Chapter 87 Taotao’s House! (1)
Song Zhi rode his bicycle and took Taotao out of the military compound.
He galloped all the way.
For no other reason than that the military compound is located in a desolate area and it takes at least an hour to ride a bike from here to the city. When I got to the city, I had to buy some souvenirs. By the time I got to Professor Huang's house, it was probably around three or four in the afternoon. After finishing dinner at Professor Huang's house, I rushed back to the dormitory of the University of Science and Technology. No matter how smooth the process was, it would take at least seven o'clock.
If we can go back earlier, Taotao can have more rest.
Taotao sat on the back seat of the bicycle and sang a little song.
However, the cool breeze blowing on her face, coupled with the fact that she had eaten too much at lunch, made Taotao hum a little tune as she hugged Song Zhi's waist, her cheek against his back. Feeling the warmth, she closed her eyes and dozed off again and again.
Song Zhi chose a piece of land and stopped the car.
Tao Tao asked sleepily, "Are we there yet?"
I took a closer look and was stunned.
The surroundings are quiet, with green mountains on all sides. The environment is indeed peaceful and beautiful, but apart from a narrow road, there are not even any lamp posts!
Song Zhi got off the bike and asked her to get off as well. He leaned the bicycle against a willow tree nearby. He took her to sit under the tree, took off his coat, and motioned for her to lean on him.
——How dangerous it is to sleep on the back seat of a bicycle! What should I do if I fall?
Tao Tao was still stubborn, "I'm not sleepy! I don't want to sleep!"
Song Zhi chuckled and said softly, "I'm sleepy and I want to sleep."
Taotao immediately said: "Okay, okay, then let's do it together..." and then fell directly on his long legs and closed her eyes.
Song Zhi picked up his coat with a smile and wrapped her whole body around it.
In just ten seconds, Taotao, who was resting her head on his legs, began to snore evenly.
Song Zhi also leaned against the trunk of the willow tree, and the two of them took a nap together.
About half an hour later——
Taotao woke up first, "Song Zhi! Wake up, we have to hurry!"
Song Zhi opened his eyes.
The big white peach had already climbed onto him, bit his cheek gently, and picked up a piece of meat.
Song Zhi smiled, tilted his head, moved away, bit the tip of Da Baitao's ear, held Da Baitao and licked it slowly...
"oops--"
Dabaitao screamed, her pretty face flushed with intoxication, and she shook her head desperately, trying to break free.
Song Zhi chuckled.
The two fought back and forth for a while, and Da Baitao finally jumped away angrily, "Let's go! It will be dark if you don't leave now!"
However, that agile figure and rosy cheeks looked like someone was fleeing.
Song Zhi sat for a while before slowly getting up and putting on his coat.
He rode his bike and continued to rush towards the city with Bai Taotao.
Tao Tao sat in the back seat of the car, hugged his waist, and was delighted by the beautiful scenery nearby. She asked him loudly, "Song Zhi, how about we buy a house here?"
Song Zhi laughed, "This is in the wilderness, where did the house come from?"
Taotao stopped talking.
Song Zhi knew that she still preferred a quiet environment, preferably a place close to nature.
"Let's keep looking," he whispered, "we'll eventually find a suitable house."
"...I want a big house!" Taotao said sullenly, "One of the rooms is used to grow the flowers and plants I like, and the roof can be folded up and opened. During the day, I open the roof to let my flowers and plants get enough sun, and at night I fold the roof to prevent them from getting wet!"
"good."
Taotao was happy again, "Let's buy lots and lots of books, okay? We can make the gate sturdier, put up a grape vine in the yard, and install electric lights. In the summer evenings, I'll put some mosquito repellent herbs there, and then we can sit in the rocking chair under the grape vines and read. When we get tired of reading, we can pick a handful of grapes to eat...hahahaha!"
The more she thought about it, the happier she became, and she burst into laughter.
Song Zhi also laughed.
He still responded slowly with "Okay".
The two returned to the city.
However, today is a holiday, so the supply and marketing cooperative is closed. But because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, many scalpers were standing in hidden corners of the street, looking around. When they saw Song Zhi and Tao Tao, they quietly asked them if they wanted some premium liquor, tea and moon cakes.
Song Zhi asked about the price...
As soon as the scalper made an offer, Taotao immediately bargained for it.
In the end, Song Zhi and Tao Tao bought two bottles of white wine, two cans of tea and a box of moon cakes, then got on their bikes again and hurried to Professor Huang's house.
The atmosphere in Professor Huang's home is much better than that in Guan's home.
Song Zhi's four or five fellow apprentices all came to celebrate with their families and children. The men sat in the yard chatting and looking after the children. The family members washed vegetables and chatted with the master's wife in the backyard.
When Taotao and Song Zhi had their wedding in their hometown, Song Zhi’s fellow apprentices all went, but because the journey was long, the women and children did not go. Now that they finally saw Taotao, the family members were amazed at her beauty. After praising her, the conversation returned to normal.
What family members care about most is the men's career prospects.
They are divided into two types: one is those who have education and jobs; the other is those who have no education at all and can only depend on men.
The most anxious ones are those with low education levels. They look worried and keep asking others: How can I make a few dozen yuan a month? I have to feed my children and take care of them...
Taotao is between these two types of people.
——She comes from the countryside, is educated, but has no job and no salary.
Of course, some people envied her and said, "I heard that Senior Brother Song has two salaries, one for the teacher and one for the university. You two just got married and don't have any children yet. Even if you don't have an income, your life is much better than ours!"
Taotao said nothing.
Her pockets are full and she is not short of money. But speculation is something that should not be made public. The more you talk about it, the more mistakes you will make. It is better to just keep quiet and make a fortune.
Another group of female relatives talked about Taotao's studies. "You are studying this major now. I'm afraid you will have to go to the forest farm in the future. You may be separated from Brother Song... You should hurry up and have a baby! Otherwise, you will be apart for a long time and it will be difficult to have a child."
child?
Taotao fell into deep thought.
Most of the family members present knew the deceased and were already familiar with him. There are only three newcomers: Taotao is twenty years old, Wen Shuhui is twenty-three years old, and Wang Lianzhi is twenty-two years old, all young girls.
Wen Shuhui married Mao Jianjun at the beginning of this year. She has a formal job, working in a chopstick factory in Kyoto, and is now three months pregnant.
Wang Lianzhi is a rural girl. She is Tao Fengwei's girlfriend, but they are not married yet. Tao Fengwei is the only one in Professor Huang’s team who is not married yet, but he and Wang Lianzhi have set a wedding date at the end of the year.
Wen Shuhui was gentle and shy. Although she was pregnant, it was not noticeable because the pregnancy was still in its early stages, so she insisted on working with everyone. The older sisters-in-law stopped her from working and even brought a stool for her to sit on.
The sisters-in-law gave a long talk about parenting tips.
City people and country people have two completely different attitudes towards raising children.
Even though Taotao had watched her sister-in-law give birth to two babies, Green Bean and Potato, one after another, she had never heard of... what prenatal education was.
Why must the child's father stick to the child's mother's belly, and recite multiplication formulas and tongue twisters every day? She also mentioned a lot of things that you can’t eat during pregnancy, such as mustard greens, water chestnuts, etc. There is also something about having to drink mung bean soup every meal when you are about to give birth...
Taotao doesn't want to have children.
But I still listened with great interest.
At this time, Wang Lianzhi pulled Taotao aside and asked quietly: "...Taotao, where do you and Senior Brother Song live?"
Tao Tao told her, "I live in the dormitory of Agricultural University, and Song Zhi lives in the single dormitory of Industrial University. We are together only on weekends."
Wang Lianzhi asked again, "Is the dormitory for singles in Gongda big?"
Taotao gestured and said, "The room is about this long and this wide!"
Wang Lianzhi sighed, "That's not big."
"Yes, it's a single dormitory after all!"
Wang Lianzhi looked worried. "The dormitory here is not big enough. We, Tao Fengwei, are of low rank and cannot be assigned a big house. We can only live in a one-bedroom apartment. When my parents and brother come, how will they live? I wanted to ask you about the accommodation conditions at Gongda. If the house is big enough, we would also like to transfer there."
Taotao felt a little strange.
——Song Zhi is young and of a high rank, and he has strong connections and wide channels, so it won’t be a problem for him to change jobs or locations.
But Tao Fengwei seems to be just an ordinary researcher? Can he be transferred to the University of Technology to teach just like Song Zhi did?
However, since Wang Lianzhi was talking about the housing problem, Taotao gave her some advice, "Did your family come here from their hometown to attend your wedding? If you are worried that there will be no place to stay due to too many people, ask your teacher to write you a letter of introduction and let you stay in a guesthouse for a few days as an emergency measure."
Wang Lianzhi's face flushed, "No, no... they will live with us from now on."
Tao Tao was puzzled, "They will live with you in the future? Then the land in the old house won't be cultivated anymore?"
Wang Lianzhi pursed her lips and smiled, "I am the first girl in our village to marry to Kyoto..." Her tone revealed a strong sense of pride.
Taotao still didn't understand.
Marrying a man or land, isn't the land more important?
Besides, it was Wang Lianzhi who followed her husband after marriage, so what does it have to do with her family? Why did all her family members come to Kyoto?
Mrs. Huang also heard their conversation, her face darkened instantly, and she asked Wang Lianzhi, "So are your parents and brother planning to come to Kyoto to find work?"
——These days, there is a surplus of labor in the city, and all the educated young people have gone to the countryside to work in the fields. Wang Lianzhi's family did the opposite and actually gave up their land in their hometown and came to Kyoto to make a living? The only way is to set up a stall in the black market or become a scalper... But such a livelihood is never upright and if you are caught and cannot explain clearly, you will be sentenced. Moreover, you will be hungry one day and full the next, which is very unstable.
It’s definitely not as good as farming in my hometown. At least as long as I work hard, I can still have enough to eat.
When Wang Lianzhi heard the master's wife's question, she quickly answered, "Yes!"
"Is there any unit that would accept you?" the Master's wife asked again.
Wang Lianzhi blushed and asked hesitantly, "I just want to ask you, does our company hire temporary workers?"
The teacher's wife said bluntly: "Feng Wei has the least experience and has worked with your teacher for the shortest time. In theory, he is not qualified for benefits such as housing and family care. We are a national scientific research unit, and all welfare benefits are allocated to each person!"
"It was because Song Zhi proposed not to live in the company's housing and did not need the company's help in settling his family that this quota was given to Feng Wei! So the two of you can live in the company's welfare housing. After you and Feng Wei get married at the end of the year, the company can arrange a temporary job for you..."
Wang Lianzhi blushed immediately.
The Master's wife continued, "But what does this have to do with your parents and brothers? Lianzhi, you have to see the situation clearly and also see your own conditions clearly! If they want to come to the wedding, we welcome them, but you have to let them drink and then go back. Don't do such a stupid thing as taking on too much responsibility!"
Wang Lianzhi lowered her head.
Several sisters-in-law murmured beside them:
"Well, here comes another fool!"
"I'm afraid he's not really stupid, but is secretly doing bad things!"
"Well, if one person succeeds, everyone will benefit."
"Isn't Tao Fengwei going to end up like Senior Brother Zhu? That would be a tragic end!"
"I think it's even worse than what happened to Senior Brother Zhu! At least Senior Brother Zhu's wife and her family of dozens of people followed him after he had a son! But look at her, she hasn't even married Feng Wei yet, but she's already thinking about calling her parents and brothers here..."
"Tao Fengwei should know about Brother Zhu's affairs, so we should be alert!"
"I guess there's nothing he can do about it! It's his fault for not being able to find a wife."
Wang Lianzhi's face was covered in blue and red.
Taotao pretended not to hear and went to play with the other kids.
After having dinner at Professor Huang’s house, Song Zhi rode his bike and took Taotao to the University of Science and Technology.
Tao Tao told Song Zhi the gossip she heard today and asked, "Who is Senior Brother Zhu? Is he miserable now?"
Hearing this, Song Zhi sighed.
"Senior Brother Zhu is the teacher's most favorite student..."
——Zhu Yiwei was obsessed with academics and delayed his lifelong event. Later, with the introduction of a relative, he married a rural girl named Xiaohong. Xiaohong is hardworking and kind. After marriage, she takes good care of Zhu Yiwei's life. Zhu Yiwei was able to focus all his attention on research and won many honors.
Zhu Yiwei does not despise his wife for being uneducated and illiterate. On the contrary, he respected and loved his wife very much and was grateful to her for giving birth to his children and taking care of his daily life. Because of this, he treats his wife's family as close as his own.
I don’t know since when, people started coming to my wife’s hometown frequently.
But Zhu Yiwei spends most of his time on work. Out of 30 days in a month, he lives in the laboratory for at least 25 days.
Until his two children came to his workplace crying, saying that their mother didn't allow them to go to school, and even made them go out to pick up scraps, sell them and bring the money back to support their grandparents, uncles, aunts, and uncles, and also to support their uncles' and aunts' cousins to go to school...
Zhu Yiwei then realized that Xiao Hong's entire family had been living in the one-bedroom apartment allocated to him by the company for more than a year! All his wages, savings, including the furniture and bicycle at home...anything that was worth money was sold by Xiaohong. Even the textbooks in his children's school bags were sold as scrap by Xiaohong, and the money was used to support his relatives!
Zhu Yiwei got angry and took his children to reason with Xiaohong.
But Xiaohong had a large group of relatives to help her, and they scolded Zhu Yiwei severely! Zhu Yiwei is good at academic research, but he is not good at speaking and cannot answer back when being scolded.
At that time, Mrs. Huang also went to help Zhu Yiwei reason, but was chased by Xiaohong's brother with a kitchen knife...
Zhu Yiwei was angry and said he wanted a divorce. At the instigation of her mother, Xiaohong wore a bright red dress and insisted on hanging herself in Zhu Yiwei's laboratory.
In the end, the honest man Zhu Yiwei was forced into a corner and jumped into the well.
Hearing this, Tao Tao was frightened, "...really jumped?"
Song Zhi smiled bitterly, "It really jumped!"
"That shouldn't be the case!" Taotao really couldn't understand.
Song Zhi: "I also jumped down at that time..."
Taotao's eyes widened.
It turned out that in order to save people, Song Zhi also jumped into the well, hugged Brother Zhu and struggled hard. The other brothers quickly threw down inflatable tires, ropes and other things, and then pulled Song Zhi and Brother Zhu up.
Xiaohong's family stopped rioting when they saw Zhu Yiwei jump into the well. They no longer confronted Senior Brother Zhu, but they also refused to go back to their hometown...
There was really no other way. After the movement broke out a few years ago, Brother Zhu immediately submitted an application to the institute to assist in Xinjiang and became a technical backbone of the unit who went to the countryside to work in the production team.
At that time, Xiaohong's family was convinced of Zhu Yiwei and thought he was a capable man. They thought that if they followed him, they would be able to eat and drink well wherever they went. When they heard that Zhu Yiwei was going to Xinjiang to help, Xiaohong and her family of 30 or 40 people followed him...
In less than two months, Xiaohong and her family rushed back from the border. Not only did they clamor to move into the institute, they also blocked the door and held up banners to curse Professor Huang, saying that Professor Huang had deceived Zhu Yiwei into going to Xinjiang to help.
After hearing this, everyone realized that the conditions in the border areas were extremely difficult.
That's like opening your mouth and getting a mouthful of sand, and wiping your sweat and getting a sleeve full of oil! There is no food or water. People can be killed by the heat during the day and frozen to death at night...
Later, Professor Huang called the police, and Xiaohong and her family left reluctantly.
Tao Tao quickly asked: "Are they divorced now?"
Song Zhi shook his head. "Xiao Hong refused to leave. She was well-informed. Sometimes when Senior Brother Zhu asked for leave to come back to visit his family, he would stop by to see the teacher. Xiao Hong would definitely get the news and rush over to wait in advance. As soon as Senior Brother Zhu arrived, she would make a scene and insist that he be transferred back to the institute. She also wanted to bring her whole family to live and eat at the institute..."
"A few years ago, several of my fellow students went to work in the countryside. I heard from our teacher that Senior Brother Zhu had died. Alas, pity those two children!"
Tao Tao was stunned. "Why did he sacrifice himself?"
"I heard that there was a wolf problem over there. The sheepfold was broken open in the middle of the night. Half of the hundreds of sheep were killed by the wolves, and the other half ran away. Senior Brother Zhu and the others went out to look for them, but they encountered a blizzard... and never came back." Song Zhi said.
Tao Tao, "What about Xiao Hong and the children?"
Song Zhi said, "I heard that after Senior Brother Zhu died, Xiao Hong remarried. The two children are already thirteen or fourteen years old. They don't want to come back and stay in the border."
Tao Tao sighed, "The beginning of this story is obviously very good."
After thinking for a while, he said, "In the final analysis, it is because of the laziness of Xiaohong's family and Xiaohong's vanity that this story has become a tragedy."
Song Zhi nodded, "So I am also... worried about Tao Fengwei. I always feel that he will follow in Brother Zhu's footsteps."
Taotao remembered another thing and asked him, "Song Zhi, will we have children?"
Song Zhi, who was pedaling his bicycle, lost control of it and the front of the bicycle turned.
Fortunately, he stepped on the ground with his long legs and stepped on the brakes, and he was able to control the car in time.
He was a little nervous, turned his head slightly to look at her, and asked, "Don't you like children?"
Taotao remained silent.
Do you like children?
Like.
She watched with her own eyes the birth of Green Bean, and also watched her sister-in-law get pregnant with Potato... Her slender waist slowly bulged, and ten months later, a chubby and strong baby was born.
The four children in my eldest brother’s family are all very cute and each has their own characteristics.
But--
Taotao touched her flat belly.
Well, it's still a little meaty.
The fertility rate in the fairy world is low, but Taotao has never thought about this problem.
"I don't know," she said gloomily, "I still feel like a child..."
In the fairyland where the average lifespan is 100,000 years old, she is only 500 years old. She is not a little fairy!
Night was gradually falling, the street lights were not on yet, and the visibility was limited. Song Zhi rode his bike very slowly for fear of something happening.
Kyoto in the evening is quiet and peaceful.
Taotao sat on the back of the bicycle and looked around.
Song Zhi took her for a ride to a place where the road was particularly wide and the courtyard wall was particularly high.
There were not many pedestrians passing by, just two or three, but they were wearing new clothes and looked quite elegant.
Tao Tao asked Song Zhi, "Where is this?"
"The old cadres' office!" Song Zhi replied.
At this time, Taotao saw another branch of bougainvillea in full bloom, poking its head out from the gray and simple courtyard wall.
Taotao smiled, "Song Zhi, are there any houses for sale here? How about we buy a house here?"
Song Zhi also looked around.
——The environment near the Laogan Institute is of course good, the houses look brand new and the public security is good.
Moreover, the transportation here is convenient. It takes half an hour to ride a bike to the University of Science and Technology. If you ride fast, it takes about half an hour to get to the Aviation University. It is even closer to Professor Huang’s home, which can be reached in 20 minutes on foot...
"I'll come and ask tomorrow." Song Zhi said.
The next day, Song Zhi came here to find the Housing Management Office. Upon asking, he found out that there were indeed vacant rooms for sale in the retirement home!
It was a small house with its own entrance and courtyard, and it was two stories high. The owner of the house was also an employee of the Veterans Affairs Office. During the land reform, the title deed and the house were given to his father. Later, his parents died one after another. His wife, who had a rural household registration, suffered from a serious illness, and his child was still young. He wanted to sell the house to raise money for his wife's medical treatment.
As for where to live, he is an employee of the retirement home and can live in the collective dormitory allocated by the unit.
Song Zhi asked about the price of the house and the other party offered four thousand yuan.
The price was a bit high, so Song Zhi explained it to the other party and came back to tell Taotao.
Taotao is looking forward to it.
At lunch time, Song Zhi brought Taotao to see the house.
Looking at the two-story building with white walls and black tiles, and then at the smooth bluestone road in the courtyard, Taotao fell in love with this place at once!
Such a good location, such a new house, and the area is not small...
The original landlord offered four thousand yuan, so he was considered a decent person.
Taotao and Song Zhi started to count the money:
"We spent 900 yuan to buy a small house in Song City, and we only have 3,000 yuan left. After coming to Kyoto, Xue Peng's income has exceeded 300 yuan. Xiao Zhuzi and I haven't calculated the dividends this year. If we calculate it... there are about 300 yuan. So..."
So the gap is about four hundred yuan.
Taotao thought for a moment and then said, "Uncle Guan gave us five hundred yuan last time..."
Song Zhi immediately said, "The money cannot be touched. Even for the wedding rings Uncle Guan gave us, you have to find out the gold price. We have to convert the rings into cash and keep them ready at all times in case Guan Hailong comes to ask us for them one day."
Song Zhi smiled and said, "I guess Guan Hailong is thinking about those things and can't sleep these days."
Tao Tao found it unbelievable, "No way! He didn't give it to us, why should he take it back?"
Then she snorted again, "Even if he comes to us to ask for it, I won't give it to him! Besides, if he wants to return it, he should return it to Uncle Guan. It's none of his business!"
Song Zhi's expression was a little solemn. "Taotao, every family has a few weird relatives and friends. In my family, Guan Hailong is one of them... But Uncle Guan has always been very good to me. Although I also know that Uncle Guan is good to me because I hope that one day he will be gone, I will take care of Guan Hailong for Uncle Guan's sake..."
"But a gift from an elder cannot be refused, not to mention that he is my adoptive father! So I will accept all the things he gives us in front of him, because I have to owe him a favor. But if Guan Hailong comes to me to ask for these things, I will return them in full. No matter what happens in the future, I will not owe him anything, do you understand?" Song Zhi said seriously.
Tao Tao thought about it and said, "Guan Hailong is still better than Chen Juxiang. At least he doesn't want us to take advantage of him, but Chen Juxiang tries every means to take advantage of our family."
Song Zhi chuckled.
That being said, Taotao was still racking her brains for the house payment. "Then we go and tell the landlord to pay 3,000 yuan first, and then the remaining 1,000 yuan at the end of the year? Well, I don't know if he is willing to do that."
Song Zhi, "I'll go ask. It's almost time. I'll take you back to school first."
He sent Taotao back to the Agricultural University, then came back and talked to the original owner.
The original owner of the house was filled with worry. Although he understood that the young couple could not gather so much money at once, his wife's illness could not wait.
He actually hoped that Song Zhi could buy the house immediately and give him some life-saving money right away.
Finally, Song Zhi gritted his teeth, ran around to borrow money, and found 800 yuan. Together with the money in Taotao's hand, he immediately went to the Housing Management Office with the original owner to sign a contract.
Taotao somehow owned her first property in Kyoto.
After getting the key, I stood in the quiet and elegant but empty yard...
She couldn't recover for a long time.
"Song Zhi!" Tao Tao shouted, "Do we really have a house?"
Song Zhi, who was inspecting the second floor, hurried down from upstairs, hugged her waist excitedly, and then threw her high into the air with both hands.
"Yes! This is our new home!"
“Aaaaaa——”
The two hugged each other and laughed.
Song Zhi suddenly remembered something, hugged Tao Tao tightly, and said in a low voice: "During this period of time, you must practice a few foreign languages well, but you must avoid people, understand? I will find new books and materials for you to read. The written translation must be accurate and the conversation accent must be clear, understand?"
Taotao tilted her head and looked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi said softly: "Think about it, even Fang Shenghao was called back..."
Taotao was a little confused.
Song Zhi had a very keen political sense, and she was also influenced by what she heard and saw.
but--
I haven’t heard of any diplomatic developments recently!
Song Zhi, "Anyway, let's prepare for a rainy day! Opportunities always come to those who are always prepared."
Taotao asked him, "What do you think about our future?"
Song Zhi held the big white peach and walked to the chair in the courtyard to sit down. He put the big white peach on his legs and said, "My idea is... we have to gain a foothold in Kyoto first. Taotao, you can't always be a student, you have to be a teacher!"
Taotao opened her eyes wide.
Song Zhi said seriously, "Look, you ranked first in the grade in the monthly exam. Even in the past, serious college entrance examination candidates might not have surpassed you. So you should continue to maintain this progress and try to finish the study content of the first semester of the freshman year and the first semester of the sophomore year before the end of the semester. Then I will say hello to your principal and let you take the final exam of the sophomore year directly..."
"Skip a grade?" Taotao asked.
Song Zhi nodded, "Yes, skip a grade!"
He looked at her and said with a smile, "Taotao, strive to become a lecturer within three years, okay?"
Tao Tao hesitated, "Lecturer? But I want to go to the Northwest to plant trees."
Song Zhi smiled, "Taotao, do you know what my dream is?"
Tao Tao nodded, "You want to catch up with the UK and the US and design our own engines. In the future, whether it's fighter planes, warships or submarines, we will build them all by ourselves!"
He had told her that before.
Song Zhi nodded, "But you see, I once interrupted my research and went to the countryside to work in the production team... I'm not saying that working in the production team is bad, but during this period, I can choose where I want to go. Now... Look again, am I accompanying you back to Kyoto? So Taotao, the initiative must be in our own hands, do you understand?"
Taotao understood.
——Only outstanding talents can answer multiple-choice questions; they can even set the questions themselves and let others answer them.
In reality, that means - she has to reach the level of Song Zhi so that she can go to the Northwest whenever she wants, and go to an island whenever she wants.
This is the multiple-choice question she is in charge of.
If she couldn't reach Song Zhi's level, she could only obey the arrangements. It was hard to say whether she could go to the Northwest that she had always dreamed of...
The same principle applies in the fairy world: strength is everything!
Taotao nodded seriously, "Then will learning foreign languages be useful for my major? Do foreigners also plant trees?"
Song Zhi: "You can study your academic work, such as how to plant trees in saline desert land. When you have achieved results, publish a paper in a foreign language, make your research results public, and let foreigners learn from you how to plant trees."
Taotao looked happy, "Okay! Let's do it!"
"Then when are you going to find the books for me?" She began to blame him, "It's already October, and there are only less than three months left until the end of the basic period, and I still have to read so many books!"
After thinking about it, she became worried again, "I still have to find a way to make money... No one is well off these days, and you borrowed money from someone, so you must pay it back before the New Year..."
Song Zhi, "Don't worry about paying back the money. I'll find a way. Just study hard."
Tao Tao put her hands on her hips and said, "How can that be possible? I am the one who manages the money in our family!"
Song Zhi: ...
He really loves big white peaches.
Song Zhi acted quickly.
The next day, he came back with a pile of books.
Most of them are textbooks from the Agricultural University, and a few are foreign language books. Song Zhi hid in the single dormitory of the University of Technology and locked his foreign language books in a locked box. But before that, he carefully tore off the cover of the book, burned it, and replaced it with cowhide pages that he had cut himself.
Taotao immediately read through all the textbooks of the Agricultural University.
very good.
About 80% of the books were ones she had read thoroughly when she was a librarian in Ruyi Village. Although I haven't read a few books, the difficulty level is not that great. On the contrary, there is a lot of content to be tested and memorized in several cultural subjects.
Taotao would recite the textbooks every day, and then ask Song Zhi to find a way to get the test papers of various subjects from the first and second year of college to try...
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the final exam.
The principal directly asked Taotao to take the final exam in her sophomore year.
Taotao was a little nervous. After the test, she looked through the answers in her cultural textbook, fearing that she had made too many mistakes...
After taking the final exams for all subjects in her sophomore year, Taotao, under the personal supervision of the principal and vice-principal, took the test papers for all subjects in the first half of her sophomore year and the test papers for all subjects in her freshman year and worked hard in the principal's office.
A few days later, Taotao's results came out.
——The final results of the sophomore year were: three cultural courses: two good, one passing; five professional courses: three excellent, two good.
——The final results of the second year of college were: three cultural subjects: one excellent, one good, and one passing; five professional courses: two excellent, three good.
——The final grades of freshman year were: three cultural subjects: one excellent, two good; five professional subjects: four excellent, one good.
Taotao's academic performance shocked all the school leaders.
Everyone surrounded Taotao and asked her all kinds of questions excitedly.
In this era, almost no one can calm down and study and do research, but the Agricultural University has produced a genius! How could the school leaders not be excited? They repeatedly asked Taotao to confirm: Do you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation? Will you take the postgraduate entrance examination? Can I stay in school to teach in the future?
After receiving Taotao's affirmation, several principals and leaders were so happy that they almost cried! At that moment, several professors expressed their desire to accept Taotao as their student.
Tao Tao received Song Zhi's advice early in the morning, and said with a smile: "Thank you all teachers for your kindness. I think I should... lay a good foundation first, and then take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation!"
When Taotao's academic results came out, the school had already been closed for the holidays.
Taotao packed her luggage and hurried to the rest home.
In the past few months, she has been busy with her studies, and the house at the retirement home is almost entirely taken care of by Song Zhi.
Fortunately, this house with a yard was very much to Taotao's liking and did not require any major renovations. Song Zhi simply planted the flowers and plants that Taotao liked in the yard, built a shed for the grape vines, and bought some furniture...that was all.
It is now the end of the year.
When he bought the house, he borrowed money from everywhere. In the past few months, he paid back the money as soon as he got his salary, but there was always a gap. So these few days, he took advantage of the holidays at the two universities and worked several all-nighters to take shifts with his fellow students at Professor Huang's side. He freed up three days to earn extra money at a nearby machinery factory.
However, Song Zhi repeatedly told Taotao:
He wrote a letter to Bai Zhenggan's family who were far away in Song City early in the morning, telling his family that he and Taotao had bought a house in Kyoto, and hoped that his family could come over before the New Year to hold a housewarming party, and then he and Taotao would go back to Song City with their family to celebrate the New Year.
Of course, Song Zhi also wrote a similar letter to Bai Nansheng in the army.
Bai Nansheng was also going to come back to celebrate the New Year this year. After receiving Song Zhi's letter, he wrote back, saying that he would go directly from the army to Kyoto to reunite with his family, and then return to Song City together.
So Taotao had to clean up before her parents and brothers got home.
However, less than three minutes after Taotao entered the house, someone rang the doorbell.
She was a little surprised.
——Song Zhi has the key, he won’t ring the doorbell. She and Song Zhi had not officially moved in yet, and were not familiar with the neighbors...
Who could it be?
Taotao ran to open the door.
Standing at the door of her new home
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