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Song Zhehao had a good sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he found the layout of the bedroom remarkably familiar. The bedroom was only ten square meters, and housed a bed that was roughly one and a half meters long and wide.

This bed was bought on the day he just graduated. He worked as a waiter in a bar for three months and finally used his salary to buy this bed. Although it is not a famous brand, he likes it very much. Moreover, because he has slept on it for a long time, the legs of the bed are actually a little unstable. Whenever he lies on the bed and accidentally turns over in the morning, the bed will often make noises. For this reason, he spent about fifty dollars and specially hired a carpenter to come to his house to repair the furniture for him.

In fact, after becoming a book traveler, Song Zhehao made a lot of money. Every time he completed a quick travel mission, the system would give him a very generous reward.

Song Zhehao vaguely remembered that it was the first time he traveled through a book. His mission that time was to help his original childhood sweetheart next door get rid of the entanglement of his parents who favored boys over girls, successfully get into college, and thus change his own destiny.

Song Zhehao remembered that when he first went to the heroine's house, she was arguing with her parents.

The heroine's school charges 20 yuan for supplementary lessons. After the heroine told her family about this, her family did not agree to pay the money.

The heroine's father had just returned from the fields and was sitting in the yard. He was drinking tea, his face looking extremely ugly. After glancing at the heroine's door, he angrily cursed:

"You only know how to ask for money every day, and never do any housework for the family. When you, the daughter of Wang Laoliu, were in school, you would go to the fields to help herd ducks after school, and you would go to the mountains to help cut grass for the family's pigs. I'm not exaggerating about your needlework. Everyone who has seen it says it's good. There are so many women in our village, and even those who are married and have been doing needlework for more than ten years may not have the skills of hers, let alone little girls like you, don't even think you can compare with her!"

"Look at you again, you just stay in the house all day long. I asked you to do some housework, but you look so sullen. I don't even want to say anything to you. I asked you to light a fire in the stove, but you actually burnt the rice. I really don't want to say anything to you!"

After hearing her father constantly scolding her, the heroine finally managed to hold back and went out and said:

"You always blame me. As long as I'm not at school, wasn't it me who rushed to do the housework? When you were working in the fields, I ran home from school over ten kilometers along the mountain road in one breath. By the time I got home, I was so tired that I couldn't even get through the door. Wasn't it all just to get home early and cook for you?"

"Also, you said she cuts grass for the pigs at home and drives ducks to the river after school. Then let me ask you, the grass for our pigs and sheep is cut by someone on the mountain before dawn. In other families, boys are the ones who cut the grass, but only in our family would we let a girl go to the mountain to cut grass before dawn!"

Hearing his daughter say this, her father suddenly became angry again, his eyes almost popped out, and his expression was extremely scary.

But the heroine has long been accustomed to it. Her father is like this. Every time he talks to her about this, he feels that he is in the wrong, so he glares at her and acts like a feudal patriarch:

"You ugly girl! Don't use these words to shut up your father. I know what you mean. You just feel uncomfortable because we usually favor your brother, so you say these sarcastic words, right?"

"I'm telling you today! Listen carefully, don't compare yourself to your brother. Who is your brother? He's the root of our family. He's going to be the head of our household and continue my legacy. Of course, we can't let him do the rough and tiring work. You know, your brother loves to play. If he goes to the mountains and doesn't come home, runs to a cliff, encounters a snake, or encounters some other danger, will we old couple still be alive?"

After saying that, the heroine's father glared at her again and continued unhappily:

"You're different, little girl. Even if your mother and I treat you like a princess, won't you still be given away to another family in the future? Just accept your fate! It's already been very difficult for your mother and I to raise you, and you're giving away money to another family for nothing. And you still have the nerve to compare yourself with your brother? When your brother has a child in the future, that child will have my surname. You can only give birth to a child for someone else's family, and the child will also have someone else's surname!"

After the heroine's father said this, he continued to ramble on:

"I think you don't need to go to school anymore. What's the point of learning so much knowledge for a girl? Do we expect you to settle down and start a family? I say you should just stay home and help me and your mother with the housework. Practice your needlework. From now on, I'll leave all the cooking to you. Even do your brother's work! You're not a child anymore, so just be quiet and learn how to be a good woman, okay?"

After hearing her father's true thoughts, the heroine's smile became somewhat bleak. She said coldly:

"You finally spoke your mind. Actually, I guessed it a long time ago. You're not reluctant to part with the twenty yuan. You just don't want me to go to school. You think sending a daughter to school is a losing proposition. After a daughter is born, she should stay at home to do housework and learn how to serve others. After she gets married, she should go to her husband's house and be an obedient daughter-in-law. That's what you think, right?"

In response to the heroine's question, the heroine's father did not deny it. Instead, he drank a sip of tea with a clear conscience, and then told the heroine without question:

"That's right, that's what I thought. Don't be upset, it's not just me who thinks so. It's everyone else in this village too. Your Fourth Uncle Zhang, your Sixth Uncle Wang, and your Great Uncle Zhang, who doesn't think so? Their daughters just need to go to elementary school, learn a few words, come back and do farm work honestly, keep the house clean, and then find a decent man to marry as soon as possible. Isn't it that simple?"

"Look at you again. Ever since you were in elementary school, you and I have always let your ideas run wild. Even when you were in junior high school, we didn't tell you to stop going to school and come home to help with farm work. When your mother and I were so tired, we watered the fields in the summer. We stayed up all night long, just waiting for our turn to water the crops. In the fall, when the crops were ready to be harvested, we went to the fields before dawn to cut the crops. We were exhausted all day long, and by the evening, when it was dark and we were so tired that we couldn't even lift our legs, we went home. Did we ever tell you to drop out of school? My daughter, you must have a conscience and understand the difficulties your parents face."

Hearing her father pour out his bitterness, the heroine's smile was a little bleak:

"You blame all your misfortunes on me, as if your life would have been much better if you hadn't given birth to me?"

One day, the daughter dared to speak to her father like this. The father immediately exploded and slammed the table and said:

"You're such a loser, you're so rebellious! I've said so much nice stuff, but you didn't listen to a word. Not only do you not understand our difficulties, but you even say things that hurt your parents. I think studying has corrupted your mind. If you keep going like this, you'll sooner or later be able to bully us. In my opinion, you don't even want to study anymore. Starting tomorrow, you don't have to go to school anymore. Just stay home and do the housework with your mother, and then work twice as hard. You should also learn to work in the fields. You can't study all your life! In six months, I'll ask someone to find you a marriage, and you just have to marry her honestly!"

The heroine never expected that her feudal and overbearing father would not only stop her from studying, but also stop her from even attending school! She immediately started arguing with her father:

"I won't! I absolutely must go to school! What right do you have to stop me from going to school? I haven't shirked any of the housework I can do. I also paid for my tuition by working part-time during the winter and summer vacations. I haven't asked my family for a penny. Moreover, I used part of the money I earned from working to supplement my family's income. I think I've done enough to this extent, isn't it? If you don't want to pay this twenty yuan, I won't force you to, but I absolutely must go to school!"

Hearing that his daughter was not listening and was arguing with him, the heroine's father was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up:

"You bastard, you don't listen to me. If I say you can't go to school, then you can't go to school. I'm your father, the one who raised you from childhood to adulthood. As long as you're not married, I'll make the final decision on your affairs. What other girl is like you? Other girls do whatever their father says and never talk back. Look at you again, do you still look like a girl? I'm saying this again, listen to me clearly, starting tomorrow, you're not allowed to go to school anymore, and forget about wanting to go to college in the future! You want us old couple to support you to go to college, do you want to tire us out? I'm so unlucky to have given birth to a daughter like you!"

The heroine's father's attitude was unprecedentedly tough. When the heroine heard the disdain for her in his words, her eyes gradually filled with tears:

"I knew it. Even if I didn't bother you, didn't spend the family's money, and didn't cause trouble for the family, you would still stop me from going to college. You don't want me to be well at all. You just want to raise me up as soon as possible so that I can marry you off in exchange for a dowry, and then use this money to help my younger brother get married in the future. You have always thought this way. Raising a daughter like me is like raising a sheep or a pig. When the time comes, you can kill it and eat the meat. Anyway, it is all for your family's livelihood. Dad, am I right?"