Chapter 135

Not long after the Gu family settled down in the provincial capital, Xu Xiangqian and Gu Chunmei's family of four also moved to the provincial capital.

Xu's father and mother followed their words and lived in Yunshui County.

When people get older, they don't want to struggle anymore. Now they all want to return to their roots.

Zhang Cuilan and her husband didn't have this idea. Now that reform and opening up have taken place, there are many elderly people exercising in the provincial capital park. Gu Mancang still went there to meet old friends and play chess. Zhang Cuilan

walked on the street in the morning and went to look at houses with her daughter in the afternoon. Her legs didn't feel sore after a day.

Gu Chunmei's legs and feet were not as good as her mother's. She complained to Lin Yao that it was too difficult to buy a house in the provincial capital.

Originally, Gu Chunmei wanted to keep up with the fashion and buy a building to live in, preferably a tube-shaped building, which was really cheap.

Lin Yao was so amused that he took her to the tube-shaped building for a tour.

Gu Chunmei was so amused that her eyes widened and she quickly threw the idea of ​​buying a tube-shaped building out of her mind.

"Everyone says that the provincial capital is good, but I think it's just like that. Look at those big cities, some families are squeezed into a small house of 40 or 50 square meters, and it's hard to turn around."

Gu Chunmei went home and discussed with Big Head Brother, and they thought it would be better to buy a courtyard house.

The couple went to the province to look for a house whenever they had time. Gu Shian took office at the Special Police Corps and was busy every day. Lin Yao was similar, with a lot of work in the food processing factory.

Zhang Cuilan felt that buying a house was a big deal, and she was worried about her daughter going alone, so when Xu Xiangqian was not free, she would go with him. Gu

Mancang stayed at home to take care of the housework.

After wandering around for half a month, Gu Chunmei fell in love with a courtyard house near the Provincial Cultural Palace and Housi Street.

Four rooms formed a large square courtyard, facing north and south, and it was square. The provincial park and the train station were just outside the door, and it was close to the vegetable market and the school hospital.

Such a good house, in the future, would not only be a school district house, but also an excellent golden zone.

The only thing was that Gu Chunmei and her husband did not have enough money.

The price of the courtyard house was 6,500 yuan, and no matter how hard Gu Chunmei talked, she only reduced it to 6,300 yuan.

Gu Chunmei only had 6,000 yuan in her hand, which was the savings of the family for many years. There were also fees for buying a house, and the subsequent decoration and furniture purchases also required money.

Xu's father and mother contributed part of the money, and Lin Yao and his wife funded part of it.

With relatives as a backer, Gu Chunmei decorated the new home with great fanfare. She bought a double bed, a large wardrobe, a sofa, a coffee table, a TV, and an electric fan. The

Xu family finished the decoration until the end of the year. In the summer of 1980, the brothers Gu Doudou and Xu Tangyuan took the college entrance examination together.

Xu Tangyuan was half a year older than Gu Doudou. The two children went to the Yuhong class in the same year, went to elementary school, junior high school, and high school. The brothers had a good relationship and were equally good at studying.

Either Xu Tangyuan or Gu Doudou took first place. Anyway, the first and second places of the whole year were secured by the two brothers.

Before the college entrance examination, the two brothers worked hard and studied hard.

Hard work pays off. The college entrance examination results are out. A big red paper is posted at the gate of the school with the results of the top 50 students in the school.

According to the current college entrance examination policy, as long as you are on the big red paper, you will definitely be admitted to the university.

A group of parents were busy looking at their children's results.

Gu Doudou and Xu Tangyuan are self-reliant. Early in the morning, their parents were sleeping at home, so they were sent to check their own results.

The two brothers received many cold stares before they squeezed to the front, with Yuanyuan jumping behind them. Xu Tangyuan had good eyesight and his eyes immediately caught Gu Doudou's name.

"Gu Xueming."

Xu Tangyuan shouted at the top of his voice, "Brother, you are really good, first in the whole school."

This was expected, and Gu Doudou's mouth curled up.

Yuanyuan jumped and asked, "Brother Tangyuan, what place did you get?"

"Third! I made a mistake, a mistake, a mistake."

Xu Tangyuan sighed and waved his hands, but he was actually very happy in his heart. He got the same score as the second one, but his name had more strokes, so he ranked third.

Xu Doubao patted his brother's shoulder, drooling with envy.

He, a poor student, didn't understand the turbulent currents among the top students. He didn't care what place he got, as long as he got into college. When

the two families learned about their children's college entrance examination results, the group of people who were waiting at home smiled happily.

After cooking red eggs and setting off firecrackers at home, Xu Xiangqian happily called his father and mother to announce the good news.

The two elders on the other end of the phone were all smiles.

In September, Gu Doudou and Xu Tangyuan went north and south respectively. Gu Doudou applied for the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, while Xu Tangyuan went to Xiamen University.

At the beginning of the new school year, Yuanyuan and Xu Doubao were also honored to enter the second and third year of high school.

The No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital stipulated that the second and third year students should live in dormitories, so that they can study in the morning and evening and prepare for the college entrance examination.

The dormitory conditions in those days were just like that, a two-story dormitory building with three bunk beds.

Gu Shian and his wife sent their daughter to the dormitory, and Yuanyuan chose a bunk bed by the window.

Lin Yao helped the girl make the bed. Gu Shian, like an old father, checked the dormitory. Outside the window, there was a row of lush French plane trees to prevent people with ulterior motives from peeping. The dormitory lights were bright enough, and the girl slept soundly. He lifted the mattress to see that there was a solid wooden board under the mattress, which would not creak when sleeping on it...

Gu Shian was so serious and stern.

When the girls in the dormitory saw him, they didn't dare to come over to say hello.

After settling in the dormitory, the three of Gu's family went to the cafeteria to have a lunch.

The food in the cafeteria of the No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital is of high quality and low price. Four dishes and one soup only cost one yuan. Shredded pork with green peppers, Xihongshi fried eggs, hot soup noodles, steamed buns and rice porridge, Yuanyuan ate until her mouth was full of oil.

Lin Yao and Gu Shian looked at each other and thought, well, there is no need to worry about the girl not eating well in school.

Yuanyuan lives in the school, and the family visits once a week.

Gu Doudou went to the capital to study at university, and Gu Shidong also took time to go home every week.

The old Gu family has settled down. Lin Yao has been busy with the expansion of the factory workshop recently. She lowered her head to look at the construction drawings under the light. Gu Shian brought a plate of cut apples, put it down silently, and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

After finishing her work, Lin Yao stretched her back and sneaked to the kitchen. She stood on tiptoe and touched his finger with her toes. Then she jumped onto the man's broad back with a smile.

"Captain Gu, let's go to the yard for a walk."

Gu Shian put his big hands on his back and carried the man steadily.

The man's body was full of the pleasant smell of soap. Lin Yao pinched his ear.

"Don't make trouble."

"No."

The couple smiled and doted on each other. The quiet years were really enviable.

The next day, Friday, Gu Shian went to the school to pick up Yuanyuan after work.

Yuanyuan was a greedy girl. As soon as she saw her father, she yelled for canned fruit.

Gu Shian touched the girl's ponytail, smiled and turned around to buy canned food.

On the streets of the provincial capital, Gu Shidong rode his bicycle back to the courtyard in silence.

Along the way, he didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment. Should he say that he was well prepared, or was he really disappointed with his girlfriend's family?

That's right, he had a girlfriend at school, a girl from the suburbs of the provincial capital, with complicated family conditions. As soon as she opened her mouth, she asked Gu Shidong to pay for building a house for her son and marrying him off.

Gu Shidong was so surprised that he didn't know what to say. He had been naughty since he was a child, and his mother and sister-in-law had taught him that a man should not evade his responsibilities.

But is it also his responsibility for his girlfriend's brother to marry a wife?

Gu Shidong didn't think so. He turned his head to look at his girlfriend, who was evasive. After all, her parents raised her up. As the saying goes, the grace of raising a child is greater than heaven. Even if her brother was not a decent person, she still wanted Gu Shidong to pay for her parents to live out their lives in the countryside.

This almost made Gu Shidong laugh.

So in the eyes of this family, he was the one who was being cheated?

Gu Shidong curled his lips, pedaled his bicycle, and left without looking back.

On the bumpy mountain road, he was the only one riding his bicycle home, looking lonely and desolate.

Today, his sister-in-law was making dumplings at home, so he should go home to eat dumplings.

The old son came home earlier than expected, and Zhang Cuilan didn't expect him to come back so early.

After Gu Shidong returned home, he went back to the house, took a shower, changed clothes, and went out, still laughing.

Gu Shian and his wife noticed something was wrong.

Dongzi, this kid, is smiling on the outside but not on the inside. If you want to deceive your sister-in-law and elder brother, dream on!

The couple pretended that they didn't notice anything. Gu Shidong glanced at his brother and sister-in-law subconsciously. Seeing that they were doing what they were supposed to do as if nothing had happened, he inexplicably felt relieved.

He also didn't want his family to know the ridiculous things that the family in the countryside said. After all, those words... were too hurtful. It was enough for him to know it himself.

Gu Shidong didn't make it in time for lunch when he got home.

You don't need to ask to know that he must have returned from the countryside without even drinking a sip of water.

Fortunately, Lin Yao had foresight. This weekend, the family did not eat at home at noon. They went to the state-owned hotel and ordered a bowl of mutton soup steamed buns for each person. He also specially packed ten large meat buns, thinking of taking them back for the family to eat.

As soon as Yuanyuan and Dongzi came back, Lin Yao put the five steamed meat buns in the steamer to heat them up. Soon the house was filled with the aroma of meat.

Gu Shidong, who hadn't eaten for most of the day, was really hungry. He ate the meat buns in big mouthfuls and soon finished the five big meat buns in the steamer. After eating the meat buns, Yuanyuan drank up the boiled water in the ceramic water cup, wiped her mouth and asked Lin Yao.

"Mom, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Lin Yao rolled her eyes. This lady was really hopeless.

"Eat meat dumplings and drink mutton soup!"

This is good!

The foodie uncle and nephew smiled happily at the same time.

Lin Yao couldn't bear to watch it, so she called Gu Shi'an to supervise the uncle and nephew and wash his hands to help.

The big round eyes twinkled, "Mom, I want to help too?"

"What? You think you can run away? No one can run away when we're making dumplings at home today. The whole family has to work together to have something to eat. Whoever is lazy and doesn't make dumplings will starve tonight."

Last time when they made dumplings, Captain Gu did not participate. Gu Shian knew that this was said to him, he coughed unnaturally, glanced at the lady who was covering her mouth and laughing, and whispered:

"Isn't it... that the dumplings I made were too ugly, aren't you afraid that the lady will laugh at you?"

Aren't there enough times when you make the lady laugh at you?

Lin Yao glared at Gu Shian and said,

"My daughter and I will roll out the dough for the dumplings, and you two will be in charge of kneading the dough."

Gu Shian glanced at the large basin on the table and hesitated.

"............Okay."

After all, he didn't know how to roll out the dough for the dumplings, so he could only be in charge of kneading the dough.