It’s not much, just a set of clothes, so it doesn’t weigh much in this package.
In the middle of the quilt, there was the certificate of transfer of production relations issued by the brigade to Tian Zhuo, as well as his admission letter.
Only after seeing this certificate and the admission letter did Tian Tian breathe a sigh of relief.
You can buy other things when you go there, but if you don’t have these two things, it will be really difficult, especially the admission letter. If you don’t have it, it will most likely be taken away by someone else while the package is being delivered, and then Tian Zhuo will not be able to go to college.
The birth certificate is also very important. Without it, you will be a blind migrant in the city. If you are discovered by others, you will easily be deported.
After making sure that all the items in this package were complete, Gu Shuang opened another package. The items in the other package were even more messy. There was a brand new tooth cup, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a spotlessly white towel. Tian Tian could even recognize this towel because she brought it home for Lin Meiyu when she first went to college.
There were a few words embroidered on the towel with red thread. It was the consolation prize she won in a debate competition when she was in college. She was not short of towels at school at that time, so she took the towel home to give to Lin Meiyu. Unexpectedly, Lin Meiyu kept it for Tian Zhuo.
In addition to this, there was also a pair of rubber shoes, a washbasin, a lunch box, and a kettle. There were a lot of rags stuffed in the middle of the kettle, and it was wrapped in rags on the outside to prevent the kettle from being broken on the way to be sent. Tian Tian was speechless when she saw this. Wouldn't it be better to wrap it in a quilt? There were still some rags and rags left, which were not light in weight, and it must have cost a lot of money.
In addition to these, there were also the pens that Tian Zhuo used to write when he was in school, a brand new notebook that had never been used, his schoolbag, a water bottle, some leftover ink, and fifty yuan in the schoolbag, which should have been for Tian Zhuohua. Lin Meiyu sent them all over at once.
Originally, Tian Tian was thinking that if she needed anything, she could just buy it here. But now it seems that Tian Tian doesn’t need to buy anything, because Lin Meiyu has sent everything she can.
After confirming that the contents of the package were the same as the list that Lin Meiyu had told Tian Tian before, and that nothing was missing and nothing was damaged, Tian Tian repacked the things and planned to deliver them to Tian Zhuo when she was free.
In the next few days, Tian Tian stayed at home most of the time, and occasionally went out with Zhou Yang or Zhu Xiumei. Tian Tian had already contacted the man who had previously asked Zhu Xiumei to do makeup for him, and she also acted as a matchmaker for the two of them. Zhu Xiumei went to do the makeup once and the other party's reaction was also pretty good.
When Zhu Xiumei told Tian Tian about this, she was also very happy. It seemed that Zhu Xiumei could continue doing this job.
Zhou Yang had her summer vacation some time ago and she went home. She only came back a few days ago. The first thing she did after she came back was to contact Tian Tian.
Previously, Zhou Yang said that he would come to be Tian Tian’s bridesmaid, and Tian Tian also told her about her marriage, but because something suddenly happened at Zhou Yang’s home, he did not come this time.
However, when they met later, Zhou Yang gave Tian Tian a wedding gift, which was a very cute poet and two chubby dolls, one boy and one girl.
When giving this gift to Tian Tian, Zhou Yang also said a series of auspicious words, hoping that she would have a baby soon and have many children.
Tian Tian had a smile on her face, but she was thinking in her heart that she wanted to have many children and bring them happiness, so there was no need for that.
She has always thought that it would be enough to have one child, and now with the family planning policy, it is not allowed to have too many children.
It’s strange to say, but before Tian Tian was a girl and didn’t think about having children, she always felt peaceful around her.
Although there is a family planning policy, it did not have any impact on Tian Tian, and people around her rarely talked about it.
After Tian Tian got married and started to think about having children, she found that everything around her was related to family planning. When she went out to play, she would run into people from the family planning office who would arrest women who had exceeded the birth limit and force them to have abortions and IUDs.
Even when Tian Tian went to Ge Huiwen's house for dinner, she heard that a neighbor of Ge Huiyun's family had given birth to a daughter and had always wanted a son. She finally got pregnant, but now the law on having more children than allowed is very strict, so she had to send her daughter-in-law to the countryside.
"Then will it be impossible to register her if she is born like this?" Tian Tian asked curiously.
Ge Huiyun shook her head. "If it was an ordinary family, it would be fine. But for someone like his son who works in the government, he must support national policies. He gave birth to the child and registered it, letting others know that they had a second child. He committed a crime against the law. I guess his son's job will be taken away."
Tian Tian was amazed when she heard this. It turned out that this kind of thing was true. She thought that everyone exaggerated when they spoke.
"This child is pitiful. No matter whether it is a son or a daughter, she will be sent to the countryside and registered under someone else's household registration. If it is a son, it will be fine. Their family is so eager to have a boy. If a son is born, they will definitely not treat the child badly even if he is born in another family.
If this was a girl, considering the situation of her family, she would probably have a hard time if she were left in the countryside.
"If you ask me, just have one child. Her eldest daughter is so nice, sensible, pretty, and good at studying. But she insists on having a boy, especially now that the situation is so serious. If she is caught, she will have to have an abortion. She knows how harmful this is to a girl's health!" Ge Huiyun complained. She felt especially sorry for the daughter-in-law next door.
To be honest, she wasn't very familiar with the family next door, but she had heard a little about what went on in their family.
The old lady was not from the city. She moved to the provincial capital because her son was admitted to the Workers-Peasants-Soldiers University and worked in the government. Later, he brought his mother to the provincial capital and found a job as a cleaner in the government. He arranged for his mother to work and transferred her household registration.
His daughter-in-law is a decent city dweller. Although her family is not rich, both her parents are working. After marrying here, she is still bullied by her old mother-in-law. When she gave birth to a girl as her first child, the old mother-in-law was not happy. She always looked at her with a frown and she suffered a lot from her old mother-in-law.
The old lady had been forcing her to have a second child. Later, when the family planning policy came out, she was relieved, thinking the old lady would stop. Unexpectedly, she became pregnant unexpectedly. Even though she was pregnant, the old lady refused to let her have an abortion. In fact, she was reluctant to do so, so she followed the old lady's arrangement and went to the countryside.
"Tiantian, I tell you, let's not say anything about having a baby. Having a daughter is good enough. Don't you think it would be great if we had a daughter and brought her up well, just like you, and got her into college in the future?" Ge Huiyun admonished Tian Tian.
After that decade of catastrophe, the entire family broke up. Her husband and father-in-law were sent down to the countryside, and her son went to the countryside as an educated youth. She was the only one left in the provincial capital. Because of her family background, she was ostracized by others and suffered mentally. Ge Huiyun didn't want to talk about the hardships of those days, but she also saw a lot of things during that period.
The son reported his father and mother, saying that he was doing it for the greater good, but in fact he was just trying to gain fame. On the contrary, the daughter was able to take care of the elderly when her parents were in trouble.
Of course, there are also cases where daughters report their parents and their sons take care of them.
Ge Huiyun understood that nothing in this world is important. The most important thing is that the family can be together in peace. It doesn't matter if it's a son or a daughter, it's all the same. Filial piety does not distinguish between men and women. Filial piety also does not distinguish between genders. As long as you teach your children well and make them successful, when you get old, no matter it's a son or a daughter, they will all be filial.
Especially now that there is a one-child policy, Ge Huiyun feels that it is good enough to have one child. There is no need to sacrifice one's health as a mother just to have more children or to gamble on having a son. Only women know how harmful beating a child is to the body.
Tian Tian was secretly delighted and nodded quickly, "I think so too. The most important thing is not whether it is a boy or a girl, but how you raise the child after it is born."
She was originally a little worried about whether her mother-in-law's family would object if she gave birth to a daughter. But now that Ge Huiyun had no objection, she would not have to be forced by her in-laws to have children in the future, so Tian Tian was even happier.
Although I thought at that time that even if her husband's family forced Tian Tian, she would not change her mind, and at most they would reduce contact. But if the relationship was good, who would want it to deteriorate?
As for Gu Xingshu and Gu Shuyun, both father and son completely listened to Ge Huiyun at home. They both always felt that having children was a woman's business, so it was natural for women to decide how many children to have. Of course, it was also normal for women to choose not to have children.
Now that their son and grandson are married, they don't want to interfere too much. It's the young couple's business and they should live their life as they please. As parents and grandparents, they can take care of them for a few years, but not for the whole life. It's better for them to let go early, so that they will feel comfortable and the children will feel comfortable too.
As for things like continuing the family line, they were all dead at that time, so continuing the family line had nothing to do with them.
"It would be great to have a daughter. Our family has only given birth to boys for generations, and we have never had a daughter!" Gu Shuyun said with a smile.
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