The land on the mountain needs to be reclaimed. Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei feel that they have contracted such a large piece of land, so they plan to buy a second-hand agricultural tractor for their own use.

Xu Fuqiang still had some money in his hands, and with the money Xu Qingzhi gave him from selling vegetables every day, buying a tractor was not a problem.

The whole family has become a community of shared destiny, and Xu Fuqiang no longer hesitates to take his daughter's money.

Anyway, the goal is for the whole family to live a better and better life.

However, the current economic situation requires us to spend money more tightly than before, so we have to give priority to land reclamation.

Xu Zijun's final exam was over, and Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei went to the county town to pick him up. They happened to take a look at a second-hand tractor and decided on one.

Driving a tractor requires a special test, and on the way to pick up Xu Zijun, the family had a heated discussion about it.

Xu Fuqiang said: "I can drive a car, so driving a tractor shouldn't be a problem. Driving a tractor is something that men should do."

Wang Yanmei was not convinced. "What do you mean men should do it? Why can't women drive tractors? Qingzhi is busy farming every day, and you take care of the chickens, ducks and fruit trees. After the land is contracted, I am the only one in our family who has nothing to do."

Xu Fuqiang softened his tone and said, "I just feel sorry for you. It's not easy to learn how to operate a tractor. When our farm makes money, you can enjoy a peaceful life every day."

Wang Yanmei: "I'm not used to eating free food, and my IQ is higher than yours, so I'll have no problem learning how to drive a tractor."

Xu Fuqiang hesitated and said, "I'm not stupid."

Wang Yanmei added: "I was the geography class representative in junior high school!"

Xu Fuqiang felt guilty: "I didn't even graduate from elementary school."

Wang Yanmei is confident: "I can also speak English."

As she spoke, Wang Yanmei began to sing: "Come is come, go is go, nod yes, shake head no."

Xu Fuqiang: "I know, I know. Go and learn it, Yanmei. You can definitely do it."

Xu Qingzhi couldn't hold back her laughter when she heard her parents telling crosstalk to hurt each other. "Okay, Mom, go learn it. When you make money in the future, you will be the biggest contributor to our family."

The matter of learning to operate a tractor has been settled.

Xu Zijun, who had been silent the whole time, said in a daze: "Mom and Dad, when did you guys buy the land? Are we going to build a farm?"

Wang Yanmei said earnestly: "Zijun, just focus on your studies, you don't have to worry about the family affairs."

Xu Fuqiang responded: "Your mother is right."

Xu Zijun, who was still confused and thinking about how delicious the cucumbers and bayberries at home were, said: "Okay."

He thought that he seemed to be the one with the least to do in the family.

After dinner.

Xu Zijun said that he would go back to school next Sunday to get his report card, and also to pay for supplementary lessons and attend the parent-teacher meeting.

There are only eight days off after the exams. He can stay at home for a week, and then he has to go back to school next week when he gets his report card.

Although the authorities have been strictly prohibiting make-up classes during the holidays for many years, it is almost the third year of high school, and which school does not provide make-up classes?

There is no summer vacation for high school sophomores!

Wang Yanmei asked, "How much is the tuition fee?"

Xu Zijun lowered his head subconsciously and said, "It'll cost eight hundred."

"Okay, when you return to school, I'll ask your dad to give it to you." Wang Yanmei agreed, and couldn't help but nag a few words: "Zijun, you have to study hard and get into a good university like your sister, so that you can have a future. Mom and Dad will support you to study even if they have to sell everything they have, so don't worry about the money."

Xu Zijun lowered his head even more, feeling deeply guilty. Since he was a child, he was too embarrassed to ask his parents for money, even though his parents would never refuse to help with his studies.

He still lowered his head and asked, "Mom, where is my cell phone?"

Wang Yanmei took it out of her bag and handed it to him, "Play with your phone less when you are resting at home, and finish your homework first."

"Got it." Xu Zijun went upstairs with his cell phone.

Xu Qingzhi glanced at his brother's back and said, "Mom, don't always say that you sold everything you had to support his education. When he grows up, he will feel inferior if he keeps hearing these words."

Wang Yanmei disagreed: "When our family was poor, we sold everything we had to support you two in your studies."

Xu Qingzhi: "It was the past. Our family is not at that point now. Don't say that."

"Just listen to Qingzhi, and we won't say anything more from now on." Xu Fuqiang said.

Wang Yanmei nodded, "Okay."

Xu Qingzhi went upstairs to wash up. Her hearing was so good that she could hear the rustling sound of homework being done in the next room clearly.

She took out her cell phone, opened QQ which she had not used for a long time and sent a message.

The sound of homework stopped.

Junzi Yinuo: "Sister, I can't sleep. I usually still have evening self-study at this time. I need to get over the jet lag."

Qingzhi: "Get up at seven o'clock tomorrow and help me build the scaffolding in the field."

Gentleman Yinuo: "Okay."

Now I can fall asleep.

Xu Qingzhi often sees his past self in his younger brother.

He is also strong-willed, stubborn, and unwilling to admit defeat, yet also has low self-esteem.

He is obviously very cheerful when getting along with his classmates, but he is silent in front of his relatives, so his relatives think he is introverted.

Even if someone stares at them, they will feel uncomfortable, lower their heads and walk away quickly.

Xu Qingzhi used to study in a junior high school in the county town. The girls in her class were very vain and loved to compare with each other. She used a soap that cost 2.5 yuan, while others used shower gel that cost dozens of yuan a bottle, and she would be looked down upon.

She had just arrived in the city from the countryside, and everything seemed out of place.

I’ve never been to a movie and I don’t even know how to pick up a movie ticket.

I didn’t even dare take the bus. I had to ask someone to take me on the bus once and then force myself to remember the route before I took it the second time.

In a junior high school English class, the teacher asked, where have you traveled?

The teacher asked the students one by one.

A classmate answered, Kyoto.

A classmate answered, Hawaii.

Until one boy answered that he had never traveled.

The English teacher asked in surprise: "You've never traveled before?" The boy nodded with shame on his face.

The English teacher asked him to sit down and continued to call on the next person.

Xu Qingzhi was particularly afraid that the teacher would call on her at the time, because she had never traveled before. Since she was born, the farthest place she had been to was to the county town to attend junior high school.

Fortunately, the English teacher did not call on her in the end, so her self-esteem was preserved.

When she grew up, Xu Qingzhi would often think back to this scene and try to get back to that scene. If the teacher asked her this question, she would definitely answer somewhere at will.

After all, it was just the teacher's way of raising everyone's awareness of the new word "traveled".

The reason why I was so afraid to answer at that time was because of my low self-esteem. I felt that if I just said a place, I would be lying. I had never even been out of the county, and it would be even more embarrassing if others found out that I had never traveled and was lying.

Because of her inferiority complex, she has been walking with her head down since junior high school and never looks up.

Later, after being admitted to university, she left the small county of Meicheng for the first time and went to a larger city.

I don’t know how to take the subway, hail a taxi, order takeout, or anything.

Those things that seemed so normal to ordinary people were all unknown fears to her at that time.

Afraid of showing in front of outsiders that he knows nothing, which would lead to embarrassing mistakes. -Xu Qingzhi found that after returning from the immortal cultivation world, the longer he stayed, the more he became like a normal person.

Maybe it's because I've been away from killing for too long, and I often think of some memories from the past.

The current Xu Qingzhi is naturally not associated with "inferiority complex", but she doesn't want her brother to become another her.

She knew that her parents loved her and her brother very much.

But my parents’ generation grew up in the village since they were young, and even after they got married and had their own families, they never left the village as children.

They don't understand the principle that you shouldn't pretend to be poor in front of your children, as it will make them feel inferior.

They just think that it is not easy for them to work hard to earn money to support their children's education, and they also want their children to know that education is not easy to come by and they must study hard, and spend less money on things other than studying.

Fortunately, her parents were not stubborn and they listened to what Xu Qingzhi said.

Some parents have deep-rooted ideas. If they hear their children being taught like this, they would think that their children are ignorant. They have worked hard to send their children to school, so why would they be unhappy just because of a few words from them?

Over time, the child will think, why did they give birth to him when the family was so poor.

(End of this chapter)