Chapter 27: No way

After returning from the busy farming holiday, the results of the mid-term exam were announced. Without the help of his second brother, Li Wei still maintained his midstream level through his own efforts.
Teacher Song was pleased with her changes and called her to speak alone.
"Recently, I saw that you are quite practical and have made great progress. I hope you can keep it up. If you want to take a high school entrance examination, the results are not enough. I will be in the third year of the next semester. It won't work if you don't work hard."
Li Wei bowed his head and said, "I will not let down Teacher Song's expectations. I will definitely work hard."
Teacher Song also said: "The last issue of the board report was out. Although our class only got second, I am still very satisfied. This is all your credit. I also want to encourage you. By the way, you write well. Not bad, there is a competition you can try to register and see."
Teacher Song pulled out a well-folded newspaper out of the drawer. Teacher Song found a small announcement and pointed it to Li Wei.
Li Wei looked at it, but saw that it was an announcement of a children's painting and calligraphy contest. She looked at it carefully and her eyes gradually brightened. She may be mediocre in other abilities, but she can still use calligraphy and painting.
"Would you like to sign up and try?"
Li smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Teacher Song, for telling me. Let me try."
Teacher Song gave Li Wei the newspaper with the announcement, and asked her to figure out the competition rules and registration method.
Li Wei saw a line of small characters indicating that the registration fee should be paid. Speaking of money, she didn't have much to spend, so she frowned and asked, "Ms. Song, how much is the registration fee?"
"Maybe fifty, maybe one hundred, not too much. The organizer collects it, and our school does not interfere."
This amount of money is still huge for Li Wei. She can't get it. The stingy Liu Chunzhi will pay her the registration fee. Anything that needs to buy paper, pen, paint, ink, etc. is also money.
Li Wei folded the newspaper and took it home to help cook the meal. After the meal, she did her homework by herself, but because of worry, she couldn't write this homework. She was choosing a suitable time to speak to Li Minghua and his wife.
After thinking about it for a day, Li Wei did not speak.
After school the next afternoon, Li Wei returned home early. In the past few days, there were a lot of family affairs, and she took the initiative to help deal with the housework properly. When Liu Chunzhi and the others came back from work, Li Wei had already prepared steaming meals.
Seeing Li Wei’s diligence, Liu Chunzhi complimented a few words: "Wei Wei performed well today. Don’t let me say that everything I should do is done. Li Minghua saw her daughter’s mind at a glance, smoking a cigarette and asked, "Let’s talk. , What's the matter. "
Li Wei thought that this man was really powerful, so she took out the treasured newspaper. Liu Chunzhi was not very literate, so Li Minghua took the newspaper and looked at it twice. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned. Although he is not well-educated, he still recognizes the basic characters. He understood the small announcement above.
"You...want to go to the competition?"
Li Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This matter should not be so difficult at the beginning. She nodded firmly and said: "Teacher Song said let me give it a try."
"On your level, can you do it?" In Li Minghua's view, Jianbo is a natural student who is good at various exams and has never lost various competitions, but this daughter...he thinks he is joking. .
"What kind of game?" Liu Chunzhi had patched up the tattered sleeves and bit off the thread.
Li Wei hurriedly said: "It's a calligraphy and painting competition, I want to participate."
"Painting and calligraphy..." Liu Chunzhi felt that the word was new, but didn't quite understand it for a while, so Li Wei hurriedly explained: "It's writing and drawing in competition."
"Writing?" Liu Chunzhi thought of Li Wei's writing about selling Spring Festival couplets, nodded and said: "You can sell your characters, and you should be able to compare with others. Okay, go.
Is it so easy to agree? Li Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you mom for perfection."
"Come on, I should be more serious." Liu Chunzhi made Li Wei the master. Li Minghua suddenly saw the line of fine print, and hurriedly asked, "Are there any registration fees?"
Li Wei had a hunch, so he had to bite the bullet and say yes.
"More money, how much is the registration fee?" Liu Chunzhi took money seriously.
"Ms. Song said it might be fifty or a hundred."
Li Minghua hurriedly said, "You can try the free one, and that's fine for those who ask for money."
Forget it...Obviously, she promised well just now, and she changed her face before she turned around. Li Wei hadn't even thought about giving up so early, she still wanted to fight for it again, and said hurriedly: "One of the last opportunities. I want to try."
"Try something, these things are useless. It's better to study hard. One year after you graduate from junior high school, don't toss about those useless ones." Li Minghua disagreed. In his opinion, they are just useless things. , Since it is useless, you can't spend money randomly.
Liu Chunzhi did not speak, she supported Li Minghua.
Li Wei took the newspaper back with a little disappointment, how could he be so aggrieved these days.
Li Wei returned to her room with the newspaper. She read the bulletin on it several times. She wanted to go, but now she was helpless.
Li Wei found the small box where he saved the money again, and counted the money in it. No matter how careful calculations are, there is no other way.
She thought of borrowing money, and asked who would borrow it? Wang Yulan may be able to help her, but Wang Yulan is poorer than her family, so what money can Wang Yulan save? Li Xia is a person who can only get in and can't get out, so she can't match it. There are no suitable people in the class, ask the teacher? She couldn't open this mouth.
The last thing Li Wei can think of is his elder brother Li Jianping, but can he help her with this money?
Li Wei was a little surprised that he had to go to school the next day.
When I got up early to make breakfast, Liu Chunzhi said to Li Wei again: "Don't think about the useless ones, and read your books at ease. You should know what kind of family our family is. But there is not so much spare money."
"I know." Tears were already faintly in Li Wei's eyes.
She used to be a prostitute in Shangshufu, and she did not spend any monthly bills. The cost of eating and drinking at home has never been less than hers, let alone being a queen mother, she earns five thousand taels a year. Now I am not happy for a small registration fee. I used to be born in a blessing.
Two days later, Li Wei was slouched, and when Teacher Song asked her if she wanted to participate, Li Wei had no energy and said: "If you don't participate, the family said this is useless, and you don't need to spend money."
Teacher Song still has no money to make trouble. He said: "I remember that the organizer's phone number was left on it, or else you call to ask how the charges are charged, and you can make a decision after you ask?"
Yes, she can call and ask. Why didn't I expect this before. Li Wei nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll look back and ask."