Today's universities are different from those in later generations. The learning atmosphere in today's universities is very intense and not as relaxed as in later generations' universities.

In addition, the students in the new third semester are generally older, have poor academic background, and have heavy learning tasks, so this midterm exam is very important for everyone.

After more than a week of review and preparation, the day of the midterm exam soon came. After two consecutive days of intense exams, Song Yuanchao and his classmates ended their first half year of study at the university.

Although the test results did not come out so quickly, the students who finished the test were already looking forward to the winter vacation.

The school's winter vacation schedule has been released, from January 25th to February 26th, a total of thirty-one days.

With the arrival of winter vacation, students are beginning to prepare their bags to return to their hometowns, and Song Yuanchao is no exception.

Regrettably, Song Yuanchao originally planned to take Lin Yan back to Shanghai with him, but this time Lin Yan could not leave during the winter vacation.

There are three reasons for this. The first reason is that compared to the students in Grade 78 and Grade 79, the winter vacation for Lin Yan and other Grade 77 students is much shorter. Unlike Song Yuanchao and others, their vacation time is different. The Grade 77 students only have half a month, that is,

They said the holiday would only start on February 5th.

The reason for this arrangement is due to the special circumstances of the Class of 1977. The college entrance examination for Class of 77 students was at the end of 1977, but the official admission time was at the beginning of 1978. In other words, compared with the Class of 78 and 79 college students, the College Entrance Examination for Class of 77 students was

After losing more than half a year, their vacations are relatively shortened in order to arrange their studies, so they cannot synchronize with the latter two levels.

The second reason is the situation at Lin Yan’s family. Lin Yan’s two brothers are currently on the Southwest Front. Lin Yan is the only one accompanying her parents. Therefore, it is really inconvenient for Lin Yan to leave her parents and leave Yanjing on such a big day as the Chinese New Year.

Song Yuanchao went to Shanghai.

As for the third reason, it was the attitude of Lin Yan's parents. Although Lin Yan's parents had accepted Song Yuanchao, as parents of this era, they were not as open-minded as they would be in later generations.

During the Chinese New Year, her daughter and partner went to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year instead of being with her, and they had not officially received their certificates. This kind of thing was a little unpleasant to spread. Considering this, Lin Yan was embarrassed to tell Song Yuanchao that she could not accompany him this year.

He went to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year, but when the summer vacation comes, Lin Yan and Song Yuanchao will definitely go to Shanghai.

"Why don't I go back and stay with you in Yanjing?" Song Yuanchao was not angry after hearing Lin Yan's slightly apologetic words. Instead, he said to Lin Yan.

A trace of surprise flashed in Lin Yan's eyes, but she quickly shook her head: "No, you should go back. You have made arrangements for Shanghai and Haihai. It would be bad if you don't go back. By the way, you didn't say you wanted to drop by.

Jinling, do you want to see Caixia? Say hello to her for me when you see her."

"Don't you really want me to spend the New Year with you?" Song Yuanchao asked with a smile, raising his hand to touch Lin Yan's long hair, feeling the intoxicating aura on her body.

"Business matters. Didn't you say that if our love lasts for a long time, we won't be together day and night. Besides, it's not like you won't come back."

"It's not certain. Maybe if I go back this time, that little girl will take her away and I won't be able to come back?" Song Yuanchao joked softly in her ear.

"How dare you!" Lin Yan's eyes widened and she pinched Song Yuanchao rudely.

"Idiot, I'm just teasing you. Besides, who is better than you in this world? It's enough to have you here in this life!" Song Yuanchao looked at Lin Yan affectionately, his eyes full of love: "Swallow, what do you say?

Can we get the certificate after graduation?"

Lin Yan's delicate body trembled slightly, and she suddenly raised her head to look at Song Yuanchao, her eyes filled with tears.

"Don't cry, why are you crying all of a sudden?" Song Yuanchao quickly reached out to wipe away her tears and held her in his arms lovingly.

"I'm not crying, I'm happy. You are the fool." Lin Yan buried her head in Song Yuanchao's arms and said shyly.

"It's good to be happy, it's good to be happy. By the way, you haven't promised me yet. Why don't you say anything? If you're embarrassed, just nod." Looking at Lin Yan in his arms, Song Yuanchao said lightly in her ear.

Lin Yan buried her head deeper and felt that her face was as hot as if it was on fire.

This is the first time that Song Yuanchao has spoken about marriage in front of him. Although the two have been in love for a long time and have already had a tacit understanding of being together in the future, Song Yuanchao made this request in person for the first time today.

This surprised Lin Yan and made her feel very shy.

My heart is sweet and full of happiness. Tears slide down my cheeks and fall on the corner of my mouth, which is a little salty but more sweet. The smile on my blooming face is so happy.

This was a formal proposal from Song Yuanchao. Compared with young people of later generations, the way of proposing was simple and casual in the past.

In later generations, a proposal filled with flowers, holding a diamond ring in hand, and kneeling down on one knee seemed to be highly ceremonial and more impactful. But compared with Song Yuanchao's actions today, his proposal was simple but sincere, and

At this time, Lin Yan didn't care at all about Song Yuanchao's flowers, diamond rings and other things.

Just like the vows made by both parties at the Western wedding, regardless of poverty, wealth, health, or suffering, Song Yuanchao was willing to marry Lin Yan as his wife, and Lin Yan was also willing to stay with Song Yuanchao for the rest of his life.

Love is love. Love is pure and flawless. It is not mixed with any interests. It is the love between two people's hearts that will last forever.

Listening to Song Yuanchao's questions in his ear, Lin Yan put her hands around Song Yuanchao's waist and nodded vigorously...

One day before leaving school during the winter vacation, Song Yuanchao made a special trip to his courtyard.

Before leaving Yanjing for a month, Song Yuanchao had to pack up his treasures and make preparations before leaving.

Lin Yan has the key to this place. Lin Yan usually comes here to take care of her when Song Yuanchao is not free. However, as the end of the year is approaching, it is better to be more careful about some things.

The large-scale return of educated youth has resulted in a huge number of unemployed young people in society, even in big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai. This situation will take several years to gradually change, but it can be changed in the short term.

It's impossible.

The problem of young people in society has also caused a lot of instability in public security. With the arrival of the Spring Festival, this situation has become more and more frequent. Song Yuanchao has experienced this period and of course knows these situations, so he made some arrangements before leaving.

It also prevents problems before they occur.

"Master Song! Is Master Song at home?"

It took Song Yuanchao a whole morning to tidy up everything, and then put an extra lock on the door to ensure the absolute safety of the room.

As soon as I finished these things, I heard a knock on the door, and at the same time, I heard the familiar shout of Fang Yazi and Yue Laoer.

With a quick response, Song Yuanchao quickly walked around the screen wall and opened the courtyard door.

"Here we come!" Song Yuanchao greeted Yue Laoer with a smile. The other party made a special appointment.

"Master Song, you are lucky." Yue Laoer smiled and slapped Song Yuanchao in the face. This behavior made Song Yuanchao dumbfounded.

I have known Yue Laoer for some time. As time went by, Song Yuanchao gradually became familiar with him. Later I found out that Yue Laoer was not only a native of Yanjing City for generations, but his ancestors were also bannermen.

No wonder Yue Laoer was able to eat this bowl of rice. It was also because of the courtyard he took him to see for the first time. After several visits, Song Yuanchao felt that Yue Laoer was a particular person, although what he did was considered by many people nowadays.

It seems that they belong to three religions and nine schools, but Song Yuanchao didn't care, and they became friends after going back and forth.

"Okay, Mr. Yue, I'm not a member of your banner. This rule is a bit too much." Song Yuanchao smiled and greeted Mr. Yue into the hospital.

"Rules are rules. You are now my food and clothing parent, my father. It is necessary to pay my respects to me." Yue Laoer is indeed particular about it, and he relies on his mouth to eat, so he is naturally eloquent.

"You, you..." Song Yuanchao smiled and shook his head, and took Yue Laoer directly to the west wing. Song Yuanchao had converted the west wing into a study room, and used it to receive guests on weekdays, but now Song Yuanchao rarely lives here.

It's usually closed.

After entering the house, the stove was burning and it was much warmer than outside. Song Yuanchao gave up his seat and poured a cup of tea for Yue Laoer. He was a little sorry and said that there was no tea prepared at home, but Yue Laoer didn't seem to care and said thank you.

, took out his cigarette and offered one to Song Yuanchao first.

"It's a coincidence that you came here today. I'll be back to Shanghai in two days." Song Yuanchao said with a smile as he lit his cigarette.

"How long will you be back this time?" Yue Laoer asked.

"It'll take about a month, I guess. I'll be back after the New Year. What's the matter?"

"Haha, it's what I told you last time. Now I have some clues." Yue Laoer leaned toward Song Yuanchao and said.

"Oh, please tell me the specific situation." Song Yuanchao raised his eyebrows. When Yue Laoer contacted him yesterday, he didn't ask in detail what he was looking for.

Yue Laoer didn't beat around the bush and spoke straightforwardly.

After Song Yuanchao bought this courtyard, he continued to ask Yue Lao'er to help find a suitable courtyard. These days, Yue Lao'er took Song Yuanchao to see many courtyards, but these courtyards were not as unrecognizable as Guan Ye's courtyard.

There are a lot of people living there, or the location is not good and it happens to be in an area that will be developed and demolished in the future.

After several visits, Song Yuanchao didn't take a fancy to it, but Yue Laoer was not discouraged and continued to help Song Yuanchao look for it. Half a month ago, Song Yuanchao finally found one.

That yard is not too far away from his current one. It is also located near the Houhai area, and this yard is much larger than the current one. It is a large yard with four entrances.

Siheyuan with four entrances is rare even in Yanjing City. Although this courtyard has been divided into two parts, three families live in the back part, and the front half is now the office of a newspaper. The entire courtyard

Although the layout was somewhat damaged, the overall structure was basically intact. Song Yuanchao was immediately moved after seeing it.

If I could take over this set of yards and renovate them properly, it would be much better than my current second-level yard. But the problem is that it is not that easy to take over this set of yards. The three families who live behind it will be fine.

, it’s nothing more than spending a little more money or something, but the key lies in that newspaper.

Although this newspaper is not a big newspaper, it is still a serious unit. The front half of the courtyard was assigned to the newspaper in the 1960s, and it has been for nearly 20 years now. The property rights of the entire courtyard are now divided into two, and belong to the newspaper.
Chapter completed!