"Your third cousin is pregnant. When the baby turns one month old, we can just give her a bigger red envelope."
Although Lin Shuying would correspond with her family every month, what she wrote in the letter was definitely not as specific as what Chen Chunhua said out loud. Of course, to be more specific, one had to see it with their own eyes.
"Danny, just wait! Mom's already applied for a phone. It won't be long before you can call home directly from school!"
"Really?" Lin Shuying looked at her in surprise. "How long will it take?"
Chen Chunhua: "...About... one or two years?"
There are only two telephones in their Sihe Village, both in two village-run enterprises. There is not even a telephone installed in the village committee office.
Comrade Chen Chunhua was a typical poor-suddenly-rich woman in the second half of the year. She received a large sum of money every day. She really made money during the day, learned to drive at night, and before going to bed, she would take a sum of money to discuss with Lin Guoqing whether there was anything else she could buy.
Now the family has everything including a washing machine, refrigerator, television and radio. In order to maximize their value, Lin Guoqing also brought back a generator, which is similar to the one used in the village to show movies, but this one is specially for their family.
Summer is over, and Chen Chunhua still bought an electric fan for the room. If air conditioners were available now, she would have bought two at least!
Finally, she had no more money to spend, so she decided to install another telephone, both to facilitate the farm business and to be able to communicate with her children outside in a timely manner.
It is really difficult to install a telephone now. She went to the city telephone bureau business hall and paid the initial installation fee of 1,500 yuan. They asked her to go back and wait. I heard that there are many people who want to install telephones now. Many people applied last year, but still haven't installed it.
Chen Chunhua was very depressed, but there was nothing she could do about it.
"Anyway, you'll definitely be able to install it before graduation!"
"By the way, my dear, Mommy has several bicycle tickets now. Why don't you buy a bicycle..."
***
It has to be said that Lin Shuying's university life was extremely comfortable. She was not the kind of person who would waste her youth indulging in a life of luxury, but she also clearly discovered that the biggest advantage of having money was that learning resources could come to her easily.
If she wants to learn English well, she can buy a lot of tapes without worrying about the cost. If she wants to learn trade well, she doesn't have to worry about the cost of socializing, and can go out with her teachers and classmates to practice.
But the premise of all this is that one's own learning ability must also be strong. Otherwise, even the best seeds will not bloom bright flowers if planted in saline-alkali soil.
Lin Shugan was very suspicious that he might be that piece of saline-alkali land.
Ever since he entered high school, he found studying very difficult. Even with his sister's study notes and the review materials his parents bought for him, he still felt more and more tired the more he studied.
In order to keep up with the teacher's lectures, he has had almost no entertainment activities in recent years, except reading.
However, even so, he still failed the college entrance examination.
Not just once, but twice.
From 1987 to 1988, for a full two years, he was almost there every time.
In the first year, he could still comfort himself that he was just a little bit short, and if he worked harder, maybe he could pass the exam next year.
In the second year, he was still a little short of the mark. He was working hard, others were working hard, and even the passing score was working hard.
It is true that he is an honest man, but he also has his own pride. He does not want to go to a junior college. He wants to go to university like his sister. He even left the third choice blank when filling out his application form.
So he failed the exam again.
No one at home blamed him. Chen Chunhua even asked him if he wanted to repeat his studies. If he did, his family could afford it.
That's right, his family is very rich, especially in the past two years, they have bought a car, so he doesn't need to consider family conditions and future livelihood like other children.
For example, Lin Erniu failed the first preliminary exam, so he packed up and went home. After officially graduating, he went to work as an apprentice in a dyeing factory.
It is precisely because of these comparisons that he feels even more guilty towards his parents.
It is said that God will not let down those who work hard, but why can't I get into university even though I have tried so hard?
His eldest sister, Lin Shuying, who had just graduated from university, was recommended to be assigned to a Shanghai Foreign Trade Company because of her excellent comprehensive scores. She came back specifically because her younger brother failed the college entrance examination.
Lin Shuying, with her exquisite curly hair, high heels, and big red lips, sat on Lin Shugan's bed and whispered,
"When I didn't get into technical secondary school, I felt just like you. I felt sorry for everyone in the world, especially my parents. But everyone is an independent individual. The most important thing for you to do is to be true to yourself.
As long as you are true to yourself, your family will support you. As for what you said, if you really don't study because you feel absolutely sorry for your parents, then they will be really sad!"
So Lin Shugan repeated his studies for another year and became a student in the same class as his younger brother Lin Shuchao.
Lin Shuchao also found it quite difficult.
He was lucky to get into a low-rate high school. He finally managed to get through two years and he would be free after another year.
Turns out his brother is still around.
Two years ago, when his brother was preparing for the college entrance examination, he could still slack off by saying that his time had not yet come. But now, among the candidates in the same class, one is studying late into the night while the other is staring at the TV. Isn't that a thorn in his father's eyes?
So he had no choice but to give up the TV and stay in the room painfully to "work hard".
However, their rooms now are no longer like when they first moved in, with only beds, cabinets and tables. Each room has its own characteristics. For example, his eldest sister's room is clean and simple, after all, she only lives there for a few days a year.
His brother's room is full of books, on the bookshelf and on the bed. You can tell at a glance that he is a nerd.
His sister's clothes are all colorful. When you open her drawer, you will find more combs than pens and more hairpins than papers. I don't know how this girl got the first place in the high school entrance examination.
Maybe, as her grandma said, it really got burned in during the New Year's incense burning?
Why don't you burn some for yourself?
Lin Shuchao returned to his room indignantly, sat at the desk with a book in his arms and began to read seriously. He didn't even notice when the door was opened.
"What is this book about?"
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes! The greatest heroes serve their country and their people!" Lin Shuchao stretched out his hand and made a sword gesture, but halfway through, he felt something was not right.
When he turned around, he met the eyes of Lin Guoqing, who had just been promoted to factory director this year and whose official power was growing.
"Lin Shuchao, I'm giving you face, right?"
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