Narrator | Lao Chen
Whoever says it's useless to read, I'll be in a hurry!
My son scored 521 points in the high school entrance examination, and he did not play at the level he should have in the college entrance examination, and scored 203 points.
I am a post-60s born in the 60s, my ancestors have been farmers for generations, and I only read until the fifth grade of primary school, and the brigade said that my family did not have a few laborers, so many people studied for what, and they had to come back to work in the production team.
I had an older sister and a younger brother below, and it was a small family at that time.
My sister got married before she was 18 years old, and at that time, everyone who had daughters in the family wanted to get married early, and one less person would have one less mouth to eat.
When I gave birth to a child myself, I vowed that I would never let my child live the same life as me.
After I got married at home, I came to Dongguan with the villagers to work.
At that time, there were not many factories in Dongguan, and some electronics factories and garment factories only recruited female workers.
I was a big man who first worked in a red brick factory in Huangjiang Town, and then the red brick factory refused to let go, and then he planted vegetables for the boss in a place called Yantian, near Shenzhen.
When I was growing vegetables, I met some small vegetable vendors, and they said that it was better to push a cart and sell fruits, vegetables, and flowers than to work for others.
At that time, there were many people in Dongguan, and the business was really good.
In the morning, I sell vegetables around the vegetable market, in the afternoon I go to the gate of the big factory to sell fruits, and in the evening I clean myself up and go to some hotels, KTVs, and saunas downstairs to sell flowers.
The cost of selling flowers is larger, and if you can't sell them, you will lose money, but you can still make money when you meet a generous boss.
So I started by pushing a cart to sell fruits everywhere, and later opened a small shop by myself, and also brought my wife and children to Dongguan, which can be regarded as supporting the family.
I have two children, the eldest is a daughter and the younger is a son.
When my eldest daughter was ten years old, my wife came to Dongguan to follow me in business.
The child was left in his hometown to be brought to my parents, and the old man could not care about the child's study.
The eldest daughter graduated from junior high school, her grades were terrible, she was not admitted to high school or technical secondary school, she entered a toy factory after coming to Dongguan, and later met a boyfriend in Sichuan in the factory, and got married within a few years.
At that time, I was already opening a store, and business was quite good.
took his son out of his hometown, and through acquaintances, gave 30,000 yuan for "tea expenses", and entered a private junior high school to study.
After three years of hard work, I scored 521 points in the high school entrance examination, but unfortunately I was not admitted to a public high school, so I still spent money to go to a private high school.
The store I opened can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month in addition to expenses, but basically spend it on reading to my son.
My son didn't want to study for a while, so I beat him.
My wife also cried, in the past few years, I have spent more than 300,000 yuan just on studying, what is it to give up halfway through study, do you go to work in the factory like my sister?
My son played abnormally in the college entrance examination, and he was expected to score more than 400 points, but who knew that he only scored 203 points.
After learning about my son's college entrance examination results, I didn't sleep for a few days, and I couldn't go to a public undergraduate, so I could only continue to spend money to study in a private junior college, and later upgrade to a bachelor's degree.
When the child is older, he will naturally be sensible.
After the college was upgraded, the child's affairs basically don't have to worry about his parents, he only gave him 2,000 yuan a month for living expenses, never asked us for more, and became a student cadre at school.
Later, the child's graduate school entrance examination was decided by himself, and the major and school were also chosen by himself.
I started working in July this year, and although the salary is not high, our family is very satisfied, and I have survived my life.
My cousins in the family are very envious of my son's talent, and I am very dignified when I return to the village now.
There are always people who say that it is useless for peasant children to read, and it is not the same as delivering food when they read.
I'll admit that there are many examples of this around me.
However, if you don't work hard, will good things fall from the sky on your head if you don't work hard?
When the children of peasants come to the city, they have to spend money on everything, and they can only go to poor private schools to study.
I believe that my grandson's fate will definitely be different from mine in the future, all of this is due to my dedication, and I think I really have no regrets in my life!
For those who have hope, the results will not be too bad. (Konosuke Matsushita)