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Chixia Town, even though it was called a town, was actually a village. A village that didn't depend on the mountains or the water, they couldn't afford to be rich. The young men and women all went out to work and supplement their families, leaving behind old people and children.

The sun was high in the sky, and the men working in the fields had already gone home to rest. They looked around and saw two teenage children growing seedlings in the fields. The field was not big, only less than an acre, and this was what the village's Grandma Zhang feared the two children would get for their hunger.

The older one was called Deng Fei, and the younger one was called Deng Xiang. They were found in a pavilion in the village, only a few months old at that time, and at that time, no one dared to adopt any of the children. Fortunately, they survived the entire village and even built a hut for the two. Life was hard and poor, but the two brothers never minded.

Deng Fei stopped to take a sip of water as he felt his physical strength recovering by quite a bit. His tough days since he was young had improved his physique, and his fatigue was gradually receding.

Standing up and looking around, he realized that he was done inserting it very quickly. After inserting it for a while, he decided to insert it in one go.

"Not much, you go home to eat first. Later you will still have to go to school and you won't even have your afternoon nap, how can you still have classes in the afternoon?" Deng Fei bent down and lowered his head. Today was the day of planting the seedlings, so Deng Xiang took advantage of lunch time to take a nap and came over to help.

Seeing that everyone was happily going to school, the two brothers felt unspeakable envy. Everyone in the village was trying to come up with enough money for one person to go to school, and at this time, Deng Fei did not even think about letting Deng Xiang go. He felt that as an elder brother, he needed to let his little brother go to school! From then on, Deng Fei went everywhere to pick up scrap metal to sell. He saved it up for his younger brother to use as tuition and food expenses. He could not always rely on his fellow villagers.

"I know, I'm almost done." Deng Xiang did not care about his brother's tone at all. The two grew up together, so he was clear about his brother's temper. He only had a bit of a mouth for himself.

"If you can't get a good score in the exam, then don't come back. If you don't study well, what field will you grow?" After Deng Fei went to school, he did not disappoint his expectations and continued to study diligently. His grades always ranked first, which made him even more convinced that his choice of letting his younger brother study was the right one. In the past few years, he had not allowed his brother to do anything, let him concentrate on his studies, while he did everything else. In the past few years, he had not allowed his brother to do anything, let him concentrate on his studies, while he did everything else.

The sun was scorching hot. The two brothers finished inserting the last seedling and carried the kettle home.

Arriving at his house, he bumped into an old man who was holding a warm bowl in his hand.

"Ah Xiang is back too. There's a bowl of pork here. My teeth aren't very tasty, so I won't move them. I'll give them to you guys to eat."

The old man was Grandma Zhang, who gave them an acre of land. Their children all worked in big cities and they were all old people with empty nests. Perhaps it was because Grandma Zhang took care of the two brothers and brought them meat dishes from time to time.

The old man finished serving the pork to the two brothers and left, saying that he had gone back to take an afternoon nap due to the hot weather.

The house was not big, only about twenty square meters or so, and it was filled with a lot of junk that Deng Fei had picked up in the past few days, but he did not have the time to sell them.

The two brothers seemed to be quite familiar with each other as they walked to the only corner of the house that was not full of junk. There were some broken pieces of furniture, and the electric cooker's heat insulation lights were on.

"Hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, go to school. If you hurry over earlier, you can still catch your afternoon nap."

"Got it. I'll be going in a while."

"You guys are about to take your final exams, right? You're going to be promoted to middle school!"

"Yes, there are still a few more days until the exam."

"So, which school do you want to go to? To the town or to the county?"

"When the time comes, it should be distributed according to the rules. I don't know yet, but it shouldn't be too bad!"

It had been a long time since they had any meat. For Deng Xiang's tuition, Deng Fei would usually go out to pick up the junk food and eat those tasteless steamed buns, just for a cheap price. And just like that, his heart would still ache.

"You don't have to worry about the tuition, your big brother has more or less saved up. You can go collect some trash during the summer vacation, then you can have your living expenses!"

They were originally two people of about the same age, but Deng Fei was like the head of a family, supporting such a family.

"I can also help during the summer vacation. I have two months during the summer vacation, so I have to help out at home."

"No need for you, I've borrowed the books from junior high school for you. When the time comes, you'll have to prepare them in advance, and when you get to junior high, you'll have the advantage over them, and then the teachers will value you a little." With his mouth full of rice, he pulled out a plastic bag from under his bed, and placed neatly arranged textbooks, which were all first year textbooks, and a messy draft book. There were several different papers at first glance, which Deng Fei tore out a few clean pages from the discarded book.

"Oh, there's still a pen here. When the time comes, you can draw up some sketches. I've tried it, it's all usable." Inside a bag, there were a lot of pens of different styles. There were more than a dozen long and short pencils, as well as ballpoint pens.

Ever since he had started reading, his older brother had been looking for these things everywhere for him. As long as it was related to his studies, he would find them all for him. All kinds of brushes, all kinds of strange and weird tacked up draft books, even though the school would always give him strange looks when taking them out, he had never cared. His older brother had made these for him!

"Tomorrow, I'll go out with Uncle Jiang's tractor and sell these trash. When that happens, you'll have a place to study."

"Brother, I can help you too!" No need to work so hard! "

Pow!

The chopsticks knocked on the bowl and the place turned quiet. There was only the creaking sound of an old fan.

"You are a scholar!" You didn't do that kind of dirty work! You better read to me! In the future, work hard to get into a good university! He had to take the Tsinghua and Peking University exam! That would be the greatest help to me! I don't need you to do anything else! " Deng Fei's tone was firm and agitated, as if he had realized something and his tone softened. "Quickly eat! After eating, quickly go to school!"