Vireo was stunned when he heard that. "Dad, what are you...talking about?"
"Don't go to college. Money is very tight for the family this year, we won't be able to support you," Lucius said.
"Dad!" Vireo immediately got so emotional that tears were streaming down his face.
Logically speaking, he was an eighteen-year-old young man and was at the age where he never cried easily anymore. However, he was unable to hold it back. He truly could not take it. He had endured the fact that his parents' love for him made him feel isolated growing up. He had endured the fact that his grandparents did not love him. He had also endured all the mocking and sarcasm from his sisters.
All he had in his mind was being able to get into college one day, and then he would no longer need to rely on his family anymore. He would not inherit the family's properties as well. If he was able to make a name of himself working out there, he would still come home and treat his parents well. Therefore, he put in his best efforts and studied with all his might and main. That was his only way out. However, his father actually did not allow him to study anymore when that was his only way out? 1
Lucius sighed. "Take a look yourself and see which family in this small county like ours has a child as old as you and still let the family pay for their college? All three of your sisters have gone to work at the cotton mill. Could it be that you want them to take out all of their savings for their weddings to let you go to college?"
"Dad!" Vireo was already unable to suppress the fury i n his voice. "There are more than a few hundred thousand dollars in Grandpa and Grandma's secret cash stash. That few hundred thousand dollars is already enough to buy a few houses in our county.
Don't ask me how I knew about it. I didn't eavesdrop. I t was Grandma who boasted about it when chatting with the neighbors the last time. She said that when each of her granddaughters gets married, she will give them a house each as a gift. Never mind about that as that is grandma's secret cash stash.
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