After everything was bought, everyone went to the previously decided place and took the ox cart.
Although they went to take a photo, it didn't take them much time, and they even came back earlier than some people. Everyone laughed when they saw their disheveled appearance.
"You're not going to take photos like this, are you? Wouldn't all the makeup you put on this morning be wasted?"
"Do you think we are as stupid as you think? We had already taken the photos before going to the supply and marketing cooperative." Chen Guihua regained her proud look and said with her neck tilted back.
"So your photo is out now? Show it to us! We haven't even seen it yet!"
"The photos definitely can't be given to us right after they're taken. They need to be developed, so it will definitely take some time before they're given to us."
"Can photos be washed? How do we wash them? Is it like washing clothes?"
Chen Guihua was stunned by the question. She heard about developing photos from Tian Tian. How would she know how to develop photos?
But Chen Guihua was quite smart and responded quickly: "Can they tell me this? How to develop photos is a secret of photographers. If everyone knows it, then anyone can take photos, right?"
While Tian Tian was listening to Chen Guihua bragging to others, she was waiting for the others who had not arrived to come over.
In a family like theirs, they asked Tian Lijuan in advance what the supply and marketing cooperative would be selling during the Chinese New Year, and then decided what they wanted to buy and what tickets were available. Then, the three of them went to which counter respectively. Old Mrs. Tian had agreed on everything in advance.
So as soon as the three of them entered the supply and marketing cooperative, they went straight to the things they wanted to buy, and left quickly after making their purchases.
Others don't know what the supply and marketing cooperative is selling this year, so when they get there they have to calculate whether the various tickets they have received this year are enough for them to buy. After entering the supply and marketing cooperative, they run around from counter to counter, so time naturally goes slower.
After everyone had finally gathered and frozen here for half a day, they could finally ride the ox cart back home.
The Chinese New Year came just two days after returning home. Although Yulin and his family had separated, Old Mrs. Tian was still alive. During the Chinese New Year, Tian Lilin and his family also came to celebrate with Tian Lisong.
With the addition of Han Luying, although there was only one more person, the house was much more lively than in previous years, and the east room seemed a lot smaller.
After everyone worked for the whole morning, they had a meal together at two o'clock in the afternoon. They would make dumplings together tonight and set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve. This year would just pass like this.
The Chinese New Year comes once a year, and no matter how poor the family is, they will prepare as much food as possible. For families like Grandma Tian, who are relatively well-off and the new daughter-in-law is celebrating the Chinese New Year at her home for the first time, Grandma Tian cooked a table full of dishes, including chicken, fish, meat, and eggs. She even bought a can of food from the supply and marketing cooperative and put it in a bowl as a dish.
It can be said that this is the most thoughtful and best New Year’s Eve dinner their family has ever prepared in all these years.
After celebrating the New Year in great joy and staying up all year, Tian Tian and her friends got up on the morning of New Year's Day to pay New Year's greetings.
Lin Meiyu also gave each of them a big red envelope. Instead of just giving the money to them directly as she did in previous years, she carefully wrapped the money in red paper and handed it to them.
Tian Tian originally thought that it might be a dime as usual, but when she opened the red paper, she found that there was actually five dollars inside.
"Mom! Why are you giving me so much money? Just keep the money for Huabei and give me a dime or two." Tian Tian said.
"It's not a lot of money. You gave me a lot of money when you came back from the Chinese New Year this year. I took out five dollars from it. It's also New Year's money. You can keep it and spend it." Lin Meiyu said.
When she came back from school this year, Tian Tian secretly gave Lin Meiyu twenty yuan, plus some miscellaneous bills.
Although Tian Tian's school would give her subsidies, Tian Tian actually didn't have much money left. She had to pay for school expenses, books, water, dormitory, heating, and the cost of their usual outings, plus Tian Tian's round-trip travel expenses, which were all quite a bit of money. She had to pay for all of this herself.
Except when school started, Lin Meiyu gave Tian Tian 100 yuan.
Tian Tian could save very little money in a semester, so she gave all the money she saved this year to Lin Meiyu.
Even so, Lin Meiyu still refused to accept it. If Tian Tian hadn't said that she was angry, Lin Meiyu still wouldn't have accepted the money.
As a result, Lin Meiyu turned around and gave her five dollars.
"I have money now. If I didn't have money, I wouldn't say anything. But now that I have money, I definitely won't let you guys down." Lin Meiyu said.
Although Lin Meiyu has money now, their family's life is almost the same as usual. The main reason is that they have money but no tickets. There are still a lot of things they can't buy, and they can't spend the money.
"Mom knows that you can earn money now, so don't be reluctant to spend money at school. If you run out of money, just tell your family." Lin Meiyu said.
"Don't worry, Mom. If I really run out of money, I will definitely tell you, and you don't have to worry about me. I have money and tickets at school, and Gu Zhao is also there, so don't worry." Tian Tian comforted.
Because of Tian Tian, the Tian family and Gu Zhao's family have always kept in touch over the years. In fact, because of Gu Zhao's intentional maintenance and closer relationship, the relationship between the two families has become closer than before when they were in the brigade. After all, when Tian Lisong was in the brigade, apart from having contact with Gu Zhao, it can be said that he had no relationship with Gu Xingshu.
Normally, the two families would send each other some things.
Old Mrs. Tian was worried that Tian Tian had no relatives or friends over there, so she tried to spend more time with the Gu family and often sent them some dried goods. These were not valuable things, but just what farmers had, such as dried vegetables from the sun, and mountain products picked from the mountains.
Lin Meiyu patted Tian Tian's hand and said, "With Gu Zhao by your side, I can rest assured. You two are lucky to be assigned to the same university."
Isn't this lucky?
Tian Tian was speechless.
When she was filling out the application form, she really thought that Gu Zhao was helping her sincerely. She didn't expect that it was also for the purpose of knowing where she would go to take the college entrance examination?
However, Tian Tian was indeed grateful that she and Gu Zhao were assigned to the same school.
Not to mention anything else, the fact that Gu Xingshu found so many English tapes for her was a huge help to her.
Gu Zhao also helped Tian Tian get familiar with the school and the city, and took Tian Tian out to play on weekends.
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