"No, you can't go. If you go, I will drink pesticide immediately. Then people in the village and outside will know that you forced an old man to death in order to go to a prestigious university. I wonder how you will survive in the future."
In the last second, Mingyue closed her eyes while looking at the potion in her hand, and in the next second, an angry tenor voice sounded in her ears.
Blinking her eyes, Mingyue saw the situation clearly.
What caught my eye was a mud floor, mud walls, an old square table, two wooden benches, and a middle-aged man holding a bottle of paraquat pesticide in his hand, staring with a particularly ferocious look on his face, looking extremely difficult to get along with.
In just a blink of an eye, the original owner's memory had passed through Mingyue's mind.
The original owner's name was Liu Mingyue, and her life could be summed up in two words: obedient.
She obediently took care of her father, obediently gave up going to a prestigious university, obediently married the person she had met on a blind date, obediently gave birth to two sons, obediently worked like a slave in her two sons' homes in turn, obediently returned to her hometown to live alone after her grandchildren grew up, and finally fell to her death in the old house, and was not discovered until she was found after stinking for two weeks.
However, her obedience did not satisfy everyone. Her father blamed her for going to college being useless, her husband mocked her for marrying him, a boy who had not even graduated from junior high school, and her son complained about why she could not be as rich as other people's mothers.
But wasn't it their repeated attempts to stop her that made her so mediocre and incompetent
Looking back on her life after her death, Liu Mingyue suddenly realized that her life was like a puppet in the hands of others. She was controlled by her father, husband, and son, and she had never made her own decisions.
Liu Mingyue felt unwilling to give in, which led to the experience she is experiencing now.
Feishuang's mechanical voice spoke out Liu Mingyue's wish word by word: [She doesn't want to be pushed around anymore. She wants to study hard and make Liujia Village and countless other places like Liujia Village better in the future.]
Yes, even after experiencing so many grievances and hardships, Liu Mingyue still wanted to make life better for others.
Mingyue couldn't help but sigh in her heart: What a silly child!
Mingyue arrived at the right time, just when her father Liu Dadong was forcing Liu Mingyue to give up the prestigious university and stay by his side to take care of him.
Looking at the excited middle-aged man in front of her, Mingyue paused, then said softly, "Dad, don't get excited yet. It will take some time before I go to school to register. We can still discuss it properly."
Liu Dadong's lips trembled when he heard this, and he shouted, "How can I not be excited? What? The university is so far away, what can I do when you go there? Your mother left when you were just born, and I worked so hard to raise you. Now that you've grown up and become independent, you don't want an old man anymore, right?"
What did he say about hard work? Wasn’t it the original owner who was working hard
Ever since she could remember, the original owner had to take care of her father, who was still a giant baby. She had to stand on a stool that was not even as tall as the stove to cook and wash dishes. Even though she went to school in the next village elementary school, she had to run twelve miles back every day to cook and wash clothes for her father, otherwise she would be accused of being heartless and that her father had raised her in vain.
But the original owner still had no regrets and never refuted his father.
Moreover, the original owner was the top scorer in science in S Province. She had all the colleges and universities to choose from, and the teachers in various admissions offices wanted to recruit her, but she chose the most famous agricultural university in N Province, with the goal of returning to benefit the village after graduation. However, she did not have that opportunity, and no one gave her that opportunity.
Thinking of this, Mingyue said calmly: "I'm just going to school. It's not like I won't be back in the future."
Seeing her attitude, Liu Dadong felt like a bucket of oil was poured on his heart and his anger rose suddenly.
"Anyway, I won't let you go. If you don't agree, I'll drink pesticide." Liu Dadong deliberately twisted the pesticide bottle to scare Mingyue, and said angrily: "It doesn't matter where you go to school. Why do you run so far? Just like what your third father said, you just don't want to take care of me. You just don't have filial piety." Can a famous university be the same as an ordinary college? I'm afraid Liu Dadong himself wouldn't believe this.
Moreover, Mingyue knew that Liu Dadong didn't have the courage to drink pesticides. A selfish and stupid man like him just wanted to force his daughter to submit in this way.
But Mingyue knew even more that if she let Liu Dadong continue to make trouble, even if she really ignored him and went to study in another province, her life would not be peaceful in the future.
After all, his identity as a father meant that he was in a commanding position. It would be easy for him to make some noise, but her reputation would be ruined.
Even if she could explain and defend herself to outsiders, having a father like this would still be as troublesome as having a time bomb, and she would be rejected by many people and jobs.
But it’s not difficult to break the deadlock.
Mingyue's eyes flashed. It was very easy to deal with an egoist like Liu Dadong. As long as the interests were placed in front of him, he would know how to choose.
It's just that when people are extremely excited, they can't hear anything, so she had to calm him down in a gentle way first.
Mingyue blinked her eyes and said, "Dad, put the bottle down. I didn't say I had to go to school in Province N. I will definitely listen to you. From childhood to adulthood, have I ever not listened to you?"
Seeing Liu Dadong's face relax and a smug look in his eyes, Mingyue sighed deeply:
"Ah, I just think it's a pity. Teacher Zhang told me that the university knows that our family is poor, so they waived all our tuition and miscellaneous fees, and also provided us with extra scholarships. And I heard that there are rewards for participating in those clubs and competitions. I don't need so much money, and I can send some back to you. And you also know that I did very well in the exam this time. I am the top scorer in science in our province. The TV station also said that they would come to interview you about how you raise your children. Now you are stubbornly unwilling to do so. Alas, I can only refuse."
Because his family was poor and he could not afford it, and because the villagers had to shout when there was something going on, Liu Dadong did not buy a mobile phone. If he really wanted to make a phone call, he had to use the village landline.
Moreover, he never cared about his daughter's studies, so naturally he didn't know what her grades meant. Even when the teacher occasionally praised his daughter, he thought that his daughter was just a little better at studying than other children.
When Liu Dadong heard that he didn't have to pay tuition and would even be given money, and could be on TV, he took a deep breath and lost his grip on the pesticide bottle in his hand, which fell to the ground with a clang, without even a drop of pesticide spilling out.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Mingyue's eyes, and she was too lazy to even pretend. Did he think that she would definitely compromise if her daughter died
However, Liu Dadong didn't notice Mingyue's eyes and was only thinking about good things.
In his shallow outlook on life, only extremely capable people can appear on TV. If he could really appear on TV, he could brag about it for the rest of his life.
However, when he thought of what the villagers said, he became obviously hesitant again.
(End of this chapter)