Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 114

    In August of 1977, Zhouzhou and Jiaozi were five years old, and their younger sisters, Doudou and Rongrong, were also half a year old. Yes, the two girls in the family were nicknamed “” Bean paste”, there are already porridge porridge brother, dumpling brother, and there is still a lack of filling, sweet bean paste filling.

    Sister Doudou’s name is Lu Siyao, and sister Rongrong’s name is Lu Sining, because the two little guys look exactly the same, Qin Rou also tied a red rope to her sister Doudou’s wrist.

    These two little guys are half a year old and can already sit up and eat white and tender. The two sisters babble and laugh all day long. Rou is already adding complementary food to the two of them.

    I really deserve to be the child of the Lu family, she can eat very well, just like their brother.

    The two brothers Zhou Zhou and Xiao Diaozi came back from kindergarten and would gather around the bed to play with their sisters.

    The little rattle rattled.

    The left boat shouted: “Sister, look at brother!”

    The little dumpling on the right shouted: “Sister, look at brother!”

    “Blah blah blah…”

    Sisters Doudou and Rongrong look left and right, drooling in a daze, because they can’t speak, they can’t express themselves, but…

    Why is there a little brother on the left and a little brother who looks exactly the same on the right, the two sisters who have not known each other for a long time feel so confused, why are there so many identical brothers.

    “Ahhh?”

    “Oops…”

    The two sisters turned over and huddled together, humming, humming, and rubbing. What kind of brother are they looking at, they all look the same, it’s better to look at the sister (sister).

    He raised his hand and rubbed his sister’s little face, then rolled over and pressed it on.

    Qin Rou found that among the two sisters, the younger sister was much more lively than the elder sister. Wave your hands, shake your legs.

    harassing the sleep quality of the eldest sister.

    “Zhouzhou and Jiaozi come to practice calligraphy, write two pages of big characters and then play with my sister.” Zhouzhou and Xiaojiaozi are five years old, they already know a lot of characters and can read simple stories .

    Zhou Zhou and Dumpling smothered their heads, pretending not to hear, they don’t like writing very much.

    It is strange that children of five or six years old are willing to sit and write honestly. Rather than study, they prefer to play in the mud outside.

    “Mom, we’re going out and playing hide and seek!”

    There are many friends in the family’s courtyard with similar age differences, Zhouzhou and Dumpling also like to play with friends in the courtyard, what kind of hide-and-seek and badminton… The more people, the more fun, especially hide-and-seek .

    “Lu Weizhou, bring small dumplings to write.”

    Zhouzhou cleverly said: “Who is Lu Weizhou? I don’t know.”

    Little Dumpling followed with wit: “I don’t know Lu Weize either!”

    Qin Rou: “…” Do you know what it means to not betray yourself? That’s not beating yourself up.

    “Are you your mother’s son? My mother only has two sons, Lu Weizhou and Lu Weize.”

    “I am Zhouzhou!”

    “I’m Dumpling!”

    “When I go to elementary school, I will write my name, and I will write my name on the workbook.”

    Qin Rou carried the two children to the small table and sat down, and honestly wrote two pages of her name first.

    Lu Weizhou, Lu Weize.

    “Mom, it’s done!”

    After the two children finished writing, Qin Rou saw the “broken characters” of the two brothers, and her name was written crookedly. How can I say it, the difficulty of writing the names of Lu Weizhou and Lu Weize The difference is not big, the fonts are all left and right structures, it is easy to cause…

    The three-character Lu Weizhou can be written as the six-character “Lu Weizhou”, in which the “Zhou” character, the three dots of water on the left is like a slap on the right “Zhou” character, scolding One voice: Don’t suffer Lao Tzu!

    If you want to take a closer look at the word “state”, it will be enough to split.

    Qin Rou showed the broken characters of the two children to her father Lu Yan, “Teach our son to write quickly, Brother Lu, your handwriting is so beautiful, how can the cubs write like this.”

    “They’re young.”

    “Lu Yan, write a copybook for the children and let them practice according to your calligraphy.” Qin Rou’s handwriting is average, she doesn’t want two cubs’ calligraphy Like her, I hope that Zhouzhou and Xiaojiaozi can write like their father.

    “Hmm.”

    It’s just that the child is still young, even if he practiced according to his father’s words, he still has his own ideas.

    In August and September, there was a little news about the resumption of the college entrance examination. The news is broadcast by broadcast.

    As an announcer, Qin Rou personally broadcast the news through countless broadcasting speakers.

    “…major decision will be made to resume the college entrance examination…”

    This is a big news, whether it is the central radio station or the local people’s radio station, it is broadcasted repeatedly in the morning, noon and evening, whether it is the farmers and educated youth in the fields, or the factory workshop workers, as well as other veterans, students…have heard the big news.

    People everywhere are in a commotion, resume the college entrance examination? Passing exams to get into college? !

    This news is very exciting.

    In the past ten years, they have taken various recommended college entrance examinations. Many people shook their heads. ? !

    They have a chance to go to college!

    This news was released in a hurry, and there is no time to call for preparations, the day of the college entrance examination is just around the corner, the first exam after the resumption of the college entrance examination is scheduled for December this winter, and now is the time for the exam Only one short month.

    Everyone has not had time to digest this big news, and will start preparing for the college entrance examination review.

    The registration fee for the college entrance examination was set at 1 yuan, but in response to many people, it was changed to 50 cents.

    That is, these fifty cents have changed the fate of countless people.

    Many people hold fifty cents and hesitate on the path of life choice, “It’s only a month, can I pass the test?”

    “Are you going to take the test?”

    “Sign up! Even if you don’t pass the test, sign up and try!”

    …

    Countless people signed up for the exam. Qin Rou hesitated to sign up. After Lu Yan came back, Qin Rou asked his opinion: “Do you want me to sign up for the college entrance examination?”

    Lu Yan was a little surprised, but not too surprised. The couple watched “One Hundred Thousand Whys” together and discussed math problems together. He knew Qin Rou’s level, “You pass the test.”

    “Then do you think I want to go to college?”

    “You can go if you want.” Lu Yan asked her, “Have you decided which university to go to?”

    “Lingnan University in Guangcheng.” Qin Rou continued: “If I pass the exam, I will go to Guangcheng to study next year.”

    That means the two are going to separate, which is why Qin Rou hesitates. Originally she and Lu Yan spent less time together. Very reluctant.

    Although the distance between Qiongzhou Island and Guangcheng is not far from the world, but if she goes to study, she can only meet during the winter and summer vacations in the next four years.

    “Go.” Lu Yan gave her an affirmative answer and encouraged her with a smile: “Go on.”

    Qin Rou was sullen: “Are you like this? Lu Yan! Your daughter-in-law, I really want to go to university, I have to go to Guangcheng to study!”

    “On weekdays, you said that you like your daughter-in-law the most, and you can’t wait to be around me every day. Now I’m going to study outside. …”

    Lu Yan looked at her with a smile, took off his military cap and put it on Qin Rou’s head, he said, “In December this year, Guangcheng is going to set up a naval school. “

    Qin Rou: “…So what?”

    “If you go to Guangcheng Lingnan University to study, then I will also strive for the opportunity to study at the school.”

    Qin Rou: “?!!”

    What a coincidence!

    “Then I’m going to sign up for the college entrance examination?!” The couple went to Guangcheng to study together, and they could also witness the economic opening by the way! !

    Lu Yan looked at her dotingly and smiled: “Go!”

    “You have to pass the test, don’t go to Brother Lu, you didn’t pass the test.” Lu Yan scratched her nose.

    The two daughters are still young, and Lu Yan also wants to take the opportunity to study. Although many seniors hate studying and taking classes, he is different from an officer who originally came from a military academy. Xiang has a solid foundation of knowledge, and now he is in his prime, learning is not a problem for him.

    Anything else, for officers, they will be relatively free when they study in school, especially for officers who are married and have family members, they can spend more time at home, They are free in their spare time.

    “You’re putting me under a lot of pressure.” After Lu Yan said that, she must pass the exam. Qin Rou doesn’t know what the first resumption of the college entrance examination will be. what.

    “Brother Lu will accompany you to review.”

    Qin Rou went to the registration point to take the exam. When she went to sign up, the registration point was still overcrowded, not because the registration process was troublesome, but because everyone didn’t know how to make a decision for the time being, and stayed at the registration Get in touch with the candidates and discuss with each other.

    The current college entrance examination is different from the future college entrance examination. It is to fill in the school volunteers first, and then take the test.

    What is the exam? What score can I get? What school does this score go to? …that everyone doesn’t know.

    “What school did you fill in?”

    “There’s still a month left, is there time to review?”

    “I’m sure I won’t pass the test, try it first, and I’ll fill in Huaqing University and Peking University!”

    …

    I’m not smart and I’m still talking to others here. Those who really want to go to college have long been squatting in front of the Xinhua Bookstore. Every major Xinhua Bookstore has staff guarding it early in the morning, just to buy books.

    Especially the set of “Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series” was robbed.

    Because she had dealt with people from Guangcheng Publishing House before, Qin Rou got two sets of “Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry”, she kept one set for herself, and sent one set to her sister-in-law That.

    After learning that the Chen family had books, many educated youths from Dajiao Village came to the Chen family to copy and study.

    “If you’re tired of copying, replace me!”

    “These math problems are so hard!”

    …

    Brother-in-law Chen Mian looked at the enthusiastic learning atmosphere in front of him, and felt warm and gratified in his heart. He liked to see the picture of everyone actively learning together.

    He hadn’t seen such a picture for a long time.

    “Mr. Chen, are you a college student, can you explain this to us?”

    Wang Zhiqing, who was originally devoted to learning, seized the opportunity to ask Chen Mian for advice, and Chen Mian gave him a lot of pointers.

    The two children, Chen Jinghua and Chen Juanjuan, were equally delighted when they heard the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination.

    “Auntie, you’re right, you really want to recruit talents by merit!”

    “Auntie, do you want to take the exam too?”

    Qin Rou nodded: “Auntie will go to university first, Jinghua and Juanjuan will wait a year or two to go to university.”

    “Amy, are you also going to take the college entrance examination?” Qin Mian’s chin was about to fall to the ground when she learned that her own sister was going to take the college entrance examination, and her sister Qin Rou was in the mountains just like her. Sister, I used to reluctantly go to an art school, but now I want to go to college?

    Brother-in-law Chen Mian said: “Your sister, she has carefully read “One Hundred Thousand Whys” in the past two years. Her foundation in astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics and chemistry is much more solid than others. Get it.”

    “Really?” Qin Mian was shocked, “Our family is going to have a college student!”

    Chen Mian was speechless: “Didn’t you marry a college student?”

    “This is my sister… You have all become literate people, but I have been left behind. I have to learn more.”

    “What kind of book is that, I’ll take a look too!”

    “Sister, you should take a look, maybe you can get into a university.”

    Qin Mian waved her hand: “What university do I still need to study at my age, sister, you are young, it’s just right to take the university exam.”

    “Sister, don’t you know? I saw a mother and daughter registering for the exam together.”

    “Ah?! Mother and daughter take the test together?”

    “Yeah.” Qin Rou smiled and nodded: “Maybe the mother and daughter are still admitted to a university.”

    This is probably the most special college entrance examination. It is not only a mother and daughter taking the exam together, but also father and son, brothers and sisters… and even “teacher and student” walking into the examination room hand in hand.

    Many rural primary school teachers also signed up to take the exam. My brother-in-law, the Chen family, has become a favorite at the moment, and they all surround him to ask questions.

    Even in the neighboring villages, many educated youths who work in rubber farms know that there are two college students here, and even a former university teacher is here.

    There are many people who come to visit the Chen family.

    “Mr. Chen…”

    The villagers of Dajiao Village were amazed to see such a lively scene.

    When Qin Rou went to fill in her volunteer application, she only filled in one school, Lingnan University.

     

    I understand that I will not pass the exam this year, so I will fill in the school randomly, whichever is famous.

    Ye Mingxiu in the family’s courtyard signed up for the college entrance examination like Qin Rou, and the school she was going to take the test was also Lingnan University.

    “Then let’s go to Guangcheng to study together.”

    Because of the matter of signing up for the college entrance examination, many people’s families are in trouble, but the family home is not bad, the military wives who do not have jobs generally do not have the passion to take the college entrance examination, the military wives who have jobs, half of their lives An Wen, I don’t want to go to college, and my other half wants to take the exam, but my family doesn’t agree.

    The educated youth on the island, the workers in the factory, and many people who are married and have families are all facing the same choice, should they take the college entrance examination?

    Even if the family disagreed, they still walked into the examination room.

    In December, Qin Rou went to take the college entrance examination. There were all kinds of people in the examination room, and the level was uneven. She also saw candidates who directly drew duck eggs on the examination papers.

    Compared with the later college entrance examinations she took, the college entrance examinations at this meeting were really casual. Qin Rou was very calm, and the questions on the test papers were not difficult. She answered all the questions carefully.

    After handing in the last exam paper, Qin Rou breathed a sigh of relief. She walked out of the exam room and rode a bicycle back home.

    “Xiao Qin? Xiao Qin, have you come back from the exam?”

    “How was the test?”

    Qin Rou replied casually, “I did well in the test.”

    Back home, a pair of sisters sitting on the fence bed looking at their mother, when they saw her mother, they shouted excitedly: “Bang!”

    “Brother!”

    “Oops—boom!”

    Qin Rou: “…”

    Under the tireless guidance of the little dumpling brother, the sweet bean paste sisters in their family first learned to call them neither father nor mother, let alone grandparents, but brother.

    What kind of experience is it like being called a brother by a daughter?

    Qin Rou walked to her daughters and coaxed: “Good Doudou, Good Rongrong, call Mommy, call Mommy!”

    Doudou said: “Giggle? Gluck hehehehe…”

    She called her brother? lol? Shouting and shouting, he laughed to himself.

    The younger sister is also the same as the elder sister, the two silly boys laugh together face to face.

    Qin Rou: “…”

    She saw that the faces of these two silly daughters were six or seven similar to her, and she suddenly felt bad.

    After Lu Yan came back, she didn’t ask her how she did in the test, but teased her daughter like her, “Brother Lu!”

    Qin Rou clapped his hand angrily when she heard the words, “The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, how do you teach your daughter? Call it Dad!”

    Beanie: “Dad!”

    Rong Rong: “Hey Dad!”

    Qin Rou: “?!!!”

    Ah ah ah, why do you call him brother, father, or mother?

    “Honey baby, call me mom!”

    “Dad!”

    “Ah, ah, ah, daddy!”

    Qin Rou: “…”

    Sorry daughter.

    Zhouzhou and Dumpling ran home, and Dumpling kept saying, “Sister and sister, call your brother!”

    “Brother!”

    Sweet bean paste saw the dumpling brother, and immediately shouted: “Dad!”

    Small dumplings: “?!”

    Dumpling is not a father.

    He turned to look at Lu Yan, wondering: “Dad?”

    Lu Yan: “…”

    Zhou Zhou said: “It’s big brother!”

    “Dad!”

    Qin Rou: “…”

    After a few days of teaching the two little broken children, Doudou and Rongrong were finally able to distinguish their parents from their elder brother. .

    “Mom…”

    “Our Doudou and Xiao Rongrong are one year old.”

    The two children, Doudou and Rongrong, learned to talk very quickly, and soon the sisters could talk to each other. This is the advantage of having twins. When they speak, they hope to get the attention and response of adults, and these two little sisters say things to each other that adults can’t understand, and they say it very vigorously.

    Qin Rou got 406 points in the test and was admitted to Lingnan University majoring in business management. At this time, the business management department, which was later business administration, Ye Mingxiu scored 350 points , was also admitted to the Chinese Department of Lingnan University.

    “Xiao Qin, did you really pass the exam?!”

    “Xiao Qin, you and the Zhao family were both admitted?!”

    “Awesome!”

    …

    People from the radio station were also amazed when they knew that Qin Rou was admitted to university, “Qin Rou, how come you don’t continue to be an announcer with your voice like this? Be an announcer on the radio. How easy it is for the staff.”

    “You learned business management, do you want to be a workshop director?”

    “Xiao Qin, congratulations!” Zeng Xueqing has worked with Qin Rou for several years, and now she is leaving to go to college, which is both sigh and regret, “You will be a college student in the future.”

    Xi Xiangyi was also admitted to the university, but she was admitted to a school in the northwest and was hesitating whether to study.

    “Do you want to take the exam for another year next year?”

    “Next year, everyone will review for another year. I’m afraid it will be more difficult than this year.”

    “That’s right, this time the sudden exam was too unexpected.”

    …

    The good news of Dajiao Village is also one after another. Six or seven educated youths in their village have been admitted to universities. Although several schools are not very good, it is big news for the countryside. .

    Many people came to Chen’s house to thank Chen Mian.

    “Thanks to Mr. Chen.”

    “Thank you for reading the book at Chen’s house!”

    …

    The educated youth from other villages also came to Dajiao Village to thank the Chen family and Chen Mian and his son for their help.

    The people of Dajiao Village are very happy to see this scene, what does this mean? This shows that the teacher Chen in their village is really capable. Even if he is a primary school teacher, people will come to him to ask him for advice when they are admitted to university!

    —the great man of their village.

    The villagers ran to the village cadres to praise people: “It’s still you who is amazing, you recruited Mr. Chen to our village, we have more powerful people in our village, and there is hope for the dolls in the future.”

    Although the villagers have no cultural knowledge, they have descendants. Seeing so many educated youths going to college, and a few of them getting admitted to college, my heart also became enthusiastic.

    Although they can’t go to university themselves, their children can study and go to university. With such a teacher in their village, the children in the future will definitely have the hope of going to university!

    “In the future, when our baby is admitted to university, can he also be assigned work? Can he also become a cadre? There is no need to work in the fields.”

    “We need to have a better relationship with Mr. Chen’s family.”

    “Let the kids at home listen to Mr. Chen’s words.”

    People in other villages heard about this, and they were very envious of having a great cultural person in their village, “Mr. Chen in your village is amazing, I heard that he helped several people They all went to college.”

    “Many villages didn’t pass the test.”

    “People in the village are very happy when they get one.”

    “Your Dajiao Village has also become a feng shui treasure.”

    …

    The village respects the Chen family more, and greets his family warmly when they meet him. Seeing this change, Qin Mian is not happy. This is really the change of the times. There are also many more smiles.

    Chen Juanjuan and Chen Jinghua studied hard under the guidance of their grandfather and father, especially Chen Jinghua, who was good at reading and learning, and now that he knew that he would have the opportunity to be admitted to university, I can’t wait to get into the book every day.

    The enthusiasm for studying made many educated youths older than him feel ashamed.

    “Great, my sister is admitted to university!”

    “Your aunt is admitted to university, and you will definitely be admitted to university in the future!”

    The Chen family is thriving day by day, and they all feel that there is more hope for the future.

    In the spring of 1978, Qin Rou went to Lingnan University to report that Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping went to Guangcheng with their five children, and Lu Yan also went to the navy in Guangcheng soon. School study.

    They don’t have to rent a house, but live with Lu Sanjie. Lu Sanjie changed her career at the end of last year. She is now not a female soldier, but a glorious female policewoman.

    Lu Xuan found a way to change her career to Guangcheng. Originally, her troops were transferred to Guangdong Province. In addition, she had made contributions and performed well, so she was given the opportunity to be placed in Guangcheng. Internal examination, transferred to the public security department.

    From one uniform to another.

    Lu Xuan is very satisfied with this arrangement, she has been going to Guangcheng for a long time, Lu Qing always describes all kinds of delicious food to her in letters, she must come here to eat and drink, Eat all the delicious food and play all the fun places.

    “Mom!” Xia Mingxi saw her new mother, and hugged her happily.

    The **** is the police, the police catch the bad guys!

    Comrade Old Lu looked up and down at his daughter’s police officer outfit, and couldn’t help but nodded: “Yes, yes, work hard!”

    Qin Rou smiled: “Third sister.”

    Big brother Zhouzhou and three other little guys shouted “Auntie” together.

    “Let me hold the two children.” Lu Xuan liked Doudou and Rongrong’s two little nieces. She is tall and strong, holding one in each hand.

    “My name is Aunt.”

    “Aunt! Aunt!”

     , two bedrooms and one living room, but the room is so big that three bedrooms can be separated by a cabinet. “My house in the public security branch is still under construction, and I can move in next year when it is completed.”

    Their family went upstairs in a mighty manner, and other people in the building came to see the fun. Seeing this, some neighbors couldn’t help but congratulate Lu Xuan and said:

    “Little Lu, your daughter-in-law has finally come to you with her parents and children.”

    “Your daughter-in-law is so beautiful.”

    Lu Xuan: “???!”

    Qin Rou: “?????!”