Chapter 371 Fight to be the first female college student in our village
After putting away the luggage, Liu Zhi took Huang Zhiqiu's hand and said, "Zhiqiu, tell me the truth. Did something happen to Qingning in the factory?"
If you come back from vacation, you will never bring home the washbasin and quilts.
Huang Zhiqiu pulled Liu Zhi and sat on the bed, "Sister-in-law, something happened, but don't worry, it's not a bad thing."
Huang Zhiqiu told Liu Zhi everything about his plan to let Huang Qingning go back to school.
After listening to this, Liu Zhi remained silent for a while, but it could be seen from her expression that she was happy that her daughter was studying.
"Zhiqiu, thank you and Momo. I really don't know how to thank you..."
"Sister-in-law, we don't speak the same language as the other families. Speaking of which, Qing Ning's failure to complete her studies was only because of me. That's why I feel ashamed of you and my eldest brother..."
The aunt and sister-in-law talked for a long time in the room, until Huang Qingning ran up and called them to go down and drink sweet wine soup.
Sweet wine soup is also called glutinous rice soup. It is made of small glutinous rice flour dumplings, boiled with sweet wine and eggs, and finally add some sugar.
The freshly cooked sweet wine soup is fragrant, sweet and delicious. It is paired with soft and chewy glutinous rice dumplings and soft-boiled poached eggs. Drinking such a bowl in the middle of winter is simply the most delicious food and enjoyment in the world.
While drinking sweet wine soup, Huang Zhiqiu briefly talked about going to the city to look at factories and renting land in the past few days.
Everyone seemed particularly happy to hear that Huang Zhiqiu had rented the factory building.
Huang Kailin looked at the door, "I originally said that when you come back, I would build the door of my house first. The business of running the factory is more important. Boss, you and I will go to the brick cellar factory to pull out the remaining bricks later.
Come back, let's go to the city together tomorrow to clean up the factory first."
Huang Zhiqiu hurriedly advised: "Dad, this matter is not urgent. The school is very big. The playground alone has two or three acres of land and more than a dozen rooms. You and your eldest brother will not be able to finish it until the Chinese New Year."
I've already thought about it on the way back. Let's sum it up first, gather the materials and tools we need, and then find the manpower in advance. When Momo comes back, we'll all work on it together, and try to get it done before the New Year."
"Momo is coming back? Did you say what day it is?"
"The train on the 22nd will arrive in Anshi on the morning of the 24th."
Huang Kailin immediately said: "Okay, boss, Zhiqiu, you will go to the city to pick her up when the time comes."
After saying that, he added: "I'll go with you."
Huang Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Dad, there are no need to go with so many people, I can just go."
Huang Qingning couldn't help but interject, "Auntie, I'll go with you. If my cousin and others bring a lot of things, I can help carry some."
Huang Zhiqiu thought about it and agreed to take his niece with him.
It was her first time meeting her son-in-law, and she was inexperienced. Her niece was lively, so she could liven up the atmosphere by following him.
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In order to welcome his granddaughter and grandson-in-law decently, Huang Kailin went early the next morning and called a famous mason in the village to build the door of his house.
With Huang Jianjun's help, the foundation of the gate was dug in one morning. In the afternoon, I went to the stone factory to pull some bluestone strips back, mixed with cement ash to fill the foundation, and tomorrow I will build the door frame and roof.
Just pick a good and auspicious day to install the gate and you're done.
The Huang family father and son were busy repairing the gate at home, and Huang Zhiqiu was not idle either. After dinner, he took his niece Huang Qingning to Huang Yu's house in the same village.
Huang Yu is the same age as Huang Wen and is a senior in the town's high school.
Huang Yu lives on campus and only goes home at the end of every month, so no one is at home this time.
Seeing Huang Zhiqiu and Huang Qingning come to the door, Huang Yu's mother took out a bunch of books tied with woolen rope.
"Is this it? Xiaoyu told me when she left that you wanted to borrow her textbook for the first year of high school."
Huang Yu's mother was uneducated and illiterate, so she didn't know whether the book in her hand was the book Huang Zhiqiu wanted.
Huang Zhiqiu took the book and nodded happily, "Here's it, Third Sister Liu, please excuse me. My Qingning will borrow it for a month, and I will return it to you when it is used up."
After saying that, he handed the candy he brought to the other party, "This is some fruit candy, for your Huang Yu."
"Hey, why are people from the same village so polite?"
"Yes, it's not worth a lot of money, it's just a little thought."
After some refusal, Huang Yu's mother took the things over and said, "Okay, I'll accept it, thank you?"
"It's Qingning and I who should thank Huang Yu."
Third Sister Liu looked at Huang Qingning next to Huang Zhiqiu, "Oh, your Qingning is such a pity."
Huang Zhiqiu touched Huang Qingning's head and said, "Our family plans to let Qingning continue her studies. I just came to Huang Yu to borrow the textbooks for the first year of high school so that Qingning can review by herself at home."
"Oh, that's a good thing, Qingning, you have to work harder to become the first female college student in our village!"
Huang Qingning replied sweetly: "Third aunt, Sister Huang Yu will definitely be admitted to college."
Third Sister Liu waved her hand, "My Huang Yu's grades are not good enough to pass the exam. She doesn't want to take the exam herself. She will go to the city to work after she graduates next year."
The two families were not very familiar with each other, so Huang Zhiqiu briefly chatted for a few words before dragging Huang Qingning away.
On the way home, seeing Huang Qingning looking downcast, Huang Zhiqiu couldn't help but be concerned, "Qingning, what's wrong?"
Huang Qingning sighed, "Auntie, I was quite confident before and felt that I would definitely be able to get into college. But when I heard Aunt Liu say that Sister Huang Yu didn't even take the college entrance examination, I suddenly lost my confidence.
In junior high school, Sister Huang Yu's grades were pretty good, and she often ranked first in the class. I didn't expect that in high school, her grades dropped so sharply."
Huang Zhiqiu comforted her and patted her shoulder, "Don't think too much, as long as you work hard, your grades won't be too bad. Even if you can't get into college, it would be good to go to a technical secondary school.
To put it bluntly, even if you don’t get admitted to a technical secondary school, it’s still better to graduate from high school than you are now, what do you think?”
After being comforted like this, Huang Qingning regained his confidence.
"Auntie, I will work hard. I must get into college!"
When he got home, Huang Qingning immediately went into his room to study with his books in his arms.
Seeing her daughter being so self-conscious, Liu Zhi couldn't help but show a bit of relief and a smile on her face.
Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law was in a good mood, Yang Xinghua felt indescribably happy.
This day can be regarded as a promising day.
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In the afternoon, people from the lumber factory delivered the two doors ordered by Huang Kailin.
The best pine door panels are 5 centimeters thick, thick, durable and cheap.
"Dad, I think this door needs some paint to make it look better, and painting it will also protect it from moths."
Huang Kailin felt that the boss's words were reasonable, so he asked him to go to the town early tomorrow morning and buy two kilograms of paint.
"Dad, what color paint should I buy?"
This stopped Huang Kailin from asking. After thinking about it for a while, he didn't think about it, so he simply called his daughter Huang Zhiqiu over.
"Zhiqiu, you have good taste. Take a look at this door. What color of paint would look good on it?"