"How can you be starving?" Chen Dingguo forced a skewer of meat into Wu Xiu'e's hand. "Isn't this meat to eat?"
Wu Xiu'e didn't dodge and was fed a mouthful of food. She didn't know whether to eat it or not.
"Old woman, can't you trust the son we raised? The mountains and rivers can't betray us."
Wu Xiu'e groaned, "That's not necessarily true. We raised Shanlin too. If he doesn't cheat us, doesn't he still have his daughter-in-law to cheat?"
"If you don't believe my son, you should at least believe me. Believe me, I won't let you sleep on the streets." Chen Dingguo took another bite of meat happily.
**
The family of three lay on a makeshift low bed in the tent, looking up at the bright white moon and the starry sky above their heads.
Jiang Shiyue sighed softly: "This kind of night sky is still the most beautiful."
In 1978, the backward economy might have caused some inconveniences, but the air was still fresh and not polluted.
Rural bungalows are low and will not cut the sky into fragmented pieces like high-rise buildings.
In his previous life, Jiang Shiyue would occasionally work overtime until midnight and when he came out of the office building, he would look up and feel like a frog in a well, only able to see a palm-sized sky.
Very depressing.
The tent is tightly tied and there are no mosquitoes.
There is an ice basin and a fan in the tent, which is very cool and comfortable.
Yangyang obviously also liked this starry sky, and looked around with his wide eyes.
Chen Shanhe endured it again and again but finally asked, "Are you really planning to take these two old houses?"
"Of course." Jiang Shiyue nodded without thinking.
Chen Shanhe: “…”
"Why? Don't you dislike the countryside?"
Jiang Shiyue said, "Huh?" and looked at Chen Shanhe in confusion. "What does it have to do with whether I like it or not? Can't I claim it as my own just by living here for a day? Haven't I always been so arrogant and domineering?"
Chen Shanhe: “…”
I really want to remind Jiang Shiyue that arrogant and domineering is a derogatory term.
How can you say it in a self-praising tone?
Can you get into university with this level of education?!
Thinking of this, Chen Shanhe immediately stopped asking Jiang Shiyue about the house robbery and told her, "I called Lu Zheng again when I went to the commune to buy meat today. He said your admission letter arrived."
Jiang Shiyue yawned and nodded: "Oh!"
Chen Shanhe: “!!!”
Sitting up, he looked down at Jiang Shiyue and reiterated, "I said you were admitted to university. Your admission letter was sent to the compound, and I asked Lu Zheng to bring it to you."
"I heard you! Why are you in such a hurry? Does Lu Zheng want the courier fee? Otherwise, I'll treat him to a meal when he comes."
Chen Shanhe: “…”
Under the hazy moonlight, Jiang Shiyue's expression was actually hard to see clearly, but Chen Shanhe could fully imagine how natural Jiang Shiyue was when he said these words.
In fact, Jiang Shiyue was like this before, always talking about the college entrance examination, as if she could pass it if she took the exam.
Now I have indeed passed the exam.
But Chen Shanhe knew very well that the fact that this "Jiang Shiyue" could pass the exam did not mean that the previous Jiang Shiyue could pass the exam.
Chen Shanhe didn't know why he was so happy like a fool when he heard that Jiang Shiyue was admitted to university. He specially bought an extra pound of meat to celebrate for her.
As a result, they started arguing about the two old houses during dinner, and for a moment they forgot the good news that Jiang Shiyue was admitted to university.
What he didn't expect was that Jiang Shiyue was as calm about her admission as if she had made 300 yuan by selling clothes.
Maybe I'm not as happy as if I made 300 yuan.
Chen Shanhe stared at Jiang Shiyue for a while, then suddenly laughed.
Jiang Shiyue was so confused by his laughter, "What are you laughing at?"
"Do you know what it means to get into college?" Chen Shanhe asked back.
"Even a fool knows this. If you pass the university entrance exam and the state assigns you a job, you'll have a stable job in the future, right?! No matter which unit you go to, you'll basically start as a cadre. It's a bit like how most of the officers among you start as platoon leaders. Tuition and accommodation are free for four years of university, and there's also a living allowance..." Jiang Shiyue counted on his fingers the benefits of getting into university these days.
Think about it again, decades later, when thousands of people are trying to cross a single-plank bridge and finally get into college, but when they graduate and look for a job, they find that they are nothing.
It is extremely difficult to pass the civil service exam and get a job, with hundreds or even thousands of people competing for one position.
Everything has its pros and cons, and this era also has its advantages and disadvantages.
Jiang Shiyue suddenly realized what was going on and asked Chen Shanhe in confusion, "You know all this?! Why are you still asking this?"
"I can't understand why you insist on having these two old houses. You never liked the countryside before, and I don't see you liking it much now. Are you greedy? You could build several brick houses here with the money you have. You have a bright future, and you won't stay here."
"so what?"
"Are you trying to help my parents by seizing the house?"
Jiang Shiyue uttered "Ha!", neither admitting nor denying, and turned to face Chen Shanhe, "Don't think so highly of me, maybe I just want to take over these two rooms in your family?!"
Chen Shanhe smiled.
The gaze that fell on Jiang Shiyue was lingering and gentle.
***
Chen Dingguo was a man of his word. The next day, he really called the team leader and deputy team leader of the production brigade, the team leader and deputy team leader of the ninth team, and several respected people in the village to come as witnesses, and transferred the two old houses to Chen Shanhe and Jiang Shiyue.
The commune was equivalent to a town, and the production brigade was equivalent to a village. The production brigade was often divided into several small teams, each with about a dozen households.
When the neighbors heard the news, they all came over to watch the fun.
"How powerful was Old Chen when he was young? He was even the youngest village chief in our village! Later, he was also the captain of the first production brigade. Who would have thought that he couldn't get up after lying down! Now, first he was chased to the west room by his eldest son, and then to the side room by his youngest son. People! Don't be sick of anything."
"Yes! The eldest son at least waited until he had a child and used the excuse of not having enough space to drive them away. But this youngest son is really a piece of shit. He just came back and drove his parents to the side room."
"Shanhe is not an unfilial child. I heard that he brought his wife back home. Maybe it was his wife's idea."
"Alas! I don't know what sin the Chen family has committed. Each daughter-in-law they married is more powerful than the last. In their old age, they have to endure this kind of suffering!"
"They say there are no filial sons by the bedside of a long-term patient. Mr. and Mrs. Chen are so pitiful."
“…”
No matter what the neighbors said, Chen Dingguo and Jiang Shiyue still pressed their fingerprints in front of everyone.
Jiang Shiyue smiled and gave each of the cadres who came to witness the event a box of wedding cakes, and attached a handmade invitation, inviting them to attend the wedding in ten days.
The cadres of the production team had never seen such a shameless girl and they couldn't help but be stunned.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. No matter how much they felt for Chen Dingguo in their hearts, they could only smile and say that they would definitely come to the wedding.
Jiang Shiyue and Chen Shanhe escorted the man out the door. Jiang Shiyue looked up and asked Chen Shanhe with a hint of gloating, "How does it feel to be an unfilial son and be scolded by others?"
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