As Mingyue expected, for the village chief's family, this amount of money was far less than the value of Mingyue, and they were willing to pay this price for her.
Mingyue's repeated refusals and embarrassment made Aunt Xiu trust her character even more, and finally she "forced" her to accept his feelings.
After Mingyue stated the amount clearly, Aunt Xiu said that the family could afford the money, so she asked Mingyue to wait here and she went into the house.
After a while, Aunt Xiu walked out of the house quickly with a folded old newspaper in her hand.
"Here, here's 1,000 yuan. You can use it first. If it's not enough, call the village landline and I'll ask your godfather to go to the post office and send it to you." At this point, she stuffed the old newspaper in Mingyue's palm, thought for a moment, and said, "By the way, you also have to leave an address of your school and a zip code."
She spoke carefully and earnestly, and it was obvious that her words were sincere and thoughtful.
Mingyue bit her lip and remained silent, her eyes fixed on the old newspaper in her hand, and her eyes slowly turned red.
When Aunt Xiu saw this, she sighed in her heart, and couldn't help but want to scold Liu Dadong for being a good-for-nothing.
She was just about to say something to comfort her when she heard Mingyue's stomach growling.
Mingyue subconsciously covered her belly, and her face turned red.
Only then did Aunt Xiu realize that the child might not have had lunch yet.
"Yue Wa, did you miss lunch?" After asking this question, she probably realized that her question was nonsense, so she took out the peanuts and pumpkin seeds she had prepared earlier and said with a smile: "Eat some peanuts to fill your stomach first, I'll go boil some water and cook you a bowl of noodles, you can just eat it."
Then, without waiting for Mingyue to refuse, she hurried to the kitchen, shouting as she walked: "Brother Chao, quickly boil the water, I'll make a bowl of noodles for Yuewa."
Looking at her back, Mingyue clenched the newspaper in his hand, and only pulled the corners of his mouth after a long time.
No matter what, she accepted the favor.
*
After Mingyue had lunch at the village chief's house, she did not leave immediately, but went to tutor Liu Junhao.
The original owner's academic performance was indeed very good, but that was always the original owner's memory. It was too superficial for Mingyue, and sometimes even felt strange.
Mingyue's tutoring of Liu Junhao was not just for his own good, she also wanted to deepen her own understanding of these things, to gain a more thorough grasp of the knowledge, and to turn the knowledge points in the original owner's memory into her own.
I have to admit that after a summer of tutoring, both Liu Junhao and Mingyue benefited a lot, and their relationship also changed from ordinary acquaintances to a brother-sister relationship.
When Liu Junhao learned that Mingyue was going to Province N to study, he felt a little sad.
When Mingyue was about to leave for home, Liu Junhao stopped her and said, "Sister Yue, you went to study in another place. How long have you been back?"
Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile: "Why? Are you afraid that you won't be able to find anyone to ask when you have questions you don't understand?" Liu Junhao didn't refute, but nodded generously: "Yes, those teachers explained very complicated things, unlike what you told me, I understood it all at once. After you left, I didn't know who to ask when I didn't understand something."
Mingyue laughed, but felt that he was very sincere. After thinking for a while, she said, "Well, if you don't understand something, ask the teacher first. If you still don't understand after the teacher explains it, then wait for me to call you back and tell you. I call home once a week, and you should be home by then."
As for going home, Mingyue does not consider coming back in the short term.
Although Liu Junhao didn't get an accurate answer, he was already very satisfied and nodded happily: "Okay then, it's settled."
Mingyue nodded and repeated the agreement again, then left the village chief's house at the request of the village chief and his wife.
When Mingyue returned home, it was already dark. People in the village had started cooking dinner, and smoke began to rise from the chimneys of each household.
However, it is impossible for Liu Dadong to cook, so when Mingyue returns, she will face a cold stove... and Liu Dadong's cold eyes and sneer.
Liu Dadong stood at the door with his hands on his hips. He got angry when he saw his daughter and started to scold her sarcastically: "Oh, you still remember to come back? I thought you would never come back. You go to other people's houses every day after dinner. Is there gold or silver in their houses? Do you still know which direction your house is?"
Mingyue's eyes were slightly deep. She didn't say anything and turned and walked into the kitchen.
Just by looking at the stove chopping board, which was still the same as when she had cleaned it in the morning, and the pile of firewood in front of the stove door, Mingyue was certain that Liu Dadong had not cooked lunch.
Sure enough, "You still know how to cook. You ran out without even making lunch, and came back after dark. I thought you were going to starve your old man to death?" Liu Dadong followed her like a shadow, and said in a deep voice.
Mingyue then raised her eyes to look at him, and said somewhat sarcastically: "Didn't you tell me not to come back? Didn't you say you didn't want anything in return? Then you can cook for yourself, take care of yourself, and don't count on me for anything."
After hearing this, Liu Dadong felt an unbearable rage rushing to his head, and he was so angry that he almost jumped up.
He was panting, his teeth were chattering, and he kept making clattering sounds: "You've really grown up. I raised you up, and now you're a prestigious university student, and now you have a new husband. Oh, you don't recognize me anymore, and you want to rebel. You're really strong, do you think I can't do anything to you? I'm telling you, I'm your husband, and no matter how capable you are, I can't control you."
Mingyue felt suffocated just by hearing these words.
We should know that everyone is an independent individual. Why do some parents always treat their children as their own private property and want to control their children's lives? They seem to think that they are the creditors of their children and that giving birth to children is a great favor, but they never think that the children did not beg them to give birth to them.
Moreover, being born in a family like the Liu family is already a hardship for children. From birth, children have to face the unfairness of the world and the huge class gap. They have suffered a lot and struggled all their lives, which may be the starting point for ordinary people.
But even so, there will be countless obstacles on the road, and these are the children’s closest relatives.
Just a little soft-heartedness, just a little hesitation, and these obstacles will drag the children to stay where they are until they turn the children into the same as themselves.
Therefore, Mingyue didn't plan to endure it any longer.