Seeing that there were many people, Bai Xiaoyue was worried that the children wouldn't be able to prepare the food properly, so she went to the kitchen to direct them.
Chop two chickens and stew them with mushrooms, braise pork with potatoes, and stew tofu with glass noodles and cabbage.
The portions were generous, all served in basins, and the two tables of people filled the room.
Everyone was happy and enjoyed the meal.
Bai Wen'an said, "Changle and Cuiyu have been admitted to the best universities, and the county will also give them a reward, which will probably be sent tomorrow."
Chang Le asked, "Really? Uncle, what's the reward?"
Bai Wen'an: "Only the two of you passed the exam in the county, each of you will receive a thousand yuan."
Chang Le was overjoyed: "Wow, that's wonderful!"
Mr. Bai rarely spoke up: "Chang Le is a good man. When he was a child, he said he wanted to go to the best university in Beijing. He kept his word. That's remarkable."
Chang Le laughed heartily:
"Grandpa, I also said I would take you to enjoy a good life. You take good care of your health and wait for me to come and pick you up."
Mr. and Mrs. Bai beamed with joy, repeatedly saying "good."
The next day, County Chief Du arrived with a group of people, including several commune cadres.
The commune also awarded Chang Le and Cui Yu 300 yuan each.
After discussing it with Ye Jianguo, Uncle Bai also gave Chang Le and Cui Yu a reward of 200 yuan each.
Chang Le had 1,500 yuan in his pocket, and his joy was almost overflowing.
Grabbing Bai Xiaoyue's hand excitedly, she said, "Mom, there really is a golden house in books!" Then she burst into laughter.
Bai Xiaoyue was genuinely happy for her daughter, even happier than when she herself went to university.
After returning home, Chang Le quietly pulled her mother into the room. Now that Ru Yi was married, Chang Le lived alone in the room.
Chang Le brought out a small box, which Bai Xiaoyue had specially commissioned to be made for her.
She opened the box and took out the money inside:
"Mom, all my money plus this bonus has totaled 4800 yuan."
Bai Xiaoyue had no idea that her daughter had saved so much money:
"Chang Le is really amazing, she has already saved so much money."
Chang Le said, "Mom, I want to go to school. I'll save the money for you!"
Bai Xiaoyue shook her head: "No need, you take it."
Chang Le exclaimed, "Mom, whose child takes so much money to school?"
Bai Xiaoyue: "Chang Le, don't worry. When the time comes, your Uncle Yan and I will take you to the capital."
I'll help you deposit the money in the bank; you just need to keep the passbook safe.
"Since you're living alone in another city, it's good to keep some money with you."
Chang Le thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Mom, I'll keep it and give it to you later."
Bai Xiaoyue nodded: "Okay!"
Chang Le sat down next to her mother: "I can't bear to leave you."
Bai Xiaoyue rubbed her daughter's head:
"Changle, once my younger brother gets into university, our family will go to Beijing to reunite."
Upon hearing her mother's words, Chang Le's feelings of separation immediately dissipated:
"Really? Then I'll go prepare and wait for you!"
...
That evening, Bai Xiaoyue said to Yan Ci:
"Aci, let's take Chang Le to the capital. I want to go and see her."
Yan Ci nodded: "Okay."
Bai Xiaoyue's eyes held a hint of nostalgia:
"I want to go to the Badaling Great Wall. I've been there with my parents before and even took pictures at the Hero's Slope. I want to go back and take more pictures there!"
Yan Ci knew his wife missed her parents, so he patted her head and said, "Okay, do you want to exchange some money to take with you?"
Bai Xiaoyue: "Chang Le has money of her own! And her family has money too."
In the village, they dared not eat, dared not wear clothes, and had few places to spend money.
Actually, over the years, we haven't spent all the money you've earned; the money in our family savings account hasn't been touched at all.
Yan Ci listened silently, occasionally smoothing his wife's hair.
Bai Xiaoyue sighed:
"Houses can't be bought or sold now, otherwise, we could exchange some money for a house for Chang Le."
There are many people in the dormitory, and there are bound to be many conflicts. I'm really worried that she won't be used to it.
"You're all alone there, and if you suffer any injustice, you have no one to confide in."
Yan Ci said, "She is studying in the capital, so let her find an opportunity to see it herself."
If you can buy it, then buy it; if you can't, you can rent a house from the housing management office.
Besides, there's still Cui Yu at the same school!
At the end of February, those going to university were preparing to leave, and Yan Ci had already prepared introduction letters for several people.
Bai Xiaoyue found her and Yan Ci's coats, made from materials Chang Le had bought over the years, and sewn by Ruyi herself.
I'm always at home, so I don't have much time to wear them, and they're all still new.
Xiao Bai complained, "Mom, why do I have to study? I want to go to Beijing to play too."
Bai Xiaoyue looked at her son and said with a smile, "You can go after you get into university. It won't make a difference if you do it this time."
Xiaobai: "Mom, I suspect you want to go out and play with Dad on purpose, and you're deliberately not taking me with you."
Bai Xiaoyue was speechless: "Xiaobai, you're just talking nonsense. Do you want Grandpa and Grandma to come and keep you company?"
Xiao Bai waved his hand: "No need, I can do everything, I can manage. I'm a man now, why would I need anyone to accompany me?"
On the night before his departure, Cui Yu secretly went to the courtyard of the people being sent down to the countryside.
Cui Jinxiu hugged her son and said, "Yu'er, Mom is so proud of you."
Cui Yu said to his grandfather, father, and mother:
"Take care, everyone. I'm going to study in Beijing, which is my own place, so don't worry about me."
Grandpa Cui asked, "Yu'er, didn't you and the young lady have a fight earlier? Have you made up now?"
Cui Yu blamed:
“Grandpa, it’s all because of the joke you and Grandpa Lu made. That Lu Xiaoyan insisted that I would marry her in the future, which Chang Le misunderstood. Now we’ve talked it out.”
Grandpa Cui said with self-reproach, "Grandpa shouldn't have said those things back then."
Cui Yunchen asked, "Are you two officially dating?"
Cui Yu shook his head: "Chang Le is focused on her studies now, so I'll go and study with her. I'll stay by her side every day. Anyway, I've made up my mind about her in this life."
Grandpa Cui: "Good, my grandson has the courage, there's nothing he can't do."
Cui Yunchen instructed his son:
“Yu’er, you should study hard and make yourself better so that you can be worthy of Chang Le. That girl is not someone to be trifled with.”
Cui Yu nodded: "I know, I will work hard to stand by her side."
After her son left, Cui Jinxiu asked:
"Father, didn't you say that Yunchen might be related to the Yan family? Cui Yu likes Chang Le, and you still support him?"
Grandpa Cui: "I've inquired. Chang Le is Xiao Yue's daughter with her ex-husband. She has nothing to do with Yan Ci."
Besides, even if there was a connection, what could you do? Didn't you see Yu'er's condition back then? She was half-dead just because she couldn't see the girl.
Cui Yunchen sighed: "The year Yu'er was abducted, it left a shadow in my heart."
When we were sent to the countryside, he suffered another blow.
Living in the Lu family's house is ultimately not one's own home.
These many factors made Yu'er sensitive and paranoid.
Chang Le is cheerful, warm, generous, and chivalrous.
If she can be with Yu'er, it will be Yu'er's good fortune.
Grandpa Cui nodded: "Yu'er has excellent taste."
Cui Jinxiu: "Of course Chang Le is good, and I like it very much, but given our status, will others accept us?"
Grandpa Cui and Cui Yunchen both sighed.
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