"You should understand something now!"
Lin Yi and Ling Shuang woke up from a dizziness. Without much words, they only needed to look at each other to know that the other was their mortal enemy. They both said in their hearts: What bad luck.
The two of them looked away with disdain and looked around: this was a common rural living room in the 1970s and 1980s, with dark walls and broken bricks of varying sizes inlaid on the ground. At this time, a family was sitting around a square dining table. The table was clean and the dishes were empty. The family had obviously just finished their meal.
Ling Shuang turned his gaze towards the voice that had just spoken. It should be the original body's eldest son, Zhao Yongliang. This kid was not a good thing. In the whole family, except for the original body and his wife, who were not in tune with each other, Zhao Yongliang was the least sensible. At this moment, seeing him standing on the moral high ground with righteous words, accusing his younger brother Zhao Yongqiang of being unfilial, Ling Shuang felt very disgusted.
Zhao Yongliang clearly didn't realize his parents, who had been so partial to him, had changed their minds. He continued to spew venomous words at his brother, "Are you pretending not to know what our family's conditions are like? Your parents have done their best by letting you finish junior high school, and you still want to go to high school? Do you deserve it? You really don't know your own limitations!"
Zhao Yongqiang held his head high stubbornly, ignoring his brother's repeated accusations. With tears in his eyes and tightly pursed lips, he stared at his father, Zhao Xianshui. He knew that if there was any chance for him to continue his studies, the hope would lie with his father. As long as his father agreed, even if his elder brother and mother had objections, they would at most scold him a few times. He was already used to being scolded.
Zhao Yongqiang didn't say anything, but Zhao Yongfang, the second child of the Zhao family, couldn't help it. She had always been close to her younger brother, and she hated this eldest brother who was favored by their parents and didn't act like a brother at all.
Last year, she was admitted to the key high school in the city, the only one in the surrounding area. The school also waived her tuition. She had calculated the cost for her parents at the time and found that it would cost less than 100 yuan for three years of high school. Logically, her family had the means, and even if her parents didn't want to spend the 100 yuan, she was confident that she could earn it herself.
Neighbors and her junior high school teacher all came to her home to persuade her parents. She felt that her parents were a little hesitant at the time. If they had tried harder, they might have agreed to let her continue to go to school. It was all because of this eldest brother. With just a few words, her future was ruined.
At the time, her eldest brother also criticized her like this: "You are ignorant and don't consider the family. Your family doesn't have the conditions. What's the point of a girl studying so much? In the end, she will just be given away to other families..."
And so, she dropped out of school.
From then on, her parents went out early every morning to sell rat poison, and she stayed at home to farm and do housework. She usually took care of the five acres of paddy fields at home by herself. Only during the busy farming season would her parents go to the fields with her.
However, her "good brother" took advantage of his physical disability and never did any work or studied well. He refused to continue his studies before graduating from elementary school. He always claimed that he did not continue his studies because he understood how hard it was for his parents to make money.
In her opinion, her eldest brother just didn't put his heart into studying and always failed the exams. Of course, he used all his wits to plot against his younger siblings.
The younger brother Zhao Yongqiang is very considerate and always takes time out of his busy schedule to work with her.
But my younger brother's life is not easy either. He has to get up at three o'clock in the morning to collect firewood and pig grass, come back to eat a black flour steamed bun, and walk for more than two hours on the mountain road to go to the middle school in the town to attend classes. When he gets home from school in the evening, it is dark. The first place in the grade is not easily obtained. After he comes back, he has to read and do homework until midnight, and he can only sleep for a few hours every night.
He couldn't eat or sleep well. Although he was 15 years old, he was only less than 1.6 meters tall.
Isn’t it tiring to go to school and study? It’s so hard for these two sisters!
But no matter how tired or hard it was, the two sisters wanted to continue studying.
Alas! Zhao Yongfang and his brother had long known that in this family, if they wanted to change their fate and live a decent life, there was only one way out: study!
In order to fight for a future, the brother and sister gritted their teeth and persevered.
After graduating from elementary school, the classmates in the village either dropped out of school early or lived in the town middle school. Only the two siblings continued to attend school as day students.
It's funny to say, the reason why they commuted to school and didn't live on campus was not because their parents were reluctant to pay for their accommodation, but because they felt that if they lived on campus, there would be no one to take care of my eldest brother...
My parents went from door to door selling rat poison, and sometimes they would not come back for several days. My eldest brother had polio and never did any work. If the oil bottle at home fell over, don't expect him to help. During the three years of junior high school, Zhao Yongfang did not attend evening self-study every day. She had to come back early to cook and wash clothes for her eldest brother.
Even so, she was admitted to the key high school in the city. However, after graduating from junior high school, she never set foot on campus again.
Well, she didn't blame her parents, and she didn't even blame her eldest brother for too long. After being silent for several days and hiding in the quilt and crying, Zhao Yongfang accepted her fate.
But you say it's useless for her to study as a girl, but then why can't her younger brother study as a boy? Is it true that everything in this family revolves around the eldest brother, and the whole family must revolve around him? Were she and her younger brother born just to serve Zhao Yongliang?
Zhao Yongfang watched her eldest brother's mouth opening and closing endlessly, her temples throbbing. A surge of anger ignited from the depths of her heart and instantly rushed to her head. She glared at her parents and eldest brother with bloodshot eyes and shouted, "My little brother must go to school! You don't have to spend money. I'll go out to work tomorrow and I'll support his education in the future."
Zhao Yongliang glanced at her contemptuously, "You support me? Let's not talk about whether you can find a job. Even if you do, do you think you can decide what to do with the money you earn? Did your parents raise you in vain? You don't use the money you earn to support your parents and reduce the burden on the family. You..."
"Shut up!" Ling Shuang couldn't stand her eldest son's noise and shouted at him before he finished speaking. She had already disliked Zhao Yongliang since she received the memory file before she came here.
If the Zhao family were no longer plagued by Zhao Yongliang, 70% of the conflicts would be eliminated.
Zhao Yongliang was stunned by this. His parents always listened to what he said and never refuted him. His mother's words "shut up" made it impossible for him to say anything else.
Ling Shuang ignored him and said to Zhao Yongfang and Zhao Yongqiang, "Xiaofang, Yongqiang, go clean up the table first. Don't worry, your brother isn't in charge of our family yet. Mom will take care of the school matters!"
Yongfang and Yongqiang looked at each other, also unable to react. Their mother didn't make the decisions at home and usually never spoke loudly to their eldest brother. But not only did she scold his eldest brother just now, she even said that what his eldest brother said was useless?
The three children of the Zhao family were all shocked to varying degrees and did not move. Ling Shuang thought about it and knew what was going on. The original Cai Genxiang had no prestige in the Zhao family, and the children did not believe what she said.
Ling Shuang glared at Lin Yi unwillingly, meaning: You'd better express your opinion quickly.
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