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70. Chapter 70
This batch of courtyard houses was originally only sold to high-ranking insiders, so Li Muwen quickly helped Zhen Zhen to go through the formalities, but he didn't know how the quirky little girl in his hometown was going to clean up this courtyard, so he I didn't make my own decisions, I just sent someone to clean up the dust inside, and the rest remained the same.
Zhen Zhen knew that she had given Li Muwen the matter of buying a house, so she felt relieved and read books. In her previous life, there was a post on the Internet entitled "1977 College Entrance Exam Paper, See How Many Scores You Can Get" , when she was still in college, she followed the trend and did it again. Although not all the questions can be remembered now, she still has an impression of what kind of questions there are.
In June, Zhen Zhen basically didn't go out of the house, she did questions and read books every day from morning to night. Only then did Mrs. Li realize that every time Mingnan came to her house, she didn't talk about reviewing. There were some murmurs in my heart, and I went to ask Zhen Zhen during the day when there was no one at home.
Zhen Zhen felt a little distressed when she remembered that Ming Nan gave up the college entrance examination, after all, from the perspective of future generations, there is really no way out of being a worker for a lifetime, unless you dare to quit your job at the beginning of the reform and opening up, or you will have to die for the rest of your life. Salary, can not afford to buy a house until retirement.
Zhen Zhen put down the pen, turned around and rubbed her eyebrows: "Third brother said he was afraid that he would not be able to take care of his family after he was admitted to school, and that no one would take care of you, so he thought of not taking the college entrance examination."
"Hey. Why did he hold back such a big idea? You said that they didn't live at home, but I didn't pay attention to it. It almost caused them to delay the big event." Mrs. Li slapped her thigh in annoyance. , looked at Zhen Zhen with a sad face: "Zhen Zhen, you and Nian said, is it time for them to review now?"
The resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977 was in the winter, and there were still five or six months from now, Zhen Zhen had already classified the same type of questions in her review, and the Chinese also copied the main points and the articles that need to be memorized according to the memory of the previous life. After coming out, according to Mingnan's foundation, it is not a big problem to review for so many months. Thinking of this, Zhen Zhen nodded: "My brother has a good foundation, if he can study hard for a few months, he will definitely be admitted to the university."
"That's enough." Mrs. Li slapped her thigh and made a decision: "I will tell them about it by the way when I send the dumplings back in the evening. If it doesn't work, I will leave the biscuits and dumplings at our house at night, and your mother and I will Show it, let the couple review their homework."
That night, Mrs. Li estimated that it was time to get off work, so she and Wang Sufen led the dumplings to Mingnan's house in Houtou. Meng Xiaoxi was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen coming, she immediately stood up with a smile: "Nanny, Mom, you are here. Ming Nan is helping the biscuits to change clothes, and is going to pick them up later. What about dumplings?"
Wang Sufen let go of her hand and let Dumpling go back to the house to find his brother to play with, while she went into the kitchen to help Meng Xiaoxi make the fire: "It's not just for dumplings, your grandma will tell you something to Ming Nan later."
Meng Xiaoxi didn't know what was going on, so she quickly prepared the meal and brought it to the table for the biscuits and dumplings to eat first. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen sat on the kang in the east room and waited. After a while, Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi came in.
Sitting in the kang, Mrs. Li asked Ming Nan straight to the point: "I heard your sister say that you don't want to go to university, what's the matter?" Meng Xiaoxi looked back at Ming Bei in surprise after hearing this, as if she had just heard the news.
Ming Nan sat on the edge of the kang with a helpless look on his face: "My eldest brother lives in Anbei, Mingxi and his wife are doing scientific research in the imperial capital, Ming Bei and Zhen Zhen both want to go to university, we can't all go. Just a few of you old people are left unattended."
"What are you serving, are we that old?" Mrs. Li angrily knocked on the cigarette bag pot: "I went up the mountain to farm this year."
Wang Sufen lowered her head silently, not daring to dismantle the old lady, she just walked up the mountain and came back without even bending her waist. Over the years, Zhen Zhen has used her supernatural powers to plant the land at home, and she almost forgot what it was like to farm.
Ming Nan was stunned by Mrs. Li, and moved away silently: "I can't let go of my family, look at my two children, if I go to school, Xiaoxi alone can't take care of these two skins. monkey."
Mrs. Li glanced at Meng Xiaoxi, who was a little confused: "Isn't Xiaoxi going to take the test?"
"What's the test?" Meng Xiaoxi looked at Mingnan: "Mingnan never mentioned this."
Mrs. Li gave Ming Nan angrily, kicked him to the ground, and dragged Meng Xiaoxi to sit beside her: "It was your uncle who came back during the Chinese New Year and said that it is estimated that the college entrance examination will be resumed this year. There is a lot of information that I want to review with you for the college entrance examination. I am thinking about not delaying the future of your young couple because of our old people, so I will ask again. "
Meng Xiaoxi lowered her head and thought about it, and her face was a little hesitant: "I was a health school after graduating from junior high school, so I can't do it at all. If I don't let Mingnan take the test, I can do it at home by myself. When my elder brother was in college, my sister-in-law It's not at home, it's actually nothing."
Seeing that the two couples still had some concerns, Mrs. Li put the book and exercises she brought in front of them: "This is the study material that Zhen Zhen has organized, it's up to you to decide whether to read it or not, as for me and you. Parents, you don’t have to worry about it, maybe we will go to the imperial capital to accompany Zhen Zhen in two years, and by then there will be only four of your family left at home, please don’t send a telegram to urge us to come back.”
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she got off the kang and put on her shoes to go home. Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi stopped for a while: "Mom, you can eat here, it's all done."
"No need, I'm ready to cook at home. I'm just afraid of delaying your future. I'm here to talk to you, so you can think about it for yourself." After speaking, Mrs. Li called Wang Sufen a flashlight and went out, staring at Ming Ming. The Beijia light was on, and Mrs. Li said, "Go out and see Mingbei and the two of them."
It was not yet time to go to bed, so the doors were left open, and Mrs. Li entered the room directly and saw Mingbei and Wang Xinwen doing their homework.
Mingbei was not particularly fond of learning. At that time, he wanted to only read junior high school. Later, because of a secret love in his heart, he worked hard to get into the hydrolysis factory. Now that he is tired from work during the day, he doesn't even want to move when he lies on the kang at night. But Wang Xinwen has a temperament that can endure hardship. Even if she has a big belly, she perseveres in reviewing the questions every day. Mingbei sees her daughter-in-law working so hard while she is pregnant, and she is embarrassed to be lazy. Reading together is a bit like going to school, and both of them enjoy such little fun.
Seeing that the two of them were working hard, Mrs. Li didn't sit any longer, and instructed Wang Xinwen to get up and turn twice every once in a while, so her waist couldn't bear it.
In the blink of an eye, it was August, and the news of the college entrance examination had not yet been finalized. Mingbei's mind was a little scattered. Seeing that Wang Xinwen was still about ten days away from the due date, Mingbei couldn't read the book anymore. The best hospital in Beicha is the Hydrolysis Plant Hospital. Seeing the uneasy look of Ming Bei and his wife, Mrs. Li went to Lao Wang's house with a gift to see if they could go back to the Hydrolysis Plant first. In this way, you can go directly to the hospital.
Wang Xinwen's parents are also the same girl, so of course there is nothing unhappy about them. Today's house is narrow. Wang Xinwen still has two younger brothers at home. North home.
Wang Xinwen lived in her mother's house for a week and then started it. In less than half a day, she gave birth to a big fat boy weighing 7 pounds. After staying in the hospital for three days, Mingbei asked the neighbor to borrow a big car to take Wang Xinwen and the child directly from the hospital. Take it home. While watching Wang Sufen making chicken soup, Mrs. Li couldn't help but mutter: "Why is the incense in our house so strong, when we used osmanthus and peanut sugar packets, I thought our family's feng shui had changed.
Wang Sufen smiled and filled the stove with a handful of firewood: "Everyone else can't wait to have sons, but you are always different from ordinary people."
Mrs. Li took a puff of cigarette: "That's because they don't know how to raise a daughter."
Guessing that when the chicken soup was boiled, Wang Sufen took out a small stuffy can, filled the chicken soup, and brought it to Wang Xinwen.
Don't look at Wang Xinwen's fatness, but her milk and water are very good, the big fat boy is full, and he can sleep for half the night. Mrs. Li said that she has never seen such a well-supported child, and she is about to catch up with Zhen Zhen's childhood. . My son saves trouble. When Wang Xinwen is free, she asks Mingbei to read the questions to herself. When Wang Sufen went there, she heard Mingbei and Wang Xinwen recite the text. She hurriedly went to the kitchen and gave Wang Xinwen a bowl of noodles with chicken soup. There was also a bowl of noodles in it. Big drumsticks.
"Wenwen, don't work too hard, you can't be too tired in confinement." Wang Sufen asked Mingbei to put the noodles on the kang table and put the noodles on the table: "Mingbei, you go to the front to eat with your milk, I'll replace it first. You look at Wenwen and the child."
Mingbei responded, poured a glass of water for Wang Xinwen and put it on the table, just took two steps away and came back to ask, "Mom, what's my son's nickname?"
"You can't call it what you want. You can pick it up as you like. Anyway, your younger sister's nicknames are all eaten by your sister. You can call it whatever you like." Wang Sufen replied without looking up.
Mingbei looked at Wang Xinwen expectantly: "Daughter-in-law, what do you like to eat?"
"Let's call it noodles." Wang Xinwen drank a mouthful of noodle soup: "Mum's noodles are really fragrant."
Wang Sufen immediately opened her arms and said quickly, "Eat more if you like it. Mom cooked a big pot of chicken soup for you. The noodles are also ready-made, so we won't cook enough."
"Noodles..." Mingbei repeated several times, then turned around and walked out: "The name of noodles sounds okay, but fortunately I didn't get it. My favorite food is the stove.
After about a month of noodles, exciting news finally came on the radio. The country decided to resume the college entrance examination, which had been suspended for ten years, and take the test a month later.
When the old Li family heard the news, the whole family was excited. Even Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi, who had been reading and reviewing, but had not decided whether to take the exam or not, at the moment when they heard the broadcast, the two of them also made a decision, whether it would work or not. have to try it again, seeing that one third of life has passed, and if don't have any courage, will really fall behind younger brothers and sisters.
So the Mingnan couple, the Mingbei couple, and Zhen Zhen all went to sign up and received the admission ticket. During the sprint stage of the last month, Mrs. Li brought Mingnan's biscuits and dumplings and Mingbei's noodles to the front yard with her. Mingnan, Meng Xiaoxi, and Mingbei all took long vacations. During the day, everyone stayed at Mingbei's house. Zhen Zhen led them to do the questions together, and practiced the college entrance examination questions they remembered repeatedly.
It was finally the day of the college entrance examination. Wang Sufen got up in the middle of the night and made chicken soup. When he heard Ming Bei and the others got up to wash up, he quickly cooked a pot of noodles with the boiled chicken soup, tore a lot of chicken into it, and put five poached eggs.
Mingnan and a few people snorted with a big bowl of noodles and finished eating. Zhen Zhen asked everyone to check the admit card and stationery box to make sure that everything for the exam was packed, and then they rode their bikes to school together.
In the first year, the college entrance examination will be resumed, and only four subjects will be tested, namely mathematics, Chinese, and politics. In addition, the liberal arts test history and geography, and the science test physics and chemistry, each with a full score of 100, and the total score is 400.
It was the first time in so many years to sit for the exam, not only Ming Bei and Ming Nan's hands were trembling, but even Zhen Zhen was also a little nervous. However, compared to other candidates who have only been reviewing for more than a month, the old Li family started reviewing during the Chinese New Year last year. Not to mention that the textbooks are all rotten, and even Zhen Zhen has done a few exercises from all over the world. Ten sets.
When they found the papers, they hurriedly followed what Zhen Zhen said. They wrote their names and test numbers before starting to do the questions. They scanned the questions roughly and everyone in Mingnan breathed a sigh of relief. These questions were all reviewed with Zhen Zhen. , should be no problem. At this time, Zhen Zhen has already been writing hard, and in the eyes of others, some math problems are the same as those in heaven, but in Zhen Zhen's eyes, they are not much different from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
In the past ten years, too many people have focused their energy on the fields or factories. Now that the policy has come, when they want to follow the policy, they realize that they have fallen too far.
In the examination room, only the rustling of the pen on the paper could be heard, and Wang Sufen, like many parents of future candidates, waited restlessly at home. When Ming Nan and Zhen Zhen came back, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. , and quickly put the braised pork, rice, and oil-simmered beans on it, so that they can eat enough to take the next test.
After handing in the last exam paper, Zhen Zhen walked out of the exam room, she was looking around to find her brother and sister-in-law, when she saw Ming Bei cheering and rushing out of the classroom, pulling Wang Xinwen who just came out and jumping up and down. Zhen Zhen pressed her temples that were jumping non-stop, hurriedly walked over and tugged at him, helplessly said: "It's just been calm for a few years and then it's not stable, you are afraid that others won't know that you can pass the test, right?"
Mingbei suddenly laughed out loud, looked at the eyes of the people around him, quickly let go of Wang Xinwen's hand, and said in a low voice, "I think I can be admitted to the National University."
Wang Xinwen's face couldn't help but smile: "I think it's the same. In the past, when I was in school, the textbooks didn't have much content, and the teacher didn't teach it seriously. After graduation, I went to the youth center for three years, and I forgot all those things in school. It’s almost the same. If it wasn’t for Zhen Zhen pulling us to study hard this year, I don’t think we could even finish the math papers.”
Ming Bei thought about the questions on the math paper, which were basically the types of questions that Zhen Zhen had taught him, and immediately patted Zhen Zhen on the shoulder and said proudly, "Brother, I have to treat you well, what do you want to eat? Brother, go up the mountain to hunt for you."
Zhen Zhen looked at Ming Bei with a sweet smile: "Then come back with a wild boar."
Ming Bei's legs softened and he almost knelt down for Zhen Zhen: "Sister, in fact, I'm thinking that it's not good for this person to eat meat all the time, and it's easy to gain weight, why don't brother buy you clothes, we'll go to the hydrolysis factory tomorrow. Supply and Marketing Co., what do you like to buy for you?"
Zhen Zhen smiled and patted Ming Bei's chest: "You earn the two money and keep it for my noodle nephew to buy milk powder." The two brothers and sisters were talking and laughing, Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi also came out, they were one Signed up for the Forestry University, one signed up for the medical school, both are schools in Bingcheng.
"How was the test?" Mingbei asked.
Mingnan glanced at Meng Xiaoxi with a smile on his face: "I don't think it's a big problem." Meng Xiaoxi said a little embarrassedly: "I have two math problems that I haven't done yet, and what Zhen Zhen said at the beginning, I was in a hurry. I forgot about it again, and everything else was done."
Zhen Zhen smiled and patted her schoolbag: "Okay, after the exam is over, I don't think about these things anymore, we have to go home and discuss how to celebrate before we talk about it."
Ming Bei laughed suddenly: "It is necessary."
In the first year of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the country attaches great importance to it from top to bottom. Zhen Zhen originally thought that she would get her grades after the new year, but she received an admission letter just after her birthday. Zhen Zhen was admitted to the journalism major of the Literature Department of Imperial College with the highest score in the province, Ming Bei was admitted by the Civil Engineering Department of NUS, Wang Xinwen was admitted to the Law Department of Imperial College, Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi both took When they arrived in Bingcheng, one went to Forestry University and the other went to Bingcheng Medical University.
The five children of Lao Li's family were admitted to universities, three of which are the two best universities in the country. When the news came out, the whole Beicha was shocked. The hydrolysis plant held a special celebration party for Mingnan, Ming Bei, Meng Xiaoxi and Wang Xinwen saw them off. Many neighbors and colleagues came to Lao Li's house to review the materials, and they called for the things that the champion Zhen Zhen had used. They were all blessed, and they might even be able to get back to a university if they touched it more.
When Liu Xiulan heard from the neighbors that her niece didn't even care about cooking after she passed the champion exam, she trotted all the way to Li Muwu's house, panting and holding Zhen Zhen's hand, "Zhen Zhen, the third aunt told you, Your textbooks must be given to my family Mingrong and Mingguang. Oh, you said that they didn't believe the resumption of the college entrance examination at the beginning. If you study hard with you this year, will you be able to go to college together? "
The more Liu Xiulan thought about it, the more angry she felt: "They're all married people, I'm too embarrassed to say more about them, why are you so careless, letting them go to college and hurting them, I looked at Mingrong , Mingguang and two are thinking about taking over."
My cousin must be more friendly than outsiders, Zhen Zhen put together two sets of books and materials and handed them to Liu Xiulan: "Third aunt, this year, the college entrance examination was held in winter because of the special situation. Normally, the examination will be taken in July. Seeing that it's only half a year, you have to urge my brothers Mingrong and Mingguang to read books carefully."
"Don't worry, this time I have to watch them learn every day." Liu Xiulan held a thick stack of books, and she felt a lot at ease: "There are practice questions that the niece of the champion has done personally, you say they are the same If you can't test God, you can also test in an ice city."
Zhen Zhen smiled, stroked her hair and didn't dare to make a deal, Liu Xiulan happily entered the room and said hello to Mrs. Li: "Mother, I'll take the book back and let Mingrong and Mingguang study hard."
"Study hard and get into a good university will never suffer." Mrs. Li took a puff and said, "Look at the beginning, Ming Dong could earn more than 50 yuan as soon as he graduated, which is more than his father's lifetime class. It’s still strong, why are you talking about it? It’s not because you went to college. Although the next two years were not smooth, you can tell by listening to the radio that college students will be no different in the future.”
Mrs. Li looked at Liu Xiulan and summed up: "I think your two boys just listen to the radio and have too little brains to use. Don't save money and spend it all day long, hurry back and buy a radio. Go, it's okay to hear too much, you can't go wrong."
Liu Xiulan sneered: "The radio is really not cheap, isn't it, and we don't have any radio tickets at home."
"If you don't have enough money, I'll lend you some first." Mrs. Li tapped on the cigarette bag: "But you have to get your own radio tickets."
Liu Xiulan laughed: "Oh, I said it as if I asked you for money. No, no, Ming Rong Mingguang has made a lot of money in the business of pulling wood in the past two years. I will discuss it when I go home."
Mrs. Li nodded, and called out Shen Bei: "Go get a basket and put the books in it, and take your third aunt home on a bicycle."
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Because the school starts at the end of February, we have to go to school without waiting for the first month after the new year. There are children in Mingnan and Mingbei, and the family sits together to discuss what to do with the children while there are many people during the Chinese New Year.
Mingnan and Meng Xiaoxi are relatively easy to manage. The two schools are not too far apart. Forestry University not only has its own forest farm, but also has an attached primary school and kindergarten. It's just that it is inconvenient to live in the dormitory with children, and the noise will affect the rest of the roommates, and I am afraid that it will make people uncomfortable.
Li Mulin has lived in Bingcheng for more than 20 years, and he is more familiar with Bingcheng than Beicha: "Linda's area is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many vacant houses like ours. You borrow a room to live in, and you can get some rice noodles or something for a month, and it won't cost you a few dollars." Meng Xiaoxi was relieved when he heard that, and sent the child to the kindergarten when he went to school in the morning, and picked up the child after school, and did nothing. hold up.
Compared with Meng Xiaoxi, Wang Xinwen is much more troublesome. It has only been five months since the noodles, and every day is inseparable from people. If Wang Xinwen takes him with him, he will definitely not be able to go to class, but if he is at home, it will take half a year for mother and son to part. , Wang Xinwen felt a pain in her heart again.
Seeing the little grandson's daughter-in-law holding her child, she made a decision with a slap in the face: "Let's all go, I've been listening to Tiananmen on the radio all day for so many years, I still don't know what Tiananmen looks like, we too Follow them to the imperial capital to take a look. Mother Mingdong, are you going?"
"Go!" Wang Sufen responded with a loud voice: "I listen to my mother, I will go wherever my mother tells me to go."
Li Muwu sat next to him dumbfounded: "What about me? Just leave me at home? I can't cook!"