In September, brothers Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi went to elementary school, and Gu Wanyue went to junior high school.
On the first day of school, Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan got up early.
Wen Nuan was responsible for buying breakfast, while Gu Ying and Qinghan were responsible for waking up the children. If Wen Nuan was the one waking up, the children would definitely be grumpy.
Sure enough, after Wen Nuan bought the steamed buns and fried dough sticks, the children had already gotten up and changed into their new school uniforms.
Wen Nuan looked at them yawning and waved at them: "Come over and have breakfast first. After breakfast, I'll take you to school."
Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi reluctantly walked towards the dining table, but as soon as they sat down, their sister kicked them: "Lu Zhengyang, Lu Zhengqi, did you two go steal last night? Why do you look like you didn't sleep well?"
Lele was very excited because he was going to junior high school, and he got up by himself when Gu Qinghan called him.
As a result, the two younger brothers dragged their feet, which made Lele angry.
Lu Zhengyang yawned, looked at the buns and soy milk that Wen Nuan had put on the table, and said, "It's still Zhou Zhou. I don't want to sleep with him anymore. He keeps his stinky feet on me all day long!"
Lu Zhengqi had already picked up a bun to eat. When he heard what his brother said, he snorted, "You went to listen to Uncle Zhao telling stories yesterday, and you were afraid of monsters at night, so you wanted to sleep with mom. Mom doesn't want you to sleep with her."
Lu Zhengyang stared at him: "No! You are the one who sleeps so badly, and you still have the nerve to criticize me."
Wen Nuan glanced at the two children and said, "I told you to sleep in separate beds. There is a small bed in the front room."
Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi used to sleep together in the family compound, but now they have probably grown up and started to dislike each other.
When they moved in during the summer vacation, Wen Nuan said that she would get two beds for them in the room, but Lu Zhengyang refused.
Because the two brothers now love to play with Xiao Maodan, who told them many stories from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio during the summer vacation. Zhengyang might be a little scared and dare not sleep alone at night.
Lu Zhengqi said, "Mom, give me a bed. I don't want to sleep with Lu Zhengyang anymore. He drools when he sleeps!"
Lu Zhengyang's eyes widened, and he said disdainfully: "I don't want to sleep with you either. Your snoring is so noisy."
Gu Wanyue was laughing at the side, "Fortunately I sleep alone, no one can disturb me!"
Gu Qinghan listened to them bickering early in the morning and said directly: "Then sleep in separate beds, stop arguing, eat quickly and go back to school."
"Oh." Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi glared at each other, and kicked each other under the table in dissatisfaction.
Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan looked at each other and said nothing more to them.
After the children had breakfast, Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan sent them to school. Since they were going the same way, they sent Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi to the elementary school first, and then sent Lele to the Fourth Middle School.
The two boys were a little reluctant to go to school along the way, but when they arrived at the school and saw a teacher at the school gate, they walked in obediently.
Gu Wanyue looked at them and said, "Pay attention to the class and don't be absent-minded all day long."
The two brothers did not dare to refute and nodded: "I know."
"Come in quickly." Wen Nuan waved to them and then said, "Mom will come to pick you up this afternoon."
Because I have to go back to school later, I can only ask Chen's mother to pick me up at noon. However, the school is not far from the courtyard, so even if she doesn't come to pick me up, I can still walk back in a few minutes.
Gu Wanyue glanced at the time and said, "Mom, let's go to school quickly, or we'll be late."
The Fourth Middle School was three or four kilometers away. If she didn't get there, she would be really late. She didn't want to be late on the first day of school.
Gu Qinghan said, "Then go over now."
Because we had a car, it didn't take long to get to the Fourth Middle School.
The location of the Fourth Middle School is very advantageous. It is also near the Forbidden City, where there are many government housing estates.
After Gu Wanyue got off the car, she waved to her parents and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm going back to school first."
Just after she finished speaking, Gu Wanyue saw Liu Huaqing riding his bicycle over by himself. It had only been a summer since they last met, and the man who was only a little taller than her seemed to have grown taller.
Gu Wanyue pointed at the other person and said to Wen Nuan, "Mom, that's Liu Huaqing."
Wen Nuan: "He also goes to this middle school? What a coincidence."
"Let's go over and say hello to him."
Gu Wanyue was reluctant at first, but Wen Nuan and Gu Qinghan had already walked towards Liu Huaqing.
Wen Nuan took the initiative to say, "Hua Qing, do you still remember your aunt? I am Wan Yue's mother."
When Liu Huaqing rode his bicycle over just now, he also saw Gu Wanyue, Wen Nuan and the others, but he didn't expect Wen Nuan to come over and say hello first.
So he nodded and said, "Aunt, of course I remember you. My uncle said that you helped us a lot when we took the train when we were young. My parents also often mentioned you."
Then he looked at Gu Qinghan again and called out politely, "Uncle Gu."
Liu Huaqing was also addicted to all the things that boys liked. When he saw Gu Qinghan, the famous fighter pilot, standing in front of him, he was still a little excited.
But I was too embarrassed to show it at the moment, so I could only smile slightly.
Wen Nuan looked at him and asked, "Are your parents in Beijing?"
Gu Qinghan said before that he and his wife went abroad for exchange, and now they are probably back in Beijing.
However, Wen Nuan was busy with her graduation thesis before, and then she was busy with restaurant business after the summer vacation, so she didn't contact them. Now the two children are in the same school, it's such a coincidence, I have to find time to get together with them.
However, Liu Huaqing said: "They stayed for a month during the summer vacation, and they went to the Northwest Research Institute two days ago."
Wen Nuan smiled: "Oh, that's it."
"By the way, Huaqing, my aunt's restaurant is right by Daqianmen. If you have to go home too far at noon, you can go to my place to eat and rest. Wanyue and her classmates all eat there, so you don't have to be polite to my aunt."
After hearing this, Liu Huaqing said gratefully: "That's not necessary. My uncle's house is not far from here. Thank you, auntie."
Gu Wanyue glanced at her watch impatiently again and said, "Mom, class is about to start. Let's talk about it next time."
Wen Nuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she said, "Okay, okay, you guys should go back to class."
Gu Wanyue had already walked towards the school. Seeing this, Liu Huaqing said to Wen Nuan, "Aunt, Uncle, I'll go back to class first. We'll talk next time when we're free."
Wen Nuan nodded: "Okay, come to my house next time."
Liu Huaqing responded and then walked towards the crowded campus.
As they walked, they found Gu Wanyue walking in the same direction as him, so Liu Huaqing called her: "Gu Wanyue, which class are you in?"
Gu Wanyue heard Liu Huaqing's voice and said, "I'm in class three, how about you?"
Although they were in the same class before, Lele only spoke a few words to him and did not play with him just because they had met when they were children.
Liu Huaqing raised his eyebrows: "Me too."
Gu Wanyue nodded: "What a coincidence, we are in the same class again, let's go together."
Liu Huaqing thought for a moment and said, "By the way, didn't you want to find The Legend of the Condor Heroes last month? I bought it, but it's in traditional Chinese. Do you want to read it?"
Gu Wanyue's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Ah? You bought it? Cai Siling and I went to several libraries but couldn't find it. Can you lend it to me?"
Liu Huaqing nodded: "No problem, I'll give it to you tomorrow."
Gu Wanyue smiled and said, "Okay, but don't tell my dad, he will definitely not let me see it!"
Liu Huaqing: "Oh, no problem, I don't see your parents often anyway."
Gu Wanyue couldn't help but glance at him: "Then you don't know. My mom will definitely take you to her restaurant or ours often. Anyway, don't tell my dad."
Liu Huaqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What about your mother?"
Gu Wanyue smiled and said, "My mother is fine. She likes to watch it, too."
Liu Huaqing didn't expect that Gu Wanyue's mother would actually like to read martial arts novels, so he nodded: "Then I know."
Before entering the classroom, Gu Wanyue thought for a moment and said, "Where did you buy the book? Please buy two sets for me. I want to send one set to my friend."
Ever since she got in touch with Huahua, they have been collecting stamps together. Whenever she sees a nice stamp, she will buy an extra one and send it to Huahua.
Huahua would sometimes send interesting books to her when she found them, but the popular martial arts novels in Hong Kong were often sold out, or someone else sold them for a high price.
She didn't want to be cheated so she didn't buy it, and so she never found it.
Liu Huaqing smiled awkwardly: "I guess I can't buy it for you. My father bought it when he was in transit in Hong Kong. I guess he won't go abroad again during this period."
Gu Wanyue didn't force it and nodded: "Okay then, remember to bring it to me tomorrow."
After that, the two went back to class.
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Wen Nuan over there also went back to school.
The graduate courses at their school are somewhat different from those for undergraduates, and the number of courses is generally relatively smaller.
Wen Nuan also moved to a double-room dormitory, but she rarely saw her roommates.
When Wen Nuan eats at school, she usually goes back to her old classmates' place. Sometimes she eats with Xu Huilan, and sometimes she goes back to the house near the school with them and cooks for herself.
So the warm life hasn't changed much.
However, because she needed to travel frequently between school and the courtyard, Wen Nuan planned to buy a car.
Private car purchases were not yet allowed at that time, but Wen Nuan owned a restaurant, so she planned to buy a small car in the name of the restaurant so that it would be convenient for her to go anywhere.
Especially now that it’s warm, you need to run to three places.
Sometimes she had to go back to school, but as long as she didn't have classes, Wen Nuan would go back to the staff quarters to accompany Comrade Gu Qinghan, who was complaining.
Gu Qinghan was also very busy at work and he would go back to the courtyard once or twice a week to see the children. Lu Zhengyang and Lu Zhengqi were quite happy without Gu Qinghan's supervision.
After Gu Qinghan knew about it, he would conduct "surprise inspections" whenever he had time, so the two boys would not get too presumptuous.
But with their sister around, they can't cause any trouble.
Wen Nuan first found some time to get her driver's license. It was very easy to get a driver's license in this era. Basically, you just had to fiddle with the steering wheel, clutch, foot brake, etc., and you got the license in a few days.
As soon as they got the license, Wen Nuan took Gu Qinghan to buy a car.
Gu Qinghan had not managed money in these years. Seeing that the car was quite expensive, he asked, "Is it enough money? Do you want me to pay some of my salary?"
Wen Nuan held Gu Qinghan's arm and smiled: "Comrade Gu Qinghan, you underestimate me too much. Now your wife is a restaurant owner after all, so she can still come up with this little money."
This small car costs more than 10,000 yuan, which is really a lot of money in this era. However, the National Day just passed, and more and more people have come to Beijing in the past two years. The Forbidden City is a must-visit place, so her restaurant is making good profits.
And she had quite a lot of money before, so she could still afford it.
When Gu Qinghan heard this, he said, "That's good. Which one do you like?"
Wen Nuan looked at the only two cars, one green and one black, and pointed at the green one: "Let's take this one, it's just for transportation anyway."
In a few years, the automobile industry will slowly grow and develop. Now it is mainly used as a means of transportation, and we can just change to another one when the time comes.
Gu Qinghan nodded: "Military green, good."
Wen Nuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Where is the army green? You are color blind!"
In fact, it is just a very common green, but people of this generation still prefer military green and haven't changed yet.
After buying the car, Wen Nuan took Gu Qinghan for a ride.
Although Gu Qinghan was still worried that Wen Nuan was not very experienced, after getting in the car, he found that she drove quite steadily and without panic.
Gu Qinghan didn't say anything. He looked at the supply and marketing cooperative in front of him and said, "Tonight we'll celebrate your new car purchase. I'll cook for you."
Wen Nuan originally wanted to go to a restaurant, but because everyone was busy and she hadn't eaten food cooked by a man for a long time, she let him do the cooking tonight.
After buying the groceries, Wen Nuan went to Gu Qinglan's place and picked her and the child up.
Gu Qinglan got into the warm new car and said enviously, "Oh my God, sister-in-law, you bought a car?"
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "It's just for convenience. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to always squeeze into the bus."
Gu Qinglan felt around and said, "I also want to save more money and buy a car when the time comes."
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "That's fine. It's indeed much more convenient to have a car."