Chapter 181 1979 is coming

Sister Gu's home was not in this village, so Su He and Gu Jianhua thought they could go there during the New Year and did not go there earlier.

New Year’s Eve is here soon.

Eat meat and dumplings on New Year’s Eve.

Of course, they had been eating meat for the past two days.

However, there are many varieties of dishes prepared today. In the past, it was Gu's mother who prepared the dishes and cooked for the New Year's Eve dinner, and Su He would just help out a little and light the fire.

But this year it was done by Gu Jianhua and Su He. Gu's mother is old. After the New Year, she will be 68 years old, and Gu's father will be 70 years old.

They are all old.

They cooked six dishes and two soups.

The ever-present old hen stewed with potatoes and lamb chops stewed with radishes.

Braised pork trotters, dry fried spareribs, stir-fried pork belly with garlic slices, stir-fried pork kidney, braised fish, stir-fried black fungus and mushrooms.

Including canned food and pickled vegetables, there are ten dishes in total.

A family of eight, four children drinking soda and four adults drinking wine.

The parents were happy that their children had made progress, and since they hadn't seen each other for a long time, they ate and chatted. Gu Jianhua talked about work and gossip about colleagues and leaders, while Su He and the four children talked about things at school.

"When our teacher heard that my mom, sister, and brother were all college students, she said our family was amazing," said little girl Chang Huan.

Brother Changjun continued, "Yes, there was a classmate in our class who boasted to me that her sister was a college student. Later, when he heard that there were three college students in our family, he stopped talking."

"Humph, she didn't do as well as my sister in the exam. Her sister didn't go to Peking University, nor was she the top student in the province!"

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother snorted, "Ordinary people can't compare with your sister and brother."

In this day and age, having a college student in the family is very impressive. It is something you can brag about and feel superior to others.

But then I met Changjun and Changhuan, there was nothing I could do, because there were college students in their family, three in total, and... two of them were provincial top scorers.

Chang Huan agrees with her grandmother. "My brother and I didn't want to tell her at first. Dad told us to be humble, but he always brags to us."

The two kids really didn't intend to say anything, but that classmate in the class was really unbearable. He kept talking about his sister. He was cute. When he answered a question correctly, the teacher praised him. He said, "Teacher, I will continue to work hard. After all, I can't lose face for my sister."

Now everyone in the class knows that his sister is a college student.

They were both transfer students. They didn't know it at first, but later they found out who made him talk about it every day.

Of course, now all their classmates and teachers know that there are three college students in their family.

Su He smiled, "Your father taught you to be humble."

Chang Yun Chang Huan, "Yes, Dad said that we should not be proud and complacent just because our mom, sister and brother are all college students. We should be humble and low-key!"

Father Gu said, "There is nothing to be humble about. It is the truth."

Mother Gu: "That's right."

Gu Jianhua shook his head and said, "Well, that's just what I said."

Su He, "You ask your children to be humble, but you yourself are not humble."

"After working for half a day, everyone in your department knows that you have three college students in your family."

Gu Jianhua was helpless about this.

"Wife, I can't lie about this. My colleagues asked me why you were transferred to the capital."

"Then I'll tell you the truth."

Mother Gu listened and said, "Yes, this is not a shameful thing. Why hide it? It is so glorious for our family to have three college students."

She did not hide it. She went to the county to buy things and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to discuss why she bought so many things. She said that her granddaughter and grandson who were studying in the capital were coming back.

People were surprised and asked which school she applied to, and she said Peking University.

When others exaggerate about her, she will not be modest. She will say that they were the top scorers in the province in both liberal arts and science in last year's college entrance examination.

Father Gu smiled and said, "After your mother said that, the people at the supply and marketing cooperative immediately remembered her."

Gu's mother also expressed her feelings. She couldn't say that she went to the supply and marketing cooperative in their county every day, but she did go there once a month to sell eggs and hens. She did go there to make herself familiar with the people there, but she didn't remember them all.

This year, she was remembered by her three college students.

"Because it's too surprising." Su He laughed.

Mother Gu said, "Yes, the salesperson said that having one college student is already the highest amount possible, and you have three."

Mother Gu recalled the way people around her looked at her at that time. It was so wonderful.

Changan: "My classmates were also surprised when they found out, but what was even more surprising was that the four of us were two pairs of dragon-phoenix twins."

"I have a classmate who really likes Changjun Changhuan."

Chang Yi said, "I have a classmate who does the same thing."

Changan looked at his sister, "Your classmate is talking about the Han Shuyan, right?"

Chang Yi nodded, "Yes."

"Who is Han Shuyan inviting?" asked Gu's mother.

"Mom, it's the younger brother of Red Star." Su He said.

...........

night.

"Wife, do you think I am quite unfilial?"

Gu Jianhua was lying on the kang, hugging Su He and mumbling. Su He didn't understand what he meant, "What's wrong?"

Gu Jianhua, "Alas, I can't spend a few days with my parents throughout the year."

He did not feel that the time he spent here was short this year. He took half a month off, and it took him almost seven days to travel back and forth, and he stayed at home for about a week.

But my parents had been looking forward to it for a year, but they left after only seven days.

Su He patted his back like coaxing a child, "Don't think that way. Our filial piety is not just reflected in these few days."

"When our parents are old and can no longer walk, we will take good care of them. That is true filial piety."

"Besides, we don't have any other options. We can just take our parents over in two years."

Gu Jianhua hummed and muttered, "My wife, you are so nice."

Then fell asleep.

The next day was New Year’s Day.

The eight members of the family are all wearing new clothes. In the past, the parents were reluctant to wear the new clothes, thinking of saving some for the children.

Now, my granddaughters, grandsons, and daughters-in-law are all college students, and my son has gone to work in the capital, and they all have promising futures.

If you don't wear the new clothes, they will get infested with insects.

The New Year's Eve money has changed this year. In the past, the parents gave ten yuan to their four grandchildren, but this year it has become twenty yuan.

"Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."

Su He and Gu Jianhua, the parents, also gave twenty yuan each, just like Gu's father and mother.

The four kids in the family were very happy to receive the New Year's gift money, and their piggy banks were filled again.

Their parents didn't take back the New Year's money they received and let them keep it.

You may not believe it, but Changyi and Changan each spent more than a thousand yuan on their children’s New Year gifts.

They feel that even if their parents do not give them money during the four years of college, they can still complete college with their own savings.

After breakfast, we put out melon seeds, peanuts and pastries and waited for people to come and wish us a happy new year.

It’s still those families, the second branch of the Gu family.

I don’t know if it was Su He’s illusion, but Wu Sanfeng has become kinder than in previous years and speaks softly to her daughters-in-law.

She looks more and more like Gu's aunt Zhang Xiuying.

My eldest cousin's wife, Li Jinhua, started to speak more cheerfully.

It seems that they are living a comfortable life after the separation.

"I said that girl Gu Li only thinks about studying and doesn't even know how to come back for the New Year."

Wu Sanfeng complained to Su He, but what he actually meant was that my daughter loves to study.

The daughter-in-law on the side curled her lips. She loved studying and was still talking about her boyfriend. Maybe she had gone back to her boyfriend's home to celebrate the New Year.

She was very annoyed with her sister-in-law. When she left for school last year, she took more than 100 yuan with her, and her mother-in-law mailed her another 100 yuan.

I mailed another fifty during the summer vacation, and another fifty during National Day.

Isn't it said that going to college is free? How could her sister-in-law spend so much money?

While her mother-in-law Wu Sanfeng was chatting with Su He, she went to ask Changyi, "Changyi, does your college cost money?"

Not understanding what was going on, she shook her head and said, "It doesn't cost any money, what's wrong, sister-in-law?"

Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "No problem, no problem. I just want to ask, your school doesn't charge for food and accommodation, right?"

Chang Yi nodded, "Yes, it's not like you don't spend a penny. Normally, you have to spend money to buy personal items like toothpaste and soap."

Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law said, "Of course. Even buying personal items at home costs money."

"Do you guys go out to eat with your classmates on Saturdays and Sundays?"

Chang Yi: "Very rarely. If my mother takes me out, I go out. If she doesn't take me, I won't go."

Hearing this, Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law laughed and said, "Then Changyi, you probably spent less than a hundred yuan this year."

Changan came over and heard this, "Why would sister-in-law spend a hundred? I spent ten dollars last semester, and about twenty dollars more the semester before that. Add the summer vacation, it's about fifty."

"My sister spends even less than me. She's lucky to spend twenty dollars in two semesters."

Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law was furious when she heard Changyi Changan say this. She thought that a person only spends fifty dollars a year at most, but her sister-in-law spent hundreds of dollars!

Does she eat out every day?

Wu Sanfeng's daughter-in-law planned to go back and complain to her husband. They were supporting her parents-in-law in their old age, so their money would belong to them in the future.

How can I let my sister-in-law continue to spend money like this? That would be disastrous.

Gu's second aunt Zhang Xiuying also gave age-reduction money, but she gave it to the two younger children. She didn't give any when Changyi and Chang'an grew up. Gu's mother did the same, giving it to the youngest generation.

The morning passed like this, and in the afternoon Su He and his wife Gu Jianhua came to visit and wish each other a happy new year.

The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year.

Su He's family of six went to her grandparents' home in the county, and after paying New Year's greetings to them, she took the children to her second brother's home to pay New Year's greetings.