Shen Lingling had even less time to interact with Fang Siwen, so how could she fall in love with him so quickly? Was it really love at first sight?
After hearing what Tian Tian said, Shen Lingling looked up in panic and defended herself, "I, I didn't fall in love with him. He helped me, but I really don't like him!"
Maybe there is a little bit of favorable impression, but when people see beautiful things, they will have some vague favorable impression, which does not mean that they like it.
"Why is that?" Tian Tian looked at Shen Lingling in confusion.
Shen Lingling lowered her head and was silent for a long time before she spoke. "I just envy those city people. I see that they don't even know how to use knives. I see that they can even cut their legs and bleed when cutting wheat. I wonder why I didn't grow up in the city? Then I wouldn't have to do such heavy farm work, I could go home to do housework, I wouldn't have to wash clothes for the whole family, I wouldn't have to go hungry, and I would have my own room. I could also go to school and study cleanly, without having to be covered in dust in front of the stove. I also want to live that kind of life."
Shen Lingling looked up at Tian Tian, "I also want to have a job of my own, to earn money for myself, to buy myself nice clothes and shoes, instead of wearing clothes that are made smaller by my brothers all day long. Those factory workers are so good, I want to be one too."
"Tiantian, do you know that I am one year older than you? I am already seventeen this year. Maybe this year my grandma will arrange to find a partner for me. In another two or three years, I will get married. Then, like my mom, I will be managed by my grandma, serve my dad, and worry about the kids in my family. I have to work during the day and mend clothes at night."
"When I get old, I will be like my grandmother, who has to worry about how much food to cook every day, how to keep the family from going hungry, and how to buy clothes for the children with the few cloth coupons she has. She won't even be willing to eat a bite of meat."
Shen Lingling shed tears and looked at Tian Tian sadly, "Tian Tian! I don't want to live a life that I can predict the end of."
Tian Tian was also silent for a while. After a while, Tian Tian said, "Lingling, go study!"
"Ah?" Shen Lingling looked up in confusion, "Reading?"
"Yes!" Tian Tian nodded firmly, "Go to school. Sister Yunyun is in junior high school. Lingling! My grandmother has promised me that next September, she will let me go back to the county town to study in high school. If you don't know what you want to do, you should continue to study. Aren't you envious of those female educated youth from the city who have a unique temperament and can read and write? It is said that a person with knowledge of poetry and books will be elegant. Lingling! You can do it too."
If Shen Lingling had not said these words to Tian Tian just now, Tian Tian would not have asked Shen Lingling to go to school.
Because there are really not many options for studying nowadays, and only a small number of people in the village will send their children to school. It is particularly rare to find someone like Grandma Tian who insists that every child in the family go to school, or someone like Li Dahua who insists on letting children finish elementary school.
The reason why people don’t attach importance to studying is due to the overall social environment. Tian Tian is not in the mood to care about others, nor does she have the ability to do so.
Although she had wanted Shen Lingling to continue studying, she didn't know whether Shen Lingling was willing to study, so she didn't tell her about it.
But now Shen Lingling has clearly expressed her unwillingness to Tian Tian, and only then is Tian Tian willing to waste her breath. She also hopes that Shen Lingling can have a better future. Even if she cannot be admitted to university or college, it is fine as long as she can graduate from high school, because at this time, high school students are already highly educated.
"You want to go to school too?" Shen Lingling looked at Tian Tian blankly.
"I want to go to school!" Tian Tian knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed in the future, but she couldn't tell Shen Lingling. If Shen Lingling accidentally spread the news and let it slip, it would bring trouble to Tian Tian.
"Tiantian, studying is useless. What's the use of graduating from high school? You still have to get married. Doesn't it make any difference whether you marry early or late?" Shen Lingling didn't understand why Tian Tian said this to her.
Nowadays, high school students in the city still have to go to the countryside after graduation. As a person with a rural household registration, she has even less options.
"Lingling, if you believe me, you must go to school. You said that you will get married sooner or later, so why can't you go to school for a few years? You must live the life you are living now?" Tian Tian asked earnestly while holding Shen Lingling's hand.
Shen Lingling was somewhat tempted, but she was still a little hesitant, "But the tuition is too expensive, and my grandma may not agree to it."
Tian Tian is also at a loss as the biggest obstacles to studying nowadays are ideology and money.
"If it really doesn't work, talk to your parents. Your parents love you and have agreed to let you go to school before. Maybe they will agree this time too." Tian Tian said.
Going to school is a big deal, and it certainly cannot be hidden from other people in Shen Lingling's family, so she still has to seek their consent.
Shen Lingling's grandmother is a little bit biased towards boys. Although she didn't abuse Shen Lingling, there is still a gap between her and Shen Lingling's older brother.
"I'll go and beg my mother!" Shen Lingling said firmly.
Her parents will definitely agree to let her go to school.
"Lingling! Listen to me, you have already attended the primary school next door and studied up to the third grade. Maybe this time you don't have to wait until next year and can go to school directly." Tian Tian said.
The school has only been in session for half a month, and I can catch up if I try hard.
Their school is not so strict at that time, so just tell the teacher.
After hearing this, Shen Lingling immediately ran home to find a solution.
In the evening, Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo came back from school and expressed their concern for Tian Tian. They massaged Tian Tian's shoulders and back, and served her tea and water.
When they came back from school last night, they heard everyone talking about Tian Tian being chased by a wild boar. They were so worried that they stopped picking grass for the boars and hurried back. They found Tian Tian asleep. They leaned over the windowsill and took a look inside without disturbing Tian Tian.
When they got home from school today, they saw Tian Tian had woken up, so they came to see her.
Tian Tian felt their two little hands pounding on her body, making her already sore muscles even more sore.
"Alright, alright!" Tian Tian stopped them, "You two go out and play! Sister is fine!"
"Sister! I heard from them that it was the PLA uncles who came and killed the wild boar yesterday. Have you seen the PLA uncles?" Tian Baobao asked flatteringly.
Tian Zhuo standing by also cast a curious look at Tian Tian.
"Uncle from the People's Liberation Army?" Tian Tian glanced at Tian Baobao and she knew that Tian Baobao had ulterior motives. "Of course I have seen him! It was the uncle from the People's Liberation Army who saved me!"
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo immediately became excited. They stopped what they were doing and came forward to ask, "Sister! What do the PLA uncles look like? Are they all very powerful and strong, able to beat a wild boar to death with one punch?"
Tian Baobao raised his fist after he finished speaking.
Tian Tian was speechless. Killing a wild boar with one punch? This filter is too strong.
However, Tian Tian also understands that everyone has a natural filter for the People's Liberation Army, and she is no exception, but her filter is not as exaggerated as Tian Baobao's.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. The People's Liberation Army uncles are also human beings. It would be great if they could kill a wild boar with one punch." Tian Tian said.
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo were suddenly a little disappointed.
"What? Gou Wa said he saw with his own eyes yesterday that wild boar was beaten to death by the PLA uncles one punch at a time. He lied to me."
"Okay, you two should go and do your homework! If you have any questions, come and ask me." Tian Tian sent them back to the house.
"We finished our homework when we were in school," said Tian Baobao.
"Then you two should review what you will learn in tomorrow's class. This way, learning will be easier."
"We have a holiday tomorrow. It's the autumn harvest holiday. We don't have to go to class."
In recent days, various teams have started the autumn harvest one after another, and their elementary school has also had a holiday for the autumn harvest.
"Then you go and help our parents deliver the meal. Grandma should have prepared the meal by now." Tian Tian said.
When Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo heard that they were going to deliver meals to the fields, they ran out excitedly.
Tian Tian took a break for a while before slowly moving her aching body to put on her shoes.
Because she was quite frightened yesterday when she was chased by a wild boar, Grandma Tian didn't let her work today. She told her not to work and to rest at home for a day.
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