Once inside, Liu Shile closed the doors and windows, then took out a few banknotes from her bag and placed them in front of Liu Shixi, smiling as she said, "Sister, I knew you were going to ask this. Here you go."
Kiwifruit wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either. Wang Xiaodong paid 15 cents per pound, and she sold her 70-odd pounds of kiwifruit for 11.5 yuan. Of course, Wang Xiaodong rounded up the price to a whole number.
Liu Shile didn't really care about this amount of money, but Liu Shixi was extremely surprised. She never expected that those inconspicuous wild fruits would sell for so much money!
She immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Great, great, great! Next year when it bears fruit, we'll go to the mountains and pick a lot to sell. Then you won't have to worry about your tuition fees anymore."
At this point, she remembered her mother saying that she wouldn't support her younger siblings' schooling and wouldn't even give them food, which made her feel a little depressed.
She paused slightly, then said with some worry, "Lele, Mom said she won't support your schooling, and she might not even give you sweet potatoes... you..."
"Big sister, it's alright, we won't go hungry. You should worry more about yourself." Liu Shile didn't take it to heart. Since she didn't live on campus, she didn't need to bring food to school.
As for their food and drink, they can buy it with money or take out some inconspicuous grains; they will not go hungry.
My eldest sister, on the other hand, is well past the age of marriage, but her family has delayed her from getting married. This is not a good thing.
In a small town like theirs, if someone of this woman's age is still unmarried, people will gossip about her. Although people say that women hold up half the sky, anyone with eyes can see the truth.
After much thought, I realized that the family needed to resume production and restore its workforce so that my eldest sister could be freed from this predicament. Unfortunately, she was only a medical student and couldn't cure my father.
Moreover, given our current financial situation, we can't afford to send my father to a major hospital for treatment unless we use all our savings.
But since my parents haven't mentioned it, I guess they're reluctant to spend all their money on it, because they have no idea whether my dad's leg can be cured.
If it can be cured, the money spent is not a problem, as it can be earned back later. But if it cannot be cured, then it will result in losing both money and health.
Such an outcome was unbearable for the family, so they had no intention of going bankrupt to the hospital for treatment.
However, this meant that the burden of the family fell mainly on the eldest sister's shoulders, and Liu Shile did not agree with her sister's willingness to sacrifice for the family.
Does she mean that if things aren't going well at home, she'll never get married and will remain an old maid in other people's eyes?
If her family members were worth it, then there would be nothing wrong with her doing this, but Liu Shile didn't think her family members were worth such a big sacrifice.
Putting everything else aside, just look at herself. She clearly had so much money in her hands, but she didn't even think about taking it out to send her father to the hospital to treat his leg, did she?
Although she thought she would try to cure her father after studying medicine, who knows when she will have that ability?
"Ding, main quest: Heal Liu Weisong's legs. Do you accept?" Just then, the system, which had been offline for a while, spoke up.
Liu Shile...
Holy crap, does the system have mind-reading capabilities?
After playing dead for so long, why suddenly pop up? Who are you trying to scare to death?
Liu Shile really wanted to refuse, but after looking at her older sister's worried face, she really couldn't bring herself to refuse.
However, she did not accept the task, but instead asked the system what the reward would be.
Just kidding, she got a reward for becoming an apprentice last time, but if she hadn't refused, this damn system probably wouldn't have mentioned the reward at all.
This time will probably be no exception. Although she would have to do this regardless of whether the task was given or not, since the system has issued the task, she will naturally try to get the best possible benefit for herself.
The system remained silent, and Liu Shile wasn't in a hurry. After all, she had a head full of medical theory knowledge but no practical skills, so she was still a long way from being able to cure diseases and save lives.
At this moment, Liu Shixi said with a forced smile, "What do I have to worry about? I'm eating and living at home, and I have a fairly stable job. I'm doing just fine."
"Lele, don't worry, I'll definitely convince Mom to get you some food. You're growing so much, how can you not have enough to eat?"
She stood up after she finished speaking, and it seemed that she really intended to go and talk to her mother about it right now.
Liu Shile thought for a moment and didn't stop her. Instead, blushing, she helped her older sister over.
She doesn't lack these things, but some things have to be left to nature, and she can't let her adoptive mother think that they have an easy life.
Seeing them enter the room, Zhang Sumei didn't even lift her eyelids, but Liu Weisong was quite happy and carefully reminded Liu Shile to study hard at school, etc.
"Dad, Mom, Lele is leaving after dinner. What kind of food should we give her to take to school this week?" Liu Shixi asked when she had a spare moment.
Upon hearing this, Liu Weisong's smile froze slightly, and he then looked at Zhang Sumei, who had always been the one to make the decisions.
Only then did Zhang Sumei glance at the two of them before speaking casually, but what she said was, "Did you bring back the grass for the cattle?"
"Uh, cough cough, no, there really isn't one," Liu Shile said, shaking her head sheepishly. "Mom, I'll go right now." With that, she turned and left without waiting to hear the result.
She left so decisively, which annoyed Zhang Sumei. She had wanted to scold the brat a few times, but the girl ran off so fast.
As soon as she left, Liu Weisong and Liu Shixi both looked at Zhang Sumei. Zhang Sumei really didn't want to give them even a single grain of food, but then she thought it wasn't worth it.
After all these years, if she were to mistreat them now and cause them to rebel, she would be losing more than she gained.
So she rolled her eyes at the two of them, annoyed, and said, "Do you really think I'm such a heartless person? If they hadn't been so annoying to me, would I have said those hurtful things?"
She completely denied that those were her true intentions, attributing those words to mere words spoken in anger in an attempt to salvage her image.
Surprisingly, her trick actually worked, and Liu Weisong and Liu Shixi started to believe it to some extent.
After what happened yesterday, Liu Shixi was still somewhat disheartened, but she wisely didn't show it.
"They're both growing, so please bring them some extra food," Liu Weisong said, feeling somewhat guilty towards the two children.
Zhang Sumei agreed to give it to him, but she was unwilling to give too much.
However, she knew she couldn't be forceful at this point, so she put on a wronged expression and began to complain about how difficult things were for her family these days.
She was good at downplaying the important points, and sure enough, the focus of her statement changed, even making Liu Shixi, who knew nothing about her family's background, somewhat believe it.
But Liu Weisong knew the truth about his family. He didn't say anything, just looked at Zhang Sumei with a very calm expression, but Zhang Sumei understood.
She wasn't worried that Liu Weisong would yell at her, nor was she worried that he wouldn't speak, but his calm gaze made her voice gradually weaken.
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