Chapter 223 Two in One
Zhou Tong and Zhou Dong had met their eldest uncle and aunt before, but they hadn't seen them for several years, so they felt a little strange. They were more familiar with their younger uncle and aunt, and even closer to Dabao and Xiaobao. So after they called grandma and grandpa after entering the door, they greeted Pei Che and Ding Guo first.
Zhao Yufei didn't care about this. She smiled and teased Zhou Tong and Zhou Dong: "Tongtong, Dongdong, what should I call you?"
The elders looked at the two with naughty smiles. Zhou Tong and Zhou Dong looked left and right in embarrassment. It was Zhou Dong who remembered first and called out cautiously, "Aunt!"
Zhou Tong also hurriedly followed with a sweet voice and called for help.
Zhao Yufei responded one after another.
Everyone laughed. Shao Xunping half hugged her grandson and granddaughter, and pointed at Pei Xiao with a smile: "Who is this? Do you remember?"
The two kids were twisting their hair in their grandma's arms, and they were obviously a little shy.
Pei Xiao came over and flicked his head lightly: "You little heartless boy, you said before that you liked your uncle the most."
Shao Xunping glared at her eldest son, shook Zhou Tong and Zhou Dong, and said, "You said 'I don't remember anything from my childhood'."
The two younger ones didn't really say that. They touched the spot on their heads where they were hit and called him "Uncle".
The house was bustling for a while, some people went to help in the kitchen, some were looking after the children, and some were chatting.
I used to think that this two-story house was very spacious, but now that there are more children and adults, it still seems a bit crowded.
Especially the children, running up and down the stairs, the big and small babies’ short legs can’t keep up, they are so anxious, they have to have an adult following them, and the adults also walk back and forth with them.
Ding Guo was glad that the house was a single-family home. If there were neighbors upstairs or downstairs, they would have come to visit.
Once the meal was served, everyone sat down around it and the house became less noisy.
Naturally, the old man couldn't stay with his family to celebrate the New Year, so he returned to the army after the reunion dinner.
Aunt Zhang will also stay in the compound to celebrate the New Year this year, and the old man will give her extra subsidies.
After dinner, everyone worked together to clean up the house, and put out peanuts, melon seeds, pine nuts, candy, soda, etc., as well as the fruit that Ding Guo had asked Pei Che to send over two days ago.
It's rare for the whole family to get together this year. We all stay here at night and it's lively talking and chatting.
After cleaning up, Pei Che rode his bike back to Zizhu Bridge, looked around the courtyards on both sides, got some food for Bubai, told it to take good care of the house, and then returned to the courtyard.
Early the next morning, when the children, awakened by the sound of firecrackers, were noisily wishing New Year's greetings to their elders at home, Pei Yu and his wife came over.
After having a lively time with my brother and sister-in-law, my younger brother and sister-in-law, the three families took their children out and walked around the yard to pay New Year's greetings. Ding Guo also followed.
The college entrance examination is still a hot topic at this time. Some notification letters arrived late as recently as yesterday. There are also several college students in the compound, but only two of them entered top universities. One is Ding Guo, and the other is Hou Zhan Sheng, the third son of the Hou family in the compound. He entered Tsinghua University.
Although Ding Guo did not live in the compound, she was the daughter-in-law of the Pei family. With such an honorable event, people in the compound could not help but include Ding Guo in the conversation: "Our compound has produced a graduate from Hua University and a graduate from Tsinghua University..."
So this time when they went out to pay New Year's greetings, Pei Xiao's family, who hadn't been back for a few years, were not as conspicuous as Ding Guo.
Zhao Yufei didn't care about these things. The child and his aunt became top students at Huazhong University, which made them proud and the next generation had a role model.
When visiting relatives in the compound this year, I couldn't help but go to Gao Jiaye and Sun Dongliang's homes.
I didn't see them. The elders of both families said they went out to play. But they did talk about the college entrance examination. Their families had helped them get some information, but they had put down their textbooks for several years, and they themselves were not good at studying, so they didn't pass the exam.
Two families looked at Ding Guo a few more times, but didn't say anything to his face.
But once the others left, he asked, "I don't know what's happening with the Pan family. After all, the Pei family and the Pan family are relatives, so why don't they help at all?"
The others in the family hurriedly stopped him, "Don't talk nonsense. What kind of relative is that? The one from the Pan family was adopted by Ding Guo's parents. They are not even related by blood. How can they be considered relatives? Don't go out and talk nonsense."
"I know, I know. This is our home!"
The Pan family is a thing of the past!
After hurriedly visiting relatives and friends, Pei Yu's family left first, and Shao Xunping arranged to go back to her parents' home in the afternoon.
The main reason was to accommodate Ding Guo's schedule, knowing that she had to go to work on duty tomorrow.
Ding Guo and Pei Che took their two children and went to Yu's, Song's and Huang's houses first.
When passing by his home, he went in to feed the fish, lit the stove, filled it with wet charcoal and kept it steaming.
When I arrived at Yu's house, I found out that Yu Qian's notice had arrived yesterday.
Influenced by her father's occupation, Yu Qian was more inclined towards this direction when she signed up and applied for the Public Security School. Now her wish has come true and she has received the admission letter from the Shandong Provincial Public Security School.
The Yu family is in a festive mood today.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the two kids were receiving red envelopes, Ding Guo took out an electronic watch and gave it to Yu Qian.
The Yu family was also shocked. They thought that this electronic watch was as expensive as a full steel watch. They wanted to refuse it, but were stopped by Ding Guo.
When they arrived at the Huang family, Ding Guo was also given red envelopes by others, and she gave Sister Aifeng an electronic watch.
Each family's stay was not long, and Ding Guo even suggested that after Song Yuling returned from Huiyang, their study teams should get together.
Everyone responded happily, especially Yu Qian, who would be leaving the capital for Shandong Province after school started, so they would probably have to wait until summer vacation to see each other again.
In addition to Song Yuling, Song Feng also received an admission letter, but it was not to a school in the capital, but to a school in Inner Mongolia.
Ding Guo doesn't need to worry about the Song family. Dayong has already shown what he should have shown. Even Aunt Wu is wearing a digital watch on her wrist.
I went to Shao's house in the afternoon, and grandpa was still the same.
I don’t know if it was because he had drunk well water before, but although he was still lying in bed, he looked more energetic than in previous years. His voice was not as weak as before. He slowly took out a stack of red envelopes from under the pillow and gave them to the kids one by one.
Grandma whispered beside her: "This year, the distribution of red envelopes has been handed over to your grandfather. The old man is very happy."
Interaction is also a kind of activity. The old man is in high spirits and always has a happy face.
As usual, Ding Guo found an opportunity to add some well water to the water the old man drank and fed it to his grandfather.
Pei Xiao is a doctor. He helped to look at the old man's recent medical reports and examined him. He did not give any direct suggestions and said that he would contact the doctor here to communicate first.
The old man of the Shao family fell ill, and the Pei family helped to find a doctor. After many twists and turns, Pei Xiao got to know them.
Zhao Yufei also helped check the nursing situation and talked about some nursing details with several uncles and aunts.
It was dark when they returned to the capital. The whole family went back to the compound to have dinner. Ding Guo and his family prepared to go back to Zizhu Bridge, and before leaving, they invited his brother and sister-in-law and their family to stay at their home.
Regardless of whether they can stay or not, Zhao Yufei and the others must go to Ding Guo's place to play, but today is too busy, so they will go there tomorrow.
It doesn't matter if Ding Guo goes to work tomorrow. They can play at home during the day and have dinner together in the evening when Ding Guo comes home from get off work.
When I got home, the house wasn't too warm because of the charcoal from the morning, but it wasn't too cold either.
Poke the stove open, put some small pieces of charcoal in, the flame started, and the temperature rose quickly.
After finishing the stove, Pei Che hurried to heat the kang.
After boiling water in the stove in the room and busying ourselves with washing and rinsing, we can lie down on the kang and take a rest.
The two kids were probably having fun and were a little excited. They were crawling all over mom and dad, laughing and making a lot of noise.
Pei Che sighed: "This is a warm bed with a wife and children."
A warm kang and a hot quilt, a wife next to me, and babies crawling all over the kang laughing. These are simple fragments of life, but they fill one's heart with joy.
Ding Guo had no time to respond to the man's sigh, her eyes were almost closed. She stayed up all night last night, got up early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings and travel, and Liuliu was busy all day and had no time to catch up on sleep. Dabao and Xiaobao slept for more than an hour at Shao's house and almost wet the bed.
Aren't you more energetic than an adult now?
Pei Che knew that his wife was tired, so he said, "I'll take them out to play, you sleep."
Ding Guo glanced at the time and said, "No need. They will only be energetic for half an hour." She reached out and took a small picture book from the head of the kang and threw it to the man. "Tell them a story and they will fall asleep in a while." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and fell asleep before the two kids.
I woke up in the middle of the night because I was thirsty, and the man behind me was hugging me tightly, like leaning against a stove.
As soon as she struggled, Pei Che woke up and half raised his head in the dark night: "Wife?"
Ding Guo: "I want to drink water!"
If the man didn't wake up, she would take out the kettle from the space and take a few sips.
Pei Che stood up, put on a coat and went out. He picked up the thermos, which was not very heat-insulating, and poured half a jar of warm water into it. Ding Guo drank a little, and the rest went into Pei Che's stomach.
Lying down again, the atmosphere somehow became romantic.
The man was considerate and gentle, and Ding Guo enjoyed himself and felt very comfortable being served.
The next day, we got up and went to work. Li Shumei had asked for leave, and Ding Guo was on duty alone. The director was not there, but Accountant Sun came to work. We came over for a stroll and wished each other a happy new year.
When no one was around, Ding Guo would find a corner and turn on a small speaker to collect some sound. He would then go into the space and make himself a fruit plate. He would stand at the edge of the field holding the plate, eating while watching the mice harvest the newly ripened soybeans.
The mouse became more and more skilled in farm work. The plump and round beans turned into a light yellow stream, circling around the dingguo and flying to the clay jar behind the house that was used to store rice.
The dried bean stalks were pulled up by the roots and the dirt on the roots was shaken off. They were then floated to the side and neatly stacked next to the previously accumulated wheat straw, corn straw, sorghum stalks, rice straw, etc.
Then the ground was turned over and a new field of seeds was sown again, this time mung beans were planted.
In the blink of an eye, the half-red apples on the nearby fruit tree turned fully red. The mouse collected them with one click, put them back in place, and cleaned up the fallen leaves on the ground.
It wasn't the first time that Ding Guo saw the convenient operation method here, but he still couldn't help but feel jealous: "Haozi, if I had this function, I wouldn't need to bother you!"
Haozi was too lazy to respond to her words, but threw a message to Ding Guo: "In order to congratulate the host on being admitted to university, the breeding function will be opened soon. When the host completes the admission procedures, the ranch will be opened."
Ding Guo's thief eyes lit up instantly: "Why are you so self-conscious this time?"
She didn’t even ask the system!
It's mainly because she got too much wool, and she feels a little embarrassed. She is also a person who cares about her reputation.
The mouse grunted twice and said nothing.
It's because the dog host is too thick-skinned. Now its superiors have begun to care about these major life events of the host. This reward is a reminder from its superiors. Isn't it scary?
Ding Guo was full of expectations as she was about to open a ranch, but there were no chickens and ducks for sale in the system mall, so she had to buy chicks and other things from outside.
This is a bit inconvenient.
There are restrictions on raising chickens and ducks in this era, and there are also restrictions on buying chicks and ducklings. You can't buy as many as you want.
Ding Guo's mind moved, and he asked, "Mouse, does the ranch have the function of hatching chicks?"
system:……
So even if you voluntarily give the reward, you still can't escape being picked on?
"No!" The system could almost predict what its dog host was going to say.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Ding Guo sighing and saying, "Haozi, your abilities still need to continue to improve!"
The system breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it thought the host wanted it to learn how to hatch chicks.
There was a sound outside approaching this side. Ding Guo wiped the strawberry juice from the corner of his mouth and dodged.
They were a young couple who came to the bookstore.
With someone else in the store, Ding Guo was not as free as before. He just watched the store and read a book to pass the time.
Slowly, the store became busy.
Some people who failed to get into university took the opportunity of the New Year holiday to return to the city to buy information.
In fact, after the college entrance examination, major bookstores across the country began to stock books, and the variety of books in bookstores became richer, but people always have this mentality, that is, they always feel that the information sold in bookstores in the capital is more complete than that sold in bookstores in county towns around the countryside.
Of course, there may be differences in terms of the quantity of goods distributed. Sometimes when you go there, the product may have been sold out, and you have to wait.
As more people came into the store, Ding Guo called out to the back. Accountant Sun heard the noise and came over to help. He also took the time to say, "There were more people than usual at the beginning of last year, but it wasn't as busy as this year."
It’s not difficult to understand since the college entrance examination has been resumed.
Didn’t I notice that most of the people who came to buy books today were looking for study materials?
Some people also came to buy other information, such as the "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" which was just published last year. It was published in Hai City and also in the capital, but their store didn't have it. Accountant Sun directed him to go to other branches to ask.
Some people even brought their children to buy comic books...
The store reached its peak at noon. Pei Che came to deliver food and helped maintain order and keep an eye on the books on the bookshelf in the store.
It was not until after one o'clock that there were fewer customers buying books.
Accountant Sun, who was starving, did not stay to be a light bulb. He went back to the office to heat up his own lunch box. Ding Guo also prepared to eat and asked Pei Che to go back.
Pei Che came over. Dabao and Xiaobao should be looked after by their brother and sister-in-law, as they were afraid that the two kids would make a fuss if they stayed there for too long.
Pei Che smiled and said, "It's okay, my parents are at home. I'll watch, and you just concentrate on eating."
In order to keep the lunch box warm, he filled the bottle with saline before going out, but he didn't expect the store to be so busy that the bottle of saline was not hot enough. If he delayed any further, he would only have to eat cold rice and cold dishes.
Ding Guo quickly lowered his head to eat his meal and also stuffed a fried egg into the man's mouth to fill his stomach.
Because his brother and sister-in-law were at home, especially his sister-in-law, Pei Che couldn't leave them alone to come and have dinner with his wife, so he didn't bring his own food. He planned to put down the lunch box and go back to entertain them, but he didn't expect the store to be so busy today.
While Ding Guo was eating, another customer came over with a book to pay the bill. Pei Che collected the money and made the change in an orderly manner, and also registered the money.
Ding Guo also finished eating quickly and quickly asked Pei Che to go back.
When she got home in the evening, she explained everything apologetically.
Fortunately, my brother and sister-in-law don’t mind it. No one understands better than them that when you are busy with work, you cannot take care of other things.
The next day, Dayong and Song Yuling came home.
This year is different from previous years. Dayong and Yuling got married and had their own family. The couple came to pay New Year's greetings. Ding Guo also took advantage of the evening to take her husband and children and go to Sanheli with some things.
They are not well-timed. Dayong has to go back to Fengning to work. Song Yuling, like Ding Guo, will also leave her job just before reporting. She has only taken a few days off to go back to her hometown, and she has to get back to work quickly. The colleagues who have been on duty these two days also want to take a two-day leave.
Even with this limited time, Ding Guo and Yu Qian and the others did not miss the opportunity to get together and have a hotpot.
Pei Xiao and his family left on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. The night before they left, they returned to the compound for a gathering. The next day, Pei Che went to see off his eldest brother's family.
Time passed quickly and it was the Lantern Festival. After the Lantern Festival, Pei Che returned to school and Ding Guo began to go through the resignation procedures.
The new staff members were transferred from the head office, and there was nothing much to hand over. They were used to doing the work on a daily basis and could get started right away.
Because his uncle and aunt sent Dazhu to the capital to prepare for school enrollment, Ding Guo officially resigned on the 18th day of the first lunar month. The company directly paid her this month's salary and signed and stamped all the documents that needed to be signed.
In addition to the salary, I unexpectedly received a bonus of ten yuan, a Hero fountain pen, a ballpoint pen, a bottle of ink and a notebook.
This is a reward from the company to all employees who have been admitted to university, not just to Ding Guo, so it is an unexpected surprise.
Because Ding Guo had celebrated his death before the New Year, there was no farewell party. Everyone just gathered in the store to see Ding Guo off, saying things like "I hope Ding Guo will study hard and serve the country and the people in the future." They all stood at the door of the store and watched Ding Guo wave as he rode away on his bike.
Peng Guihua and her family did not live in Sanheli when they came here. They felt that they were more comfortable living with Ding Guo than with their own son, mainly because they loved their two children.
Song Yuling never cared about such things. She also moved in with her brother-in-law. She wanted to help check what things her brother-in-law needed to buy, but she unexpectedly received a big back-to-school gift package from her elder sister-in-law.
Ding Guo bought things for himself and Dazhu, but he didn't forget Yuling.
Song Yuling happily accepted it, leaving Wu Fang speechless and saying, "You want so many things when your sister gives them to you?"
Song Yuling: "I want to give money to my sister, but she doesn't want it."
Wu Fang rolled her eyes and came to meet her in-laws the next day, and bought a bunch of things for Ding Guo and the two children.
Knowing that Peng Guihua and Ding Zhicheng were coming, Shao Xunping and Pei Zhengzhong came back from work specially to invite their in-laws to dinner.
By the way, we also invited the Song couple, and the three families got together.
Ding Guo also did not forget Aunt Qiao's son. Although she suggested that Aunt Qiao's entire family come home, Aunt Qiao would not really do so. She only called Su Dongshan over and introduced Ding Dazhui to him.
The two of them are of similar age and will be alumni soon, so they can really talk to each other.
Peng Guihua felt relieved that she had made friends before entering school.
Speaking of Dingxiang in private, "She's doing well in her hometown. I asked her if she would go back to Fengning during the Chinese New Year, but she didn't. Your uncle and I are out this time, and we're worried about leaving Dalin alone at home, so it's better to have Dingxiang with him. Zhaodi is also going there... Oh, Zhaodi changed her name. She plans to change it to Dingli while she's in college."
"She said Zhao Di Zhao Di herself, but she didn't bring a brother. Her parents are too old to give birth to a brother. Your second aunt must be very angry, hahaha!"
Ding Guo couldn't help laughing, and Peng Guihua also laughed, with some emotion: "Don't tell me, Zhaodi has been in the city for a long time, and now she has been admitted to university. Although her personality is still a little shy, it is much better than before. In the past, she couldn't say these words."
Even if you change your name, it's not easy for people around you to change their ways, and it'll take some time to correct them.
Then he talked about Dayong and Ding Tao: "It's a suspense. Dayong and Ding Tao are not good at studying. Fortunately, they still have a stable job, so they are not too worried."
Ding Guo couldn't even utter any words of encouragement.
Although she remembered that when she read period novels before, it was mentioned that some supporting characters received their notices in February or March.
Naturally, the start time of school will be relatively later.
But I am also afraid that too many words of encouragement will lead to greater disappointment in the end.
Maybe it's really hanging!
Let Dayong try again this year. If he can't take this path, then God doesn't give him this job. Just drive well, and then let go. He can buy a car and start his own business, and his life will not be bad.
The day before reporting, Ding Guo took his uncle, aunt and Dazhu to visit the Normal School and also visited Yuling's Post and Telecommunications School.
Peng Guihua wanted to plan and decide who to send first based on the route.
Dazhu said he would go to school by himself and asked his parents to accompany his eldest sister to report.
Ding Guo said quickly, "Aunt San, let's split into three groups tomorrow. The one who goes early can get a good bed in the dormitory. If we send them one after another, the last one will have to sleep on the bed next to the door."
She really doesn't care whether anyone sends her there or not, she's not a child anymore.
Yuling also had someone accompanying her.
Because Song Feng's school is far away, he didn't let his family accompany him and he had already set off.
Yu Qian was accompanied by her family.
In the afternoon, Ding Dayong rushed over, exhausted.
These two days, he specially asked someone to transfer his shifts, and all the trips were short distances, just thinking of coming to see his wife off when Song Yuling started school.
Pei Che also came back in the evening, and took a special leave to send his wife to school.
Shao Xunping also rushed back from work and said that she would help Ding Guo go to school tomorrow.
Seeing this, Peng Guihua was no longer worried.
The daughter-in-law was accompanied by Dayong and his father-in-law, while Guoguo was accompanied by her nephew-in-law and mother-in-law. She and Ding Zhicheng focused on seeing Dazhu off.
There are many people in the family, and we don’t know what the little ones will face in the next two days, so they are having a great time.
Ding Guo also looked at the two little ones, feeling a little reluctant to let them go.
She didn't know the application process for day school at this time, so she would ask when she reports tomorrow.
Seeing Ding Guo's worry, Shao Xunping shook her daughter-in-law's hand and whispered, "I'm not so busy at work recently. I can come back at night to help take care of her."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom!"
If I can't arrange for them to attend school as a day student right away, I will only be able to see my two little ones once a week, and I will feel reluctant to let them go.
I wonder if the two kids will make a fuss if they don’t see her for several days.
Shao Xunping: "Such a polite remark!"
Everything is bustling at home here, and Fengning is also preparing for the start of school.
But there wasn't much joy.
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