Chapter 5 — Fourteen Days of Vegetarian Dumplings

"Is it necessary? Isn't it just Hoa Thanh University..." Ly Mien Mien burst out laughing. "Ly Huy, do you know what this means? In our city, no one has passed Hoa Thanh for ten years." “You could even be the valedictorian in the entire province!” Ly Huy's face twitched, his expression carrying a bit of contempt. "Everyone is too fake. Before they knew she was the valedictorian, they hated her, didn't care, didn't even know she had taken the university entrance exam. Now they rush to flatter her." “Ly Huy!” The parents' faces immediately turned red. They angrily slapped it. Ly Huy got angry and said angrily: "Are you saying something wrong? For many years, my parents haven't taken her home because they don't like her. Now why are you pretending to be a good person?" Having finished speaking, he pushed his father away and turned around and ran out. Ly Mien Mien tried to chase after her, but her father roared directly: "Just let her go! You useless thing, only jealous of your sister." Mom feels lost. The hand that was about to call me stiffened in mid-air. Dad patted the table. “Call, call big sister home.” Mom was a little hesitant. “Is big sister still angry with us?” Anyway, in her heart, she clearly understood how outrageous the slander against me was at that time. Dad pondered for two hours and then casually waved his hand. “He's grown up now, he won't be so narrow-minded.” Mom calmed down and called me directly. The next second, a mechanical female voice rang out: "The subscriber you dialed is currently busy." She called three times in succession. Every time I get the same result. Mother's face was a bit pale. Dad frowned and used his phone to call me again. “The subscriber you called is currently busy.” Their number has been blocked by me. Ly Mien Mien looked like she already knew. "I definitely don't want to see us again. We've gone too far." Mother's face darkened and she raised her voice to protest: "Where are we being too harsh? Feeding him, raising him to drink, now he's fully grown and dares to defy his parents. What an ungrateful and ungrateful thing." Ly Mien Mien's face looked very uncomfortable. His mother's voice brought back bad memories in his heart. "How can I sleep well in that tent? Every month my mother only gives me four hundred yuan in living expenses. She always eats in the canteen, and her clothes haven't been changed for many years." Dad immediately stood up, his face pale. “Now I know how to help my sister, what did I do before?” Ly Mien Mien closed her mouth. Because before it was the beneficiary. He is afraid that if he welcomes another person back, the space in the house will shrink again, and the things he receives will also be less. Now I have grown up, I have a sky that belongs to me. The future holds countless possibilities. He sighed, turned around and went back to the bedroom. One week after school started, I quickly adapted to school. There is no other cause. This place is much more comfortable than a small tent. There is air conditioning and tile floors. In winter there are no drafts, in summer there are no mosquitoes and insects. Although the daily study schedule is very tight, life is extremely full. Until my parents came to school to find me. They didn't seem to dare look directly at me. It's rare to see someone carrying a carton of milk in their hand. Dad seemed a bit angry. After pondering for a few seconds, he said in a low voice: “Child, what a big deal it is
Don't tell your parents? Mom and Dad had a hard time finding you. Does your forehead still hurt? Let me see, Dad.” I instinctively avoided his hand and took two steps back. “The pain has been gone for a long time.” Dad's hand stiffened in mid-air. A look of confusion flashed across his face. Of course it's confusing. Intimacy has never existed, no matter how much you pretend, it will make people confused. Mom wanted to take the initiative to calm the atmosphere, so she smiled and said: "Eldest sister, I changed the bed in the main bedroom into a big bed. Later when I come back, we will sleep in the same room." "Why?" Mom was stunned, seemingly not understanding why I asked that. “Why what?” “Why suddenly change beds now?” Mother was a bit dissatisfied with my questioning, thinking I was unreasonable. “Don't your parents love you?” I suddenly burst out laughing, carrying fatigue in my heart. “You have slept in a small tent for eighteen years, why do you love me now?” Mom's mouth was stiff. A look of guilt, unnaturalness and anger flashed across her face. But because she was at school, she tried to suppress her anger that was about to explode. Dad couldn't do it. His voice suddenly rose: "Don't think that if you pass Hoa Thanh University you can talk to your parents like that! It's true that you've had enough of everything, speaking sourly and insinuating yourself. Even if your parents have a bad job, they are still your parents. Mom and Dad feed you, feed you, drink, you..." "How much money did you spend in total?" Dad's voice immediately faded, his face suddenly changed. “What do you mean?” My voice remained calm. “I will return it.” Mom understood what I meant, tears immediately fell. “Eldest sister, what's wrong with you? Mom and Dad don't want me to pay."