No matter what he thought in his heart, Zheng Tiansen returned to normal after seeing his family again.
Except for Zeng Yu, all the members of the Zheng family went out to work in the morning.
Zeng Yu also urged Zheng Tiansen and Linglong to go out for a walk again.
In fact, Zheng Tiansen was not in the mood to go shopping. Linglong knew about those things and did not plan to let Zheng Tiansen accompany her out at this time.
But it was hard to disobey their mother's order, so the two of them went out anyway.
Now that he was leaving the house, Zheng Tiansen planned to find a place to stay.
"Linglong, where else do you want to look?"
"Um, Brother Zheng, can we burn incense in the Lama Temple now?"
"Yonghe Palace?" Zheng Tiansen was stunned for a moment. He certainly knew such a place. "I'm not sure if it's possible. Why don't we go and take a look?"
"good."
The two of them took the bus across the street, and when they arrived, they found that the Yonghe Palace was not open to the public at that time and was only a key cultural relic protection site.
In fact, Linglong just wanted to drag Zheng Tiansen to burn some incense together to seek some spiritual comfort.
"Linglong, why don't we find another temple where we can burn incense? There are some in the capital."
After something went wrong, Linglong became less persistent.
"Don't bother with that. Let's just go somewhere else."
"So, where do you want to go?"
If there is a place worth visiting, Linglong thinks it is probably the Great Wall.
But the Great Wall extends beyond the outskirts of Beijing, and climbing it is very tiring.
She just thought about it and gave up.
In the end, she gave an answer that Zheng Tiansen didn't expect: "I want to visit Jingda and Huaqing."
These two top universities in the country will become a must-see destination for many people traveling to Beijing in the future. She also wants to take a look.
"good."
Zheng Tiansen had followed people into the village before, but he certainly wasn't very familiar with it.
With his military uniform as a guarantee, it was easy for the two of them to enter the school.
At that time, Peking University and Huaqing University were naturally not as large as those later, but even so, they were not small schools.
Teaching buildings, dormitories, canteens, and libraries.
Linglong walked past them one by one, feeling the rich bookish atmosphere, and was filled with emotion.
“Those who can go to college here are so lucky.”
"Linglong, do you still want to go to school?" Zheng Tiansen asked her.
"Yes, but I haven't even finished elementary school. Even if I teach myself, I can't go to college," she said regretfully.
At most, she can probably go to night school or something like that.
"That's not certain. National policies are ever-changing. Who knows whether they will remain the same in the future?"
"Yeah."
Because of this, Linglong recalled the resumption of the college entrance examination.
She only remembered that it was the end of this year, after the college entrance examination was resumed, and many people participated, but she couldn't remember who exactly was eligible.
However, she didn't have much hope for herself, so the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Occasionally, Linglong would show envy when she saw students reading books or college students walking by with bags on their backs.
After leaving the campus, they went to the Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing.
Linglong was like a mouse in a rice jar. No one in the huge bookstore wanted to leave after seeing her.
Zheng Tiansen also picked a few books for himself.
When the two of them were about to leave, Zheng Tiansen simply settled their book accounts together.
Linglong was naturally embarrassed, and insisted with Zheng Tiansen, even jokingly saying that it should be considered as part of the betrothal gift.
They went out and brought back a lot of books.
While Zeng Yu was surprised, he also remembered the experience of his son asking him to send a book to him.
After knowing that Linglong had no diploma but still insisted on studying, Zeng Yu looked at her with a higher opinion of her.
When the other family members arrived and they were having dinner together, Zheng Tiansen started talking about Xiao's affairs.
"Dad, Mom, Linglong and I both have work to do in the army, so we can't stay here any longer."
"How long will that take?" Zheng Yu asked.
"It should be the day after tomorrow. My daughter bought the ticket early in the morning."
Zeng Yu had known that the two would not stay long, but when he heard that they were going to leave, he felt a little uncomfortable.
He left sadly without even finishing the meal.
Zheng Tiansen felt guilty, but he was a soldier and could not be both loyal and filial.
The next day, after he went out to buy the train ticket, he saw his mother sitting in the living room waiting for him.
"Tiansen, come and sit down."
"Oh, okay."
Zheng Tiansen sat down respectfully, placing his hands on his knees.
Zeng Yu took out a stack of money and pushed it to him.
"You and Linglong are getting married, and we're not holding the wedding banquet in Beijing. Your father and I have discussed this, and here's three thousand yuan for you two to get married. You two can discuss the details."
"Mom, this is too much."
Zeng Yu smiled. "That's not much. I know Linglong is alone and doesn't have a family, but we can't be too ruthless with the betrothal gifts. There are still many things we need to buy, so it's not much at all."
She even recalled the feelings she had about dowry and gifts when she was a rich lady.
That's why she threw out many things to support or to ensure safety, otherwise she would have taken out even more.
Of course, this is not all she has left. She still has two children who are not married yet, and she also has to consider the future.
Even though her current lifestyle is much more frugal than when she was a young lady, her requirements for daily food and clothing are still higher than many people.
It's no problem for the family to live on her husband's allowance, but it's not enough to live comfortably, so she has to keep some savings.
Since she said so, Zheng Tiansen accepted it when he thought of Linglong.
When Linglong came out, Zeng Yu also called her over.
A rustic-looking wooden jewelry box was pushed in front of Linglong.
"Linglong, you and Tiansen are getting married, this is a gift from mom."
Linglong opened it curiously and saw a translucent emerald green bracelet.
Even if you don’t know much about the specific value of jade and jadeite, the bracelet in front of you is worth its high price.
"Auntie, this is too expensive."
"Still calling me auntie?" Zeng Yu looked at her jokingly.
Linglong felt embarrassed and called out "Mom" in a low voice.
"Hey, just keep the things Mom gave you. They're old things I brought with me and I'm not selling them, so they can't be considered valuable."
"Linglong, accept it." Zheng Tiansen also spoke.
Linglong then closed the box and picked it up.
The train ticket was very expensive, so Zeng Yu took the opportunity to go to the shopping mall and bought some things for Linglong.
Many are in a more festive red.
Zeng Yu still feels regretful about this.
"We're really pressed for time, otherwise I'd have to take you to Ruifuxiang to get some custom-made clothes made by a master craftsman."
Linglong also knew this brand, and the prices of custom-made clothes were not cheap.
Although they had not been together for a long time, Linglong also felt that Zeng Yu, her mother-in-law, was quite easy to get along with.
She is very grateful for his tolerance, generosity and easy communication.
After Zheng Tianxin came home from get off work, he held Linglong's hand and talked to her for a long time, reluctant to leave. He also gave her the gift he had prepared.
After sleeping for the last night at Zheng's house, Linglong and Zheng Tiansen got up early and rushed to the train station.
The two of them are finally leaving Beijing.
Thinking of Aunt Tong and Congcong, Linglong missed them terribly.
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