Chapter 168 Chapter 168 Chapter nineteen seventy-nine.
Nowadays, primary school students have a lot of holiday homework.
Since the college entrance examination has been resumed, education has been strictly enforced from primary school to high school.
After entering university, there are very few compulsory holiday homeworks, but since most of us are adults, there is no need for teachers to remind us, and everyone will read and study on their own initiative.
After a busy summer vacation, several college students who had earned a lot of money finally focused on their work. Mu Mian and Shi Xiaolian made an appointment to go to a bookstore.
The Xinhua Bookstore in Dongcheng District is really big. It is currently the largest bookstore in the capital, covering several thousand square meters. It contains many books that were previously banned but are now re-published.
There were a lot of people in the bookstore. The two of them wandered around for a long time and bought some books related to their majors and famous works worth reading.
When passing by the storybook area, Mu Mian saw the second series of "Xiao Ya and Friends" here.
There are quite a few books on the bookshelf, and they are placed in very conspicuous positions, and there are many children sitting next to them reading.
You can tell at a glance that the book is selling very well.
Shi Xiaolian silently gave Mu Mian a thumbs up.
Mu Mian raised his chin and raised his eyebrows, "Thank you for the compliment."
Shi Xiaolian: "You're welcome."
As she spoke, she picked up a copy and said, "It's a symbolic support."
Mu Mian: "Just one book is too symbolic.
Bar. ”
Shi Xiaolian said calmly, "After all, I only have a pair of eyes."
Mu Mian: “………………”
Well, that makes sense.
Mu Mian bought a pile of books and read them at home for two days. During this time, he also took a lot of time to teach Xinxin.
Even though some of the little girls are only three years old, they are very studious. They like writing numbers the most and they know a little about addition and subtraction. They have inherited their father's brains and are completely science-oriented.
Her memory and thinking are even better than her father's when he was a child.
In the words of Comrade Mu Fugui, it’s incredible, the star of literature has landed in our home.
Mu Mian didn't have the idea of pushing her daughter too hard. When her daughter wanted to learn, she would teach her. If she didn't want to learn, she would let her play happily. The most important thing was that she could grow up happily.
The 21st was hot and stuffy.
In the morning, Mu Mian took Xinxin and Beibei out to buy popsicles.
The popsicle stand was quite close to home, just next to us. On the way back, everyone had one in their mouths, and Mu Mian had a lot in his hands.
After distributing the fruits to other family members, Mu Mian took the last two and went into Xixi's room.
The little girl was still writing furiously in the room. During the past two or three days, she hardly moved her butt off the stool during the day. Except for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, she spent all her time doing homework.
Xixi stopped writing and accepted the food from her aunt.
Mu Mian flipped through the homework book on the table, "How much is left?"
Some of the normally lively little girls now had no light in their eyes, and they were sucking on a popsicle in each hand, weakly saying, "I'm almost done with math, and I still have half a book of phrases to copy for Chinese, and I still have ten essays to write."
Mu Mian smacked his lips, "There's still quite a bit left."
These days, the homework assigned by teachers is very much in the style of that era, with phrases being copied five or ten times.
The main point is that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen.
The more you copy, the fewer mistakes you will make in the future.
Xixi held a popsicle in her mouth and looked at Mu Mian pitifully, like a puppy, "Auntie~ the best aunt in the world~ please help me write something~ I really can't finish it!"
Mu Mian moved the little girl's head and glanced outside the house.
The past two days, her sister-in-law sat next to her and watched Xixi write, but today she didn't watch her.
The aunt and nephew looked at each other, and Mu Mian compromised, "Just this once."
The little girl in Yanba immediately became energetic again, "Hehe, just once, just once! I promise I will finish it quickly next time!"
This time, some of the homework didn’t seem like much, but when I started writing it, I realized that it was really a lot!
When I was in Ningzhang before, teachers never assigned so much homework.
Mu Mian sat down and wrote twice with a pen. After a few words, his smooth cursive handwriting turned into the neat handwriting of an elementary school student.
As a person who pretended to be illiterate when he was a child, Mu Mian was very good at imitating the handwriting of elementary school students. His handwriting looked very similar to Xixi's just by writing casually.
To be precise, Xixi's handwriting is like that of her when she was a child. After all, Xixi learned to read by holding her homework book when she was a child.
Xixi, who had not thought about the handwriting issue just now, suddenly brightened up her eyes and held Mu Mian's hand with expectation and admiration, "Aunt, my dear aunt, copying the phrases is left to you!"
Mu Mian raised his eyebrows, "No big deal."
After figuring out what to write, Mu Mian took out a pen from Xixi's pencil case and used two methods at the same time, copying two lines at a time, focusing on high efficiency.
Xixi, who had never known that this was possible, was stunned. She looked at her aunt as if she was looking at some peerless genius, with a look written all over her face...
She really learned it and will do the same next time!
The aunt and nephew sat side by side, absorbed in their homework.
It was unknown how much time had passed before Mu Mian first felt someone watching her from behind. She turned her head and saw Nie Sihui standing behind her holding a watermelon, quietly looking at the two of them.
Mu Mian raised an innocent smile, "My dear sister-in-law, where did you get the watermelon?"
Xixi also smiled very obediently, "Mom~ my beloved mom~ when did you come in?"
Nie Sihui selectively ignored the two similar smiling faces. She hadn't seen them clearly just now, but now she realized that Mu Mian was writing with two pens. When she walked closer, she saw that his writing was very neat.
Nie Sihui, who had been a primary school teacher for a period of time, said, “………………”
Xinxin, who came in a little later, smiled innocently, "Wow, mom, you are so awesome!"
Mu Mian looked modest, "Keep a low profile, just basic operations."
Nie Sihui put down the plate and said, "Someone came to sell them in the alley. I bought a few. I'll write after I finish eating."
Xixi is a person who takes advantage of others. She becomes very happy when she is given some color. "Hey, mom, why don't you help me write something~"
Nie Sihui glanced at her daughter and said, "I think you are just itching for trouble."
Xixi immediately took the watermelon and ate it obediently.
Xinxin said obediently, "When I learn how to write, I will help my sister write~"
Xixi was very touched and said that they were the best sisters in the world and that they had learned everything from her aunt.
On August 23rd, Xixi started school.
After working hard, she finally finished the homework and barely managed to save her first place.
Two days after she started school, Shi Xiaolian and Liu Yan returned to school one after another. The university had naturally not started yet, but considering the students from other places, the dormitories would be opened several days earlier, and many students would arrive at school early.
Some are busy studying, some are busy preparing for make-up exams.
The days at the end of August passed very quickly, and it was September 1st in the blink of an eye. The students who took the college entrance examination in July reported today, and everyone’s official class time was the same.
After the two-day reporting period, Mu Mian began his study life of going out early and returning late every day.
Two weeks after the start of school, the school organized a welcome party.
Nowadays, everyone is very active in campus activities. A class from the Economics Department is planning to put on a drama program, and Mu Mian is also participating. Speaking of acting, she has some experience, and the role she was assigned is very important, and she is considered one of the protagonists.
Of course, the performance was a great success in the end, except for a small incident that occurred during the performance.
The welcome party was on Saturday, so family members could be invited to attend. Wen Chen took Xinxin with him.
The character played by Mu Mian died in the end. Xinxin cried so sadly that she stayed in Mu Mian's arms throughout the whole party and refused to be held by anyone except her mother.
She cried so pitifully that Mu Mian's classmates laughed their ass off.
The little girl spent the last day of her two years crying. The next day was her third birthday. Mu Mian and Wen Chen took their daughter out to play all day and used up all the camera film.
Ten days after Xinxin’s birthday is Mu Mian’s birthday, which is also National Day.
In his zodiac year when he was 24, the old lady gave Mu Mian a lot of bright red things.
After the lively festival and birthday celebrations, Mu Mian became busy again.
There were more courses in the second semester of the freshman year than in the previous semester, and both the aunt and the sister-in-law were very busy. Mu Mian did not plan to draw a new picture book, but he did write some articles in his free time. At the end of October, he passed one article and received 42 yuan.
The days of the second semester of my freshman year passed really quickly.
It snowed in the capital in early December. Amid the falling snow, Mu Mian received the first royalty remittance from the publishing house, a total of more than two thousand yuan.
With the foundation of "Xiao Ya and Friends", the sales of Series 2 are very good.
It just so happened that Mu Mian had found a new house recently, so she used the money to buy it.
Not only did she buy one, Nie Sihui also bought one. Both were bungalows with yards. They were not very big, with a total area of just over 100 square meters including the yard.
The building area is even smaller, only about 70 square meters. It is of course a bit small compared to the courtyard house they live in now, but they don’t buy it to live in it right away.
In late December, whether in newspapers, on the radio or on television, everyone was talking about the new policy.
Allowing farmers to manage their land independently and establishing special economic zones are both big things.
Some people with quick minds started to think about it immediately. Mu Xinglong from the brigade called and asked what the newspaper meant.
Mu Mian answered the phone, and the uncle and nephew talked for quite some time.
However, no matter how much we think about it, it is difficult to put it into practice in a short period of time. Society remains the same and people's lives have not changed much.
The year 1978 passed in this enthusiastic atmosphere.
There was a heavy snowfall at the end of the year. Amid the falling snow, people welcomed the brand new year of 1979.
The most important thing for students in January is of course the final exams.
For the Mu family, there is another important matter, that is...
They are going back to the brigade to celebrate the New Year this year!
It has been more than four years since I came out, and several elders are still missing me.
Wen Chen refused to follow, firstly because the Wen family lived in the capital, and secondly because there was no long vacation.
Mu Zhuo couldn't do it this time.
When he went back, he was just like Wen Zhan, having only been at the new base for a year, so it was difficult for him to take a long vacation.
Nie Sihui stayed in the capital and planned to go to the staff quarters after the holiday.
The children all wanted to go back, and together with Shi Xiaolian and Liu Yan who were going the same way, there were nine people in total, big and small, which was a lot.
In early January, when Mu Mian and her classmates were reviewing, several elders were busy preparing New Year's goods to take back home, buying a lot of big and small bags.
The old couple earned a lot in the second half of the year and have no shortage of money.
By the time Mu Mian and the others finished their exams and went on vacation, Wen Chen had also secured the tickets.
The day of returning home is just around the corner.
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