Chapter 130
At this historical point when the college entrance examination has just been resumed, in addition to the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the most eye-catching thing now is the admission results, and Lu Qin's behavior of helping young people has become another hot topic.
News always has a sense of immediacy. While the excitement of the admissions announcement was still lingering, Jiang Baojie worked overtime to polish the manuscript. The printing presses in the publishing department hummed all night, and the entire building was filled with the smell of ink, a scent never so strong before. To ensure timely delivery to readers, some reports were printed directly in the municipal offices affiliated with the provincial capital's daily newspaper, saving the county communes from waiting days for their copies.
The next morning, newspapers were distributed in batches. Of course, newspapers are divided into different categories, some by type, some by importance, and today's is a daily newspaper, which generally contains the latest news.
Of course, not everyone had access to it. Those who could buy it mostly bought it through newsstands in factories and work units, government buildings, and some bookstores. Of course, important reports were also posted on the bulletin boards of each county or brigade for publicity purposes.
Director Zhang of the Laiyang County Revolutionary Committee took on the position of secretary this year and had a heavy workload. He came to a small tea room next door early in the morning with an enamel cup to drink strong tea to refresh himself. The secretary knew that he had the habit of reading the provincial capital newspaper while drinking tea, so he put the newspaper on the table in the tea room early in the morning. Others knew that the newspaper was his, so they didn't dare to touch it and would deliberately avoid it when walking around.
Director Zhang blew the hot steam from the teacup, took a sip, and looked at the newspaper. He shook it off with one hand and looked down to see if there were any important instructions or reports today, or any new policy analysis.
The hot air just hit his eyes, and Director Zhang felt that he had just seen a familiar name. He put down the cup, threw away the newspaper with both hands, and saw today's front page.
Among the interviews with the top three in the province, one was Lu Qin, who had the largest space.
The name Lu Qin made Director Zhang ponder. He had met many people in the past two years, but it was rare for him to remember a young man so clearly. He seemed to remember that he was involved in a publicity campaign for human traffickers. He could still remember it now.
Unsure if this person had the same name as someone he knew, Director Zhang took a closer look, then shifted his gaze to the right, focusing on the tall, bespectacled, and brightly smiling man in the middle.
Afraid he was mistaken, he looked again. It was indeed him.
That one glance brought back memories. Back then, he had really made the human traffickers' publicity campaign a blast.
Director Zhang took another look at the text description and first skipped the beginning to focus on the key points.
After reading it, he picked up the teacup and returned to the office, "Xiao Chen."
Xiao Chen is his new secretary.
When he heard Secretary Zhang calling him, he immediately stood up and said, "Secretary, you want to see me."
Director Zhang didn't care what name he called him, "Comrade Lu, why didn't you tell me before?"
"Ah," Xiao Chen leaned over to take a look. "Director, I went to your office last time, but you weren't there, so I told the deputy director, and the deputy director then went to see the person in charge of the Education Bureau."
"Old Zheng knows"
Lao Zheng is the deputy director.
"I know what?" Deputy Director Zheng came in and saw him holding a newspaper. "What's the news today?"
Director Zhang put down his teacup and freed his hands. "I'm talking about Comrade Lu. He ranked among the top three in the province and should be rewarded."
Deputy Director Zheng was about to say that he had told the Director of the Education Bureau, but when he looked up, he saw the admiration in his eyes and said, "Old Zhang, do you know this comrade?"
"I know him. I was responsible for you when you were away reporting to the city." Director Zhang recalled the past events, and it suddenly came to mind. "It's a pity he didn't have a high school diploma, otherwise I would have recruited him to the County Revolutionary Committee. But look at him now, gold will shine wherever it goes, and Comrade Lu has developed very well."
Director Zheng listened to his description and said, "This comrade is quite inspiring. He is also very helpful. I wish you had recruited him earlier."
Director Zhang added, "His current choice is a good one. He's at the right age to attend college, and he'll be able to better serve our country and society in the future. I have a feeling I'll run into him again in the future."
Director Zheng thought this showed his concern, so he told him about his discussions with the Education Bureau. Since the county and the Education Bureau were integrated, he offered the reward directly in the Education Bureau's name.
But when he took the newspaper, he realized that the number of college entrance examination candidates in Laiyang County was related to Lu Qin. He sighed again.
After the conversation, they began to discuss the re-establishment of various departments, such as the audit department.
Inadvertently, Lu Qin jumped around in other people's minds again.
He didn't open the red envelope, kept it in his pocket all night, and asked Kong Dongdong to open it the next day.
Kong Dongdong now has his own little collection, including stones, dead leaf specimens, and black buttons given to him by classmates. But the most valuable of all is his small savings, less than fifty cents, neatly stacked. Lu Qin sees the kid secretly opening the drawer every day to see if the items are still there. After all, no one knows what's inside better than Lu Qin.
"Uncle, let me take it down." He moved his butt on the bench, and the bamboo chair creaked.
Lu Qin was now certain that Kong Dongdong had really gained weight. He squinted his eyes and lay on the chair. He had been in this leisurely state recently. "Well, this is because your uncle trusts you. Your uncle likes to open red envelopes the most. You should like it too. I don't know if you can open the red envelopes you receive in the future."
"Here, I'll open it all for you." Kong Dongdong lowered his head and carefully picked at the opening of the red envelope, picking it bit by bit for fear of damaging it, and spoke in a tone of coaxing a child.
Lu Qin felt comfortable after hearing this.
Sun Laimei and her old sister came back with a basket of wild vegetables. Standing outside the yard, they wiped the mud off their feet. She looked at him distractedly and said, "Dongdong, what are you doing? Lu Qin, your sister resigned this Friday, right?"
Lu Qin raised his upper body slightly and said, "Until this Friday, because we are leaving next Tuesday. Then Saturday and Sunday will be free for packing."
"Time flies when you think about it this way." Normally, she didn't think much of it, but when it came time to leave, Sun Laimei felt a bit reluctant. However, her reluctance to leave the team wasn't as strong as her feelings for Kong Dongdong.
Just then, she turned her head and saw Kong Dongdong opening the red envelope, revealing a stack of banknotes inside.
"Where did so many banknotes come from?" Sun Laimei was surprised.
"Grandma, this is my uncle's." Kong Dongdong held the wallet in front of his uncle like a treasure and said, "Open it."
Sun Laimei withdrew her surprised expression. Seeing that the uncle and nephew seemed to be getting along well, she no longer wanted to disturb them. Her relationship with her grandson couldn't be compared to Lu Qin's. The more she compared, the more upset she felt.
Lu Qin took the money and before he could say anything, he looked up and saw that Sun Laimei had already gone into the kitchen.
He looked away, wow, there really was a lot, divided into two stacks, each stack contained banknotes.
"Uncle, is it a lot of money?" Kong Dongdong looked at him curiously.
Lu Qin thought about the fountain pen and didn't forget the opportunity of education. "Well, this is your uncle's reward for studying hard. If you study well, people will send money to your doorstep. So you don't have to wait for your uncle to get a job to buy you a fountain pen. When your uncle goes to college, he will use part of this money to buy you a fountain pen."
Kong Dongdong didn't respond after hearing this, "Uncle, I'd better wait for me to earn it myself."
Lu Qin was slightly surprised. The expression in the little brat's eyes almost said "money is worthless".
I don't know why this huge sum of money is worthless in their eyes. It may be because the big ones are calm and the small ones are well-behaved and not easily affected by fame or disgrace.
"Uncle, you've worked hard."
Lu Qin was really touched at that moment.
So much so that at night, he left some money for buying a pen and gave the rest to his brother-in-law to express his gratitude to his brother-in-law for giving birth to a child who was so filial to his uncle.
Kong Yue and Lu Chunnong learned last night that someone was coming to interview them at their home, but they hadn't expected any compensation. However, Kong Yue didn't take the money. "Keep it with you. It will definitely be useful when the time comes."
Kong Yue kept an account book for the money at home and the money given by Lu Qin to avoid confusion.
Lu Chunnong didn't care about the money on him. "Your brother-in-law told you to keep it, so just keep it. We don't need money for the time being."
Since they were unwilling to keep it, the money returned to Lu Qin.
The family had dinner in a warm atmosphere.
Kong Yue and Lu Chunnong saw the newspaper on the third day. They read it word for word more than three times. They had read it so much that they felt the author wrote it really well, but they just felt an indescribable emptiness.
Kong Yue consciously observed him several times and always felt that the boy was playing chess.
Lu Qin was already well-known in Laiyang County. As the newspapers came out and people spread the news, families with literate members got to know Lu Qin thoroughly.
"Oh, there are comrades from Laiyang County in the provincial newspaper."
"So it was him. He was the one who helped you with the exam. This comrade will have a bright future."
"You're also applying to Ningchuan City. Don't forget to thank Lu Qin when the time comes. There's no harm in keeping in touch with each other."
The above are all the voices of parents advising their children.
"Don't worry, we will definitely thank Comrade Lu."
This is what the students replied: if they didn’t know Comrade Lu’s address, they would have wanted to go find him.
But who knows who suggested it, but they went through all sorts of roundabout ways to find someone to visit him. So, after the educated youth finally left, waves of young people came to Lu Qin's house again, and it wasn't until Monday that things quieted down.
Lu Qin felt that it was so lively that he wanted to change places.
But he expected that he would be recognized if he went out now, and that was indeed the case.
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Time flies, and soon it was Monday, and all the luggage for the trip was packed.
But Sun Laimei really couldn't bear to kill and eat the two old hens. No matter how bitter it was at that time, she couldn't bear to eat them.
Lu Qin looked at the two hens and somehow recalled the first two old hens he saw when he first entered this house and yard. He still remembered the taste of the egg custard.
"Aunt, I remember there is a chicken coop under the kitchen table. Why don't you put some grass underneath and take the chickens with you," he suggested.
"Grandma" Kong Dongdong also joined in the fun.
Sun Laimei waved her hand and said, "Forget it, let's give it to the captain's family to raise first. The eggs will be theirs when the time comes."
In the countryside, they feed their chickens chopped vegetable leaves or insects. It's not a waste of food, but a waste of children. Because the children are responsible for this, giving them an egg is no big deal.
Seeing that the three of them had finally come up with an idea, Lu Chunnong immediately found a cage.
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