Chapter 274: General Assembly (Part 1)
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the 1980s.
Lin Xiaotong and Xie Yi are already in their senior year, and Chengzi is also four years old. After growing up, he talks all day long and is very eloquent.
He looks especially like Xie Yi when he was a child, with a sweet mouth and a clever personality, which made Gao Xiulan hug him and call him "my sweetheart".
When Xie Da Jiao went out to play chess with others, she always liked to bring her granddaughter along. She would grin at the envious looks on the faces of her old friends.
Late one night in March, the radio broadcast the news that the Chinese men's volleyball team defeated the South Korean team and qualified for the World Cup Volleyball Championship.
The whole campus became lively, and cheers and applause came from the dormitory building.
The campus was bustling with the sound of drums and gongs for a whole day and night.
The school's atmosphere suddenly became open, and all kinds of new and interesting things emerged in society.
Bell-bottoms, disco, Teresa Teng, ballroom dancing, scar literature, a letter from Pan Xiao...
You can hear students discussing these issues wherever you walk around campus.
When Lin Xiaotong and Xie Yi were in their junior year, the school organized a ballroom dance party, and everyone had to find a dance partner.
The single ones can only practice dancing alone in the dormitory with a stool. Of course, there are some smart ones who take the initiative to find the female comrades they like to form a team and become the lucky ones who get out of being single after graduation.
Someone in Xie Yi's dormitory followed the trend and bought a brick-sized tape recorder. When he had nothing to do, he would stay in the dormitory and listen to Teresa Teng's song "A Cup of Bitter Coffee".
Lin Xiaotong's university life is also colorful. The whole class rides bicycles to the Bayi Lake, participates in campus sports games, spring outings to Miyun Reservoir, participates in debates, choreographs English plays, etc.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the Class of 1977 to graduate. As the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, they would also face the issue of graduation assignment.
When the first criminal law was promulgated in 1979, Lin Xiaotong had the honor to participate in the legislative process with her teacher.
During my junior year, I went to the Ministry of Justice for an internship for two months through the introduction of a college teacher.
I did learn a lot there, and after much deliberation, I finally decided to continue my graduate studies at this university.
While I was young, I wanted to learn more knowledge, so I spent my senior year winter vacation preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, and took the national unified examination in April.
Finally, in June, I got the admission letter for graduate school from the University of Tokyo as I wished.
Xie Yi also found his own track in the Department of Economics. He enjoyed the process of proving theories in practice.
When he was assigned jobs after graduation, as the secretary of the Youth League branch, he learned from his counselor about the several units he was assigned to.
Unexpectedly, one of them was the unit he wanted to work for the most.
After returning home and discussing with my family, I decided to follow my heart.
Upon graduation, Xie Yi secured a job at the newly established "Double Retirement Office" of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, where he was responsible for the resettlement of veterans and retired military cadres.
The unit leader took his professional characteristics into consideration and asked him to familiarize himself with the business.
At this time, foreign companies, other economic organizations or individuals were allowed to invest in China.
At the beginning, Xie Yi's job was to accompany foreigners on investment inspections, and when necessary, to try to get the factory to recruit more retired and unemployed soldiers.
In order to avoid making a fool of himself, he practiced basic communicative English with Lin Xiaotong at home every day.
Orange parroted what was being said, occasionally saying a few words in a foreign accent.
After graduation, the couple moved back to the compound. Chengzi took the eldest son of the Chang family in the front yard to run around the alleys during National Day.
Hu Tou and Wu Jiabao are about to enter junior high school. They consider themselves little adults and don’t play with these two little kids.
Even Gao Xiulan and Xie Dajiao had calluses on their ears from listening to it, and when they went out to visit friends with their hands behind their backs, they would still brag about the fact that they could speak a foreign language.
Lin Xiaotong was just about to enjoy a leisurely summer vacation when her tutor called her to go to school to help.
The couple is like a spinning top, spinning non-stop every day.
Orange sighed and said, "Adults are so unhappy. I really hope I never grow up."
Seeing the fat orange dog lying on the chair with its tail curled up, the evil little hand reached out.
It stuck to the cat's back, took over its mother's job, and used a comb to comb the fat orange cat's fur.
His mouth was not idle either: "My mother is also your mother, so who am I to you?"
Zhima had already run away with his tail tucked in, fearing that he would be caught and plucked out.
Twolegs are so scary!
However, the Xie family provides food and accommodation, and it is not a problem for them to take the children to play.
Forget it, let’s do it another day.
Lin Xiaotong stayed in school for a week before being sent home. Of course, she also received a big study gift package when she returned home.
It was a rare occasion for Xie Yi to come home early from get off work today. He came in looking respectable with a briefcase under his arm, and a little tail following behind him.
She jokingly said, "Busy man, why are you up so early today?"
"How dare I disobey the orders of the Empress Dowager?"
"What does Mom want to talk to you about?"
She had just returned and hadn't heard anything yet.
However, the older generation of comrades in the compound have been quite idle recently. There are not many orders in the factory, so people are naturally idle.
"I heard there was going to be a whole-house meeting. Mom must not have had time to tell you."
"My girl, why did your clothes make you like this?"
Lin Xiaotong was sharp-eyed and caught the girl hiding behind and pulled her out to take a look.
Sure enough, her body was covered in dust, just like a little cat, and the braids that Gao Xiulan had tied for her when she went out in the morning were also loose.
Xie Yi received a hint from his wife's eyes, and his playful smile disappeared, replaced by a serious expression in an instant.
"Xie Chengzi, where did you go to make trouble today?"
Mainly, he is the one who washes his daughter's dirty clothes, and he cannot use too much force on children's clothes.
Last month, I was too rough with my hands and accidentally ruined my daughter's favorite little skirt.
This handsome father of his is really worried.
The daughter was crying, and the daughter-in-law was adding fuel to the fire. The mother and daughter joined forces to criticize him as a rough man.
Then the old couple found out. Gao Xiulan grabbed his ear and scolded him, and Xie Da Jiao looked at him and shook his head.
Finally, he exchanged foreign exchange coupons from his own small treasury with someone, went to the Friendship Store and bought the most beautiful little dress for Chengzi, and the family crisis was finally settled.
Chengzi answered honestly, "I took my brother Guoqing to the compound next door to play hide-and-seek. There was a hole at the base of the wall, and I tried to crawl in out of curiosity.
Dad, Mom, guess what I found?
When I got inside, I realized it was Zhima’s little home outside. He was sleeping with a calico cat!
At the end, he stomped his feet in anger, his tone still containing a hint of indignation.
Sesame is really greedy and not a good cat.
She decided to find a good cat for her dear Xiaoju.
Lin Xiaotong almost burst out laughing.
Xie Yi held his forehead and explained quickly:
"That's Zhima and Xiaoju's grandson, the child of a three-peatted dog raised by the grandma next door."
"Oh my god, Orange, how come you're so smart that you can even find Sesame's little base outside!"
Ernengzi came over from the front yard, wearing bell-bottom pants, frog-eye glasses, and looking nonchalant.
Orange ran over happily, saying, "National Day's dad is so cool."
She also wants to wear such pants, Thai pants are really hot!
After going to school, Ernengzi has firmly established himself as the trendiest person in the compound and is almost becoming a fashion trendsetter in the hutong area.
Follow the pace of fashion and be invincible in the compound.
"Why did Aunt Gao and my mom call us back? I was just about to get my hair permed. What a waste of time."
Lin Xiaotong looked at her long hair and was thinking about getting it permed into big waves.
"Brother Nengzi, do you know any barbershops that do good perms?"
Last time, Cui Cui was also planning to perm the ends of her hair, but she couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
When this was mentioned, Ernengzi became excited.
He took off his sunglasses, stuffed them into his back pocket, slapped his thigh, and started mumbling.
"Then you've definitely asked the right person. Hey, Xie Yi, stop glaring at me.
If our Xiaotong gets her hair permed, she will definitely be the prettiest girl in our alley. There's no point in you being jealous.
It's such a shame that you work there. How many good things are you missing out on?"
"Er Nengzi, what are you blabbering about?"
Jin Qiaofeng and the others rushed back from outside, and as soon as they entered the yard, they heard her son's nonsensical words.
He's already a father, but he's still so out of touch. It's really worrying.
"Okay, Big Mouth, bring some tables, our compound meeting is about to begin!"
At Gao Xiulan's command, the entire yard sprang into action.
Everyone who could come today came, and the yard was packed with people.
The first full-campus meeting in the 1982 compound officially begins!
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