Zhao Yanping knew her eldest brother's character, so that's what she said just now, without any other meaning.
"That's good, my parents are getting older."
"But they didn't feel that they were getting old and wanted to get more land. The second child and I both disagreed, so we gave up."
Mother Zhang listened to the two brothers and sisters chatting, and occasionally added a few words.
My eldest brother, nephews and nieces came over. So in the evening we had pancakes, sauerkraut stew, mixed with cabbage hearts, miso, and pickles, which are included with every meal.
The sorghum rice porridge was boiling in another pot. The Zhao children were still a little cautious, so it was better if Zhao Yanping gave them a piece of cake each and also gave them some vegetables.
"Brother, tomorrow I will follow you to the police station to register a few children, except for Zhixue and Haijun's. They are not your children, but I have asked. They can issue certificates to go to school."
"Then Zhixue and Haijun won't be able to receive food from here?"
Zhao Yanping nodded, "Yes, if their household registration is not here, they cannot be counted as residents here, and they cannot receive bills."
"That's okay. I brought so much food from home. After a while, my brothers-in-law will go over and bring some more food. It will be enough for them to eat."
"Can I still make my nephews hungry? Don't worry."
After dinner, it was already completely dark. "Xiao Ping, I won't go to Xiao Li's house today. It will be too late if I go there tomorrow."
"That's okay. Is there anything else missing at my brother's house? I'll bring the ticket tomorrow and fill in whatever is missing."
"There is nothing missing. We have food, and we have pots and pans. And whoever bought this coal, I will give you the money."
"My family bought it. You don't have to pay for it."
"How can that be done? If you subsidize it, you can subsidize it. This is not a small amount of money. How much is it? I'll give it to you."
"Brother, I don't know either. Let's wait until Fusheng comes back."
"That's okay, I'll take the children back and wait for you at home tomorrow."
Haiyan was very reluctant to let go of her cousins, so she agreed to go there with them tomorrow to play, which made things better. Jianhua was the same way. Mother Zhang lamented that they were still related by blood.
When the six of them returned home, it was quite warm. There were five sets of quilts prepared at home, so Zhao Qingxiang hugged his old daughter and slept together. The little girl was still unwilling to sleep with her second sister.
The next day, the two sisters got up early to light a fire and cook. After all, no one had lived in the house for a long time, so it became cold in the middle of the night.
Breakfast is still fried pancakes and corn dregs and sweet potato porridge.
Zhao Qingxiang had never felt this before. Only then did he realize very intuitively that his two daughters were really sensible and capable.
Zhao Yanping came here not too early. She went to ask for leave first, then went home to pick up her two children, and then came here.
The two boys were very envious when they saw the bicycle their aunt was riding.
The brother and sister took several children to the police station.
The name on the real estate certificate is Zhao Qingxiang. He took out the certificates issued to the five children on the farm. Today, the clerk did not ask. The household registrations for the five children were directly registered here.
Zhao Yanping pulled the clothes of the elder brother who wanted to speak, but Zhao Qingxiang did not ask.
The brother and sister were both very happy. Even though Xu Haijun's last name was different, they didn't ask anything.
The trip to the police station went very smoothly. After they came out, was Zhao Qingxiang still a little nervous?
"The person I asked last time was an old policeman. This one may be a new one. He doesn't understand much yet, but this is a good thing for us.
Come on, let’s go to the street and get the subsidized tickets at the end of the month.”
Zhao Yanping was also very happy. The family struck while the iron was hot and went directly to the subdistrict office. They were here to check the household registration. Since there were five children’s household registrations, they were registered here. Tell them to take it after the 26th of the month.
The book comes to collect the receipt.
"Brother, it's time to go to school now. But school hasn't started yet."
Zhao Qingxiang nodded, "I know, I'll just wait. It'll be fine if I go back now. I won't go back until the children get used to it when they go to school."
"also."
"Xiaoping, you go to work. Just let Haiyan and Jianhua go to my house. The children are with them, so you don't have to worry."
"I'm not in a hurry yet. Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first to see what's missing."
"No need. You have already prepared everything. You don't need anything. You can go to work. I will take care of the children."
Zhao Yanping stopped arguing, told Haiyan, and rode away.
Zhao Qingxiang took his seven children home. Lunch was cooked by sister Zhao Xiaoling. Haiyan watched from the side. "Cousin, you are so awesome."
Zhao Xiaoling just smiles. What’s the point? I’m used to cooking every day.
Several children were playing at home until after five o'clock, when Zhao Qingxiang took them to Zhao Yanli's house.
"Brother, you came here yesterday, why didn't you come over to the house?"
"I went to your eldest sister's house yesterday. I didn't come over after dinner too late. This morning I lost all five children's household registration."
"Everyone has fallen behind?"
"Yes, I'm very lucky. All five children have lost their household registration."
Father Zhou and Mother Zhou were cooking, so they made sure to leave the eldest brother and his family to eat. It was quite sumptuous.
Both Zhang Fusheng and Zhou Yongbing came back in the evening. They all knew that their uncle was coming. They both came over the next day.
Seeing that the house is very clean, all the snow in the yard has been shoveled out. When it snows, they also sweep the snow off the roof.
Seeing that life really has no problems and nothing is lacking, I feel relieved.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Fusheng and Zhou Yongbing took their six sons to school.
Because the household registration has been brought over, the procedures here are also very simple. But the only thing you have to wait for is the exam.
Zhixue and Haijun are taking the second grade exam. The two sisters are taking the third grade exam.
The two sisters, Zhao Xiaoling and Zhao Xiaole, studied very solidly. They answered the final test paper of the first semester of the third grade very smoothly.
Haijun and Zhixue were struggling. After the results came out, there was no doubt that the two sisters were in third grade, but Hainan and Zhixue just passed the exam.
The teacher found Zhao Qingxiang. He was quite embarrassed, after all, this was not his child.
So I called the two of them over, "The teacher means that you don't have enough knowledge in the second grade. What do you two think? The teacher is also worried that you won't be able to keep up in the second grade. Your age is just right for the first grade."
The two of them looked at the red cross on their answer papers and lowered their heads in shame. "Uncle, I'll go to the first grade."
"Uncle, I am also in the first grade."
"Okay, you two are the men of the family. You must study hard. I hope you can do well in the exam."
