Zhou Yubai quickly grabbed the little guy back.
"Rui Rui, wait a minute, Dad has something to tell you."
Zhou Yubai once again explained to his daughter the importance of Shen Chuning's study abroad with emotion and reason.
After he finished speaking, little Ruirui couldn't help but pout and felt like crying when she thought about not being able to see her mother for such a long time.
But the little girl tried hard to hold back her tears, sniffed, nodded sensibly, and said, "Dad, Ruirui knows. Ruirui supports mom to study abroad, Ruirui won't cry, Ruirui will take good care of her younger brothers and sisters and won't let mom worry."
Zhou Yubai's heart almost melted when he saw his daughter's sensible appearance.
He reached out and ruffled his daughter's soft hair, "Rui Rui is so good."
Little Ruirui slipped off her father, put on her slippers, and walked out of the room.
Seeing Shen Chuning, she tossed her short legs and threw herself into Shen Chuning's arms, her eyes red, but she tried hard to hold back her tears, "Mom, you go study abroad, but I can't bear to leave you, woo woo woo..."
At the end, the little guy couldn't hold it in and burst into tears.
As soon as the triplets came out, they saw their eldest sister hugging her mother and crying.
The three little guys also fiddled with their short legs and ran to Shen Chuning, hugging their mother with their sister, pouting their little mouths and about to cry.
Little Ruirui wiped her tears and her expression changed instantly. She called out to her three younger siblings fiercely, "Don't cry!"
The triplets immediately pursed their lips and looked at little Ruirui, tears welling up in their eyes but they didn't fall.
The family had already discussed it, so Shen Chuning went to school to find Wang Yunxian.
When Wang Yunxian learned that she had decided to study abroad, she was extremely happy and immediately submitted her information and cooperated with the various procedures for passport and visa application.
By the time these documents were issued, the Chinese New Year was almost approaching.
The leaders above decided to let this group of government-sponsored students leave after the Chinese New Year.
In the New Year of 1981, Shen Chuning's family did not go back to their hometown. Zhou Baoguo and Shen Qingsong were also kept by Zhou Yubai and Shen Chuning on the grounds that after Shen Chuning went abroad, Lin Shulan would be too busy to take care of four children alone.
When Shen Zhengliang came to Yangcheng to purchase the last batch of goods before the New Year, he said that after he sold out the goods, his family and his eldest brother's family would come to Yangcheng to celebrate the New Year together.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, the families of Shen Zhengxu and Shen Zhengliang finally arrived.
Shen Zhengliang has been in the clothing business for half a year, and now he has changed a lot. He wears a suit and trousers inside and a pure cashmere coat outside. His leather shoes are polished to a shine, and his slicked-back hair is combed sleekly.
Li Xiaolan teased him that his hair was so thick that even a fly would slip if it stood on it.
However, Li Xiaolan herself was also dressed in jewels, including a bright red double-sided wool coat, big gold rings and bracelets on her hands, a big gold chain around her neck, and her hair was permed into big waves.
However, Shen Zhengxu and He Hui were still the same as before, both wearing the simple Mao suits that were common in that era.
It's not that they don't have fashionable clothes to wear, but Shen Zhengxu has already made up his mind to pursue a career in politics after graduation, so naturally he can't be high-profile.
He Hui also fully supports her man.
She only wore the nice clothes that Chen Zhengliang gave her secretly at home to admire them, and she never wore them when she went out.
Zhang Shu's belly is already showing. According to family planning policy now, the baby in Zhang Shu's belly is the last child of the next generation of the Shen family, and everyone is looking forward to it.
On New Year's Eve, except for the pregnant Zhang Shu who went to bed early, everyone else stayed up until midnight as usual.
This year, the family happily talked about their dreams for a better future.
When the clock struck twelve, the sound of firecrackers popped everywhere, and fireworks burst into the night sky.
Ruirui and Xiao Jizheng, who were already feeling drowsy and unable to hold on any longer, rushed into the yard holding hands, jumping and dancing with joy while pointing at the fireworks.
Zhou Yubai and Shen Chuning were also standing under the eaves, looking at the blooming fireworks and the excited children, and they smiled at each other.
Zhou Yubai stretched out his arms and embraced his wife in his arms.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Chuning and Zhou Yubai took several children to pay New Year's greetings early in the morning.
When they went to pay New Year's greetings, the three brothers Shen Zhengxu, Shen Zhengliang, and Shen Zhengrong and the elders in the family were already preparing for Shen Chuning to go abroad.
In fact, there is nothing much to prepare. The most important thing is to exchange foreign currency.
Shen Chu Ning was going to Country D, so he had to exchange RMB into Country D currency.
The state will provide these international students with a subsidy of 126 D-currencies per month.
If this amount of money is converted into Chinese currency, it would be more than 700 yuan a month, which is an unimaginably high salary in China where the average salary is only 60 or 70 yuan.
But this money is not enough if it is kept abroad.
Taking into account the situation of international students, the country allows them to exchange foreign currency within 1,000 D currencies in the country and take it out.
Zhou Yubai had already helped Shen Chuning exchange one thousand D coins before the New Year.
But after getting the money back, the family counted and felt that Shen Chu Ning's money was not enough to spend, so they wanted to find some ways to exchange more for her.
Shen Chuning brought the children home after New Year's greetings only to find out that the elders were still arranging this matter.
I was a little amused and could only explain to my elders: "Grandpa, grandma, I am studying abroad, I really don't need to spend so much money."
"Our accommodation was arranged by the school. There is also a cafeteria for us to eat. We only need to buy some daily necessities."
After Shen Chuning finished speaking, Grandma Rong frowned and said, "You can't just take so little money out. As a girl, you have to buy some beautiful new clothes and jewelry when you go out."
Shen Chuning: …
Grandma Rong was born into a wealthy family and was very particular about her appearance. Food and clothing were the most important things to her.
Shen Chu Ning could only hold her grandmother's hand and persuade her: "Grandma, you see, I am either in class or in the laboratory at school every day. I don't even have time to wear the beautiful clothes my second brother gave me."
"When I go abroad, I will have to seize the time to study and try to learn as much knowledge and skills as possible in the shortest time. Then I will definitely have no time to wear beautiful clothes."
When Grandma Rong heard what Shen Chuning said, she sighed with relief and melancholy, looked at her lovingly, and helped her put a strand of hair on her forehead behind her ear.
"Times have changed, and our daughter is no longer the same as the women we had back then."
In their time, women still had to bind their feet. Not to mention going abroad, they couldn’t even leave the house unless the feudal dynasty collapsed.
But now her granddaughter can also go abroad and master the most advanced technology like men to serve her motherland.
Shen Chuning had to set off on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
On the night of the first day of the new year, Grandpa Rong and Grandma Rong pulled Shen Chuning into their room.
"Ningning, grandpa and grandma have a request." Grandpa Rong said with some difficulty.
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