Chu Ye didn't care about the rumors in the village.
In her previous life, she was in the Zhao family, watching Zhao Xuesong lose all his family property, and she, a woman, struggled to keep the family from breaking up. Wasn't there more gossip in the village at that time than now? Didn't she grit her teeth and get through it?
What's more, she also knows that besides people who sincerely hope you will be well? Others just watch the excitement and chime in with a few words. After all, it's not their own life, so who really cares?
Chu Ye put his thoughts aside and either went to work in the fields or go for a walk in the mountains as usual. From time to time, he followed Brother Jianwen to the town. After a while, he earned another five yuan.
So far, she has made a total of fifteen yuan from selling things. Although it is not much, she has the confidence to have money.
Chu's father and mother naturally knew about her making money, and they had no objections. After all, once Chu Ye was admitted to a technical secondary school, the state would directly waive tuition and accommodation fees, and provide monthly living allowances. It can be said that the family did not have to pay. She can study for a penny, and when the time comes, she will have a job and help the family. Naturally, the old couple will be happy before it is too late.
Faced with the rumors in the village, Chu Ye was not affected at all. At this moment, the appearance of a postman broke the situation.
It was an afternoon in mid-July, and a man riding a green bicycle and wearing green overalls knocked on the door of the Chu family's courtyard.
But the result is obvious. The whole village is harvesting wheat in the fields. Even the elderly and children want to contribute during the busy farming period.
Usually the postman also delivers letters to the village. When there is no one at home, he always slips them in through the crack of the door so that the recipient can see them when he opens the door when he returns home.
But he couldn't do that today. The postman looked at the envelope in his hand. It said that the sender was from Tongyang Normal School, which is the best technical secondary school in the city.
He knew that this was an acceptance letter. It was different from previous letters. It could not be stuffed casually in the crack of the door, but should be formally handed over to the recipient.
He glanced at the name on it and rode his bicycle to inquire about it all the way to the fields.
When the Chu family was sweating from working in the fields, a villager with quick legs and feet had already arrived first. With a beaming smile on his face, he shouted from a long distance away, "Old Chu family, Come on, something good will happen to your family.”
When a family of four looked up, a green figure slowly appeared on a rugged path. Then they saw that figure steadily holding on to the handlebars and riding a bicycle leisurely.
Chu Ye unconsciously put down the sickle in his hand and stared at it with his eyes wide open. Big beads of sweat fell from his forehead to his eyes, and the salty sting made his eyes hurt.
But she didn't dare rub her eyes. Her heart was beating fast, anticipating that what she had been waiting for would happen next.
Sure enough, the postman followed the direction pointed by the villagers and arrived in front of the Chu family. Since the postman couldn't figure out the direction, he inquired all the way. Naturally, he attracted many people to follow him. At this time, many villagers stood in the field, all stretching their arms. He scratched his neck to see what was going on.
I saw the postman's eyes scanning around, and finally his eyes fell on Chu Ye. The little girl was wearing a short-sleeved shirt made of blue cloth and a straw hat. Her face was flushed from the sun, and her hair wet with sweat lay on her forehead. But those eyes were extremely bright, as if filled with stars.
He walked up to Chu Ye, confirmed his identity, took out a letter from the green cloth bag hanging on the back seat of the car, and solemnly handed it over, "This is your admission notice."
He smiled and said, "Little girl, please put it away. You will have to read this when you go to report."
Chu Ye lowered her head and happened to see the sender above. This was the school she wanted to go to. When what she had thought about for a long time came true, she felt unreal.
It was clear that there was solid and heavy soil under my feet, but it felt like I was stepping on cotton, and my whole body felt light and airy.
She couldn't hear what the surrounding villagers were discussing, and she couldn't see the expressions of Chu's father and Chu's mother. She only felt her heart beating strongly.
It seemed like two lifetimes had passed, but it seemed like only one second had passed.
Seeing her daze, Chu Guangyao touched her gently, and then took it with a pair of hands with many small blood stains. Chu Ye smiled brightly, "I will put it away, thank you."
After the postman left, Chu Ye was not in a hurry to open it, but folded it and placed it neatly on the top of his coat.
In my ears, I could hear the voices of my family talking happily to others. Those who originally badmouthed Chu Ye for failing the exam did not dare to say anything depressing at this moment. Father Chu was also surrounded by several people, who praised him for his good fortune.
Until the end of work, people kept coming to congratulate us. We are all from the same village, and any news would spread quickly.
In the evening, Chu Ye went to the Educated Youth Courtyard after eating. She originally thought that now that Mu Jiajun had moved to the second floor, she would meet many people when she walked there, but she didn't want to wait until she arrived at the iron gate. Under the tree full of green willow branches, Mu Jiajun and Sister Deng stood impressively.
The two of them were looking this way. When they saw Chu Ye coming, Sister Deng waved hurriedly, and then hurried forward to greet him.
"Sister Deng, why are you outside?" Chu Ye also hurried over. His brisk walk turned into a trot, until he took Sister Deng's hand. Then she looked at Mu Jiajun, who was slowly coming this way behind her.
She hesitated, looked into their smiling eyes, and said, "Are you just waiting for me?"
"Look at me, she has a smart mind." Mu Jiajun also walked up to him and did not answer the question directly, but his opening confirmed her suspicion.
Sister Deng pursed her lips and smiled, looking at Chu Ye, her eyes full of pride, "In the evening we heard that you had received the admission notice today, so we guessed that you would come over in the evening, so we were waiting for you outside. I didn't expect you to actually come." Sister Deng was really happy for her and even wanted to applaud her.
Hearing this, a warm trickle passed through Chu Ye's heart. She reached into her pocket and took out the envelope.
The envelope was intact, as if it had not been opened. Chu Ye said, "I want to open it with you."
However, the roadside was obviously not a good place to open envelopes, so Mu Jiajun led the two of them to his room on the second floor.
The layout inside was no different from the one in the kitchen, except that the roof had just been repaired and no light bulbs could be installed for the time being, so he had been using the lamp on the table for lighting.
A warm yellow light lit up in the room, hitting the faces of the three people. Chu Ye took the envelope, carefully tore open a corner under the encouraging gazes of the two people, and then took out a piece of white paper inside.
Then it slowly unfolded, and the three furry heads came closer and stared at the black words on it. For a long time, Chu Ye felt that her shoulders were surrounded by a pair of warm hands. She turned her head and saw Sister Deng's eyes full of joy.
In her ears was Mu Jiajun's voice, "Congratulations, you passed the exam."
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Early the next morning, Chu's father gave Chu Ye a meat ticket marked with two kilograms and asked her and Jianwen to go to town to exchange for meat.
In the afternoon, Chu's mother did not go to work, but processed pork at home. In the evening, Chu's father invited nearby neighbors to have dinner at home, saying that it was to celebrate Chu Ye's admission to school.
Chu Ye specifically asked Chu's father, and then called Sister Deng and Mu Jiajun.
As evening approached, there were about ten people sitting in the courtyard of the Chu family. The village chief also came after hearing the news and said a few words of congratulations to everyone.
Chu's mother made hand-made noodles, chopped the pork into fine pieces, and then diced the carrots and potatoes to make sauteed noodles.
Anyone who comes to eat is served a bowl of noodles with a spoonful of sauce, chopsticks rolling and stirring, and fine minced meat coating the noodles. For rural people who can't eat meat a few times a year, this meal can be considered sincere. .
When receiving guests, the guests are served first. The two bowls of Sister Deng and Mu Jiajun were served by Chu Ye himself. When he arrived, he was called over by the village chief.
At this time, everyone had just put their rice bowls in their hands, and a delicious smell of meat filled the yard. The village chief pulled Chu Ye into the crowd. Everyone obviously understood that they had something to say, so they put down their chopsticks and listened quietly.
"Ahem... I'm just going to say a few words to waste everyone's time." The village chief patted Chu Ye twice on the shoulder and continued, "This little girl from the Chu family has been watched by everyone and she has learned well since she was a child. , and now I am admitted to a technical secondary school all at once.”
"Everyone in technical secondary school knows that as long as you graduate, the state will assign you a job, and you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. That old Zhao in our village talks about his eldest son every day. Isn't that how people stay in the city to work after graduation? ”
The old Zhao the village chief is talking about lives at the head of the village, very close to the village chief's house. His eldest son has also been good at studying since he was a child. He was admitted to an electromechanical technical secondary school a few years ago and started working after graduation. Everyone in Lao Zhao talked about his son, and there was no one in the village who didn't know about it.
Being stared at by more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Chu Ye pursed his lips and smiled, feeling a little embarrassed.
The village chief praised him a few more times, then pulled Father Chu to the front of the crowd and praised him for teaching his son well. Faced with the praise of so many people, Father Chu was in a happy mood and soon started chatting with others, while Chu Ye took the opportunity to sneak away. Return to the main hall.
Next to the stove in the main hall, Chu's mother handed a large bowl of noodles to Chu Guangyao's hand, and then took out a bowl from her room. It was filled with half a bowl of minced meat, fried golden brown, and filled with the aroma of meat.
Chu's mother poured all the minced meat into Chu Guangyao's bowl, then scooped out a large spoonful of minced meat, then urged him not to go out and finish eating here.
Chu Ye came over just in time to see this scene. She lowered her eyes and said nothing. Chu's mother was used to treating Chu Guangyao specially, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. She took the bowl, took out two chopsticks of noodles, poured some noodles on them, and asked Chu Ye to serve them. Eat.
She didn't have any objections, but Chu Guangyao, who was sitting there, gave up. Seeing Chu Ye holding the bowl and going out, he stood up and pulled Chu Ye over. The two of them entered the back room together. After taking two steps, he turned to Chu's mother and said , "Mom, my fourth sister and I went to her room to eat so as not to be seen by others."
When they arrived at the room, the two of them sat by the bed. Chu Guangyao took the rice bowl, took chopsticks and divided most of the minced meat into Chu Ye's bowl.
Chu Ye looked stunned and confused. It had been a few months since the last time Chu Guangyao gave her something, and they didn't see each other very much during this time.
Chu Guangyao usually goes to school and only goes home once every two weeks. Chu Ye often goes to the compound for educated youth because of his study needs. The longest time the two of them see each other is at the dining table.
In the past few months, Chu Ye could feel that Chu Guangyao had always wanted to get close to her. Just a few days ago, for example, when Chu Ye packed up the ears of wheat in the field and tied them into a big bundle to move not far away, When Chu Guangyao saw it, he quickly came over to take over. He forcefully took the big bundle from Chu Ye and left.
(End of chapter)