Because they had to leave home early today, the couple didn't stay out for too long the night before and went to bed before the time came.

But they got up too early the next day and left the house before it was fully light, so in the car, not only Su Ting, but the two children were all dozing off.

He Dongchuan seemed to be in good spirits. He drove steadily and drove back and forth after entering the city.

After arriving at the school, it was still early and not yet the normal working hours, so He Dongchuan did not drive the car to the gate. Instead, he found a breakfast shop nearby and called the three of them to get up and eat.

The brother and sister opened their eyes dazedly and saw the unfamiliar street scene outside the window. They asked vaguely, "Why are we stopping here?"

"Where is this?"

He Dongchuan had only one answer: "A place to eat breakfast."

When they heard about eating, the brother and sister perked up, looked out the window with wide eyes, and asked, "Where? Where?"

"You can eat at any restaurant you want. It's up to you to choose."

There are more than one breakfast stall on this street, and they sell a wide variety of items, including soy milk fried dough sticks, steamed buns, large pancakes, pan-fried dumplings, and trotters.

And every business is good, especially the one selling soybean milk fried dough sticks and foot wraps, there is a long line outside the door. It is normal to think about it, after all, they are the four golden gods of breakfast, and there must be many people who love to eat them.

People tend to follow the crowd, and children are especially vulnerable. After getting off the bus, the brother and sister decisively chose to queue up in a long line.

He Dongchuan saw that it was still early, so he agreed to their request and asked Su Ting, "What do you want to eat?"

"Let me have wontons." Su Ting wanted to eat something soupy today.

"Then you go buy some wontons. I'll queue here with my two children. After I buy the wontons, I'll bring the children to find you." The wonton shop was also next door, and it was not small. There were seats inside, making it suitable for breakfast.

Su Ting: "Okay." She habitually took out money and tickets and gave them to He Dongchuan.

But He Dongchuan didn't answer it, because Su Ting was going to take Manman to live near the school after school started, so the couple divided the money at home last night.

Of course, what was given to He Dongchuan was only the monthly living expenses and various tickets. Splitting the money in half was really a split. In fact, he thought it was better to divide it by week instead of by month, so that he would have a ready-made reason to borrow the car when he brought his children to Su Ting every Sunday.

But Su Ting was afraid that there might be an emergency at home and he might be out of money or short of tickets, so she didn't listen to his advice.

In short, He Dongchuan is now a man with money and tickets. When he goes out, he certainly doesn't need his wife to pay for it. He just says "I have it" and confidently lines up behind his two children.

Seeing this, Su Ting smiled, took the money and went to buy wontons.

The breakfast here is relatively simple, and the business is not as busy as that store that sells fried dough sticks and foot wraps, so although the wontons take a little longer to cook, Su Ting still congratulated Dongchuan and the others for getting breakfast before them.

There weren't many people in the wonton shop, with only six or seven square tables, and only half of them were occupied. You have to know that this is the peak time for breakfast, and wontons are not like other foods, they can be eaten in a paper wrapper.

Su Ting thought that she had already paid for this meal and could not regret it. However, she felt a little nervous while waiting for the wontons, fearing that the restaurant's poor business was due to the bad taste.

After all, it’s the same street, but the difference in customer flow is too big.

But when the wontons were served, they looked okay, each one had a thin skin and large fillings, the meat tasted fresh, and there were water chestnuts inside, which made it crispy and sweet.

Su Ting was eating breakfast when He Dongchuan and his brother and sister came over with breakfast.

Each person was given a cup of soy milk, two deep-fried dough sticks, and two sets of foot wraps as standard. After putting down breakfast, He Dongchuan went to the breakfast shop next door and brought back a basket of fried dumplings.

A square table was filled with breakfast, and he slowly opened his mouth: "There are so many things to eat."

"Is it delicious?" Su Ting asked.

Nodding slowly: "Yeah."

Su Ting said, "Then eat more. It just so happens that your father bought a lot."

She agreed slowly. She really wanted to eat more, at least to try everything. But she was small and had a small appetite. After a serving of foot wraps and half a cup of soy milk, she felt very full. She touched her round belly and watched her father and brother eat one pan-fried bun at a time, sighing with envy.

It is said that teenagers tend to eat more than their parents, and He Yan shows this tendency now. His appetite has grown rapidly in the past six months. He used to eat only one-third of He Dongchuan's amount, but now he eats one-half, and is even showing a trend of eating two-thirds as much.

If He Dongchuan grew taller or fatter after eating, Su Ting would not notice anything. But in the past six months, he has grown two centimeters, not as tall as before when he ate less, and his face and body have not grown much flesh, like a bamboo pole.

Su Ting was very curious about where all the food he ate went.

In fact, it's not just He Yan whose appetite has grown. Su Ting's appetite has also increased in the past two years compared to when she first came here.

But seriously, this has little to do with the change in her appetite. When she first traveled through time, she ate less, mainly because she couldn't swallow brown rice.

People who have never eaten brown rice may not know how bad it tastes, and people who are used to eating it may not think it tastes that bad. But for someone like her who is used to eating refined rice, suddenly having to eat only brown rice every day, the gap is really too big.

When she first came here, she really wanted to cry every time she ate. She especially missed the house she had just moved into and the savings in her bank card, which was enough for her to buy a lot of delicious food.

But she couldn't put it back on, so every time she got rice, she would cook it according to the lowest standard.

Every time when she got her meal, she thought it was just brown rice, only half an ounce, she could finish it. But after she started eating, she felt that she couldn't eat it well enough, so she decided to just eat vegetables.

But eating only vegetables would not be enough, as her appetite was already there, so during that time she would always go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy snacks and fruits, as long as she could fill her stomach when she was hungry.

However, although it is said that it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality, no matter how noble a person is, if he is put in an environment of lack of food and clothing, he can only survive for ten days or half a month, but he cannot become noble after a year or two.

Just like Su Ting, after four years in this world, her pickiness has improved a lot.

In the past, when she went out to eat with friends, her friends would always ask her “what do you want to eat?” because there were so many foods that she didn’t eat that she couldn’t even count them on both hands.

Now she…well, she didn’t really go out to eat with friends much, so she didn’t have the luxury of doing so, but now she could count the food she didn’t eat on one hand.

Now that she is not picky about food, her appetite has naturally improved, so Su Ting's appetite has increased. For breakfast that day, she ate a portion of wontons, half a fried dough stick, and two pan-fried buns.

But her appetite was still not comparable to that of the father and son, because after eating she was so exhausted that she could hardly walk, and the father and son were still somewhat dissatisfied.

However, both the father and the son had no intention of continuing to eat. They believed that being 70% to 80% full was enough for good health.

After dinner, He Dongchuan drove to the school gate.

He thought they arrived early, but he didn't expect that the school was already bustling after entering. Seniors from various departments were preparing for the welcome ceremony, and when they saw their family coming in, they all glanced over but didn't dare to get close.

The main thing was that other people who came to register all had big bags and small bags, and even married freshmen did not bring their families with them. But they were just the opposite, they had no luggage at all, but they brought two children, and they did not look like they were here to register.

In the end, Su Ting found the Chinese Department's orientation center herself and asked them about registration.

There were seven people in charge of welcoming new students in the Chinese Department, four men and three women. Among them was a young girl who was dressed simply. While doing her job, she never forgot to assign tasks to others. It was obvious that she was the leader.

Su Ting walked directly to the other person and asked with a smile: "Hello, classmate."

The other person had his back to Su Ting. He turned his head when he heard the voice. He was about to greet her and shout "classmates". Before he could say anything, he saw the group in front of him and hesitated for a moment: "Who are you?"

"I'm a freshman this year, and I'm here to report. I'd like to ask you where to report." Su Ting said, taking out her admission letter and showing it to the other party.

The other party quickly read the notice and smiled: "Hello, classmate Su, my name is Wang Zhen, I am from the 76th class, you want to report, right?"

"right."

"Just walk along this road..." After pointing the way, Wang Zhen asked curiously, "Is this your husband?"

"Yes, my husband He Dongchuan." Su Ting introduced them and pointed to the brother and sister, "My son He Yan, and my daughter He Miao."

He Dongchuan saluted Wang Zhen and said, "Hello, Comrade Wang."

Wang Zhen was startled by his formal manner and immediately became serious: "Hello, comrade."

They simply greeted each other, and He Yan and Man Man also called people. The brother and sister were both good-looking, with smiles on their faces and sweet voices when they spoke, and they looked very likable.

Wang Zhen's eyes narrowed with joy. After the family left a long way, she was still chatting with the welcoming classmates about the two children. However, her focus was on the children. A female classmate paid attention to Su Ting and asked in a low voice, "How old do you think she is?"

"Who?" Wang Zhen asked after a moment of surprise.

"Student Su Ting, she looks too young, like she is only a few years older than us. No, she looks younger than us. But look at her son, he must be at least ten years old, right?"

Another female classmate was not very happy to hear this and pouted, "How do you know she is younger than us? You can tell she is not young at first glance."

The female classmate who started the conversation said, "From her face, look at her skin, it's so white and smooth, without even a wrinkle."

"I think she looks quite old anyway."

"You are jealous of her skin, right?"

"I'm jealous of her? What do I have to be jealous of her for?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Wang Zhen quickly stopped them and said, "Come on, today is the first day of school, you are here to welcome the new students, so pay attention to your appearance."

Upon hearing this, the two men snorted at each other, turned their heads and stood on both sides of the table they had prepared.

Seeing this, several male students who had retreated to the back of the table early for fear of being affected by the fighting breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately no quarrel broke out. Wang Zhen sighed helplessly, she had already anticipated that the next three days would not be peaceful.

well.

…

Su Ting was also sighing at this moment.

She thought they had arrived early enough. It was not even half past eight and the school staff might not have started work yet, but they had already arrived at the registration point.

But the reality is that they didn't come early enough. There was already a long line at the registration point, and the line was even crooked. According to Su Ting's rough estimate, there were at least 50 or 60 people in front of them. And there was more than one such line, which showed how early everyone came.

I just hope the school staff can register faster.

Although they didn't arrive early enough, they arrived at the right time. Not long after they got to the end of the line, someone started working at the registration point and the line began to move forward slowly.

Soon, someone lined up behind them. They were a young couple, also empty-handed. But Su Ting noticed that they were lining up slowly.

Gradually, she inherited Su Ting's obsession with looks. She usually likes to play with pretty girls in the compound, and half of them are boys. After all, no matter how handsome they are, they can't be as handsome as her brother, so she has always been her brother's follower.

Of course she likes her parents very much, but Su Ting has to review and paint, and He Dongchuan goes out early and comes back late. Apart from her, the only one who has some free time in their family is He Yan, who is still in school.

When she goes out to play, she also likes to look at handsome men and beautiful women.

After the great movement, social atmosphere became more relaxed. It may not be obvious in small places, but it is deeply felt in big cities like Shanghai.

Walking on the streets of Shanghai, the dark grey and military green of the past few years are no longer the colors you see, but bright colors such as red, yellow, blue and purple. Young girls no longer wear thick braids, but start to let their hair down, or even curl it.

Recently, many military wives in the compound have been ready to make some moves. Even Meng Xiuzhen has invited Su Ting. She doesn't dare to do these fancy things alone.

But Su Ting has always had reservations about perming her hair.

Although wool curls were popular in the country before she traveled through time, it is well known that this hairstyle is very picky about the person. This person refers not only to the person who wears the hairstyle, but also to the skills of the hairstylist.

If you pass both tests, you will be a retro beauty walking on the street. If your hairstyle is not good, people may give you a nickname, such as poodle.

After careful consideration, Su Ting decided not to take the risk. Long straight black hair is also good.

Having said that, with more women dressing up, there are naturally more beauties on the streets. Every time Su Ting comes to Shanghai, she holds Man Man's hand tightly, for fear that she will forget to walk when she sees her beautiful sister.

The man and woman standing behind them were very good-looking, so as the brother and sister chatted, they slowly turned around and looked up at them intently.

They both look good, and they are getting better. Her face is round, with a slightly pointed chin, fair and tender skin, and delicate features. Her eyes are big and round, with clear black and white, and sparkling.

So the young woman quickly noticed him, smiled and asked, "Little boy, what's your name?"

"My name is Manman." Manman introduced himself and added, "It means fast and slow."

The young woman was surprised and asked, "Can you read?" She thought he should not be very old.

"I don't know," he shook his head slowly, "but I can count. I can count from one to fifty!"

The young woman laughed and said, "Wow, Man Man is really amazing."

He slowly raised his chin in a cocky manner and hummed twice in triumph.

Hearing their conversation, Su Ting, He Dongchuan and He Yan all turned their heads, so the young woman smiled at Su Ting and said, "Your daughter is very cute."

"Thank you." Su Ting smiled back and asked, "Are you also a freshman here to register?"

She asked this mainly because the other party and the man behind her were obviously together. It was possible that the husband registered with his wife, or the wife registered with her husband, or even that both of them passed the exam and registered together.

The young woman introduced, "Yes, my name is Duan Xiaolan, I'm from the Economics Department, and this is my husband Lu Zheng, he studied mathematics."

"Hello, my name is Su Ting, and I speak Chinese." After Su Ting introduced herself, she also introduced He Dongchuan and the brother and sister to the other party.

If it were decades later, Su Ting would definitely not introduce her family members so clearly to someone she had just met for less than ten minutes. But this was the 1970s, and they were at the university registration point, so the people they met would not be bad people.

After the introduction, Duan Xiaolan asked, "Did they send you here to register?"

"Um."

"Your husband is so good to you." Duan Xiaolan couldn't help but sigh, "Where are you from?"

Su Ting explained: "I am from Hubei Province, but my husband is serving in the army near Shanghai, not far from the school, more than an hour's drive away."

Lu Zheng, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly interrupted and mentioned a place name, which was the name of the county where he was stationed: "Where did you come from?"

Su Ting was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

He Dongchuan asked: "Comrade Lu is familiar with Shanghai?"

"I've been here for two years," Lu Zheng replied.

The two men started talking, and then the others went their separate ways to chat. After all, they were talking about different topics. They were playing chess, while Su Ting and Duan Xiaolan were talking about broader and less complicated topics, and the two children could also join in the conversation from time to time.

This chat lasted for more than an hour.

I have to say that the staff at the registration point were quite slow.

But come to think of it, it's not their fault. Although there was no tuition fee to go to school at that time, which saved the payment process, there were no computers at work, and all student information had to be checked by eye.

Although the data needs to be further checked after it is collected, I only took a quick look today, but on average it took each person a little over a minute, which is not slow.

When they arrived at the registration window, He Dongchuan and his two children stepped aside, and Su Ting went forward to hand in the information herself.

The window staff looked at the information, asked a few questions, and after confirming that everything was correct, handed Su Ting a form, which she could use to collect her dormitory key, student ID, etc.

When Su Ting heard the words "dormitory key", she asked, "Teacher, who should I ask if I don't want to live on campus?"

"Go find your counselor."

Su Ting said "oh", took the form and left the team. After saying goodbye to Duan Xiaolan and her husband, she left with He Dongchuan and their two children.

She had just registered and was completely in the dark about the school. She was unclear about many things and didn't even know which door to the counselor's office. She had no choice but to go back to the orientation point to find her seniors.

After asking for directions at the orientation point, the family moved to the administration building.

Finally, I found the counselor's office with great difficulty, but there was no one inside. After waiting for a long time, a teacher finally came upstairs. I stopped him and asked him, but he was not the counselor in Su Ting's class.

The man knew the other person, after all, they were colleagues, but he didn't know where he was. There were no mobile phones in those days. The teacher thought for a while and suggested: "If you are not in a hurry, you can talk about it in the class meeting. If you are in a hurry, just wait here for a while. Maybe he will come back soon."

Although it was useless, it was indeed a suggestion. Su Ting thanked the teacher and after discussing with He Dongchuan, decided to continue waiting here.

This matter is too important, she won't feel at ease if it isn't done today.

This wait lasted more than an hour, but the communication process went smoothly. It was learned that there was no one to take care of the child. Su Ting did not want to bring the child to live in the dormitory and cause trouble to others, so she rented a house outside. The counselor said, "I will tell the higher-ups about this. You want to withdraw from the dormitory, right?"

"right."

"Okay," the counselor nodded, then asked again, "By the way, did you bring your marriage certificate?"

Su Ting was stunned: "Do you still need a marriage certificate?"

"Of course, without a marriage certificate, I can't prove your situation to the higher-ups," the counselor said thoughtfully, "Not only the marriage certificate, but also your and your child's household registration information would be best provided. You are a local, so this procedure would be easier."

Once students enter the school, the school will be responsible for their personal safety, so the school stipulates that all students must live on campus after registering. There may be some concessions for sophomores and juniors, but the freshman year is very strict and cannot live outside unless there are special circumstances.

Therefore, if Su Ting wanted to withdraw from the dormitory, she couldn't just tell the counselor. She had to prepare all the necessary documents and get approval from the superiors before she could withdraw. However, the counselor also said that her case was a special case and as long as she prepared all the documents, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Generally speaking, it is not a big problem, which means that if there are no unexpected events, the matter can be handled.

So Su Ting felt relieved. As long as the matter could be done, it would be fine. Anyway, if there was no result in the next few days, she would take Man Man to the dormitory to sleep for a few days, sell it hard, and then urge it again.

After talking with the counselor, it was almost time for lunch. After discussing it, Su Ting and He Dongchuan did not go out to find a restaurant, but took the two children directly to the cafeteria.

Since we have finally come here, how can we not go to the cafeteria to have a meal?

Fudan University has a large campus and many canteens, so they chose the closest one. But there were obviously many people who shared their ideas, and the canteen was packed with people. It was obvious that the queue for food would be long.

Seeing this, Su Ting decisively turned around. Since the cafeteria was open at any time, it was better not to go in today. So the family went outside the school and finally found a state-owned hotel nearby to eat.

Probably because it was the first day of school, business in the state-owned hotel was pretty good. Several tables on the first floor were occupied, and there were only two empty tables on the second floor. When I walked past, all I could hear was discussions about the start of school at Fudan University.

Coincidentally, not long after they sat down, Duan Xiaolan and Lu Zheng also went up the stairs to the second floor.

Duan Xiaolan was surprised to see Su Ting and the others. She walked over and greeted them with a smile: "Nice to see you again. When did you arrive?"

"We just arrived. Why didn't you eat at school?" Su Ting asked with a smile.

Although the two groups had met before, they were not familiar with each other. Duan Xiaolan and his wife were obviously not the kind of people who would come to chat with each other. After they came over, they did not sit down, but sat down at an empty table next to them. They said helplessly, "We went there, but there were too many people, so they left again."

"We are the same. Which cafeteria did you go to?"

Duan Xiaolan gave a number: "After we registered, we went to the counselor to check out. It was almost twelve o'clock when we finished. I was too lazy to run, so I found a cafeteria nearby, but there were too many people inside. I didn't know when I could eat if I waited in line, so I ran away."

Su Ting was really shocked: "You guys are also going to check out?"

"I do have this idea." Duan Xiaolan said.

"Do you have a place to stay?"

Duan Xiaolan shook her head: "Not yet, we plan to take advantage of the first two days of school to have more time to look around."

Su Ting said "oh" and remembered the house she was renting now.

It was a three-story Western-style building with six households divided upstairs and downstairs, including studios, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments. When she last went there years ago, they were still the only tenants there.

Although she hadn't visited the house since the Chinese New Year, it had only been more than half a month. Even if there were many people renting houses after the Chinese New Year, there should be one or two vacant rooms. Su Ting was a little hesitant about whether to introduce the landlord to Duan Xiaolan and his wife. After all, they were just casual acquaintances and she didn't know them well.

But after the conversation just now, Su Ting felt that Duan Xiaolan had a cheerful personality, and although Lu Zheng was silent and didn't like to talk, he had a clear gaze and didn't look like a bad person.

Besides, they are all alumni after all. Anyone who can get into university these days is well-educated and has no problem with their IQ. People with normal IQ, even if they have bad character, generally won't do anything naughty. They all want face and reputation, otherwise why would they be called hypocrites?

Thinking about it this way, it would be okay to introduce the landlord to them. If they didn't want to rent the house, she would have done her part.

If they decide to rent, and they are good people, she will have a good neighbor, and she will have someone to look after her when she lives there with Manman. If they are not good people, she is not afraid that they will bully her since they are from the same school. Moreover, the landlord is a professor in the school, and they will be more restrained for his sake.

After thinking it over, Su Ting said, "There may be vacant houses in the place I rent."

"Really? Where do you live?"

Su Ting told the address and introduced it: "It is a three-story Western-style building. It was previously allocated to a state-owned factory as a dormitory for employees. The landlord took back the house last year. The maintenance inside is OK. The landlord added a bed and a wardrobe. If you need other furniture, you may have to figure it out by yourselves. If you are interested, I will give you the landlord's contact information."

It can be seen that the woman is the one who makes the decision in this couple. Duan Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

"No trouble." Su Ting waved her hand, took out a notebook and pen from her messenger bag, wrote down the landlord's contact information, handed it to Duan Xiaolan and said, "The landlord is a professor at the school. His last name is Zhou. Just call him Teacher Zhou when you contact him."

Duan Xiaolan took the note and said, "Thank you."

"We are all classmates." Su Ting was willing to help them mainly because of this.

The building she rented would always be occupied by someone, and having classmates as neighbors was always better than having strangers. Moreover, colleagues, classmates, and neighbors meant connections.

Although her industry doesn't rely much on personal connections, it's always good to know more people.

…

After lunch, the couple took their two children to their residence.

The house was occupied before and has been vacant for less than half a year. During that time, Professor Zhou arranged for someone to clean it, so the house is relatively clean. It's just that the doors and windows have been closed all the time, so there is a bit of smell when you go in, but it's not serious and it will be fine after you move in and ventilate it.

The house they rented was on the second floor. The house was not big, only about 40 to 50 square meters at most, and was divided into two rooms, a living room, and a bathroom. The previous resident also built a stove on the balcony, which was barely enough for cooking.

It can be said that although the house they rented was small, it had everything that was necessary.

Because we had cleaned the house before the New Year, we didn't need to do much cleaning today. We just needed to open the windows to ventilate the room, wipe off the dust on the surface of the table, sweep the floor, and pack our luggage.

There was not much to do, and even with the kids making things difficult, they could finish the cleaning in an afternoon.

They didn't cook in the evening, but ate at a nearby restaurant. Taking a walk home after dinner could be considered exercise, and they could directly heat water for a bath.

After taking a shower, the family of four lay down on the bed in the master bedroom, chatting and laughing as they prepared to go to sleep.

Well, it’s not just He Dongchuan who feels a sense of ceremony. The two children as well have to sleep with their parents on the first day of moving into the new house!

For this purpose, Su Ting even organized an internal family vote, and the result was that He Dongchuan was one against three, so she had to let the two little guys sleep in the master bedroom with a sullen face.