"I am not a pauper."
"I am not a pauper."
"I am not a pauper."
The important thing was said three times. Pei Qian looked at the ten yuan in his hand and confirmed that he was not a pauper.
The name Pei Qian is not very lucky at first. The fact is that Pei Qian has really lived a miserable life in the past 22 years.
When I was a child, my family was poor, so my teacher had to urge me again and again for tuition fees, and then I could make up for the tuition fees only after the pigs were sold.
His primary school teacher is not only the Chinese teacher in Class 1, Grade 1, but also the math teacher. At the same time, he is also the Chinese teacher and math teacher in Class 1, Grade 2 next door.
At that time, he was still cooking at school. Other students could buy soup for 50 cents, while he could only buy white rice and sweet potatoes.
Even the lunch box, others are in shiny stainless steel, while his is aluminum lunch box.
At this time, he would look at other people's lunch boxes with envy.
Pei Qian felt that a good looking lunch box was more important than a good meal.
Of course, he also asked for a stainless steel lunch box at home, and then his mother Liu Hongping refused.
"You haven't lost your lunch box. What new things to buy? Besides, the pigs at home are all borrowed money. Where can I afford to buy them for you?"
The next day, Pei Qian's lunch box fell out, and then his father Pei Youcai beat him severely. He used a bamboo strip to hit his buttocks with blood marks.
On the third day, Pei Qian had a new stainless steel lunch box, so he went to school happily, and his buttocks were no longer painful.
Pei Qian's stainless steel lunch box just saved his first worry.
Pei Qian's second worry is that every day after school, his teacher always asks, "Pei Qian, have you sold your pigs?"
At this time, all the students would look at him and laugh. Pei Qian had to lower his head and his face was burning hot.
But sometimes the teacher will forget that Pei Qian will be very happy at this time because he can walk home with his classmates.
His classmates are basically in the same team, and there are also several little friends surnamed Pei. This is from the same village, and they are all connected with their relatives.
Of course, small partners are not equal.
There is a leader, because he has a small tricycle, and two people can be squeezed in the back row.
There is also a younger brother who can only be Pei Qian.
In fact, there are only three people in total. The main reason is that the village is small, and the rich have moved to the county seat.
The hard times finally came to an end when Pei Qian was in the third grade of primary school.
As the water level of Yangjiang River rises, the old county town needs to be relocated to the new county town, so every family needs to be renovated. Pei Youcai, Pei Qian's father, is an old bricklayer who sticks good tiles.
Pei Youcai earned more than 4000 yuan in his first month in the city, which is one third of his family's income last year.
"Why did I think of repairing the house?"
Pei Youcai looked at the two-story brick house in his hometown and said regretfully.
By the way, Pei Qian's family is in debt to repair the house.
Pei Qian's new house is rented by others. It has seven floors of stairs. His house is on the first floor and costs 430 yuan a month.
The ground is plastered with cement, and the wall is scraped with white paint. Because of the humidity, it is often repaired. Fortunately, Pei Youcai is a bricklayer, so he doesn't need to spend money. Even the materials are free.
There is a little cement left in each house's decoration, and it is useless for the owner's house to pay for it.
Even so, Pei Qian felt extremely happy because he could finally study in the city and didn't have to help feed pigs every day.
Besides, Pei Qian has a sister and picked it up.
The welfare home in the county is out of money. The boys are all hugged, and the girls have some choice.
Pei Qian's mother, Liu Hongping, had always wanted a daughter. Hearing this, she was very moved. She said that Pei Youcai would adopt one.
On that day, Pei Qian, who was just nine years old, came home and saw a little girl with big eyes in his home. He didn't care, but thought she was the daughter of a relative at home.
Until dinner in the evening, my mother pointed at the girl and said to Pei Qian, "Qian Er, this will be your sister in the future."
The little girl stopped cooking and looked at Pei Qian timidly. "Brother."
Pei Qian also wants to have a sister, because his mother always says. "It's good to be a new girl. Most people like you can help with cooking and are considerate."
"Now that I have a sister, my mother will never scold me," thought Pei Qianle.
The little girl has no name yet.
The next day Pei Qian's mother took the little girl to the fortune teller to get her name. After telling the little girl's birthday, the fortune teller looked at the snowflakes falling in the sky and pinched his fingers.
"Your daughter's five elements are short of water. Let's call her Pei Qingxue!"
By the way, Pei Qian is short of gold in the five elements.
Although it cost 80 yuan, Liu Hongping went home happily. Pei Youcai also thinks the name sounds good, so he decides.
"Pei Qian, remember your sister's name is Pei Qingxue." Pei Youcai said to Pei Qian who was playing a game machine.
"Got it." Pei Qian stared at the TV head and did not return. His body was still leaning left and right. He was driving a racing car.
Then he was slapped and rolled to the ground by his father, and the game machine was confiscated.
Pei Qian wipes his tears and looks at Pei Qingxue bitterly, thinking of it in his heart. "I won't let you cover tonight."
Because there are only two bedrooms at home, Pei Qian and Pei Qingxue sleep together at night.
That night, after Pei Qian's mother took the door, Pei Qian wrapped the quilt together alone, like a rice dumplings.
Pei Qingxue bit his lip, curled up and slept at the foot of the bed, then pulled a little quilt to cover his body.
About ten minutes later, Pei Qian heard a low sob, and Pei Qingxue cried.
Pei Qiandun was afraid. He was afraid that Pei Qingxue would complain and felt that Pei Qingxue was so pitiful.
"Sister, I'll give you the quilt." Pei Qian loosened the quilt, and then took the initiative to cover Pei Qingxue, and by the way, sent the pillow. "Don't tell your parents tomorrow!" Pei Qian added.
Pei Qingxue stopped sobbing and nodded.
Pei Qingxue didn't complain the next day, which made Pei Qian very happy, so that night they slept together again.
Pei Qian made an exception to allow Pei Qingxue to burrow into his arms like a kitten. Previously, he felt that Pei Qingxue was not allowed to sleep like this.
The time soon came when Pei Qian was eleven years old. He was in the fifth grade of primary school, and his sister Pei Qingxue was also in the first grade of primary school.
In the past two years, they still slept together, but instead of renting the house, they had a home of their own.
Pei Qian's parents bought a two bedroom elevator room with an area of 77 square meters at a cost of 80000 yuan.
This time, we have a large bathroom and balcony, and also installed a security net, so that we can sleep on it to cool the wind in summer nights.
At the same time, Pei Qian saw the birthday cake for the first time. On Pei Qingxue's seventh birthday, Pei Youcai went to buy a birthday cake.
Pei Qingxue likes to eat the fruit on it, and Pei Qian likes to eat butter.
After eating the cake, Pei Qian licked the corner of his mouth and said to Pei Qingxue in a very grand manner: "Sister, I will invite you to eat the birthday cake in a few months."
Pei Qingxue's birthday is August 8, and Pei Qian's birthday is January 2.
Pei Qian quickly broke his promise. On his eleventh birthday, because it was the busy time at the end of the year, his parents forgot about this and didn't buy him a birthday cake.
Only Pei Qian and Pei Qingxue remember.
That night, Pei Qian's parents did not go home. They slept on the construction site.
Pei Qian looked at the empty room, and tears could not help but stay. Suddenly, he felt resentment towards his parents and Pei Qingxue.
"Brother, don't cry, I don't want you to invite me to eat cake." Pei Qingxue held a piece of dripping water, white gas handkerchief and handed Pei money, while whispering.
Pei Qian looks at the red back of his sister's hand, and his resentment towards Pei Qingxue disappears. After taking the handkerchief and wiping his face, he got up and went to the kitchen to carry the washbasin to the washing table to get cold water to mix.
Then he came back to Pei Qingxue and said, "Sister, let's wash our faces and go to bed. We won't wait for them."
The thermos is on the ground, so Pei Qingxue can only pour boiling water into the thermos.
The next day Pei Qian's parents came back with nothing to say, as if they had forgotten such a thing.
They really forgot that they were busy picking up work every day, and they didn't remember Pei Qian's birthday. During the Spring Festival, I remembered that Pei Qian was already eleven years old and gave a red envelope of fifty.
Only Pei Qian and Pei Qingxue remember.
Later Pei Qingxue also forgot, only Pei Qian remembered.
One day Pei Qian's parents settled accounts at home.
"How much did you earn this month?" Pei Youcai asked.
"A little over 20000," said Liu Hongping, putting down her calculator.
When Pei Qian got home, he went into his room and closed the door.
Pei Qingxue was sitting at her desk doing her homework. She turned to look at him and said angrily, "You went to the Internet cafe again?"
"Well, don't tell them." Pei Qian nodded.
"Not them, but our parents," Pei Qingxue said angrily.
Pei Qian stopped talking and just lay in bed playing with his mobile phone.
He is fourteen years old this year, and he is in Grade Three.
Two years ago, he also slept separately from Pei Qingxue, and the bed in their bedroom became an upper and lower bed.
Because of his obsession with online games, Pei Qian's performance plummeted, falling to the lower middle of the class.
Contrary to Pei Qian, Pei Qingxue gets double percent in every exam.
Pei Qian's father and mother often educate Pei Qian with Pei Qingxue. "Why don't you learn from your sister and play every day?"
But Pei Qian always goes in one ear and out the other. He still goes his own way.
Pei Qingxue looked at Pei Qian, who was playing with his mobile phone by himself, and couldn't help sighing. Although she knew that Pei Qian couldn't listen, she said, "Brother, you should work hard. Next year, you will take the high school entrance exam."
"There is still one semester left, the teacher said I am smart, and I will work hard next year." Pei Qian did not feel impatient with Pei Qingxue's words. He could not listen to his parents' words, but could listen to his sister's words.
"All right." Pei Qingxue shook her head and began to do her homework again.
On the evening of January 1, Pei Qingxue suddenly said to Pei Qian, "Brother, Dad asked me to ask you what kind of birthday cake you like."
Pei Qian put down his mobile phone for a moment, then pretended to be impatient and said, "Whatever, just buy what you like."
On the evening of January 2, a birthday cake was set on the table. Pei Qian's parents looked at the cake in surprise and asked, "Who bought it?"
Pei Qingxue put it beside their ears and whispered, "My brother has never eaten his own birthday cake. I saved money to buy this cake, and then told him that his parents bought it for him. You should keep it secret!"
"How much is it?" asked Pei Qian's mother.
"280 yuan." Pei Qingxue whispered, and then looked at Pei Qian's mother timidly, afraid that she said it was expensive.
Although there are about 100, Pei Qingxue decides to buy the most expensive one she can buy, even though she is worried about being wasted by Pei Qian's mother.
Because she felt that she divided her brother's love a lot.
"My dear daughter." Liu Hongping gently stroked Pei Qingxue's hair and held her in her arms.
Pei Youcai coughed and said, "Wait for your father to make up the money, and then give you 500 rewards."
Pei Qingxue's monthly allowance is 100, which she has saved for five months.
That night, Pei Qian celebrated his first birthday in 15 years of his life.
Pei Youcai lit a cigarette and took a long smoke after everyone finished the cake. "Your parents will never forget your birth in the future," he said
"Got it." Pei Qian answered casually and went back to his room.
Just lying in bed, Pei Qingxue opened the door quietly and closed it gently.
Although her movements were very light, Pei Qian heard her and turned to face the wall.
Pei Qingxue lay beside him, put his hands around his waist, pressed his cheek against his back and asked in a low voice: "Cry?"
"No," said Pei Qian, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand while the dead duck refused to admit.
"Sorry, brother. I didn't understand until I heard you talking in your sleep a while ago."
"What else did I say?" Pei Qian asked in a frightened voice.
"No," Pei Qingxue said softly, biting his lower lip.
Hearing this, Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to stare at Pei Qingxue's eyes and said, "It's none of your business. I'm too selfish, and I won't do that in the future."
"Mm-hmm." Pei Qingxue nodded.
Let the dream words that let her hear, let her blame herself, guilt, anger and fear go with the wind!
Pei Qian still knew that Pei Qingxue had secretly saved money to buy the cake. His mother told him the next day.
"You should remember your sister's kindness to you."
"Mom, don't worry."
Pei Qian replied with a smile.
Pei Qian studied hard in the second semester of the third day of the junior high school, but he was not as smart as he thought. Finally, he was able to go to the best high school in the county by paying about 6000 school selection fees.
Pei Qingxue was admitted to his junior high school with the first place in the county, and the primary school only read five years.
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