In the summer of 2002, two major events happened in Chen Jianguo's family. The first was that Chen Jianguo's daughter was admitted to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Capital University as the top scorer in science in Lian City.

Before issuing the admission letter, the Capital University Admissions Office called Lao Chen to confirm whether the candidate's preferences were correct. If so, they could be modified as an exception.

The reason is simple. The School of Western Medicine of Capital University is the best in the country. Candidates who intend to study medicine will definitely choose the School of Western Medicine of Capital University as long as their scores are above 600.

However, the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine was less popular. Most of the candidates were transferred from Western Medicine programs. Students like Chen Qingshan, with high scores, who actively chose Traditional Chinese Medicine were almost nonexistent. Therefore, the professors at Capital University thought he had made a mistake and, considering Chen Qingshan's grades, gave him a chance to change his application. It turned out to be a waste of effort; he had actually applied for Traditional Chinese Medicine!

The second major event was that the Chen family moved to the famous wealthy area of ​​Lian City - Garden Villa.

The garden villa costs several million yuan each. Chen Jianguo and his wife are ordinary workers, and no one knows where they got the money to buy such a nice house.

Only a few old neighbors and friends who were close to him knew the inside story, and they all envied Chen Jianguo for having such a good daughter. Of course, there were also people who said sour words and spread rumors, saying that the Chen family's daughter was kept by someone so that she could afford to buy a house for her parents, and so on and so forth, which was disgusting to hear.

Chen Jianguo was so angry when he heard these disgusting rumors that his blood pressure rose.

Chen Qingshan advised his parents that there are always people in this world who cannot eat grapes, say the grapes are sour, and even try to dig up the grape vines. Don't take them too seriously. Let's just live our own lives. Over time, the rumors will be proven false.

When Old Chen thought about it and realized that this was the truth, he stopped getting angry with those people.

Their conditions were poor before, but now that their home is bigger, Qingshan decided to bring his grandmother over to live with the three of them. Qingshan's grandparents and grandfather have all passed away, leaving only his grandmother, who is 70 years old and in good health.

Chen Jianguo and Zhang Meiling had originally had this idea, but since Qingshan had bought the house, they were embarrassed to ask for it. Then, Qingshan took the initiative to offer to bring his grandmother to live with him. How could the couple not be happy? Qingshan's grandmother, Mrs. Sun, had never expected that with the help of her granddaughter, she could live in such a nice house in her old age. She praised Qingshan's success and his filial daughter and son-in-law to everyone she met, and she didn't despise her as an old woman.

After moving, Chen Jianguo still got up early and returned late to work at the Dafeng factory, but he was promoted and is now the workshop director. He may be the lowest-ranking owner among all the garden villa owners.

Zhang Meiling, persuaded by Qingshan, quit her job and focused on taking care of her family. Zhang Meiling finally understood that even if she worked until retirement, she would not earn as much as her daughter's medical treatment. So she decided to come back and be her strong support and the woman behind Qingshan.

The two-month vacation passed in a flash, and it was the day for Qingshan to report to Capital University.

Three years ago, a retired veteran of the Central Military Commission became the honorary president of Capital University. The veteran commander emphasized that socialist university students must not only equip their minds but also their bodies. A strong physique is essential for learning and contributing to socialism. Therefore, starting that year, Capital University's freshman military training was increased from 20 days to 40 days, and the training took place in a closed, military-style unit within the Capital Military Region.

This military training system meant that new students began reporting in early August, with formal training beginning on August 20th, nearly 20 days earlier than the start date for older students. Lian City is not far from the capital, only a 10-hour drive on the highway, so Qingshan decided to leave for the capital on the 18th.

Before leaving, Zhang Meiling prepared a lot of luggage for her, but she still felt it was not enough. She wished she could put this house on four wheels and push it to the capital.

Old Mrs. Sun was worried that the school bed was too hard, so she made Qingshan a new six-pound cotton mattress. Qingshan didn't even need to cover himself with a blanket when he lay down; he just sank right in. Qingshan thought of the 35-6 degree Celsius temperature in the capital and didn't know what expression to put on.

Zhan Feng and Gao Xiang were more direct. They each gave Qingshan 200,000 yuan as pocket money, but Qingshan refused to accept it.

After Qingshan bought a house, moved and purchased furniture, there was still more than 300,000 yuan in the card. He left the secondary card to Zhang Meiling for household expenses and carried the main card with him, which was enough to last for a while.

Besides, if she goes to the capital, she will continue to practice medicine and make money if she has the chance. She still owes Zhan Feng 4 million yuan for the house, so how can she not make money?

On the day she went to report to the capital, Zhan Feng drove her there personally. As parents, Chen Jianguo and Zhang Meiling had to go, of course. Old Mrs. Sun also wanted to go, but she was very carsick and was afraid of causing trouble for her family on the road, so she stayed behind to look after the house reluctantly.

Qingshan repeatedly promised to call her when he got to the capital, and only then did the old lady let go and watched helplessly as her granddaughter got into the car and left.

Qingshan still took the mattress away. It was a token of his grandmother's kindness, so he had to use it no matter how hot it was.