hope in life.

He stopped his chopsticks, coughed lightly, and said, When Xiaolu gets his high school entrance examination results this year, if he gets into the first middle school, our family will go to buy a house near the first middle school. If he gets into the second middle school, we will Just go and buy it near No. 2 Middle School! So, Mom, in the first half of this year, you should stop raising chickens and ducklings, because when our family goes to the county to buy a house, you will have to move there. Not easy to handle.

what?

Ge Xiaozhu was stunned.

Big brother? Are you telling the truth? Does our family have the money to buy a house in the county now? Ge Yuzhu was also surprised.

Although Xu Tonglu still didn't speak, his eyes were also very surprised.

Tongdao Xu smiled and nodded, So, Xiaolu, where our family will live in the future depends on where you can get in the exam this time. Also, Yuzhu! You also work hard! You will definitely go to high school, when the time comes, our whole family will They are all in the county town, and they all live together, how good would you say? Right?

Ge Yuzhu's face was bitter, and she smirked and did not dare to answer.

Xu Tonglu was silent.

Ge Xiaozhu was surprised, and suddenly said: Even if you go to the county to buy a house this year, I can't go! According to what you said, if Yuzhu wants to go to high school in the future, she will also prepare for the high school entrance examination next year. Take good care of her? So, I should raise chickens and ducks this year, and I have to raise them. If you really buy a house in the county this year, you and Xiaolu will go live first! You two brothers live together, I Don't worry at home.

Xu Tongdao was a little surprised.

He really didn't think about it just now, but it doesn't matter. It's okay for his mother and sister to go to the county town a year later. Just like what his mother said, it's fine for him to live with his brother.

Anyway, he decided to buy the house in the county seat.

These old houses in my hometown, unless they are demolished and rebuilt, it will be ineffective to improve the living environment at home.

And he didn't want to let the whole family live in this old house all the time, or even let the whole family continue to live in this village.

Because of the scandalous things his father did, their mother and son lived in this village, and they would always be stared at with strange eyes.

The original time and space has always been like this. In this life, he wants to take his mother and them all out of the house as soon as possible.