Since childhood, Xu Aidi knew that she was unpopular, just like her elder sister Xu Zhaodi and second sister Xu Laidi.
Compared to her two older sisters, she is luckier because she actually has a younger brother.
There is no sadness or distress, because it has been like this since childhood, because it is like this all around, and even, because it has been like this since ancient times.
The first time she felt that this was not a good thing was because her grandmother passed away.
She really didn't have much impression of this old lady, because they didn't meet very often. The roads there were too difficult to travel. In places where there were no cars, it took several hours to walk over a mountain to get from one village to another. So, even though her grandmother's house was in the next village, they didn't go there often. But the impression was good, because her grandmother always gave her candy and said she was blessed and really gave birth to a younger brother.
She was a little proud of this.
Then, her grandmother passed away.
At that time, she didn't know what the word "gone" meant, or she understood but didn't know what it meant exactly. She just knew that her mother was crying very sadly, and then that night, her mother and her father had a big fight, and after that, she cried even more sadly.
Later, her mother went back to her hometown and came back with a bruised face and nose. Her mother said it was because of a fall, but she later found out that she was beaten.
They were beaten by their uncle.
"Why did my uncle beat my mother?" she asked her eldest sister.
"Because our grandmother left and our mother didn't go."
She exclaimed, "Didn't go?"
"Of course not, don't you know?"
She cried out again. She went to school every day and she really didn't know whether her mother had gone there or not.
"She's going. Can she come back the same day? Besides, she should take us with her."
Xu Aidi was certain about this, her mother did not take them with her!
She was still young, but she had seen funerals in the village.
"Then why doesn't mother go?"
"Dad doesn't give her mother money."
"ah?"
"After my mother got married, she was a guest. She had to give money to my uncles for our grandmother's matter, but my father wouldn't give her money, so she was too embarrassed to go."
She didn't know what to say, and then she realized that although she didn't go that day, her mother was still thinking about it, so she steamed some buns and went to visit her grandmother's grave on the seventh day after her death. She might have thought that by going early, she could avoid their uncle, but she didn't avoid him in the end.
This matter troubled Xu Aidi for a long time.
Why do you become a guest after getting married? Isn’t mother still mother? When she gets married in the future, will her mother no longer be her mother?
She couldn't figure it out, and her eldest sister couldn't give her an answer. After that, her eldest sister went out to work, and two years later, her second sister also went.
The work of her two older sisters opened up a way for her to go to school. According to the custom here, most girls - including some boys - would go to work after finishing junior high school for a period of time. The better ones could finish junior high school, but most of them only needed one or two years. Although it is said that going to school is free now, there is still no money to go to school. Moreover, even though they no longer had to pay tuition, they still had to pay for food and accommodation. Their nearest junior high school was in the town, and it took them three or four hours to walk there even if they were nimble, so they all lived there.
In addition, pens cost money, notebooks cost money, and school uniforms cost money. In comparison, going out to work means you can earn money.
They themselves are willing to go out - to go out, to another world, where they can take a car or ride a bike, live in houses with either a gas stove or an induction cooker, and have something called a computer that allows them to see the whole world!
Every child hopes to grow up quickly so that he can go out to work.
But her two sisters told her that she should go to school if she could.
They told her that she could earn more after going to school.
In order to earn more, she went to school patiently, but still thought about going out to work. Until her parents arranged a marriage for her eldest sister!
The man she booked was from a neighboring village, and her elder sister also knew him. They seemed to be a good match, but she always felt awkward and couldn't help asking her elder sister if she liked him. Her elder sister smiled, and that smile seemed happy, which was even more strange: "What do you mean by like?"
"Then, you are going to marry him." Her face was red. She was embarrassed, but she felt she had to ask clearly.
"If it's not him, it's someone else."
She was stunned and didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.
"You're always going to get married."
"But you have to like it... just like on TV... how can you get married if you don't like it!" She was a little anxious, but her eldest sister laughed even harder, "Then should I marry someone else?"
"Then just marry someone outside!" On TV, there's no hatred or misunderstanding. As long as they love each other, they can be together. What's the point of marrying someone outside? Besides, isn’t it said that things are better outside? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to marry someone outside?
"What if I want others to bully me?"
She was stunned again.
"If you marry here, you will always be close to your parents' home. If you marry outside..." When she said this, her eldest sister shook her head, as if she didn't dare to say it, or as if she didn't know the answer herself.
And she was even more confused. Didn't it mean that a girl becomes a guest of her parents' home after she gets married? Then why do you want to be closer to your mother's home?
She couldn't figure it out, so her older sister told her to study hard, saying that if she could go to high school or college, maybe she wouldn't have to come back: "Those who are capable won't be bullied even if they go out alone."
When she said this, her elder sister's face was full of longing. She was stunned, and then set a goal in her heart - to go to school! Just go to college! She doesn't want to be just a guest in the future, nor does she want to marry casually in the future.
But going to school was too difficult for her, or rather, too difficult for them!
Few people in their village go to junior high school, and few people in junior high school go to high school. One reason is that they don’t want to, and the other is that they can’t pass the entrance exam. Their scores were always less than ideal. Xu Aidi felt that she had worked very hard, but she just couldn’t do something. When she went to ask the teacher, she seemed to have understood it at the time, but when she came back she still couldn’t do it. At this time, her physical education teacher told her that she could try football, saying that she might be able to play football well with her body shape.
Compared to studying, football is simply too easy for her!
running? That’s nothing, she has been running in the mountains since she was a child!
Defense? It’s so simple, she has been strong since she was young.
She couldn't shoot, but she could practice. She could also practice dribbling and passing the ball. If she couldn't do it the first time, she would try twice or three times. After doing it many times, she would always be able to do it well. Then, she actually went to high school with the help of football!
Then, they played in the provincial competition.
First they walked, then took a car, round and round. Xu Aidi used to feel tired walking on mountain roads, but now she knows that taking a car is also tiring. She was still relatively okay, but some people in their team were vomiting all over the place.
Then, it was the train. When she arrived in the provincial capital, she finally understood what it meant that the world is so big!
The world is really big!
The world is so big!
If possible, Xu Aidi wanted to continue like this, but even though they played from the province to the whole country, they still failed. Although they tried their best, they still failed.
I am very annoyed and very regretful, but I cannot change it. All I can think about is to work harder and get better results next time.
They train very hard every day because they know how rare this opportunity is. Moreover, they also understood why it would be so difficult for them to pass the exam.
They only have the most basic books.
As for reference materials, exercise books, and mock papers, they either don't have any or have very, very few.
And at this time, someone said they would give them a library! And almost at the same time when the news came, the people from the other side came over. Then, within a few days, books were delivered, and they said there would be more later!
"This is the Tiezhong connection in Biandong."
"ah?"
"It's the Tiezhong Middle School that played football with us."
"ah."
"It's the one that eliminated our Tiezhong!"
"ah!"
Xu Aidi had a deep impression of Tiezhong, but she couldn't say that she hated him. If she couldn't beat him, then she couldn't beat him. Of course, she didn't like him very much either. Anyway, he was just... an opponent.
They met again later, but that was it. In Xu Aidi's opinion, the conditions in Tiezhong were very good and they all had cars to ride in, but what did that have to do with them? Just like such a big imperial capital with so many cars, it has nothing to do with them. They never expected that Tiezhong would help them connect such a matter!
move!
Really touching!
Xu Aidi wanted to say thank you, but she couldn't quite put it into words. In the end, all she said was this.
After the three people from Tiezhong found out what was going on, they laughed at first, and then slowly stopped smiling, especially Su Li and Wang Yijing. They both had an indescribable feeling - others were so happy to have a library, but they, it seemed like they could enter and leave the library at will? Those large bookstores, you can enter freely if you want, and many books are open for you to read?
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Xu Aidi asked.
"No, no." Su Li said quickly, "We are the ones with our own reasons."
Wang Yijing nodded.
Xu Aidi looked at them in confusion.
"We feel a little guilty about that." Su Li said, and Wang Yijing continued to nod.
Xu Aidi was still confused.
"We are not working hard enough." Su Li continued. Wang Yijing still nodded. Su Li couldn't help it. "Wang Yijing, that's enough. Just bury me! What are you not working hard enough for? What is it?"
"Then I feel like I'm not good enough."
“Ahhhhh, I’m going to strangle you—”
Su Li was about to pinch her when Wang Yijing jumped behind Zhang Sheng. Su Li gritted her teeth and said, "Come out here!"
Wang Yijing showed half of her head: "I won't!"
Su Li gritted her teeth: "Captain!"
Zhang Sheng sighed and rubbed his brows, and Xu Aidi burst out laughing...
The author has something to say:
Well, let me say a few more words. As a child who grew up on the plains, my concept of mountain roads in the past was probably Mount Huashan and Mount Mangshan... It was not until 2016 when I participated in an event of the Writers Association that I finally understood what the Ten Thousand Mountains were! Going around in circles, it's hard not to feel dizzy sitting in the car. The place is picturesque, but it is really remote and difficult to travel. It's 2016, and the backwardness is still shocking. In fact, the places we went to were considered good, but they were still backward. The toilets there are really not that dirty or messy, but they are safety issues! We also have dry toilets in the rural areas here, and some farmers even build them specially, but safety is always guaranteed. The poorest farmers I have seen here have only one TV as an electrical appliance in their home...but how can I say it, it is connected to the outside world. But there are so many mountains over there. This is only the place we can reach by car. What we can't reach is unimaginable. In 2018, our whole family went to Tengchong for a trip. Then I saw that Baoshan was very close to Tengchong, so I thought about going there as well. It was also cheaper to fly there. In my concept, Tengchong is a county under Baoshan, so it’s so close! As a result, we took a bus for more than three hours just to cover the entire city! It’s always a mountain road! Xiao Huihui said it was unsafe and asked me not to make such arrangements in the future - I really didn't expect that it would be like this even though we were in the same city. It was not yet eight o'clock when we arrived in Baoshan, but most restaurants were closed. In the end, the three of us had a meal at Dicos... The story of Xu Aidi's mother was based on a real event. It was the mother-in-law of one of my younger sisters... In the words of my younger sister, her mother-in-law had never been a householder for one dollar in her life. When she went out to buy a steamed bun, the man gave her one dollar, and she got fifty cents in change, and she had to pay it back. When her mother was gone, she needed a gift of three hundred yuan, but the man didn't give it, so she didn't get to see her for the last time. On the seventh day, she took some things to the grave, but was beaten by her own brother. He said it with a sigh, and I was speechless. Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2022-05-28 21:07:07~2022-05-28 22:59:29~
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