Qin Ying was still thinking about the Ji family's visit, so she talked about it.
Wu Guixiang nodded. "What's the big deal? We should have come a long time ago. Before, Xiaoyue came alone. This time, the whole family can come and celebrate the New Year together. It will be more lively."
The Ji family is equivalent to the third son's wife's family, so of course she would have no objection.
"By the way, did Xiao Yue also apply to a school in Beijing?" Wu Guixiang suddenly thought of this.
"Yes." Qin Ying nodded with a smile. "He and Yunyun both applied to the same school, Huaqing University."
"That's great." Wu Guixiang nodded with satisfaction. "The two children will go to the same school and can take care of each other."
Su Aimin curled his lips secretly. There was nothing wrong with taking care of him, but he was afraid that it was a care with ulterior motives. He had been looking at Ji Yue, that kid, with impure thoughts.
Wu Guixiang thought for a moment and said, "I'm thinking that now that things aren't as strict as they used to be, we still have to have this happy event. Just now, Zhuzi's mother next door asked me about it. It's Chinese New Year, so why not hold it on New Year's Day? It would be a double celebration."
In the past, only weddings and funerals could be held simply, and other happy events were not held in a grand manner. In the past year, everyone could clearly feel that the control over these things had been loosened, so Wu Guixiang dared to propose holding this banquet.
Speaking of the New Year, Li Xiulian looked thoughtful. After a moment's hesitation, she said to Wu Guixiang, "Mom, isn't New Year's Day also Sui Sui's first birthday? I was thinking why don't we celebrate together?"
She asked with some trepidation, afraid that her mother-in-law would think she had her own little thoughts.
Wu Guixiang didn't think about anything else. She thought it made sense. Since they had to do it anyway, they might as well do it all at once. She nodded and said, "Okay, then it will be a triple blessing for our family."
Li Xiu Lian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
Zhang Xinlan was a little dumbfounded. So, the eldest family and the third family both had happy events, but the second family didn’t, right?
No, she had to think about whether there was any happy event in their second brother's family. Zhang Xinlan began to think.
Everyone chatted about the New Year, their chopsticks unattended, devouring meat. Although their family had always had meat, who didn't love meat? It was impossible to eat enough.
Just after lunch, the Su family became lively. People came to the door one after another. They were all candidates who had received tutoring from Su Qingyun. They had achieved good results in the exams, so naturally they came to thank her as a teacher.
The first one to arrive was Xia Qiu, led by her mother, and she came crying.
After seeing the results in the town, Xia Qiu was in a state of excitement. When she got home, she scared her mother Xu Hanhe, who thought her daughter had failed the exam. She was about to say words of comfort when she realized that she was crying because she did so well. She was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Xu Hanhe was grateful to Su Qingyun for helping Xia Qiu from the bottom of her heart. She knew that if Su Qingyun had not been by Xia Qiu's side to encourage her, she would definitely not have been able to get such good grades. She originally thought of taking her daughter to thank him, but when she saw that it was dinner time, she thought it would be bad manners not to visit at dinner time, so she brought Xia Qiu to thank him now.
"You came here just like that, but what did you bring?" Qin Ying frowned and looked at what was in Xu Hanhe's hand. It was a big jar of malted milk and various candies. It must cost a lot of money.
Xu Hanhe smiled and said, "Compared to Qingyun's help to Qiuqiu, this is nothing."
Su Qingyun looked at Xia Qiu's still red eyes, took her hand, and asked softly: "Qiuqiu, how many points did you get?" Xia Qiu and she were not in the same test center, so she didn't know the results either.
"340 points." Xia Qiu said with sobs. Although she felt that the exam went smoothly, she did not expect that she could get such a high score. On the way back from the town, she felt like she was dreaming.
"That's great!" Su Qingyun's eyes showed surprise. She was really happy for Xia Qiu. Xia Qiu's grades were higher than she expected, so it would not be a problem for her to get into her first choice.
"Qingyun, I really...really thank you so much." Xia Qiu looked at Su Qingyun, and in the end, he only said this one sentence out of a lot of words in his heart.
Su Qingyun smiled gently, "It has nothing to do with me. This is the result of your own hard work."
"No, it's not!" Xia Qiu shook his head like a rattle, "It's because of you, it's because of you." It's because of you that I have a role model and a goal, and a direction to move forward.
"Okay, okay." Su Qingyun saw that she was about to cry again and said quickly, "It's all because of me, okay?"
Summer and autumn burst into laughter.
Xu Hanhe watched this scene with relief. She and Qin Ying had similar experiences. Both were among the first batch of educated youth who went to the countryside from big cities. Although she could not take the college entrance examination this time due to her age, she was not too disappointed, just a little regretful.
If she really had the opportunity to take the college entrance examination now, she might not go, because, unlike Qin Ying, she can no longer leave this land.
"When she goes to Beijing to study, Qingyun, you have to help your aunt look after her." Xu Hanhe said with a smile.
"I will, Aunt Xu." Su Qingyun nodded seriously.
Xia Qiu muttered, "What do you mean by look at me? I'm not a fool."
"Who said you are a fool?" Xu Hanhe said unhappily, "I just asked you to behave yourself and not cause trouble outside." Although she said so, her eyes were full of worry for her daughter.
The capital is not like their small place. If something happens, they can only worry. The saying "a mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away" is just like this.
As soon as Xu Hanhe and her daughter left, more people from the Su family came. None of them came empty-handed. They brought valuable things like pens and small things like a bag of biscuits, all of which were expressions of their gratitude to Su Qingyun. No matter where they go in the future or how far they go, they will never forget that in 1977, when the autumn turned into winter, there was such a person who illuminated their way forward.
Song Yan also came. He gave Su Qingyun a book and said with a smile, "This is my favorite book. I'm giving it to you as a token of my longing."
His first choice is a university in the provincial capital, so it may be difficult for us to see each other again in the future.
Su Qingyun took a look and found that it was a collection of Pushkin's poems. The book had traces of being flipped through, but it was wrapped in a book cover, which showed that the owner took good care of it. Su Qingyun opened the book and saw Song Yan's strong and handsome handwriting on the title page.
"If life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be anxious! You need to be calm in the days of depression. Believe me, happy days will come!"
This is Pushkin's poem "If Life Deceives You".
"This poem has accompanied me through many years. I hope it can encourage you to keep moving forward in the days to come," said Song Yan.
His smile was bright, without any trace of the gloom of the past.
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