Chapter 144
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan strolled outside.
When the time was almost up, I returned to the hospital and got the test results.
When they got the test results, both of their hearts were beating fast.
After seeing the test results, their heart rates reached their highest point at the same time.
The feeling of two people creating a brand new life together is magical and wonderful.
This wonder condensed into joy and spread again in the eyes, eyebrows and corners of the mouths of the two people.
After leaving the hospital, Lin Xiaohan did not take Chuxia home immediately.
Chuxia didn't eat lunch at noon, so he took her for a walk and bought a lot of food according to her current taste.
It was evening when we got home.
The excitement and joy of the wedding in the yard had not yet faded away, and the Jiang family still had relatives and friends there.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan did not go to the inner courtyard to join in the fun at the Jiang family.
They parked their bikes directly in the front yard and entered the restaurant in front through the back door.
Wu Xuemei just happened to see them coming in from the back door.
Before they both came out of the screen, she went straight to Chu Xia and asked, "What are the results of the examination?"
Chuxia had a smile on her face and nodded at Wu Xuemei.
Wu Xuemei immediately started laughing and whispered to Chuxia: "You are really generous."
Chu Xia also smiled and whispered, "My period is not very regular to begin with, and this time it was not delayed for a few days, so I haven't had time to think about this."
Unexpected joy is even more joyful.
Wu Xuemei added: "Don't be so busy ahead of us. Be careful in the first three months."
Then he looked at Lin Xiaohan and said, "Xiao Lin, please take care of Xia Xia."
Lin Xiaohan quickly responded: "Mom, don't worry."
Wu Xuemei didn't let them go into the restaurant, so Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan went to the back.
Wu Xuemei walked them to the second door, then came back with a smile and went into the kitchen.
He went into the kitchen and came to Tang Haikuan, clearing his throat continuously.
Tang Haikuan could tell something was wrong with her, so he turned around and looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Is your throat uncomfortable?"
Wu Xuemei moved closer to him and said, "You're going to be a grandfather!"
Tang Haikuan was stunned when he heard this, then he immediately laughed in surprise, "Is this true?"
Wu Xuemei continued, "Xia Xia went to the hospital for a checkup just now. What do you think?"
Tang Haikuan laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.
***
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan entered the inner courtyard but did not join in the fun at the Jiang family.
They still went straight through the shed and went to the north room to sit down and rest.
Lin Xiaohan sat next to Chuxia and peeled oranges for her.
Chu Xia stared at her belly for a while and said, "Is it really possible?"
Although she was prepared for this.
But now that it really happened, it still feels unreal.
Lin Xiaohan brought the peeled orange to her mouth and said, "The hospital will definitely not make a mistake."
Chuxia ate the orange and said with a smile: "Although it is a very common thing, I still feel it is magical."
She and he were originally two completely unrelated people.
They came together step by step, became a family, and now are giving birth to a new life that has their genes and blood.
Lin Xiaohan also laughed.
Continue to put oranges into her mouth.
***
It gets dark late in summer.
By the time it was time for dinner, it was just getting dark outside the window.
There were four dishes and a soup on the Lin family's dining table.
Lin Bingwei washed his hands and came over to sit down at the dining table. Lu Fangying and Lin Haobo followed him and sat down.
Lin Bingwei picked up his chopsticks and asked, "I went to school today to check my grades. How did they go?"
Today is the day when the college entrance examination results are announced. The winners and losers will be announced by each school. Lu Fangying said last night that she would take Lin Haobo to school to see the results today.
Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, having children admitted to university has become the most glorious thing for every family. Therefore, taking the college entrance examination and other examination results have become a very important matter in every family.
Nowadays, there are few ways that can determine a person's future and change his or her destiny.
The most practical option is to get into university and be assigned a job.
As long as you can get into university, you won’t have to worry about work and the future.
So Lin Bingwei had to ask about this matter.
Lin Haobo lowered his head and said nothing. Lu Fangying's mood and expression could not relax. Under Lin Bingwei's gaze, she said after a moment: "I didn't perform well again."
Lin Bingwei knew from the looks on Lu Fangying and Lin Haobo’s faces that they had not done well in the exam again.
But he still asked, "Why didn't you perform well again?"
Lin Haobo still kept his head down and ate without saying a word.
Lu Fangying sighed and said, "You can't blame Xiaobo for this. He usually does well in exams, but when it comes to big exams, he always performs poorly, and he feels bad."
Seeing that Lin Haobo really looked uncomfortable, Lin Bingwei didn't say anything to him.
He was silent for a while, then said in a good mood: "If that's the case, you don't have to go to a university, a junior college is also fine, and the value is just as good."
Lu Fangying also remained silent for a while, then whispered: "I didn't pass... the college line either..."
Lin Bingwei was stunned. "I've studied for another year and I still haven't passed the college entrance exam?"
Lu Fangying said, "That's right, Xiaobo has been crying since he came back from school. No matter how much he is comforted, it doesn't work. He studies very hard, but he just can't perform well on the spot."
Lin Bingwei took a deep breath, looked at Lu Fangying, and then at Lin Haobo.
He still had no temper and said, "What should we do? Study for another year?"
Lu Fangying and Lin Haobo have already discussed this issue privately.
Lu Fangying wanted Lin Haobo to continue his studies and get him into a university to save face for her, but Lin Haobo himself didn't want to go to school anymore.
He doesn't like reading at all. He gets a headache when he sees those things in the books.
He didn't think there was anything special about getting into university, it was just about having good grades.
He even felt that the college entrance examination was unreasonable, as a person's future was determined by just one score.
Lin Haobo would rather die than continue studying, and Lu Fangying had no choice.
She sighed softly and said sadly, "If I continue to study for another year, I'm afraid the same thing will happen during the exam. It's possible that the psychological pressure will be greater, the test results will be worse, and the child will be more frustrated. I think it's better to go to a technical secondary school, where they can learn skills. It's too one-sided to judge whether a child has a promising future based on just one exam. A promising child will still have a promising future even if he doesn't perform well in the exam. What can the results of just one exam represent?"
There is certainly some truth in this.
Lin Bingwei looked at Lin Haobo and asked again: "What do you think?"
Lin Haobo said obediently and sadly: "Dad, I'm sorry, I may not be good at taking exams. I also want to get into a good university to bring honor to you...
After a pause, he replied: "I will listen to you and mom..."
Seeing Lin Haobo so sad, Lin Bingwei couldn't bear it either.
He added, "You don't have to think too lowly of yourself just because of one exam. You will always be the best in your father's eyes. You must believe in your own abilities."
If I continue talking like this, I’m afraid Lin Haobo won’t be able to eat his dinner.
So Lin Bingwei didn't ask any more questions, comforted Lin Haobo a few words, and ate first.
After washing up and returning to the room in the evening, he and Lu Fangying talked about this matter in private again.
The two discussed it and finally decided not to let Lin Haobo waste time by repeating the grade.
The dead knowledge in books is of little use in real life except for exams.
Test scores can only prove whether a person can take tests, and nothing else.
So he was sent to a technical secondary school for three years, and after graduation he was directly arranged to work in a factory.
As long as you have the opportunity, platform and ability, you can still achieve great things.
I was afraid that Lin Haobo would fail the college entrance examination again and would be too sad.
The next morning before going to work, Lin Bingwei gave Lin Haobo money, telling him not to stay at home and feel sad and cry, but to take the money and go out to relax, have some fun and buy some delicious food.
***
Not long after Jiang Guanjie’s wedding, he got the key to the bridal chamber.
After getting the keys and seeing the house, the happy smiles on Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua's faces were much more prominent than when Jiang Guanjie held his wedding.
Next, in addition to purchasing new furniture and appliances for the new house, they also moved the things they had bought in the bungalow that they did not intend to throw away into the new house.
When the house was almost empty, Xu Lihua came to find Wu Xuemei and returned the key to the west room to her. Wu Xuemei also returned the unused rent that she had prepared long ago to her.
Because of the house issue, Xu Lihua was humiliated several times by the Tang family.
She had been eager to move out of this shabby bungalow for a long time, so when she returned the keys and got the rent back, she showed no reluctance, only unconcealable pride and happiness.
Now that I have a house to live in and have returned the keys, I feel more confident and backed up.
After counting the rent and putting it away, she smiled and said to Wu Xuemei, "I've lived in a building before, and I really can't live in this bungalow for a day. If I have the conditions, I still have to move out."
Wu Xuemei also smiled and said, "I feel that no matter where you live, whether it's a building or a bungalow, it's more comfortable to live in your own house. If you live in someone else's house, you always have to look at other people's faces. The same is true for living in your son and daughter-in-law's house. If there is no conflict, it's fine. But if there is a conflict, they will still kick you out."
The smile on Xu Lihua's face froze.
She quickly smiled naturally again: "That's someone else's son, but our Guanjie is different."
Wu Xuemei didn't want to talk to her any more.
He just smiled and said, "I still have to go to the restaurant to get busy, so I won't see you off. Take care."
This is another way of chasing people away.
Xu Lihua didn't want to stand there any longer and left with her bag for the last time.
After the Jiang family left, the west room became vacant.
The yard, which was once noisy and lively, now seemed increasingly deserted and empty.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei didn't feel anything, after all, they were busy in the store during the day.
The restaurant is always bustling and I interact with people all day long.
The ones who were most deeply touched were Han Qingtian and Wang Cuiying.
Before, his eldest son Han Lei and his family moved away, and later Han Ting also went to work in the south, and now the Jiang family has also moved out. They would express their feelings from time to time.
Come to think of it, the society was better in the past. Everyone pursued noble ideas, pursued contributions to the country, the collective and the people, and competed for performance.
Since the reform, people's hearts have changed and their lives have changed.
Nowadays, everyone is vying to be a superior person and to live a good life, and the human touch has faded a lot.
Every night, the Tang Family Restaurant was open, and only the old couple Han Qingtian and Wang Cuiying were left in the yard.
I really can't get used to this empty and deserted yard.
Every Saturday night, there would be some noise in the yard.
That was when Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan had worked for a week and came back home to spend the weekend.
When Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan came back, they naturally wouldn't say anything to Han Qingtian and Wang Cuiying.
They would either go to the restaurant in front to talk to Wu Xuemei or the other diners, or they would stay in the north room and watch TV while waiting for the restaurant to close.
After vomiting at Jiang Guanjie’s wedding banquet in early summer, the reaction in the early pregnancy was not as serious as I had imagined.
After the first three months, I felt completely comfortable starting from the fourth month.
It was also from this moment that the baby in my belly began to move.
As soon as I woke up this morning, I felt like there were little fishes in my stomach rolling around and blowing bubbles, gurgling over my belly.
I was a little sleepy during the early summer when I was pregnant.
She couldn't sleep that much at work on weekdays, so Lin Xiaohan didn't wake her up in the morning on Sundays and let her sleep until she woke up naturally.
I got up from bed in early summer and went to the yard to brush my teeth and wash up.
As soon as she finished washing and returned to the room, Lin Xiaohan brought her breakfast.
After breakfast, Chuxia didn’t want to stay at the back, so she went to the front with Lin Xiaohan.
She doesn't do anything that involves bumps and bumps. If she wants to do something, she'll just work behind the counter, helping to collect money and check out.
After being busy for a while, he felt like eating something, so he went into the kitchen to find something to eat.
Tang Haikuan saw her enter the kitchen and hurriedly said to her, "Xia Xia, why did you come in? There is a lot of smoke in this room, please get out quickly. I will bring you anything you want."
Chu Xia replied, "It's okay. I don't feel bad now."
As she spoke, she went to the kitchen to find something to eat. While she was eating, she suddenly heard a few knocks on the kitchen window.
Chuxia went over and opened the window, only to see that the person standing outside was Tang Haikuan's former colleague Xiao Sun.
To Chu Xia, he was an elder, so she naturally greeted him, "Uncle Sun."
Xiao Sun naturally didn't come to talk to Chu Xia.
He exchanged a few pleasantries with Chu Xia, then looked at Tang Haikuan and started the conversation, "Old Tang, your restaurant has been doing so well all year round, are you still hiring?"
Tang Haikuan didn't have time to look at him, so he asked casually, "Are you looking for a job for your relative?"
Xiao Sun said with a chuckle: "I'm not looking for a job for my relative, I'm going to be out of work soon."
Hearing this, Tang Haikuan took the time to look at him and asked, "You made a mistake too?"
Xiao Sun added, "If that were the case, it would be fine. We could find some connections and maybe there would be room for improvement. But our factory is on the verge of collapse. The performance is too poor. We can't even pay the workers' wages. We estimate that we will have to declare bankruptcy before the end of this year."
Tang Haikuan was slightly startled when he heard this, "What does this mean?"
Xiao Sun said, "What else can it mean? It means that we all have to be laid off. You see, the world has changed. Even the iron rice bowl is no longer useful. We workers are also insecure. What kind of thing is this? So, in the end, the reform will end up with us workers being laid off?"
Tang Haikuan was busy and had no time to think or speak in detail.
He then said to Xiao Sun, "Let's sit down and have a good chat when we have some time."
Xiao Sun could see that Tang Haikuan was busy and couldn't express his satisfaction no matter how much he talked.
So he responded: "Okay, I won't bother you now, I'll leave first."
Tang Haikuan responded and Xiao Sun closed the window from the outside.
Tang Haikuan continued to busy himself with his own affairs, muttering: "Is the iron rice bowl starting to fail?"
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