Second Marriage in the 1970s - Chapter 58

The next day, the three of them ate steamed buns and drank soy milk. First, they went to a store in the county and bought two cans of milk powder. They saw the white rabbit toffee weighed a pound and brought them back to the house. The child tastes it.

“This is toffee? Our supply and marketing agency doesn’t sell it.”

At first, Meixiang didn’t know the price, Jiahui tried a piece of it for her. She still sighed with emotion that it’s not available in town. It’s a pity that when she knows the price, the whole person is not good. It costs five yuan per catty. Meat is expensive too!

In the planned economy era, toffee was a short-selling commodity, and it was only sold in high-end stores. Sugar tickets were needed to buy them. Fortunately, Jiahui had the foresight and brought more than half of the various tickets at home before going out, which really came in handy.

“Well, three pieces of toffee are equivalent to a glass of milk. Children eat two pieces a day as a supplement.”

In the 21st century, children are all nursing children, with pure milk, yogurt, and various milk flakes toffee milk products. In the 1970s, it was rare to drink milk. If you don’t spend money, you can say that milk tickets are very rare. .

“Sister-in-law, you are so kind to the children, so willing to spend money.”

In the past, others said that the stepmother was not good, her heart was dark, and she would not treat her children sincerely, but since the sister-in-law got married, Mei Xiang has changed her established perception of her stepmother.

Do not beat or scold, care about food and clothing, care about study, prepare the clothes and socks, and clean up the children, more attentive than other relatives’ mothers.

Just like this toffee, even my mother can’t bear it!

“You have to be willing to spend the money you should spend, and you can’t save money for your children’s health and education.”

Although toffee is not a necessity, it can be regarded as a kind of childhood memory and a sense of life ritual. When they grow up and remember, they will eat the white rabbit toffee when they are young, and they will be very sweet in their hearts.

Because Jiahui is a traveler, she has a more free and easy concept of money. People in this age can’t wait to split a penny into two halves, reluctant to eat or wear, save everything, and can’t say it is. Wrong, after all, diligence and frugality are the fine traditions of the Chinese people. The reason why the Chinese people have so many savings reserves is saved in this way, but after the washing of modern thinking, Jiahui is more convinced that while cutting expenditures, he must also learn Open source, it is useless to rely solely on saving.

Just like a person has a salary of 30 yuan a month, even if he does not eat or drink, he will only get 30 yuan a month, but if he knows how to open source, it is good to earn 10 yuan a month, so that he will not only Earning more money, I will not be so miserable.

After buying milk powder to eat, Jiahui pulled a few more pieces of cloth. It is now December, and the New Year will be coming soon, so she has to prepare new clothes for the New Year.

There are many types of materials in the county town. Jiahui bought corduroy fabrics, which are not available in the town, but this fabric is more expensive than ordinary fabrics, which is equivalent to double the price.

Jiahui also thought about it a little bit more carefully. In addition to the family’s fabric, she also pulled a few feet more, and when she came across what she wanted, she could sell it to others, which was equivalent to purchasing a purchase in the 1970s.

After shopping, the three of them took the bus and then took the bus back to the village. It was noon when they arrived on the team. Every household had just had lunch, and they gathered in twos and threes to chatter.

After entering the village, Jiahui felt everyone’s eyes swept over like searchlights. Sure enough, everyone started talking when they approached.

“Hey, are you back from college entrance examination?”

“How was your test?”

“Yeah, this is how many things I bought.”

Jiahui smirked all the time, leaving it to Zhao Donglin to deal with it politely. She walked in front with Meixiang with her bag on her back and walked outside her yard. She saw Yingbao alone squatting at the door playing in the mud. Seeing Jiahui and the others came forward. Leaving the pebble in her hand, she ran over and hugged Jiahui’s leg.

“Mom, where have you been? I haven’t seen you for many days.”

Yingbao is two and a half years old, talking milky and milky, Jiahui’s hair that Jiahui left for her, two braids tied with red head ropes, and a tender little face looking up at her, Jiahui’s heart is melted. .

The little girl is good for this, always cute and cute, like a doll.

She bent over to hug Yingbao, pinched her little face and said, “Mom has gone for the exam, and my dad and aunt have also gone with it.”

With that said, she took two pieces of toffee from her bag and handed it to Ying Bao.

“Hey, delicious toffee. Mom and Dad bought it for Yingbao in the county seat. Let’s eat it.”

Ying Bao smiled sweetly and took Jiahui’s neck and kissed her on the cheek.

“thanks Mom.”

Meixiang watched by the side, feeling a little bit savory in her heart. This little guy, who has been sleeping with her since he was a child, is still comparing her to her aunt.

“Yingbao, you don’t call Auntie either. Auntie is angry.”

Ying Bao turned his head and smiled at Mei Xiang, and stretched out his hand to hold Mei Xiang.

“Aunt, I miss you too.”

Meixiang snorted falsely, hugged Yingbao, patted her little ass, Yingbao laughed hahaha.

At this time Zhang Qiaoer came out of the house, Fang Fang had just been taking a nap, and she woke up when she heard the sound.

“Have you come back? Yesterday we were at home worrying for a day.”

I’m worried about the exam, and I’m worried about how well they live there and whether they eat well.

In fact, Zhang Qiao’er is really worried. As a modern person, an exquisite egoist, she will only make her life comfortable. As long as she has money, it is impossible to have poor food and housing.

Jiahui walked over to Fang Fang and clapped her hands, and said with a smile, “Fang Fang, mom is back, do you miss your mother?”

Fang Fang obviously didn’t forget her mother. She opened her arms to hold Jiahui, and Jiahui couldn’t help tears falling.

She hadn’t been weaned before the exam, and she was very reluctant to leave the day. But what can be done? Isn’t there such a sentence, you can’t hold you when you are carrying bricks, and you can’t carry bricks when you hold you, just for the sake of your children. Working hard, I can only bear the reluctance to take the county exam.

In the past two days, her chest was swelling and uncomfortable, and she wanted to let her drink more for a while. The breast milk contains immunoglobulin, which can enhance the child’s resistance and reduce illness.

So she would have to spend time milking her milk. Yesterday, she couldn’t help her increase during the exam. After the exam, she handed in papers in advance to the toilet and squeezed with a towel. At that time, she really felt a little bitter in her heart. She felt that she was suffering in this era. No matter how fragile you are, you still have to work hard to move forward when it is time to move forward, and you can’t stop.

Fortunately, Fangfang is already half a year old. He can eat rice cereal, noodles, and steamed buns. Apart from two fewer breastmilk meals, he is not afraid of being hungry.

“Mom, this is the milk powder we bought in the county, and we put it on the table to add nutrition to him. This is the braised vegetables, roast duck, and pig ears that we bought, for my dad to drink and drink now.”

Zhang Qiaoer took the things, took the milk powder can and looked at it carefully for a long time, and said, “Oh, look, it’s not easy to go out, and how much money will it cost to buy so many things back. You have eaten.” No, I didn’t eat what I ate for you all the time?”

Jiahui didn’t take her mother-in-law’s words to heart either.

“We haven’t eaten yet, so we can do it on the hour.”

“Bring you to boil the noodles, there are some leftovers for the rolled noodles.”

Heidan Shishi went to school, Jiahui hugged him and let it go, and took Yingbao back to the house to tidy up her things.

In the evening, I called my uncle Zhao Mancang to come over for a drink. In addition to the lo-mei he brought back, Jiahui rectified two more dishes and made corn tortillas.

“I asked Donglai to take the exam. This kid wouldn’t say anything. Hey, we still have to count on Donglin in the future.”

Zhao Mancang drank two glasses of white wine, and opened the chattering box in a slightly drunk manner.

“It’s impossible to say, after Donglai, there is no way out.”

Seeing the uncle’s wine glass was empty, Zhao Donglin poured him a glass.

Zhao Mancang shook his head and smiled, “Is there any way out? I’m not farming at home, facing the loess with his back to the sky all his life.”

What’s the future? How could there be a big nephew who worked as a cadre in the army and was still a cadre after returning to his hometown. Now he is going to the university again, and he is really admitted, and his future is boundless.

Zhao Donglin smiled and comforted, “No, our country will definitely change for the better, and there will be more outlets. As long as we seize the opportunity, we don’t have to go to university.”

Jiahui took a look at Zhao Donglin when she heard this, thinking that what Zhao Donglin said was indeed right. After the reform and opening up, the country’s development has been advancing with the times, and it has risen straight up like a rocket. In her day, even in rural areas, Urbanization and modernization have been achieved. In some places, rural areas are richer than cities.

After the exam, there was a long wait. New Year’s Eve in February, Jiahui began to prepare New Year’s clothes, first made a corduroy jacket for each of the children, including stone ones.

Jiahui thought that the year she had just married in, she had a few fights with Zheng Yuefen about making clothes. In an instant, Zheng Yuefen and Zhao Donghe were divorced, and they were said to have remarried and remarried.

After the two divorced, Shishi grew up a lot. At first they asked her mother where she had gone and why her mother didn’t come back. Later, she didn’t ask. He went to school with the black eggs every day, and sometimes ate dinner in the east.

“Jiahui, where did you buy this material? It’s so thick.”

Just as Jiahui expected, the corduroy fabric really aroused the interest of the villagers, and many people came to inquire.

“I bought it in the county last time.”

“No wonder, I went to the supply and marketing agency yesterday, we don’t sell this.”

“Jiahui, do you have any more cloth? If so, give me a few feet, and I will make new clothes for my Shanzi.”

“It can even be a few feet, but this kind of fabric is thicker than the next one, and the price is a lot more expensive.”

“It’s okay, for the sake of the child, he is in junior high school, so he has to pay attention to his image, maybe he can find me a daughter-in-law back.”

The others listened and laughed, “How old is Shanzi? You start thinking about your daughter-in-law, and you are thinking about it too early.”

“What’s the matter early, let’s start now, and we will try our best to find something good in the future.”

“That’s right, you have a good idea.”

Everyone laughed. In the end, Jiahui made four yuan for the cloth tickets, fabric money, and handwork expenses for making clothes. Jiahui almost came back with a pound of white rabbit toffee.

After New Year’s Day in 1978, the college entrance examination results were published. On that day, Zhao Donglin was still in the office of the Village Revolutionary Committee, and the landline phone rang.

“Comrade Donglin, this is Zhong Guixiang.”

“Hello, Director Zhong.”

“I received a statistical list of the results of the college entrance examination today. Congratulations. I got 326 points in the exam. It is our fifth place in Jiangkou County!”

“real!”

Zhao Donglin’s heart surged, and he was a little surprised to have this result.

“Also, I remember your wife’s name is Dong Jiahui.”

“Yes, she has prepared better than me, and her grades should be better than me.”

“Let me tell you, she is not only the first place in Jiangkou County, but also the second place in Wudong Province. She scored 383 points!”

Director Zhong was so happy. This time, of the 692 candidates from the Victory Commune, 281 of them reached the admission score, which is much higher than the admission score of the whole county or even the whole country. He, the director of the county revolutionary committee, made a big appearance this time. NS.

Especially Dong Jiahui, although he is not the provincial champion, they are a small commune and it is very glorious to be ranked second. The leaders of the county and the province have all spoken praise.

Zhao Donglin was very proud of his daughter-in-law’s grades. This is his daughter-in-law. Not only does his daughter-in-law have a good-looking and gentle temper, she can also get the second place in the province!

After being excited, Zhao Donglin finally did not forget that he still had a younger sister.

“Director, I also have a younger sister named Zhao Meixiang, do you think her grades have reached the mark?”

“Zhao Meixiang… I’ll take a look…”

Director Zhong’s voice rang through the file, and after about sixty or seventy seconds, Director Zhong’s voice rang again on the phone.

“Zhao Meixiang, the second team of Shanghe Village, scored 264 points in the test and has reached the admission score.”

Zhao Donglin breathed a sigh of relief. Now he can really live in the city with his family.

Zhao Donglin hung up the phone in agitated mood. Xu Haiming, the village chief, had already heard the content of the call. He couldn’t say whether he was happy or what he was in. In short, it was a bit complicated.

“Congratulations, Dong Lin, you will be a college student from now on.”

“And there are three college students in one family!”

“There is green smoke from the ancestral grave.”

Zhao Donglin hurried home on a bicycle. At this time, the countryside entered the rural slack and the family was at home. Seeing Zhao Donglin opening the door with a smile on his face, Jiahui had a hunch that the college entrance examination results came out.

She hugged her and stood up from the chair, Zhao Donglin approached step by step and hugged their mothers tightly.

“We passed the exam, we all passed the exam, you got the second place in the province, the first place in our two counties!”

At this moment, the sense of reality that changed his fate, the passionate blood, made him uncontrollable joy.

“Really! I’ve been admitted, Jiahui is still the county champion!”

Zhang Qiao’er’s grin reached the back of her ears. There has been a lot of gossip on the team these days. This is good. All three of them have passed the exam, and they have three college students!

“Brother, I’m also admitted? Are you sure, where did you get the news.”

“Director Zhong from the commune called me. He just got the list of grades.”

“Thank God, our house is going to a higher level now.”

Not to mention how the Zhao family was noticed because of this, two days later, the county education bureau came.

“That’s right. Our province is now extremely short of educated talents. The leaders of the province have made plans and established a junior college class at the Provincial Teachers College. All candidates with a score of 240 or more in the college entrance examination can enroll, and they can graduate within one and a half years. Assigned to various schools as teachers, look, do you have this willingness?”

A college degree is naturally not as good as a bachelor’s degree. A score of 240 is enough to get a good bachelor’s degree, but now there is really no way. Ten years of education gaps, we have to think of ways to reserve education talents for the province!

On the surface, the students who choose to enter the normal college class seem to be at a disadvantage, but this plan can attract a large number of talents to Wudong Province.

You must know that the first undergraduate course will take four years, and Wu Dong, who is waiting to be thriving, can’t afford this time in education!

A college degree is definitely not as good as a bachelor’s degree. In addition, Zhao Donglin could not consider going to a normal school. As for Jiahui, with such a good grade, second in the province, it’s a pity to have a college degree, so those two enrolled students. The goal of the personnel from the beginning was to target Mika alone.

Mei Xiang thought of this, but after hesitating, she still chose to agree.

“Then I will go. I am 20 years old this year, and I am only 21 after one and a half years of graduation. I have learned knowledge without wasting time.”

Meixiang applied for the normal university, and the province was planning to build a college. The academic qualifications are definitely different, but Meixiang also has her own considerations. Her mother has always been worried about her finding someone. She thinks that being a teacher is also quite good. Well, it might not be good to let her do other things, and she graduated from junior college within one and a half years, and she was looking for someone right after graduation.

On the other hand, she is such a big person, and she is still eager to get into the work position as soon as possible to be self-reliant.

Zhang Qiao’er had been listening to her silently. This kind of important matter still had to be made up by the children, and she was satisfied when she heard the girl’s initiative to mention it. She felt that the girl was very sensible.

“Great. Our province needs young people like you. Don’t worry, the province will train you well. Although you are a junior college, you will receive the same treatment as undergraduates after graduation, and you are even earlier than undergraduates. Graduation.”

In February, Jiahui and Zhao Donglin received acceptance letters one after another before the New Year. They were accepted by Wudong University’s Department of Finance and Economics and Wudong University’s Department of English, both of which were their first choices.