When she got home, she put the picked medicinal materials in a few snakeskin bags, then carried them on her back basket and walked out with her father's military green kettle; Di Xiaona rushed to the countryside along the road; August was the time when the sun was the most poisonous, and Di Xiaona was wet with sweat for a while. After walking for more than an hour, Di Xiaona sat under the shade of the tree and rested for a while, she unscrewed the kettle and drank for two sips, and her breath became slightly more even.

"Xiaona, isn't this Xiaona?" He turned a corner from the motorcycle that had just driven in front of him, and a man in his forties came down.

"Oh, second uncle, where are you going?" Di Xiaona stood up and shouted happily. My second uncle worked in Chang'an, probably because he had been outside for a long time. He did not favor boys over girls. He usually loved Di Xiaona as much as her two brothers.

"I happened to be resting at home these two days. Yang Kai's father called me to have a meal." My second uncle took out a bottle of juice and handed it to her, "By the way, how are you doing this year? If you don't get well, make up for it for another year. Your grades are good, it would be a pity if you don't go to school."

"Thank you, my second uncle." Di Xiaona took it in her hand, then lowered her head again, "I've passed the exam this year."

"Have you passed the exam? Where did you do it? This is a good thing. Why didn't your mother talk to me?" My second uncle was happy first and then complained to his sister.

"Shu Da." Di Xiaona didn't know how to answer her second uncle's complaints.

"Shu University is a good school, it seems to be better than Chang'an Jiaotong University. Is Xiaona promising?" My second uncle lit a cigarette happily, asked a few more questions before riding on the motorcycle and turning away with a smile, "I'll go to eat the mat first, and I'll go to your house to sit later."

Watching her second uncle leave, Di Xiaona put the juice in her backpack and continued to walk to the village with her backpack. An hour and a half later, Di Xiaona finally arrived at the door of the township middle school. Two big red news articles had hundreds of names written on them. There were only three people in the column for admission to art candidates. She ranked first and was the only undergraduate.

Di Xiaona read her name and school over and over again, smiled foolishly for a long time before turning to the medicinal purchasing point. When she arrived at the store, the boss quickly calculated the money while weighing it. "Your Atractylodes has not been dried yet, I can only calculate you two or five pounds. This is 32 pounds and seven pounds, a total of 81 pounds and 75 cents, and 82 pounds. You counted 82; the root of the fire head is three or five pounds. You are... all of them are 346 pounds, and you are 305 pounds."

"Uncle, I'll do something. Can you put the basket on your back first?" Di Xiaona took the money and put it in carefully.

"Let's go here, remember to come and pick it up before dinner." The boss pointed to the location at the door.

Put the basket on his back and Di Xiaona went to the school again, walked to the family area and knocked on the door of the head teacher Liu, "Oh, Xiaona, come in and sit down quickly, are you here to see the notice?"

He took the water handed over by the teacher and said, "Teacher, I want to ask when the notice will come; and how much is the tuition fee for Shu University?"

"If you have a notice, you are a key undergraduate. You will be earlier. You will arrive about next week. You can come to the school and get it. If you have the tuition fee, I remember that last year there was a Shangshu University in the county. The tuition fee seemed to be 1,500 yuan. With the accommodation fee, the textbook fee would be about 6,000 yuan in the first year." When talking about the tuition fee, the teacher was a little hesitant, and he remembered it was a little unclear.

After thinking for a while, Di Xiaona stuttered, "Teacher, what should I do if I can't make up enough tuition? Do I have to pay the tuition before I can enter school?"

"This is not true. If your family is in trouble, you can apply for a student loan. When you graduate and find a job, you should pay it back slowly. You have to go to your village to get a poverty certificate and apply for a loan at the school with the poverty certificate. Under normal circumstances, universities like Shu University will not be allowed to study just because you can't afford the tuition." The head teacher patiently explained to Di Xiaona.

After hearing what the teacher said, Di Xiaona finally felt better, "Thank you, teacher. I'm sorry to bother the teacher for so long, I'll go back first."

After leaving the head teacher's house, I went to the medicinal store and went back to the basket. Di Xiaona walked back when she was hungry. When she got home, she was drinking with her father. "Xiaona is back, come on, come on, sit down and have a meal. My uncle has something to tell you."

"There is no reason why a girl is on the table? Xiaona goes to the kitchen by herself, and your mother has left you with what she has." After saying that, the father picked up the wine pot and put it in full for his uncle.

"Xiaona is soon a college student, and she has become a scholar in previous years. Why can't she take the table?" My uncle was a little dissatisfied.

"What's the point of reading so many books for girls? It's the main thing to find a husband-in-law early. First find a husband-in-law for Xiaona, and then tell her the eldest and second son to be a wife. My mission in this life will be basically completed." The father sighed, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Hearing this, Di Xiaona turned back from the kitchen door, "Dad, I miss school, I don't want to get married so early." After saying that, tears couldn't stop flowing.

The father sighed, "Nawa'er, it's not that I don't want to support you in school. My family really has no money. Your elder brother and second brother can barely make a living when working outside. Your mother is not in good health and takes medicine every day. The family still owes a lot of debts. Your father is incompetent and can't afford you."

"Dad, I asked Teacher Liu today. If you don't have money at home, you can apply for a loan. I can pay the tuition first, and then pay it back slowly after graduation! When I was in school, I could also go out to work to earn living expenses! Look, I earned more than 300 yuan for digging medicinal materials during the summer vacation!" After wiped my tears, Di Xiaona took out the money she earned for selling medicinal materials today and handed it to her father.

My second uncle also advised, "Xiaona is in a good school, and she will definitely find a good job when she comes out. Maybe she will take you to the city to enjoy her happiness in a few years. Xiaona, your teacher didn't say how much the university tuition is?"

"Teacher Liu said that Shuda seems to be 4,500 a year." Di Xiaona was afraid that her father would not agree, so she did not dare to report the accommodation fee and textbook fee.

"Look at this, I brought more than 5,000 when I came back this time. I left one thousand for my own house and sent you four thousand tomorrow. You are thinking of some ways to make up the first year's tuition for your child before talking about it. I will think of a solution for next year next year." My uncle looked at Di Xiaona's father with a smile.

"How can this work? The travel fee for the eldest and second brothers went out to work has not been exchanged for you yet. How can I ask for your money again?" My father quickly pushed him.

"Don't worry, I lent Xiaona the money, not you; Xiaona, I'm just worried about giving you tuition, can you pay it back to your uncle after graduation?" The uncle turned around and asked Di Xiaona.

"Uncle, I will pay it back to you immediately after I graduated and found a job. Then I will buy you some wine for my uncle and let you have a good meal with my father." After that, she looked at her father again, fearing that he would not agree.

After my uncle advised him for a while, my father finally felt relieved, "Xiaona, you can do it if you want to study, but your family really can't help you. The tuition fee depends entirely on you."

The next day, my uncle sent the money. My father accepted it with great gratitude and had a good meal with my uncle. He took it with me. He sent my uncle to the entrance of the village. Di Xiaona walked towards Yang Kai's house. She was about to inquire about how to get the poverty certificate.

"Xiaona, you are here, come to the house." Yang Kai led Di Xiaona into the house. After understanding her purpose, Yang Kai pointed to the paper and pen on the table and said, "A proof of poverty? I'm writing too. Just write one as I finish writing. Then I'll let my father stamp the official seal."

"Yang Kai, do you also want to apply for a student loan?" Di Xiaona was a little surprised. Yang Kai's father was not only the village chief, but also doing some business outside. His family was in good condition?

Yang Kai was a little embarrassed, "My father said that there is no interest on student loans, so don't want it for nothing, so let me borrow it first."

According to his poverty certificate, Yang Kai asked his father to stamp it. Di Xiaona thanked him and took it home and carefully kept it.

A few days later, as Teacher Liu said that the time was coming, Di Xiaona went to the village again; when she arrived at the school, she got an admission letter from Teacher Liu; Di Xiaona finally couldn't help but smile and opened the express envelope on the way home, but when she saw the tuition standard column, her smile froze. Didn't the teacher say that it was 4,500 yuan a year before? Why is the tuition fee alone on this one worth 10,000 yuan a year?
Chapter completed!