When Liu Shuangshuang walked out of the school gate, her mother, Cai Xiaofen, was already waiting beside her with her bicycle.

She is 41 years old, with wrinkles around her eyes, hoarfrost on the top of her head, and a bloated figure. She is wearing black pants tightly wrapped around her legs, and her upper body is wearing a men's camouflage uniform. Her hands are dark and rough , among the parents who pick up and drop off their children, they seem to stand out from the crowd.

Liu Shuangshuang saw it at a glance.

She glanced around, grabbed the strap of her schoolbag tightly, and walked over quickly.

"Mom, let's go."

The girl's vanity made her eager to leave this place. She was afraid that teachers and classmates she knew would pass by and see through the poverty and abjection she carefully concealed.

Cai Xiaofen kicked her pedals silently, and Liu Shuangshuang jumped onto the back seat with her arms around her waist.

The scenery on both sides quickly retreated, and the school was getting farther and farther behind them. Liu Shuangshuang slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but guilt and regret came to her heart quietly.

Did mom see her little thoughts?In fact, she didn't feel ashamed, nor did she dislike the poor and love the rich, but, just what?

The mother and daughter were speechless halfway, so Cai Xiaofen parked her bicycle at a roadside vegetable stand.

"How do you sell eggplant and beans?"

"Three pieces of eggplant and two pieces of beans."

"Why is it so expensive? The eggplant at our door is [-] yuan, and the beans are only [-] yuan!"

The boss looked at the little girl next to her, swallowed silently, "Then you can buy it at your door", and sat back in the Maza without saying a word.

Cai Xiaofen flipped through the eggplants, picked out the beans, and said in a mouthful of local dialect, "The eggplants are rotten, and the beans are not tender—"

Liu Shuangshuang pulled the corner of her clothes in embarrassment, "Mom..."

Cai Xiaofen slapped her hand away with a sullen face, looked at the boss and said, "Give us something cheaper, I'll buy it if it's cheaper!"

The boss rolled his eyes speechlessly, "The eggplant will be [-] cents cheaper for you, and the beans are indispensable."

"Fifty cents, a big man is stingy!"

"All right, all right, how much do you want?"

The boss is really convinced, and just wants to send this wonderful thing away quickly.

"Two eggplants, one catty beans."

"I don't want that, I want this, forget it, I'll pick it myself..."

"Eggplants cost seven or four yuan and twenty-five cents a catty, and beans cost two yuan a catty, for a total of six yuan and two."

Cai Xiaofen took out six yuan neatly, "The two cents will be free."

Liu Shuangshuang wanted to hide her face behind her.

The boss took the money with some annoyance, and advised, "Sister, you can't be too a thief!"

Liu Shuangshuang's face was red and white, and she clenched her fist silently. She must make a lot of money in the future, so that her mother can buy whatever she wants.

Cai Xiaofen's gaze has already turned to the stall next to him, "How do you sell cantaloupe?"

The melon boss who had seen her bargaining skills said cautiously, "This is an authentic local melon, it costs six yuan a catty, and there are only a few left. If you want it, I will pay you five yuan a catty." .”

Cai Xiaofen looked at other fruits and asked the price one by one.

"This is your girl, she looks really handsome. Look at this school uniform, she goes to Minghua High School?"

The boss of the melon somehow brought the topic to Liu Shuangshuang.

"Well, it's the Minghua High School in front." Cai Xiaofen straightened her back and pointed to the front.

A hint of envy flashed across the face of the melon boss, and the eggplant boss next to him also interjected, "Little girl is amazing, Minghua high school is notoriously difficult to pass the exam!"

Cai Xiaofen's always mean face finally showed a smile, even her voice softened by an octave, and said proudly, "That's right, my girl was recruited because she was the best in the county."

She didn't know if she was approving of her girl's greatness, or admitting that Minghua's high school exam was difficult, or a combination of both.

Liu Shuangshuang shouted in embarrassment, "Mom!"

Cai Xiaofen smiled "hehe", pointed at the cantaloupe and asked, "Can this cantaloupe be cheaper?"

The owner of the melon said very simply, "The last few, for the girl's sake, take ten yuan and three catties away!"

Cai Xiaofen happily picked up the bag, and the owner of the melon said politely, "Come back later, I'll give you a cheaper price."

In his eyes at the moment, Cai Xiaofen is not a sharp-tongued and caring woman, but the mother of a good student, worthy of a high regard, or worthy of respect.

Sitting in the back seat, Liu Shuangshuang was happy to be praised, vanity to be envied, and doubtful to understand.

Face, what is it, money or good grades?

If not, is it looked down upon?

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