branch plum blossom

Chapter 18
At sunrise and sunset, the sun draws beautiful arcs on the top of the mountain, which is clear and sometimes indistinct at that time.

There are still a few days until school starts.

Just coming back from the field, Baimei, who was covered in sweat, took a small bench and sat in the courtyard dam, with her head propped up, looking in the direction of her original home halfway up the mountain in a daze.

That day, Baimei proposed to Qin Yulan to go to the county town to sell things with Aunt Tang and Baifeng, but Qin Yulan refused without hesitation.

"mom--"

Baimei dragged her voice, she was very unwilling, her face was full of complaints, I was doing this for the sake of our mother, why don't you agree.

"No, no, just no! I'm not afraid of being thickened. What's the purpose of coming here? Is it to let the three of you go to school well and be successful, you? Why are you so unlucky?!"

The more Qin Yulan spoke, the more excited she became, her fingers trembled slightly.

As a generation of farmers, the highest ideal and goal is to jump out of the farm.

The only way for people in the mountains to jump out of the farm is to study, go to college, and fly out of the valley.

Qin Yulan herself felt very sad that she couldn't go to school because she didn't have that fate, so she vowed that no matter how hard she worked, she would let the three of Baimei go to school, jump out of the farm gate, and be decent city people. Like myself and Bai Wu again, living in the mountains all my life, extremely poor.

Baimei doesn't think so. What she wants is to earn a lot of money as soon as possible, and take her mother and Baifeng Baiyue away.In her eyes, flying far away, she probably couldn't get away from this mountain.

Whenever Baimei recalled her thoughts at that time, she couldn't help laughing, but there was always a trace of bitterness and helplessness in her smile.

"Mom, when I earn enough money, we don't have to be angry with this family of lunatics here. Mom——"

Baimei stomped her feet, she felt that this was a good opportunity, why did Qin Yulan just disagree.

Could it be that Bai Gui has replaced father's position in mother's heart?

Immediately, she denied her own thoughts, Bai Gui is an out-and-out psychopath, he can't even keep up with his father's toes, and his mother will not take a fancy to him.

"mom!--"

Baimei pulled Qin Yulan's clothes and begged again, with tears in her longing eyes.

"Alas!" Qin Yulan sighed, patted Baimei's thin shoulder distressedly, looked at her stubborn face, hesitated a few times, and opened her mouth.

In Baimei's house, for ordinary farmers, there is no such thing as talking with children.As long as the adults say what the child does, it’s enough for the child to follow suit. If the child doesn’t follow suit, the good-tempered adult will stop forcing it, and the bad-tempered one will just beat him up.It is rare to sit down with a child calmly and talk about one or two.

Qin Yulan belongs to the former.

But now, seeing Baimei's only focus on making money, Qin Yulan had no choice but to save face as an adult, and said a few heartfelt words to Baimei like she was telling her peers.

"Baimei, Mom knows that you are doing it for Mom's good, and for Bai Feng Bai Yue's good, but, do you know? Things, how much money can you earn? If you finish your studies and get into a good university, will you still worry about not being able to earn money in the future? People, you have to look at the long-term and don’t be fascinated by the things in front of you. It’s too late to regret.”

Qin Yulan said a lot in one breath, not only made Baimei's eyes widen, but even she herself was startled.

Baimei always thought that her mother, Qin Yulan, was an overly gentle person. To put it bluntly, she was a little timid and weak. Unexpectedly, she had such a deep theory hidden in her heart.

Of course, Baimei didn't think of these until many years later.

After all, Baimei was only ten years old at that time, and it would be a lie to say how deeply she felt and understood Qin Yulan's words, but she saw the sincerity and foresight in Qin Yulan's eyes.

Baimei looked at Qin Yulan with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Baimei, listen to mom, concentrate on studying well, don't worry about tuition fees, as long as you are willing to study hard, mom will let you go to school even if you are desperate, and when you are admitted to university and find a good job, mom will be worth it .”

Qin Yulan saw that Baimei was wavering, so she hurriedly chased her with a few words that made people shed tears.

"Well! Okay, mom! I will definitely study hard. In the future, I will get into a good university and find a good job, so that you can enjoy happiness and Bai Feng Bai Yue can live a happy life."

Baimei was surrounded by Qin Yulan's strong maternal love, and she burst out with a strong belief. That belief supported her throughout her entire journey of studying and even working.
"Ok!"

Qin Yulan looked at Baimei's resolute eyes, tears kept rolling.

"Baimei, I'm sorry for you. You are my elder sister. Take care of Baifeng Baiyue. Also, bear with everything. This family, ahem. I blame my mother for being blind and entering the wolf's den."

Qin Yulan finally couldn't hold it back, tears streaming down her face.

"Ah."

Baimei suddenly felt that it was really pitiful for Qin Yulan to be caught in the middle. The more she confronted Liu Shibi and the others, the more Qin Yulan would suffer.

Forget it, I will learn from Gou Jian, the king of Yue.

When she was a child, her father liked to tell her these allusions the most.

From then on, Baimei completely gave up the idea of ​​looking for money in a mess, and devoted herself to studying well and finding a way out.

There were also a lot less conflicts with Liu Shibi and the others on the surface.

Looking at her home on the mountain, Baimei imagined countless times that she earned a lot of money and rebuilt the house at home, turning it into the most beautiful house on the mountain and down the mountain, which everyone would envy.

"Baimei, hurry up, go find Baifeng, I haven't seen him all afternoon, I don't know where he went crazy again, I'm going to have dinner soon."

In the kitchen, Qin Yulan's anxious voice came out.

If Bai Feng came back late, he would inevitably go hungry again.

Liu Shibi felt Bai Feng's temperament, and knew that he liked to play until dark and didn't come back, so she clamored for dinner early, staring at the gate sneakily while eating.

An old woman in her 80s with a wrinkled face, with sly eyes, the picture really makes people laugh.

Baimei couldn't help laughing out several times, thinking to herself, do you think I don't know what you're up to?

After previous experience, every time Baimei would secretly fill a bowl after the rice was cooked, and hide it in the old cabinet. When Baifeng came back, the rice would always be cold, but it was better than starving.

After the sweet potatoes come out, Baimei will secretly bury a few sweet potatoes in the stove, and when Baifeng comes back, they can be eaten hot.

"Sister, you are so kind!" Baifeng stuffed his mouth with the things Baimei left for him, raised his head, and blinked at Baimei to sell it.

"Sister, I will definitely be worthy of your kindness to me, as well as Mom and Bai Yue."

With something stuffed in his mouth, Bai Feng spoke excitedly.

"Eat quickly, don't choke, drink some water."

Baimei looked at Baifeng, who was smelling of sweat all over her body, and for some reason, a wave of sadness rushed to the center of her mind.

"Ugh."

Baimei let out a long sigh.

You have to sneak around every meal, and you have a good life, tsk tsk.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Baifeng saw the tears in the corners of Baimei's eyes.

"Oh, it's okay, you can eat quickly."

Baimei tried her best to maintain a normal tone of voice, and turned her face away.

What the hell is going on?
Ever since she came to the Bai family at the foot of the mountain, Baimei has always felt aggrieved and panicked, shed tears from time to time.

"Sister, I know, you don't want to stay here, don't be afraid, with me, when I earn enough money, we will take Mom and leave here, I am not afraid of that bastard in vain."

Bai Feng dropped the remaining half of the sweet potato in his hand, and angrily stamped his feet towards Bai Gui's room.

"Oh, you little man, what do you want to do? You can beat him? Stop dreaming, hurry up, pick up the sweet potatoes, eat them deliciously, don't waste them."

Baimei tapped the broken sweet potato on the ground with her toes, and then kicked Baifeng's butt.

"Oh, I was too careless just now and dropped the sweet potato."

Bai Feng scratched his head in embarrassment, swiftly grabbed the meat on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, smacking his tongue.

"It's all the old witch's fault for causing me to be like this."

With his waist up, Bai Feng stepped on the ground with one foot on the sweet potato that had been scraped off by him, leaving only the skin, and rubbed it hard on the front of his foot a few times.

"How old are you? You belong to my father? Whose father are you? You are crazy outside all day! School will start soon, let's see if you are still crazy!"

After Qin Yulan cleaned up the housework, she came in to look at the disheveled Bai Feng, and reached out to tap him on the head.

"I just can't understand that old hag!"

Bai Feng touched the place on his head where Qin Yulan had knocked, pouted in disbelief.

"I don't want to go to school, I want to go out and earn a lot of money!"

Bai Feng paused and raised his head.

"What? Not going to school? Making a lot of money?"

Qin Yulan stopped her hands tidying up the house, turned around, crossed her arms, and looked at Baifeng with a smile.

"If you don't go to school, what do you do to make a lot of money? How old are you now? Earn money, earn money, do you think you can just talk about it? If you don't go to school well, you have no skills, how can you earn money?"

"I can make money! Bai Yuan said, as long as I help him cut pigweed every day, he will take me to the city to polish shoes, and I can earn 20 yuan a day."

Seeing that Qin Yulan didn't believe him, Bai Feng became anxious and forgot to promise Bai Yuan to keep it a secret from everyone.

"What? Shoeshine?!"

Qin Yulan's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.These children really have a lot of ideas. Just now, Baimei dispelled Baimei's idea of ​​going to sell things. Now, another Baifeng wants to shine shoes!
Baimei also fixed her expression and opened her mouth wide.

The boy who is emotional Baifeng has also fallen into Qian's eyes now, but my mother will definitely not agree, I will see how you get beaten.

"I'll let you shine your shoes, shine your shoes!"

Qin Yulan looked around, grabbed a small piece of wood that was convenient, and slashed towards Baifeng.

"How old are you? Huh? Don't you study hard and go to shine your shoes?!"

After her second marriage, Qin Yulan became a little restless in her meekness, and she was no longer as amiable as before.

"Hahaha, are you going to shine shoes? Do you believe Bai Yuan's words?"

Baimei laughed hard.

(End of this chapter)