Ye Qingshui scooped a bowl of water and rinsed her mouth. When she was about to put the bowl down, a drop of warm water splashed on her hand, slid into the bowl and quickly merged with the clear water.
"you……"
Ye Qingshui raised his head in shock, only to see the man quickly turn his head away and wipe his eyes in embarrassment.
She didn't expect Xie Tingyu's reaction to be so big.
After a while, Xie Tingyu asked again incredulously: "Am I really going to be a father?"
Ye Qingshui nodded hesitantly.
I think so.
Her period has been late for half a month.
Ye Qingshui's palm also fell to the belly, and he felt it, but he couldn't feel any difference. It was less than a month old, and Ye Qingshui's belly had not changed at all.
Just now was the first time she felt its presence so strongly.
Xie Tingyu excitedly hugged his wife, lowered his head to touch her forehead, and said incoherently: "Thank you, thank you, I don't know...what to say."
Aunt Ye smiled and handed Ye Qingshui a piece of orange peel.
It was pickled sour that Xie Tingyu's teeth fell apart after taking a bite. But after Ye Qingshui finished eating it, the nausea in his chest was suppressed.
Xie Tingyu took a look at the pot of twenty kilograms of sausages, his heart warmed, and he diligently brought a stool for his wife to sit down.
"You can't stand the smell, come sit over here and I'll teach you how to make sausage."
He seemed to treat her as a porcelain doll that could not be knocked or broken if touched.
Ye Qingshui was also happy to call her husband.
Aunt Ye helped to stuff the sausage casings, and under the guidance of his wife, Xie Tingyu worked with Aunt Ye to finish making the rest of the sausages.
After the couple returned to the room, Xie Tingyu saw the paper with his wife's estimated scores, and the hot magma in his heart quickly cooled down and turned into rock.
Xie Tingyu seemed to recall the days and nights when Ye Qingshui studied hard for the exam.
"I'm sorry... I let you get pregnant at this time. I will try my best to be a good father."
"But it will delay your studies. If you don't want it, you can..."
When saying this, Xie Tingyu choked with sadness.
Ye Qingshui couldn't help laughing, "I want it."
The special circumstances of the times meant that the 1977 class of college students enrolled in February this year, only six months after the 1978 class. The graduation time is also only half a year apart.
Ye Qingshui's due date is September.
She had already figured it out. She could take a semester of classes first, apply for a leave of absence, and then transfer to the seventh or eighth grade after giving birth. The timing was just right and it wouldn't delay her too much.
Xie Tingyu looked up in surprise, his eyes suddenly lit up.
His heart exploded with beauty as if with a "bang" of fireworks, and he even got so excited that he wanted to pick up his wife and take her outside for three circles.
But he restrained himself and kissed her. His big hand trembled slightly and fell on her belly, greeting their child:
"Child, mom and dad love you."
He looked up at his wife's pretty face and said, "Thank you, Shui'er, thank you for not giving up on it. I will do my best to take good care of you and your mother."
Xie Tingyu was both surprised and ashamed.
The pride and joy of becoming a father for the first time made him realize that he had entered another stage of life.
He needs to grow up faster and provide shelter for her, the children, and this family. From now on, the burden on his shoulders will become heavier.
But Xie Tingyu enjoyed it very much. At this moment, he only felt warm, sweet and happy in his heart.
…
After the candidates have filled out their application forms and sent them out, the test results for the entire province will be announced.
Ye Qingshui estimated her score to be 451, but when she went to the Youth League Office to get her score, she actually got a good score of 455.
Of the extra points, three are from the Chinese language subject.
Xie Tingyu glanced at his wife's grades, and a smile spread across his face. "I said Shui'er's Chinese score could get above 90 points."
It was worth it that he often helped his wife to cram Chinese.
When Ye Qingshui saw the score, his heart completely dropped back into his stomach.
There is too much uncertainty in estimating scores, and it is natural for scores to differ by more than ten points. She did not expect that she would have such luck, not only did she get 450 points, but she also got a few points more than expected.
Her heart felt as if it were filled with honey.
Ye Qingshui received a letter from home sent from the capital at the post office. She took a look at it and saw that her grandmother praised Xie Tingyu in the letter.
"Grandma said she saw you in the newspaper."
Xie Tingyu didn't care much, he said: "Shui'er also did very well in the exam."
It is indeed very good. He glanced at the list of each school. Even the best middle school in the city had a student who scored the highest 400 points this year and was not admitted.
Xie Tingyu felt that his wife was really ambitious.
Of course, this kind of striving cannot be compared with him, as the conditions of the two people are very different.
When Xie Tingyu was in school, he went to the best middle school in the capital. He had books and audio-visual materials at his fingertips since he was a child, and his grandmother would give him some tutoring from time to time. This score is nothing.
But Ye Qingshui is different.
She dropped out of school after finishing high school and worked as a farmer at home. She could only study after finishing her farm work. The study conditions were very poor. She got this score because of her perseverance in studying.
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't even get half of her score.
Xie Tingyu felt that his wife was very proud. After getting his report card, he passed by the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a pound of high-quality milk candy as a reward for his wife.
Ye Qingshui continued reading the letter from Grandma Xie, and after finishing it, he opened another letter.
This was a letter from Xie Tingyu's mother. Ye Qingshui was a little surprised.
Wen Zhihua also saw the news in the newspaper that her son had won the national top scorer, and Wen Zhihua became the talk of the town overnight.
She was very happy that her son, whom she had neglected for twenty years, did not grow up badly but became so outstanding.
Wen Zhihua praised Xie Tingyu in the letter. She wanted to hold a graduation party for him and asked when her son would return to the capital, hoping that he would come back soon.
Ye Qingshui was not surprised when he saw it.
The couple had been tired of hearing such words in the past month, but Wen Zhihua mentioned at the end of the letter that Xie Tingjue had been in a car accident, but it was not serious and he had been recuperating in the hospital for a while.
When Ye Qingshui saw the word "car accident", his pupils shrank.
Xie Tingjue told her that Xie Tingyu died in a car accident in his previous life.
She speculated that Xie Tingyu had the car accident around the time he went north to report to school.
Xie Tingjue also wrote a letter to warn her not to let Xie Tingyu return to the capital before seven or eight years.
Xie Tingyu was discussing with his wife what dishes to prepare for the wedding banquet in the village. He kept saying, "We must have braised pork, everyone likes it."
"Grandma and mother said they want to kill all the chickens at home, buy two mallard ducks, and add two kilograms of wedding cakes, melon seeds and peanuts to each table... What do you think?"
After not getting a response from his wife for a long time, Xie Tingyu looked down and saw that his wife was pale and her face was full of pain.
Xie Tingyu was so nervous that he immediately picked up his wife and asked, "Shui'er, are you feeling unwell? Should we go to the hospital?"
Ye Qingshui put her arms around his neck and said, "It's okay... my chest is just a little stuffy."
This place is not far from the hospital. After saying this, Xie Tingyu carried his wife and walked towards the hospital.
This man was still alive, so fresh and young. He looked at her nervously.
Ye Qingshui took a deep breath and lay in his arms.
Xie Tingyu made an appointment for Ye Qingshui to have a physical examination. After the physical examination, most of the day had passed.
The doctor said: "Her constitution is rather cold, so she should pay attention to replenishing her Qi and blood. Try not to have sex in the first three months, and avoid doing heavy work and things that can easily make you tired..."
This was Xie Tingyu’s first time being a father, and as a new father he was quite nervous.
After his wife's examination, he was reluctant to leave the hospital, and Xie Tingyu asked the doctor many questions.
The doctor had no choice but to be patient and answer many of his seemingly stupid questions.
The doctor glanced at Xie Tingyu, then at the newspaper, and asked disdainfully, "Are you the top scorer in this year's college entrance examination?"
How can people who are so smart lack common sense?
Xie Tingyu, the new father, choked for a while before saying, "Yes, but these things are more important, I want to ask for clarification."
Ye Qingshui was thin-skinned and not as thick-skinned as the man, so she pulled at his sleeve embarrassedly.
Xie Tingyu just patted his wife's head and said, "Shui'er, sit over there and wait for me."
The afternoon sun shone into the narrow workroom and fell on the man's shoulders. Xie Tingyu leaned down and looked the doctor in the eye respectfully.
He asked questions tirelessly, like a beginner who had just arrived at the school, his eyes full of seriousness and persistence.
Seeing this scene, Ye Qingshui felt warm in his heart.
She put her hand on her belly and whispered, "Your dad is so stupid."
But... I care a lot about them and their mother.
Finally, Xie Tingyu got some useful obstetrics and gynecology books recommended by the doctor, and was contentedly preparing to leave the hospital with his wife.
After reading the letter, Ye Qingshui, who had been struggling for a long time, suddenly asked the man, "Have you bought the ticket to return to the capital for the New Year?"
Xie Tingyu said: "No, what's wrong?"
"Can we not go back to the capital this year?" She put her hand on her belly and looked at Xie Tingyu cautiously.
"During the New Year, the train station is very crowded. It's too tiring to take the train. I'm afraid—"
His mother and grandmother both wrote to him hoping that he would return to the capital ahead of time. It has been almost a year since he left home, so he must be eager to go home now, right?
After Ye Qingshui finished speaking, he felt that his statement was not convincing enough.
When a country woman is pregnant, she is very strong and works in the fields as usual. Now she can eat and sleep well, and can even do some light work...
She looked at Xie Tingyu nervously, waiting for his reaction.
Xie Tingyu didn't react, he quickly agreed: "Okay, then we won't go back."
Ye Qingshui had prepared a lot of words, but none of them were of any use.
She looked at Xie Tingyu with a little surprise, "I'm afraid grandma and mom will be very disappointed, right?"
For the educated youth who were living far away from home, going home for the Spring Festival was their top priority. Sometimes, they would rather stand for a few days if they couldn't buy a seat ticket, just to get home.
Xie Tingyu smiled and said, "How can I be disappointed?"
"Shui'er is pregnant with a baby. Grandma is so happy."
After thinking about it for a moment, Xie Tingyu felt that his wife's worries were justified.
The pregnancy is still unstable in the first month, and it would be very tiring for pregnant women to sit on the train for several days in a row.
There are a lot of people at the train station during the Chinese New Year. What if you get bumped or hit?
When Ye Qingshui heard this decision, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled happily.
The couple did not delay any longer and quickly returned to Yejia Village by car.
…
Before the couple reached the village entrance, they saw Ye Ma.
Mother Ye had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time. When she saw her daughter coming back, she jumped up with joy, her face full of happiness.
"Shui Ya, the county revolutionary committee has given you a reward allowance!"
"Xiao Xie has some too!"
Mother Ye glared at her daughter and said, "Today, county officials came to our house in person, but you and Xiao Xie went to collect your results!"
Her words full of resentment left Ye Qingshui confused.
Ye's mother's face immediately flushed, "They all praised you and Xiao Xie for doing well in the exam this year! Shui Ya really made our family proud. You ranked second in the province, did you know that?"
"The county leaders are coming to our house!"
Mother Ye talked too much today and her voice is hoarse.
Ye Ma was originally just an ordinary rural woman, with little education and an unknown widow in the village. She had been looked down upon by others over the years.
But after the county officials drove their car to Yejia Village to reward her daughter, she found that everyone's eyes on her had changed.
She used to call her "Fang'er", but now she respectfully calls her "Aunt Wu".
The members of Yejia Village have become numbed by the Ye family's wave of happy events and almost think they are dreaming.
Is the college entrance examination so easy? Both children of the Ye family did so well that several groups of reporters came. This time, the county leaders were also alarmed. This was the first time in decades that the leaders came to Yejia Village in person.
But looking back at the children in the village who took the college entrance examination this year, few of them were admitted to university, and then everyone woke up.
You don’t know the difference unless you take exams. You say we all have one nose and one mouth, so why is there such a big difference between people?
The Ye family has been in great trouble in the past two years.
Happy events happened one after another, and life became more and more prosperous.
My daughter and son-in-law are both so hardworking that they both got admitted to college, definitely a prestigious key university.
Ye Qingshui and Xie Tingyu both passed the college entrance examination and changed their destiny. They are no longer farmers who have to wait anxiously for grain distribution at the end of the year. These two young men will be able to eat state-owned grain and have city household registration in the future!
The members of Yejia Village were both envious and jealous.
But they were also very happy in their hearts.
Who says country kids are not as smart as city students? Come and take a look at Ye Qingshui from Yejia Village!
I heard that Ye Qingshui's score was more than 50 points higher than the top scorer in liberal arts!
Unlike Xie Tingyu, Ye Qingshui is a solid Yejia Village native, born and raised in Yejia Village. Her exam results make the people of Yejia Village feel more honored, as if their own children had scored high scores.
It can really give people hope.
It turns out that studying really is a way out.
After Ye Qingshui got his score, he could guess that he was the second in the province this year.
Because in his previous life, Xie Tingyu scored 450 points and successfully won the top spot.
She was not surprised and started to unpack the college entrance examination bonus from the county. She was already very satisfied to receive this unexpected money.
The thick red envelope was bulging with money. She nodded slightly and said in disbelief:
"Six hundred yuan..."
Ye Qingshui turned his eyes to the red envelope that belonged to the man.
Xie Tingyu gave it to his wife and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will open it slowly when we get home. This red envelope is also yours."
The smiles on the faces of the village cadres were as bright as flowers. They said happily:
"This time the village must hold a graduation party for these two children. They are so promising, our village cannot be too shabby."
"Aunt Ye Wu, you must not refuse this time. We have specially left a big fat pig unkilled. It is more than enough for a wedding banquet, and everyone can also enjoy some fat before the New Year."
"This is a great joyous event. Yejia Village has never had such an honorable event..."
You and I kept talking, and Ye Ma couldn't refuse.
Ye's mother was also happy. When people are happy, their hearts feel open and they seem to walk with the wind.
How could I have dared to think about these things before? The Ye family was highly regarded by the village cadres and was even begged to hold a wedding banquet?
Mother Ye waved her hand cheerfully and agreed: "Okay, let's have this wedding banquet!"
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