C14 To Reveal One's Ambition

I didn't think that Ding Bufan would actually try to avoid the most important topic.

In the countryside, especially in the particularly poor Loess Plateau, after the blind date, the woman personally came to see the living conditions of the man, which was an important factor in deciding whether or not they could get engaged. Under normal circumstances, as long as the woman was able to go to the husband's house, she would have a 100% chance of success. However, what I couldn't imagine was that Ding Bufan actually didn't respond. He neither welcomed nor objected, and instead had the intention to avoid answering.

As I stood back to back, I began to ponder endlessly. Ding Bufan, who was eating on a low wooden bench, seemed to be very focused. Other than the chewing sounds, it seemed that there was no other sound.

However, at this moment, my heart is unable to calm down. Ding Bufan's attitude clearly revealed the fear of my family's poverty. He was very worried that after coming here personally, I would refuse the engagement, so he changed the topic. Although I really hope that my future will be prosperous, but that kind of family situation, for me, can only be a kind of extravagant hope.

"Ah Xiang, I didn't expect your food to be so delicious. I thought you didn't know how to cook!"

The moment Ding Bufan's voice stopped, I heard him pull the wooden bench to a stop as he stood up.

"Stop trying to please me. The rice was clearly cooked by my mom and aunt. I was just boiling water to help you cook it. How could I be the one to cook it!"

After I said that, I slowly turned around. Ding Bufan had already put down his bowl of rice and walked in front of me with a happy expression.

"No matter who cooked it, in my memory, this meal was the most delicious. If I could eat this kind of delicacy often, I would be satisfied for the rest of my life."

As Ding Bufan said these words, a faint depressed expression gradually appeared on his face, as if he had a heavy heart.

Although I had already sensed it, I did not guess what he was worried about. However, the process of me visiting the house must have been one that he was most worried about. Of course, I could understand his anxiety, and I could understand the fear that he couldn't speak.

I looked at him and pursed my lips tightly, neither speaking nor moving, but my mind was still full of all sorts of fantasies, mostly about her family situation.

"Ah Xiang, there's something I need your support for. I wonder if you can promise me that."

Ding Bufan had a stern and serious expression on his face.

He met my gaze with a look of determination, as if he were trying to force it, but also as if he were worried. It wasn't that easy, in my opinion.

I lightly nodded my head. Even though I hadn't heard what he wanted me to support, I felt that his current attitude was definitely very important to him. However, the moment my thoughts churned, I still thought of the idea of going out to work.

"You don't want to talk to me about going out to work again, do you? In fact, I'm not in favor of it. "With so many people going out at the beginning of the year and returning home at the end of the year, a few of them were able to earn some money. Even if they did earn some, it would still be worth it."

Initially, I didn't plan to speak first. However, thinking about the fact that I have to work outside, I actually couldn't help but speak my mind.

In the last two years, all the boys who dropped out of school have gone out to work, and like a new trend, they have spread to all the villages. Due to the fact that working outside could earn money, it actually affected the children who were originally doing well at school. They voluntarily gave up their studies and joined the ranks of working outside. However, we can already feel the spring wind blowing through the reform and opening up here. The most obvious thing is that earning money becomes an honorable profession. However, in the backward countryside, we might say that earning money by going out to do side jobs, but in reality, it is actually earning money by going out to work.

Ding Bufan seemed to be deep in thought due to my declaration. Actually, we already had a conversation on this topic on the way back, but I didn't say it clearly. However, it seemed like I had another intention in bringing it up.

"Ah Xiang, tell me the truth! I didn't go to school because my family was too poor. If I didn't go out and earn some money, my brother wouldn't be able to go to school and his life would get poorer and poorer. However, when I go out to do sidelines, I don't always run around. I must find my own way out. I definitely can't be like other people, returning home at the end of the year and earning some hard money. "

His deep tone carried a heavy heart.

At this moment, I was moved by his seriousness and persistence. Not only did I give up my opposition, I also felt indescribably sad. Actually, I already understood that his grades at school aren't bad, and he's also a class committee member, so he has an absolutely great future ahead of him. However, because his family was poor, he forced him to sacrifice himself to take on the heavy responsibility of living a life. Although this kind of sacrifice isn't worth it to me, it will definitely benefit his family. At the very least, it will allow my brother to complete his studies. This approach, in the mountainous areas a few hundred miles around where we live, is more or less the same.

"What exactly are your plans?"

When I thought about it again, I could only ask it simply.

In fact, such a question was not only stupid, but also childish. The only reason why he went out to do part-time jobs was to earn a bit of hard work. He definitely didn't have any better plans. However, when I ask such a question, I do want to know Ding Bufan's dream, and more importantly, I want to know if he has any lofty ambitions.

Whether it was the young children from the same village or the dropout boys from the neighboring village, including many of my classmates, at the beginning, they were all high-spirited and full of ambition. However, after painstakingly training outside, he finally became an unambitious person. He persisted in working day after day and everywhere, but there was no one who would return home in glory because they were working outside.

"Going out to earn money is the only thing I can rely on to maintain my life, but my real goal is to continue to study and take the adult self-study exam. I want to be able to get a college degree in two to three years. With my graduation certificate, I will be able to find an official job eating food from the Kingdom Treasury."

Ding Bufan spoke staunchly with a resolute expression on his face, as if he could already see the light. His eyes sparkled as he looked at me, as if he was already filled with hope and his current expression was just showing it off to me.

I couldn't help but open my eyes wide. Although it wasn't a look of contempt, my surprise had already changed the way I looked at her.

The policy he was talking about, I heard from my uncle last year, was that the so-called adult self-study began in 1990. In a remote village like ours, some of the adult self-study colleges and secondary schools run by universities were included in the five major academic degrees, and were treated in the same way as the university diplomas of the time. However, I've also understood before that the difficulty of self-study is no less than the difficulty of the college entrance exam.