Because Su's parents didn't like girls, and they disliked Su Nian even more, when Su Nian was admitted to the medical college, she was strongly opposed by her parents.
Having been bullied by her parents and older brother since she was young, Su Nian has realized that the only way for her to change her destiny is to study. Therefore, after being admitted to the medical college, she insisted on going to school despite her parents' opposition, instead of going south to work and earn money as her parents suggested.
The daughter's stubbornness did not bother Su's father and mother. They had made it known early on that if Su Nian went to school, the family would not pay a penny, and Su Nian would still give them 100 yuan a month for her retirement.
When Su Nian first heard her parents' request, she was really worried. She found several students studying outside to ask, and only then did she know that universities and higher vocational colleges did not charge tuition fees. For example, teacher training colleges even provided subsidies to students.
She estimated the textbook and accommodation fees she would need to pay at the beginning of the school year, which was only more than 500 yuan. So she hardened her heart, carried a quilt, and went to work on a construction site in the county town.
Fortunately, the foreman was a kind-hearted man. Seeing that Su Nian was young and had great ambitions to study, he arranged for her to do some light work such as buying groceries and cooking.
Su Nian lived in a small shed without a single day's rest throughout the entire hot summer. He went to buy vegetables, fetch water, wash vegetables, knead dough to steam buns, and cook before dawn every day. He would not finish his work as a cook until seven or eight in the evening.
A drop of sweat broke into eight pieces. Before school started, Su Nian earned 600 yuan. She estimated that this money was enough to pay for tuition and travel expenses.
Just when Su Nian was planning to go home to get her luggage to go to school, Dani from next door came to the city to visit her at the market, but told Su Nian a shocking news: Su's mother was asking around about the price of televisions.
"Do they have so much money?" Su Nian knew that her parents must have saved some money, but she felt that it was not like her mother to take out 600 yuan to buy a TV at once.
"They don't have it, but you do!" Dani looked up at the dark shed and fanned it with her hands. "Your mother said that all the money you earn now belongs to her. She's waiting for you to come home and then she'll take it away!"
At that moment, Su Nian felt like the sky was falling. She didn't know how to see Dani off. She gritted her teeth and sat there for a long time until the boss urged her to work and eat. Only then did Su Nian come to her senses.
It was at that time that Su Nian made an important decision. It was not that she was unwilling to think about her family, but her mother took her money to buy a TV. Having such a thing actually had little impact on life. However, without tuition, Su Nian's wish to fly out of the mountains would never come true.
With school about to start, Su Nian decided not to go home and instead report directly to the medical college. She felt under her pillow and pulled out her acceptance letter. If she had left it at home, her mother would have burned it, so she kept it with her. Now it seemed like a completely unexpected decision. That night, she told her boss she was resigning, grabbed her pay, and headed straight for the train station.
It was the first time for a little girl from a mountain village to travel far away. Needless to say, the journey was very difficult. Fortunately, she finally arrived at the school, registered, and bought a set of cheap bedding. Su Nian only had two dollars left!
Su Nian's working life began at that time. She first found a job as a librarian at a school library, and later worked as a nurse at the People's Hospital.
That’s when I met Chu Beichen.
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