After putting away the luggage, Liu Zhi held Huang Zhiqiu's hand and said, "Zhiqiu, tell me the truth, did Qingning encounter any problems in the factory?"

If I come back from vacation, I will never bring home even the washbasin and quilt.

Huang Zhiqiu pulled Liu Zhi to sit on the bed, "Sister-in-law, there is something wrong, but don't worry, it's not a bad thing."

Huang Zhiqiu told Liu Zhi everything about his plan to let Huang Qingning go back to school.

After listening to this, Liu Zhi remained silent for a long time, but from her expression, it could be seen that she was happy about her daughter's studies.

"Zhiqiu, thank you and Momo, I really don't know how to thank you..."

"Sister-in-law, we are family and should not talk about different things. To be honest, Qingning's failure to finish school was caused by me. I feel guilty towards you and my brother..."

The aunt and sister-in-law talked in the room for a long time until Huang Qingning ran up and called them to go downstairs to drink sweet wine soup.

Sweet wine soup is also called Laozao soup. It is made by rolling small glutinous rice flour into small balls, cooking them with sweet wine and eggs, and finally adding some white sugar.

The freshly cooked sweet wine soup is fragrant, sweet and delicious, served with chewy and soft glutinous rice dumplings and a soft-boiled egg. Drinking a bowl of this in the middle of winter is simply the ultimate delicacy and enjoyment in the world.

While drinking the sweet wine soup, Huang Zhiqiu briefly talked about his visit to the city to look at factories and renting land in the past few days.

Everyone seemed particularly happy to hear that Huang Zhiqiu had already rented a factory.

Huang Kailin looked at the door and said, "I originally said that after you came back, I would build a new door for our house. The factory is more important. Boss, you and I will go to the brick factory to get the remaining bricks back. Tomorrow we will go to the city together to clean up the factory."

Huang Zhiqiu hurriedly advised: "Dad, there is no rush. The school is very big. The playground alone is two or three acres, and there are more than a dozen rooms. You and your elder brother won't be able to finish it even before the New Year.

I had already thought about it on the way back. Let's first figure out what materials and tools we need, and then find the right people in advance. When Momo comes back, we'll all work together and try to get it done before the New Year."

"Momo is coming back? Did they say when?"

"Take the train on the 22nd and arrive in Anshi on the morning of the 24th."

Huang Kailin immediately said, "Okay, Boss, Zhiqiu, you guys go pick her up in the city when the time comes."

After saying that, he added: "I'll go with you."

Huang Zhiqiu smiled and said, "Dad, there's no need for so many people to go. I can go alone."

Huang Qingning couldn't help but interrupt, "Aunt, I'll go with you. If my cousins ​​have a lot of things, I can help carry some."

Huang Zhiqiu thought about it and agreed to take his niece along.

It was her first time meeting her son-in-law and she had no experience, but her niece’s son was lively and could help liven up the atmosphere by going along.

—

In order to welcome his granddaughter and grandson-in-law in a decent manner, Huang Kailin called a famous bricklayer in the village to come to his house to build a door early the next morning.

With the help of Huang Jianjun, the foundation of the gate was dug in just one morning. In the afternoon, we went to the stone factory to pull back some bluestone strips, mixed them with cement and filled the foundation. Tomorrow we will build the door frame and the roof. Then we will choose an auspicious day to install the gate and the job will be done.

The Huang father and son were busy repairing the gate at home. Huang Zhiqiu was also not idle. After dinner, he took his niece Huang Qingning to Huang Yu's home in the same village.

Huang Yu is the same age as Huang Wen and is a senior in the town’s high school.

Huang Yu lives in the school dormitory and only goes home at the end of every month. He is not at home at the moment.

Seeing Huang Zhiqiu and Huang Qingning coming, Huang Yu's mother took out a pile of books tied with woolen ropes.

"Is that it? Xiaoyu told me when she left that you wanted to borrow her freshman textbooks."

Huang Yu's mother is uneducated and illiterate, so she doesn't know whether the book in her hand is the one Huang Zhiqiu wants.

Huang Zhiqiu took the book and nodded happily, "Yes, these are the ones, Sister Liu San, thank you for your help. My Qingning will only borrow them for a month and will return them to you when you are done."

"Hey, we're from the same village, why are you being so polite?"

"It's my duty. It's not worth much, but it's just a token of my appreciation."

After some refusal, Huang Yu's mother took the item and said, "Okay, I'll take it. Thank you?"

"Qingning and I should thank your Huang Yu."

Liu Sanjie looked at Huang Qingning who was beside Huang Zhiqiu and said, "Alas, it's such a pity for Qingning."

Huang Zhiqiu touched Huang Qingning's head and said, "Our family intends to let Qingning continue to study, so I came to Huang Yu to borrow the textbooks for the first grade of high school so that Qingning can review at home."

"Oh, that's great news, Qingning, you have to work harder and strive to become the first female college student in our village!"

Huang Qingning replied sweetly: "Aunt San, Sister Huang Yu will definitely be admitted to university."

Third Sister Liu waved her hands and said, "My daughter Huang Yu's grades are not good enough for the exam, and she herself doesn't want to take the exam. She will go to the city to work after graduating next year."

The two families were not very familiar with each other. Huang Zhiqiu chatted briefly and then took Huang Qingning away.

On the way home, Huang Zhiqiu saw Huang Qingning looking dejected, and couldn't help but ask, "Qingning, what's wrong?"

Huang Qingning sighed, "Aunt, I was quite confident before, thinking I could definitely get into college, but when I heard Aunt Liu say that Sister Huang Yu didn't even take the college entrance examination, I suddenly lost confidence.

When she was in junior high school, Huang Yujie's grades were pretty good, and she often ranked first in the class. I didn't expect that her grades would drop so much in high school."

Huang Zhiqiu patted her shoulder to comfort her and said, "Don't think too much. As long as you work hard, your grades won't be too bad. Even if you can't get into university, it's good to be able to go to a technical secondary school.

Even if I didn't make it to the technical secondary school, graduating from high school would still be better than what I'm doing now, what do you think?"

After being comforted like this, Huang Qingning regained his confidence.

"Aunt, I will work hard and I must get into college!"

After returning home, Huang Qingning went straight into his room with a book to study.

Seeing her daughter being so self-aware, Liu Zhi couldn't help but reveal a sense of relief and a smile on her face.

Seeing that the eldest son's wife was in a good mood, Yang Xinghua felt indescribably happy.

These days, I finally have something to look forward to.

—

In the afternoon, the people from the timber factory delivered the two doors that Huang Kailin ordered.

The best pine door panels are 5 cm thick, durable and cheap.

"Dad, I think this door needs some paint to look good, and it can also prevent insects from eating it."

Huang Kailin felt that what the boss said made sense, so he asked him to go to the town early tomorrow morning to buy two kilograms of paint.

"Dad, what color paint do you want to buy?"

This question stumped Huang Kailin. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't come up with an answer, so he simply called his daughter Huang Zhiqiu over.

"Zhiqiu, you have a good eye. Look at this door. What color of paint would look good on it?"

(End of this chapter)