Chapter 74 (Second Update)
Yan Ruyi filled out the application form, and Dong Yingxue led her to the admissions office to submit all the materials.
Next, we just have to wait for the qualification review.
If you pass the qualification review, you can take the Peking University entrance exam. After passing the entrance exam, you will take the re-examination. If you pass the re-examination, you can start studying.
After registering her name, Yan Mingtao drove Yan Ruyi back home.
Song Yiping called that evening.
Does your foot still hurt?
"It doesn't hurt anymore. If you don't believe me, I'll give you a few jumps when you get back."
Song Yiping chuckled and said "Okay" on the other end of the phone, then whispered, "Did you miss me, baby?"
The young couple were making out in bed. When Song Yiping was aroused, he would bite her ear and call her "baby".
He's actually shouting into the phone right now.
Yan Ruyi quickly turned her head, afraid that the phone call might be overheard by her mother.
Fortunately, her mother wasn't in the main room.
Yan Ruyi said coquettishly, "Where did you make that call? It would be so embarrassing if someone overheard."
"I made the call from inside a phone booth. There was no one outside, so they couldn't hear me."
The last time the two were separated for such a long time was when Song Yiping went to the southern province for flood relief.
However, at that time, Song Yiping was busy with disaster relief, and Yan Ruyi was filled with anxiety.
I really don't have the mind for romance.
This time is different. There aren't as many other things to do this time, so the longing is especially strong.
Yan Ruyi told Song Yiping everything that had happened in the past few days, including today's registration situation, down to the smallest detail.
Song Yiping also told her about his studies at the military academy.
Most of them are related to daily life.
His research focuses on the application of electronic information technology in warfare, a cutting-edge military field, much of which is classified.
As a military family member, Yan Ruyi has this much self-awareness.
So I didn't ask Song Yiping about his studies.
The young couple were on the phone, cuddling and affectionate, while Ye Hongzhen, standing outside, was heartbroken and kept wincing.
When she first came, the two were on the phone. She came over 10 minutes later, and they were still talking.
Ten minutes later, they were still playing.
This is a long-distance call, and phone calls are expensive, costing at least 5 or 6 cents per minute.
It only takes about 20 minutes to spend more than ten yuan.
You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household.
That's not right either. The daughter and son-in-law are the heads of the household, yet they don't know the cost of firewood and rice!
Ye Hongzhen finally waited until the young couple finished their phone call.
When is Yiping coming back?
"The train leaves tomorrow night, and I should be back by noon the day after tomorrow."
"Then I'll go back the day after tomorrow morning."
"Mom, after you get off work tomorrow, I'll take you to see Jianglin New Village."
"Okay, I haven't been there yet."
The next day after work, Yan Ruyi took her mother to Jianglin New Village.
From a distance, I saw Xu Chunfang playing with her child in the yard.
Perhaps it was because she had moved out and was in a better mood, but Yan Ruyi felt that her complexion had become much rosier.
She was completely focused on the child and didn't even see Yan Ruyi and Ye Hongzhen standing right in front of her.
Yan Ruyi greeted her first, "Xu Chunfang."
Xu Chunfang picked up the child and said, "Manager Yan, you're here."
Are you settling in well here?
"I'm used to it. It's quieter here than where we used to live, and I'm sleeping better than before."
The main thing is that I no longer have to be mindful of other people's opinions, and I can live a more comfortable life.
"Then you play with the baby, and my mom and I will go upstairs to take a look."
Ye Hongzhen asked Xu Chunfang, "Does this child have a poor appetite?"
Xu Chunfang: "It's not good. She was born with a weak body. If you're not careful when she eats, she gets indigestion. We've been to the hospital a lot, but the doctors can't do anything about it. They say that as she grows up and her immunity gets stronger, she'll get better gradually."
Ye Hongzhen said enthusiastically, "Ruyi was prone to indigestion when she was little, and I cured her with a folk remedy."
Xu Chunfang asked in surprise, "What kind of folk remedy did you use, Auntie?"
"It's not exactly a folk remedy, it's just that I often massage these three places on her body."
Ye Hongzhen gave a live demonstration: "One is about four inches above the navel, another is the center of the most concave part of the sole of the foot, and the third is the area between the two arms, down from the chest. Massage these three areas regularly. Before massaging, rub your hands together to warm them, then place your warm hands over the child's navel for three or four minutes. Also, be careful when feeding the child; avoid cold or raw foods, and don't feed them anything too hot. Make sure the navel area doesn't get cold, and it will gradually get better."
Xu Chunfang said gratefully, "Thank you, Auntie. I'll give my child a massage tonight."
"Don't worry too much. The doctor is right. The child will get better as he grows up. Look at Ruyi. When she was little, she was just like your child. She would get indigestion if you weren't careful, and she looked like a skinny little monkey. But look at her now. She's so healthy and has a good appetite."
Yan Ruyi, "..."
She really is her biological mother!
Once they were upstairs, Yan Ruyi asked her mother, "Mom, was I really that difficult to raise when I was little?"
“Aside from indigestion, he had no other problems. He was just a little ugly when he was born. He was thin and small, and had a head of yellow hair. Your second brother said he looked like a monkey.”
It really is a case of what goes around comes around.
Her second brother said she looked like a monkey when she was born.
She said that Congcong looked like a little old lady when she was born.
When they reached the fifth floor, Yan Ruyi opened the door and let her mother in.
Her apartment is already renovated; the walls are painted, the floors are tiled, and there are lights, doors, and windows—only the furniture hasn't been installed yet.
Her second brother has been a bit busy lately, and since she's not in a hurry to move in, she's thinking of having him make some furniture when he has some free time.
"The apartment Xu Chunfang lives in has the exact same layout as this one, except that it has a small yard. After you move in, you can grow vegetables and flowers. The whole community has heating, and every room has radiators. The heating starts in November every year and lasts until March of the following year. We don't need honeycomb briquettes for cooking; we use gas, which is powerful and clean. So, Mom, do you want to move in?"
“Oh, I really want to! Putting everything else aside, just the convenience of going to the toilet here is amazing. There’s no toilet in our yard, and we have to walk a long way to use it. Look at this house, you can go to the toilet in just a few steps, and you can even take a shower inside. I’m just waiting for your dad to retire, and we’ll move here as soon as he does.”
When she gets back, she's going to brag about it to Comrade Lao Yan.
After returning from the capital, Song Yiping first went to the regimental headquarters to deal with the backlog of work before going home.
When he got home and saw Yan Ruyi, he hugged her and pinned her against the door.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder; the kisses made Yan Ruyi feel weak and her legs tremble, almost unable to stand.
His hands were also a bit restless.
Yan Ruyi grabbed his hand, trying to distract him, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Eat first."
Song Yiping leaned close to her ear and said, "Pay the grain tax first. We've been saving it up for a week."
Yan Ruyi pondered it carefully before she understood what the word meant.
Even though they've been married for a long time, she still blushed at his crude words.
She punched him lightly, "You scoundrel, where did you learn all these tricks from!"
Song Yiping thought to himself that he didn't need to learn this.
When the veterans in the army get together, they speak even more crudely, spouting all sorts of vulgarities.
Although he wouldn't join them in the conversation, he knew everything he needed to know.
There's no need to tell Yan Ruyi these things; the most urgent task right now is to hand over the accumulated public grain.
He picked up Yan Ruyi and pressed her onto the bed.
...
The grain tax was paid twice before it was finally over.
The amount of grain tax they were paying was a bit too much, and Yan Ruyi almost couldn't handle it. In the end, she begged for mercy repeatedly before Song Yiping finally let her go.
Afterwards, Yan Ruyi, her face flushed, lazily complained, "I've been waiting for you all this time, and I haven't even had dinner yet. I just used up so much energy, I'm starving now."
Song Yiping kissed her, then got out of bed. "I'll go cook."
Song Yiping looked radiant, showing no signs of the strenuous physical labor he had just performed.
After eating and washing up, I went to bed to rest.
Song Yiping tried to hug her, but Yan Ruyi warned him, "You have to go to work tomorrow, so you can't do that again."
Song Yiping laughed and said, "No more of that, your man needs to rest too."
Yan Ruyi was finally able to sleep peacefully.
In November, Garrett began preparations for its autumn auction.
According to international practice, auction houses typically hold two major auctions a year, one in spring and one in autumn, which are known in the industry as "major auctions".
Larger auction houses like Fujitsu may hold seasonal auctions, also known as "small auctions," depending on the circumstances. Compared to "large auctions," the items in "small auctions" are of a much lower quality.
However, compared to Fuji, Jialide's current operating scale is much smaller.
Therefore, after holding one auction during the Spring Festival, no other auctions were held.
After six months of preparation, the autumn auction is now on the agenda.
In addition to preparing for the autumn auction, there are other selection activities.
Every year at the end of the year, various selection activities are held.
For example, outstanding workers, model workers, and advanced Party members and cadres.
This year, there is an even more attractive selection event: the first National Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs Selection will be held.
These selection activities have nothing to do with ordinary people, and they are not very interested in them.
Or rather, they don't pay much attention to it.
However, there is one selection activity that they are happy to see.
It refers to the selection of "Five-Good Families" and "Good Mothers-in-Law and Good Daughters-in-Law" held by various sub-district offices.
Unlike the selection of advanced workers, which is based on recommendations, the "Good Mother-in-law and Good Daughter-in-law" selection held by the street office is a vote by the residents of the street.
Ye Hongzhen felt that her family might be somewhat qualified as a "five-good family," but they were completely unqualified for the "good mother-in-law and good daughter-in-law" award.
The only people who live together regularly are her and her daughter-in-law, Li Yan.
She routinely teases Li Yan, and she knows that Li Yan has also complained about her behind her back quite a bit.
The two of them were definitely not good mother-in-law or good daughter-in-law.
The neighborhood committee insisted that Ye Hongzhen sign up. Officer Li told her, "If you don't want to sign up for the 'Good Mother-in-Law and Good Daughter-in-Law' competition, then you can sign up for the 'Five Good Families' competition. If you are selected, you will receive a 100 yuan bonus. Even if you are not selected, you will still receive an encouragement award."
Ye Hongzhen asked her, "What is the encouragement award?"
A box of apples.
A box of apples costs at least 10 coins!
Ye Hongzhen was somewhat tempted and said to Officer Li, "According to the standards you set, my family doesn't meet them. It would be so embarrassing if we signed up and didn't get selected."
Officer Li: "What hasn't been achieved? I think it's all achieved."
Officer Li listed them out for her one by one: "First, you are politically correct, good at production work, and your family background is impeccable. Master Yan is a level seven fitter, and your daughter and son-in-law are soldiers of the People's Liberation Army."
Ye Hongzhen: "Aren't our daughter and son-in-law considered family too?"
"Look, that's where you're wrong. In the new society, men and women are equal. Your wife is family, so why can't your son-in-law be family too?"
Ye Hongzhen thought that made sense.
Officer Li said, "The second requirement is family harmony and respect for elders. Does your family rarely quarrel? Look around our street, how many families are as harmonious as yours? Otherwise, I wouldn't have encouraged your family to sign up."
Ye Hongzhen also felt that what Secretary Li said was right.
If you're wielding a ladle in a pot, the ladle is bound to hit the edge of the pot.
When a large family lives together, there's no way they won't bicker.
Their family was indeed considered well-off. When she confronted Li Yan, Li Yan rarely talked back. Even when she was scolding her, Li Yan only dared to whisper a few words behind her back.
We've never actually argued.
Thirdly, regarding the education of children, the family planning policy is good, needless to say. She raised a college student who is now the head of Jialide. Moreover, none of her family members have had more children than allowed, and even if they had a girl, it was only one.
Unlike some families who hide everywhere in order to have a son, some even give up their jobs, all for the sake of having a son.
The fourth principle is to change customs and habits and practice thrift; the fifth principle is to maintain neighborly unity and be civilized and courteous.
Ye Hongzhen felt that her family did indeed meet the selection criteria.
Finally, Ye Hongzhen confidently signed up.
She felt she had little hope of being selected as a good mother-in-law and good daughter-in-law.
However, there is still a chance for a "Five-Good Family" to be selected.
On the day of the selection, in order to get two more votes, Ye Hongzhen called Yan Ruyi and said, "Ruyi, there will be a selection of five good families and good mothers-in-law and good daughters-in-law this Sunday. Why don't you and Yiping come over too? Our family can get two more votes."
Yan Ruyi said, "Neither Yiping nor I are registered in our neighborhood anymore, so neither of us is eligible to vote."
Yan Ruyi moved her household registration after getting married, and Ye Hongzhen forgot about it.
Although Officer Li said that her daughter and son-in-law were both members of her family, in reality, neither of them were registered here.
They are indeed not eligible to vote.
However, to show their support for her mother, Yan Ruyi and Song Yiping went there early in the morning.
The selection process took place in the courtyard of the subdistrict office.
A blackboard was placed at the front, with the list of shortlisted families written on it.
The selection process involved counting votes. Everyone entering the compound received a ballot with the names of the candidate families on it. People would tick the name of the family they wanted.
After marking the ballot, put it in the ballot box.
A total of 20 "Five-Good Families" and 20 "Good Mothers-in-Law and Good Daughters-in-Law" pairs will be selected.
Such popular events attract a high level of public participation.
When Yan Ruyi and Song Yiping arrived, the courtyard of the subdistrict office was already packed with people.
Fang Caiyun and her family of three also came.
Yan Ruyi asked Fang Caiyun, "Where's Mom? I haven't seen her."
Fang Caiyun smiled and said, "We're currently trying to get people to vote. Sihe has even contributed his precious slingshot. Whoever's parents voted for our family, he'll let them play with the slingshot for 10 minutes."
Judging from this situation, Yan Ruyi felt that her mother was determined to get the title of "Five-Good Family".
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