During the Chinese New Year of 1977, Zhang Weifang's family gathered together again. This year, Zhang Weiren and the pregnant Jin Wen were missing from the family, and the smiles on the faces of the brothers and sisters were more sincere.
Before, Jin Wen was here. Although she was also a family member, everyone always felt uncomfortable when she was around.
Before she knew it, Zhang Weifen was already 23 years old. In the past few years, she had been quite well behaved at home, so her neighbor Ruyi's sister-in-law introduced her to a boyfriend.
Zhang Qiao Na thought that everyone would be there during the Chinese New Year and could help her with some advice, so she asked the other party to come to her house on the third day of the New Year.
The man was not very tall, less than 1.7 meters, with very white skin, whiter than most people, and a mole on his chin. When he saw them, he nodded and bowed nervously, and he looked like an honest man.
The man's name is Li Baoneng, he is 25 years old and single. His family is from Lizhuang Commune. Although he also farms, his conditions are much better than those in their village.
This man is good in every aspect except that he is not very good at speaking. He gets nervous when he meets people and his smile is even stiffer than when he doesn't smile at all.
After meeting, Zhang Qiao Na asked Zhang Weifen for her opinion. She thought this man was very good. Although he had no opinions of his own, he was willing to listen to her. She also said that she would be the head of the family in the future, and she was very satisfied.
The other brothers and sisters didn't quite think highly of this man. They felt that he lacked manliness and was a bit immature in his words and actions.
However, since Zhang Weifen was willing, they didn't say anything.
Zhang Weifang looked at the red line chart of the two people and found that the matching degree was as high as 80, which means that the two people are very suitable. This may be their fate.
Zhang Weifang felt that this man was okay. First, he was honest, and second, he was obedient. As long as she didn't mind that he was incompetent, she could get along with him.
Zhang Weishuang looked down on him the most. She had heard that Li Baoneng was not in good health, could not do heavy work, and did not earn many work points.
Unfortunately, her objection was useless, as Zhang Weifen insisted on marrying him.
The two people's wedding was scheduled for February. Because Jin Wen was going to give birth in March, they were afraid that their schedules would not coincide, so not long after that, Zhang Weifen got married.
After Zhang Weifen got married, Zhang Qiao Na followed Zhang Weifang to Weiyu City. She came early to take care of her daughter-in-law during her confinement.
On the fifth day of March, the first granddaughter of the Zhang family was born. Jin Wen named her Zhang Nailin. Zhang Nailin inherited the good looks of her parents, with big, bright eyes that made Zhang Weifang envious for a long time.
When Zhang Nailin was three months old, Jin Wen became pregnant with her second child. In order to take care of little Nailin, Zhang Qiao Na took her back to her hometown. Fearing that she would have no milk to drink, she also found a wet nurse for her in the village.
Nailin's wet nurse was Zhang Weishuang's neighbor. In order to get the neighbor to nurse their niece well, in addition to money, Zhang Weishuang and his wife often helped the neighbor with work, such as threshing grain, breaking corn, and doing everything.
At the same time, Zhang Weifen also became pregnant. This time she married the right person. Her in-laws treated her very well and did not complain about her cooking being bad or her work being careless.
Zhang Qiaona and Zhang Jiuyun are not working this year. One of them is 54 and the other is 60 years old. As they are old, their children let them stay at home.
The main forces in the family now are Zhang Weibao and Zhang Weicun. Zhang Weibao is doing well and has become the accountant of the second team. Zhang Weicun is still lazy and slacking off as usual, and no one can control him.
Zhang Weibao is 21 years old this year and it is time for him to get married, but I have a lot of family matters this year, so I haven’t taken care of him for the time being.
On October 12 of that year, the State Council announced the resumption of the college entrance examination. Countless educated youth who had gone to the countryside, workers and citizens, and students who were currently in school all greeted this good news with joy. This was their chance to change their destiny.
However, for the uninformed rural people, this incident seemed to have little impact on their lives, and they still worked day after day to earn work points.
Both Zhang Weibao and Zhang Weicun had sufficient qualifications, but neither of them had ever considered going to university.
Zhang Weibao feels very satisfied with his life in the village. He has enough food and drink every day and works hard, which is better than anything else.
Zhang Weicun is even more of a fool. He knows that his academic performance is not good, so he just slacks off every day. Besides, his elder brother is an official, so how can he ignore him?
At the end of the year, Zhang Weibao also had a successful blind date. The other party was a girl from the village. She was not tall, plump and very festive.
Zhang Qiao Na was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law. She looked healthy and capable.
The educated youth in Shuanglong Village were all very capable. All eight of them passed the exams and graduated with either a junior college or a bachelor's degree, which made everyone envious.
The old people in the village often get together and say:
"See? This is what they call a dragon begets a dragon, and a phoenix begets a phoenix. He's from the city, so he must be good at studying. Look at our village, which is so big, and there's not a single promising person."
In fact, it’s mainly because people in the village get married early, and married people pursue stability, so of course they won’t think about studying anymore.
Moreover, the environment in the past few years made everyone feel that studying was useless, so no one in the village went to high school. Now even if they wanted to take the exam, they would not be able to pass.
But the educated youth are different. They will seize this only opportunity to change their destiny.
It is said that many people do not even have textbooks, and their algebra is all handwritten. In order to study, they burn candles and work hard.
This exam tests not only knowledge, but more importantly perseverance and determination. It is difficult for people without perseverance to get good grades after more than a month of review.
This year, Hu Zi was admitted to No. 1 Middle School with the second-to-last place. Everyone was very happy, except Hu Zi, who felt ashamed.
His top student deskmate was ranked first, while he was ranked last. He was too embarrassed to talk about his own grades.
After Hu Zi entered high school, he studied harder. He wanted to apply to the police academy. Although the police academies in the province have not resumed operations yet, he felt that there would definitely be opportunities in the future.
In fact, Zhang Weifang thought it would be a good idea for Hu Zi to get into a normal school, where he would have a stable job and be respected. But he insisted on getting into a police academy. His dream was to become a policeman, and he would still want to be a policeman even if he had to go to another place.
Zhang Weifang was unwilling to do so. She felt that the profession of police was too dangerous. She admired police officers, but did not want her son to become a police officer.
However, the college entrance examination is not here yet, and she doesn't want to undermine Hu Zi's self-confidence too much.
Zhang Weifang asked An An again:
"An An, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
An An had already thought about it, and he answered without hesitation:
"Mom, I want to make a lot of money."
Zhang Weifang thought that his wish was very good. No matter what time, people cannot live without money. It is a good thing to know how to make money so that they can do business in the future.
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