Song Hai had just come home from get off work, carrying a fish in his hand. An old man on the street had caught it and was selling it for a cheap price without needing a ration coupon. The fish weighed more than two pounds, and he planned to cook it for his two sons tonight so they could come home for dinner.
He went upstairs and found no one home. His wife usually got off work earlier than him. "Where did she go?"
Muttering to myself, I decided to put the knife in a basin first, as it was getting a bit dull. I'd sharpen it before cleaning the fish. I was sharpening the knife outside in the hallway when my neighbor called out to me, and I ran over.
"Old Song, you still have the mind to kill fish? Your daughter called back, and Qiaozhu is here too!"
Song Hai immediately put down the knife, calculating that the admission notices would be sent out soon.
He ran so fast that he forgot to put down the knife in his hand. A group of people saw him rushing to the gatehouse with the knife in his hand. Tian Qiaozhu was holding the telephone receiver and was already sobbing uncontrollably.
"Okay, okay...okay, Beijing is great!"
Seeing his wife crying so hard she couldn't speak, Song Hai slowly walked over, finally remembering the knife in his hand. He put it on the table, his throat hoarse.
"...Xiaoqing?"
Tian Qiaozhu quickly handed him the phone, then covered her face with her hands and cried so hard her shoulders were shaking. Her daughter had been accepted into university and was going to go.
Ten years ago, she suddenly couldn't take the college entrance exam anymore. Otherwise, her daughter might have been able to go. Although it was ten years late, her daughter got married and had a child. But unexpectedly, after ten years, she was able to go again.
"dad"
"Why"
"I received the acceptance letter; it's in Beijing."
"……good"
Song Hai's response was extremely brief, but upon closer inspection, his hand holding the phone receiver was trembling. After finally hanging up, the couple hugged each other and silently shed a few tears. The neighbors all gathered around to celebrate.
"Xiaoqing passed the exam! Wow, this child has always been a smart student!"
"That's right, her grades have always been the best in our dormitory area."
The Song couple were good at keeping things a secret. They didn't tell either of them that their daughter was preparing for the college entrance exam. So when it suddenly came out that Song Qing had been admitted to a university in Beijing, the neighbors could only sigh in amazement, and of course, they were also envious.
Who would have thought that his daughter, who was already married, went to the Northeast to join the army, and whose child is now old enough to go to elementary school, would actually go to university?
"Oh dear, if Xiaoqing goes to university, who will take care of An'an? Will the couple have to be separated again?"
"...This is not good for the young couple, nor is it good for the child. Xiaoqing is already a mother, why is she still going to university?"
Tian Qiaozhu was in a good mood today and didn't care about these sarcastic remarks. The couple wiped their eyes clean and smiled as they went home hand in hand.
The news spread quickly; the two sons found out as soon as they got off work and rushed over without even going home.
"Mom and Dad, did my little sister get into university?"
"You got accepted to the Beijing Institute of Technology. The admission notice has already arrived. I'll have your sister pack her things and come back in a few days. She can leave from home when school starts."
Song Qing's two older brothers couldn't help but clap their hands and laugh, "That's great!"
My sisters-in-law also came with their children. They were proud to know that their sister-in-law had really passed the exam. Good heavens, she was going to Beijing! Maybe she would be assigned to a job in Beijing and become an official there.
A few days later, Song Qing took An'an on the train. The last time she traveled alone with her daughter was on this train to find Lu Yang. She was so worried. She never expected that five years had passed.
In the past five years, except for the first year when they stayed in Northeast China for the Spring Festival, Song Qing took An'an back to Xin'an every year. Lu Yang spent the rest of the time with them, except for one year when he was too busy to take them back and had to rush back to his unit.
After returning home, he stayed at home. As for the Lu family, Lu Yang took some things back to visit them.
Xiao Hui had never taken the train back to Xin'an in the past five years. In the following years, Song Qing did not want to leave her alone in the family compound for the New Year, but Lu Ronghui was also unwilling to go home with her, because if she went back, she might have to see those people from the Lu family again.
She was either at Aunt Tian's house or Guan Lian's house, or at the educated youth settlement.
"Grandma!"
As soon as An'an jumped off the train, she saw the family coming. She waved excitedly and called out to her grandmother. Tian Qiaozhu quickly stepped forward and hugged her granddaughter.
"Wow, you've grown taller again, but you look thinner. Grandma will make you something delicious when we get back."
The elder brother quickly stepped forward and took the bundle from Song Qing's hands.
"Mom and Dad, eldest brother and second brother"
"Hey, let's hurry home. We've been on the train for so many days and we're exhausted."
"Mom has already prepared dinner, let's go."
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