"Brother, he actually sent a telegram, so formal?"
Gu Xiaomei also received a telegram from her elder brother. She ran to Gu's house and said, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, my elder brother sent a telegram!"
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "He is asserting his sovereignty."
Gu Xiangyi sighed, "It's not easy for our eldest brother either."
She lowered her head and squeezed her little bean curd's paw.
"It's not easy." Zhan Aiping thought that her elder brother was already so old and it was not easy for him to catch up with a wife, so it would be better not to interfere.
She just watched from the side: "Let's wait for the eldest brother to come and see how much this married man can change."
"How much can he change? My eldest brother is a very conservative person... He can't change as much as my youngest brother, right?"
*
After sending the telegram, Brother Gu refused to answer calls from the Gu family. In fact, he didn't want to go to Lao Wu's house at all. He originally planned to get married without consulting Lao Wu, just like Lao Wu did back then.
But Zeng Xue refused. After all, they knew each other through Zhan Aiping. If she didn't tell her in person, what would happen? Would they meet again in the future? Would she, Zeng Xue, still be a human being
Thinking about the past, Zeng Xue was too embarrassed to go to Gu's house... But even if it meant going to hell, the two of them had to bite the bullet and give it a try.
Gu Yao had nightmares for several days in a row. In his dreams, he saw the violent ridicule from his family, the hateful faces of his brothers... and the words he had said himself back then.
Every time he woke up from a nightmare, the words that once spoke so powerfully would hit his face like raindrops.
Gu Yao washed his face with cold water, looked at himself in the mirror, and thought to himself, Gu Yao, Gu Yao, you have also been through many ups and downs, so is there any difficulty that you can't overcome
He got up for a morning run. In the past two years, he has been exercising more and more diligently and paying attention to maintaining his body. After sweating a lot, Gu Yao let out a long breath and screened several people's faces in his mind. Finally, he decided to call his innocent little sister Gu Xiangyi.
Gu Xiangyi said happily, "Brother, congratulations."
Gu Yao had a serious expression and his voice was extremely steady on the phone. He pretended to be calm and asked, "When your brother got married, what did he tell his parents?"
Gu Xiangyi laughed: "My little brother, my little brother is so arrogant-"
Gu Yao hung up the phone first.
"I'm a traditional man."
Just like Lao Wu said, their family is in bad shape and has a henpecked family. If anyone is to blame, it should be Lao Gu.
Gu Xiangyi: "?! Brother! Big brother?!!! Why did you hang up the phone?"
"You still refused... Are you busy? Thank you."
Gu Xiangyi put down the phone helplessly.
*
Before Gu Yao brought Zeng Xue to visit, he made complete preparations. He wanted to take the initiative to avoid being teased and laughed at by his younger brothers and sisters.
Zeng Xue: "This... this is not necessary. You also brought an apron? Why did you bring this?"
Yes, this time Gu Yao not only brought his own apron, he also planned to buy vegetables and meat, and brought good wine and a small tin frog. He wanted to return the small tin frog to Gu Sheng and his wife.
Gu Yao said in a relaxed tone: "I learned some skills from two ordinary cooks... I'll take this opportunity to let my brothers and sisters taste my big brother's cooking skills."
As soon as he arrived, he occupied the kitchen and showed off his cooking skills, which amazed his younger brothers and sisters. Afterwards, he got Gu Sheng drunk at the dinner table, and the matter was resolved satisfactorily.
Zeng Xue: "You're going too far by calling Master Lu and Master Xue ordinary cooks."
Although he only learned three axe skills, these three axes of Cheng Yaojin are enough.
When Gu Yao and Zeng Xue came to visit, Zhan Aiping and Gu Sheng were both at home. Their eldest brother had said that he would bring his girlfriend with him, so how could they not welcome him politely? After all, he had sent a telegram.
"Brother."
"Old Five." Gu Yao's tone was calm and composed. Zeng Xue, who was beside him, blushed suddenly when she saw Zhan Aiping and his wife. She was embarrassed. She didn't feel it on the phone, but she felt really embarrassed when they met.
She accidentally became their sister-in-law.
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "Brother and future sister-in-law, please come in and sit down."
Don't treat their home as a Hongmen Banquet.
Gu Sheng looked sharp: "Brother, did you buy meat?"
Brother Gu's expression remained unchanged: "I saw something new on the way here, so I bought some. Take me to your kitchen."
"Today, I will show you my skills."
"Don't come to the kitchen and get in the way, Old Five. Big Brother will take care of everything today."
Gu Sheng: “…”
Zhan Aiping: “…”
Big Brother Gu occupied the kitchen of the house. Zhan Aiping and Zeng Xue were talking outside. Gu Sheng was wearing a military uniform. The sun was strong during the day and it was a little hot in the morning. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong upper arm muscles. His eyebrows were slanted, the corners of his eyes were raised, and he leaned against the kitchen door with his arms folded, looking nonchalant.
If he holds a piece of grass in his mouth, he deserves a beating even more.
As an experienced commander, max out your skills of reprimanding, warning, provoking, and trash talking before a battle.
Gu Sheng's peach blossom eyes were full of smiles, and he thought to himself, Brother, it's really a matter of time, and today it's my turn.
Gu Sheng said loudly: "Brother, you are getting married soon. You must take good care of your wife and make her virtuous. Otherwise, how can I, a younger brother, feel at ease?"
Gu Yao's hand holding the spatula paused. What a terrible brother!
He remained silent.
Gu Sheng walked over and continued, "They say that people get more irritable as they get promoted. Big brother, you've been promoted again recently, to the second-in-command, and you can call the shots in the unit. What you say is the golden rule. Are you willing to go home and be a slave to your wife? I—"
"Old Five's wife!" Brother Gu shouted outside, "Old Five's wife! Come in! Come in quickly."
Zhan Aiping responded immediately, "Brother, what's wrong?"
Gu Yao said angrily: "You really should take care of this old man! Don't let him have an easy life. Look at him, he's already a father of three children, but he's not a decent person!"
Gu Sheng smiled: "Brother, why are you like this? You even complained to my wife. I am doing this for your own good."
"Wife, come and help me loosen my shoulders and show my brother how virtuous you are. Ouch, I'm tired from standing for a while."
Brother Gu said with a dark face: "If you really have nothing to do, come and help me wash the vegetables."
Zhan Aiping and Zeng Xue held back their laughter as they watched the two brothers kill each other.
At noon, we had Brother Gu's "Three Axes" cooking, which tasted pretty good. Gu Yao and Gu Sheng drank two glasses of wine. He said seriously, "My younger sister and her kids will come over in the evening. You all should give me some face. They are taking the college entrance examination. As their eldest brother, I should say a few words to encourage them."
What he means is that you must not sabotage me, he wants to act like a big brother in front of his younger sister.
"If they fail the exam, I will encourage them to take it again next year. Such motivated comrades deserve praise."
In the evening, Gu Xiangyi and Zhan Mingzhao came over. Gu Yao took a nap to clear his mind. He originally wanted to act like an elder brother in front of his sister, but when he saw the little bean bun in Zhan Mingzhao's arms, he was dumbfounded.
Gu Yao: “?!!!”
this…
"Oh my God!!!" Zeng Xue was extremely shocked. She looked at Gu Yao and then at Xiao Doubao. If she didn't know that the child was Gu Yao's nephew, she would have thought he was Gu Yao's illegitimate child.
Little Doubao shook his legs carelessly in his father's arms, raised his eyelids and glanced at Gu Yao. His solemn and calm expression was exactly the same as Gu Yao's, and he looked like a big boss.
Xiao Doubao looks very old despite being very young.
Gu Xiangyi smiled and said, "Brother, look, my son!"
Gu Yao's mouth twitched: "..."
His sister was so good at giving birth that she gave birth to a nephew who looks just like him.
Gu Yao watched as his little sister pointed at a face that looked like his own and shouted, "This is my son!"
The ground shook in front of his eyes, and he no longer wanted this little sister. He swallowed all the words of encouragement that he had prepared in his mind.
Gu Xiangyi urged, "Brother, come and hug your little nephew."
Gu Yao shouted: "Don't!"
Zeng Xue said: "Hurry up, come and take a picture!"
Gu Yao felt that everyone around him had betrayed him. He held the hot potato in his arms and glared at everyone.
Gu Yao's younger brothers and sisters were afraid of him, his subordinates were afraid of him, but the little kid in his arms was not afraid at all. He shook his strong calves and looked at Gu Yao with half-closed eyes, as if he was being scrutinized by a leader.
Gu Yao: “…”
For the first time, he felt that his face deserved a beating.
Then, Xiao Doubao grinned at him, hehe...
Gu Yao was confused by his sudden smile for a moment, and then, a hot stream flowed down his hands. Xiao Doubao raised his legs happily, and a stream of water fell on Gu Yao's chest like a waterfall.
Gu Xiangyi was stunned: "Brother, the child peed—"
Gu Yao: “?!!!!”
Zeng Xue: “…”
Gu Yao, who was drenched in boy's urine, took a shower and changed into clean clothes. He didn't want to say anything. Gu Sheng, Gu Yao, and Zhan Mingzhao, three men, were cooking in the kitchen.
Zhan Mingzhao: "How about you two brothers take a rest and try my cooking tonight?"
Gu Sheng said seriously: "I have to make food that my wife and children like."
Gu Yao said proudly: "I have to make my partner's favorite food too."
Zhan Mingzhao: “…Me too.”
Outside, Zhan Aiping and the other two were having a great time chatting. Zeng Xue said to Gu Yao, "You should learn how to take care of a child."
She asked Gu Yao to continue holding the little bean bun.
Gu Yao was angry but dared not say anything, and held his breath.
When Gu Sheng, Zhan Aiping and Gu Xiangyi saw this scene, the same words were written in their eyes: You have come to this day too.
Gu Yao felt very uncomfortable, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Xiao Tangyuan and the others had already returned from school, and Lu Cheng also came to their house for dinner. Lu Cheng suddenly noticed Gu Yao and the child in his arms. He whispered to Xiao Tangyuan, "Your uncle's son looks a bit like your cousin."
Little Tangyuan: “?!” Her uncle has no son.
Guo Bao Rou said: "He is my cousin."
Lu Cheng: “…”
Zhan Aiping said with a smile: "Xiao Cheng, your observation ability is not good, don't pay attention."
Lu Cheng's face turned red with embarrassment. How could a man who wanted to be a special forces soldier make such a mistake
Gu Yao and Zeng Xue left, and gave Zhan Aiping a matchmaker red envelope, which was a must-have in any case.
Zhan Aiping took the red envelope, which was another unexpected fortune. She said to Gu Sheng with emotion: "I didn't expect that big brother would be conquered by such a little hottie. Look at how he is holding his breath. He will suffer in the future."
Gu Sheng said: "My eldest brother finally really likes someone."
Gu Sheng hugged his wife into his arms: "As long as I can hold my wife, what kind of anger can I not endure?"
Zhan Aiping hugged him back: "Captain Gu, you are really conscious."
"We've made a fortune." There were two hundred yuan in the red envelope, which was not a small amount. Zhan Aiping counted the money. Their family had made more than this amount of money in the past two years. They had previously contacted a publishing house to sell college entrance examination materials, and Zhan Aiping had made five thousand yuan from it.
The college entrance examination for 1978 is approaching soon, and students' demand for review materials is still increasing day by day. The materials compiled by Zhan Aiping are selling particularly well, and her new test papers are also being snapped up.
The publishing house contacted Zhan Aiping and said they wanted to continue the cooperation. Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, these college entrance examination review materials have broad prospects and great potential in the future.
"Teaching materials support a bookstore. This stuff is really the most profitable."
After working hard to save money for several years, it is not as good as making money by selling teaching materials. If this continues, she will become a millionaire by selling teaching materials.
Zhan Aiping was suddenly embarrassed. It’s not like she hasn’t read time-travel and rebirth novels before, about people traveling back to the 1960s and 1970s, or being reborn in the 1960s and 1970s. When people returned to the era of the resumption of the college entrance examination and reform and opening up, they either took the initiative to take the college entrance examination or rode bicycles to do business in the streets, selling snacks, opening restaurants, and selling clothes... to earn their first pot of gold.
As for her, she also took advantage of the resumption of the college entrance examination. She did not take the college entrance examination, but sold college entrance examination review materials and earned her first pot of gold.
If she continues like this, she might be able to come up with an xx secret scroll that's earlier than the xgang secret scroll that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s.
After thinking about it, Zhan Aiping shook her head. It was only because of the simple conditions at the beginning and it was an unexplored field that she could make money easily. The development of real teaching materials was a large and persistent project.
As various learning conditions improve, college entrance examination questions will become more and more difficult, and children's studies will become more and more competitive.
In a few years, her three children will also take the college entrance examination, so she needs to keep a close eye on their studies.
Not long after the New Year, college entrance examination notifications began to arrive one after another. Zhan Aiping went to the county and also raised her opinions in the town. She united all the communes and proposed that if a college student emerged in the commune, they should go to the door with music and firecrackers to make the delivery of the admission notice more lively.
Zhan Aiping also suggested that the commune put up a honor roll on the propaganda wall and post the names of the candidates who were admitted to university. If a commune had a college student, the whole commune would be honored.
Zhan Aiping made this suggestion because she was worried that the admission notice would not be delivered to the candidates themselves. Many accidents happened in the first few years after the college entrance examination was resumed. Some families burned their admission notices without telling the candidates, some replaced their names, and some cousins went to school under their children's names...all kinds of things happened.
The conditions are very simple now, there is no national network, transportation is even less developed, and household registration is a mess... Even if someone goes to university under someone else's name, the university has no way to verify it.
In addition, the household registration management is not strict. If the notification letter accidentally falls into the hands of an uncle, he can carefully manipulate it and let his children impersonate the candidate without anyone noticing, or even directly use the candidate's household registration.
Rural people will not check their household registration for no reason. By the time the rural candidates themselves discover the truth, it may have been many years later and the matter is already done.
Do something good.
"Sister-in-law, I passed!!! I passed!!!" Gu Xiangyi was so excited after receiving the admission letter that she wanted to spread the news. She didn't expect that she actually passed the university!!
"Sister-in-law, I can go to college now. I am a college student now!"
Gu Xiangyi's heartbeat quickened, and she couldn't hide the smile in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. When she registered for the college entrance examination, she didn't expect that she would be able to be admitted to university when the college entrance examination was just resumed.
Zhan Aiping was very happy when she heard that she had been admitted to the university: "Will you stay for dinner tonight? Let's celebrate!"
"I want to especially thank my sister-in-law. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been able to get into college."
Zhan Aiping: "Have you called your parents?"
If Gu Ze'an and his wife knew that their youngest daughter was admitted to university, they would definitely be overjoyed.
If both Gu Xiangyi and his wife were admitted to university, they might still think they were dreaming.
"Not yet." Gu Xiangyi said while holding the admission letter, "I just received the admission letter, and the first thing I wanted to tell is Ming Zhao and you. Ming Zhao has gone out with the child, so I'll tell him later and give him a scare."
Zhan Mingzhao was more than just shocked, he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep. Gu Xiangyi's admission letter arrived, but there was no sign of his admission letter yet. But what if the final outcome was that Gu Xiangyi was admitted to the university and he was not, that would be interesting.
Gu Xiangyi comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay. If you don't pass, we can take it again next year. We will pass eventually. Don't worry, dad."
"If you fail the exam, I will continue to help you with your homework. My son and I both help you with your homework. Our little Doubao has been helping his father with his homework since he was in the womb. He is so smart."
Zhan Mingzhao's mouth twitched: "..."
Zhan Aiping couldn't help laughing: "As expected, she is my dear wife. Little sister, this is not comforting you, but rubbing salt into your wounds."
She patted her brother on the shoulder and said, "Brother, be confident. My younger sister has passed the exam. You are my younger brother, are you still afraid of failing?"
Zhan Mingzhao: “…”
(End of this chapter)