Chapter 118 The whole family goes to the city

The educated youth who failed the exam calmed down a little after being comforted and prepared to take the college entrance examination again.

The educated youth who had passed the exam were going to start school in February, and they wrote letters home in advance to inform them of the good news.

The admission letters of Zhou Xian and Wang Xuemei were placed on the table at home. Ge Guifen was so excited that she was speechless.

He kept shaking Zhou Jiefang's arm, and when he saw that he didn't react, he reached out and pinched him, but he still didn't react.

Ge Guifen's hand strength increased, Zhou Jiefang finally reacted, and shouted, "You old woman, why are you pinching me for no reason?"

"Old man, do you think this is true?"

"The notice is all here, how can it be fake?"

As he spoke, Zhou Jiefang couldn't hold back the smile on his face any longer.

The Zhou family has two college students at once, and smoke is coming out of their ancestral grave.

My daughter goes to a university in Beijing, and my daughter-in-law goes to a university in the provincial capital.

No matter which university it is, it is a formal university, the tuition is subsidized by the state, and when you graduate, you will be a college student who eats public food.

This year, the whole family spent it in joy. The members were also happy this year. They made a lot of money from the greenhouse vegetables, especially in winter. The vegetables could be sold at a high price, and they made another fortune.

With money in hand, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative more frequently and bought New Year's goods. They had almost bought up all the goods that did not require tickets, and other brigade members who went there later could not buy anything.

There was nothing they could do about the remaining people who wanted tickets.

Two days before the New Year, Zhou Xian took his family to the county town. Originally, Ge Guifen was reluctant to go as she thought it was too much trouble.

But when I heard my daughter say that she wanted to take a family photo, the words of refusal came to my lips, but I couldn't say them.

When we heard that we were going to the county town to take photos, everyone in the family, both adults and children, put on their best clothes and dressed themselves up to look more spirited.

Ge Guifen even applied the vanishing cream that her daughter bought for her.

Ever since my daughter started working in the commune, I would bring her some things from the supply and marketing cooperative from time to time, and I would buy her a bottle of vanishing cream every month when I got my salary.

I was reluctant to use it at first, but as we have more and more vanishing creams at home, I can’t do without it.

She asked her daughter not to buy it, but she didn't listen.

Although she thinks her daughter is wasting money, she feels differently when she thinks that she is buying it for herself. Her daughter is being filial to her.

Although she was reluctant, Ge Guifen gritted her teeth and gave a box to each of her daughters-in-law.

If they were piled there, it would take her a long time to use them all up.

She wanted to give it to her daughter, but she felt that her daughter would not have much use for it because she was naturally beautiful.

In this respect, I am more like her.

Zhou Xian had no problem with her biological mother's distribution. She could divide the things she gave to Comrade Ge Guifen however she wanted.

The whole family set out for the county town early in the morning. The adults were fine, but the children were extremely excited as it was their first time riding on a bus.

Ge Guifen felt extremely proud when she saw that the ticket seller and the driver both knew her daughter.

Even when she went to the county town, my daughter had acquaintances there.

They first went to the photo studio to take photos. The brothers and sisters-in-law took a separate photo as a family, and Zhou Xian took a photo with Comrades Ge Guifen and Zhou Jiefang.

When the couple were asked to take the photo, they felt embarrassed.

Ge Guifen waved her hands quickly, "Oh, we are already an old couple, why are you taking pictures? It's so embarrassing."

Even when I married the old man, we didn't take any photos.

Comrade Ge Guifen felt a little embarrassed that she didn't expect to be photographed even though she was old.

"That's no big deal. I'll ask the master to print out the photos and hang them on the wall of your room. That's how people in the city do it." Zhou Xian said with a smile.

The two were embarrassed to take the photo, but they couldn't resist their children's persuasion and finally sat down and took the first photo of the two of them.

If he paid more money, he could get the photos in the afternoon. Zhou Xian naturally chose to pay more money to get the photos. Otherwise, he would have to make a special trip here later, which would be very troublesome.

Wang Xuemei asked the master to print out two more photos of their family. She was going to college and definitely could not take her husband and children with her. She kept the photos so that she could look at them more often when she missed them.

After leaving the photo studio, they went shopping in the department store. Zhou Xian bought a set of clothes for the two elders, but Comrade Ge Guifen naturally didn't want them.

"Ready-made clothes are so expensive. The last time you bought them, Mom couldn't bear to wear them."

I bought it last time and brought it back from the county town. Ge Guifen couldn't return it, so I could only keep it and plan to wear it on an important day.

"That's different."

"What's the difference?"

"This dress is new, and that one is old."

Ge Guifen patted her daughter and said, "Nonsense, you haven't worn it yet, how can it be old? You have a little money and you spend it carelessly. You have to save it. Beijing is not like home. I heard from those educated youth that big cities are different from here. There are many more places to spend money."

Zhou Xian naturally couldn't tell them that the thing she had the most was money, as she had saved a lot of money from the system.

No matter what people say, she will just buy it if she likes it.

He also bought a watch for Comrade Zhou Jiefang, which made Comrade Ge Guifen feel painful.

Zhou Jiefang didn't want his daughter to spend so much money, but he really liked the watch. The words of refusal came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.

Ge Guifen pinched him several times behind his back, until his face was distorted.

Zhou Xian asked Comrade Ge Guifen to pick one as well, but she was reluctant to buy it as it cost over a hundred yuan.

But she couldn't resist her daughter's persuasion and just picked a cheap women's watch.

She didn't even look at the other things. It was enough to just wear a watch worth dozens of dollars. The old man actually spent almost two hundred dollars. He didn't feel sorry for his daughter's money at all.

Zhou Xian spent money on two watch tickets at once.

After buying the watch, he went on to buy a radio.

"This thing is not needed at home."

"It is necessary. Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, the children will have the opportunity to enter university in the future. They just need to use the radio to listen to what is happening outside, which can better help them study."

When it comes to the study of her children, Ge Guifen is speechless. These are the school supplies that the aunt bought for her nephews and nieces.

He turned around and said to the children, "Did you hear me? Be filial to your aunt in the future. If anyone becomes a heartless person, I will not let him go even if I become a ghost. I will take him away in my dreams tonight."

"Got it, grandma." The children responded quickly.

Everyone is used to hearing this kind of threats from their own mothers.

They were dazzled by the items in the department store.

Zhou Xian also took them to buy candies. It turned out that in addition to fruit candies and White Rabbit milk candies, there were so many other candies.

There are also lots of cookies.

"Mom, come quickly, there are lots of food here."

The kids can't wait.

The third branch of the Zhou family all have jobs and receive salaries, so they naturally cannot let their sister-in-law pay for these things. They bought food for their own children and bought hair flowers for the girls.

After coming out of the department store, we went straight to the state-owned hotel.

They arrived early, so there weren't many people around.

Zhou Xian went to order food, and his three brothers followed him.

My sister bought so many things for my parents today, and also bought a radio for the children at home to use for school. They can't buy those things, but they can still pay for the meals.

The three rooms paid together, so Zhou Xian was not asked to pay.

Zhou Xian didn't argue with them about this. He went back to the table and took out a bottle of wine from his bag.

"No wonder you were a step slow just now, it turns out you went to buy this." Zhou Jiefang said.

"It's a happy day anyway, let's drink something."

Zhou Jiefang nodded excitedly.

When others saw their family, they were obviously from the countryside. When they looked over, Zhou Jiefang couldn't help but stand up and said, "Everyone, my daughter and my daughter-in-law have been admitted to university and will be college students in the future."

Everyone in the store looked over. It was really amazing that a family had two college students.

When good words come from other people, the feeling is naturally different.

Zhou Jiefang didn't even drink any alcohol, but he felt dizzy.

This meal was also very satisfying, with mostly meat dishes, and the children enjoyed it very much.

“We’ll eat here again in the future.”

Hu Lanhua touched their heads and said, "When you become successful, you can come and eat whenever you want."

"Then I want to be like my aunt and uncle, get into college, bring my family to the county town to take pictures, go shopping in department stores, and eat here."

Hearing her son's ambitious words, which mother would not be happy? Hu Lanhua nodded to her son and said, "Then I'll wait for you to bring us over for dinner."

The other children followed suit, making the family laugh.

On the way back, Zhou Xian went to the photo studio to pick up the photos and gave them the photos of his brother and sister-in-law. He asked the studio's master to frame the photo of his parents, and he really wanted to hang it on the wall for them later.

Although the old couple felt embarrassed, they had already taken the photo and were going to show it to others, so they did not refuse.

On the way back, before the photos were hung up, Ge Guifen took the photos and showed them off to the group of old ladies in the team.

He also boasted about his experiences in the county town, and even rolled up his sleeves in the middle of winter.

As expected, her arms were sore from the cold, and finally an old lady noticed that she was wearing a watch on the hand holding the photo.

When asked, she said that her daughter bought it for her out of filial piety. She didn't want it, but her daughter insisted on buying it for her.

"Oh, that kid, she spends her money recklessly, insisting on buying clothes for me and her father. Ready-made clothes are so expensive, why don't we buy some cloth and make them ourselves?"

Seeing the old lady nod, Ge Guifen changed the subject, "But this child just refused to agree, saying that it was rare to see a suitable one, and if he didn't buy it, when would he have to wait for the next one."

"This watch too," Ge Guifen raised her wrist and walked around in front of the old ladies, "I said no, but she insisted on buying it for me and her father."

"Sister-in-law Guifen, I saw that the thing the old man was holding just now was a radio, right?"

"Yes, my daughter bought it for our children to study. Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, the children have the opportunity to go to college. No matter whether they are boys or girls, they have to go to school. I bought a radio for them to study with."

Everyone gasped; studying with a radio was truly a luxury.

Ge Guifen also mentioned in passing that her sons paid for the food at the state-owned restaurant, but only said a few words about it, saying that it was their duty. She mainly described how delicious the food was in the state-owned restaurant.

"But it doesn't matter. Those vegetables are from our greenhouse. People in the city also eat our vegetables."

These words made the audience feel proud.

Of course there are also some unpleasant things.

"Sister-in-law, if your daughter passes the exam and gets married in the future, this college student will belong to someone else. As for your daughter-in-law, she has good grades to begin with, but if she passes the exam, she might run away. You should have asked her to write the letter of guarantee."

Ge Guifen rolled her eyes.

"My daughter is my own. Even if she gets married, she is still my daughter. What do you mean by someone else's daughter? As for my daughter-in-law, don't worry. She won't be like that. You might as well worry about your son-in-law instead of mine. He doesn't seem to be very reliable."