Sheng Xiping shook his head, "I guess my family won't need it?"

The fourth and fifth kids are taking the college entrance exam this year, and the sixth is taking the middle school entrance exam. It's only a few months away. If we bring a TV home, they'll all be focused on watching it, and how will they concentrate on studying?

There's a radio at home, and Sheng Xitai is so obsessed that he turns it on to listen to the radio as soon as it's six o'clock in the evening.

It was only because the workload in the third year of junior high was heavy, and there were evening classes, that I didn't have time to listen.

If we buy a TV like this, haha, everyone in the family will be obsessed with it.

No, let's forget about it. Studying is the most important thing. We'll talk about it after these guys all get into university.

Besides, TVs these days are too small and black and white. It's better to wait a few years and buy an 18-inch or 20-inch color TV now. That way, you won't have to replace it later, which would be a hassle.

Zhou Mingyuan nodded upon hearing this, "That's true. I heard from others that in the few households in our bureau that have TVs, the whole room is crowded with people watching them at night, which is too disruptive to the children's studies."

"Your fourth and fifth kids are doing well in school, right? How did they do on their placement tests? Oh dear, isn't it time for their physical exams and college applications?" Zhou Mingyuan suddenly remembered and asked casually.

"Are their grades alright? I heard from Principal Wang that they seem to be doing quite well."

The Sheng family's children are all quite gifted in their studies.

In addition, Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xikang provided Tao Deng with various study materials from outside, so Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei's grades have always been good.

"That's good. Oh my, if your family could produce two more college students, that would be amazing!" Zhou Mingyuan exclaimed.

They didn't buy the TV, so the father and son continued wandering around. They'd buy anything interesting they came across, and if they didn't find anything, they'd just let it go.

In the evening, the father and son went to the school to find Zhou Qinglan and Zhou Qingyue. The four of them went to a restaurant, ordered some dishes, and had a good time together, chatting and talking.

Zhou Qingyue recounted how, a couple of days ago, he brought a bunch of delicious food back to his dorm, only to have his shameless roommates snatch it away.

For a bite of smoked rabbit meat, these guys are really shameless. Calling someone "big brother" is nothing; they've even called someone "godfather."

All the food, except for the meat sauce, was snatched up by the pack of hungry wolves in an instant.

Fortunately, Zhou Qingyue had anticipated this and left a rabbit leg in advance; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have gotten anything at all.

Compared to the boys' dormitory, the girls were much quieter. Zhou Qinglan took the delicious food back with her, and everyone shared it together at noon.

“Everyone praised Mom’s cooking skills. The smoked rabbit was really good, and the sausages were delicious too,” Zhou Qinglan said with a smile.

"Well, before I left, Mom was still nagging that she was going to kill and eat that pig soon."

"I'll tell Mom to make some more sausages and send them to you." My wife wants to eat them, so I have to make sure.

In the past two years, Zhang Shuzhen has caught two pigs every spring. She raises one until the New Year to slaughter and eat it, and raises the other until this time of spring.

Why now? Mainly because there aren't many vegetables available this season. The only vegetables on the table are wild vegetables. In Sheng Xitai's words, it's like eating grass.

Therefore, you need to eat more oily and nutritious foods so that you have enough to eat and can work with more energy.

However, the weather was warm at this time, and there was no refrigerator at home, so even if they slaughtered a pig, they wouldn't be able to eat it themselves.

They would usually sell half to the forestry store, keep the other half to share with relatives and friends, and pickle the rest with salt to eat slowly.

"No way! It's so far away, the items will probably be damaged by the time they arrive, and the postage will be quite expensive." Zhou Qinglan quickly waved her hand upon hearing this.

"I'll graduate in about half a year. When I'm assigned back home, I'll ask my mom to cook whatever I want to eat."

Zhou Qinglan started school in the spring of 1977 or 1978, and will graduate at the end of this year.

She was originally a teacher at Qianchuan Forest Farm. Those with degrees in teacher training, medicine, or agriculture were generally assigned based on the principle of returning to their place of origin.

Therefore, Zhou Qinglan will most likely be reassigned to teach at the primary and secondary schools in Qianchuan Forest Farm.

That's for the best. After all, the Sheng family is in Qianchuan. If Zhou Qinglan is assigned elsewhere, how will the couple manage? They can't live apart forever, can they? Sooner or later, something bad will happen.

"It's okay. Just make it a little saltier when you make it, and let it air dry for a few more days, and it will keep for a longer time."

Sheng Xiping didn't care about the postage. As long as it was something his wife wanted to eat, no matter how far away it was or how much postage it cost, he would deliver it to her.

"By the way, are you guys going to head back tomorrow?"

I've gathered a bunch of review materials; you can take them back to the fourth and fifth kids.

Zhou Qinglan knew she couldn't argue with Sheng Xiping, so she simply dropped the subject and casually pulled out a stack of test papers from her pocket, handing them to Sheng Xiping.

"Oh, so many? Perfect, I overheard the two girls talking about it the other day, saying they'd finished the test papers you brought them back last time."

They originally wanted me to take the opportunity to bring back some review materials, but I don't know anything about them and wouldn't be able to buy them properly.

"With these, I don't need to buy any more." Sheng Xiping glanced at the thick stack of papers and materials and knew they were all useful, so he quickly put them away.

"My wife is so thoughtful. Even when she's away from home, she doesn't forget her sister-in-law's academic performance and goes to great lengths to find relevant materials."

If these two don't study hard and get good grades, they'll be letting their sister-in-law down.

Sheng Xiping wasn't just saying this to flatter his wife; he was genuinely grateful for Zhou Qinglan's contributions to the family.

Zhou Mingyuan listened to his daughter and son-in-law's conversation on the other end of the line and nodded in satisfaction.

The couple had worried before that their long-term separation would affect their relationship.

Fortunately, my daughter is an honest person who loves her family, and she attends a teacher's college where there are many female students.

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