Let the story go back to the green years of grandma and grandpa.
In front of his friends, He Yu made a poisonous oath that he would not marry Jiang Xiaozhen.
After Zhang Shiyu finished speaking, he pointed to the classroom door behind him: "Jiang Xiaozhen?"
He Yu immediately turned his head away.
"Puchi." Zhang Shiyu covered his mouth.
Of course, Jiang Xiaozhen did not appear there. It was He Yu who was confused, he didn't know where the guilty feeling came from when he turned his head just now.
Also after that day, the tail behind He Yu disappeared.
On the first day Jiang Xiaozhen didn't follow him, He Yu thought that she felt guilty for the slap the day before and was embarrassed to see him.
The next day, He Yu guessed that Jiang Xiaozhen was angry with him for teasing her that day.
On the third day, He Yu "dropped in" to Class 4, Grade 1, and there was no one in Jiang Xiaozhen's place.
On the fourth day, He Yu "dropped in" to the senior one's office again. He learned from the head teacher of Class 4, Senior 1, that Jiang Xiaozhen had taken sick leave, and it seemed that her leg injury was more serious than he had imagined.
In the second week after Jiang Xiaozhen didn't come to school, the first-year high school students entered the final exam review stage.
During that weekend, someone knocked on the door of He Yuxin's house.
Fan Xiuhui opened the door, and there was a person outside who she hadn't expected at all.
The middle-aged woman wore a thin coat with paint on her forehead and nose. She smiled flatteringly at Fan Xiuhui who was inside the door, with deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
"Madame Jiang?"
Fan Xiuhui exclaimed, turned sideways, and welcomed her into the door.
"What's wrong with you?"
He Yu came out of her room when she heard the commotion outside. Seeing him, Xu Meiyin became more and more embarrassed. Fan Xiuhui invited her in and said, she waved her hand.
"I'm sorry to bother you at night. I followed the delivery address of the furniture last time to find it... I really can't help it. No one in this city can find it. I'm sorry."
Xu Meiyin was talking with her head down. When Fan Xiuhui was about to ask, she suddenly knelt down and asked her.
"Can you lend me some money?"
Fan Xiuhui, as well as He Yu behind her, were frightened by her actions.
They quickly pulled her up.
After Xu Meiyin calmed down, she sat in the living room of He Yu's house, holding a cup of hot tea they had brewed, with a dazed expression.
There is still a gap between what Fan Xiuhui and He Yu know about the Jiang family's family fortune and the actual situation.
They knew that Jiang's family was down and out, Jiang Yuan went out to work, and Xu Meiyin worked as a salesman in a furniture store, but at least they took good care of Jiang Xiaozhen. She could go to expensive private schools, bring gifts to school to make friends, and dress fancy. Then this "down and out" is just a comparison with their previous family circumstances.
But it is not.
The hotel business lost Jiang Yuan's fortune. At first, he gritted his teeth and borrowed money from people with friendship, trying to support himself and survive the difficult period. The deficit is a bottomless pit that cannot be closed. After a long time, it is too late for him to stop the loss, and everything in the Jiang family has collapsed.
Now they owe a huge sum of money to their relatives and friends, and the family of three are like rats crossing the street, hiding from debts everywhere.
The last time Jiang Yuan returned to this city, the money he gave Jiang Xiaozhen was made up by him, which was the living expenses of their mother and daughter for the second half of the year. Even though they were extremely careful, Jiang Yuan's trace was still discovered, and the current addresses of Xu Meiyin and Jiang Xiaozhen were also exposed.
A few days ago, Xu Meiyin's place of work was smashed, and debt collectors broke into their house and took away all the money they could find at home.
The owner of the furniture store asked Xu Meiyin to compensate for the loss in the store. She lost her salary for several months and lost her job. The mother and daughter had to move out of their current residence before next month.
To make matters worse, Jiang Xiaozhen said that she didn't want to go to school anymore and asked her mother to refund the tuition fees later.
Xu Meiyin talked about it, told her to go to school, prepare for the final exam that is coming soon, don't be burdened, and leave the money to the adults... Jiang Xiaozhen didn't listen to the advice.
Desperate, Xu Meiyin looked through the delivery note and found Fan Xiuhui.
"How much do you want to borrow?"
After listening to Xu Meiyin's narration, it is impossible not to be moved. Fan Xiuhui is a kind-hearted person. If she can help them within her ability, she will try her best to help. But she knew in her heart that with the Jiang family's situation, there was a high probability that they would not be able to get back the money they lent out.
Xu Meiyin's eyes lit up with hope.
On her face, it was difficult to find the shadow of "Mrs. Jiang's". That woman back then was elegant, decent and beautiful, and she spoke in a soft voice.
Xu Meiyin in front of them had just scabbed wounds on her face, her eyes were cloudy, and her clothes were ragged.
Grasping the opportunity to borrow money, she spoke eagerly, for fear that the other party would regret it: "How much do you have on hand to borrow?"
Fan Xiuhui pursed her lips, and the look of hesitation flashed across her eyes.
He Yu truthfully reported a series of numbers.
Xu Meiyin successfully borrowed money.
He Yu offered to take her home to see Jiang Xiaozhen.
On the way, Xu Meiyin kept thanking him.
"I am grateful for your help, thank you for caring about my family Mingzhen."
He Yu wanted to answer that he didn't care about Jiang Xiaozhen. When the words came to his lips, he felt that there was no need to lie, so he swallowed them.
"The final exam of the first year of high school is coming soon. It would be better for her to go back to school earlier."
"Yeah," Xu Meiyin sighed, but she was still optimistic: "It's fine if you can borrow money, she loves me and her father. This is not the first time this happened, she also had trouble not going to school for a while when she was young .”
"When I was a child? Is it the same reason as now?"
"no."
Xu Meiyin answered briefly. In the night, there was a lingering gray between her brows.
He Yu guessed that she had something she didn't want to talk to outsiders, so she cleverly changed the subject.
"Can Jiang Xiaozhen keep up with her studies? I have notes from the first year of high school. I can lend them to her if she needs them."
"I can keep up," Xu Meiyin said with a smile, "She studies very well."
"Really?" He Yu was slightly surprised, he thought of Jiang Xiaozhen's schoolbag of snacks, and the two years she had been repeated.
"Well, last time I went to a parent-teacher meeting, Mingzhen's total score in the monthly exam was fifth in her class and top fifty in her year group."
Xu Meiyin's expression softened a lot, and her tone revealed pride: "My family Mingzhen has grown up, and she must be promising."
She was right, and He Yu could not deny that it was indeed a good result.
To get into their high school, not only must they be able to afford tuition, but students must also have good grades. And Jiang Xiaozhen was able to get such a ranking among this group of people, which shows that she is a child who can read and is willing to read.
So, what happened to the two years of repetition
He Yu was thinking about it, while Xu Meiyin was thinking about it hopelessly.
"Her father and I have almost ruined our lives in this life. We have spent all our efforts to send Xiaozhen to the best school. We will not let the situation at home affect her future. No matter how hard we work, no matter how tired we are, we are chased by others." Beating, chasing and scolding, it doesn't matter, Xiaozhen is fine, it's fine."
Poor parents all over the world, he turned his head to look at Xu Meiyin, recalling Jiang Yuan squatting at the school gate smoking a cigarette on a heavy rainy day.
Jiang Xiaozhen is lucky, he thought.
She has a pair of parents who protect her desperately. Even if they were in the mud, they raised their hands as much as possible to hold her up. They block all the mud and water, separate her from the painful reality, protect her innocence, and be a proud princess.
Back warehouse of a furniture store. Xu Meiyin pulled the light rope several times, and finally said to He Yu apologetically.
"It looks broken."
Fortunately, the lights in the store were still working, so He Yu went out to turn them on.
With the faint light, Xu Meiyin found the keyhole and opened the outermost iron door. The lock on the inner floor was broken, and with a slight push, the door opened.
In the small room, the scattered things have not been cleaned up by the owner, the overturned pots and pans and the brand new princess dress are piled up together.
"Jane, Mommy has borrowed money."
Xu Meiyin entered the room lightly, ready to deal with her daughter's anger.
"Are you sleeping? He Yu came to see you."
No one answered.
She went straight to the only bed where people could hide, and lifted the quilt, but Jiang Xiaozhen didn't sleep in it.
"Oh my god, it's so late, where will Mingzhen go?" Sweat broke out on her forehead, Xu Meiyin was anxious like an ant on a hot pot: "I have to go find her!"
"You stay at home for a while, will she go to eat?" He Yu tried to calm her down.
Xu Meiyin shook her head: "Impossible, our family has no money, and she has no way to buy food."
"Maybe it's for you?"
"When I went out, I told her that I went to borrow money." Speaking of this, she was even more worried: "Will Xiaozhen run away from home? She was very angry when she heard that I wanted to borrow money."
Who knows.
He Yu frowned: "Auntie, sit down and rest, I'll look around."
"I'll look for it!" She couldn't help but go out with the key in her pocket: "I know the surrounding area better than you, so you can watch at home. If Xiaozhen comes back, you can contact me."
He Yu had no choice but to say yes.
After Xu Meiyin left, he stayed alone in this ruined house.
After ten minutes of groping, He Yu found the table lamp whose lampshade was crushed, and connected it to the power supply, and the room was brightly lit.
He Yu saw Jiang Xiaozhen's schoolbag left in the corner, but she didn't take it away.
The bag is light and the zipper is open. In addition to a few textbooks and notes, there are two forms: application for class transfer and application for student union cadres.
The two forms were sandwiched between the books, and they were intact without any wrinkles.
Application for class transfer... It seems that Jiang Xiaozhen made a decision on the class transfer suggested by He Yu before.
The form had the signatures of the class teacher and Duan Zhang, and where the students signed, she also wrote her name squarely. The date of inscription was the day when she was pushed down the stairs of the male classmates and he sent her home.
That day He Yu said to her: "If I mind it, I can change it." Jiang Xiaozhen was thoughtful.
And the other application form for student union cadres was full of handwriting, and it was almost filled out.
The position that Jiang Xiaozhen is going to run for is "Minister of Health"; in the list of advantages, too many words are written, even beyond the box given in the form: I have been the health committee member of the class for many years and have rich experience. Every day, I earnestly supervise and urge the class sanitation work. This class has won the pennant of "civilized class" many times because of the best sanitation in a single week. Hygiene for me is not only to keep the class clean, I also pay attention to environmental protection, pay attention to resource recycling, and take the initiative to recycle waste for the class. If I am the Minister of Health, I will mobilize the whole school to recycle together...
He Yu suddenly wanted to laugh: Jiang Xiaozhen is really invincible.
If he stood on the rostrum running for the cadre of the student department, he could easily imagine how many disgusting looks she would attract. I believe that Jiang Xiaozhen herself has expectations about this.
She dared to do it.
The degree of shamelessness and lack of self-knowledge is surprising and admirable.