Chapter 180 High Hopes

The 20th day of the eighth lunar month was an auspicious day, and also the day when Ou Guofang was getting married.

In later generations, since cohabitation before marriage was a common phenomenon, marriage was just a formality and naturally there was not too much sadness. There were very few brides who cried because of their wedding.

But in this day and age, at least nine out of ten girls will cry when they get married.

Because in this era, let alone living together before marriage, even after getting a marriage certificate, men and women don't have to think about living together before the wedding banquet, so the bride's understanding of the groom is actually very limited. Many of them have only met a few times, which is not much better than strangers.

Getting married means separating from one's original family and starting a new life in a completely unfamiliar family.

Even my husband was a stranger, not to mention my parents-in-law and other people. It was impossible to say that I was not afraid at all.

The reluctance to leave the original family, the fear and yearning for the future family, and various other emotions are intertwined. It is normal to shed tears at the moment of saying goodbye to your parents.

However, today, when Ou Guofang got married, she rarely shed tears when she said goodbye to her parents.

Her idea was simple: women always have to get married, and her in-laws’ family had their little sisters waiting for her. After she got married, she could get together with them every day. This was what she had always dreamed of. What was there to be sad about? It must be said that when people are young, the influence of their friends who they grew up with really shouldn’t be too great.

Many times, they don’t listen to what their parents say, but they will do whatever their friends tell them to do without any hesitation.

We fight together, spend money together, and when there are delicious food and fun things, friends must be included.

Going to Guangdong to work together, even if you work in an illegal factory, the work is hard and the salary is low, but as long as you have your friends with you, you can stick to it. But as long as your friends quit, the remaining person will most likely not be able to stick to it.

In short, most friendships will not deteriorate before they get married.

After marriage, it depends on the situation...

At present, the sisterhood between Ou Guofang and the other two sisters has obviously not changed at all because of getting married.

When Ou Guofang was taken back to her husband's home by the wedding party, she saw her pregnant sister Ping and her cousin Ou Guohua at a glance. Both of them were looking at her with a smile. She immediately responded to them with an extremely bright smile.

Less than three months later, the three sisters reunited again.

…

When Deng Changyuan married Ou Guohua, the matchmaker Deng Shirong gave them a piece of khaki cloth, while Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping gave them a quilt and a big red envelope of twenty yuan.

Now that Deng Changdong is getting married to Ou Guofang, the gifts and red envelopes sent by the three of them remain the same.

After all, they are all Zhang Xiuping's sisters, so we definitely cannot favor one over the other.

Of course, Deng Changdong's family were also well behaved people. After receiving such an expensive gift, they would not be stingy with the thank-you gift to Deng Shirong. They included a cash red envelope of 30 yuan, a pork butt weighing more than ten pounds, braised pork weighing 17 or 18 pounds, and the rest of the peanuts, beans, sesame seeds, etc., all weighing two pounds. Basically, everything was included.

The money received as a matchmaker thank-you gift, after being rewarded tenfold by the system, had a total value of more than eight hundred yuan, which was already a very good income.

Deng Shirong's cash also increased again, breaking through the 7,000 mark.

Deng Shirong was very satisfied that he could save so much money despite spending it lavishly.

…

This day.

When his children came back from school for lunch, Deng Yunsong said with a depressed look on his face: "Dad, our class teacher said that starting from this semester, we will study in junior high school for three years, and we will also have to study for three years when we go to high school. It's not like my eldest brother and second brother who only need to study for two years!"

Deng Shirong had experienced this in his previous life, so he naturally didn't find it strange. He said, "This is a very normal thing. In fact, it's quite late for the middle schools in Songshan Commune to change to this now. Some middle schools resumed the three-year system as early as 1978."

The middle schools in Bobai County have been implementing the "three-three system" since the founding of the People's Republic of China, that is, three years of junior high school and three years of high school.

Later, at a certain period, the Chairman proposed that "the school system should be shortened and education should be revolutionized", so Bobai County began to implement the "two-two stage system" in 1968, that is, both junior high school and high school were changed to two years.

After 1978, some middle schools in Bobai County resumed the "three-three system", some implemented the "three-two system", and some middle schools like those in Songshan Commune still implemented the "two-two system".

However, starting this year, all middle schools in the county have implemented the "three-three segment system".

Deng Yunsong said with a bitter face, "I originally thought I could go to high school next year, and then study for another two years so I could go to Beijing to study before my second brother graduates. But now it has changed, so I have to study for two more years. By the time I go to college, my second brother will have already graduated."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Your second brother may not stop studying after graduating from university. He may continue to study for a master's degree. You should not be too ambitious now. Wait until you are able to be admitted to a university in Beijing."

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Deng Yunsong said confidently: "Dad, don't look down on me. I admit that my second brother is good at studying, but now I have one more year in junior high school and one more year in high school than him. He only studied for two years and was able to get into Peking University. I believe I can also get into Tsinghua University and Peking University if I study for two more years."

Deng Shirong encouraged him and said, "It's a good thing that you have this confidence. Then you should work hard. As long as you can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University, you can ask for anything you want. As long as Dad can do it, I will never refuse."

Deng Yunsong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Dad, this is what you said. If I pass the exam, don't deny it."

"Don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not default on my debt."

Deng Shirong looked at his third son, whom he had high hopes for, and said, "But it's too early to talk about taking the college entrance exam now. You should get into Bogao first!"

Deng Yunsong nodded and said, "I know, Dad, just watch. I will take first place in the midterm exam this semester to show you. And the first place in our class is basically the first place in the whole grade."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I believe you have the ability, so I will wait for you to come back and tell me the good news."

In his previous life, the third son, who only graduated from a technical secondary school, was able to reach the level of director by relying on his own political wisdom.

If the third son in this life could really get into a good university, and after graduation chose to go into politics like he did in his previous life, then his starting point would be completely different, and his network of contacts would be a hundred times stronger than in his previous life.

Under such circumstances, Deng Shirong is still very much looking forward to how far his third son can go.

(End of this chapter)