That year, Ren Yue was only seven years old, and his sister was two years old. This sudden accident dealt a fatal blow to Ren Yue's grandparents, especially his grandfather. This old man who refused to admit defeat his entire life cried, and he looked much older. From then on, he became more and more strict with Ren Yue. If a child made any mistakes, he would just beat him up! His grandfather had accepted a private school deal when he was young. He did not understand mathematics, but he had extremely high attainments in ancient prose. Under his supervision and 'suppression,' Ren Yue had memorized 500 Tang poems and 500 Song poems at the age of 9. At the age of 13, he had memorized antithesis rhyme (which was quite difficult to memorize), thousand-character prose, and ancient prose. After reading the historical records, the four great masterpieces... Therefore, until the college entrance examination, Ren Yue's language level was always the best in the class. He knew many things that the teachers did not understand.
When Ren Yue was 17 years old, he was admitted to a key high school in the county. That was also the year when his grandfather passed away. Before she died, she held his hand and said," When you get into university, you must tell me. I'll be very happy.
In the side room next door, there was a list of the ancestors. Ren Yue lit three incense sticks seriously and inserted them into the incense burner. Then, he knelt down carefully."Grandpa, Dad, Mom! I got into a university, Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology. You should be happy over there.”
Grandma stood at the door, her eyes sparkling with tears of excitement. The last time she cried was when her son and daughter-in-law died, but this time, her tears were filled with happiness."Jiayi, go kowtow to your parents too. In the future, you have to be like your brother and get into a good university.”
The girl obediently knelt beside her brother and said seriously,"Dad, Mom, Brother has been admitted to university. In the future, I want to be like him and study hard. I also want to go to a good university." In fact, when Ren Yue's parents passed away, both of them were still young, especially his younger sister Jiayi. She was only two years old at that time and could not remember what her parents looked like. Even in Ren Yue's heart, the image of his parents was gradually fading. However, because the education at home was very traditional, the two children's respect for their parents was always serious.
For most people, getting into a university should be very good news, but for some people, it might not be the case, such as the Ren Yue family. Ever since his father passed away, the entire family had no source of income. He and his sister had to study, and his grandmother was old. It was too difficult for the family to save some money. Fortunately, when his father left, he left some savings for the family. Moreover, their family was quite popular in the village. When the villagers were busy with farming, they would take a few days to come and help. However, how much interest could the tens of thousands of yuan left by his parents in the 1980s have in the bank? After more than ten years, if their family had not been thrifty, they would have been deeply in debt.
Now that he calculated the savings at home, it was only about 3000 yuan. Of course, he could not take it all away. He had to leave at least 1,000 yuan for emergencies, so he was left with 2,000 yuan. Ren Yue heard that the county and the school would reward students who got into a top university with some money. Ren Yue did not know the exact amount, but if he wanted to use that money to study in a four-year university, it was simply a fool's dream. Ren Yue had roughly calculated that the tuition fee for university was about 5000 yuan. Adding on the ** fee, some miscellaneous fees, and living expenses, it would cost about 8000 yuan a year. This was already the minimum standard. If there were any more accidents...! Sigh! The children of poor families were sad!
For the sake of his university life, Ren Yue made a plan to use the two months of summer vacation to earn money. Making money was a topic that everyone was researching. It was easy to say. Many people could come up with some methods to get something for nothing, but what about implementation? How many successful people were there in the world? Ren Yue was not the kind of person who would boast. He would start from the most basic thing-picking up trash! It was a kind of manual labor that did not require any investment.
Therefore, in this hot season, a man and a woman would always appear on the streets of the county town. They were Ren Yue and Ren Jiayi. They had a lot of classmates in the county town. Occasionally, when they bumped into each other, those classmates would always look at them strangely. As a girl, Jiayi was very embarrassed. Every time this happened, she would hide behind her brother with a red face. However, Ren Yue was not that shy. He said to his sister very seriously,""Jiayi, if you don't want to continue, you can go back first. I'll just walk around for a while.”
"Brother! It's okay, I... I just... It's okay, really!”Jiayi didn't know how to tell her brother, so she could only stammer.
"Sister, it's not embarrassing for us to rely on our own ability to earn tuition fees. It's much better than those who stay at home and rely on their parents to support them. We will definitely be stronger than them in the future.”
Seeing her brother speak so seriously, the girl's heart relaxed a little. She nodded lightly."Brother, I understand."
There were a few students who were repeating their studies in the county no.1 middle school. The two sisters usually lived in the school. The school teacher knew about their situation and tacitly agreed. During the summer vacation, they went home about once every ten days. Seeing that it was almost time for school to start, Ren Yue and his sister sent the things they picked up to the recycling bin for the last time. Then, they spent 70 yuan extravagantly to buy a set of clothes. According to Ren Yue, he did not plan to buy clothes because there were still many clothes at home. As he grew taller, he had already worn his father's clothes. However, his sister did not think so. Her brother had grown up and was going to school in a big city. How could he still wear his father's clothes from the 1980s? If she went to a big city, she had to look like a city person. Her brother had been wearing the same two school uniforms for almost three years in high school. If this continued, he would really lose face.
Ren Yue wore this new outfit to attend the celebration party held by his high school. At the party, the county and school leaders gave bonuses to the students who had passed the key exams. Naturally, they could not help but give them encouragement. However, Ren Yue was more concerned about how much money he could get. The two students who got into Tsinghua University and Peking University would get 30,000 yuan as a reward. He heard that there were also rewards in the city. However, he didn't have that much. In total, he only had 6000 yuan. Even so, Ren Yue was already very content. To him, a single cent was hard to come by.
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