Shangtang Village.
At noon in summer, the scorching sun made cicadas not even like to chirp. The roar of a motorcycle came from the village, and the daughter of Lao Tian's family came back like a gust of wind, wearing a hat and a scarf covering her face.
When Tian Tian's mother heard the noise, she sat up quickly, got up from the mat, and rushed out the door while fanning herself, with hope on her face:
"How's it going?"
Tian Tian took off her hat, her cheeks were steaming red, and she immediately rushed to the faucet to wash her face, saying:
"Nothing."
What does this mean? How can a mother not understand
At this moment, his face suddenly became lonely: "I specifically asked them not to talk about our bodies, why can't they do this?"
Tian Tian wiped the water droplets without caring: "What's there to hide? If you didn't know during the blind date, how can you not know after chatting for a while? Don't let the matchmaker get blamed."
She knew what her mother meant. Didn't she think that her father's poor health would hinder her from finding a partner
It is impossible to say that there is no impact, but the problem is that Tian Tian herself is not too anxious about this matter.
When she was a girl, she could stay at home and take care of the family openly, but after getting married, if she has to stay around her parents' house every day, even the most reasonable people would have objections, so it would be better not to get married.
The reason why Tian Tian agreed to the blind date was because she also had her own selfish motives.
Last year, her father was pruning fruit trees for someone else. A branch got stuck on the tree and didn't fall off. Unfortunately, someone passed by and it hit his eye.
I didn't have much wealth to begin with, and now I've lost everything.
I originally thought that as long as he was fine, I could earn money slowly. But after the matter was resolved, his father seemed to finally feel relieved, his blood pressure went up, and he almost had a stroke!
When I went to the hospital, they wanted to send me to a big hospital in the provincial capital, and I had to undergo rehabilitation... Even though I had medical insurance, I still owed tens of thousands of dollars.
Not only that, Tian Tian took too long of a leave and lost her job as a clothing salesperson in the city.
After finally returning home and settling down, her mother was exhausted during this period and collapsed. She had to receive intravenous drips and rest before she was able to do some small chores.
The family was short of two strong laborers, and her father needed someone to take care of him, so he couldn't even take care of the fields. Tian Tian thought about it and decided to just stay at home.
Just before the holiday, her brother's school in the city held a parent-teacher meeting, and Tian Tian went.
It was a key high school, with about ten students entering top colleges every year. The teacher's words were sincere:
“… His grades are very good, and he is ranked in the top 50 in his grade… His English is really weak, parents should think of a solution, otherwise it will be a pity…”
As a country kid, it is normal for him to be exposed to English only in junior high school, and it is also normal for him to lag behind.
Tian Tian’s younger brother Tian Ye is only in the first year of high school, so there is still time for him to make up for it.
But now, cram schools are not allowed to run, and schools don’t provide make-up classes. If you want to improve your grades, you have to find someone you know to get in with in order to sneak into a small class...
Especially for rural children, holiday tutoring, whether it is food, accommodation or tutoring fees, it is a considerable expense.
One by one...
This is what it means when a hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part.
Tian Tian’s selfish thought is: blind dates in the countryside progress very quickly, and if the two get along well, they can even visit the other person’s home after three or five dates.
According to the rules, the man has to give 10,001 yuan, which means one in a million.
If possible, she wants to use the money to pay for her brother's tutoring and living expenses.
She stopped going to school after graduating from high school because she just couldn't get into the subject. But she still understood the difference between 985/211 universities and ordinary undergraduates.
However, it's just a thought, and I'm not selfless enough to gamble my whole life on this.
Well, if the deal didn't work out, then forget it. Let's think of other ways.
The problem now is that cram schools don’t wait for anyone!
I'm really worried about where the money will come from.
The reason why Tian Tian's mother asked the matchmaker to hide the family's situation was that she thought her daughter was so outstanding, and if someone chose her, they, as parents, would definitely not let their daughter down...
Otherwise, many families would probably not agree when they hear about the problems in this family.
As she was talking, a 1.7 meter tall boy came out of the room. He smiled and showed his dimples: "Sister, don't worry about the cram school. I can learn by myself."
"Besides, I plan to be a teacher in our town's junior high school after I graduate from college. It will be convenient for me to take care of my parents. It doesn't matter whether it's a first-tier university or a 211 university."
If the tuition for a junior college wasn't too expensive, he would have thought of just getting a junior college degree.
Tian Tian shook her head: "I saw someone talking about this application, saying that the teaching profession is very competitive now, with more than a dozen normal colleges in a province, and the academic qualifications required to be a teacher are getting higher and higher, and it's also tiring..."
Tian Tian's mother felt a pang in her heart, and could not help but say angrily: "If it weren't for our poor health..."
"It's okay! Mom, why do you think so much? Keeping your body healthy with my dad is better than anything else."
"Besides, my trip today wasn't in vain. There's an old Song family in Yunqiao Village. I heard that the girls there graduated from college and are very capable!"
"I spent tens of millions of yuan to buy a piece of land back home. Experts who have been on CCTV gave me step-by-step instructions on how to farm. Even in the hottest weather, I could get 20 yuan per kilogram of watermelon. There were many people rushing to buy it."
“Oh my god!”
Tian Tian's mother's eyes widened instantly: "Is this true?"
"Really! I ate that watermelon. If I had money, I would buy 41 kilograms, not just 21 kilograms!"
Tian Tian's mother reacted: "You ate? Which family treated you? Isn't that very thoughtful? Why didn't it work?"
According to Tian Tian's mother's simple thinking: the thoughtful performance of the blind date proves that his family is sincere, so why not? What's wrong with it
"No one can do that."
"The uncle and aunt in that family were really nice. They were very welcoming to me. They kept adding more food to my plate during meals and they cleaned the house very attentively. They were really nice."
From a family perspective, such in-laws are really good.
but…
Tian Tian spoke frankly: "That man doesn't have much sense, doesn't seem to be very good at work, and doesn't know much about social skills - and he wants to stay in Beicheng, so I definitely can't do that."
Tian Tian's mother still felt a little regretful: "It's okay for a boy to be a little bit simple and honest... The matchmaker said that his family is reasonable and generous, and they are not the kind of picky people."
Tian Tian still shook her head: "It's really not possible. It's not a matter of being naive, it's a matter of not paying attention."
"I heard that you can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month in Bay City, and you can do sales work, but you don't know how to behave and deal with people... That means you are definitely not serious."
"If he doesn't care about his parents and hometown, how can he respect me? Can he take care of his family? I don't think he can even take care of his own family... Forget it."
Tian Tian's mother then sighed.
Then Tian Tian waved her phone again: "I just happened to meet someone who runs an excavator today. I left my phone number. I'll contact him later to see if I can learn something from him. If he can give us some advice, we can make some money at home."