Chapter 229 Yi Lao and the other two come to the capital
During the Spring Festival of 1975, Xu Hexiao invited Weng Song and Mu Huaishan to come over, and the whole family celebrated the New Year together.
Xu Boxi's four children haven't seen their two teachers for a year. Although they haven't met, they often read the books written by the two teachers.
Each of the four of them wrote down a lot of questions. As soon as Weng Song and Mu Huaishan arrived, they were entangled by them. The two teachers didn't even have time to say a word of greeting to Lin Qi, and they answered the children's questions first.
Zhao Shu looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel sad. He murmured quietly, "I never see them pestering me like this when I come back on weekdays."
Hearing this, Lin Qi's mouth twitched and she winked at the three children. The three children immediately rushed over and surrounded Zhao Shu, "Grandpa, Grandpa, we want to play the game of fighting the Japanese."
Zhao Shu immediately smiled and said, "Okay."
At the dinner table, Weng Song asked, "Has anyone in the barracks bullied you?"
“No.” All four children shook their heads. “We’re very welcome.”
Before the old man asked them why they were so popular, several children took the initiative to tell him.
“They want to eat what we bring.”
"They couldn't beat us, and they had no choice but to fight us."
"They also wanted to come to our house as guests and kept trying to please us, but we wouldn't give them anything."
“........”
The six-year-old children were chattering and carefree.
Time passed quietly, and soon it was the end of 1975, when Weng Song and Mu Huaishan were rehabilitated. They finally didn't have to continue sweeping toilets and streets.
"Someone else is living in our house now, and it will take some time to clear it out," Weng said. "We still live in that small alley, but our freedom is no longer restricted."
"We don't have any position now, and we have nothing to do, so we can come here to teach the three little ones." Mu Huaishan said.
"They are only two and a half years old. Aren't they still a little young?" Lin Qi hesitated.
"But I think their mental abilities are no different from those of four or five-year-old children." Weng Song said. Teachers like smart children, and they like Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao's children.
"Okay." As long as they don't feel tired, she, as a mother, naturally has no objection.
However, just after 1975, at the beginning of 1976, Weng Song and Mu Huaishan became busy. Sometimes when Xu Hexiao went to look for them, there was no one at home.
In February, Xu Hexiao received a letter from Teacher Yi and three others, saying that they were also coming to the capital.
"It was Elder Weng and Elder Mu who smoothed over the relationship with the higher-ups, and they were rehabilitated. They could have returned to their hometown, but they didn't. Instead, they asked their students to sell their houses in their hometown and come directly to the capital."
"Come to join us? Or come to work?"
"Both. They are going to work with Mr. Weng and Mr. Mu."
"Will you stay with us? Do you want to clean up the room now?"
"Even if we don't stay here on weekdays, we will stay here occasionally. It's okay. We don't have many rooms, but we have many beds. We can still find a place to sleep if we squeeze together."
"These teachers are returning to work one after another. Does this mean that the college entrance examination will be resumed?"
"Next time we meet, I'll ask Elder Weng and Elder Mu. Are you thinking about those educated youths in Anliang Brigade?"
"The only educated youth I thought of was Jian Tongyi. However, apart from the educated youth, the life in Anliang Brigade has been good in recent years, and many people are studying in high school. Informing them in advance can also preserve the last bit of friendship."
Starting this year, the new rice varieties were widely promoted throughout the country, so Lin Qi stopped mailing seeds to the Anliang Brigade. She also informed the brigade leader that they did not need to keep their houses and land, so as not to make things difficult for the brigade leader.
When Mr. Yi and his two companions arrived in the capital, Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi went to pick them up. They went there on bicycles, and when they picked them up, the bicycles were fully loaded with luggage, so they walked back together.
At home, Zhao Shu was taking care of the three children while boiling water and steaming buns. He boiled the water because he thought the three teachers were exhausted and would feel better after a bath. They made the buns together this morning, and they made more than 200 buns.
They haven't seen each other for six or seven years. Although Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao mail food, remittances, and various tickets to these three teachers every year to ensure that they have enough food and clothing, they still have to do their work. The three old people have become darker and older.
Because she often eats the food that Lin Qi induces labor, her body is still relatively strong.
Before coming to the capital, the three men had their hair cut and changed into clothes with fewer patches, and they looked much more energetic.
"We have been given a lot of reimbursement money and tickets. You don't have to subsidize us. We will buy clothes ourselves tomorrow." Old Yi instructed Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi.
"It's too late. Qiqi made two sets for each of you." Xu Hexiao said.
"I'll give Qiqi the money and tickets later." said Mr. Yi.
Lao Fu and Lao Bi echoed, "We will give too."
"Okay." Xu Hexiao didn't refuse, and said shamelessly, "You three are rich now, so why don't you make up for the New Year's money that the seven children have received since they were born?"
Lin Qi looked at Xu Hexiao in surprise. They didn't need this little money, so why did they take the initiative to ask the teachers for it?
Xu Hexiao winked at Lin Qi and said, "I was just teasing the teachers."
Lao Yi and the other two felt that Xu Hexiao was right. "It should be made up. It should be made up. All of it should be made up."
Lao Yi and his two companions only stayed at Lin Qi's house for three days and moved to the university dormitory on the fourth day.
Before moving out, Lao Yi said, "More and more people are returning to the city now, and the free trading of houses has not been liberalized, but if you have connections, you can still trade. The three of us have money now. I have a son who will come to the capital in a few months, and I plan to buy a house."
"I want to buy one too. Once I buy a house, it will be registered in the name of my children. It will be a gift to them." Lao Bi counted on his fingers, "With the money from selling the old houses and the salary supplement, it will be no problem to buy two houses for each of my children."
Whether it is a hutong or a siheyuan, many property rights are divided, so it is okay to buy one or two rooms separately.
Xu Hexiao frowned, "Just put it in your own name."
Lao Bi shook his head. "Although I am alone, there are still people in the clan. I am worried that my family will be wiped out. It is better to give it to you than to them. Without you and your wife, we would have been unable to survive these years. It's just a few houses, so we'll just give it to you."
"I'll buy some for the kids too," said Old Fu.
Xu Hexiao held his forehead with his hand, "You have a wife and children."
"They have severed ties with me." Lao Fu said, "I am the same as Lao Bi. I would rather give it to you than to others."
"You want to give it, but we don't dare to accept it, for fear that your wife and children will bother you." Xu Hexiao said. Qiqi hated trouble the most. "You also know that my husband and I are not short of money."
Old Fu pursed his lips, not very happy.
"Didn't I buy houses for my children? We can just give them thicker red envelopes every year." Lao Yi comforted Lao Fu.
Old Fu nodded, "Okay."
So, when the four older children came back from the special training camp, Lao Yi and the other two gave red envelopes to the seven children, giving each child one thousand yuan. The seven children received a total of 21,000 yuan in New Year's money, which they all gave to Lin Qi.
"Some people are returning to the capital, and some are leaving the capital. Maybe if we pay attention, we can find houses for sale." Xu Hexiao said.
If you have many children, you naturally need more houses.
"Okay. Ask Guoan to help us keep an eye out for anyone who wants to sell a house."
"You can also ask him to help inquire about Brother Cao. He has a lot of connections in the past few years."
"Let's talk to our godfather about buying a house. We're a family, so we can listen to his opinion."
In recent years, Zhao Shu has been very close to his former leader. Zhao Shu does it for his children, and the former leader does it for the wine in Zhao Shu's hand, or to be more precise, the wine brewed by Lin Qi.
When Zhao Shu heard that Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao wanted to buy a house, he immediately agreed, "Buy it, and use my savings to buy it, too."
Xu Hexiao raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid that you will lose your retirement money and we won't care about you?"
"Can you do it?" Zhao Shu asked back.
Xu Hexiao smiled, "No."
In Anliang Brigade, Jian Tongyi received a letter from Lin Qi. After reading it, he was overjoyed and immediately ran to find Ming Kangjian.
Ming Kangjian moved out of the educated youth camp after he got married. He now has two children. When he heard Jian Yitong say that the college entrance examination might be resumed, he was so excited that his whole body was shaking.
"Is the news reliable? Am I dreaming?" Ming Kangjian grabbed Jian Tongyi's hands, and Jian Tongyi pinched him hard without any hesitation.
"Are you awake?"
"Awake." Ming Kangjian gasped.
"This is the news Lin Qi sent back." Jian Yitong said with a smile, "You don't even know whether Lin Qi is reliable or not."
"Of course she is reliable. Did she say when it was?"
"No word. She guessed it would be either this year or next year. Let's prepare first."
"We do need to prepare first. Fortunately, our brigade has an elementary school and teachers are on a rotational basis, so we haven't completely abandoned our books. But I have almost forgotten the knowledge from junior high and high school. Let's go borrow the textbooks for high school students first."
"If you borrow a textbook, people will definitely ask you about it. Will you answer? If you answer, will they still lend it to you?"
"What should we do then?"
"Let's go to the scrap yard. Also, I'll write to Lin Qi to see if she can find us the textbooks and some review materials."
"Okay, thank you, bro."
In the second half of 1976, after the chaos was restored and order was restored, the families of Weng Song and Mu Huaishan returned to the capital, and their house was returned to them. After a brief rest, the two elderly people moved in.
The two old people came to invite Lin Qi and her family to visit.
At this time, the four older children were also on vacation, and only Xu Hexiao and Zhao Shu were still at work, so they made an appointment for a Sunday.
"This weekend we're at Mr. Weng's house, and next week we're at Mr. Mu's house. Should we prepare the same gifts?" Lin Qi asked.
"It's fine if it's almost there." Xu Hexiao said, "Have you decided what to give as a gift?"
There are still four days until the weekend.
"Give me furniture? I remember that both Mr. Weng and Mr. Mu said they liked our rocking chair."
"Okay, then send the furniture."
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