"Hey, brother, actually I want to breed pigs and breed pigs that are stronger and have more meat."
Seeing Qin Zheng's bad expression, the fourth child said with a flattering smile: "But I don't have enough qualifications. If I want to get into the cultivation technology, I have to take the exam. It's difficult to pass the exam. It's very arduous. I may go abroad, but my ability is enough." Now, I don’t dare to go abroad. Although they all say how good it is abroad, I just don’t dare. I might as well go back to my hometown and stay with my mother and my grandma. Anyway, I have an iron rice bowl now and I won’t have to worry about it for the rest of my life. .”
Qin Zheng: "..."
Ye Yun: "..."
Good, even she fell silent.
Qin Xiang'e and the old lady couldn't understand what they were talking about, but they saw that Qin Zheng's face was serious and he was too quiet to speak. Even the movements of eating were much calmer.
Qin Zheng's face turned dark.
At first, he was quite happy when he heard that the fourth child could work in his hometown.
Now look at it, shit.
It's certainly a good choice to go back to your hometown for development, but why don't you find a position with room for advancement?
What room for improvement can there be in raising pigs?
Besides, most farmers now raise pigs, so maybe the pig farms in the town will be destroyed soon.
Seeing Qin Zheng's face getting darker and darker, the fourth child also looked panicked, "Brother, don't look down on the job of raising pigs. There are many skills involved in raising pigs, and it is easy to get sick. If you are not careful, you will get sick. You will be compensated." People are bankrupt, so I don’t have to worry about these problems if I raise public pigs; moreover, what I raise is not only pigs, but also the future and hope. I plan to raise fat and strong pigs, improve the breed, and make many people happy. Eat pork!"
Qin Zheng snorted coolly, "If you develop cultivation technology, that is the future and hope."
The fourth child was scolded, curled his lips, lowered his head, and his voice became lonely: "That's not what I am, I don't want to read any more..."
"Why don't you want to read any more?"
Ye Yun interrupted their argument and looked at the fourth child as gently as possible.
Her soft voice gave Lao Si the courage to raise his head, glance at Qin Zheng and her, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
His voice was choked with sobs, and he said hoarsely: "Sister-in-law, my family has paid a lot for me to study. My peers have already married and had children to make their parents happy, but I am still sucking the blood of my family. I have spent all these years to study in college. Most of them were borrowed by my mother. When I was in high school, I still used my second sister’s bride price, which caused her to be looked down upon by her husband’s family after she got married. I still have a knot in my heart, which makes me feel uncomfortable. Now I have a hard time After graduating from college, how can I continue?”
"Fourth, why do you think so?"
Before Qin Zheng and Ye Yun could speak, Qin Xiang'e looked at the fourth child in surprise.
The fourth child looked at his mother's surprised eyes, put down the bowl, turned his back, and wiped the tears from his eyes.
He just doesn't want to delay his family anymore.
Seeing her son so sad, Qin Xiang'e sighed and said with relief: "Lao Si, your second sister never blamed you for using her bride price. She is happy to be able to provide for you, a college student. Our whole family is happy, you I don’t know how much prestige you, a college student, have given her in her husband’s family, and you even said that the baby she gave birth to is also smart, how can you look down on her?”
The fourth child turned to look at her with red eyes and said, "But when the second sister got married, I heard my brother-in-law quarreling with her over the bride price."
Qin Xiang'e choked.
Seeing her expression, Ye Yun knew that what the fourth child said was true, and couldn't help but click her tongue.
Qin Zheng also frowned, "Gu, why didn't I know about this?"
A look of uneasiness flashed across Qin Xiang'e's face, and she said with a cheeky smile: "When the fourth girl couldn't get the tuition fee, and the second girl was just old enough to meet each other, she promised her husband's family to use the gift from her husband's family to pay for the fourth child's tuition. ”
Worried that Ye Yun and Qin Zheng would misunderstand her favoritism, she quickly added: "In the first two years of marriage, Erniu's mother-in-law's family had a quarrel with Erniu because of this matter. But later, the fourth child was admitted to college and Erniu gave birth to a child. The baby is also smart, and her husband’s family has never mentioned this matter again.”
Ye Yun thought for a moment, "How much gift did the second sister get?"
Qin Xiang'e told the truth and said hurriedly: "His wife, I know what you mean, and I have made plans. Er Niu is pregnant again, earlier than you, and she will be pregnant in a while." After the baby is born, when the time comes for her to provide food for her, I will give it to her along with the natal gift and the bride price from that year, and that’s the end of the matter.”
After saying that, she looked at the fourth child and said, "Fourth child, if you want to continue studying, just tell your mother and she will support you. School is your only way out of this mountain, do you know?"
She didn't know what the fourth child was studying, she only knew that it was necessary.
After so many years of support, she borrowed it from relatives and neighbors, and also used the daughter's bride price, just to provide a good future for the child. As long as the child wants to learn and is willing to learn, she can afford it, so how can there be no reason not to provide it?
She paid back the money from relatives and neighbors.
She also paid back her daughter's money.
I didn’t have the ability before, but now I have found a way to make money, and I can afford to pay off the debt, so why not continue to let my child take the exam?
The fourth child lowered his head and remained silent. His eyes were red and he did not speak.
His mother's words moved him.
However, if you want to continue to take the exam, how can it be that simple?
His grades in school can only be considered average, and even those with better grades than him may not be able to pass the exam. What hope does he have?
He was afraid.
Failure to pass the exam in one year is a waste of time, failure to pass the exam in two years is a waste of two years, how can his family afford the expenses year after year?
The fourth child finally shook his head and said, "Mom, stop talking, that's all I can do."
Qin Xiang'e really looked at him seriously and said: "Fourth, it's a good thing for people to know what their abilities are, but you can't just know it blindly. Mom doesn't understand the truth. I just want to tell you that there are some things you haven't tried. , how do you know that’s the end of your ability?”
"Can you give up your pig-raising job? Mom will give you money, you go back to the provincial capital, continue to take the exam, and become a scientist!"
The fourth child suddenly raised his head.
How did his mother know that he wanted to be a scientist?
At the end of the road he studied, there are scientists at the top, studying various agricultural cultivation technologies to solve the country's shortage problem, so that everyone can have food and meat!
But...how difficult this road is.
The biggest difficulty is ability.
Like him, most students stop halfway through college.
"Fourth child, I agree with what I said. How can you know if you can do it without trying it?" Qin Zheng said solemnly, "Anyway, I don't want you to study for so many years and end up raising pigs in the mountains."
The fourth child hesitated.
"Fourth child, our family's conditions are better now. Don't worry about your mother not being able to provide for you."
Ye Yun also spoke up and smiled softly, "If your mother can't support you, you still have me and your brother. Don't worry, go and study. Your brother and I will support you."
If I ask you to study, do you have to raise pigs?
My child, your mother, a middle-aged woman who has never been out of the mountains, understands this truth, but you, a college student, still don’t understand it?
"But, my ability..."
"As long as you want to learn, there is nothing you can't learn. If you can really get us a graduate degree and become scientists, it will be great for us! Don't you think so?"
Graduate students, scientists, scenery...
A few big characters dazzled in front of Lao Si's eyes. It was such a big temptation. Lao Si's breathing gradually became heavier, and the look in his eyes became even more shaken.
"Woof woof woof——"
Suddenly, Mei Qiu stood up and shouted at the door warily.
"Hey! Are you all here?"
A loud and loud voice sounded, and Ye Yun and others' eyebrows jumped, and they all turned their heads to look at the door.
