The next morning, Liu Jingze didn't eat breakfast because he was too lazy to make it.
He rode his bike to the power supply bureau, took the slip of paper, found someone who could calculate the money back, and also found Dashan to tell him to remember to visit the school principal before he went back.
"If I get an acceptance letter today, I'll take it back, but I won't come to tell you. If I don't, then it's yours. So you should definitely go and ask the principal."
"Don't worry, Brother Jingze, it's no problem. I know where the principal lives. I will definitely go there."
Liu Jingze rode his bike towards the school. Now that it's the holidays, only a few teachers' families are still staying here.
Liu Jingze went to his teacher's house first. "Teacher, this is a fish that Zhang Hongmei gave you."
"Hehe, this child is really thoughtful. How about it? Is he truly in love?"
"Yes, she's truly in love, but she's still too young, there's still a long way to go."
"Hehe, I don't think this girl will necessarily get along with you?"
Liu Jingze looked at his teacher with a puzzled expression. "It's just a feeling. I know a little about the I Ching, so I'm just saying this."
"Hehe, how can it be mine if it's not mine? Alright, I still need to go to the principal's office and the homes of her teachers."
"Chen Sheng is the only one not here. Go ahead. Remember what I told you before: don't force things, just let nature take its course."
Liu Jingze didn't speak, but lowered his head and turned to leave. Force it? What could he gain if he didn't fight for it?
"Principal, I am Liu Jingze."
"Jingze, come in quickly! Why are you here at this hour?"
"This is fish Zhang Hongmei gave you. She caught it herself. She was a little afraid of traveling, so she didn't come over."
"There are fish too! That's great! And they're big grass carp!"
The notification letter hasn't arrived yet; I reckon it should arrive around the 25th or 26th.
"It's alright, someone from our village will come and pick it up. I won't stay any longer, I still need to deliver it to a few teachers."
After delivering the fish, Liu Jingze went to the building. The girl probably didn't have any candy left, so he went to see if he could buy some. He would then go to the post office to pick up the newspaper, and then he would have to wait for Wang Hongxi and the others.
When I arrived at the building, I saw that there were already a lot of people there so early. I wandered around for a while, but there were long queues at every counter, so I had to queue behind the candy counter.
When it was Liu Jingze's turn, he only bought two jin (1 kg). They wouldn't sell him more, even if he had a ticket.
There was no other way, so after checking the time, I went to the black market again and bought six pounds of brown sugar for two yuan and fifty cents a pound and five pounds of white sugar for three yuan a pound before leaving.
When they arrived at the post office, Huang Ying asked Liu Jingze to bring back three jin of yarn for Zhang Hongmei, as this was not something easy to obtain.
It was already 11:30. Liu Jingze hurriedly went home, found some noodles in the storeroom, cooked a bowl, ate his fill, cleaned up the kitchen, and then buried the remaining fish in the snow.
I lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) wanting to sleep for a while. But I just couldn't fall asleep. I kept thinking about what the teacher had said, and I felt really uncomfortable. I tossed and turned, trying to relax.
It's almost one o'clock, let's get up. We'll go wait for them at the cotton mill gate in a bit. We won't get home until five or six o'clock today.
He cleaned the house again, and after thinking about it, he emptied half a water tank before leaving.
There was a bus stop at the cotton mill, so Liu Jingze rode directly to the mill's gate.
"Grandpa, could you please call Liu Jianguo? I'm from the same village as him."
"Hehe, I've seen you before, you came here with that little girl. You wait here, I'll go call her."
Liu Jianguo rushed out, "Jingze, what brings you here? Where's Hongmei?"
"She's at home. Your dad and the others should be here soon. They're delivering fish to your cotton mill today."
"Fish? Caught in our village?"
"Okay, you go to work first. Keep an eye on things. Come back and check on them when your dad and the others arrive."
"Okay, I'm going to work now. Or, Jingze, why don't you come stay in my dorm?"
"No need, you can go ahead."
At 1:30, the car finally arrived, and it was the same three people again.
"Hey girl, we'll wait at this stop. We'll be back in about half an hour."
"Yes, brothers, don't be late. There are a lot of people taking the bus back at this time." The driver and the ticket seller helped the four of them unload the six baskets of fish.
"Don't worry, it won't cause any delays."
The three carried baskets on their backs, and Liu Jingze left his bicycle at the gatehouse and watched from outside.
They went in together the second time. Everything went very smoothly. The total was 1,173 jin, which was 1,173 yuan. The four of them quickly took the money and went to the station to wait.
Liu Jianguo hurriedly came over, said a few words to his father, greeted Wang Hongxi and Da Shan's father, and then left.
The four of them felt relieved after boarding the train. The train was unusually crowded. Everyone who had come to the city was heading back. Liu Jingze sat at the very back, had bought two tickets, and his bicycle certainly took up too much space.
It was almost five o'clock when we arrived in the village. There were so many people getting on and off the bus that the journey took a long time.
"Jingze, here is 1,173 yuan. Take it and ride your bicycle back first."
"Okay, all the money is with me. Including this, it's three thousand one hundred and fifteen."
"Just give it to your great-grandmother when you get back."
"knew."
Liu Jingze arrived home at six o'clock. "Grandma, this is the money from selling the fish, three thousand and fifteen."
"There are quite a few. Are those three walking behind?"
"Yes, I've come back with the money."
"Go on, your mom made dumplings for you, go and eat them quickly."
"Okay, I'll go to Hongmei first. I bought a lot of brown sugar and white sugar from the city."
"Go ahead and tell that girl to come and eat dumplings too."
Liu Jingze went out of the house and found his mother. "Mom, here are three catties of brown sugar and two catties of white sugar. I'll take the rest to Hongmei."
"Take them all to her; there's still some at home."
"We have it at home, it's from home, I bought it."
"Call Hongmei over to eat dumplings. I'll boil some water right now."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
"Hongmei, open the door, I'm back."
Upon hearing that it was Liu Jingze, Zhang Hongmei quickly opened the door, "Brother Jingze, you're back now?"
"I've been back for a while, but the village chief and the other two haven't gotten home yet." Liu Jingze parked his bicycle and handed the basket to Zhang Hongmei.
"Here are six catties of brown sugar and three catties of white sugar. I reckon you're out of sugar."
"Heh, there really aren't any left. You bought them all on the black market, right?"
"Yeah, they only sold two jin in the building, they won't sell you any more. Come on, my mom's calling you home for dumplings."
"I've already eaten, I'm not going anymore, you should go home now."
Liu Jingze couldn't see the expression on Zhang Hongmei's face, but her tone was serious.
"Okay, I'll go back now. I'll come find you tomorrow. The principal said I should be able to get here around the 25th or 26th.
"Okay, go back and rest now."
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