1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 284 The whole family came to hear the news and gathered together (seeking full order

"You kid, you didn't even bother to send a telegram before you came back!"

"I asked you to pick you up in the county, why did you buy such an expensive car?!"

Qin Guilan said she didn't want to buy it, but when she saw her son's bicycle, she thought it was too beautiful. Then she shouted to the women in the threshing ground:
"This is the new bicycle my son Xuemin bought for him!"

This immediately sparked heated discussions among the villagers.

I was so busy chatting with Cheng Xuemin just now that I didn't notice that Qin Guilan's kid actually bought a new bicycle.

"Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, lend me your new bicycle. I've never ridden such a new and nice bicycle before!"

Cheng Xuewu, my uncle's cousin, rushed over and wanted to borrow the bicycle, but was driven aside by his strong aunt Qin Guilan.

What a joke!
This was given to him by her uncle Xuemin as a gift. Your fourth uncle himself hasn't even ridden it, so how could it be Cheng Xuewu's turn to ride it first?

"Fifth brother, turn back, turn back!"

Cheng Xuemin also smiled and greeted his cousin politely.

At home!
Cheng Xuemin's grandfather had four brothers, and his three aunts were not included.

His father is the seventh child and the youngest in the family.

When it comes to Cheng Xuemin's generation, he is also the youngest in the entire family.

So, when he took his cousin from his maternal uncle's family to Yenching University for review, none of Cheng Xuemin's brothers were of the right age to take the college entrance examination.

Cheng Xuemin’s older sister is not Cheng Wenxiu, but he has a cousin who is in her early twenties and is already married.

Among the cousins, Cheng Xuewu from my uncle’s family is the fifth among the cousins, so he is both Brother Wu and Brother Five.

He is over 24 or 25 years old, an illiterate man who has not even finished elementary school, and has already started a family and had children.

Cheng Xuemin is the youngest and the sixth child.

Surrounded by everyone, Cheng Xuemin finally entered the village and returned to his home.

After looking around the house, he couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Mom, did you build a new kiln at home?"

Indeed, a new house and a new kiln were built in the east. This surprised Cheng Xuemin as his parents had never mentioned it in the letter!
"Aren't you thinking about you bringing your young family and grandchild back during the summer vacation?"

"So after you came back from Yanjing during the Chinese New Year, I started building a new kiln for you two to live in!"

Cheng's mother Qin Guilan mentioned it to Cheng Xuemin, who then realized it and asked quickly, "Yes! Where is my young son? Where is my great grandson?"

"Why didn't they come back with you?"

Everyone knows that this time his son and his family of three are coming back to stay for a while, so why is his son coming back alone?

"It was too hot, I didn't let them come with me!"

"Besides, I have to go out on business first, and I won't be able to spend a few days with them when I come back, so I'm thinking I'll wait until the end of the year for the winter vacation and come back for the New Year!"

"Didn't I tell you in advance on the phone?"

Cheng Xuemin took some time to explain that he seemed to have mentioned this to his mother on the phone before!
"Oh! That's right, I did say that. Look at my memory!"

"That's fine, I can wait until I come back to celebrate the New Year!"

"It's so hot now, and we are busy with the harvest, so we don't have time to take care of them!"

Qin Guilan also patted her head and remembered that her son had mentioned in a phone call to the commune that he would bring his daughter-in-law and eldest grandson back to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

"Actually, there's no need to build a new kiln. I'm going to build a bungalow in the yard outside in two years!"

Looking at the new kiln built by his father, Cheng Xuemin didn't know what to say.

In fact, after the 1980s, there were very few people building kangs in northern Shaanxi, and most people just built bungalows.

There are two-story and three-story ones.

"That's your business for the future. You have to build the new kiln!"

After hearing what her mother said, Cheng Xuemin didn't know what to say.

"Are you too hot? Come inside and drink some water!"

"His uncle, his uncle, come in and have a drink of water. Xuemin has gone to help Quanwen, he should be back soon!"

Qin Guilan welcomed everyone in, and out of concern for her son, she quickly poured him some water, fearing that her grown-up son would be thirsty.

"Yes, yes! Uncle, uncle, and second uncle, please come in and sit down!"

"This time I was on a business trip and happened to be passing by our provincial capital, so I made a detour back to take a look!"

"I didn't prepare anything, just a few packs of cigarettes with me!"

"Smoke, smoke!"

When Cheng Xuemin came back this time, he did not bring as many bags as he did last Chinese New Year. He only brought a handbag.

There was really not much in it except a few sets of clothes, a few manuscripts and three packs of cigarettes.

"Oh, by the way, Mom, I have two packs of White Rabbit candies in my bag. Give them out to the little ones!"

Cheng Xuemin remembered that his wife Feng Jiayou had given him four cartons of cigarettes and four large bags of White Rabbit candies, saying that they would be distributed to the adults and children at home after they got home. After all, they had given birth to a big fat boy, and according to the family custom, they had to distribute wedding candies.

Immediately, without waiting for her mother to hide the handbag, she took out two packets of candy from the bag.

The White Rabbit milk candy of this era is a high-end milk candy. It is not available in ordinary county-level supply and marketing cooperatives and is very rare.

"Why are you disbanding? I've already dispersed before!"

Qin Guilan wanted to hold it back, emphasizing that when she had just returned with the good news, she had bought some candies from the commune and distributed them.

"Mom! Just for fun, there are so many kids watching!"

Cheng Xuemin whispered something to his mother, and now everyone in the village knew that he was back.

The adults are fine, they are busy harvesting wheat in the threshing ground.

But the children all came to his house in groups to join in the fun, and Cheng Xuemin rarely came back, so his wife Feng Jiayou had made preparations so as not to appear too stingy.

"Then don't give so much!" Qin Guilan still felt distressed, but she didn't want to offend her child, so she only gave two packets and said.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, mom!"

Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly. How much could this candy cost? Didn't the villagers and the people just want this festive atmosphere?

But Cheng Xuemin, who had picked up two bags of milk candy, was in a dilemma when he saw the yard full of children!
"Xuemin, give it to me!"

"I'll help you sort the money by account, so that these kids don't have to rush and grab it!"

When the brigade secretary saw that Cheng Xuemin was in trouble, he took over the job.

Because he is familiar with this job, in the past, when there were festive events in the village, it was usually the old secretary who helped to organize them, and he absolutely treated everyone equally.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your help!"

Cheng Xuemin thought this was perfect. Otherwise, shouldn't the families that are closer to the family members be given more money, and the families that are more distant be given less money?
On average, there is no closeness or distance between them, so it is difficult to disperse.

Just let the old man go and Cheng Xuemin won’t have to worry about it.

When the old man had almost distributed the candies, Cheng Xuemin's father, sister and brother-in-law also rushed back home together.

My uncle's family came in almost at the same time as my father!
"Brother, I was admitted to Yanjing University! Today, the commune received news that the admission letter has arrived at my county high school!"

Cousin Qin Xiaolian rushed in first, rushed forward and gave Cheng Xuemin a big hug, shouting "Don't be too excited."

"I know, I know, I know everything! Come down, come down, you are a grown-up girl and there are so many people watching you!"

Cheng Xuemin was really stunned by his cousin's sudden hug.

You're such a grown-up girl, but you still don't know that there shouldn't be physical contact between men and women.

As for cousins, there is no prohibition on marriage in the first-generation marriage law, but they still have to maintain a sense of distance and boundaries.

It must be because he has been with Feng Jiamo's sister-in-law for too long, and his heart has gone wild!
"Brother, aren't you happy?"

Qin Xiaolian made a face and said playfully.

"Students!"

"Students!"

Following her sister Cheng Wenxiu and brother-in-law Wang Quanwen, they also greeted him with joy on their faces.

My uncle, aunt, two other cousins ​​and their wives also came!

The whole family couldn't help asking Cheng Xuemin all kinds of questions and kept saying thank you to him.

It was all thanks to this great nephew that his cousin Qin Xiaolian was able to be admitted to Yenching University.

The uncle even threatened that he would have a few drinks with his nephew at the dinner table later.

"Sister, brother-in-law, Xiaolian, I brought your admission letters back to you when I passed by the county today!"

When Cheng Xuemin took out the admission letter, the whole family was happy.

"Is this the admission letter from Yenching University?"

"We haven't even seen the one my kid got last year!"

Looking at her daughter Cheng Wenxiu's admission letter to Yanjing University, Cheng's mother Qin Guilan mentioned her daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou's last year!

Last year, Feng Jiayou was not yet the daughter-in-law of the Cheng family, and she didn’t even show them the admission letter she received.

It's the college entrance examination again this year.

Unexpectedly, her daughter Cheng Wenxiu was also admitted to Yenching University and received an admission letter from Yenching University.

"Mom, Dad, look, it's a little squirrel!"

Cheng Xuemin also took out a dozen photos from his bag. They were all full-moon photos of his son Little Squirrel taken when he was one month old. Feng Jiayou had developed a lot of them and brought them over!
"Ah! Really? Look, look, look at my eldest grandson!"

When Cheng's mother Qin Guilan heard this, she shouted with a look of surprise on her face. The same thing happened to Cheng's father. Although he controlled his emotions very well, he also came over to look at the photo of his eldest grandson.

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(End of this chapter)