Qian** was very excited. Even though he had already prepared himself mentally for his daughter to be admitted to university, the feeling of receiving the admission letter was still different.
The admission letters this year were simple, just a thin piece of paper, and even most of the words on them were handwritten.
But Qian** still wanted to frame the notice so that others could see it and that her family had produced an educated person.
When Wang Ying came back, the two of them discussed and decided that the best students in the team this year were Mai Miao and Wang Ying.
Wang Ying studied medicine, while Mai Miao was admitted to a normal university.
The people in the team surrounded Wang Ying's house in three layers, and everyone wanted to see what the admission letter looked like.
Wang Ying had no choice but to take out her own notice, just two thin pieces of paper, and everyone gathered around and sighed.
"Wang Ying is still the best. She got into a university in the capital after taking the exam."
"Our brigade has four educated youth who passed the exam this year. We are much better than other brigades!"
Wang Ying was curious: "The other two are..."
"There are two of us, the Youth League leader Yang Hong, and another one is Jiang Lei."
Yang Hong was admitted to a college in the provincial capital to study chemistry, while Jiang Lei was admitted to a university in the neighboring province to study mathematics.
Wang Ying was not surprised. Yang Hong was from the third year of college and had a solid foundation. Jiang Lei never gave up on mathematics, so he certainly had the ability.
Even though only a few people from the Seventh Brigade passed the exam, they were already the best in the commune. Most people from other brigades didn't even pass the exam.
Tian Youfu waved his hand and said, "Let's hold a banquet in these few days!"
The New Year has just passed and life is good now. Everyone can get together and have a meal without spending much.
In such a lively atmosphere, someone from Qian**'s family came.
The snow had not melted yet, but Qian**'s parents, brothers, and several elders from her family came in one step at a time.
"Maimiao has done a good job. It's time to enroll the child in the family tree."
Qian**'s family had a clear purpose, which was to write Qian Maimiao's name on the family tree, and it would be best if the household registration of Qian**'s family was transferred back! In the past, when Qian** divorced, he changed his daughter's surname. At that time, the elders of their same clan only returned Qian**'s name, and the names of the three sisters Maimiao were not included. This time it was not okay. This year, no one from the Qian family passed the exam, only Maimiao passed.
Several elders from Qian**'s mother's family were eager to write down Mai Miao's name right away to make it lively, and to tell others that their Qian family had produced a talented scholar.
Qian**'s mother held on to the wheat seedlings tightly and refused to let go, cherishing them very much.
"Our Mai Miao is really smart and capable. He brings great honor to our family!"
Qian** was happy but also a little worried: "It's just too far. The admission letter doesn't mention travel expenses, tuition fees, and living expenses..."
Wang Ying slapped her forehead. She hadn't yet informed Qian** about the school subsidy that would be given after she entered university.
Several elders who came with them said: "Hey, don't worry about this. Mai Miao is a girl from our Qian family. We definitely won't let you be embarrassed alone."
Although everyone is having a hard time now, several relatives have decided to help support college students. I heard that the government will give jobs to those who graduate from college. Although Mai Miao is just a girl, she will have a stable job in the future.
With a stable job, you have hope. With hope, you won't have to worry about not getting the money back in the future.
Several relatives said this, which undoubtedly made Qian** feel relieved.
In the past few years, it was fine. The child was young and went to school in the village primary school, so she didn't have to spend much. Wang Ying even gave her her own house to live in, saving the money to build a new house.
But now it is no longer possible. Mai Sui is getting older. She is attending middle school in the commune, and the expenses of studying in high school in the town are not small. Now Mai Miao is going to college, and the tuition and travel expenses really make her anxious.
The team leader immediately expressed his opinion: "It's easy to talk about money. Next year, our team plans to raise a few more pigs."
This year, the quota for livestock breeding has been relaxed. Previously, a family could only raise two chickens, and the brigade had a quota for raising pigs. Now that the brigade has no more requirements, Tian Youfu has long been planning to roll up his sleeves and work hard to expand the scale of pig breeding next year.
A group of people were happily sharing their joy. The people from the Qian family surrounded the wheat seedlings, and they were all very curious about them.
"Let's go, let's go there now, tell my second uncle and the others to check the time and get things settled quickly."
The Qian family was afraid that there would be further changes, so they decided to act sooner rather than later.
The team leader doesn't mind this. As long as Qian** doesn't move his household registration, he will still be a talent of their team!
The onlookers were a little confused: "Why are the people from the old Qian family so anxious?"
I've never seen anyone so anxious. The notice isn't even warm yet and he's already anxious to be included in the family tree or something.
Someone with a quick mind contradicted the person who was speaking: "Are you stupid? Mai Miao still has a father. Why don't you settle down quickly and wait for her father to come and recognize his daughter?"
The person who just spoke suddenly realized: "That's true."
Speak of the devil, and here he appears. Just as the words fell, several people from the Qian family were pulling Qian ** and Qian Maimiao back to be included in the family tree, when a person arrived and instantly quieted the lively scene.
Tian Dazhu.
Tian Dazhu has not been calm since the team leader shouted several times on the loudspeaker this morning that Qian Maimiao was admitted to Beijing Normal University.
He kept walking around in circles at home, feeling anxious as if there was a fire burning in his heart.
Maimiao, that is also his child.
Tian Dazhu tried to hold back, but he really couldn't bear it anymore. As soon as he walked out of the house, he was met with meaningful looks from his fellow villagers.
"Dazhu, Mai Miao got into college, are you happy?"
"Your daughter is really hardworking. She has finally made it through."
"Maimiao was admitted to a university in the capital. Who knows, I might be able to bring her and her two sisters to the capital to live happily there in the future."
…
They all lived in the same village, and they all knew everything about Tian Dazhu's family. How Tian Dazhu gave up his three daughters, how he hooked up with Widow Yu and got married, and how he was willing to raise a son who was not his own...
Everyone saw these things, and of course most people looked down on Tian Dazhu.
There are families in the brigade who favor boys over girls, but it is rare to see someone who would ignore their own flesh and blood and neglect them for seven or eight years.
Qian** took care of his three daughters and raised them all the way. Mai Miao, Mai Sui and Mai Ya are all good children, especially now that Mai Miao has been admitted to university. In the eyes of the villagers, isn't it just that Tian Dazhu was confused and greedy, leaving his own perfect daughters alone and insisting on taking care of an irrelevant "incense"
How could Widow Yu's ex-mother-in-law be a good person? She pushed her own grandson over to raise him. In a few years, wouldn't his biological mother and father come looking for him
Tian Dazhu's lungs were aching from choking.
He couldn't describe how he felt, he just felt very anxious.
Widow Yu leaned against the door and rolled her eyes quietly when she saw Tian Dazhu like this.
Tian Dazhui was silent and went to Wang Ying's house with his head down.
The people who had just spoken looked at each other and hurried to catch up.
When Tian Dazhu arrived at Wang Ying's door, he could hear a lot of noise from afar. There were many people inside and outside the house, and occasionally he could hear laughter coming from inside.
He bit his lower lip, found a high place, and looked inside through the high wall of Wang Ying's house.
Qian** had more food and drink in recent years. Although life was tight, his daughters were considerate and sensible, so he did not look very old. Instead, he looked lively and cheerful. At this moment, Qian** wore his best clothes and sat in the middle of the crowd. Hearing the envy of others and laughing heartily...
The more Tian Dazhu looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
if…
If he had not divorced Qian**, or if Mai Miao still recognized him as his father, would he be able to sit there today, basking in the envious eyes of others and enjoying the face he deserves
Tian Dazhu walked down the slope as if possessed by a ghost and entered Wang Ying's house.
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and Tian Dazhu's courage was almost scared away.
But in the end, the reluctance in his heart prevailed.
The daughter is obviously his daughter. Can she stop recognizing him as her father just because she goes to college
He ignored the villagers' contemptuous looks and stuttered to Mai Miao in the center of the crowd, "Maimiao, come home for dinner tonight. Daddy will make you your favorite dish, stewed potatoes and eggplants with lard, which you loved the most... and kill a chicken to celebrate your admission to university. Let your brother also share in your blessings..."
Qian** was furious and was about to speak when her mother pulled her back.
On such a happy day, firstly, she didn't want to quarrel with Tian Dazhu and let others laugh at her, and secondly, she wanted to see what Mai Miao thought. Qian's mother thought, after all, Mai Miao was already ten years old when they divorced, and she was usually very gentle and sensible, not as stubborn as Mai Sui or Mai Ya who didn't remember anything. What if Mai Miao still had feelings for her father and quarreled with him, wouldn't that make her granddaughter feel uncomfortable
Qian ** was held down by someone, and everyone's eyes were focused on Qian Maimiao.
Mai Miao is now an eighteen-year-old girl. Years of study have given her a bookish air that others cannot describe. She looks like a potential student.
She was wearing clean clothes and had her hair in big braids. She said softly, "Thank you, but no thanks. I don't like stewed potatoes and eggplant anymore."
When I was a child, my family was poor and my grandmother and my second aunt and uncle's family deducted money from me. Every year, the things my mother prepared would be secretly taken away by my grandmother in the afternoon. Tian Dazhu would just stand there in a daze, and when Qian ** found out, he would grab his ears and scold him.
There was no food for the New Year at home, and Qian ** was too angry to cook. In the end, Tian Dazhu was the chef for the New Year's Eve dinner. He was a poor cook, and the most he cooked was stewing some dishes with lard, such as potatoes and eggplants. Because of the aroma of the lard, it was a rare delicacy.
Every time this happened, Qian** would angrily pick the dried eggplants from the pot and give them to Tian Dazhu and Mai Miao, and Tian Dazhu would give them to his daughter with a silly smile...
Qian Maimiao recalled the past. When her parents just divorced, she always cried secretly in the middle of the night without her mother's knowledge. Countless times, she blamed herself in her heart for not being a boy.
If she was a boy, would her family always be fine? Although her parents would have some minor conflicts, they would not fall apart, and her younger sisters would not have to suffer.
Such thoughts continued until she went to school. Only when she came into contact with books and learned knowledge did Mai Miao finally stop thinking about these old things.
She plunged into the ocean of knowledge and forgot the little things that made her sad.
Now that Tian Dazhu has shown goodwill, Mai Miao no longer has any psychological fluctuations.
If Tian Dazhu had done this a few years ago, Mai Miao would have felt uncomfortable, but now, Mai Miao feels calm.
"I don't have a younger brother either, I only have two younger sisters." Qian Maimiao said gently but firmly.
Even though she once longed for the little bit of warmth her father gave her, she is now able to see clearly the ugliness beneath this warmth.
Tian Dazhu was pushed back by his daughter and said hurriedly: "Daya, Daddy was not kind to you in the past, Daddy admits it. But can you give Daddy a chance to make it up to you? You don't know... You don't know how much Daddy has regretted all these years..."
The second half of Tian Dazhu's sentence was already filled with tears.
A seven-foot tall man burst into tears in front of everyone.
"I regret it..."
I regretted not taking responsibility, not handling the relationship between mother and wife well, and not being better to my daughter.
I regret the divorce, remarriage, and all the effort I put into having a son.
Tian Dazhu was crying, and Qian** had already turned his back.
Qian Maimiao gently stroked her mother's trembling shoulders and said softly, "It's all over."
No matter how much you regret it, it’s all over.
No matter how difficult the days are, they will pass.
Once it’s gone, there will be no chance to come back.
Tian Dazhu was still crying, but the people in the Qian family could no longer sit still.
Such a good life was ruined by this useless man.
Qian**'s mother went up and slapped Tian Dazhui, then wiped away her tears.
"Get lost! You divorced my daughter and gave her some money and never cared about her again. You haven't been dead in these eight years! You didn't come to ask or see her before! Maiya, she was in premature labor at that time, and we survived a near-death experience! Have you asked? Have you seen it?"
"Let me put it bluntly. If Mai Ya hadn't been kept at that time, would you have come to see Mai Ya?"
"Why are you pretending to regret it now? You came here just to show your face and see how successful we are!"
"Get lost! We signed the severance agreement back then. Our surname is Qian and we have nothing to do with you! If you want to rely on your precious son, don't come looking for us, Maimiao!"
Qian**'s mother chased Tian Dazhu out with her shoe soles, "Get lost!"
Everyone around saw Tian Dazhu's eyes asking for help, but no one said a word, not even Tian Dazhu's close brothers.
Although people of the same clan help each other, none of them is as unrefined as Tian Dazhu.
Since you've signed the document severing ties, then don't come close to me.
No one cared for eight years. Now he is saying something nice. It's just that Qian Maimiao is a girl and it's not easy to fall out with her. If you change it to a son with a bad temper, he will definitely kick the father out.
Who is this
After this episode, the people of the Qian family could no longer sit still and dragged the three sisters Qian ** and Qian Maimiao back to be included in the family tree.
If I don’t include it in the family tree, what if I get caught by the Tian family
The Qian family's people, Haohao, took the mother and daughter back to her parents' home. The team leader took the opportunity to ask someone to buy firecrackers.
"Let's go to the village entrance and set off some firecrackers! Bring a few more people and we'll discuss the feast!"
Four college students! Tian Youfu always looked up when he went to the commune recently.
There is no doubt that Xu Shuang will be the chef for this banquet.
There wasn't enough pork, so Xu Shuang simply saved the big chunks of pork belly for the braised pork. She cut the meat into bite-sized chunks, added dried beans, dried potato slices, tofu puffs, and cabbage vermicelli, and stewed them together to make a full pot. It was served with mixed flour steamed bread, and it was so delicious that people couldn't get enough of it.
The remaining pork is chopped into minced meat, part of it is added with radish and fried into meatballs, and the other part is fried in sauce as a topping and spread on the noodles, which is also delicious.
We caught a few big carps from the fish pond on the mountain, fried them on both sides until golden brown, then simmered them with sauce. After they were out of the pan, they were served with pancakes and eaten with the salty and fragrant fish soup. The fish meat was delicious and the soup was rich. We didn't want to waste the soup, so everyone ate it all up.
Finally, make a stew, a thick soup made from big bones, stewed with black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, day lily, bean curd, bean curd and vermicelli, a fragrant soup that can be used as a dish or a soup. It is salty and delicious.
…
It was a village banquet and everyone was very satisfied with the food.
"Frost boy is worthy of being a chef in the city. His cooking skills are really good."
Wang Ying rubbed Xu Shuang's shoulders at night: "How is it? You've been a chef for a long time. Can you handle a village banquet out of the blue?"
Xu Shuang: "I am happy to do this to celebrate for you."
Wang Ying is not very surprised now. Xu Shuang has been brought up by her daughter in the past few years, and occasionally she would say some cheesy words.
"I called my dad and told him about it. He was also very happy. But he couldn't change his job for the time being, so he suggested that we buy a house after we go to Beijing and ask him for it if we need it."
Wang Yongfu said last year that he would transfer back to civilian work this year, but Wang Ying knew that it would be difficult for him to do so.
Especially next year, there will be another war on the southern border.
Xu Shuang raised her head and asked, "If I want to buy a house, can I buy one now?"
Nowadays, you can’t just buy a house if you want to. Every household has a house allocated by the work unit, and few people have extra ones.
Wang Ying: "There should be, right? Besides, the college entrance examination has been resumed, and the number of breeding has been relaxed. Who knows if there will be greater changes this year. I think since we have to find a place to stay when we go there, we might as well buy a house. What do you think?"
Xu Shuang thought for a moment and said, "That's true. I won't have a separate room there. It's more stable for our family of four to have one house."
Wang Ying clapped her hands and said, "That's it. We'll go there next month and rent a house for half a year, and then slowly look for one. It would be best if it's closer to my school and your hotel. Oh, and you have to buy a bicycle, too. Remember to ask Master if he can get you a ticket."
You can’t use the bicycles from Nanshao in Beijing, because now bicycles are also stamped with certificates.
The two of them calculated their savings. Although Xu Shuang lost his income from speculation after moving to the city, he was still able to save some money by doing private work for others and hosting weddings and funerals in the county because he was a master chef. Not to mention Wang Ying, she still had the annual dividend from the brigade in her hands. It had been five years, and she didn't have to pay it this year.
The two of them originally had more than 1,500 yuan in savings, plus the more than 1,000 yuan given by Wang Ying's father Wang Yongfu, the total of more than 2,000 yuan was enough for them to settle down in Beijing.
Wang Ying: "It doesn't matter if it's almost there. I'll find a way when the time comes."
As long as she waits until the end of this year, when the policy is announced, she will always find an opportunity.
Xu Shuang was unwilling to be overshadowed by his wife, and said enthusiastically: "If I go to Beijing, I will definitely earn more!"
Wang Ying had no doubt about his craftsmanship: "That's for sure!"
The two people fell into a deep sleep with beautiful visions of the future in their minds.
…
At this moment, the Zhao army in the county town was struck by lightning.
After more than half a month of disappointment, Zhao Jun finally admitted the reality that he did not pass the exam.
The exam questions this year were not difficult, and Zhao Jun felt good about himself, thinking that he could pass the exam. Even if he couldn't get into a good school, he could still study at a similar level, right
You should know that in the first college entrance examination, most people did not apply for admission in a standardized manner, so the final admission was not that strict. Some people with high scores, even if they did not get into the university they applied for, would have other schools try to get them.
But unfortunately, Zhao Jun is not that good enough.
He failed the exam.
If it were someone else who failed the exam, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but this year, among the hundreds of people who applied from the sugar factory, it would be rare for anyone not to fail.
But Zhao Jun is different. He resigned directly for the exam. There are only Wang Ying and him in their factory.
Now Wang Ying has been admitted to a rare good school, but Zhao Jun has failed.
Zhao Jun lay at home for several days in a depressed mood, refusing to go out, fearing that someone would catch him and ask him how he did on the exam. It was not until the fifth day that Zhao Jun pulled himself together. No matter what, he had failed the exam. He had to plan for the future.
Zhao Jun squatted down, pulled out his own small treasury from under the bed, and prepared to calculate how much money he had left. It didn’t matter if he failed once, he would still have a second time!
But when he opened the box, he saw a shocking scene.
The money in the box suddenly disappeared.
Hundreds of dollars disappeared, leaving Zhao Jun with nothing.
"Who! Who did it!"