Chapter 15 Dispute
Luo Guixiang was terrified, fearing that her husband would impulsively agree to her daughter's request. Ling Hui was even more nervous. At a young age, he already knew that the family's resources were limited. Once his father decided which side of the resources to lean towards, he might be sacrificing his future!
Only Ling Yun raised her cute baby face without knowing why. She looked at her sister and her father, and her little face couldn't help but become serious: "Dad, isn't studying a good thing?"
Xiao Yueshan muttered hum.
"Since it is a good thing, why don't you read?" Ling Yun blinked his big eyes, "Brothers and sisters should all study. When Ling Yun grows up, I will make money for you!"
This little brother was brought up by Ling Mei single-handedly. Mei was very pleased that the original owner's love for him was not in vain.
Guixiang scolded her younger son: "What do you know--"
"Ling Yun is right." Xiao Yueshan interrupted his wife. He looked at Guixiang and spoke in a soothing but firm tone. "Secretary Zhang just talked to me today and said it was a pity that our Lingmei did not go to high school. He said that outside
The world is huge, and Lingmei should go out and see it. What’s more, Lingmei can make money on her own, so why not let her continue studying?"
Today, Lingmei finally has some admiration for Xiao Yueshan, this cheap father.
How difficult and great it is for a man in the mountains of Fujian to be so open-minded and open-minded that he breaks the traditional thoughts that are engraved in his bones and is willing to support his daughter to study despite all the opinions!
Guixiang sat down on the stool, greatly shocked, and muttered in a daze: "Crazy, crazy." She slapped her thigh fiercely, pointed at her husband and yelled, "Xiao Yueshan. Do you think you can afford to send your daughter to school?
?”
Xiao Yueshan sighed: "Guixiang. It's not us who provide for her to study. She has been providing for her to study for herself."
Guixiang stared at him in disbelief: "What do you mean? You have to think clearly, what will happen to Ling Hui if you surrender to Ling Mei? Ling Hui is the eldest son of the family, the eldest son of your old Xiao family! Is it possible?
You want to destroy Ling Hui to make a movie for a girl?!"
Xiao Yueshan was speechless by his wife.
Yes. Ling Hui's grades are not bad either. The teacher said that he is very likely to be admitted to college. How happy was he at that time? How great would it be if there was a college student in the family?
But what should Lingmei do? He looked at Linghui: "You also go to pick mushrooms and make money for yourself."
Ling Hui was shocked, here he comes again!
Picking red mushrooms is an extremely difficult job. For seven days in a row, you have to go up the mountain before dawn for fear that the red mushrooms will be snatched away by others. Every time Lingmei comes back after exchanging money, she always has to lie in bed and sleep all afternoon with a pale face.
I need to eat more eggs to replenish my body. The last time my dad mentioned this, it scared him so much. Now if he mentions it again, he is probably determined to make himself suffer!
Guixiang was anxious: "No. Ling Hui has been weak since he was a child. How can he bear this crime?"
Xiao Yueshan glared at his wife: "A loving mother often loses her son. It doesn't work for one thing or another. What do you want? Lingmei can make money for her education, why can't Linghui?"
Guixiang hugged Ling Hui and cried heartbrokenly: "How can there be a father like you? My son insists on holding a daughter without protecting me." She jumped up, took Ling Hui's hand and said to him, "Isn't your father?
Be reasonable, I'll take you to talk to grandma to reason with you!"
"Stop!" Xiao Yueshan was annoyed. "It's no use even looking for your ancestors!"
Seeing that a family war was about to break out, Mei said helplessly: "I told you, this tuition fee is nothing." She paused, "Except for the money for picking mushrooms twice a year, if I... our family
I can still earn more for my high school tuition, isn’t that a problem?”
Guixiang doubted her ears: "What did you say? Say it again?"
Xiao Yueshan was anxious: "Do you still want to die? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lingmei shrugged: "Dad, what I mean is, if our family can make money other than fungi to pay for my high school tuition, I will continue to study. If I can't make this money, I will give up high school."
"You said it yourself!" Guixiang said eagerly, "Okay. It's settled. Yueshan, Lingmei, don't blame me for favoring my son. I'm not partial. Who doesn't provide for their son first and then their daughter?
As long as Lingmei can guarantee Linghui and Lingyun’s education money, I’m not the kind of vicious mother-in-law who doesn’t want to see her daughter’s future. Really, our family’s situation doesn’t allow it!”
Xiao Yueshan took a breath of air and asked Lingmei: "How can you make money?"
Lingmei blinked at him: "There are many ways. I'll tell you after I think about it."
Seeing his daughter strategizing, Father Xiao had a flash of inspiration, followed her back to the house, closed the door, and asked in a low voice: "Are you thinking about the grass carp or wasabi you caught today?"
Lingmei held her chin with her small hand: "I'm keeping the wasabi as a gift to foreigners later." She looked at her father, "The reason why I kept the wasabi from the foreign guests is that I was afraid that others would steal the money.
It’s even a one-punch deal. So we’ll talk about the wasabi thing after our family has the strength.”
Father Xiao opened his mouth wide, unable to believe that this was what his daughter said: "You——" Are you thinking too much?
"Grass carp... we can really think of some ways." Ling Mei had an idea in her mind. "Father, just wait for my news. The mountain people have their own clever plans."
What Father Xiao was thinking was: How could he let his daughter work so hard to make money for the family? As a grown man, he had to bear the burden of supporting the family. So he was thinking about how to make money in his sleep. Those big grass carps in the dream were swishing one by one.
jumped into the paddy field.
After breakfast early in the morning, Father Xiao and his daughter went to the vegetable garden to plant rapeseed.
"Lingmei, this batch of rapeseed is so good!"
Lingmei specially wetted the rapeseed with spring water and wrapped it in cotton cloth to induce germination. Such seedlings have a higher survival rate when planted. It can be regarded as a small test of her skills as a master breeder.
Ling Mei didn't even raise her head: "Be careful. This is a method I found in the school library."
Father Xiao is someone who has experience in farming. The seeds of cabbage, shepherd's purse, Chinese cabbage, eggplant, and tomato are full and the buds are thick and strong, so the survival rate must be high. He was so happy that he just planted the seedlings.
Said: "The school is such a great place!"
After sowing the rapeseeds, when Father Xiao and his daughter were resting on the ridge of the field, they mentioned a way to make money that they had been thinking about all night.
"Amei, Dad, I had a dream last night."
Lingmei handed her kettle to her father: "What dream?"
Father Xiao took a sip of his daughter's water. His mouth was full of sweetness, warm but not cold. He couldn't help but drink a few more sips, his whole throat felt so comfortable, and he said, "Our well water has become more and more delicious recently."
After wiping his mouth, he said: "I dreamed that there were fish growing in our rice fields."
Lingmei's eyes froze, her mouth slightly opened, and she stared at her father: My mother. She just thought of raising rice fish yesterday, and God actually gave Xiao a dream!
Father Xiao continued: "When your son was just born, rice fish were being fished all over the country. Our village was also very active at that time. But... we lost more and made less."
Chapter completed!