Wu Ni, who has one foot in a stable job, is still conscientiously preparing to plant rice.
Ma Dexiang really wanted to hold a three-day banquet, but was stopped by Lin Yulan. Although Wu Ni could study at a secondary normal school for basically no money, her household registration could be transferred to the city when school started, and the family could save enough food for one person.
But the third and fourth daughters have to get married! And the seventh, eighth, and ninth daughters have to go to school too. That's not the way to spend the money! Besides, you have that much money!
Lin Yulan thought that one day would be enough, and everyone was busy planting rice right now! You should at least wait until the late rice planting is finished before doing it.
Although Ma Dexiang agreed with Lin Yulan's idea, he felt itchy in his heart. After the late rice was planted, Wu Ni would probably have to report to school. He had to let this daughter who brought honor to her ancestors' graves have a chance to go to school!
After Lin Guoqing found out, he said that he could pool some money and host the party together with Ma Dexiang's family. Before, when Shuying was in high school, he also wanted to set up more than a dozen tables, but was stopped by Chen Chunhua. In the end, he only invited the Ma family and a few friends to eat at two tables.
This time, the second child also went to high school, and the energy in his heart came out again.
When Chen Chunhua and Lin Yulan went to the chicken coop together at night to collect eggs and add feed, they were both complaining about their men, asking why they were so impatient. If one of them got into college in the future, wouldn't the whole village be called over?
"Almost everyone in the village knows about it." Lin Yulan curled her lips. "That loud speaker Dexiang always tells everyone that his daughter has been admitted to the secondary normal school every time he goes to the village. He tells everyone he meets to come to the banquet when the time comes!"
Yesterday, Xiuying came back from paying her grain tax and saw me, saying, "The grain station is asking about you people from Sihe Village, right? Did Secretary Ma's daughter really get into a secondary normal school?" I really am..."
"Hahaha! That's Wu Ni bringing you glory! You should be happy!" Chen Chunhua held an egg against the corner and used a flashlight to see if it was a breeding egg, not forgetting to tease Lin Yulan.
The chicken coop was not brightly lit at night, but a masthead light was hung.
Because power outages are common in the countryside and candles are dangerous, farming magazines recommend using masthead lights. A masthead light is equivalent to a 10-15 watt bulb. Using a masthead light in a chicken house during a power outage can basically meet the requirements of artificial lighting and has little effect on egg production, except that it's a little dim.
"Of course I'm happy that my child is doing well, but Yu County is really far away..." Lin Yulan was responsible for taking out the eggs and putting them in the basket next to Chen Chunhua's left foot. There were two other baskets next to her right foot, which contained breeding eggs and non-breeding eggs after she had sorted them out.
"If she were in the city like your Shuying, she could come back at least every ten days or half a month. I could even bring her some eggs... In Yu County, we really have to wait until the winter and summer holidays. We're so far away, and if she gets hurt, we won't be able to take care of her."
A mother worries about her son even when he is far away. Strictly speaking, Lin Yulan may not be a very qualified mother, but these days everyone is the same. The more children they have, the more worries they have.
So far, none of her nine children are really far away from her. Even the married Da Ni and Er Ni live in the next village and are within walking distance of her.
Oh, by the way, just as an aside, Dani gave birth to a big fat son last month and is still in confinement.
The relationship between Wang Yong and the Wang family is basically like that of strangers now, let alone expecting his mother to take care of Dani during her confinement. Now, Sanni, Si Ni and Lin Yulan take turns to take care of her every day.
It just so happened that Wang Yong and she had no fields to farm, and Dani was lying at home in confinement after giving birth. Wang Yong carried heavy bags during the day, and after work he ran to his father-in-law's house to help harvest rice and plant seedlings. He was very busy and happy.
This is precisely because they are close that they can do this. If Dani had married farther away, not to Yu County, but to a rural area on the outskirts of the city, she would probably be crying now. Thinking of this, Lin Yulan became even more worried.
"I just found out yesterday that Wu Ni's grades are good enough to get her into a secondary normal school, but...sigh! That girl never said a word about school matters. If I had known earlier and asked De Xiang to get in with the teacher, she might have gotten in long ago."
Chen Chunhua: "Open the back door? Do you know how much they gave?"
"How should I know?"
"That's good, even if you don't give as much as others, the result will still be the same in the end." Chen Chunhua spread her hands towards Lin Yulan.
"No matter how many backdoors you open, it's not as good as being upright yourself. If you can open a backdoor now, can you do it in the future?" Chen Chunhua paused when she said this. In fact, it is possible, but she can't say that now.
"Oh, don't worry so much, Wu Ni is a very smart girl! She's already in a secondary normal school. If she studies hard for these three years, she'll be an excellent teacher after graduation!"
She went there to study, it's not like she won't be coming back. Technology is so advanced nowadays, if you have any problems you can send a telegram or even call Guoqing's factory. You just need to run faster then!"
School is a small society. Wu Ni will have to enter the big society one day and she can't stay with her parents forever.
Lin Yulan sighed and nodded. Who said it wasn’t?
Wu Ni finally got her chance to go to school. The three families worked together to organize the event. A large red banner was hung at the entrance of Sihe Village.
"Warmly congratulate our village students Ma Wuni, Lin Shugan, and Lin Erniu for their admission to Yu County Normal School, Municipal No. 1 Middle School, and County No. 2 Middle School!"
This piece of red cloth was obtained from the textile factory two days ago. It was dyed right after it was stretched, and words were pasted on it after it dried. Ma Dexiang said that it should be folded and put away. In the future, every year when a child in the village passes the junior high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination, he will pull it out and hang it up!
Perhaps only the person on the banner felt a little embarrassed, while the rest of the people cheered enthusiastically.
Someone also suggested that the three of them wear big red flowers, but the three children shook their heads and refused. Lin Erniu even wanted to escape back home.
Lin Fuqiang was really happy today. He pulled Lin Guoqing and Ma Dexiang to clink glasses and drink. He also patted Erniu on the shoulder and told him to study hard. Even if he failed to get into university in the future, he could still learn three more years of knowledge by studying for three more years.
His family has been dead for so many years, and finally there is a happy event.
Even Old Mrs. Lin came out to the banquet, trembling, leaning on a cane. Only Ma Fengjuan still did not show up, and the villagers seemed to have forgotten her existence.
Li Xiuying glanced at the seats of Lin Fuqiang's family of three and put a piece of scrambled eggs into her son's bowl.
"Hurry up and eat! Today is your sister Wu Ni, brother Er Niu, and brother Shu Gan's graduation banquet. Eat more to share in the good fortune. Study hard and strive to get into university!"
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