After entering 1977, Jiang Ruyu talked to Jiang Hui about taking the college entrance exam. She knew the general direction of history, but Jiang Hui did not. Although he liked to read, he was not sensitive to politics at all.
"Sister, university admissions have been suspended for ten years. How can they just start again like this?"
Jiang Ruyu knew that most people would think this way, and she would have thought the same way if she hadn't read that book: "Jiang Hui, people are not static. Think about it carefully. What does the development of society need? It must be talent. Where does talent come from?"
Going to university, acquiring knowledge, and serving the country—going to university is an essential part of talent selection. People will grow old, and the current recommendation system won't last forever. When these officials get old, can we still use the old hereditary system?
Opportunity always favors the prepared mind. Think about it yourself. Perhaps you could pay attention to Han Ling's father. If I'm right, he should be exonerated soon. After all, when universities start enrolling students, what they need most are teachers with genuine talent and expertise.
Jiang Ruyu's words had a great impact on Jiang Hui. He hoped that his sister's guess was correct, but it also felt like a pipe dream. Could he really start over by taking the college entrance exam?
Regardless of whether he could get into university, Jiang Hui decided to start reading junior and senior high school textbooks from the beginning and review them. He studied by himself and also got his wife to study with him. Han Ling herself also liked reading, otherwise the two of them would not have gotten together.
Similarly, Jiang Ruyu also sent her sister-in-law Zheng Xiaoyue and her friends Zhao Sufen and Fang Da a set of junior and senior high school textbooks and other teaching materials that she could receive. She didn't say anything explicitly; if they wanted to study, they would naturally do so, and if they didn't want to, there was nothing she could do. Anyway, she had already reminded them.
September arrived quickly, and Jiang Ruyu was about to give birth again.
Having had the experience of giving birth to twins, the birth of this child went much more smoothly. In the past few years, she has lived a comfortable life without any worries, and her health has been well maintained. She did not suffer too much during the pregnancy, and the delivery was also very smooth.
"Congratulations, you've given birth to a son, weighing 6.6 pounds. The baby is very healthy." The nurse placed the swaddled baby next to Jiang Ruyu. "You'll have to wait a little longer; you can leave once the placenta is delivered."
"Thank you, please give the child to my husband." Giving birth is exhausting, and she doesn't have the energy to look after him right now.
The birth of this child made Jiang Ruyu decide that she would not have any more children. Three children were enough. Having too many children would cause too much damage to her body. Now that she had a son and a daughter, she didn't need to have any more.
Before she could even say this to Zheng Yang, he told her something that shocked her.
"What did you just say? Say it again?" Jiang Ruyu, who was in postpartum confinement at home, suddenly heard Zheng Yang's words and stared at him with wide eyes.
“I told them I had my tubal ligated and we wouldn’t have any more children.”
Actually, Zheng Yang didn't want Jiang Ruyu to have any more children after she gave birth to twins. When she was pregnant with twins, Jiang Ruyu really suffered a lot and endured a lot of pain, which he saw and felt heartbroken for.
Afterwards, he discussed not having children with his wife. Jiang Ruyu was unwilling at that time. No matter how much her father-in-law liked his granddaughter, the old man still wanted a grandson. Her grandmother had also told her that she still wanted a son.
It's not that she's sexist, it's just that's how things are now. If she only has two daughters and then stops having children, people will say things like, "She's too young to have children, and the Zheng family line is ending."
So she wanted to have a son, whether it was because she didn't want to hear what others were saying or to make her father-in-law feel better.
At that time, Zheng Yang had asked the doctor about contraception and tubal ligation. When he learned that tubal ligation for women was a rather serious and painful procedure, while tubal ligation for men was much more convenient and had no side effects, he decided to get his tubal ligated after having another child.
Before Jiang Ruyu gave birth, Zheng Yang had undergone tubal ligation because he was thinking that he would have to take care of the child and attend to his wife during her postpartum period.
It might be due to his own physical condition; he only experienced pain in the wound for the first two days after the tubal ligation, followed by some swelling in the next few days. After a few days, he felt nothing at all. He just needed to be careful not to lift heavy objects or overexert himself.
It's been almost a month now, and he feels nothing at all.
Jiang Ruyu looked at Zheng Yang with a sour feeling in her heart: "When did you get your tubal ligation done? I had no idea?"
"Didn't I take a few days off a month ago? Right then?" Zheng Yang didn't think that getting a tubal ligation was a big deal. He couldn't take the pain of childbirth for Ru Yu, but he could still get a tubal ligation.
"Why didn't you tell me about something so important? Did you experience any discomfort after your tubal ligation? Did it affect your health?" Jiang Ruyu didn't know how to describe her feelings, as if the pain of pregnancy and childbirth had been worth it.
"No, I don't feel anything right now." Zheng Yang hugged his wife and said softly, "Don't think too much. When we're living together, you have to think about me, and I have to think about you too. I asked the doctor, and female sterilization is more harmful to the body, but it's much better for men."
Jiang Ruyu knew that no matter how many reasons showed that male sterilization was more suitable than female sterilization, not many men would actually get sterilized. After all, regardless of whether they had children or not, men still cared a lot about their ability to have children. People like Zheng Yang were really rare.
Life went on like this, and Jiang Ruyu and Zheng Yang's relationship seemed to catch fire again, like an old house on fire. Even a glance between them felt cloyingly sweet.
Jiang Hui and Han Ling, who lived in the same courtyard, could both sense the difference between the older sister and the brother-in-law. Han Ling even sulked with Jiang Hui for two days because of this, leaving Jiang Hui completely bewildered.
"What's wrong with you these past two days? Who upset you? Why are you sulking?" Jiang Hui looked at his wife's back, puzzled.
Han Ling rolled her eyes at the wall: "Heh, you're such a blockhead."
Jiang Hui turned her shoulders around: "What's wrong? Just say what you want to say, I really can't guess?"
Han Ling angrily bumped into his chest: "My sister and brother-in-law have been married for six years, and they're still as affectionate as when they first started dating. Look at us, you treat me like we've been married for years, you have no passion for me at all. Think about when we first got married, you acted like you'd never seen a woman before, and now?"
Jiang Hui stared at his wife for a long time before suddenly rolling over and covering her. He whispered in her ear, "Looks like I haven't tried hard enough, Lingling. Hmm, I understand how hard it is for you to take care of the child, and I didn't want to bother you too much. I didn't expect it to make you doubt my feelings for you. So, don't complain about being tired."
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