Yang Xiaole came to the entrance of the main hall and heard Wang Qiuju nagging there.

"You said that sister of yours is not a good person. She said that now people from all over the place are sending their daughters to their place. Even people from the neighboring village came and asked Xiaomei to meet a lame man and a widowed bachelor. Is this something a little sister should do?"

Wang Qiuju angrily scolded Yang Guangzhi.

Yang Guangzhi, on the other hand, was smoking and remained silent.

But he muttered under his breath, "What if we found out too late and all the good ones have been taken?"

"You... She said that, and you still defend her..."

Wang Qiuju was furious upon hearing this.

Yang Xiaole walked closer and listened to their conversation, smiling, "Mom, come on, how old is Big Sister? By the way, did you scold your little sister for saying that?"

"I..."

Wang Qiuju was displeased for a moment, then said, "There are people around, I came here to ask for help, can I scold her? If people talk behind her back, Xiaomei's reputation will be ruined. Then she won't have a chance to go there anymore, right?"

"Mom, when you go there, you don't say anything, what's the use of complaining to Dad here? If I were you, I would bring a cup of water, stand at their door, and argue with her all day."

He was just joking.

His own mother was loud and fierce, but if he really asked her to do that, she wouldn't be able to do it.

"Haha!"

Wang Qiuju laughed upon hearing her son's words.

She jokingly scolded, "You little brat, are you deliberately mocking your mother?"

Yang Xiaole felt wronged for a moment upon hearing this and looked at Yang Guangzhi, "Dad, Mom scolded you!"

Father Yang Guangzhi glanced at him sideways, and his calm face twitched slightly.

A deep voice came, "Get lost!"

"Okay, I'll leave right away!"

Yang Xiaole went to the kitchen dejectedly.

He couldn't go without eating, and his hands were starting to tremble.

With Yang Xiaole's words just now, Wang Qiuju wasn't as angry anymore.

She said to Yang Guangzhi, "Alright, let's talk about it later. I don't believe that my eldest daughter, who looks so beautiful, won't find a good husband."

Yang Guangzhi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Seeing his expression, Wang Qiuju glared at him, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, nothing, she's beautiful!"

Yang Guangzhi quickly shook his head, not making fun of his own daughter's appearance. On the contrary, his eldest daughter did look good.

He was just amused by Wang Qiuju's confidence.

Yang Xiaole went to the kitchen.

Big Sister was cooking in the kitchen, Fifth Brother was lighting the fire under the pot, and Xi Zi was drooling while leaning on the stove.

The dish was the leftover fish from lunch. Wang Qiuju didn't want to serve it all, so she left a small portion.

Seeing the dozen or so corn cakes that were already done, Yang Xiaole knew that they were going out in the evening.

Otherwise, his mother wouldn't be willing to make so many corn cakes.

He reached out and took a piece and took a bite.

This cake was more fragrant than porridge and had some crispy parts.

Yang Xiaomei glanced at him and didn't say anything. This guy had a weak body, and his mother allowed him to eat it.

Yang Xiaole looked at Xi Zi, who was eagerly waiting, and broke off a small piece and handed it to him.

Then he ignored him and whispered to Yang Xiaomei, "Big Sister, do you want to go to school?"

Although his Big Sister was one year older than him, she was only one grade higher.

She had just graduated from elementary school this year.

But his mother didn't let her go to school.

The reason why all the children in the family went to school was thanks to Grandma Zhao Jinhua.

This Grandma Jinhua had a good eye.

So even if Second Brother's family had poor grades, they still sent them to school. Unfortunately, due to bad genes, they dropped out before junior high school.

Big Sister was actually quite hardworking, but her grades were only average.

For rural areas, if a girl can graduate from elementary school, that's already good enough.

So now Big Sister was preparing to do housework at home.

Before, he didn't have money or the ability to help.

Now that he had the ability, why should she stay at home doing housework at such a young age and then get married in a few years?

It's not entirely his mother's fault. After all, this is the thinking of most rural people.

Upon hearing his words, Yang Xiaomei's hand paused.

With a disappointed look on her face, she said, "Of course I want to go to school! But Mom won't let me..."

Yang Xiaole took a bite of the corn cake and smiled, "Sis, listen to me, I promise to let you go to school."

"Really?"

Yang Xiaomei turned her head with a pleasantly surprised expression.

"Yeah, just listen to me, and agree to whatever I say when I talk to Mom later, got it?"

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he pointed at the smoking fish pot and said, "It's burning!"

"Oh!"

Yang Xiaomei finally realized and quickly stirred it a few times, shouting to the person below, "Fifth Brother, stop burning, remove the firewood!""Oh!"

Xiaoli's voice came from below.

At this moment, Yang Xiaomei turned her head and asked seriously, "Third Brother, are you not lying to me? Can I really go to school?"

"Believe it or not!"

After saying that, he took the corn cake and went back.

"Hey, I believe, I believe!"

Yang Xiaomei quickly shouted.

She only saw Yang Xiaole waving his hand.

Seeing her anxious, she quickly served the hot fish pot and asked the two little kids to bring the food to the main hall.

Yang Xiaole left the kitchen and saw his eldest brother leading a donkey into the house, with a handcart behind.

He knew they were going out tonight.

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Without saying anything, he went to the main hall.

At this time, a faint fragrance came from the house.

There were fewer mosquitoes in the room.

Yang Xiaole looked down and saw a smoked sausage emitting black smoke under the Eight Immortals table.

Then he smiled and said, "Mother, who made this water hammer?"

This thing looks like a sausage, but it's actually a kind of water reed flower.

It's a good thing to dry it and use it to smoke mosquitoes.

These days, he has been tormented by mosquitoes, mainly because the area around this thing has been cleared.

Wang Qiuju lit the kerosene lamp and said, "Oh, your younger brother picked it up when he was washing clothes by the river."

Yang Xiaole didn't know where this guy picked it up from.

He didn't pay attention either.

Soon, the food was served.

Yang Guangzhi opened the wine while talking to him, "The donkey has been brought over. After eating, we'll go to sleep. We'll leave in the middle of the night and arrive during the day, saving the cost of accommodation."

Yang Xiaole nodded.

"Got it!"

After a while, Yang Xiaogang thought of something and said to him, "By the way, Dad, I want to ask Third Grandpa in a few days if he can re-evaluate my height."

Yang Guangzhi glanced at him, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, I got it. Bring a bottle of wine when I come back, and I'll ask for you. You have to do well yourself."

Yang Xiaogang nodded silently.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

Yang Xiaomei, who was next to him, thought of what her younger brother said earlier and signaled to him.

Seeing that Yang Xiaole ignored him and even kicked him with his foot.

"What are you doing, Xiaomei?"

The dim kerosene lamp couldn't hide Wang Qiuju's gaze. She asked her.

Yang Xiaomei hesitated and didn't dare to speak.

There were no girls in the village who went to junior high school. How could she say it?

"You, child, what can't you say? Speak up! Is it because you haven't found a husband's family for you? Mother will find a good one for you."

Wang Qiuju thought it was about her going to Yang Lan today!

"Mother, it's not..."

Yang Xiaomei hesitated and explained.

Yang Xiaole looked at his big sister's embarrassed look and smiled, "Mother, Big Sister wants to go to school!"

After speaking, without waiting for the two to speak, he asked them, "Dad, don't rush to refuse. Let me ask you, if we save some money, how much do you think it would cost for Big Sister to go to junior high school, including tuition, accommodation fees, and food expenses?"

Yang Guangzhi thought for a moment and said, "Unlike elementary school, you can bring food there. It's real money. The tuition is 1.5 yuan per semester, the accommodation fee is 2.5 yuan, and you can bring your own food. Plus miscellaneous fees, it would cost about 9 to 10 yuan a year!"

He didn't include food.

Vegetables were not included either. Pickled vegetable dumplings couldn't kill people. They would eat them for a few months every winter anyway.

It was the same at home. The eldest sister was too young to go to work and could only help with housework.

Hearing that he calculated it clearly, Yang Xiaole knew that it was because he would be going to junior high school in a year, so he had already inquired about it in advance.

Thinking of this, he said, "Dad, you calculate it. Let's say Big Sister would cost 10 yuan a year for junior high school. In three years, it would be 30 yuan. It's better to let her go to school."

"You make it sound so simple. Do you think we don't want her to go to school? Where would the money come from? Even the money for you to go to school is saved by the family, exchanging food for it."

Wang Qiuju muttered beside him.

Yang Xiaole also understood.

He could only change his thinking and explain, "Mother, let me calculate it for you. Big Sister would spend a total of 30 yuan for junior high school, but do you know? The country now has a bias towards medical care and education. After graduating from junior high school, if Big Sister goes to vocational school, she will receive a subsidy of 9 yuan per month. After deducting the 2 to 3 yuan she spends at school, she can save 6 to 7 yuan. How much money can she save in a year? 70 to 80 yuan. How much in three years? 180 yuan."

He wasn't talking nonsense. This was true.

Mainly because the illiteracy rate in the mainland was too low and the sanitary conditions were poor.

There were more subsidies for these two majors.

There were three types of teacher training: vocational school, college, and university. After graduation, they would teach different students.He went to the city to attend a teacher's college, and his household registration followed the school.

As for the crisis he might encounter in a few years, he naturally took it into consideration.

Only by going to the city could he have a chance to change his current situation.

Without going to the city, there was no chance at all.

At worst, he could return to the countryside when the special period approached, or simply change jobs.

There were several years to go!

A vocational school might not be a big deal for city dwellers, but for rural people, it was a good way to escape the countryside.

Wang Qiuju and Yang Guangzhi were surprised: "Why didn't you mention this before? Are you lying to me?"

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "If you don't believe me, you can ask the school, our teachers or the principal. They all know."

He didn't mention it before because the money for his education was a problem.

What was the point of saying it?

Then he said to the two of them: "Big Sister's grades are not bad, she has a very good chance of going to vocational school. After she gets the subsidy, apart from her basic living expenses, the rest will be given to you. Then I will have money for school."

"Mm, Mom, if I get the money in the future, I'll give it all to you."

Yang Xiaomei also made a promise there.

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju hesitated for a while, looking at her husband.

Ten yuan a year was not a small sum.

Yang Guangzhi hesitated for a moment.

He didn't agree, but he didn't object either.

"Let's talk about this later!"

He planned to go to the school to find out the situation before making a decision.

The main thing was to look at his daughter's grades at home and the current policy.

If possible, it wouldn't be a problem.

Seeing Big Sister about to speak anxiously, Yang Xiaole quickly stopped her with a look.

Could this kind of thing be rushed?

Seeing his look, Yang Xiaomei reluctantly took back what she wanted to say, and the family quietly ate their meal.

Several people were eating while fanning themselves with rush woven fans.

Driving away the heat and mosquitoes in the air.

After eating, Wang Qiuju quickly urged the two of them: "Alright, you two go take a nap. You still have to travel at night! I'll pack your things for you later."

Yang Guangzhi wiped the corner of his mouth, looking satisfied.

Third Brother had caught a lot of fish and shrimp these two days. Although they couldn't compare to pork and were worthless, they were filling!

It tasted much better than the boiled vegetables without any oil.

Seeing everyone's satisfied expressions, Yang Xiaole also felt satisfied.

But he also figured out the taste.

If they ate meat every day, the whole family would probably be suspicious. On the contrary, these fish and shrimp didn't raise any suspicions.

If he cooked meat, the whole village would probably smell it.

This was also a headache. In the future, he could only cook in the space and then bring it out to eat, and he couldn't do it openly.

What he was worried about now was not this.

But what to do with those big fish?

There was no way to sell them!

After thinking for a while and not coming up with a good solution, he could only keep them in the space for now and see if he could deal with them when he had a chance.

After a busy day, he was now extremely tired.

He washed up casually and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.