Chapter 128 Marriage

Time passed quickly and it was 1968.

The school has new textbooks and the learning system has been shortened. Elementary school has been changed from a six-year system to a five-year system, and junior and senior high school have been shortened from three years to two years.

Whoever was most happy about this matter was Gu's second sister and her daughter, little girl Chunqing.

Very good, she only needs to go to junior high school for two years.

With the shortened school system, Hongxing graduated from high school, while Mingyue went directly to the first year of high school.

Hongxing, who graduated from high school, was very confused. There was no shortage of workers in the factories in his county, and he was no longer a child, but an adult. He was 19 years old this year.

Do I have to stay at home and rely on my parents for support?

"Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, why don't I go to the countryside?"

While having dinner, Hongxing said at the table.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Team leader Wang asked, "Where are you going to the countryside?"

Wang Hongxing grinned and said, "It's our Xiangyang Village."

Although he now lives in his grandparents' home in the countryside, he has a city hukou and does not get any work points even if he works in the fields.

Team leader Wang didn't say anything, but was thinking that all their industries were indeed saturated, and their factory was not short of people.

"I think it's feasible. Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' University has a requirement that students must have two to three years of work experience before entering university."

"Hongxing, work in the countryside for two years, and then try to get a recommendation from our commune."

I heard that, Su He said.

Hong Xing, "Yes, yes, aunt, I thought of that too."

Team leader Wang: "Okay, you can do it yourself."

My son is no longer a child, he has become an adult and can make his own decisions.

So the next day Hongxing went to the street office to register and go to the countryside.

Follow Father Gu to do farm work.

Although Hongxing is a city kid, he worked in the fields last year and two years ago. He is a very hardworking guy.

He is as good as the villagers in peeling corn.

In addition to Hongxing, there were several other educated youths coming to the village.

There were seven people in total, three gay men and four lesbians.

There was no educated youth training center in the village, so the educated youth could only live in the villagers' homes.

We will wait until the youth training center is built and then move in. Fortunately, it is summer now and the house will be built and ready to move in after it has been exposed to the sun for about a month.

On November 11, people started to pick corn in the fields, and some of the educated youth could not keep up with the pace.

Some people in the village murmured, "They are all educated youth, but Red Star does better than them."

Are the educated youth willing to hear this?

Besides, who is Red Star? He is also an educated youth. How come they don’t know him?

So I went to ask.

"It's that young man." The villager pointed.

During the break, everyone went to ask Hongxing.

"You are also an educated youth from the countryside. Why haven't I seen you before?"

"You don't live in the educated youth camp?"

Three questions in a row.

Hong Xing nodded, "Yes, I live at my grandma's house."

The educated youth asked, "Your grandmother's family is not from your hometown."

Red Star: "I'm from the county."

The educated youth said, "If you are from your county, please sign up to go to the countryside."

Red Star, "Is it not possible? I don't want to stay at home and eat for free."

The educated youth: "........ok."

"Then it would be nice for you to live at your grandma's house, right?" The educated youth were very envious.

It must be very convenient to live in my grandma's house and have meals and other things.

Red Star: "Of course I have lived here for several years."

Educated Youth: Let’s disperse, he is different from us.

They appear to be educated youth on the outside, but they are locals at heart.

No matter what others say, Hong Xing is very satisfied with his current situation.

He was an educated youth. He earned work points by working in the fields and lived and ate at his grandmother's house. He ate well, drank well, slept well, and was comfortable in every way.

I can still see my parents and sisters every day.

It is true that he is no different from the villagers, but he is an educated youth, hehe.

In December, news came from Sister Gu's family.

The eldest son Zhao Qingmu is getting married.

Su He asked Gu's mother, "Mom, which village is Qingmu's boyfriend from?"

Mother Gu said, "He is not from any village. He is an educated youth who went to the countryside."

"Educated Youth"

"Yes, it's the educated youth..."

It turned out that it was that summer when educated youth went to the countryside. One female educated youth lived in Sister Gu's house and fell in love with Sister Gu's eldest son, Zhao Qingmu.

After the autumn harvest, we will prepare to get married.

Things have really changed. The daughter-in-law of Big Sister Gu in the book is either an educated youth or a village girl.

The wedding was scheduled for a week later, and the auspicious date was chosen as December 9th, which was October 20th in the lunar calendar.

Su He and Gu Jianhua were given a pair of pillowcases.

Gu's father and mother, the grandmother, bought a pair of hot water bottles, Gu's second sister bought a pair of teacups, and Gu's third sister, Team Leader Wang, and her husband bought a pair of towels.

In their era, wedding gifts are mainly practical, mostly pillowcases, towels, teacups, soap boxes and other items.

The bride was very pretty, a southern girl from Sichuan Province. Her name was Zhang Ning. She spoke softly, very different from the northern girls.

Su He felt that northerners could not speak gently. Even if they lowered their voices and softened their tone, their accents were different from others.

Or the other one who sounds gentle and coquettish.

After the banquet, everyone went back home, leaving the space for the newlyweds.

But we need to take stock of the gifts given by relatives.

"My uncle and aunt are so stingy. They are so rich, but they only gave me a pair of pillowcases." Zhao Qingyu muttered.

The next second, Sister Gu slapped me on the back.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you stupid kid!"

Zhao Qingyu: "It is."

Zhang Ning smiled awkwardly at the side. Zhao Qingyu sat next to her and whispered, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, my aunt is very stingy. When I was a child, I wanted to eat candy, but she didn't give me any."

Zhang Ning didn't know what to say to her sister-in-law. She heard that Qingmu's uncle and aunt both worked in the county. His uncle was a police officer and his aunt was a teacher.

She also saw it today. She looked nice and harmonious, not like what her sister-in-law said.

So she could only laugh dryly.

In the evening, she told Zhao Qingmu about this matter. Zhao Qingmu said, "You just listened to her nonsense."

"My uncle and aunt are not that kind of people."

"When she was little, her aunt gave her some candy and told her to share it with her two brothers, but she hid and ate it all."

"Once when we were eating canned food, my mom told me to share it with my two brothers, but she ate it all because she was so hungry."

Candy and canned food are not only loved by children, but adults like them too. Besides, he was not an adult at that time.

His sister has been greedy since she was young. Sometimes when the three siblings eat eggs each, she always wants to have one more.

The same thing happened with the chocolate two years ago. I heard Mingyue say that his aunt gave his mother a box, and when she got home, only a small piece was left.