The sky was getting dark and the setting sun was like blood. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the trees all over the mountain in red. However, the farmers who were used to living here were not in the mood to appreciate the picturesque scenery. They only cared about the crops in their fields and the money in their pockets. Hebi Village was a small village located at the foot of a mountain. There was a road extending from the village entrance, as if a huge dragon was circling the mountain. It gave this small and pitiful village a bit of momentum. As time passed, the pedestrians on the road gradually calmed down. A bus came along this winding road, and the bus was filled with people from the same hometown. In view of the actual situation in our country, no traffic police would check if the bus was overloaded. Of course, the people who took the bus did not care if they had a seat or not. For them, it was not bad to be able to take a bus home, because it took five hours to walk from this remote village to the county town. In the past, unless they had no choice, no one was willing to walk such a long mountain road to the city.
A large group of people stood under the locust tree at the entrance of the village. Some of these people were waiting for their relatives to return home, while others had another goal. In the past, when someone from Hebi Village entered the city, it was equivalent to going on a long journey. Their relatives had to come out to welcome them. This phenomenon didn't end until the village built a road in the 1980s. As for the people standing here now, it should be because of one reason...! There were two people standing in the crowd, one old and one young. The surrounding villagers were very polite to the two of them, and someone even walked over to ask something.
"Grandma! Do you think my brother can get into that university?”The sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl said to the old lady beside her.
Girl, do you still doubt your brother's standards?”the white-haired old lady said seriously.
The girl nodded and whispered,"I believe you."”After saying that, she turned around and continued to look at the distance. However, she still felt uneasy. She still remembered the day her brother took the university entrance examination. In order to let her brother have lunch, she woke up early in the morning and took the omelet that her grandmother had made to the county town. Who knew that the bus would break down halfway? She waited with the villagers for an hour and a half, but the bus was not repaired. In the end, she had no choice but to walk alone for four hours to reach the county town. The result was obvious. By the time she arrived, the afternoon exam had already begun. Her brother had taken the college entrance exam on an empty stomach.
The girl felt very guilty about this matter. She even cried a few times at night. Later, her brother told her that she had spent money to buy something to eat and that she had done well in the college entrance examination. Only then did the girl relax a little. In fact, she later found out that her brother only had five yuan on him at that time. According to his personality, he would not spend money to buy food. The food in the county town was so expensive. There was nothing good for five yuan. Fortunately, her brother's college entrance examination results were not bad, 600 points, this score should be able to apply for a national key university, but her brother was self-reliant and insisted on enrolling in Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology, which ranked eighth in the country. Jiangzhou was the largest and most developed city in the country. All the elites in the country wanted to go there to fight for their own world. Therefore, the schools in Jiangzhou City also rose with the tide. For five consecutive years, there were three universities ranked in the top ten in the country. The Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology mentioned just now is one of them. I just heard that the cut-off point for the school last year had already reached 605. My brother's results are really a bit mysterious.
Ever since she signed up, the girl noticed that her brother's expression was a little depressed. Every day, besides going to work in the fields, he would stay in his room and not come out. It seemed that he was ready to review for a year.
The honking of the car interrupted the girl's memories. She raised her handsome face and looked forward with all her might. The white bus finally revealed itself from the corner. From afar, one could see that the bus was filled with darkness. It was unknown how many people were squeezed inside. The girl pestered her grandmother and walked forward. The crowd following her also moved. Everyone's purpose should be the same, to see if the village could produce a student from a key university this year.
A minute later, the bus full of people stopped under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village. The bus was crowded and noisy. It took a long time for a few people to get off. Ren Yue was the last one to get off. People couldn't see any expression on his face. They didn't know if this top student had been admitted to that key university. The old lady came over with her granddaughter. When she saw the boy, she only said one sentence," You must be hungry. I've already prepared dinner. I'm waiting for you to come back."”
The three of them held hands and walked back. The villagers who were waiting by the roadside could not hold back anymore. Finally, someone asked,"Little Yue! Did you get in?"
The boy turned around and said politely,""Uncle Liu, it's not bad this time.”‘With a buzz, the crowd behind them exploded like a pot. The originally noisy village entrance became even more lively. In fact, no one noticed that the old lady who was walking at the front suddenly trembled, and the corners of her mouth revealed an imperceptible smile. The girl beside her was even happier. She grabbed her brother's hand and whispered,"Brother! I'll go with you when we get the notice.”
At this moment, some younger children caught up from behind and said loudly,"Brother Yue, treat us another day!"
While answering the questions of the blind date, he held his sister's hand and walked back. Although he was admitted to the ideal university in his heart, Ren Yue's heart was not as relaxed as he imagined, because a greater difficulty was waiting for him in front of him. Life was like this. As the saying goes, every family has its own difficulties. When you see others happy, you should also think about the bitterness in their hearts. Life is like a road, no one will be smooth sailing, too smooth life will wear down a person's fighting spirit, just as Mencius said: Heaven will give a great responsibility to a person, first of all, his mind must be bitter, his body must be hungry, his body must be empty, so he must be patient and gain what he can't. As he grew older, his understanding of this sentence became deeper and deeper.
Ren Yue's house was not bad. It was built when his parents were still alive. At that time, it was the best in this small village. After entering the courtyard, the old lady turned around and looked at the two children."Little Yue, go give it to your grandfather. His parents should burn incense and tell them about this. He wanted them to be happier over there.”
Speaking of Ren Yue's family background, it used to be very glorious. Of course, Ren Yue had only heard it from his grandfather when he was young. Because the Ren family's genealogy had been lost during the Yuan Dynasty, the genealogy that Ren Yue could see now began during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty (the second chaos in the north caused by the King of Yan sweeping the north). According to his grandfather, the Ren family had a family tree since the Qin Dynasty. However, there were no important figures in the family at that time, so no one remembered the previous things after the family tree was lost. The first person that could be remembered by future generations was Ren Ke. He joined the army during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and followed the general Huo Qubing to fight against the Xiongnu. He died in what is now Russia. The second person remembered by later generations was Ren Guang, one of the 28 generals of Yuntai in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was said that he was the one with the most records in the lost family tree. The Ren family began to multiply there. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Ren family tree suffered its first tribulation, and many branches began to disperse at that time. The lost genealogy also recorded a woman who was said to have married Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. However, Emperor Yang had married too many wives, so this woman was not exaggerated. After that, there was basically nothing else. It was only said that there was a general in the Song Dynasty. It seemed that he did not have any achievements and was selectively forgotten by later generations.
After the Yuan Dynasty, their family started to record their family tree again because there was a Tanhua in the family. The closest person in the genealogy records was Ren Tongwu. He was a general during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. He had accompanied Lord Zuo (Zuo Zongtang) to participate in the suppression of the Hui people. Ren Tongwu was also received by Empress Dowager Cixi, and he settled down in Baoding after that. In Grandpa Ren Yue's generation, there was a general of the National Party. However, after the defeat of the National Party, the old man went to Taiwan. From then on, there was no contact. During the cultural revolution, the Ren family was the first to be harassed by the Red Guards because they were a local big family. Ren Yue's grandfather was killed by the Red Guards. Gao Yuan's grandfather was in his early forties at that time and was in good health. He lived in the cowshed for a few days and found an opportunity to sneak out. He took his mother, wife, and children and left the ancestral business to run to this small village in the mountains. At that time, Hebi Village was relatively isolated, and the craze of the Cultural Revolution did not attack at all. This allowed Ren Yue's family to survive the disaster and live a good life.
As the time entered the 1980s, the small village finally opened up, and the villagers began to become active. Especially Ren Yue's grandfather. He was born in a rich family, so he naturally knew how to make a sound and how to make his life better. However, he was already over 50 years old, so this responsibility fell on Ren Yue's father. At first, Ren Yue's father got a bicycle and got up early and went to the city to sell the Chinese medicine that his fellow villagers picked up from the mountains. Then, he brought back the things that the blind dates needed from the county. In less than two years, his family had become a ten-thousand-yuan household in the far and near civilizations. Ren Yue's father also spent 24000 yuan to buy an imported honda motorcycle. That was in the early 80s. There were fewer motorcycles than Mercedes-Benz now. It was said that people from several small villages nearby came to see it! It was also this motorcycle that caused Ren Yue's parents to lose their lives, leaving behind the old and the young to go to another world hand in hand.
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