"Don't you f * cking act like you're about to die. I'm not dead yet. Why are you crying?!!”
Fifth Aunt, who was in her grandfather's room, heard her cousin shouting outside and guessed that he was going for Qiu Shi. She followed the sound from the room and saw Qiu Shi pushing the millstone under the eaves. Because the bucket was too heavy, her small body was already twisted beyond human shape.
"Xiang! You're already an adult and you want a child to do it. Later, let Minmin go to my house to get a bag of rice and cook some porridge for Fourth Uncle! Mo Zi, just push it yourself for a while!" After Fifth Aunt finished speaking, she pulled the barefooted Qiu Shi and left.
In the late 1980s, Qiu Shi's family started to run out of food in February and March every year. It was already good enough to eat dry corn ground into fine powder and mixed with some rice to make porridge every day. Sweet potatoes were only cooked in plain water and eaten. Those things were only food for pigs in the countryside. Who could understand the sorrow in Qiu Shi's heart?
Every day at school, he watched his classmates bring white rice to him at noon, thinking that he could only eat sweet potatoes and corn when he went home. Moreover, his grandfather's health was so poor now. How could he recover by eating such things?
Fifth Aunt took some rice from her family's rice vat and gave it to Qiu Shi to bring home. She started a fire in the kitchen to cook, but she heard a labored voice coming from her grandfather's room."Minmin, you cooked it into dry rice. I haven't eaten dry rice in a long time…"
Qiu Shi nodded with tears in her eyes.
That night, the shadow of rice finally reappeared on Qiu Shi's dining table.
" Grandpa, slow down. It's still very hot." Qiu Shi held a spoon in her hand and fed her grandfather spoonful by spoonful. Her grandfather was wolfing down the food. Qiu Shi broke out in a cold sweat. He ate in such a hurry that he didn't even chew much before swallowing it. The food was still so hot. How could he do this? She gently blew on it to cool it down before giving it to the old man and reminded him softly.
"If you can still eat, that means you won't die! "If I die earlier, I can still earn some food…" Xiang looked at his old father who was lying on the bed with contempt. He gritted his teeth and snorted. Then, he picked up his bowl and turned to leave.
Qiu Shi knew that her grandfather would definitely be very upset after hearing such words." Grandfather, ignore him. This is a gift from Fifth Aunt. You should eat it. He even benefited from you…" Qiu Shi lowered her voice. When she saw her grandfather finish the big bowl of rice and vegetables, a smile that she had not seen for a long time appeared on her face.
After the mid-term exam, Teacher Luo gave everyone a summary at the class committee meeting. Finally, she said,"This class has the most top students since I started teaching. I have high hopes for every student here! I hope that you will continue to study hard in the new teacher's class in the future and be useful to the country and society!”
"Teacher Luo, aren't you going to teach us?”The students asked one after another what an outstanding teacher Teacher Luo was! Didn't every teacher have to teach the first primary school class until graduation? Why would Teacher Luo change classes in the fourth grade?
Qiu Shi stared at Teacher Luo on the podium in a daze. Her vision gradually blurred.
"Zeng Hongtong! It's you!" Aijing suddenly stood up from her seat and pointed at Qiu Shi.""You never pay your tuition fees! Let Teacher Luo pay for you every semester! That's why Teacher doesn't want us anymore! Are you happy now? It's all because of you!" Tears flowed down her face as she spoke with sincerity.
"That's right! That's right! Teacher's salary isn't much to begin with, and I still have to pay her tuition-"
"That's right. Teacher isn't anyone to her! Why should the teacher pay for her tuition? How shameless!"
After Aijing's explanation, the students in the class instantly woke up from their confusion. Everyone discussed animatedly. Some cried, some cursed, and some were agitated.
"Alright! Student Aijing!" " Don't talk nonsense!" Teacher Luo scolded sternly. Who said I paid Zeng Hongtong's tuition? Her tuition and miscellaneous fees were reduced every semester. Moreover, she had received a few royalties for her essays. Everyone knew that the money was not given to her. The school kept it and used it to cover the miscellaneous expenses that she had not paid enough! Therefore, please don't misunderstand. This matter is not because of a certain classmate!”
Teacher Luo was very serious. She was worried that the school's decision would affect the students 'extreme emotions. Although she had paid Zeng Hongtong's tuition fees, this was not the whole reason. She liked that child from the bottom of her heart. However, he was still a teacher, the teacher of all the students in the class. The other students and parents would have their own opinions if they favored one student. But she couldn't help but focus on her, on that small figure. Sigh…
"Zeng Hongtong, write an essay for me in three days. This time, it's a primary school essay competition. I hope you can let me see you standing on the podium again when I'm still your form teacher!”After saying that, Teacher Luo left the classroom. Qiu Shi watched the familiar figure leave and saw the teacher raise his right hand to wipe something off his face.
On the way home from school, Qiu Shi suddenly realized that the weather was getting hotter. In two months, the rice in the fields could be harvested. Seeing that his grandfather had been sick for more than half a month and that his relatives and friends had stopped visiting him, his grandfather said to Qiu Shi,""Min Min, go borrow some rice from your third uncle. I want to eat some porridge."
The little girl's face was blank, and in an instant, she revealed a complicated expression. Her heart ached as she looked at her grandfather, who was lying on the bed. His eyes were sunken in. Her heart ached for his old body, but he had to endure hunger and the invasion of illness.
Qiu Shi went to her third uncle's house, but he did not lend her rice because Qiu Shi had borrowed it from him too many times. Qiu Shi's red and swollen eyes were lifeless, and she was on her way home in despair.
" Min Min-" Third Uncle's voice came from behind. He rushed over with a bag in his hand."It's not that I don't want to lend it to you, but after you take it home. How much can your grandfather eat? Your father and the rest of you ate them all. Go home and secretly cook it with your grandfather! It looked like he wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer, what a sin-sigh!”
" But Grandpa said he wants to eat porridge…" Before Qiu Shi could finish her sentence, Aunt Ye stood on the high ridge and glared at the two of them.
She brazenly went to her fifth aunt's house and did not wait for Qiu Shi to tell her why she came. Fifth Aunt took the initiative." Minmin is here. Aiya…I've finished my rice today and haven't hit Miye yet!”
At least at night, when the sky turned dark, Qiu Shi's grandfather could finally eat the rice porridge that he craved. The bowl of noodles that Qiu Shi brought over was also taken away by Xiang."Why does a person who lies in bed all day and does nothing eat so much!？”
Seeing her father squatting under the eaves and wolfing down her bowl, Qiu Shi secretly gave half of her bowl of noodles to her grandfather. His health had been improving recently. Qiu Shi felt much more relaxed because he usually did not eat much.
After cleaning up the mess on the table, Qiu Shi took out her essay book from her bag. She wanted to finish the homework that the teacher had assigned her. Teacher Luo said that she had to write well in the essay competition, but what should she write?
There was nothing good in her memory.
Was there anything worth writing about in her experience?
Ah, right!
Write about her!
Qiu Shi picked up her pen and quickly wrote on the essay book.
Sometimes she was smiling, sometimes she was crying. That person had given her too much. That kindness might not be able to be repaid even if she used her entire life!
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