Chen Fangfang's husband, Xu Erchun, wanted to go but couldn't because he had no money.
When Chen Fangfang made money from her hair tie business, she gave part of it to her mother-in-law, hid part of it as her own savings, and kept part of it in a place known to both of them, thinking that if anything happened to the couple, they would have some money in hand.
Xu Erchun is easily influenced; he listens to whoever makes the most noise.
At first, I listened to Chen Fangfang, who said that the couple would have many expenses in the future, so they should save some money for emergencies, so they wouldn't have to ask their parents for money when they needed it, and what if they couldn't get it? A man should have some money on hand.
So they agreed to let Chen Fangfang hand over the money to her mother-in-law, keeping a small portion for their own family.
But later, when Chen Fangfang refused to hand over her admission notice, her mother coaxed her, saying that Chen Fangfang couldn't be allowed to touch the money, or she would run away.
Make him hand it over, and I'll keep it for him until Chen Fangfang is completely devoted to him and stops running away.
Xu Erchun thought it made sense and quickly gave all the money from his small family to his mother.
Now, when he wants to use money, his mother sits down on the ground, slaps her thigh, and cries, saying he has no conscience.
One minute they say the money was used for household expenses, the next they say it's to save for Xu Erchun to get married again. In short, once it's in his mother's pocket, don't even think about taking out a single penny.
Xu Erchun then began to regret his actions.
Thinking back to what Chen Fangfang had told him, at that time, Chen Fangfang wanted to live a stable and down-to-earth life with him.
He believed his own mother and drove his wife away!
Xu Erchun may not know how much he regrets it, but his own mother is already arranging marriages for him.
Of course, it's impossible for him to remarry and find a young woman with the same character and looks as Chen Fangfang.
The women they were looking for were either widows whose husbands had died, divorced women who had remarried and had children, or women who were unattractive, had bad tempers, and wanted to marry into their families.
I heard that Xu Erchun's biological mother really likes the girl from the next village who is marrying into the family. The girl is willing to give fifty yuan as a dowry and doesn't want the Xu family to give anything in return. She just wants Xu Erchun to come alone.
Xu Erchun now avoids his biological mother every day, afraid that if he goes home he will be sent away to become a live-in son-in-law.
Then every few days she would come to the brigade headquarters to see the brigade leader. Xu Erchun also realized that even if Chen Fangfang wanted to run away, she couldn't run away without a letter of introduction.
It's possible that the brigade headquarters gave her a letter of introduction, which is why she was able to board the train.
They would stop the brigade leader every few days, asking about Chen Fangfang.
He also wanted the brigade leader to write a letter to Chen Fangfang, telling her that he, Xu Erchun, regretted listening to his mother and treating her that way! He now agreed to let her go to university! He was willing to go to Beijing with Chen Fangfang.
He asked Chen Fangfang to reply with an address and some money so he could pack his bags and go to Beijing to find her, and the two of them could live a good life together.
I don't know who wrote the letter. These few sentences seem to have been written with a shaky hand, and the handwriting is a bit messy.
The last sentence of the letter was from the brigade leader, who said that all the educated youth who had been admitted to university had returned to the city and were just waiting for the start of the new semester next year to go directly to university.
They also heard that the conditions and quotas for educated youth to return to the city had been greatly relaxed. Those educated youth who did not pass the college entrance examination are now asking if this news is reliable, and the people in their brigade also want to know.
It should be noted that over the years, among the educated youth assigned to their Tuanjie Brigade, few were able to work diligently and conscientiously. Some had an improper attitude and liked to shirk their duties; others had a proper attitude but limited abilities and were simply unable to do much work.
In short, the educated youth in their Tuanjie Brigade were considered semi-useless, unable to do much work and still having to share food.
If all these people could return to the city, their brigade would actually be quite happy.
Xu Ningyan also knew about this news. Jiang Zhiyuan had mentioned it when he returned, and some well-informed people in Mao'er Hutong had also heard the news.
Many families in Maoer Hutong also had children who had gone to the countryside, and they were all overjoyed when they heard the news.
Some quick-witted people have already started thinking about finding jobs for their children who have returned from working in the countryside.
Otherwise, once the news spreads, these jobs will likely become even more scarce and harder to find.
Some people even had designs on Xu Ningyan's former job, asking someone to approach her, but Xu Ningyan directly refused.
When she left the library, the library director had already said that their library used to be the university library, but it was later separated.
Now that the college entrance examination has been reinstated, some facilities within universities also need to be restored.
Their library will likely be reassigned to the university, so they won't be hiring anymore. Future job assignments will probably be handled by the university.
Xu Ningyan regretted it immensely at the time. You see, her plan was to get into university, stay at the university after graduation, and ideally be assigned to a leisurely job like working in the library.
If she had known that she wouldn't have gone to university and could have gone straight to work and been accepted into university along with the library, why would she have bothered with all this effort?
Even if you work hard to get into university, you might not get this job!
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it!
Soon it was time for the new school year to begin. As agreed with Chen Fangfang, Xu Ningyan let her take the bedding set she had slept in to school, which would come in handy. She even gave her an extra set of sheets and blankets to change into.
Several sets of clothes that were about 60% new were also found.
In addition to the cotton-padded jackets, there are also sweaters, thermal underwear, coats, and the like.
As for other daily necessities, such as towels, washbasins, thermos flasks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and combs, although there were no coupons, Jiang Zhixing was there to provide her with everything at very affordable prices.
And so, of the forty-odd yuan Chen Fangfang had left, she had about twenty yuan left.
After the news is published, a living allowance will be issued. As long as Chen Fangfang doesn't squander the money, this allowance will be enough for her daily expenses.
Although she said she wouldn't pay Chen Fangfang a salary, Jiang Yuan still gave her a red envelope with ten yuan inside on the day she sent her off to university, and put it in Chen Fangfang's pillow.
After seeing Chen Fangfang off, the house felt much quieter.
Xu Ningyan and Jiang Zhixing both lived in the capital and were not in a hurry to report for duty, but instead waited until the last day to report.
Peking University and Renmin University of China are not far apart, but they are both about 30 li (15 kilometers) from Mao'er Hutong.
Mao'er Hutong is within the first ring road, while Peking University and Renmin University of China are already outside the third ring road.
Jiang Zhiyuan took half a day off and borrowed a car from his workplace to take the two of them to school.
Of course, the main purpose was to send Xu Ningyan off; Jiang Zhixing was just a side trip.
Jiang Yuan was at home helping Sister Mei take care of her child, so she didn't go. She only told Xu Ningyan that if she could commute to school instead of living at school, she should definitely not stay at school. Then, she held the child and watched the three of them get into the car and leave.
They first took Jiang Zhixing to Renmin University of China. When they arrived at the university gate, they kicked Jiang Zhixing and his luggage out of the car.
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