"What's the matter?"

"fine!"

Xia Zhenyue always felt strange. On the way back, there seemed to be a look at her, but every time she looked back, she didn't find any suspicious perverts.

Having said that, it’s not pointable to follow her. After all, I went home on a downtown route. If I robbed her of money, I wouldn’t have a few dollars in my pocket.

Except when it is very hot, my family is reluctant to turn on the air conditioner. This small store is also rented. The water fee is 5 yuan per ton and the electricity fee is 1.51 yuan. Life is tight, and every expense has to be planned.

Put the rice into the rice cooker and start cooking rice. Xia Zhengyue walked into the kitchen where she could barely turn around, took out the meat and vegetables and started cleaning.

The space is too narrow. Except for most of the space used to build retail stores, there is no so-called living room and dining room. There is only a large round table, and the bathroom and bathroom are also together. There are two rooms that can be separated. She slept in the east and her mother Fang Ru slept in the west.

Her room was also very small, and a desk was filled with her books. The books she couldn't put down had to be packed in boxes. There were no beautiful clothes in the simple wardrobe. Apart from four sets of changing winter and summer school uniforms, she hadn't bought new clothes for a long time.

There is a floor-to-ceiling fan. On weekdays, she relies on this fan to cool down. Fortunately, the bed has a mosquito net and will not be carried away by mosquitoes. Only when it is so hot will she go to her mother's room and turn on the air conditioner with her to sleep.

“Meow~”

There are always cats in retail stores, and Xia Zhenyue's family is no exception. The snow-white cats are lazily getting up from the counter, their backs are arched like a small bridge, and they yawn for a long time, then jump down, and squat at the kitchen door, looking at the girl washing and cutting vegetables.

"Mei'er, whom!"

Xia Zhengyue walked over with a smile, her hands were wet, so she stopped touching it, so she squatted down and lowered her head. The cat stood up sensibly, tiptoed, and gently rubbed her smooth forehead with its fluffy head.

This big white cat is called Xue Meier. Because Xia Zhenyue likes to eat a dessert called Xue Meiniang, she named it Xue Meier.

I have been raising it for ten years. It is an old girl. When I was still very young, she met Xia Zhengyue, who was also very young in the garbage dump. She took her home. It was so many years in the blink of an eye.

The supper for only her and her mother is very simple. Almost every day the combination is the same, a portion of green vegetables, a portion of stir-fried meat, and a portion of egg flower soup.

However, every time she always prepares more in the refrigerator. Because the rest time at noon is short, she can't go home to cook. Her mother's legs and feet are inconvenient, so she just needs to heat up the food and solve it herself.

Fang Ru was picking up the Holland beans at the dining table. Since that accident, the person who cooked every day became Xia Zhenyue, and she could only do it simply.

Looking at the busy back of her daughter in the kitchen, Fang Ru felt a burst of sadness.

Six years ago, Xia Zhenyue's father died in a car accident. The perpetrator escaped. She was also paralyzed by the sequelae and still had to spend a lot of treatment every year. The originally happy family fell into the abyss.

In such grief, the first one to come out was the young Xia Zhenyue. The more mature and sensible her daughter was, the more she felt distressed and blamed Fang Ru.

She couldn't imagine how her daughter spent those nights. Whenever she thought about it this way, Fang Ru's heart felt like she was clenched by a pair of big hands, as if she was about to be crushed, and even her breathing would stop.

Sometimes when she saw her daughter sitting at the door and staring at other children of the same age in a daze, Fang Ru could sense the fleeting envy in her eyes. She wanted to say something to her, but before she could say it, her daughter smiled and said to her, "It's okay, everything will be better."

Just like now, every time she goes home, she always smiles, skillfully carries housework and takes into account both learning. She looks very relaxed, but Fang Ru knows-

Her daughter has never had a day of her own.

"well……"

Fang Ru adjusted her emotions, and she didn't want her daughter to worry about her burden anymore.

"Mei'er, come here."

“Meow.”

Xue Meier walked over from the kitchen door.

Fang Ru put the collected Dutch beans in a small basket, bent down and handed them to the cat's mouth: "Take it over and give it to Xiaoyue."

Xue Meier grabbed the basket and trotted and took the Holland beans into the kitchen.

"Mom, I fry the bitter melon and put it in the refrigerator. You will eat it hot at noon tomorrow. Let's eat Dutch beans and oilseed tonight?"

Xia Ziyue cut the meat and turned around to tell Fang Ru.

This vegetable that Yu Zhile is called is a maize dish. It is fried with garlic and oil-consuming oil. It can be delicious.

"Okay, I can do it."

Swish-

The pot was already hot, and the vegetables were thrown into the oil pan, making a sound. Xia Ziyue calmly held the spatula and stir-fryed, and the fragrance quickly floated out of the small kitchen.

The kitchen is stuffy in summer. Behind her ponytail, she could see thin fluff, and a few beads of sweat fell down her little face.

A plate of oilseed, a plate of fried pork with Dutch beans, and a simple seaweed and egg flower soup, the supper is ready.

Xia Zhengyue helped Fang Ru serve a bowl of rice, and the dishes were placed in a convenient position for her to pick up. At this point, my mother was a little stubborn and didn't want her to help pick up the dishes.

Most of the conversations between meals are about family income and expenditure. In fact, Fang Ru really wants to talk to her daughter about her school affairs, but she doesn’t want to say much every time Xia Zhenyue is, at least in terms of study, Fang Rushi doesn’t need to worry about it at all.

"My classmates are all very good. They always take good care of me and will not be bullied. Mom, don't worry."

Xia Zhenyue's eyes dodged, picked up a piece of meat and fed it to Xue Meier, not wanting to talk about this more.

"That's good……"

Fang Ru stopped talking and subconsciously wanted to let her take her classmates to her house to play, but she realized that she seemed to be unable to find two chairs to greet guests.

"I'll eat it, I'll go to restock it first. Mom, just leave it after eating."

Xia Zhengyue put down the bowls and chopsticks, pulled out a few boxes, and replenished some of the retail products consumed these days.

Currently, the family’s main income is three: her scholarship, the monthly income of the retail store, and the income of Fang Ru helps people to sew clothes.

In addition to daily expenses, Fang Ru's treatment costs will be spent all of this savings every year.

"Xiaoyue."

"Um?"

Fang Ru looked at her daughter's busy back and hesitated for a while and said, "There are also good universities in other places. You don't have to choose Zhejiang University. If there is a more suitable university, you will have a greater chance of graduating from now on."

Xia Zhenyue paused for a moment, and then smiled as if nothing had happened: "It's too difficult to go to Tsinghua University in the naked exam, Zhejiang University is not bad either. It's close to home, so I can still take care of you. And their school has contacted me. At that time, the tuition and miscellaneous fees will be exempted, and there are scholarships for admission rankings. Plus our school's scholarship, maybe your surgery fee will be enough."

"Xiaoyue, mom actually..."

"Be good, I'm going to wash the dishes. I'll have to read a book later. You can take a break first and I'll wash your hair later."

Xia Zhenyue pushed Fang Ru away from the dining table as if coaxing a child, turned on the TV to relieve her boredom, and quickly walked out to the kitchen to clean up the dishes.

After finishing all the family affairs, it was already past eight o'clock at night.

Xia Zhengyue took a shower, wore home shorts and a loose T-shirt, and studied quietly in the room.

Xue Meier jumped onto her table, closed her eyes, and used her ears to listen to the rustling sound of her pen tip sliding across the paper, which made it very comfortable and at ease.

"Mei'er."

"Meow……"

"Tell you a little secret."

"Hey, I kissed him today, and it feels very good."

"Well, what are you going to do to him tomorrow..."

"Mei'er, do you think I'm going to be bad? What should he do if he finds out one day..."

“Meow~”

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Chapter completed!