Chapter 36: Passing away Mother Lu caressed the certificate of honor and smiled...
In the classroom, Sun Hui waited until all the classmates had left and the classroom was completely quiet before she took out her lunch box from the hole in the desk.
When I opened the lid, I saw coarse grain rice with more corn and sorghum and less white rice. There were only a few vegetables, which had been fermenting in the lunch box for the whole morning and had turned a little yellow.
Sun Hui finished her lunch silently and quickly, drank some water, packed her lunch box, put it in her schoolbag, and then continued studying.
Compared with local students, she is born with deficiencies and has to work twelve times harder to get into a technical secondary school.
Sun Hui was lucky in that she could understand Hucheng dialect.
Her irresponsible parents, ever since they went to the countryside, have been thinking about returning to the city all the time. Even after going to the countryside, they were unwilling to integrate into the local community, let alone learn the local language. Whether communicating with fellow villagers or educated youth, they spoke the Hucheng dialect.
Sun Hui followed them from time to time and at least learned some basics.
Later, when the policy was relaxed, the couple quickly left her with a fellow villager, divorced, and returned to Hu. They then remarried and moved abroad. However, they never considered that they had also left a daughter behind in the local area.
After her adoptive father passed away, her adoptive mother remarried. With nowhere to go, she thought of her irresponsible biological father who seemed to have an elderly father in Hucheng.
Sun Hui sent a letter to her grandfather with a try-it attitude.
Unexpectedly, after receiving the letter, grandpa was actually willing to take her in.
But Grandpa's life was tough too. He had no formal job and made a living by picking up trash. That irresponsible couple, not only didn't support my father in his old age, but also took away all of my grandfather's savings before leaving the country.
It was already difficult for the old man to support himself, and now he had to support her and pay for her education. If Sun Hui could not successfully pass the entrance examination to a technical secondary school and get a job, she would have no choice but to drop out of school and work to support herself and her grandfather after graduating from junior high school.
Thinking of this, Sun Hui quickly withdrew her attention.
When Xu Heye and Kong Xiaoyue came back after lunch, they saw Sun Hui still concentrating on studying, so they did not disturb her.
The two of them tiptoed to their seats, sat down, and took out their textbooks to start studying. At half past twelve, Xu Heye closed her textbook and lay down on the table for a lunch break.
There were four classes in the afternoon, and if she didn't take a break at noon, she would easily feel sleepy in the afternoon. Xu Heye lay down and rested for about twenty minutes. When she woke up, she saw Sun Hui still studying.
You work so hard.
Xu Heye noticed that when Sun Hui felt sleepy during class, she would pinch her arm hard. She used the most vicious method, pinching a layer of skin with two fingernails and twisting it hard.
Xu Heye had experienced that kind of pain firsthand; it was excruciating. But this self-harming method of stimulating energy only lasted three to five minutes. Afterward, she'd feel sleepy again, and when she did, she'd just pinch herself again.
In the end, his arms were covered with purple marks.
Xu Heye couldn't help but admire Sun Hui.
The first two classes in the afternoon were physics classes taught by the head teacher. As soon as Chen Yuru arrived, she brought good news - the school will hold a sports meeting next Monday.
There were no classes for three days, and cheers suddenly broke out in the classroom.
After class, the sports committee member took out the application form and started asking the students to sign up for the competition. However, all this had nothing to do with the three new transfer students.
Sun Hui only wants to study and doesn't want to do anything that is not related to study.
Xu Heye had other ideas. Kong Xiaoyue wanted to participate, but the sports committee member, a native of Hucheng, simply ignored the three of them without even asking.
Kong Xiaoyue was a little indignant: "Why don't you ask us? I can run too, and I can run pretty fast!"
But when it comes to asking her to apply to the Sports Commission, Kong Xiaoyue becomes discouraged again.
She looked at Xu Heye and said aggrievedly: "I dare not."
Xu Heye: “…”
She shrugged: "Then I can't help it." She was willing to make friends with Kong Xiaoyue and help her to the best of her ability, but she would not interfere and help her fight for things that she dared not fight for.
The next few decades eventually left their marks on her, making her more indifferent and no longer as innocent and enthusiastic as she was in her childhood.
Kong Xiaoyue was not angry that Xu Heye did not help her.
After much hesitation, on Thursday, the last day for registration, Kong Xiaoyue couldn't help but want to participate in the sports meet. With Xu Heye's encouraging eyes, Kong Xiaoyue looked back every few steps to find Wang Jianping, the sports committee member.
After a while, Kong Xiaoyue ran back happily.
"Xu Heye, I've signed up. 3,000-meter women's long-distance race."
"Very good, keep it up." Xu Heye gave a thumbs up.
Sun Hui, who was standing behind him, heard this and cursed him inwardly, "Fool!" Few girls would be willing to sign up for the 3,000-meter women's race. Kong Xiaoyue, that fool, had actually jumped into the trap.
Xu Heye also knew this, but she felt that what was more encouraging was Kong Xiaoyue's courage to fight for what she wanted, even if the 3,000-meter women's long-distance race she won was something no one else wanted.
As for Xu Heye, she didn't want to participate in the sports meet because she planned to make some money through the sports meet.
During sports meets, all the teachers and students in the school will gather on the playground. If you can sell soda, cola, snacks, etc. by the playground, you can make some money.
In her previous life, in order to make money, she sold water on the edge of the square at night with a small trailer.
After a long time, I got to know some colleagues and heard them say that the school made the most money when the sports meeting was held. I could sell any snacks or spicy strips I wanted without any worries.
Xu Heye has already found a supplier - Aunt Liu Yumei from the Jingu Grocery Store at the entrance of the alley. She has also found the hardworking and dedicated people who do whatever they are told - her uncle Dong Fuyun, and a few of his cronies.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for Monday.
Early on Monday morning, my uncle Dong Fuyun came to the rental house with his friends Huang Wangcheng, Liu Tong, Cheng Zijun and Lu Jun.
Xu Heye didn't expect that Lu Jun would come too.
"Uncle Lu Jun, why are you here too? How is Grandma Lu's health?" The last time my uncle came, he said that Grandma Lu's health was not very optimistic.
Lu Jun: "Your Grandma Lu, my mother, passed away last Wednesday. She was cremated the day before yesterday and has been buried."
Xu Heye's heart skipped a beat: "How come it's so fast?"
She looked at Dong Fuyun again: "Uncle, why didn't you tell me? If I knew, I would definitely go and see you off."
Lu Jun smiled and said, "It's okay. We'll keep the funeral simple. Aside from your uncle and his friends, no one else was invited."
After a pause, he said, "My mother asked me to do that."
Lü Jun looked at Xu Heye, his eyes filled with gratitude and regret. His mother's condition had rapidly worsened, and by the end, she was completely delirious. But on the night of her death, she suddenly awoke.
She said she had a dream.
A nightmare.
A nightmare that made her tremble all over when she thought about it.
She dreamed that in order to find him a good wife, she was targeted by a scammer and all her family property was cheated away. She was so angry that she died.
But what made her die with regret was that her son Lu Jun, in order to avenge her, chased the murderer alone, and finally killed the murderer by mistake and went to prison.
Lu Jun told her that his family had indeed been targeted by scammers and had nearly lost all their wealth. However, they had taken precautions in advance, so not only did they not get scammed, they also assisted the police in arresting the scammers.
For this, they not only received the reward, but also received an honorary certificate from the police station for "being brave and helpful."
Lu Jun showed the certificate of honor to Lu's mother.
Mother Lu stroked the certificate of honor and left with a smile.
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