Chapter 150: Sweet After Bitterness

How can I describe the mood of Gu's father and mother at this moment? They were very happy. The old couple were very proud, especially proud.

There are actually three college students in their family, all of whom are from Peking University, and some of them are provincial top scorers. Oh my God!

Gu's father and mother recalled the past days. They were suppressed by the second wife in the first half of their lives. Only when their son joined the army did they feel proud and the villagers envied them. Later, their son got married and married a girl from the city, who was a teacher.

The villagers were also jealous. Later, their daughter-in-law gave birth to two pairs of twin grandchildren, and everyone was jealous for a while.

Then came today, their two eldest grandsons were admitted to university, Peking University, and the brother and sister were the top scorers in the province in liberal arts and science respectively.

Leaders from the city and the province came over, gave bonuses to their two grandchildren, took photos with them, and reporters interviewed them.

Gu's parents had never thought about this honor before. Later, when their son married his daughter-in-law, they heard that her third brother was the top scholar in the province, and they heard her in-laws talk about it.

They also fantasized about whether one day their two grandsons would be able to go to college like their third uncle.

But this dream was shattered in 1967 because the college entrance examination was cancelled and universities temporarily stopped recruiting students.

Later, I thought that after the two children graduated from high school, I would ask their uncle to help them get a job in a factory or join the army, which would be quite honorable.

It was just that when the children graduated from high school this summer, their mother said that they were too young and had to be 16 to work in a factory, so she said that they would discuss this matter next year.

That's understandable. Who would have thought that the college entrance examination would be resumed and their two grandsons would win the provincial top honors.

For a moment, the old couple were in such a wonderful mood.

Life is indeed full of ups and downs.

Mother Gu was very emotional. She shed tears again when she recalled everything that happened today. "My dearest sweetheart!"

She hugged her two grandchildren and cried.

Su He's eyes were also teary as she watched from the side. Her mother-in-law must be very happy to see her two children get into university and win the provincial honors. However, her happiness was tinged with a bit of regret, as she thought how great it would be if the children's parents were still here at this time.

[Thank you, system, for keeping us alive. ]

Being alive is good.

[It should be. ]

Mr. Gu also wanted to shed some tears, but he had his baggage, so he cried secretly at night.

He said to Gu's mother, "Okay, okay, why are you crying over such a happy occasion? Go kill the chicken."

Mother Gu wiped her tears and said, "I'll stew some chicken for you guys."

Then he looked at Father Gu and said, "You boil water."

"It's burning."

For this happy event, Gu's mother killed four chickens directly. It was Chinese New Year soon anyway, so she kept the bodies of two of the four chickens and chopped off the legs of the others.

Today we're going to eat all-you-can-eat meat.

Chicken stewed with potatoes, eight chicken legs and two chicken bodies, more meat than potatoes. The staple food was dry rice, which Gu's mother steamed in a big pot.

Today we had white rice and meat, and we ate as much as we wanted.

In the meantime, Gu's mother asked Gu Jianhua to go to the county to buy some soda, saying that they had to eat and drink well today.

For dinner, I had a big bowl of chicken, some dry rice, and some soda.

"Here, I stewed eight chicken legs today, one for each of you."

Mother Gu picked up a chicken leg for each person using chopsticks.

When it was time for the two little ones to be happy, Gu's mother said, "You two should learn from your older sisters and brothers."

"Wait ten years or so and I'll help you get admitted to Peking University."

A newborn ox is not afraid of a tiger. These two are very confident.

When my brother Changjun heard this, he said, "No problem."

Sister Chang Huan also nodded, "Don't worry, grandma. My brother and I will definitely be admitted to Peking University."

Currently, Changjun and Changhuan are in the first grade. They were sent to school on September 1 this year.

Both children got full marks in the midterm and final exams this semester, so things are looking good so far.

Of course, first-grade grades cannot be used as a reference. You can only know whether you are doing well in your studies after you enter junior high and high school.

But Su He was thinking the same thing: since the two older ones were so good at studying, these two shouldn't be too bad either.

"Okay, okay." To make mother Gu happy.

Changyi and Changan also looked at their younger siblings with doting eyes, as if they saw themselves when they were children. It was really magical that their mother actually gave birth to two pairs of twins.

So Su He felt the admiring gaze of the eldest daughter and eldest son.

Su He felt that although raising twins was more tiring than raising one, the children were growing up and were really pleasing to look at, all of them big girls and boys.

And they are all very handsome.

Maybe it’s because of the mother’s filter, Su He thinks her four children are better looking than her and Gu Jianhua.

Her four children all have very delicate looks.

How does that saying come about, handsome men and beautiful women!

Mingyue Tang Zexu was also celebrating, and he also killed some chickens. It was his second sister Gu who killed two of them.

Mingyue and Tang Zexu took their two children to Gu's second sister's house for dinner.

Also present were Xiaomei and Zhang Chen.

Gu's second sister and her husband were also very happy. Both of her daughters were admitted to college, and the eldest daughter was admitted to Peking University. How could they not be happy?

When the college entrance examination was resumed, she thought, let alone Peking University or Tsinghua University, it would be enough for the two girls to get into university.

I didn't expect that the two girls were so competitive and both got admitted to Capital University.

It’s worth it that the couple spent money to support them in their studies!

Second sister Gu felt that all the hardship had paid off. She was especially grateful to her younger siblings for encouraging her to support her children's education.

My sister-in-law is indeed a far-sighted teacher.

"Mom and Dad, when I filled out my application, I wrote down colleges like Normal University and Beihang University. I thought I wouldn't be able to get into Peking University, but my aunt said it was okay to write it down, so I wrote down Peking University. Who knew I was actually accepted!"

Mingyue was extremely excited, even more excited than the night she married Tang Zexu.

Zhang Chen said to his wife, "Xiaomei, if you apply to Peking University, you will probably be admitted."

"It would be great if you could go to the same school as your elder sister and aunt."

It’s a bit of a pity to miss Xiaomei, but Capital Normal University is also very good.

"Cher and I go to the same school."

My second brother-in-law: "They are all good. They are all schools in the capital, so how can they be bad?"

At this moment, my second brother-in-law was also very proud. The villagers and his mother told him that it was pointless to let a girl study so much.

Oh, it’s of no use now. His two daughters have been admitted to college. Isn’t that amazing?

He thought it was awesome.

From now on, no one in Xiangyang Village would dare to look down on him, or say that his son and his young concubines were useless.

To be honest, he doesn't really see much use for his son at the moment. Instead, the heavy work at home is done by the eldest and second sons-in-law who come to help with the daughter-in-law.

At this time, Third Sister Gu's family was also celebrating. In addition to Xue'er, Tang Zexu's younger sister also passed the exam. She went to the same university as her sister-in-law and was admitted to the Normal University.

A family of four came to celebrate with my third sister.

Sister Gu was naturally happy that her daughter was admitted to university, but who would take care of her little granddaughter?

Third Sister Gu thought about it and decided that she might as well quit her job next year. Yaoyao was the only child at home, so the pressure was less and the child’s father’s salary was enough.

Naturally, they talked about raising children, and Xueer waved her hands.

"Mom, you don't have to take care of Shiyi, Zeyan can do it."

Sister Gu said, "But Zeyan has to go to work."