Lu Qingyang drew a letter from Jingcheng University—a formal document with the solemn school emblem and name printed on it, and on the front it said:
Comrade Lu Qingyang:
After review and approval, you have been admitted to the Department of Physics of our school.
Please report to the school on September 15, 1978 with this notice.
Below is the bright red official seal of Capital University and the seal of the Admissions Office.
Shen Mo also drew her letter of admission, the admission letter from Beijing Medical University was equally solemn:
Comrade Shen Mo:
You have been admitted to the clinical medicine program at our university. Please report to the university on September 15, 1978, with this notice.
It was also stamped with a bright red official seal.
"Qingyang! You...you really took the test!" Shen Mo raised her head, tears no longer under control, surging.
"Well, we all took the exam, Xiaomo, you are great." He hugged Shen Mo and spun around.
"Capital University, Qingyang has been admitted to Capital University." Aunt Liu excitedly shouted towards the house, "Come quickly, it's a great news, a huge news!"
Fang Zhongwen and Ding Panyun almost rushed over when they heard the sound.
When Fang Zhongwen saw the two notification letters with the names of the top universities printed on them in his son and daughter-in-law's hands, his eyes instantly turned red, his lips trembled, and he patted Lu Qingyang's shoulder heavily, saying "OK!" three times in a row, his excitement beyond words.
Ding Panyun burst into tears, hugged her son, and then pulled Shen Mo's hand:
"My dear son! My dear daughter-in-law! You are so amazing! So amazing! May our ancestors bless us, our family is... our ancestral graves are smoking!"
She was incoherent and tears of joy kept flowing.
The news that Lu Qingyang and Shen Mo both passed the college entrance examination, especially Lu Qingyang's admission to the Department of Physics of Jingcheng University, caused an uproar in the entire military compound and even among Fang's relatives and friends.
The congratulatory calls and the endless stream of guests made the Fang family compound immersed in great joy and noise for several days.
Mr. Fang was wearing a loose white training suit and was concentrating on practicing Hua Tuo's Five Animal Exercises.
His movements were slow and powerful, imitating the postures of tigers, deer, bears, monkeys, and birds, breathing in and out, and immersing himself in it.
Old Mrs. Fang sat on a rattan chair in the corridor, wearing reading glasses and holding a small tiger-head shoe sole in her hand. Occasionally, she looked up at her husband practicing, with a faint smile on her lips.
The unusual noise coming from the Fang family next door drifted over faintly.
Old Master Fang slowly withdrew, his brows slightly furrowed, and he was a little puzzled: "Why is the Zhongwen family next door so noisy all day? What happened?"
Old Mrs. Fang also stopped sewing and listened carefully: "Yeah, it sounds like quite a few people have come? They're laughing quite loudly."
Just then, the moon-shaped gate in the courtyard wall creaked open, and Aunt Wang from next door popped her head in hurriedly. "Oh my! Old man, old lady! You two still have the leisure to practice the Five Animal Exercises and mend shoe soles here? You're really bold!"
Mr. Fang put away his posture, took the towel handed to him by Mrs. Fang, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked doubtfully:
"Wang family, what's going on next door? It's so noisy."
Aunt Wang slapped her thigh, her voice rising an octave:
"What's going on? This is such a happy event! How come you didn't know about it? Why don't you go and see your precious grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law! Go and see them now! If you're late, you won't be able to see the fresh and hot food!"
"My grandson? Qingyang and Xiaomo?" Grandpa Fang was even more confused. "What happened to them? What happened?"
His heart tightened, but seeing Aunt Wang's beaming expression, it didn't seem like anything bad was going on.
"Oh, look at what you said, what could it be? It's a good thing, a very good thing!" Aunt Wang deliberately kept the secret.
"Go! You'll find out when you get there! I guarantee you'll be so happy you two won't know what to do!"
After saying that, she didn't explain much, smiled and retracted her head, and even kindly helped them open the moon door.
Old Man Fang and Old Lady Fang looked at each other. They were both very curious about Aunt Wang's incoherent words, and they also had a vague premonition that it might be a good thing.
"This Wang family member only speaks half-heartedly!" Old Mrs. Fang scolded, but her hands quickly put away the sewing basket.
"Let's go and see what Qingyang and Xiaomo are up to that they're making such a big fuss."
Old Master Fang also became interested. He picked up the purple clay teapot on the table and, without changing his clothes, walked slowly around his yard with his wife.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard of Fang Zhongwen's house, I saw the courtyard was full of people, acquaintances and strangers, all with smiles on their faces, talking in a flurry. My focus was on Lu Qingyang and Shen Mo standing at the door of the main hall!
"Grandpa, grandma, you are finally here." The sharp-eyed Ding Panyun was the first to see her parents-in-law and immediately greeted them excitedly.
"Dad, Mom, this is great news, a huge happy news!"
Fang Zhongwen also squeezed over with a flushed face, "Qingyang and Xiaomo's admission letters, Qingyang was admitted to Beijing University, and Xiaomo was admitted to Beijing Medical University!"
The old man almost dropped the purple clay teapot in his hand.
Lu Qingyang and Shen Mo also hurried forward, took the notice from him personally, and together with Shen Mo, solemnly held it in front of the two elders with both hands.
Mr. Fang took the notice with "Capital University" printed on it.
"Qingyang, my good grandson, bring honor to our family, bring honor to our family!"
He was so excited that he was incoherent, and his crutches kept pounding on the ground.
Old Mrs. Fang also took her granddaughter-in-law's hand:
"Xiao Mo...good girl, medical school, that's great, saving the dying and the wounded, doing good deeds! You two...you two have really brought great honor to our family."
Grandpa Shen also rushed over after hearing the news. When he arrived in the capital, he had never thought that his granddaughter could be admitted to the Medical University.
"Xiaomo, if your mother knew, she would be so happy."
When she mentioned her mother, Shen Mo couldn't help crying, "Grandpa, Mom will definitely be very happy."
Xiaoting raised her head proudly: "In the future, I must be like my sister, get into a good university, and bring honor to our family."
The military compound was filled with joy and laughter.
However, outside the yard, there was a person hiding aside and dared not come in.
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