In August of 1978 in Beijing, the weather continued to be hot and people's hearts became more impetuous.
In that month, in addition to the central government announcing the dismantling of Red Guard organizations in schools, the Capital City Cultural Bureau held a policy implementation meeting for 28 leading cadres including Cao Yu, Zhao Qiyang, Jiang Feng, and Hu Sha, as well as Ma Lianliang, Li Zaiwen (Xiaobai Yushuang), and Xun Huisheng.
, Ye Shengzhang, Hou Xirui, Qin Zhongwen and other old artists rehabilitated Zhaoxue and restored their reputation. In addition to the two major events, there are three other contents that have the greatest impact on the people.
1. The college entrance examination results were released in the summer of 1978.
Second, restore the lawyer system in Beijing.
3. The large-scale literary series "October" was launched.
Of these three things, the college entrance examination is the one that attracts the most attention.
This is not only because this is the first time in the country that the college entrance examination has unified propositions and admissions are divided into provinces. It is also because this matter is most closely related to the interests of the people, and its impact on everyone is immediate.
If anyone can be named on the gold list, it means that his life is on a smooth road. He will gain the respect, envy and jealousy of countless people around him.
It is no exaggeration to say that a carp jumps over a dragon's gate and your destiny changes overnight.
When it came to Hong Yanwu specifically, although he didn't care much, or even indifferent, and thought it had nothing to do with him. But the two people who were destined to have a close relationship with him in this life were both in high school one by one.
The one closest to him is Shui Lan, who has been at odds with him since he was a child, but he has a good sister.
On August 15, Shui Lan, who had jumped in line in the suburbs of Beijing, returned home with the admission notice from Tsinghua University, which made Shui Gengsheng and Aunt Shui extremely happy.
It was their biggest regret that they had no sons in their lives, but who would have thought that they would be able to raise girls who would live up to their expectations. The eldest son went to Beijing University, and the second son was admitted to Jinghua University. There is no other family in Fujian who has a son like them.
Decent.
Uplift, happy, energetic!
Most of the depression that Aunt Shui'er had been pent up in her heart as a result of Shui Qing's return to being a child was relieved, and her face glowed red for the first time in months.
When the dusty Shui Lan walked in, she not only helped her second daughter wash her face, change clothes, and pack her luggage without resting, but also assigned Shui Gengsheng and her third girl Shui Lian, who was on summer vacation, to go to the grocery store to buy vegetables, noodles, and other food.
Meat.
I plan to take care of it myself. I will have noodles with fried bean paste and stewed meat for lunch, and I will make up for it for my second daughter.
This was Shui Lan's first time seeing the child brought back by Shui Qing. But before she took a closer look, she was a little unhappy when she heard that the child took the Shui family's surname and was named Shui Xiaoying.
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She thought to herself, what is this? It's like her mother gave birth to a fourth child. Judging from her sister's intention, she plans to keep it at home. This is so unclear that it's hard to explain to others if they ask.
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Then, she had to hug the child for a while out of sympathy. But the child kept crying and made a splash of urine on her body. She was even less interested. After changing her clothes, she sighed and complained.
Shuiqing is stupid.
She said that having this child will not only cause big trouble for the family, but will also affect her sister's studies. It will even be troublesome for her sister to find a partner in the future. The most important thing is that the child does not have a household registration, and going to kindergarten and school will be a problem in the future.
Shui Qing was born with a good temper, but he didn't see Shui Lan during the Spring Festival. He missed his sister and felt that she was doing it for his own good, so he patiently explained to his sister.
She said that Xiaoying was the child of her classmate Ran Liying. The child's father could not be found, and there was no one else in the Ran family. She didn't care who would take care of it? Besides, this was Ran Liying's last wish, and she agreed to it personally on the bedside.
But she didn't expect that Shui Lan would sneer at this, and only commented on her as "pedantic". She also said that this kind of thing happened a lot nowadays. There were many male and female educated youths who gave birth to children and sent them to their fellow villagers. She actually persuaded her to do so.
She sent the child to an orphanage as soon as possible.
Shui Qing was really angry now. She said, "Shui Lan, I will never cause trouble to the family, and I will never cause trouble to you in the future. As long as I graduate and get a job, I will take the child out as soon as possible and raise it by myself. Don't forget,
I helped your mother to bring you and Shui Lian up. You were washed and rinsed, fed with water, fed, pooped and peeed. I didn't do anything like that. I don't believe I can't raise this child by myself!
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Just like that, the two sisters blushed and quarreled for the first time.
Shui Lan felt that Shui Qing didn't know a good heart, and for being a wild child, he was jealous of his own sister.
Shui Qing felt that Shui Lan was becoming more and more selfish and lacked basic sympathy.
Because Ran Liying is not a stranger to Shui Lan. Shui Lan was like a follower when she was a child, pestering others to learn origami, learn to turn ropes, learn to dye nails, and learn to braid, but she is closer to her than her biological sister.
How can you not have any compassion now? It's too heartless.
In short, the two sisters talked louder and louder as they talked. In the end, because they were both educated people and did not want the neighbors to hear the joke, they restrained themselves and did not make a big fuss.
But in this way, even if they stayed in the same room again, the two sisters had nothing to say, and they were vaguely talking about their status.
This embarrassment not only lasted until Shui Gengsheng and Shui Lian came back, but also lasted until the food was served.
But fortunately, my mother's busy figure and my father's kind and friendly smile can warm people's hearts and nourish their emotions more than anything else.
So when it was time to eat, the awkward quarrel between Shui Qing and Shui Lan was temporarily forgotten.
Together with Shui Lian, they both showed a well-behaved and docile side. They sat together at the dinner table and felt the warm atmosphere brought about by this rare family reunion in recent years.
Aunt Shui served the dishes and greeted her children affectionately.
"Qing'er, Xiaolan, Xiaolian, move your chopsticks. Don't wait for mom. If you delay any longer, your dad will eat them all."
"Alas, who are you trying to beat? I'm a hungry wolf, can I eat it?"
Shui Gengsheng glared after hearing this, and after saying that, he sat down and poured himself a glass of wine. But seeing the three flowers in front of him, he smiled again. While he was picking meat for the three girls one by one, he couldn't help but praise them.
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"You three are all good kids. Qing'er went to Beijing University, Xiaolan went to Jinghua, and Xiaolian is doing well in studies. I think she will be a promising candidate for university in the future. You really give your parents credit. Look at our family, your mother was
In the past, no one looked down on our family when we were sewing clothes on the street and your father was shaving people's heads. But it's fine now. From now on, we won't compare ourselves to adults or children. As long as you all put your shiny school badges on your chest and raise your heads.
Look, my parents are so proud."
Aunt Shui sat down beside her and also helped.
"Yes, your dad is right. At the beginning, I was most afraid that Qing'er wouldn't be able to pass the exam. The second oldest child in the Hong family has already passed the exam. If our family didn't produce a college student, wouldn't it mean that their family would be outshone in Furu? Then
It’s so shameless. Okay, now it’s better. Two college students have come out of our family. It will make my mother happy. I don’t think the Hong family has anything to be proud of? A junior college student from a normal college, compared to me
They are not qualified to go to Beijing University, Jinghua's daughter..."
It's just that the more she said, the more outrageous she became, making Shui Qing a little bit unable to listen.
"Mom, what's your mentality? Are you happy that someone else is unlucky, but are you afraid of someone else's good fortune? Don't be such a philistine, how could you forget about someone else's good fortune? Xiaoying's breasts are thanks to Xiaowu ordering them. He and Quanzi have been busy these days.
Help us."
Aunt Shui rolled her eyes at her daughter.
"What you said is that one code equals another. If the reverse is true, the second son of the Hong family is admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University. You have become junior college students in the Normal University. Are you happy about your father or me? Besides, the elder of the Hong family is happy.
How many things did you destroy when I was three years old? How many times did you make me angry? He even beat your father. Now he understands people's affairs, and he owes us. Besides, I'm worried that he has no good intentions. People say that he is
To our family Xiaolan..."
Shui Lan didn't want to listen anymore, and he just poked his chopsticks angrily.
"Mom, people are spreading nonsense, and you are still spreading it. You can't expect me to be good, but you have to associate me with a gangster? Is he worthy? Is it disgusting? You should stay away from him in the future. After eating
You still don’t have a long memory!”
"Shuilan! Don't say that to others! We have to be grateful for the favors from others. Why are you so condescending..."
Shui Qing really felt aggrieved for Hong Yanwu and couldn't help but speak out to stop him.
But Shui Lan would never swallow his anger. He became even more angry after hearing this.
"We didn't ask him, he was a bitch. Maybe he was thinking about something in his heart. Don't treat everyone as a good person. Are you stupid? Hey, this world is weird. The two reform-through-labor prisoners actually returned to the city. They are better than educated youths.
They are all better at it, and they are more capable than our family, but we have to rely on them to order milk..."
Okay, just watch, these two sisters are about to say "ru" again.
Fortunately, Shui Gengsheng knocked his chopsticks on the side of the bowl in time, and then took advantage of the situation to divert the conflict, and finally restrained the two girls.
"Look at you two, girls, why are you acting like brats now? You have a bad temper as soon as you go to college! Can you still get married? Yes, it's all your mother's fault. The whole thing is just nonsense.
Wrong, the other thing is that she is very jealous. Listen to dad, don't worry about others, we will concentrate on school. Having a good future after graduating from college is better than anything else. Why should we care about other people's housework? We have to concentrate on going to school.
, just like dad shaving someone else's beard, if he gets distracted, he has to prick someone to bleed, what do you think other people can do..."
But when the gourd was pressed, Aunt Shui was not happy to be squeezed, so she retorted after hearing this.
"Okay, okay, if you go to school, just go to school. If you say you shave, is that the same thing? You are uneducated!"
Shui Gengsheng couldn't help but blush, and still muttered strong words.
"Without education...I can't say a word without education? You...you, a housewife who is recovering from illness, what do you do all the time? Besides, why are they not the same thing? Since I was in elementary school, it was much harder to do art than to go to school. It's really
Master will punish those who are distracted..."
But neither husband nor wife expected that their bickering would make the youngest Shui Lian unbearably annoyed. At this time, she couldn't help but protest loudly.
"Oh, what are you doing today? Noisy, noisy, noisy. Everyone is noisy. Aren't you bothered by the hot weather? You can't have a good meal. Dad, Mom, you are really. Isn't it just my second sister who is going to college again? Yes.
What's so great about it?"
This is good, a dangerous idea has been exposed. As the head of the family, Shui Gengsheng has to give priority to educating his daughter.
"As for what? What do you know at such a young age? After graduating from college, you will be in the cadre establishment. You will have a good job and good benefits. Everyone will look up to you. If you really pass the exam, let others be jealous. Dad will give you some money in the afternoon.
My sister is going to use two more big whips, this time I have to show off my face..."
But as soon as he said this, Leng Bu Shuang's aunt burst into laughter again, and she completely grasped the topic of the conversation.
"Aren't you jealous now? Were you talking about me just now?"
But she was also extremely happy and sad. As the smell of feces spread and the child cried on the bed, she had to jump up from the chair before she saw Shui Gengsheng's embarrassment.
"Qing'er, Ying'er must have pooped again, hurry up! Let's change the urine..."
Next, let’s look at the chaos in the Shui family. Aunt Shui and Shui Qing pounce on the child, and Shui Gengsheng and Shui Lian fan themselves together to disperse the smell. This scene is a lively one.
Shui Lan threw away her chopsticks, raised her chin with a frown on her face, and completely lost her appetite.