Chapter 4 — Admission Notice Was Sold By Mistake

"Is there something wrong with your mind? If you sell such important things for scrap, why do you still have the face to blame us?" Mom's throat was blocked, her face was red, and she couldn't speak for a long time. "If you want it, come here and find it yourself. If not, we will focus on destroying it, and by then not even the scraps will be left." Mother immediately panicked, her attitude softened, her voice begged: "Don't, don't destroy it! We'll come right away, absolutely don't destroy it!" After hanging up the phone, the three people no longer cared about me and rushed to the junk purchasing station. Half an hour later, at the junk yard of the junkyard. The iron gate creaked and opened. A rotten sour smell rushed straight into my face. The smell of rotten vegetables mixed with rancid rice makes people's eyes sting. Old Trieu in charge of the purchasing station wore a mask, pointed at the mountain of trash in front of him and raised his chin. "These are all items collected today. If you want them, find them yourself." To Tam Dao covered her nose and took a step back, her face full of disgust. "It stinks! How can I find it?" “If I don't sell your admission notice, do you have to come here to dig through the trash?” Mom bent down and stood in front of a pile of trash. Her face was full of reluctance, but she still rolled up her sleeve and stuck her hand in. Dad didn't even have time to take off his suit, frowned and started digging through the trash. "Stop talking nonsense, find it quickly. If we can't find the contract again, our family is truly doomed." He just dug a few times and punctured a plastic bag, causing a stream of yellow water to flow out. To Tam Dao immediately vomited, covered her mouth and took a few steps back. "What is that? It's so disgusting!" Dad turned his head and saw To Tam Dao standing two meters away, his face immediately darkened. "What are you standing there for? Let's find it faster." To Tam Dao pouted and reluctantly walked forward. "Mom, look at the good things you've done! If it wasn't for you, would I have to dig through the trash here?" Mom was angry but didn't dare say anything. She squatted down and continued searching, using her strength to pull out a pile of used diapers. To Tam Dao shouted, quickly jumped to the side, almost stepping on the wastewater tank. "Ah! I won't search anymore! Even if I die, I won't search!" Dad was so impatient that his eyes turned red. Seeing that To Tam Dao was about to give up, he immediately shouted: "If you can't find it, then don't go to university anymore!" To Tam Dao stood in place for two seconds, then gritted her teeth and squatted down. Mom found a stack of old calendars stuck together, flipping through layer after layer. "What are these things? Why are they all torn..." Dad's white shirt had completely lost its original color. He bent his back numbly and continued to dig down. “The contract cover is made of vellum, find vellum first.” Mother's hand touched back and forth in the pile of scraps of paper, and her fingers suddenly stopped. She dug through it twice and then pulled the pile to the side, revealing a familiar corner. "Hey! You two come and see! Is this it?" To Tam Dao suddenly stood up and stuck her head out to look over. Dad also quickly walked over and bent down to look together. The envelope was crushed under a pile of moldy cardboard, but the school name printed on the side was still half-recognizable. The document bag was also there, with only a small corner exposed. Tears immediately welled up in To Tam Dao's eyes. He pointed and happily said: "That's it! This is my admission notice!" Dad let out a long sigh, put his hands on his knees, and repeatedly exclaimed: "It's good to find it, it's good to find it." Mother also seemed to receive amnesty, her face was full of smiles. She knelt next to the pile of trash and began to forcefully dig out the pile of cardboard that was pressing on top. "I told you I could find it! God still has eyes, our family won't die so easily!" She threw out pieces of cardboard and old newspapers, and her voice immediately became confident. "Wait until Dao Dao goes to college and you will have a future. By then, our family will also have college students." To Tam Dao squatted next to her, her nose was still stinging but her eyes were starting to brighten. "The field you choose is very popular. After graduating, you can definitely find a good job, earning tens of thousands of yuan every month." Dad also sat down to help dig, his face rarely showing relief. “Waiting for dad to win this important customer, my life

Our family will be better in the future. Who knows, maybe I can even change to a big house.” The three of them dug and imagined the future, their hand movements becoming faster and faster. Each layer of trash is outlined. To Tam Dao was the first person to reach out to take it. The next second, it suddenly froze. Only half of the envelope remained, with a large tear in the middle. The admission notice inside had been crumpled into a ball and torn into several pieces of paper. To Tam Dao placed the wet paper in the palm of her hand, turned it over and looked at it three times. He squatted on the ground in despair, tears falling uncontrollably. “So what kind of thing do you use? I can't see anything clearly anymore..." The smile on his father's face stiffened. He picked up the document bag from under the pile of trash. He took out the documents inside. The sheets of paper were tightly stuck together, the words on the paper were spread into a patch of black ink.