Yao Hua was happy, but Comrade Su Jianmin was very unhappy.
"There are only a few months left. Just wait until I finish the matter and go back with me."
He was obviously a tall and big man, but the way Su Jianmin held his wife's arm, he looked like a coquettish little wife.
"Oh, you are such a big man, why are you staying here alone for a few months? Xiao Wu is still young, and I miss him in my heart. I can't wait for a few days, let alone a few months." Bai Lu said.
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Su Jianmin felt aggrieved. When he thought that Lao Yao's family was gone, his wife and Jinbao were also gone, and he was the only one left in the factory to celebrate the New Year, he felt empty.
But seeing that his wife had decided to leave, he knew that it was useless to try to persuade her to stay, so he could only sigh helplessly, "Okay."
"Dad..." Jinbao felt that his father was quite pitiful, so he held his big hand with his little hand, "How about Jinbao stay with you?"
Su Jianmin's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really? Jinbao, are you willing to stay with dad?"
"Well, Jinbao is celebrating the Spring Festival with his father."
"Oh, my good daughter, daddy's love for you is not in vain."
Su Jianmin picked up the little girl on the ground and kissed her hard on the cheek.
"No, no, Jinbao can't stay," Bai Lu said hurriedly, "How can you have time to take care of Jinbao? In the past, when I was too busy, I could take Jinbao to the infirmary and ask Xuelan to help me take care of it. Now Xuelan
Lan is leaving too, and Jinbao must go with me."
"Mom, I can take care of myself. Not only can I take care of myself, but I can also take care of my father."
Seeing Xiao Jinbao's confident look, Bai Lu raised the corners of her lips and touched her daughter's head, "Mom, I know you are sensible, and I also believe you can take care of yourself, but you are young after all, and you will have to go to school next spring.
It’s the first grade of elementary school.”
In the 1960s, enrollment was in the spring, and most schools required students to enter the first grade of primary school only if they were eight years old.
"Ah? Can you go to elementary school at the age of seven now?" Su Jianmin asked, "In the first two years, I had to wait until I was eight."
"I read the letter Wen Nian wrote to me before saying that the enrollment form of our Machinery Factory Primary School said that as long as you can pass the entrance exam, you can go to primary school early at the age of seven. He also asked me if I wanted to sign up for Jinbao.
Woolen cloth."
"Why do we even need to take entrance exams for primary schools now?" Su Jianmin frowned.
Bai Lu explained: "Because there is a kindergarten in the factory now. Pinyin and simple arithmetic are taught in the kindergarten. Our Jinbao just missed it and did not go to kindergarten. I'm afraid..."
There was worry in her tone, "I'm just afraid that I won't be able to pass the entrance exam."
"It doesn't matter if you fail the exam. It's the same thing if you wait until you are eight years old to start school again. There is no need to go to school early."
When the couple was discussing their daughter's studies, the little girl sitting in her father's arms pursed her lips and said hesitantly: "I...I can ask Brother Huahua to teach me. I learn very quickly. I should be able to pass the school."
take an exam."
"Yes, Hua Hua can teach Jin Bao. There are still several months before enrollment, so Jin Bao will definitely be fine."
Su Jianmin felt inexplicably sour and said, "Why do you need that boy to teach you? Let Wennian teach Jinbao, Xiaosi or Xiaowu. No matter how bad their grades are, they should be able to teach some pinyin and arithmetic."
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When it came to Primary Four, he asked his wife: "Is Primary Four going to take the entrance examination soon?"
"What's the entrance examination? How long have you not read a newspaper? The entrance examination has been abolished long ago. Nowadays, children who want to go to junior high school can study anywhere near them. As for high school, there is a recommendation system and no examination."
Su Jianmin said "Ah", "Anyone can go to junior high school? Those key middle schools where anyone can enter if they want to?"
Bai Lu said: "Where are there any key middle schools? Now all schools are equal. It's not like before where there are key middle schools and ordinary schools."
"I've been so focused on dealing with things in the factory recently that I haven't paid attention to these educational news."
Speaking of this, Su Jianmin sounded a little helpless, "I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. It should be a good thing for Xiaosi, right? If it hadn't been for this trouble, he probably wouldn't even be able to go to middle school, let alone expect to study anything.
It is the key point of the district and the key point of the city.”
"I don't think it's a good thing," Bai Lu said. "If exams are abolished, who will still study hard? Especially if universities are abolished, everyone will not be able to learn university knowledge. Where will the talents come from?"
Jinbao praised her mother in her heart, she was so right!
Su Jianmin nodded after listening to his wife's words, "Yes, that makes sense."
He thought of the days when he was studying when he was young. Everyone's life was so hard, precarious, and they had to worry about war. The college entrance examination has not been abolished. Various universities have been working hard to cultivate talents. Now, life is finally stable, but...
"Forget it, it's useless for us to talk about these things," Su Jianmin put his arm around his daughter's waist, hugged the little girl tighter, and said, "I just hope that when our Jinbao grows up, the country can resume the college entrance examination."
Bai Lu couldn't help but sigh, "I hope so."
Jinbao's little mouth opened, and he swallowed back the words that had reached his lips.
She knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed, but she would have to wait a full twelve years. After calculation, she was exactly eighteen years old at that time.
Although she wanted to tell her parents these things, she couldn't, so she could only hold them in by herself.
The next day, Bai Lu began to pack her luggage and prepared to return to Jinghai City with Xue Lan and the others.
When the friends in the factory learned that Jin Bao was leaving, they felt very reluctant, especially Chen Shiyu. She cried hysterically, holding Jin Bao's hand tightly and repeating: "I don't want you to leave.
woo woo woo woo……"
"Oh, Xiaoyu," her mother said comfortingly, "Jinbao will still come back to play with you in the future, don't cry."
"I don't believe it. Jinbao is going back to Jinghai City. She will never come back. We will never see each other again. Wuwuwu..."
Chen Shiyu couldn't stop sobbing, her voice was choked, and she spoke intermittently and vaguely, "From now on... no one will play catch with me anymore, and no one will cut paper and draw with me..."
Jinbao didn't expect that she would be so reluctant to part with him, and he felt sad when he saw her crying like this.
Running back to the room, she took out a large box of paper cranes that she had originally planned to give to Yao Hua on his birthday, and handed it to Chen Shiyu, "Sister Xiaoyu, this is for you. I have already strung it together and you can hang it directly on the door.
Door curtain, when you see it from now on, you will see me."
Chen Shiyu's eyes were red and she sniffed, "So beautiful, what is this?"
"This is Qianzhihe. I hope sister Xiaoyu will be happy every day in the future," Jinbao raised his hand to wipe away the tears on Chen Shiyu's face, "Don't cry, let's say goodbye with a smile, okay?
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Chen Shiyu felt a surge of warmth and emotion in her heart. She wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and nodded, "Well, I won't cry anymore, Jinbao, and I hope you will always be happy...Jinbao, thank you, I
I will never forget you."
"I will never forget Sister Xiaoyu either." After Xiao Jinbao finished speaking, the two girls hugged each other.