Chapter 1250: Terminally Ill
Fu Jingyou sent Minmin to the county railway station. Along the way, he not only arranged a pick-up car in advance but also learned about the situation of the children in the family.
I went with him and called the factory to inquire and deal with some trivial matters.
Let’s talk about home.
Minmin has a quiet personality and speaks softly in daily life, so her presence seems weaker in normal times.
After she left, there wasn't much change at home.
Minjie and Minrui run in and out every day, making a lot of noise and playing, and the place is still lively.
After the 18th day of the first lunar month, school officially started in the village.
Minjie and Minrui returned to school, and things became a little quieter around the adults.
However, when it comes to going to school, the situation in my hometown and northern Beijing is quite different.
Many schools in northern Beijing have begun to implement the 6-3 school system as a pilot.
But my hometown remains the same.
Minjie started school later than Shian, and there was originally a grade difference between the two.
Because of this policy, Shi Andong stayed in the sixth grade for one more year. When he was promoted to the first grade of junior high school last year, Minjie was also promoted to the first grade of junior high school.
It’s just that the conditions in the countryside are not as good as those in the city.
Shian has a car to pick him up from school, but Minjie can't do that.
The nearest middle school is in town, more than ten kilometers away from home.
It takes half an hour to forty minutes to walk to the coal factory where He Erge works.
If you run back and forth every day, not only will the children be tired, but the adults in the family are either farming or working, and there is no way to pick them up.
Minjie is still a boy after all.
It’s okay to get up early and go to school alone, but if you walk alone on the river beach or the mountain road to go home in the dark at night, safety issues are inevitable.
So when he first registered, knowing that the school provided accommodation, his family paid the accommodation fee for Minjie.
Minjie usually goes home once a week.
On Wednesdays and Thursdays, if I get out of school early, I will occasionally stay overnight at He Erge's place.
Middle schools in the countryside are not like those in the city, where you can get full care by paying for meals.
Minjie carries food rations from home when he eats at school. He puts as much as he wants to eat in a meal into his lunch box and has it delivered to the cafeteria at a fixed time every day.
Your name is on the lunch box. When it’s time for lunch at school, just go to the cafeteria to find the lunch box.
Not to mention the food.
What we eat is usually pickled vegetables that we pack in cans at home and can last for a week.
Although there are many children in the village, only a few of them are sent to school.
Minjie Middle School went to the town, and Minrui, who was only in the second grade, was left alone.
In the past, Minrui was taken to and from school by his brother, but now he can only go to and from school with a few children from the same village.
But no matter what, for a six or seven-year-old child, the distance from home to the brigade was not that close.
Maybe it's because my children have better conditions in all aspects in the city.
So whether it was Minjie or Minrui, Fu Jingyou more or less felt that the two children were at a disadvantage during this period of their studies.
At first, the focus was on Lu Miao, and Fu Jingyou didn't pay much attention to this matter.
Later, the weather got warmer and Lu Miao's condition improved, and Fu Jingyou felt a little relieved.
It was also at this time that Fu Jingyou, who often went in and out of the village to go to the town to buy groceries, noticed the situation of his two children going to school, and he made the decision not to bother with the two children.
He said that during the time he was at home, he would just step on the accelerator and pick up and drop off his children every day.
It didn't matter if the old couple had different opinions, because they just did what Fu Jingyou said and finalized the matter directly.
Seeing that they could no longer manage his household, the old couple simply let him do what he wanted.
Sending one child to school is the same as sending two children to school.
The same goes for three or four.
Fu Jingyou felt sorry for several other dark and thin children from the same village, so he took them all with him in batches.
Earlier, because of Minmin's marriage proposal, Aunt Wu had secretly arranged a match between Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao in the village.
It is said that Fu Jingyou has forgotten his roots after he became successful. It is bad enough that he has no regard for his family, but he is also so arrogant.
It was also said that Lu Miao was seriously ill and would soon die, and the reason for this was because Fu Jingyou was a bad person.
The villagers did not agree with this statement and felt that it was not a good way to say it. They privately asked Aunt Wu to stop talking nonsense.
Aunt Wu was angry in front of Fu Jingyou, and she didn't get any support in the village, which made her even angrier.
However, because Fu Jingyou took the children with him, he received unanimous gratitude and praise in the village. Aunt Wu was afraid of triggering public anger and did not dare to talk about the couple's right and wrong anymore.
But Aunt Wu couldn't get over the matter of marriage.
So, Fifth Aunt put her focus on Minmin again, and she kept complaining to people in a sour tone that it was no use raising a girl to be successful, because no matter how much money she made, it would all belong to someone else in the future.
He also mocked Minmin as a golden phoenix that flew out of a chicken coop. What's the big deal if she climbed up a high branch?
It depends on how long she can stand firm on this high branch.
When Fu Jingyou said that he would raise Minmin as his own child, Aunt Wu didn't believe it from the bottom of her heart.
Aunt Wu thought that Fu Jingyou was only willing to support Minmin at this moment, and it was impossible for him to be there for Minmin for the rest of her life.
No matter how glorious and successful Minmin is, it is only temporary.
What will she be when she is separated from her uncle and aunt in the future?
She still doesn't like her nephew!
I’m just afraid that by that time she’s too old to find anyone else who wants her!
Aunt Wu thought happily.
But this is just her own idea.
She kept gossiping so much that the villagers gradually stopped paying attention to her.
However, when it comes to the fact that Lu Miao is dying, some people don't completely refuse to believe it.
For example, Zhao Lanxiang believed it 100%.
Although Zhao Lanxiang had never been to the Fu family, she had heard a lot of gossip about the villagers' daily lives.
If it was just a minor illness, Lu Miao could take care of it in Jingbei. She was not a fool, so why wouldn't she enjoy herself in the city?
Is it worth coming back to this remote place to suffer?
And he came back, and everyone in the village said that Lu Miao had never shown his face once.
For such a long time, why would someone hide something unless they were terminally ill?
Zhao Lanxiang believed it and was certain that Lu Miao would not live long.
No matter how awesome you are, you can’t take anything with you when you die!
Thinking of this, Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help but feel a little proud and happy.
Under the long-term complex emotions, Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help thinking and hoping every day.
Wondering how Lu Miao is doing today?
Will I die?
I also hope that Lu Miao will die sooner.
It seemed that only when Lu Miao really died could all the unhappiness in her life be resolved.
But the reality is just the opposite.
When the weather was cold in the past, Lu Miao was reluctant to move.
Later, as the weather gradually became warmer, she was willing to go out and walk more, and do some small things within her ability in her daily life.
With more activity, it is not only the blood circulation that is promoted, but also the gastrointestinal digestive function of the body.
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