Li Qiulan smiled and said, "Your grandparents wanted the two children to live in the Li family. The Li family has few children, and your grandparents think it's lonely. I thought about it and agreed."
Since she has made the decision, Bai Ruozhen did not force her. He just wanted to come and visit his younger siblings more often in the future.
After returning home, Bai Ruozhen told Aunt Gu about the matter. Aunt Gu also felt that they should live in their house. "Now Jiaozi and Doubao are obedient. I can take care of them if they live here. It's more comfortable to live in my sister's house than in my grandparents' house."
Bai Ruozhen pursed his lips and smiled, "Let's see where they go to school. We can live in the closest place."
The weather was already hot, and the candidates of the 1978 class also took the college entrance examination. Bai Ruozhen and Gu Changqing took their families back to Yancheng by train, staying in the provincial capital for a day before taking a bus back to Yancheng.
Although the economy is still not good in various places, since the fall of the Digital Gang, the government has begun to implement policies one after another, and life in various places has also improved significantly, especially with the resumption of the college entrance examination. Schools in various places have gradually resumed, and more and more parents are sending their children to school, hoping that they can be admitted to university.
University, guaranteed job placement and subsidies, in the eyes of country people, it is like a carp crossing the dragon gate.
As soon as Bai Ruozhen, Gu Changqing and Gu Xiaoli returned to Xiahe Village, the Gu family was soon flooded with people coming to visit. Most of them came to seek learning experience. There were even a few relatives who wanted to send their children to the Gu family so that the top scholars could tutor their children and share in the blessings.
For such people, Qiu Lanying directly kicked them out.
As for those who wanted to seek experience, not only parents of students came, but eventually the principal of Yancheng Experimental Middle School also came, hoping that they would go to the school to share their learning experience.
After all, Bai Ruozhen had worked in a school, so it was difficult for him to refuse, so he agreed. On the day of the meeting, he went with Gu Changqing and his sister to share his experience.
This teaching was not a big deal. All the middle schools in Yancheng wanted to invite them. The three of them were so busy that half a month passed.
Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, so Gu Changqing asked the secretary to get a letter of certification and took Bai Ruzhen to go to Q Island to play, leaving behind his two sons and Gu Xiaoli.
Q Island was occupied by the Germans in its early years, and many buildings are still preserved in the entire city. Although a lot of them were destroyed during the revolution, it did not affect its beautiful scenery.
On the first day at Q Island, Gu Changqing took Bai Ruozhen to the beach. The beach was clean and the sea was blue at this time. Coupled with the good summer weather, the scenery was particularly beautiful. However, there were not many people coming to the beach to play, so the couple could spend half a day strolling along the coastline.
Gu Changqing opened a guesthouse near the sea. The two of them entered the guesthouse. While Bai Ruozhen was taking a shower, Gu Changqing ran to the supermarket and bought a box of Okamoto condoms.
Well, in Gu Changqing's opinion, this was a date between two people, and a secret date would definitely not be without condoms.
When Bai Ruozhen came out of the bathroom, she noticed the condom that Gu Changqing had hidden under the pillow. Then she took it out while Gu Changqing was taking a shower, and finally took out a sewing kit from her bag.
You have to take care of things like children yourself.
After the hole was poked, Bai Ruozhen put the condom back into the hole. When the two of them hugged and kissed, Bai Ruozhen helped very diligently, so Gu Changqing didn't notice it.
It wasn't that Gu Changqing was careless; he simply hadn't expected Bai Ruozhen to be so enthusiastic about having a child. He felt that even if they did, they had to graduate. Unfortunately, Bai Ruozhen felt that they might not be allowed to have children after graduation, so it would be better to have one now, so that a semester off would be enough.
After staying on Q Island for a week, the two of them did it every day, and Bai Ruozhen succeeded every time. Unfortunately, until school started, Bai Ruozhen showed no signs of pregnancy.
After school started, Bai Ruozhen and his classmates became seniors and became busy again.
Bai Ruozhen's period, which she had been hoping would not come, finally arrived as expected, which was so disappointing.
In the fall of 1978, Bai Ruozhen and his wife were entering their second semester. In December, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee convened, announcing the reform and opening-up policy, which rejoiced the nation. For Gu Changqing, a man long devoted to speculation and profiteering, such policies were simply insane. He decided to take a trip south during winter break—he wanted to make a killing!
But before the winter break, Gu Changqing suddenly came back to ask Bai Ruozhen for money. Bai Ruozhen asked him, "Why do you need so much money?"
Gu Changqing kissed her and said, "Make more money."
Bai Ruozhen's eyes lit up, "What business?"
"I'm dealing in some clothes." Gu Changqing was a little proud, and then he explained to her, "Now that everyone's life is better, they're willing to buy better clothes, especially people in Beijing. Look around, everyone's wearing beautiful clothes, but I heard that clothes in the south are even better, so I want to get some women's clothing and make some money before the New Year."
Gu Changqing was very familiar with speculation and profiteering, especially during the two years he worked in the transportation company, where he had accumulated a lot of connections. After he said this, Bai Ruozhen didn't ask any more questions, but readily approved it and gave him the money.
After getting the money, Gu Changqing asked for leave, bought a plane ticket and flew to Guangzhou. At the same time, Gu Changsong also drove a large truck rented from a transportation company to Guangzhou.
Although Bai Ruozhen was very relieved about Gu Changqing, he still couldn't help missing him. It was not until after New Year's Day that Gu Changqing finally called and said that he was about to leave for Beijing.
Guangzhou is far away from Beijing, so Gu Changsong and Gu Changqing took turns driving and it took more than ten days to reach Beijing.
The capital city at this time was no longer the same as it was more than half a month ago. Everywhere was filled with joy, and it was obvious how happy people were about the decision to reform and open up.
Bai Ruozhen and Gu Changqing had been apart for so long, and Gu Changqing went home without doing anything. Then, under the cover of night, he piled all the clothes he had brought with him into the back room of the courtyard.
After that, Gu Changqing returned to school to report for leave and do his homework. On weekends, he took Gu Changqing to run around the black market in Beijing. After Gu Changsong became familiar with the place, Gu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and prepared for the final exams at school. He only went to help on weekends.
Bai Ruozhen was amazed at the profit of clothing as he got more and more money back. By the time the winter vacation came, half of the piles of clothes were finally sold. However, what Bai Ruozhen didn't expect was that the manufacturer actually sent another truck to deliver the clothes.
Gu Changqing had some free time during the winter break, so he and Gu Changsong raced back and forth, finally selling out all the clothes by the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. Of course, they kept some for their family, and Gu Changsong couldn't wait to get home. So Gu Changqing bought train tickets and took his family home that night to celebrate the New Year.
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