◎Second update◎
After school on Saturday, Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengya, who lived on campus, rode their bicycles home together. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Yueya Hutong, they saw a lot of people gathered together, all facing the wall, and they didn't know what they were looking at.
Who can suppress their curiosity? Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengya looked at each other, stopped their bikes at the same time, and walked over.
Liang Baozhen saw an acquaintance from the outer circle, Aunt Li, and asked, "Aunt Li, what are you doing?"
Li Zhengxia saw the two college students from the Xu family coming back and waved them in to take a look. "The family planning office is promoting it so that everyone can plan their children."
Liang Baozhen remembered that the latest newspaper she saw in the school library two days ago proposed that "it is better for a couple to have only one child①".
Now, the outer wall at the entrance of the alley is painted white, and staff from the Family Planning Office are writing slogans on it with red paint.
The left wall says: It is better for a couple to have only one child②, and the right wall says: Fewer and better children lead to a happy life③.
There were quite a few people gathered around, all of them came to watch the excitement, but quite a few uncles and aunts had complaints and started grumbling in the crowd.
"How can you have just one? Who doesn't have a few children?"
"My family only has one granddaughter now, so we have to have another grandson?"
After the staff of the Family Planning Office finished their work, they began to distribute flyers to everyone. The first line had a big slogan, and below it was the family planning policy propaganda.
"Grandpa and Mom, times have changed. It doesn't matter whether you have a boy or a girl. You can't be so eager to have a son."
After all, I walked a little further and prepared to write a slogan on the next wall - it doesn't matter whether you have a boy or a girl.
Before leaving, the family planning office staff told everyone that they would go to every alley to promote family planning work in a few days, and hoped that everyone would actively cooperate.
After the others left, the discussion became louder. Nowadays, every family has many children. Who could accept someone publicly announcing that they would only have one child?
"How can you really just have one child?"
"With one child, the family will not be able to survive!"
"Forget it, forget it, I have to go back to cook."
Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengya watched the excitement for a while, then pushed their bicycles to the compound. Beside them were a group of grandpas and grandmas who were rushing home. Xu Shengya was still far away from the topic of having children. Her only thought was, "Sister-in-law, the words on the wall of the Family Planning Office are quite beautiful."
"Indeed, it's good." Liang Baozhen recalled it, looking upright and generous.
When they returned to the large compound, Luo Hongmei was basking in the sun with her daughter-in-law Wang Xiaocui in the yard. Wang Xiaocui was more than three months pregnant, and her belly was not yet noticeable. Next to her was her skinny and petite daughter-in-law Yao Xiangli.
"Why did so many of you come back together?" Luo Hongmei didn't know what had happened, but there must be some news, otherwise how could there be such a large group of people.
Li Zhengxia remembered the slogan that the Family Planning Office had written outside and couldn't help but remind her, "Luo Hongmei, the Family Planning Office should be promoting it everywhere now, saying that it's good to have only one child, so that everyone can plan their family."
What she meant was that she was just a few months pregnant with her second child, which did not comply with the family planning policy.
Luo Hongmei sneered and said, "What does this have to do with our family? We are going to have two children!"
After all, Wang Xiaocui and her ex-husband had three big fat boys, and she believed that her daughter-in-law must be pregnant with a son this time.
A few days later, the Family Planning Office really organized a family planning promotion in every alley. Every family had to send a representative to carry a bench and go to the open space at the entrance of the alley to listen to the promotion.
She was the only one who went to Luo Hongmei's house, but she sat there and ignored what was said. She didn't take it seriously at all, but was secretly protesting in her heart.
Zhou Yun was the only one free in the Xu family, so she went there carrying Shanshan.
Shanshan had never attended such a large-scale meeting. While others were impatiently listening to the family planning propaganda, she was the most excited and clapped the loudest.
The staff of the Family Planning Office are mainly here to promote family planning this time. There are no mandatory requirements. After all, the main focus now is still on advocacy and publicity, and efforts are made to change everyone's mindset.
The lecture lasted for an hour. Shanshan listened with great interest, whether she understood or not. She was put on the ground by her grandmother and went back to the yard with the main force.
Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie returned home in the evening and heard what Zhou Yun said. Neither of them had any idea about it, after all, they were not ready to have a second child.
Shanshan was too brainwashed today and started reading slogans at the dinner table:
"Look for someone who is not good at making money, and you will be lucky all your life."
"It's better to have only one baby."
Liang Baozhen was so amused by her daughter's words that she fell backwards and laughed. "If the family planning office heard this, Shanshan would be so angry that she would faint. She talked about giving birth to one child for a long time, but Shanshan ended up giving birth to another child."
Xu Shengjie couldn't help laughing. The child's speech was still a little unclear, and he often made some ridiculous sounds. "Will Shanshan be able to pass the Chinese language test in the future?"
After all, her mother majored in Chinese at Peking University. Wouldn't it be unacceptable if her daughter failed in Chinese?
Liang Baozhen immediately retorted, "Of course, she is my daughter! How could she fail in Chinese?"
Shanshan doesn't know that she is still far from going to school!
Besides, if she fails, it will definitely be her father's fault!
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Shanshan grew up fast. She ate a lot every day, gained weight and grew taller. In autumn, she put on new clothes that her father brought her, and she looked beautiful in them.
Shanshan, who is only two years old, already knows how to love beauty.
She loved looking at herself in her mother's small mirror. She looked so pretty in the mirror, a chubby little ball, but her chubbyness could not hide her delicate facial features.
When Xu Shengjie got home, he saw his girlfriend looking at herself in the mirror and smiling at herself. Her smile was so sweet.
"Looking in the mirror again?"
Liang Baozhen looked at the lady and nodded, "How conceited she is. Do you know what she said when she looked in the mirror today?"
Xu Shengjie took off his jacket and sat next to his wife and daughter-in-law, asking curiously, "What did you say?"
"She." Liang Baozhen imitated the tone of a lady, with a little babyish voice, "Looking at myself in the mirror, I said, 'You are so beautiful! How can there be such a beautiful little girl like you in the world?'"
“Hahahahahaha.” Xu Shengjie picked up the girl who was looking in the mirror, put her on his lap, and kissed her face, “Our Shanshan is the most beautiful little doll.”
Shanshan felt uncomfortable with her father's short stubble on her face, so she complained to her mother, "Dad has grown thorns again~"
Xu Shengjie was quite busy these past two days. The clothing store was changing seasons and selling autumn clothes. He didn't have time to shave. He just laughed and said, "Dad, go shave tomorrow."
"Okay." Shanshan decided not to give up on her father for the time being.
Today's family dinner was the food Xu Shengjie bought at the state-owned hotel on his way back. After dinner, the family rested in the yard and talked with neighbors.
Zhou Yun started knitting again. This time she was making scarves for the girls in the family, including the little girl Shanshan. Winter was coming in a few months, and they would be warm if they were wrapped around their necks.
Xu Shengjie glanced at his grandmother but didn't stop her.
Actually, everything can be bought in department stores nowadays, but grandma would be bored when she has nothing to do at home. Her only hobby is knitting. Xu Shengjie naturally wouldn't stop her, but just told her not to knit for too long a day and to take care of her eyes.
Zhou Yun smiled and said, "I know what's going on."
She turned to Shanshan and said, "Shanshan, can I make you a beautiful red scarf?"
Shanshan nodded, "Okay, I like the red one."
Liang Baozhen was at Liu Nianhua's house with Cheng Caili at that time. After dinner and doing homework, she came over to talk to the two of them.
Liu Nianhua has been worried recently. Her eldest son Zhou Long is eleven years old this year and graduated from the fifth grade of elementary school. However, he failed the entrance examination to junior high school. He was not very good at studying in the first place. Although he is now doing better than many people of his parents' generation as a primary school graduate, what should she do with such a young child?
"I'm thinking about letting him learn a skill." A grown-up like this can't just stay at home, he has to make a living.
Cheng Caili nodded, "If you don't want to study anymore, you can learn a skill and have a meal in the future. But now it's hard to find a job for educated people. It was OK before, because the street office took care of it. But now so many educated youth have returned to the city, and it's even harder to manage them."
Liang Baozhen was puzzled, "Sister Hua, why don't you let Xiaolong do your father's old job? Learn to drive?"
Liu Nianhua shook his head, "Xiaolong doesn't want to learn. Maybe he was influenced by his father's incident. I asked him and he said he has no interest in driving."
When Zhou Guoping's affair became a big deal, Zhou Long was already old enough to understand things. It seems that it still had a significant impact on the child, which is understandable.
"I think now that even if you want to work in a factory, you need a junior high school diploma to take the recruitment exam. I've seen that it's already a struggle for Xiaolong to finish elementary school."
Liang Baozhen also thought about it in her mind. If Xiaolong was not too young, she could still take him to do business. But this guy is still a half-grown child.
"Sister Hua, what are you going to let him learn?"
"Let's see if he's a barber, a carpenter, or a shoe repairman?" Liu Nianhua thought about it. There happened to be three masters in the big courtyard of Yueya Hutong. One opened a barber shop and could make some money. One was good at making furniture and often made dowries for the neighbors nearby and could also earn some money. The last one was a shoe repairman who set up a shoe repair stall at the corner of the street and his business seemed to be good.
"I think the barber is very good." Cheng Caili's family member Lu Yuan likes to find that barber. He can shave his head and beard at the same time. He is an experienced craftsman.
Liu Nianhua was also confused. "I think shoe repairmen are not bad. Even when businesses were not allowed in the past, shoe repairmen were able to set up stalls. Besides, this business can be used by men, women, young and old. Everyone needs to have their shoes repaired."
Only Liang Baozhen thought carpentry was good. After all, she thought carpentry had more development options. "Sister Hua, learn carpentry. It's a good skill. It's good for making furniture for the family. Maybe you can develop into something else later."
She remembered that it was written in the book that when the economy developed, the real estate industry became the hottest industry, and the corresponding decoration industry also took off. Many former carpenters switched to decoration and made a fortune.
"Do you think it's better to learn from a carpenter?" Liu Nianhua still didn't figure it out.
"Yes." Liang Baozhen nodded, "Trust me, this industry has a future."
Liu Nianhua doesn't really understand what future prospects are. She just wants her son to learn a skill so that he can make a living in the future. However, Baozhen is a college student and must have a better vision.
"Okay, then let's learn carpentry."
A few days later, she brought her eldest son Zhou Long, carrying two pounds of pork belly and a pound of chicken cake, to the big courtyard at the end of the alley to become a disciple.
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