Fang Dongping's personality is very upright, and it is absolutely impossible to blackmail his employer, but he really likes Niu Xiaoqiang's simple nature, and at the same time guessed that Niu Xiaoqiang wanted to earn money to subsidize his family, so he decided to play tricks.

After the discussion, Niu Xiaoqiang accompanied Fang Dongping to talk for a while, and then rode home.

After arriving at the village, Niu Xiaoqiang returned the bicycle to Niu Xiaoyong and walked home humming a song. Unexpectedly, as soon as he crossed the threshold, he collided with his father.

Niu Dazhuang was full of alcohol, the expression on his face was very ugly, he saw Niu Xiaoqiang sweating profusely, he immediately glared, and roared in a thick voice: "Look at your bear-like appearance, hurry up and go to the bath!"

Niu Xiaoqiang shrank his neck, said yes, and ran into the back room quickly. When he entered the house, he found his mother and four sisters all sitting on the edge of the bed, and the fourth sister still had tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Sun Mei said with red eyes: "Your fourth sister just quarreled with your father because of the payment of information fees, if it wasn't for a few of us to stop you, your father almost smashed a rolling pin on your fourth sister's head, and if you really hit it, you will have to break your head if you don't get it." ”

Niu Dongxiang wiped away her tears and shouted indignantly: "What are you pulling him for? Let him beat me to death! Save me from being angry to death!"

Niu Xiaoqiang was speechless when he heard this, and lamented in his heart: Money money, money, and quarreling over money, is it true that our family is born with a lack of money in the five elements? Alas, I really miss the time when I used to be a fool, it is because I don't understand anything, so I will be carefree, and now although I am enlightened, all kinds of troubles will follow, and I am really tired......

This is not the first time Niu Dongxiang has quarreled with her father over tuition and fees, and basically every time she quarrels, she has to tear her face.

Niu Dongxiang's material fee is not in the scope of tuition fees, but miscellaneous fees charged by the school.

For example, the rolls used by students for testing are all hand-printed by the school itself, and the material and labor costs are all charged. Another example is the exercise bank issued by the school, these books are purchased from bookstores, and the school of course also has to ask students to charge fees. Even the papers for the mid-term and final exams are charged, in addition to the teacher's invigilation fee.

These expenses are not too much individually, but if they are added together, they are not small for rural families.

Niu Dongxiang will take the college entrance examination next month, and in recent times, the school is basically a small test in two days, and a big test in three days.

Mother Sun Mei sighed for a while, and turned her head to look at Niu Xiaxiang: "Erya, Sanya, can you talk to your leader and advance next month's salary in advance?"

Niu Xiaxiang and Niu Qiuxiang's wages have long been handed over, and the family's expenses are basically used in their salaries, otherwise they would not have been able to support it for a long time.

The monthly salary of the two of them together is forty yuan, which is not less. However, due to the large population of the family, there are many places to spend money, in addition to food and clothing, they also have to buy pesticides, seeds, fertilizers, and the rest of the money has to be retained (the rent of the fields collected by the government), and there are two children who are studying at home, so the salary of the two of them is really not much.

The most important thing is that the family bought a piglet three months ago, followed by the operation of the mother Sun Mei's appendicitis, these two expenses have spent all the family's only more than 100 yuan of savings, otherwise they would not be embarrassed to this extent.

Hearing her mother's words, Niu Xiaxiang was puzzled: "Mom, the finance department will not approve the money in the factory if it is not signed by the leaders, I am just an apprentice, where do I know those big leaders?"

Niu Qiuxiang also looked helpless: "Not to mention the canteen, it is contracted by the relatives of the factory leader's family, not only will not pay wages in advance, but also often delay, don't even think about asking them to pay money." ”

Sun Mei sighed, stood up and said, "Chunxiang, let's ride to the town to find the eldest brother, he has a lot of money in his hands." ”

Since the eldest son Niu Xiaogang joined the work, he is only responsible for Niu Xiaoqiang's tuition money, and he also pays more than 20 yuan every year, and the rest of the money is not handed over to the family. Niu Xiaogang's salary is fifty-eight yuan per month, which is already a very high salary in this era. He saved all the money he had left, ready to save it for his family in the future.

In these years, it is not cheap for a man to start a family, first of all, he must have a marriage house, whether he is buying a house or building a house, he must have a place to live. If the conditions are really poor, it is okay to live with your parents, but the marriage room must be tidy and you have to buy a few decent new pieces of furniture.

In addition, it must be equipped with three major pieces - bicycles, sewing machines and radios, which are all indispensable, and if you calculate so roughly, it is a thousand yuan up.

Some women will also ask for televisions, washing machines and other household appliances at home, and if these are also counted, there are not more than 2,000 that they can't get down.

Of course, this is the market situation in a wealthy area, and the people in the mountains do not have such high requirements, but Niu Xiaogang has a shortcoming, he is the same as his father Niu Dazhuang, who loves face. As an employee of a state-owned enterprise, he was reluctant to make his marriage too shabby.

Niu Chunxiang knew the character of this eldest brother very well, and she hesitated: "Mother, eldest brother, he ...... Will he be able to say yes?"

Sun Mei's face immediately fell: "If he doesn't agree, he has to agree! I won't come back if I don't get the money today!"

Niu Chunxiang saw that her mother was losing her temper, so she had to nod and follow her mother out.

As soon as the mother and daughter pushed the family's 28 bars out of the house, Niu Dazhuang's voice came: "Where are you two going?"

"I want to go to my eldest brother to ask for money and solve Dongxiang's material fee. ”

Niu Dazhuang stuffed the borrowed ten yuan to his wife with some annoyance: "Go back, I have already borrowed the money from the fourth uncle, you don't have to talk to the eldest brother, his salary is to be saved to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

As soon as Sun Mei heard that she had borrowed money, she dispelled the idea of going to her eldest son to ask for money. She took the money into the house, happily stuffed it into her little daughter's purse, and wiped her tears for her little daughter, "Okay, okay, don't cry, my little brother is watching from the side, and you, who are sisters, are not afraid of being embarrassed." ”

Niu Dongxiang lowered her head embarrassedly and whispered, "Mom, if I am admitted to university...... What should I do?"

Sun Mei and Niu Dazhuang had already discussed this question, and she patted her little daughter's head: "Don't worry, I told your father, as long as you can really get in...... What Tsinghua University, our family will sell the New Year pig to you to make up the travel expenses, plus the wages of your second sister and third sister, it should be able to afford you, if it is not enough, we will sell the ploughing cattle, even if you smash the pot and sell iron, you must be trained. ”

Niu Dongxiang couldn't help sobbing when she heard this, saying that it is too difficult for rural families to cultivate a college student!