Chen Fengxia came to queue up to pay Liu Dazhu's tuition. She had kept the three yuan in the pocket of her clothes, but when it was her turn to pay, she found that the money was gone!
Chen Fengxia was extremely anxious and raised her voice, "Where's my money? Who stole it?"
"Where did the money go? It was there just now."
"Has anyone seen this? If you have, please hand it over to me immediately. This is for my son's tuition."
The money was lost and Chen Fengxia was very sad. She searched the place several times but still couldn't find the money. She looked around on the ground but still couldn't find it.
She thought the money was well kept and could not possibly be lost, so she suspected it had been stolen. She looked at the people around her, her eyes filled with suspicion.
"Whoever took the money, hand it over to me immediately."
The people behind him were unhappy when they heard this: "How can you talk like that? What does it have to do with us if you lost your money?"
"That's right. I lost my money because I didn't put it away properly. Who are you trying to blame? Everyone is queuing here. Who could steal your money?"
"Could it be that you didn't bring any money with you and can't afford the tuition to perform here?"
Chen Fengxia opened her mouth and cursed: "Who are you talking about? You can't afford the tuition."
"If you can afford the tuition, then pay it now. What are you yelling about? Just pay it."
"I......"
The registration area became noisy, and those who were farther away and unaware of the situation all started asking, "What's going on? What happened up front?"
"Why aren't you moving? What's that noise up ahead?"
The person who heard it turned around and told them, "Someone lost their money, and they say it was stolen. They are making a fuss."
"How long is this going to last? I'm still waiting to pay my tuition."
"Yeah, isn't this a waste of time?"
The people behind were talking dissatisfiedly. Feng Guizhi and several daughters-in-law were queuing at the back. After hearing this, Chen Xiuxiu looked forward and found that the person who lost the money was Chen Fengxia.
She immediately ran back and said in a low voice, gloating, "Mom, do you know who lost the money up front?"
Feng Guizhi was stunned for a moment when she saw the uncontrollable smile on her face, and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's the one from the production brigade next door."
Now that they were outside and surrounded by people, Chen Xiuxiu didn't say her name, but everyone knew it as soon as they heard it.
"They say the tuition fee is lost, and they can't find it. They say someone next door stole it. We're arguing right now.
"That's it." After saying that, Chen Xiuxiu curled her lips and couldn't help but said, "In my opinion, this is what happens when evil is punished!"
After all, everyone saw how she treated Baoya.
Chen Fengxia, standing in front of the group, was holding her waist and cursing at someone. Seeing the quarrel, the school staff quickly stepped in to mediate. Adding to the protests from the people in the queue behind, two teachers pulled Chen Fengxia aside and hurriedly asked her:
"Parent, are you still paying to register? If for some reason you can't pay, we'll have to register the next person first."
Chen Fengxia was furious and started to ask, "Why are you pulling me in? Didn't you hear I lost my money? How can I sign up if I lost my money? Huh?"
"In that case, you can look for it first, and then pay the tuition. We're still busy with the enrollment process, so we'll help you look for it when we have time."
After the school teacher finished speaking, he hurried back to continue collecting money and processing admissions.
"Next."
As registration continued, Chen Fengxia felt furious thinking about the money she had lost. Her anger only grew as she looked at the people lining up.
There is nothing more unfortunate than waiting in line for half a day and then finding out your money is missing.
But despite her anger, Chen Fengxia still had to find the money. She bent down and carefully recalled the place she had just been, and began to look for the money. Then, she saw the old Song family.
Feng Guizhi glanced at her, pretending not to know her. Yang Yulan didn't look at her either. After all, Baoya had nothing to do with her now. Chen Xiuxiu looked down on her, curled her lips, and turned her face away.
Seeing Old Song's family, Chen Fengxia felt uncomfortable, but finding money was important now, and she didn't have time to say anything to them.
Not long after, it was the turn of the old Song family. Chen Xiuxiu registered her two sons and Yunduo, followed by Sun Suyun, Yang Yulan and Song Jianshe. After they registered, Feng Guizhi paid the fees.
It costs three yuan per person. This year, there are six children in the Song family going to school, so the total cost is eighteen yuan.
Eighteen yuan is definitely a considerable sum of money. If it weren't for those matsutake mushrooms, the reed mats woven by Song Jianye, and a few cicada shells that the children had found, it would be really difficult for the Song family to come up with this money.
Feng Guizhi folded the money neatly together and wrapped it in a piece of cloth. After taking it out, she counted it carefully twice and then handed the money to the teacher.
Give me a few soon
After the younger ones signed up, they left.
Chen Fengxia was still searching for the money, and after searching everywhere she could, she still couldn't find it. She was extremely upset, and couldn't figure out how she had lost the money.
But he still had to register, otherwise Liu Dazhu would not be able to go to school.
Chen Fengxia thought that she would have to run back and forth to get the money, so she ran to ask the registration teacher if she could pay on credit first, register, and she would bring the money later.
"My children have been studying here for a year. You can register them first, and I will send the money to you in the afternoon."
Of course the teacher disagreed: "It's still early today, you can still go back and get the money. You can also go later. We are all here, don't worry about not being able to register."
Chen Fengxia repeated it several times but it still didn't work. Her face suddenly darkened. She glanced at the teacher, turned back to the classroom, and called Liu Dazhu to go home with her to get the money.
When Chen Fengxia arrived at the second grade classroom, the Song family was about to leave, and she ran into them again. Chen Fengxia glanced at Baoya and her eyebrows immediately raised.
She finally knew why she was unlucky today. It was because she met Baoya, the jinx, again!
She used to think that her bad luck was due to selling Baoya, and she felt a little regretful in her heart, but now she is sure that Baoya is her unlucky star, a jinx, and nothing good will happen every time she meets her!
But when she looked at the whole Song family, she didn't dare to say anything. She could only glare at Baoya hatefully, then went into the house and pulled Liu Dazhu away.
Old Song's family watched Chen Fengxia walk away, then went to the back and called a few of the younger ones to go home together.
The little ones were very excited on the way and chattered a lot.
"Tian'en, Yunduo, we will go to school together tomorrow."
"We all have to get up early tomorrow. I'll wake you up then."
"I wonder how many people will be in your class by then, maybe twenty?..."
"...At noon we eat at school. The teacher will make porridge for us, and sometimes we'll have egg soup..."
Baoya listened quietly, feeling a little envious. She also wanted to go to school with her brothers, but she was too young. Her mother said she could go to school when she was six.
Baoya lowered her head, calculating how long it would take her to go to school, when she noticed something near her feet. She blinked, bent down, and picked it up.
She recognized this thing. Her mother had shown it to her before and said it was money.
Baoya took the money and ran to the front, raised her hands and said, "Mom, money~"
Feng Guizhi and Yang Yulan thought Baoya had picked up something and mistook it for money. But when they looked at it, they found it was really money.
Yang Yulan was stunned: "Money?"
Feng Guizhi took the money from Baoya and looked at it carefully. She found that it was really money. Several bills were stacked together, including one-cent, fifty-cent and one-yuan notes. She counted them and found that one yuan was exactly three yuan.
Chen Xiuxiu took a look and blurted out, "Could this be the money that Chen Fengxia lost?"
She just lost some money, saying it was tuition, but tuition is only three dollars, right?
Feng Guizhi thought so, but she couldn't be sure. She wondered if someone else who had signed up had lost money. She held the money in her hand, wondering what to do with it.
Chen Xiuxiu said, "Mom, let's observe and see if anyone else has lost money. If it belongs to someone else, we'll return it. If it belongs to Chen Fengxia, then we won't give it to her. Baoya found it, so we can leave it for her to buy something."
Although three yuan was a lot of money in those days, the Song family wasn't the type to take money against their conscience. If it was someone else's, they wouldn't feel comfortable taking it. However, if it was Chen Fengxia's, she really didn't want to pay it back.
Before, Chen Fengxia sold Baoya for five yuan, and when it came to them, she raised the price to ten yuan. And looking at how she treated Baoya, it was not a loss at all to keep the money for Baoya.
Feng Guizhi looked down at Baoya. Chen Fengxia treated her so well, so it was only right for her to spend the money.
She nodded and agreed with Chen Xiuxiu: "Let's wait and see who lost the money."
After saying that, Feng Guizhi turned to the children and said, "Don't tell anyone about finding money. If you hear someone in the class loses money, tell grandma."
The younger ones were sensible and knew that this matter should not be told to anyone, so they nodded quickly.
Especially when they heard that the money might have been lost by Baoya's ex-bad mother, they were very happy and hoped that the money must have been lost by Chen Fengxia, so that the three dollars could be saved for Baoya to spend.
The family returned home and it was almost noon. Feng Guizhi put the money away and went into the kitchen to cook.
Meanwhile, Chen Fengxia searched all the way for the three yuan she had lost but couldn't find it. That afternoon, she had no choice but to go to school again with the money and register. She went back and forth twice, searching all the way, but still couldn't find it, leaving her heart aching with anger.
"I'm so unlucky. Nothing good happens every time I meet that damn girl!" Chen Fengxia covered her chest and cursed Baoya angrily while thinking of her.
Liu Youcang heard nothing and turned around and left.
Seeing him like this, Chen Fengxia became furious again.
......
That evening, Yuanbao dragged Baoya back to the private plot, having forgotten about it for a while. As they walked, Yuanbao counted on his fingers, trying to figure out how long it would take before they could eat the corn. But after counting for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out.
Yuanbao simply gave up. After arriving at the private plot with Baoya, Yuanbao looked at the cornfield in front of him with his eyes wide open.
He turned around and ran back with Baoya, and when he found Feng Guizhi, he hurriedly said:
"Grandma, go check on the corn!"
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