"Xu Ping, are you planning to go to the town middle school or the No. 2 middle school in the county? Have you decided?" asked a short-haired girl wearing a shirt that was obviously too big.
The tall and thin girl opposite frowned slightly and replied hesitantly, "I, I should go to Beijing to study in junior high school, right?"
"Going to Beijing?" the short-haired girl exclaimed, "Great! Are your parents going to take you to live with them?"
Seeing Xu Ping nod slightly, the short-haired girl was sincerely happy for her and even jumped up excitedly.
Infected by his friend's smile, Xu Ping's mouth corners also curved up slightly.
July 18, 1996. Today is the day I go to the town primary school to collect my transcript and diploma.
After receiving her primary school graduation certificate, 12-year-old Xu Ping felt mixed emotions. She was happy because she could finally go back to her parents and be a child with both a father and a mother by her side.
You have to know that in the previous 12 years, she had been living with her grandparents in the village, and could only see her parents during the Chinese New Year.
We won’t see each other again for the remaining 360 days.
Before she was 8 years old, she couldn't even remember what they looked like.
At that time, they came back from Beijing with bags full of things to celebrate the New Year. They brought new clothes and delicious snacks for her and hugged her happily. However, she only felt a little scared, a little shy, and some indescribable expectation.
After a few days of getting to know each other better, they were leaving again.
What we are worried about now is that my grandparents' old house collapsed during a heavy rain last month. Fortunately, they were having dinner in the kitchen at that time, and no one was in the two collapsed rooms. Fortunately, no one was crushed underneath.
But my grandfather was old-fashioned and stubborn. He insisted on going out in the rain to dig out the bags of wheat buried by the collapsed house. As a result, he broke his leg. Now, he is lying on the kang in my second uncle's house with a plaster cast on his leg to recuperate.
Second Uncle's life wasn't easy either. She was already twelve years old and had become somewhat sensible. Like her father, he only came back for a few days a year and left her to her grandparents, giving them only a few hundred yuan a year, which was really not enough for the three of them to live on. Fortunately, her grandfather still had two acres of land where he could grow wheat and corn, and her second uncle came to help out from time to time. He would send some vegetables, meat, eggs, and whatever he had to the old couple, so she could naturally have a bite to eat.
In the countryside, families with many sons can easily have conflicts over retirement issues. My second uncle also has a wife and three children. Really, it's not easy for them either.
So, when Grandpa was injured and hospitalized, Dad got the news and hurried back from Beijing. Second Aunt made it clear that they would take care of the two old people, but since their biological parents were still alive, it didn't make sense for the uncle and aunt to take care of their niece.
Originally, Dad had no plan to take her to Beijing to live with him.
Living in the capital is not easy.
They always say: They are difficult!
But she is her biological daughter after all, but Second Aunt has already said that she will not take her in. Second Uncle didn't say anything at the time, and Grandma just sighed. As for Grandpa, well, he can't even take care of himself now.
So, her father had no choice but to promise that after she finished her exams and got her primary school diploma, he would come and pick her up and go to Beijing together.
This time, my father didn't stay for more than two days. He left a thousand yuan to my grandfather and hurriedly boarded the train to Beijing.
To be honest, she was very grateful to her second aunt for not taking her in. If not, she didn't know when she would be able to return to her parents.
What's more, Second Aunt treated her well in the past.
A smile appeared on Xu Ping's lips. She would be able to go to her parents soon.
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