Of course, there are also a few leaders who have a long-term vision and are not willing to let future generations face the loess and turn their backs to the sky all their lives. They tighten their belts, eat chaff and swallow vegetables, and send their children and grandchildren to study in private schools in the town, hoping to change the status quo.
This is the situation at the Old Su Family at the west end of the village.
The old man who heads the family, Su Dehong, has been studying for several years when he was a child. When he was young, he worked as a waiter outside and also worked in a wealthy family. He can be considered to have seen the world.
He knows very well that only by studying, only Imperial Examination can get ahead and make Old Su Family Guangzong proud of his ancestors.
Therefore, the eldest son Su Yaohui was carefully raised as soon as he was born. The whole family ate braised vegetables and there was no grease all year round. He was also sent to a private school in the town.
It's a pity that the eldest son didn't care about studying. When he was in his thirties, his children were all in their teens, and his son was about to take the science examination. He was born as a child and couldn't even pass the examination.
The one who is half up and down is the most embarrassing.
You could say that he is a scholar, but he is not even a scholar. Instead, he has the bad temper of a scholar. He loves to be poor and particular about everything, he also wants to save face, and his character is hesitant.
Let's say he is a married man. He can't do farm work and has no skills. In short, he is half-hearted in everything he does.
The old man originally wanted to put his hope in his second son, Su Huai'an, but unfortunately his second son was clumsy and stupid. He was not good at studying, but he was a good hand at farm work.
In addition, the family was already extremely poor in order to provide for his eldest son, so he could only temporarily stop his plans. It was not until the birth of his eldest grandson Su Yichen that he ignited a glimmer of hope again.
Su Yichen Although he is weak and cannot endure hardships and cannot do farm work, fortunately he has a better brain than his father, loves to study, and has good grades.
The old man was very happy and lived a hard life with his family. He spent all the money he had squeezed out to educate his eldest grandson.
Fortunately, the old man himself had studied for a few years when he was a child. A few years ago, after a coal mine opened in the mountains behind him, he went to the mine to find a job as a steward. He could earn two taels of silver a month, so that his family would not starve to death.
The original person Su Yiqiao is the girl of the Old Su Family's eldest family, Danie of the Su family. She is fourteen this year. She has an overbearing personality, is selfish, and is lazy.
He's the kind of lazy person who won't even lift the broom if it falls over.
It's the kind of laziness that makes your own cabin almost as messy as a doghouse.
The kind of person who has messy hair and doesn't wash it for months.
The dirty clothes are piled in the corner and are almost moldy. The cuffs and collars are shiny with oil, and they are too lazy to wash them.
This gene of laziness to reach new heights was all learned from her mother - Zhou Lihua.
Also influenced by her since childhood, Su Yiqiao and Little Brother Su Yihao, who are only eight years old this year, have always only cared about themselves. From time to time, they would steal other people's cucumbers and dried sweet potatoes.
This time, Su Yiqiao and his younger brother Su Yihao appeared in the mine to steal coal.
Coal is an important material used to make iron and weapons, and the state prohibits ordinary people from mining and using it privately.
But because coal is very resistant to burning, can be used as firewood, and can be used for heating, some wealthy people still buy it secretly.
The original person, Su Yiqiao, was encouraged by a best friend in the same village and learned from his grandfather that the mine had been suspended for the past few days, so he secretly entered through an abandoned passage on the other side of the coal mountain, intending to get some coal out and sell it for money to buy food.