It was like a train without a final station, passing through countless stations and countless people. It passed by mountains and rivers and floated by. This was the life of a cultivator.
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I grabbed the car door with both hands and refused to get out. My parents used all their strength to pry my hands away and carried me out of the car. I kept struggling. Miss.Lin also approached the window and covered her mouth with her hands. Her tears kept flowing. The car started moving and I stopped struggling. I watched the car drive away with empty eyes. I could still see Miss.Lin walking to the last row and waving at me through the glass.
"Yang Yang, Miss.Lin will come again in the future. Don't be sad. "My mother stroked my head with heartache.
I didn't say anything and I didn't cry again. Miss.Lin said that I must be a man who doesn't cry in a woman's arms. Only when I grow up can I marry Miss.Lin.
My parents transferred all the money I earned this year to buy a house in Guangdong. They didn't plan to take me there and I didn't want to go either. I had an inexplicable fear towards that strange and distant city. Perhaps I still had a glimmer of hope for Miss.Lin.
My parents only left after they were done with the Double Snatching (Double Snatching: Snatching the early rice harvest, and transplanting the late rice). I also seemed to have found that familiar feeling from before. Blood is thicker than water. I could also feel my mother's love. But when they left, I wasn't as sad as I was when Miss.Lin left.
My parents brought a lot of things over and Old Huang carried them. Grandpa and I sent my parents to the station. Grandpa was worried that I would be sad. But I was very calm.
"You silly child. Why don't you go to Guangdong with your parents? It's a big city and we're in a rural area. You'll live a hundred times better there than at home. If you want to go, I'll definitely ask your parents to take you there. "Grandpa took my hand and went to a noodle shop. We each ordered a bowl of vermicelli noodles.
I ate happily. "They're in Guangdong. A few of them live in one room while the two of us live in another. We don't have money anymore. We'll earn more this year. Next year, we will build our own buildings. Even if they buy a house, it won't be as comfortable as us. "
"Eh? That was the logic. It seems that my grandson has thought things through better than adults. My family has a Qilin grandson! "Grandpa laughed loudly.
Grandpa was overjoyed and insisted on carrying me home. I said on grandpa's back, "Grandpa, when I grow up, I will buy a beautiful car and drive you everywhere."
"Alright, our Yang Yang is ambitious. Grandpa was waiting for Yang Yang to pick me up. Hahaha. "
The old man and the young man kept laughing along the way. I actually forgot about the sorrow that Miss.Lin's departure brought to me, and also forgot the sorrow of my parents' estrangement from me.
A few miles from home, Red Autumn saw us from afar. I could hear the joy in his voice as he circled above us, chirping incessantly. I was really envious of it. It could fly freely in the sky. And I have to go through the sorrow of parting.
Red Autumn's wife and children also came over. Red Autumn naughtily landed on the ground and walked like grandpa and me. Of course, he wouldn't land on my shoulder. His claws were too sharp, and that would hurt me.
When we saw the village, Black Beans came over with his harem.
"Why didn't you stay at home and take care of the house? What are you doing here?" Although I scolded Black Beans, I was very happy. I used my hand to stroke Black Head's head. Black Beans also swayed his body and wagged his tail. He hummed and rubbed his head against my leg.
"Yang Yang, if you continue like this, our house will become an animal kingdom." Grandpa laughed.
Actually, there were three flowers at home. Da Hua, Er Hua, and Xiao Hua were also very intelligent. Their intelligence wasn't inferior to Black Beans. It was just that the three sisters were a little lazy. They usually didn't leave the house, and liked to sleep in their circle during the day.
Old Huang was the most hardworking. He went out with us early in the morning, and when he was hungry, he would moo at me. I took down the bamboo basket on its back and fed it the grass inside. At this time, he had already eaten all the grass. I went to the field and picked up a bunch of sweet potato vines. This was his favorite. He ate the sweet potato vines in big mouthfuls and chewed. Just the sound of it was incomparably delicious.
Before I entered the courtyard, I saw Li Lijuan standing outside with grandpa and grandma. Black Beans was already standing guard at the door with his three child brides.
When she saw me, Li Lijuan was a little shy. She hid behind her grandma, Han Xianfeng, and didn't dare to come out. Li Lijuan's grandpa, Li Fangben, walked over.
"Second Brother. You're back. "Although the two families didn't have the same surname, the village had a way of addressing each other. Li Fangben followed the Huang family and called him grandpa.
"Oh, it's Fangben. Oh, it's the two of you. Come in and sit, come in and sit, "Grandpa quickly and warmly invited Li Lijuan's grandparents and Li Lijuan into the house.
Li Fangben picked up the basket on the ground. The basket was filled with eggs.
"What are you guys doing?" Grandpa thought they came to see a doctor. He knew that their family was in trouble, so he wanted to find a chance to tell me not to take their money.
"It's like this," Li Fangben told him the reason for coming.
It turned out that Li Lijuan didn't do well on the exam, and kept crying when she got home. After asking, I found out that my two disciples actually pushed her from second place to fourth place. Actually, it was because Huang Shulang and Ma Jindong were lucky, and the difference between their scores wasn't that big. However, Li Lijuan couldn't accept it. Her family was in such a difficult situation, and her grades were the only thing that Li Lijuan could take out. Now that her grades were even surpassed by others, how could she accept it. She naturally knew that no matter if it was Huang Shulang or Ma Jindong, they only surpassed their grades after becoming my disciple. Therefore, she immediately had an idea.
After Li Fangben and Han Xianfeng found out about the situation, the two discussed for a bit, and then came over with a basket of eggs.
Hearing Li Fangben's words, Grandpa also smiled wryly in his heart. Everyone else treated me like a treasure, only my parents treated me like grass.
"It's just children playing house, don't treat it seriously. Get Yang Yang to teach Juan Zi properly in the future. Since it's just children playing house, you can't treat it seriously. Take the eggs back, "Grandpa smiled.
"That won't do. You have to follow etiquette when becoming a disciple. Our Li family is also a reasonable family. We can't let others say that our Li family doesn't follow etiquette, "Li Fangben was determined to present the gift for becoming a disciple.
I spoke to Li Lijuan in the yard, "Li Lijuan, if you become my disciple, then you have to call Huang Shulang Shixiong. Are you scared that Huang Shulang and Ma Jindong will bully you? "
"I'm not scared. They won't dare to bully me, "Li Lijuan said as if she was very confident.
"Why?" I was a bit puzzled.
"Because I'm a girl. Grandma said that when I grow up, I'll be as pretty as Miss.Lin. If I'm as pretty as Miss.Lin in the future, I can marry you and become your wife, "Li Lijuan said seriously.
I scratched my head and shook it, "When I grow up, I'll marry Miss.Lin and become my wife. When you grow up, even if you're as pretty as Miss.Lin, you won't be Miss.Lin. "
Two young children casually chatting about life, it was always a bit irrelevant.
Grandpa was also happily chatting with Li Fangben. Although Grandpa agreed to accept the basket of eggs, he asked Li Fangben and his wife to accept my free treatment. Li Fangben and his wife weren't that old, they were even a bit younger than Grandpa. They were only in their early fifties, but they were weak and sickly, so they looked older.
Grandpa asked me to treat Li Fangben and his wife, while he went to prepare the food, and then went to the yard to get two catties of rice wine. It could be considered the apprenticeship banquet.
However, something that Grandpa and I didn't expect happened, the next day, a lot of people in the village came to my house, all for the same purpose.
Huang Shulang, a guy who got last place, suddenly became a top student. Ma Jindong, who also had average grades, also suddenly became the top student in class. This kind of thing had already spread in the village. If it wasn't for Li Lijuan's family taking the lead, other people might not have come to our house. Now, they followed suit, and everyone came to our house. What's more, some third or fourth graders even wanted their children to be demoted to second graders.
Grandpa didn't know what to do, so he simply pushed the decision to me, "Do as you see fit."
Grandpa had a headache, accept it all, he was worried that it would affect my studies in the future. If he didn't accept it, he would offend the entire village.
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