It was Aunt Lanhua's voice. I hadn't heard it for a long time. I was actually a little nervous when I heard it again. I felt my voice was dry.
"Aunt Lanhua, it's me, Xiaoxiu, and I was admitted to Suicheng University."
Aunt Lanhua's personality remained the same, and it felt like her voice was filled with red joy: "Oh, this is great news. It's not easy to get into Suicheng University. Xiaoxiu, when you come to Suicheng, you must come to my house to play. Otherwise, you can come early and I will let He Hui take you around Suicheng to get familiar with it."
Her enthusiasm is still the same as before, making people feel that she is a person who loves life very much.
Amid her compliments, I don't remember whether I agreed to go out and play early or not. I only remember that she said she would come back to drink when my dad held a graduation party for me and would give me a big red envelope.
I'm not sure if my dad will throw me a graduation party.
But Aunt Lanhua said that not many people in the village have been admitted to university in recent years, and even fewer have been admitted to good universities, mainly because the teaching resources cannot keep up with those outside.
After all, I've been admitted to a relatively good university, and they will definitely hold a graduation party for me. They told me not to worry, as my dad and mom are both very good to me.
In fact, I don’t really care whether there will be a graduation party for me, because regardless of whether or not, my father and mother have fulfilled their responsibilities to me. As for my biological mother, I have rarely thought about her over the years.
While waiting for the admission letter at home, I learned about the major I applied for, found some professional books to read, and helped my mother with housework when I had nothing to do at home.
It has become natural for me to call her "Mom" now, and our care for each other has become a daily routine.
After my father and mother got married, they didn't have any more children. My mother raised me and my brother as her own children.
If you do it right, you will be praised; if you do it wrong, you will be scolded.
Fortunately, my brother and I are not the kind of people who don’t know how to appreciate good things, and we are very grateful to my mother.
On the day I received the admission letter, my mother called my father, and my father dropped all his work and came back without saying a word.
In the evening, he cooked a large table of dishes for me.
"Nannan, when are you going to hold your graduation party? Why don't we just have a buffet in the village?"
The buffet is the highest standard in the village. There must be enough dishes on the table. Guests can come at any time and eat as soon as they arrive. It has to be set up for a whole day.
I was a little hesitant. "Dad, it would cost a lot to host a buffet, right? You and my mom don't earn much, so why don't we just forget about it and just have the family eat as much as they want."
"How can that be possible?" My mother disagreed. "It's rare for our family to have another college graduate from such a good university. Ask your great grandfather if we should hold a big celebration."
I looked at my great grandfather, and saw him patting the table lightly. His cloudy eyes suddenly shone with light, "Do it! We must do it. We must let everyone in the village know that my Pei family has another college student!"
The last time someone from the clan came to college was Pei Jianhui. But at that time, Pei Jianhui was admitted as an exception and was very low-key. There was no wedding banquet at all.
This really pissed off the great grandfather. How could such a promising child be so low-key? At least let the clan celebrate.
After so many years, I am the third child in my clan who performed well in the exam. There are other college students in my clan, but most of them were admitted to technical colleges, so I am considered to be one of the best.
When the banquet was held, my great-grandfather called all the relatives who were living outside the city to inform them to come back.
If anyone else had notified them, they might have refused. But even my dad probably wouldn't be able to get them all back.
But as soon as my great-grandfather showed up, all the relatives living away from home came back.
Those were very lively, and I was so busy receiving guests that I couldn't even hold all the red envelopes in my hands.
Especially Aunt Lanhua and the others.
Among their group, Uncle Yuanzheng and Teacher Ruan gave the most, a full one thousand. Aunt Lanhua and the others also gave eight hundred. The other uncles and aunts who went out with them basically gave four hundred or six hundred.
Others in the village would give less, but no matter how much they gave, it was a token of their love. Just like my father said, the banquet was not for the sake of gifts, but because he wanted to tell everyone about the happy event. What's wrong with paying for the banquet? He was happy and willing.
When I was receiving guests, I also saw Pei Hehui, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time. He winked at me and gave me a thumbs up.
I couldn't help but be amused by him. By the way, there is also the matter of classmate Liu. When Pei Hehui comes back this time, I have to ask him what he did to classmate Liu.
There must be a story behind this. I don’t know why I suddenly felt like there were no rumors in my last semester.
Moreover, when I explained everything to classmate Liu before, he also mentioned Pei Hehui's name and said that he wanted to apply to Suicheng University like me and compete fairly with Pei Hehui.
I am completely confused and I must get clarification today.
After the banquet that day, Aunt Lanhua and the others stayed to help clean up and chat with my parents about the situation outside.
I heard them say that the situation outside is very good now, and if there are children who are willing to venture out, they can be encouraged to go out bravely and try their luck. Maybe they can become rich by taking advantage of this wave of opportunities.
I also heard Yuanzheng tell my father that they wanted to sponsor the commune to build a road, and they went to the side to discuss how much they could sponsor and how much funds they needed to allocate.
Just as I was about to look for Pei Hehui, I suddenly felt my shoulder sink and someone patted me.
"Nannan, why are you standing here alone? Xiaoli is calling you to play over there."
It was Pei Hehui. I hadn’t seen him for a long time. In the first few years when they went out, they would occasionally come back to celebrate the New Year. In the following years, they probably became busier and busier, and I hadn’t seen him for almost three or four years.
His appearance hasn't changed much, his facial features are still the same, but he's taller. With his parents' genes, you know he won't grow up badly.
I pulled him and didn't say I was going to go over. Instead, I said to him, "I have something to ask you. Let's go find them later."
I pulled him and ran to the secret base where we often gathered when we were young. A large warehouse has been built here. It is Teacher Ruan’s storage base in the village. Strangers who appear in the village will not be allowed to come here.
"Pei Hehui, let me ask you, have you ever come back before? Have you ever looked for that classmate who spread rumors about me?"
Given how familiar we were with each other, we had been exchanging letters for all these years, and I didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly.
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