The news that Han Zhenyu and Su Xieqiu were admitted to university spread not only in the Sanhua Brigade and the commune, but also in Nanping County.
Both husband and wife were admitted to Beijing University, and one of them was the top scorer in the province. This is probably the only one in the whole province, not just in their county.
All the gossipers in the village shut up, and in the afternoon they formed a group to go to Han Zhenyu's house to congratulate him. They flattered him in all kinds of ways, and those nice words seemed to be free.
Since guests are welcome, Su Xieqiu accepted all the treats with a smile and even asked the twins to pour tea for them and give them candies.
Their whole family will leave here after the New Year, and they don't have any deep hatred with these people. There is no need to be fussy about a few gossips.
The educated youths from several nearby brigades who failed the exam, as well as the students from the village who were going to take the college entrance exam, all came to Han Zhenyu's house to borrow review materials, hoping to get some credit for being the top scorer.
Su Xieqiu was not stingy and left a part of the test paper for the middle army of Uncle Du's family.
The rest were all given to the educated youth, who were asked to go back and pick out the useful ones to copy.
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Throughout the afternoon, there was a constant stream of people coming to Han Zhenyu's house to congratulate him.
By the time we sent everyone away, it was already evening.
Su Xieqiu steamed the rice in the pot and said to Han Zhenyu who was cutting meat, "Write your resignation report tomorrow. The New Year is only ten days away. Clean up the house. We should go there early after the New Year. We still have to find schools for the twins and Tiantian."
Han Zhenyu smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll do it tomorrow. When I send Xiaojie and Xiujuan back in two days, I'll buy the train tickets. There will definitely be a lot of people returning to the city after the Chinese New Year, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to buy tickets by then."
Grandma Du, who was making a fire, hesitated for a while and gave them some worried instructions.
"Zhenyu, Zhenyu's wife, when we get to Beijing, you must take good care of the children. Don't lose them."
Han Zhenyu and Su Xieqiu both stopped what they were doing.
The couple looked at each other and suddenly remembered that they hadn't told their parents about this yet.
The old lady wouldn’t think that she and grandpa wouldn’t be taken with her, right?
Su Xieqiu put down the food in his hand and said with a smile: "Grandma, we both have to go to school, so we don't have time to take care of the children. You and my grandfather will have to pick them up when the time comes."
"Mrs. Zhenyu, are we going with you too?" Grandma Du was surprised and happy.
She had raised these children since they were young, and she would be reluctant to separate them. But when she thought about the cost of going to the city, she hesitated again.
"Grandma, you and grandpa must come with us, otherwise who will help take care of the children?"
Su Xieqiu washed his hands, sat next to her and joked, "Old lady, your great-grandson is still young, and you and my grandfather haven't completed the task yet. You want to retire now, that's not okay."
Grandma Du was very happy to hear that her grandson's wife thought so highly of her and the old man, but she still looked a little embarrassed.
Su Xieqiu saw through it and continued to coax her, "Old lady, if you don't go with us, you will be separated from your grandson and your great-grandson in the future. Can you bear it?"
"Of course I can't bear to part with it." Grandma Du smiled and patted her hands, "Daughter-in-law Zhenyu, as long as you can still use me and your grandfather, we will be happy in our hearts."
"Grandma, our family cannot do without you and my grandpa. When you two old people have grown up, you will have to help them take care of the babies. Your Zhenyu and I have to pursue our careers and cannot take care of the family. From now on, you and my grandpa will have to take care of our family."
Su Xieqiu thought that the two elders had helped look after the children and take care of the home over the years and had been so good to her.
From now on, no matter where she and Han Zhenyu go, they must take their grandparents with them and take good care of them, so that the two old people can have a comfortable and peaceful old age.
When Grandma Du heard what her grandson's wife said, she felt as happy as if she had drunk honey.
In fact, the old couple wanted to go with their grandson because they were worried about their children, but they were afraid of adding to the burden on their grandson and his wife.
I heard that everything in the city costs money. In the past, my grandson worked and earned a salary, and he was able to support his family.
But now the couple has to go to school and raise several children. Plus, they are two old guys, so food alone is a big expense.
Grandma Du was a little worried. She calculated the amount of money she had saved in her mind and it was about six or seven hundred.
More than two hundred yuan was saved by her and the old man, and the rest was pocket money given by her grandson and his wife over the years.
They have food and shelter here, and their clothes are bought by their grandson's wife, so they basically don't spend any money.
Grandma Du saved all the money, planning to use it for her children's marriages in the future.
She thought that if her grandson was short of money, she would use the money for an emergency and then save it slowly for the future.
Anyway, the children are still young and it’s still several years before they get married.
When they got to Beijing, she and her husband would ask if they could find some odd jobs. No matter how much they earned, it would always help lighten the burden on the children.
After dinner, Grandma Du and Grandpa Du went back to their room to talk for a while, and then came out with a stack of money.
"Zhenyu's wife, this money is pocket money you and Zhenyu gave me. Your grandfather and I don't need it, so you can keep it. After the New Year, you two will go to school and the family will have no income. Take this money for emergencies."
As Grandma Du spoke, she stuffed the money into Su Xieqiu's hand.
Han Zhenyu and Su Xieqiu were surprised for a moment, looking at the stack of money in their hands. Most of them were ten-yuan and five-yuan notes, neatly placed and tied with a small rope.
"Oh, old lady, you have quite a lot of money." Han Zhenyu took the money and looked at it, then asked her with a smile, "Do you have any private money?"
"You little brat, it's all gone." Grandma Du scolded with a smile, took the money from his hand, and put it back into Su Xieqiu's hand, "Zhenyu's wife, you take the pocket money."
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