Cuihua's words were quite straightforward. They were disabled, yes, they were disabled, and they were already at a disadvantage compared to others. If they didn't have something they could offer that others couldn't compare to, they might fall behind in everything they did in the future. They didn't want to rely on their sisters' help to survive.
So what if I'm tired? Compared to my current life, the dark days of the past were the real despair. I've survived those tough times, so what right do I have to complain about the hardships I face now?
At least now I can eat my fill, read books, and work. Everything I have now is something I never dared to dream of before.
Now that we've survived those days, if we give it our all now, we might actually see light and hope.
Therefore, whenever the seventh and eighth sisters felt they couldn't go on, they would encourage each other.
The seventh sister didn't just take advantage of the eighth sister. Despite being a temporary worker, she had experienced oppression since childhood and learned to read people's expressions wherever she went. She wasn't so selfish as to not consider the eighth sister's feelings in order to get her to help her with her studies.
Compared to the seventh brother, who has a slight limp in his right leg, the eighth brother's right eye is at least not noticeable to outsiders. Her amblyopia causes more white in her eye, and her entire eyeball is not as bright and black as her left eye. As long as she doesn't say anything, who would know about this disability?
So when Lao Qi found out that the township police station canteen needed a temporary worker, he immediately came back happily to tell Lao Ba.
However, Cuihua refused outright after hearing this.
"We only need one person in our family to work in the cafeteria. Cuilan, your grades are pretty good. You're in fourth grade now. If you work hard next year, you'll graduate from elementary school."
If I can get into a good junior high school, I'll be considered to have a junior high school education level, and it might be easier for me to find a job than it is now. In the future, major factories will all have a junior high school education requirement when recruiting.
Of course, this is just my suggestion. If you want to start working now, then I support you.
Cuilan is only fifteen years old this year, still young. In addition, her family's finances have recovered, so she no longer needs to work.
The college entrance examination was abolished in 1966, leaving three years. If these three years were used well, students could still graduate from junior high school in a hurry.
Starting from that year, the entire education system fell into chaos. There were all sorts of demonstrations, protests, school closures, and public criticism sessions. There was no longer any formal teaching work. So, even though the college entrance examination was suspended, junior high schools, senior high schools, and even primary schools were in a state of semi-suspension.
After thinking it over, Cuihua suddenly looked at the two sisters with a serious expression.
"You two don't need to worry about the food at home or how to make money. I'm setting a goal for you: finish junior high school by 1966. If you can do that, all of us sisters will find a way to help you with your future jobs. Can you do that?"
Their comprehension skills are not bad, and they will have no problem getting into junior high school. No matter which junior high school it is, even if it is a less prestigious one, as long as they can make it to junior high school graduation, they will have a junior high school diploma.
The eighth brother was eager to try, but the seventh brother hesitated for a moment and then shook his head: "Sister, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me. When the eighth brother goes to junior high school and lives at the school, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to keep going. Even if the eighth brother comes back to tutor me, it will be difficult to finish my graduation certificate."
It wasn't that Lao Qi wasn't afraid of hardship, but rather that he felt it was too difficult. He couldn't possibly give up this hard-won job just for studying...
Unexpectedly, Cuihua had her own plan.
"Seventh brother, after much thought, I feel that your age is the best time to start studying, and we can't just give up like this."
How about this: with Lao Ba's help, try to get into a junior high school.
If you pass the junior high school entrance exam, we'll find someone in the village to temporarily take your place at work.
You go to school until you graduate from junior high, then we'll go back to work.
Tang Cuifeng stared wide-eyed at Cuihua, "You can do it like that? What if someone saves up enough money to buy the job?"
Cuihua understood Cuifeng's concerns: "Are you worried that if someone works long hours and maintains good relationships with colleagues, they might push you out of the job?"
Seeing Cuifeng nod, Cuihua laughed and said, "Then it just means that this person has no credibility. The job is under our name. Even if she wants this job, she still has to go through us. If you don't want to do it anymore, just sell it. With a degree, why are you afraid of not being able to get a good job in the county? A degree is the key to getting a job. That's why I made you stick with it until now."
Seeing that Cuifeng was still hesitating, Cuihua said decisively, "There is another way. We can just sell the job and you two can focus on studying. Anyway, we won't lose out if we sell it now, and it will save you from thinking about it anymore."
Cuihua gave the decision to Cuifeng. Cuifeng naturally longed to study. If she didn't want to, she would have long since given up the hardship of working during the day and studying at night.
The fact that she's made it this far shows she's not stupid; otherwise, what would be the point of her older sisters studying so hard?
The eldest, second, and third sisters worked and studied at the same time, naturally in order to get another chance for promotion.
My fifth and sixth sisters are destined to become government officials after graduation, but they are young now and need to work their way up.
My younger sister is a prodigy; she entered university at the age of thirteen, and her future prospects are beyond her wildest imagination.
She only regretted that she didn't understand why she needed to study when she was younger, and wasted a lot of time for no reason. Now that she's grown up, she has finally come to her senses. Moreover, her older sisters didn't say that they couldn't study. With such a good opportunity in front of them, who wouldn't want to get into a good junior high school?
After a night of internal struggle, Cuifeng finally gave up the job.
"Sister, I still want to go to school with Eighth Sister. I've fallen far behind her in the past six months. Maybe I should sell my job!"
Cuihua didn't think Cuifeng made any wrong decision. Compared to having more children in the family who could study, giving up this job wasn't so heartbreaking.
The sisters were both decisive people. From the moment they spread the word to the moment they handed over the work, they didn't even wait until the end of the year or the beginning of the year to take action. Instead, they sold the job in just half a month before Cuifeng had any regrets.
They bought it for 300 yuan, and then sold it for 350 yuan. They didn't ask the villagers whether to give this person or that person a price. It wouldn't be good to ask for too high a price, and it wouldn't be appropriate to ask for too low a price either. So Cuihua gave it directly to a relative of one of her colleagues.
Back in the village, Cuifeng didn't hesitate to belittle herself: "They thought my limp was a hindrance, so they gave me an extra fifty yuan and persuaded me to quit."
In this situation, talking about one's own feet is the most appropriate thing to do, and one should even show a resentful expression.
“I don’t think it’s my lameness at all. I’ve been working for so long and I haven’t delayed their work in any way. I’ve always been at the forefront. Why didn’t anyone notice my lameness or have any pity on me back then?”
It's obvious the higher-ups wanted to bring someone in, but I didn't have the same connections, so they just kicked me out!
These words made many people gloat. Although they comforted her on the surface, Tang Cuifeng was not blind. These people were secretly overjoyed and just waiting to see the sisters make a fool of themselves!
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