Chapter 1 Parting

"Daddy, Mommy, don't worry, you won't lose it on the way!"

"You have made up your mind since you were a child, but the outside world is not as good as at home. When encountering things, don't be aggressive and aggressive, bear with it, and don't argue with others!"

Looking at his father, who was only 40 years old, but his face was covered with wrinkles, his skin was dark, and his fingernails were deformed due to years of hard work, Ye Zishu could only nod patiently.

The son traveled thousands of miles and his mother was worried. Looking at the mother who was excited and proud, but couldn't hide her worry, and secretly wiped her tears, he was steadfast in his heart, and his words were a little choked up.

As a well-known "lazy man" in the village, he has been gossiped by many people since he was a child.

Since he was a child, he has never done much farm work, either "sleeping" or reading books. If his grades were not always among the best, it is estimated that his nickname would be spread all over the country.

But his parents never paid attention to these gossips, and never said a half-sentence to him, and they have been supporting him silently behind his back.

Neither of them had much education. Their mother was illiterate and only knew the numbers on coins and simple arithmetic. Their father had been in elementary school for two years, but he could only write his own name.

Even so, they still understand very well that if they want to get rid of the days of facing the loess and facing the sky in the countryside, they must read, and read a lot of books.

The importance of a labor force to a family in rural areas is self-evident. When other families can eat white rice, their family can only eat porridge.

The only dry rice is lunch, and I have to save some rice grains to cook with vegetable leaves, sweet potatoes or radishes for dinner at night.

Naturally, the parents are not lazy, but very diligent. However, there are four children in the family. No matter how hard they work, they can barely maintain food and clothing.

Ye Zishu is just 18 years old this year, his second brother Ye Zihua is only two years younger than him, his third sister Ye Ziqi is four years younger than him, and his fourth sister Ye Ziqin is six years younger than him.

If it wasn't for the birth before family planning, the fine for extra birth alone would be a huge sum, and it would definitely make this family that is barely maintained even worse.

It's just that the tuition fees needed for the four children to go to school have become the largest expenditure in the family every year, and they even have to borrow some money from other relatives to tide over the difficulties.

Under his teaching, the three younger siblings are also among the best in academic performance, basically they are all the first in their grades, which is why it is easier for his family to borrow tuition fees.

In this college entrance examination, he was admitted to Tsinghua University with a full score in all subjects, and he was exempted from all tuition and miscellaneous fees in the absence of a training unit.

Otherwise, the tuition fee of 100 yuan per year, plus living expenses and miscellaneous expenses, would need at least 300 yuan per year. In this era of rural areas, it is a very huge expenditure.

"If the money is not enough, you must tell the family!" The mother touched his face and instructed.

"Mum, I know."

After talking with his parents, he looked at his second brother Ye Zihua, who was only half a head shorter than himself, wearing the same clothes he had worn before, and the right pocket was still patched.

Seeing the proud look on the second brother's face, Ye Zishu patted him on the shoulder and said, "After I leave, you will be the oldest brother and sister in the family. Take good care of your younger sister and urge them to study!"

"Brother, don't worry, we will definitely be able to get into college!" Ye Zihua patted her thin chest and said confidently.

He believed this. As long as the younger siblings continued to study according to the current situation, it would not be too difficult to be admitted to any university in the country.

What he was afraid of was that when they were young and rebellious, they would not focus on their studies, so he let his second brother stare at them.

Although the second brother is two years younger than himself, he has been more sensible than himself since childhood. At least in the eyes of outsiders, he has a maturity that does not commensurate with his age.

Not only did he study with him without complaint,

At the same time, he also helped his parents take care of the field work, and his reputation in the village was much better than his elder brother.

Whenever someone mentions his second brother, the insider will give him a thumbs up, and even compare him with him.

What he is worried about is the third sister, who is already 14 years old and is about to enter the rebellious period of youth, especially girls, who are very easily distracted at this stage.

"Brother, what about me?"

The third and fourth younger sisters, watching him talking to Ye Zihua, also moved closer to him, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Seeing their appearance, Ye Zishu mainly showed a smile.

"You guys, from now on, you have to listen to Zihua's words, study hard, and don't worry about other things!"

After finishing speaking, he touched the heads of the third and fourth younger sisters with his left hand, messing up their hair after taking care of it with great difficulty early in the morning.

"Brother, you are so annoying!" Third Sister said angrily when she saw him messing up her hair.

To her reaction, Ye Zishu just smiled. The 14-year-old girl is no longer young, and she has begun to love beauty, and what makes him happiest is destroying the results of her "careful" grooming.

"Okay, my brother won't bother you anymore!" Ye Zishu said jokingly.

Hearing what he said, Ye Ziqi hurriedly said: "Brother, I didn't mean that!"

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and looked at his toes. He looked like he had done something wrong, and there was a layer of blush on his face, which was really cute. This is why he liked to tease Third Sister.

"I know, you and your sister can't be lazy when I'm not around!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Zishu pinched the faces of Ye Ziqi and Ye Ziqin, which immediately aroused the unanimous denunciation of the two sisters, diluting the original sorrow of parting a lot.

Seeing that he and his younger siblings had almost talked, his father Ye Qinglin said: "Zi Shu, it's getting late now, if you don't leave, you will lose time!"

"Well, I know!"

After speaking, he put the luggage on the ground and lifted it up with two fertilizer bags, and then put them on his right shoulder one after the other, and looked back at his parents and younger siblings.

He began to step on his liberation shoes and strode away from the village. When he reached the end of the village road, he looked back at his parents and family again and waved.

Then set off again, and before the sun was too poisonous, I rushed to the county seat, where I took a ferry to Wuhan.

At this time, the Beijing-Kowloon Line has not yet been built, and it is not possible to go directly to the capital by train. Basically, you have to go to Wuhan first if you go north.

Only when you arrive in Wuhan can you buy a train ticket on the Beijing-Guangzhou line, and you can ride all the way to the capital.

If nothing else, it takes 4 days and 3 nights on the road before reaching the capital. This is the current traffic situation, and it is not easy to travel far.

If he hadn't been there, he would have been shy to go out of the house so far alone.

It's different now, decades later, the road is actually very uneven, and even people who go out for a long time will prepare something in their hands to avoid accidents and have something handy.

Fortunately, he was going to the capital this time, and he spent most of the time on the train, so he only needed to watch his luggage. If he was going to Guangzhou, he was really worried.