She is fourteen years old this year. If she studies and takes the college entrance exam, she is fully capable. Only by getting into college and finding a good job will she have the ability to bring her entire family out. But the key issue now is, the original owner is completely illiterate!
Which major is safer to study in this era?
Becoming a teacher is definitely not an option. What if she accidentally sides with a teacher or professor she shouldn’t and gets dragged down?
After much consideration, being a soldier or a doctor seems reliable.
And being a military doctor combines both. In the future, she might even run into her own brother.
After all, eting them again would be a matter of ten years later. Ten years! In ten years, she would already be twenty-four, and if she studies diligently, she could enter the internship phase.
As for the scholarship fees, she can completely use the money she earns from selling fruits in her space.
The only problem now is how she is going to tell her family.
She can’t really go to school to study at the age of fourteen, can she? That would not only waste money but also ti.
Unless...
She is honest with her family, which is the most straightforward and convenient thod. Especially since so things, even if she doesn’t say them, her family is already tacitly aware.
After pondering it over, she gritted her teeth and made a decision.
In the late afternoon, she sold the remaining basket of fruits and got five silver coins, plus the two silver coins from the morning, making a total of seven silver coins.
At noon, she didn’t eat outside but instead had stead sweet potatoes and potatoes, which she had put into her space back at ho, saving money like this.
Since she finished selling by two or three o’clock, she didn’t stay long but directly took the morning’s route back ho. After walking for more than two hours, when she was almost ho, she ran into her father who ca to et her. "Dad~~," from afar, she happily waved her hand.
"Why did you co back on your own? Did you have lunch?"
"I ate, I ate. I brought sweet potatoes and potatoes in the morning, and I was full,"
"Did you find a job?"
Ye Huan shook her head: "No, it’s not that easy. But I did gain so insight at the hospital today, and I have sothing to tell you and Grandpa."
After returning ho, Ye Huan and her father went together to the old master’s room, coincidentally at a ti when there weren’t many people at ho.
She closed the door, took a deep breath, and knelt down in front of them with a thud, which startled Ye Qiang: "What are you doing, child?"
"Grandpa, Dad, I have sothing to tell you,"
"If you’re going to talk, just talk. No need to kneel, get up."
After Ye Qiang helped her up, he even fetched her a stool. She sat down honestly next to Ye Qiang, glanced up at the old master, and then turned back to look at Ye Qiang.
"Grandpa, Dad, didn’t I almost catch pneumonia when I got sick back in ’40? After I woke up, there were many mories in my mind that didn’t belong to . For example, I could read, I foresaw that famine, and I knew the fate of our family mbers, even the brothers’. Also, I have a small pouch from which I can occasionally take out so food, but the quantities are small. Look,
As she spoke, she perford a sleight-of-hand trick in front of them, and a bright red apple appeared in her hand.
She thought they would be very surprised, but it turned out that neither Grandpa nor Father seed too surprised, as if they had anticipated sothing.
"I can assure you that I am still Ye Huan, but there are just many more mories, and this pouch, I don’t know when it will disappear. So, I don’t plan to rely on it, but I can read, and since I can read, I don’t want to waste such a good opportunity. So, Grandpa, Dad, I want to study, attend military school, beco a doctor, and find my brothers,"
"Today at the hospital, I saw doctors saving lives. Life is very fragile, as if it could disappear at any mont. Big Brother and Second Brother are already gone; in my mory, Third Brother and Brother Five are also no more; Brothers Six, Seven, and Eight are missing, only Fourth Brother has beco a Company Commander."
When she reached here, her voice started to choke up.
"Grandpa, I know what I’m saying might sound too bizarre, incredible, and you might not believe it,"
"Silly girl, how could we not believe you? Already during the Famine Era, we noticed many strange things, but you didn’t say anything, so we didn’t ask much. Now that you have taken the initiative to bring it up, it shows you have thought it through. Because of your presence, Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt are still alive, which is your achievent. Although two of our children have died, if you want to do it, just go ahead. Only, your father and I might not be able to help much,"
"No need, Grandpa. I can find a way to cover my tuition fees. It’s just that I haven’t thought of a perfect solution. I don’t want to start school from the elentary level. Today I t a female doctor, and her husband is a teacher at First Middle School. He can help get an examination admission card. If I take the mid-term exams this May or June, I can get my junior high graduation certificate, then go to high school, and after high school, I can take the college entrance exam. But, how should I explain this to the outsiders?"
Only Grandpa and Father knew at ho, while the others may or may not be told. Figuring out how to let people outside know she is studying is a step-by-step challenge, so she had no choice but to seek her family’s help. Only when her family believes can others believe. This kind of self-disclosure requires trust in her family, and evidently, Ye Family is trustworthy enough for her to take such a big risk and go through with it!
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