A bit of fun.
Shao'an's mother is going to kill a pheasant and make a good meal.
There has been no meat smell in the house for a long time.
Sun Lanhua helped Shaoan's mother.
Sun Shaoan went to deal with the sparrow.
Tian Runye, Sun Shaoping, and Sun Lanxiang followed and watched.
Two meat dishes for lunch.
A pheasant stew.
Another dish called sparrow stew is a stew.
It didn't take long.
Sun Yuhou is back.
He looked at the pheasants and hares with some surprise, then at the pile of sparrows that Sun Shaoan was packing, and at the sack of medicinal materials next to them.
Sun Yuhou took a few puffs of dry cigarettes and went to collect the medicinal materials without saying anything or taking a break.
The medicinal materials were dug up and some needed to be processed.
Soon the aroma of stewed chicken spread.
Fortunately, Shao'an's home is far away from other homes, so no one comes.
"Here, a bowl of chicken soup for each person."
"smell good!"
"Delicious!"
Tian Runye didn't leave and ate at Shaoan's house.
There were not enough bowls at home, so I had to drink chicken soup first, then sparrow soup. The staple food was sorghum steamed buns.
After two bowls of soup, my whole body felt warm, and the whole family was sweating from the tips of their noses and foreheads.
Had a meal.
It didn't take long.
Sun Yuhou went to work again.
Sun Shaoan did not go up the mountain, but read books and reviewed homework with Tian Runye.
It's almost dark.
"Brother Shao'an, I'm leaving. I'll come back to see you tomorrow." Tian Runye was about to go home. She stayed at Sun Shaoan's house for a day.
"Runye, I have to go up the mountain to dig up medicinal materials tomorrow morning."
"Then I'm going too, just wait for me." After Tian Runye finished speaking, he went home happily without waiting for Sun Shaoan to reply.
dinner.
Warmed up the leftover soup from lunch.
There is still a lot of meat left in the soup.
Pair it with a few sorghum buns and eat as much as you like.
Just like that, it's much better than usual.
At least, you don’t have to go hungry at night.
This is all the result of Sun Shaoan.
Had dinner.
Sun Yuhou smoked a dry cigarette and looked at Sun Shaoan, wanting to say something to Sun Shaoan.
"Dad, take a rest early." Sun Shaoan had no intention of saying anything to Sun Yuhou.
Anyway, Sun Shaoan will definitely go to Yuanxi County to go to school.
Let me briefly explain why Sun Yuhou didn't care about Sun Shaoan going to school.
Previously, Sun Yuhou sold iron to support his younger brother Sun Yuting's education.
Now, some people are not in favor of Sun Shaoan going to school.
The reason is that after Sun Yuting spent a lot of money to go to school, he still has no future.
Sun Yuting was not only hopeless, but also became a burden to the family.
Sun Yuting stopped being a worker and became a farmer.
But Sun Yuting doesn't know how to farm.
This farmer is very unqualified.
Therefore, Sun Yuhou felt that Sun Shaoan would have no future if he went to school. The old Sun family doesn't have that fate.
Coupled with the situation at home, which was somewhat unsustainable, Sun Yuhou didn't want Sun Shaoan to continue going to school.
The situation here is relatively similar to that of later generations.
The children of farmers finally got into college.
I spent a lot of money, but after graduation, I couldn't find a job and couldn't support myself.
Not to mention buying a house or a car.
Even if I go back to my hometown and become a farmer, I won’t know anything and can’t do anything.
The next day.
Early in the morning.
Sun Shaoan just got up.
I heard outside, "Brother Shao'an, Brother Shaoan!" Tian Runye was already here.
"Run Ye is here?" Sun Shaoan greeted him.
"Brother Shaoan, let's go up the mountain?" Tian Runye was looking forward to going up the mountain to dig up medicinal materials with Sun Shaoan.
Tian Runye also brought some handy tools.
"Mom, Runye and I went up the mountain." Sun Shaoan said hello.
"Shao'an, please slow down and take good care of Run Ye." Shao'an's mother warned.
"I know." Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye left together.
It's still going from dark to dawn.
"Bah!" Sun Shaoan knocked out a sparrow.
"I hit it again, brother Shao'an, you are so powerful!" Tian Runye happily ran to pick up the sparrows.
Sun Shaoan was also in a good mood.
Sun Shaoan could tell that Tian Runye liked him from the bottom of his heart.
This kind of love is very pure.
Of course, Sun Shaoan also likes Tian Runye.
"Brother Shaoan, let me try." Tian Runye also wanted to shoot the slingshot.
"Okay, you aim like this." Sun Shaoan held Tian Runye's hand and taught her.
While playing, we walked deeper into the mountains.
Sun Shaoan shot a lot of sparrows and also harvested a pheasant.
It's about nine o'clock, about ten o'clock.
"Brother Shao'an, I brought steamed buns for you to eat." Tian Runye took out a few corn flour steamed buns.
The situation of Tian Runye's family is better, and they can usually eat corn flour steamed buns.
Sun Shaoan's family is much worse off and can only eat sorghum buns.
Sometimes, sorghum buns are not available and can only be eaten in water.
A few steamed buns are enough for breakfast.
People who work also eat like this.
Just bring some dry food for breakfast and a cushion.
I won’t go back home specifically to have breakfast.
I work until noon and then go home to eat.
"Runye, let's roast pheasant?" Sun Shaoan was very exhausted.
Sun Shaoan's family is too poor and they don't have enough to eat all year round.
What you eat doesn’t have much nutrition.
Under this situation, Sun Shaoan's body was very weak, his face was sallow and his muscles were thin, and his face looked disheveled.
"It's just a pheasant. Can we roast it and eat it?" Tian Runye was reluctant to roast it and wanted to take it back and eat it with everyone.
"It's okay. I'll shoot a few more later." Sun Shaoan found a place and started to pack away the pheasants.
Tian Runye was collecting firewood nearby.
The two of them were busy for a while, and the pheasant was roasted.
"Runye, eat a chicken drumstick."
"Brother Shaoan, you eat too."
"Okay." Sun Shaoan ate the chicken.
Sun Shaoan had no choice but to take advantage of the opportunity of digging for medicinal materials outside to roast a pheasant to replenish his body.
Tian Runye is also very thin.
Although Tian Runye's family is in a good situation, they can't afford anything good.
After years of this, Tian Runye's health was not in good shape.
Tian Runye didn't have a big appetite and didn't eat much. Most of the roasted pheasant went into Sun Shaoan's stomach.
After eating, without rest, Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye continued to look for medicinal materials.
"Runye, don't move." Sun Shaoan saw a hare from a distance.
"Okay, Brother Shaoan." Tian Runye whispered in Sun Shaoan's ear. She had a smile on her face and thought it was fun.
"Bang!" The hare was knocked unconscious.
"Brother Shaoan is awesome!" Tian Runye hurried over and picked up the rabbit.
"Bah bang." I hit a lot of sparrows.
"Pah!" Sun Shaoan shot another pheasant.
"Runye, there are medicinal materials here, let's dig them together."
"OK."
The two of them walked around and were busy until almost noon.
"Runye, let's go back."
"Brother Shaoan, let me get the sacks." There are two sacks, one for game and one for medicinal materials.
The portion is not heavy, but not light either.
"Run Ye, just take this small basket." A few more wild eggs and a few bird eggs were placed in the small basket.
"Brother Shao'an, are you tired? Can you take a rest?" Tian Runye wiped Sun Shaoan's sweat like a little daughter-in-law.
"I'm not tired, I'll be out of the mountain soon."
Got home soon.
"Shaoan, did you hit so many things again?" Shaoan's mother and the others looked surprised.
"Auntie, Brother Shaoan's slingshot is accurate." Tian Runye began to talk about Sun Shaoan's 'great achievements'.
"Today we will stew a hare." Shao'an's mother prepared another meal.
Sun Shaoan and the others followed to help.
When Sun Yuhou came back, he saw the stewed hare, but said nothing and continued to collect the medicinal materials.
The next few days.
Sun Shaoan goes up the mountain to dig medicinal materials every morning.
Tian Runye comes here every day and goes up the mountain with Sun Shaoan.
After processing the medicinal materials dug back.
Shao'an's mother will send it to Shigejie Commune and sell it.
The game I brought back was not much, and I didn’t plan to sell it. I had to either eat it, or kill it and freeze it outside, waiting to be eaten during the New Year.
I ate for several days in a row.
Sun Shaoan, Sun Shaoping, and Sun Lanhua all looked better.
Sun Shaoping was born in 1958.
Sun Shaoping's body is the weakest.
I have also been replenishing myself these past few days.
Looks less 'skinny'.
Flash forward a few days later.
Early that morning, Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye went to Shigejie Commune together.
The primary school entrance examination has begun.
"Brother Shao'an, are you afraid?" Tian Runye was a little nervous.
"Not afraid."
"Why aren't you afraid?"
"I know everything that needs to be tested." Sun Shaoan looked confident.
"Then I'm not afraid, I can do it too." Tian Runye was no longer so nervous.
Walked for a while.
As we approach school.
"Brother Shaoan, let me give you eggs." Tian Runye fed Sun Shaoan.
The two had already eaten at home before setting off.
However, Tian Runye still brought eggs.
In recent years, Sun Shaoan's family was poor, and Tian Runye often fed Sun Shaoan.
"Runye, I brought chicken, you can eat it too."
The two feed each other.
The exam lasted two days.
Examination subjects, arithmetic and Chinese.
The exam went fine and ended soon.
After the exam, Sun Shaoan still went up the mountain early in the morning to dig medicinal materials, hunt game, and chop firewood.
Tian Runye still followed Sun Shaoan up the mountain.
The two of them would roast a pheasant or hare for breakfast whenever they went up the mountain.
The food has become better, and the two of them look much better.
Sun Shaoan's body is recovering rapidly and becoming 'stronger'.
Tian Runye's hair also became smoother.
These days, Sun Shaoan has caught quite a lot of game.
The food for my family has become much better.
A lot of medicinal materials were also dug up.
By the time the exam results were about to be announced, Sun Shaoan had already made more than 20 dollars from digging up medicinal materials and selling them, which was not a small amount.
This morning.
"Brother Shaoan, the results will be announced today. Let's go to school quickly." Tian Runye pulled Sun Shaoan and ran to school.
"Run Ye, don't be in a hurry, it's useless if you go early."
"Brother Shao'an, my dad said he would take me to my second dad's house in the county town."
"Is it about going to junior high school next year? There is no junior high school in Shigejie Commune. If we want to go to junior high school, we have to go to Yuanxi County."
"Brother Shaoan, will you go to my second dad's house with us?"
"Run Ye, just go with your father. I won't go yet."
Although Sun Shaoan also wanted to visit Yuanxi County, he would not go with Tian Futang.
Tian Futang took Tian Runye to Yuanxi County to talk to Tian Fujun about Tian Runye's sleepover in junior high school. It was inappropriate for Sun Shaoan to follow him.
"If you don't go, then I won't go either."
"You can't go if you don't."
The two chatted and laughed and soon arrived at school.
Liu Genmin came over.
Liu Genmin is a classmate of Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye.
"Shaoan, you got first place in the exam!" Liu Genmin said excitedly.
"Oh." Sun Shaoan's expression was very calm.
"Brother Shao'an got first place in the exam?" Tian Runye was very happy, but not surprised. Because Sun Shaoan has always ranked first in exams.
"Shaoan, you are not only number one in our school, but also number one in the county!" Liu Genmin said excitedly again.
"What? No. 1 in the county?!" Sun Shaoyuan acted surprised.
This was something Sun Shaoan expected.
Sun Shaoan wants to be ranked first in the county.
Then let's see if it will happen again. Sun Shaoan can't go to school because he has no money.
"Ah? Number one in the county?!" Tian Runye was stunned. He hugged Sun Shaoan's arm and shouted, "Brother Shaoan, you are number one in the county!"
Sun Shaoan ranked first in the county.
Now he is truly famous.
Teachers at the school, people from the Shige Festival Commune, and many other people all knew about it.
"Are you Sun Shao'an? Did you get the first place in the county?" Many people came here admiringly and watched Sun Shao'an for a while.
Sun Shaoan has been in glory for several days.
Tian Futang and others from Shuangshui Village also praised Sun Shaoan verbally.
Sun Shaoan's second father also came to congratulate Sun Shaoan and ate the hare that Sun Shaoan shot.
A few days passed.
Restore calm.
Whether Sun Shaoan can continue to go to school depends on whether Sun Shaoan's family has money.
Without money, Sun Shaoan could only go home and farm.
Sun Shaoan's ranking first in the county did not solve the problem of Sun Shaoan having no money to go to school.
A few days later.
Tian Futang took Runye to Yuanxi County.
Tian Futang is a capable person.
In the past, Tian Futang and Sun Yuhou worked together at the landlord's house.
Both were poor.
Now, Tian Futang has become the village party secretary.
Whether it is his daughter Tian Runye or his son Tian Runsheng, Tian Futang can provide for them to go to school.
Sun Yuhou can't do it.
Sun Yuhou is still an honest and honest old farmer.
The eldest daughter, Sun Lanhua, has no chance to go to school.
Even in elementary school, Sun Lanhua didn't go to school.
Sun Lanhua is illiterate and has been helping the family with work.
In the end, he was deceived by a second-rate man and had to marry him to death.
After marriage, she relied entirely on Sun Lanhua to work and support her family.
The second-rate guy not only fails to help, but also keeps adding to the chaos.
Sun Lanhua's tragedy was caused by her family.
Stop talking and get down to business.
When Tian Futang took Runye to Tian Fujun's house, Sun Shaoan was still digging for medicinal materials in the mountains.
Sun Shaoan has many ways to get money.
However, Sun Shaoan chose a relatively stupid method.
Sun Shaoan went into the mountains alone, and the place he went to was more remote and farther away.
Sun Shaoan needed to dig up enough medicinal materials and raise enough money to go to school in Yuanxi County.
At eight or nine in the morning, Sun Shaoan roasted a pheasant.
When it was almost noon, Sun Shaoan roasted another pheasant.
Sun Shaoan has a big appetite.
Just relying on what you eat at home is not enough.
With a large appetite, Sun Shaoan's health also became better.
"Brother Shaoan, when I go to junior high school next year, I will go to live with my second father." As soon as Tian Runye came back, he looked for Sun Shaoan.
"It's good. I'll stay at the school." Sun Shaoan also stated that he would go to school in Yuanxi County.
"Brother Shao'an, let's dig up medicinal materials tomorrow morning." Tian Runye knew that Sun Shaoan's family was poor and wanted to help.
"good."
Next.
Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye continued to dig medicinal materials and hunt game.
I made some money from the medicinal materials I dug.
Sun Shaoan and Tian Runye ate well every day on the mountain.
The New Year is coming soon.
Sun Shaoan has received the admission notice from the original Xi County Middle School.
This evening.
"Shaoan, do you want to continue going to school?" Sun Yuhou finally couldn't help asking.
"Yes." Sun Shaoan said one word calmly.
"Shao'an." Sun Yuhou hesitated.
Sun Yuhou didn't want Sun Shaoan to continue going to school.
The situation of the old Sun family could no longer be supported by Sun Yuhou alone.
“Dad, I have to find a way to pay for my schooling.
As for food, I'll borrow it from the brigade. "Sun Shaoan continued to say calmly.
Sun Shaoan has already figured out how to go to school.
During the holidays, I dig up medicinal materials and sell them for money.
If you need food, borrow it from the brigade.
It’s not that there are no other ways to obtain food, but that many methods are not allowed.
There is no need for Sun Shaoan to do anything illegal.
After going to school, Sun Shaoan will also think of ways to do work-study or something.
Anyway, I can always think of ways to pay for schooling.
Sun Yuhou was smoking a dry cigarette, not knowing what to say or whether he should stop Sun Shaoan from going to school.
"Dad, if you have nothing to do, go to bed early.
I'll go digging for medicinal materials tomorrow. "Sun Shaoan went to sleep.
"Alas" Sun Yuhou sighed and said helplessly: "If you want to go to school, keep going. Shaoan, you must study hard and make a name for yourself."
"I know, dad, don't worry, I'm not my Sun Yuting, I won't be useless." Sun Shaoan said sarcastically to Sun Yuting.
Sun Yuting was supposed to change the fate of the Sun family. Not to mention the same as Tian Fujun, but at least he won't lose his job at Bingzhou Steel Plant.
But Sun Yuting failed to do it, and instead dragged the Sun family down.
"That's your second dad, don't scream."
"Yes, Sun Yuting is my useless second father."
(End of chapter)
