Chapter 329 School has started
After removing the partitions, the original layout of the second and third floors was revealed.
The second floor has a large living room and three bedrooms, as well as a bathroom and toilet. Another small compartment should be the kitchen, but it was later converted into a small bedroom. The
third floor has a large room, which should have been used as a warehouse for goods before, and there are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a toilet. There is also one on the third floor.
Both floors have a large balcony, which can be used to dry clothes.
The couple roughly measured it and found that the indoor usable area of each floor is about 95 square meters. If used well, it can still be decorated very comfortably. Su Mo has already started to think about it.
However, there were no decoration companies at that time, so she could only ask the decoration teams from the surrounding communes to do these jobs. She didn't know if those people could understand the design drawings. For the sake of safety, she had to keep an eye on the decoration.
However, she was about to start school, so she had to put the decoration aside for now and deal with it when she was free.
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These past two days, Granny Xu has also been paying attention to whether anyone in this area wants to sell a house. She is an old neighbor in this area, so it is easy for her to find out something. After a little probing, she found that there are indeed many people who have this idea.
It's just that buying and selling is not allowed now, and few people can afford it. Those
who need a house can't afford it; those who can afford it have houses arranged by the factory or the unit, so they don't need to buy at all.
Granny Xu had a plan in mind, and she started to prepare money when she got home. She only had a little over 1,000 yuan in cash, so she had to cash in something.
Two days later, Grandma Xu took a few small yellow croakers and went to the free market where she had acquaintances to see the current market price.
The yellow goods received by the free market were all sent to the port city, so the gold price closely followed the international gold price.
In 1976, the international gold price fluctuated and fell. The gold price during this period was about US$125 per ounce.
At this time, the exchange rate of RMB to US dollar was 1.88 RMB per US dollar. According to the domestic calculation method, the gold price is about 8.2 yuan per gram. (1 ounce = 28.35 grams)
But these 8.2 yuan is just the selling price. If it is recycled, the price will be lower.
The boss of the free market was somewhat related to Granny Xu, so the price he offered was very high. According to the current gold price, a small yellow croaker costs only 256 yuan (a small yellow croaker is about 31.25 grams). The purchase price that the man paid to Grandma Xu was 220 yuan a piece.
Grandma Xu originally brought eight pieces, but the price of gold was so low that she only sold five pieces and got 1,100 yuan.
"Fa Zai, can you tell me how high the price of gold is in Yijia?" She had clearly heard that the price of gold had risen in the past two years.
"The international environment is not good, Auntie. It rose a bit in the past two years, but plummeted this year." Fa Zai said, "If you are not in a hurry for money, keep it and sell it later."
Granny Xu nodded and asked, "What about other things? And what is the price?"
"The situation at home is unknown. We will check again later. Auntie, if you are in a hurry for money, I will lend you a loan first." Fa Zai saw that Granny Xu had sold gold bars and wanted to sell others, thinking that she was short of money.
Grandma Xu waved her hand, "I'm not in a hurry. If I need you, I'll hire you again. No, Fa Zai."
"That's right. You've helped my mother so much before."
Grandma Xu also sighed after returning from the free market. Now that the country is about to be liberalized, and the international environment is getting worse, I don’t know how much the things she kept will be worth in the end.
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On September 25, Su Mo, escorted by her father and his two sons and Su Yiyuan, went to Sun Yat-sen University to register.
Originally, Su Tingqian and Mo Yurong were going to go too, but they were going to register at school the next two days, and they were both too busy to leave, so they didn't come.
Su Yiyuan's school registration was in early October, but he wanted to come to Guangzhou earlier to check the situation, so he came to Guangzhou in advance on the pretext of sending Su Mo to school.
As soon as Su Mo and her group entered the campus, they attracted the attention of most people.
First, most people came by themselves before, and even if someone sent them, it was at most one person, and it was the first time they saw so many people.
Second, the five people all looked very outstanding, and they all walked straight, looking very imposing and with their own aura.
The seniors who wanted to go forward to greet the new students subconsciously stood still and watched the group walk by. Finally, a senior reacted and hurried after them.
"Excuse me, who is here to register?"
"Me." Su Mo hurriedly responded.
"Hello, junior sister, which department are you from?"
"Hello, senior brother, I'm from the Foreign Languages Department."
"The Foreign Languages Department is over here, junior sister, follow me." The senior wanted to carry the luggage, but seeing that Su Mo didn't have much luggage and the two strong men carrying the luggage looked much stronger than him, he just led the way.
The registration point for the Foreign Languages Department was next to the stadium. Fortunately, someone led them, otherwise they would have to go around in circles to find it by themselves.
After taking Su Mo and the others there, the senior left and went back to the school gate to greet the new students.
Su Mo gave the registration teacher the materials that she was reminded to prepare in the admission notice, and paid a 5-yuan textbook fee.
Although it was free to go to college at that time, and the government also subsidized food expenses, every university had to pay a few yuan in textbook fees, which seemed to be 5 yuan for undergraduates and 4 yuan for junior colleges. As for what the textbook fees were used for, Su Mo was not sure.
Today was the first day of registration, and Su Mo came early. It was also possible that there were not many people in the Foreign Languages Department, so there was no need to queue up.
"The Foreign Languages Department will offer four majors this term: Russian, English, French, and German. Think carefully these two days about which language you want to learn. Tell your counselor on the first day of school, and we will assign you to a class then." As Su Mo was going through the formalities, a cadre-like person next to her reminded her.
"Okay, thank you for the reminder, teacher."
"I am your department head, Xiao Guangming. This is the first time that our department has offered so many majors. If you encounter any difficulties in your studies, please feel free to give us feedback." Xiao Guangming said.
Previously, the Foreign Languages Department only had two majors: Russian and English. German and French were added this year. They were originally going to add a Japanese major, but there was too much opposition, so it was not offered this year. It is estimated that it will be offered in the next two years.
"Okay, Director Xiao."
At this time, the teacher who was in charge of the formalities had also completed the formalities. When he handed over the information, Director Xiao took it and took a look at it. He was surprised and said, "Are you Su Mo?"
"Yes." Su Mo smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Xiao Guangming stretched out his hand and shook Su Mo's hand.
He was the top scorer in science in Guangdong Province, the director of the translation department of the Foreign Trade Center, and an incredible talent.
Xiao Guangming handed the information back to Su Mo and asked her to register at the side, "Register here and get your dormitory key."
Su Mo was not planning to live on campus. The family courtyard was not too far from the school, about 40 minutes by bike. If the school dormitory could be arranged, she would take a nap during lunch break. If the dormitory was not full, she could be arranged without one.
She was still thinking about how to find the department leader to tell him, but she didn't expect that he was here by chance, so she told him immediately to avoid disrupting the school's arrangements.
"Director Xiao, my home is not far from the school, and the children are still young and can't leave me alone. I want to apply for a commuter education and not live in the school at night. What do you think we should do? It doesn't matter to me whether An An arranges a dormitory or not." Su Mo said. If there is no bed, she can just take a nap in the classroom during lunch break.
When Lele heard Su Mo mentioned them, he quickly pulled An An forward, and they leaned on Su Mo's legs, blinking at Director Xiao, looking like they couldn't leave their mother.
The two children are good-looking, and they blinked at him, which instantly made Director Xiao look cute.
When Su Mo saw the two children coming over, she introduced them to Director Xiao, "These are my children."
Then she introduced Lu Changzheng and Su Yiyuan, "This is my husband and my brother."
Without Su Mo's command, the two children shouted crisply, "Hello, Director."
Lu Changzheng and Su Yiyuan also came forward to greet them.
Director Xiao had specially learned about Su Mo's file and general background. However, the ID photo in the file was seriously distorted, and Su Mo did not look like someone who had given birth to a child, so Director Xiao did not recognize Su Mo.
He heard that Su Mo's husband was a senior officer in the Yangcheng Military Region. Now he saw that he was indeed very powerful.
Director Xiao shook hands with the two adults, praised the two children, and then said to Su Mo: "Go through the normal procedures first. The school has sufficient accommodation for new students, and beds must be arranged. Even if you don't stay at night, you can take a nap at noon. What's more, sometimes the school has teaching arrangements at night, and if the class is late, you can also stay at school for a night."
The country is short of talents, and these first batch of college students who have been admitted are precious, not to mention Su Mo, whose safety must be guaranteed. If something unexpected happens on the way home after class at night, it will be a huge loss.
"After you settle down, remember to report to the dormitory manager of your dormitory building and say that you are a day student. For other things, wait until you are divided into classes, and then report to your class teacher."