Education changes fate (1)

"If we hadn't come out of our hometown, our family would still be farming in our hometown," my mother always said.

My hometown is in a remote village, where people are farmers from generation to generation with their backs to the sky.

Dad was born in a big family. Dad has five brothers, all of whom make a living by farming. Dad is a rare student. He went to high school.

in the 196s, it was already a high culture in our hometown. It is said that because of the composition problem, my father can't continue his studies or take part in formal work, so he can only do farm work at home.

Dad is too weak to go to the fields. He has no other skills except good handwriting. Because there is no labor force, my father is not only rejected by the family, but also looked down upon by the villagers. No one wants to marry someone like dad, except my mother.

I heard that my mother is married for the second time. She has never studied. She takes a fancy to her father because he is a scholar. After getting married, with the birth of several children, life at home is even more difficult.

I was malnourished since I was born, and I have been ill since I was a child. I heard that when I was born, I was sent to someone else's home for a while. My mother has a strong heart, so she asked her grandparents to split up, ask for less land, give more to others, and then find another way out.

After that, mom and dad got up early and got greedy for the dark, and went out to look for a job. Mom went to the town to set up a stall to sell goods, and dad went to other places to run transportation and resell goods, and was away from home for a long time. When I was four years old, our family's life was greatly improved. My parents borrowed money to buy a house in the county, and we moved out of our hometown.

"Thanks to your father's reading, our family's life will change," said Mom.