"Yes, they went to your aunt's house early this morning." Chen Yongying wiped her hands with an oily rag. Rural women didn't have so many requirements. When she spoke, a trace of sadness appeared between Chen Yongying's brows. She didn't know how much money her man could borrow from his sister's house today.
When Yuan Fangguo heard this, he suddenly felt sad. He knew that his father Yuan Chengzhu and grandmother Qin Mingzhen went to his aunt's house to borrow tuition for him. The conditions of his aunt's house were not good, but the children had all married early. They relied on his uncle raising ducks and his aunt doing farm work for a living. It took more than 30 kilometers of mountain road to walk from his aunt's house to his own home. His grandmother was an old lady with bound feet and walked very slowly. It was estimated that they would not be back before 10 o'clock in the evening.
When Yuan Fangguo thought about tuition, he didn't eat much, because he knew that his father couldn't borrow much money from his aunt's house, and he was still about 100 yuan short of his tuition. If he remembered correctly, it was the high school grade leader who learned that he had no money to go to school, and quickly called on the teachers of the same age to donate money for him. The teachers donated five yuan, ten yuan, and only then did they raise enough money for Yuan Fangguo's travel expenses.
My third brother and fourth sister wolfed down two large bowls of rice until their stomachs were almost full, and then they stopped.
Yuan Fangguo did not let his younger brothers and sisters clean up. Instead, after they finished eating, he carried the dishes and chopsticks and walked into the kitchen by himself.
After he had cleaned up, she went to the main room and helped her mother clean the winnowing basket used for raising silkworms.
Every other day, when a thin layer of silkworm feces has been spread, you should start cleaning the feces stuck on the dustpan, otherwise the silkworms will easily get sick.
This is a delicate job. Because the family can't afford to buy nets to feed the silkworms, they can only catch the silkworms one by one and then clean them. The family feeds twenty winnowing baskets of silkworms. If my mother works alone, she has to work until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening. This is also the last season of autumn silkworms. After selling the cocoons at the beginning of next month, the first season of early silkworms next year will have to wait until May or June.
In the past, the family relied on silk cocoons and crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and wheat to pay for their tuition.
Now that Yuan Fangguo is about to go to college, the family's financial situation has become even more stretched.
While helping his mother clean up the feces of the autumn silkworms, Yuan Fangguo saw his third brother and fourth sister yawning non-stop. He couldn't help but smile and said, "You two, go wash your faces and feet quickly, and then go to bed."
But the two of them were very stubborn. They shook their heads, forced themselves to cheer up, and helped to clean up.
Around ten o'clock in the evening, my father and grandmother finally returned home.
"Did you borrow it?" Mother whispered under the eaves.
Yuan Chengzhu nodded awkwardly, "I borrowed it, but it's not much. I'm still short of 100 yuan."
"Where can I borrow this fifty yuan?" For a moment, Chen Yongying became like an ant on a hot pan.
"Big brother, I'll go ask the second brother's family to borrow some money tomorrow." At this time, grandma Qin Mingzhen finally spoke.
"Mom, don't go. You're too lazy to suffer the grievances if you go." Yuan Chengzhu and Chen Yongying said together.
"No, compared to this grievance, my eldest grandson's tuition is more important." Qin Mingzhen seemed to have made up her mind.
Yuan Chengzhu has two brothers and three sisters. The second oldest is Yuan
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