Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 379 Resuming the College Entrance Examination

Time passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost a month since the birth of the second child in the Sheng family.

The forest farm's winter production was about to begin, and Sheng Xiping discussed with his family that it would be better to hold a full-moon celebration on October 21st.

If it's too late, most people will have to go up to work in the mountains.

Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen also felt that this arrangement was very reasonable, so they decided on a date for the full moon wine and notified their relatives and friends.

On October 20th, Sheng Xinyu was full moon, and Zhou Qinglan was also in confinement.

Zhou Mingyuan and his wife took leave and came to the forest farm to see their daughter and grandson.

Just as Zhang Shuzhen was busy preparing for tomorrow's banquet, she asked Wang Chunxiu to accompany Zhou Qinglan to take a bath in the forest farm's bathhouse.

During the confinement period, women are not allowed to wash their hair or bathe. However, the woman is weak after giving birth and is always sweating. In addition to breastfeeding, who can bear it after this month?
The couple took a good soak in the bathhouse and then rubbed themselves from head to toe, finally feeling refreshed.

After coming out, Wang Chunxiu dried her daughter's hair, put on her coat, covered her scarf and hat tightly, and hurried home.

The Sheng family is very lively right now. The big pot in the yard is cooking a pot of meat.

For her son's full moon wine, Sheng Xiping started preparing several days in advance and led Sheng Xi'an and Wang Jianshe up the mountain for several days.

We shot a sow, a sow that died every year, and also caught two roe deer, several pheasants, hares, etc.

There are pig heads and meat in the pot, and rabbits and pheasants are stewed in the house. These time-consuming dishes have been prepared in advance. The side dishes will be added tomorrow and they will be stewed for a while.

When the in-laws came to see the child, the Sheng Liancheng couple naturally entertained them well. They cooked eight dishes in the evening and invited Wang Jiachuan and Liu Changde to have a nice meal together.

In the evening, Wang Chunxiu and Zhang Shuzhen stayed in the west room, accompanying Zhou Qinglan and helping to take care of Sheng Xinyu.

Sheng Xinyu, who was quite relieved during confinement, may have suffered from flatulence and a bit of nausea in the past few days.

Wang Chunxiu took the opportunity to teach Zhou Qinglan how to take care of the child, help the child eliminate the flatulence in the stomach, and make the child feel more comfortable.

"My dear, thank you for understanding this. I thought the child was going to be in confinement."

Under Wang Chunxiu's manipulations, Xiao Xinyu let out a series of loud farts, and then he calmed down and closed his eyes to sleep without crying or fussing.

Zhang Shuzhen was surprised when she saw it and said with admiration.

In the past, when medicine was underdeveloped, most people didn't understand it. They just thought that the child was about to be born and was having confinement.

Generally, if the baby is in early confinement, he can be coaxed. If the baby is left alone for ten days and a half, he will get better slowly.

If someone is having severe confinement and sleeps during the day and cries at night, the old man will come up with a trick and ask someone to write a note.

"Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth, there is a night cry man in my family. In the past, gentlemen would read this three times and sleep until dawn."

Post the note on a big tree on the roadside, and people passing by will read it when they see it. It is said that the children will stop crying.

Zhang Shuzhen was an uneducated woman who didn't know much about these things. When Sheng Xiping was a child, her mother-in-law and mother-in-law were not around, so she had to figure out how to raise her children on her own.

When she arrived at her grandson's place, Sheng Xinhua was troubled in the first few days after she was born, but she got better later and was very easy to coax. Zhang Shuzhen didn't understand what flatulence was.

So Zhang Shuzhen was particularly impressed when she saw her grandson neither crying nor making trouble in Wang Chunxiu's hands.

"Sister-in-law, who among us knew these things before? Aren't they all just fooling around? Have the children grown up? It's all the same."

Wang Chunxiu laughed when she heard it. She only learned this through constant learning and summarizing.

When Zhou Qingyang and the others were young, who cared about this?
The child was crying at night these days. Although Zhang Shuzhen helped, Zhou Qinglan was not in the mood to sleep because of the child's crying, so he felt a little haggard.

Now with Wang Chunxiu's help and Zhang Shuzhen's presence, Zhou Qinglan is only responsible for breastfeeding at night and sleeps the rest of the time, so she feels more at ease.

The next day, it will be the day when the Sheng family has full moon wine.

Early in the morning, Sheng Xiping got up to fetch water, but when he opened the door, he found two deer piled at the door.

Needless to say, Huahua must have sent this in the middle of the night.

Over the past year, Huahua has not been so diligent in sending prey back. Sometimes it takes 20 days in half a month, and sometimes it takes about once a month.

Sheng Xiping guessed that Huahua was now bigger and his territory might have expanded.

Tigers patrol their territory almost every day, chasing away uninvited guests.

As the territory expands, it takes more time to patrol around. It is normal to come back less frequently.

Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that today there was a banquet at home, and Huahua happened to bring a deer.

Sheng Xiping took a look and saw that they were a male and a female.

In this season, deer are entering the breeding season. It is estimated that these two deer are a pair, and they were eaten by Huahua.

I don’t know how much effort Huahua put in to drag both deer to the forest farm.

It's interesting to say that the dogs at home are good hunters, and they can smell prey from a long distance away.

But every time Huahua brought prey, the things were left outside the door, and the family dog ​​remained silent.

Sheng Xiping wondered, maybe the smell left by the tiger was so strong that the dog was too frightened to make a sound.

Sheng Xiping dragged the two deer into the yard, and then called Sheng Xi'an to fetch water. He quickly disemboweled the deer to prevent them from being delicious.

The two deer are very complete. The male deer's antlers have become bone and have several branches, which look like small trees and are very beautiful.

Although this thing is not as effective as deer antler, it is still useful and cannot be thrown away.

Deer hearts, deer whips, deer tails, etc. are all good things, so I packed them up one by one.

The remaining venison can be used to stir-fry a few vegetables during the day, and leave some for Zhou Qinglan to nourish her body.

Sheng Xiping was here to clean up the two deer, and Zhang Shuzhen got up to clean up and cook.

Breakfast is simple, just cook some small rice porridge, heat up two-fold noodle pancakes and the leftover vegetables from last night.

She just had to make some food for Zhou Qinglan alone. Even though she was already in confinement, Zhang Shuzhen was still very careful about the food and could not treat her daughter-in-law badly.

So Zhang Shuzhen used a small aluminum pot with two ears to cook millet porridge for Zhou Qinglan alone. She simmered it longer and added a layer of rice oil.

In addition, put two eggs in the pot to boil. After confinement, it will not be easy to eat so many eggs. Two eggs a day will be enough.

There was movement in the outer room, and Wang Chunxiu also woke up. She wanted to come out and help Zhang Shuzhen with the work, but at this time Sheng Xinyu woke up and started crying before she could open her eyes.

Wang Chunxiu took a look and quickly opened his grandson's quilt to take a look. Sure enough, his pants were wet with urine.

So she quickly changed the baby's diaper, fed her, and burped her baby. After finishing all these tasks, Zhang Shuzhen had almost finished cooking.

"My mother-in-law, let's eat. Girl, should I bring your food to this room for you, or should you go to the east room with your mother-in-law to eat?"

Zhang Shuzhen pushed open the door of the west room, poked her head in and asked.

Zhou Qinglan looked at Sheng Xinyu, who had just finished feeding and was staring blankly, "Mom, I'd better eat in this room."

The second child has been a bit troublesome recently, crying when he can't see her. Zhou Qinglan was worried that she would go to the east room to eat, and the little guy was crying, so he simply stayed in the west room to eat.

"Okay, then I'll bring it to you."

Zhang Shuzhen nodded and went back to the kitchen. Millet porridge, eggs, half a piece of pancake, and vegetables were all ready and brought to the west room.

"In-laws, you go to eat. I'll watch Xinyu here for a while. I'll wait until Qinglan finishes eating before I go to eat."

Wang Chunxiu was a guest, and there was no reason to let the guests eat late, so Zhang Shuzhen asked Wang Chunxiu to go to dinner while she stayed to take care of the baby.

Wang Chunxiu still wanted to give in, but Zhang Shuzhen laughed and pushed her to the east room for dinner.

Just after returning to the West Room, Sheng Xinyu was crying there again. Zhang Shuzhen quickly picked up the child and patted her gently to comfort her.

After a while, the baby stopped crying, yawned, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

With her mother-in-law coaxing the child, Zhou Qinglan had a peaceful breakfast, and then quickly combed her hair, changed clothes, and tidied up while the child was asleep.

After breakfast, the family began to get busy preparing today's full moon wine.

The students in the Sheng family all took leave today to help out at home.

The Sheng family has good popularity in the forest farm, and many people come to congratulate them.

Fortunately, the Sheng family was well prepared and had five or six tables set up.

With all the meat Sheng Xiping brought back, this banquet would definitely be good. Most of the ten dishes were hard dishes, and the guests who came to celebrate were all full of praise.

It's rare for everyone to get together, drink, punch, and chat casually.

While I was drinking, someone suddenly ran in, "Secretary Wang, Director Zheng, there's a call from the bureau, saying there's something important to tell you."

Wang Jiachuan and Zheng Xianyong were both stunned, not knowing what was going on, so they quickly put on their shoes and went to the ground, put on their coats and walked to the field.

Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xiping also followed him out, "Uncle Wang, we haven't finished the meal yet. Come back later and continue drinking."

Wang Jiachuan waved his hand and hurried away with Zheng Xianyong.

Sheng Liancheng and Sheng Xiping turned around and walked into the house. As they walked, Sheng Liancheng was still puzzled. "Is this such an important thing? The bureau called me specifically?"

"I don't know." Sheng Xiping shook his head, he didn't know.

There were guests at home, and the two men hurried back to the house to have dinner with the guests.

After a while, Wang Jiachuan and Zheng Xianyong returned to the Sheng family again. Sheng Xiping took a look and saw smiles on their faces.

"Uncle, sit down and eat quickly. Everyone hasn't had much to drink. I'm just waiting for you two to come back."

Wang Jiachuan and Zheng Xianyong sat down on the kang again, picked up their wine glasses, and then spoke.

"Well, let me tell you some good news. I just got a call from the bureau and said that it was an order from the superiors that the college entrance examination will be resumed this year."

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment. Except for a few young people, the rest of them didn't quite understand what Wang Jiachuan was talking about.

Zhou Mingyuan, on the other hand, when he heard this, he slammed the table excitedly and almost stood up from the kang.

"Oh, I have been looking forward to this day, Qinglan, do you hear? The college entrance examination is about to resume."

Sheng Xiping was also a little dazed. He had always known that the college entrance examination would be resumed this year, but he really didn't know the specific day.After all, he was staying inside at that time. When he came out, because of Sheng Xian's incident, the college entrance examination was also a taboo topic at home, so Sheng Xiping didn't know the specific day when the news was announced.

The reason why Sheng Xiping bought a radio was for this reason.

He was afraid that the forest farm was remote and lacked information, and that it would delay Sheng Xian and the others' registration.

But they forgot that such a big matter related to the future fate of countless educated youths, and the whole country was paying attention. How could the bureau not convey it as soon as possible?
In fact, in September, when the Ministry of Education held a national college admissions conference in the capital, it had already decided to resume the national college admissions examination that had been suspended for ten years.

On October 21st, the People's Daily published the news of the resumption of college entrance examination on the front page, and all major media outlets forwarded it one after another.

As soon as the Provincial Forestry Department received the news, it notified its subordinate forestry bureaus, and the forestry bureau immediately notified all forest farms.

"Uncle Wang, is the college entrance examination really going to be resumed? Well, what are the conditions for registration? When can I register?" Sheng Xiping was very excited and asked quickly.

"What did the bureau say just now? Oh, by the way, workers, farmers, educated youth who have gone to the mountains and countryside, demobilized soldiers and cadres, and fresh high school graduates can all sign up.

The age can be relaxed to 30 years old, and current employees can also sign up. "

Wang Jiachuan carefully recalled the contents of the phone call, and it should be correct.

"The specific documents, as well as the registration form, will be sent to our forest farm soon. If you want to register then, you can go to the forest farm and ask for the registration form."

"That's great, wife, brother, did you hear? The college entrance examination is about to resume.

I've said it a long time ago, you can't fall behind in your studies, it will be useful sooner or later.

Uncle Wang, two of our family have signed up to take the college entrance examination. When the registration form comes out, we will fill it out and sign up. "

Sheng Xiping was so happy that he said it directly without discussing it with his family.

What Sheng Xiping meant was that Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xi'an were both going to take the college entrance examination.

After hearing this, Wang Jiachuan glanced at Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen.

"Well, let's eat first. The registration form will definitely not come today. When it comes, I will have people shout with a loudspeaker. Anyone who wants to register can go and get the registration form."

Wang Jiachuan's meaning is obvious. The head of the Sheng family has not said anything. Whoever signs up for the college entrance examination must be discussed clearly.

Sheng Xian didn't have any problem. As an unmarried educated youth, he should take the exam when he should. If he really passed the exam, that would be the glory of Qianchuan Forestry Farm.

But Zhou Qinglan is the mother of two children. The second child has just given birth and she is going to take the college entrance examination. What will happen to the children?

So you have to be careful about this, and don’t sign up just when your head is hot.

Sheng Xiping also calmed down at this time and looked at his parents and mother-in-law. "Yes, yes, eat first, eat."

Most of the people present were not very interested in the college entrance examination or not.

What will happen even if the college entrance examination is resumed?These educated youths at Maekawa Forestry Farm didn’t study hard when they were in school, and they gave it up for so many years. If they were asked to take the exam, would they really be able to pass it?

So everyone didn't care much about it, just eating and drinking when it was time to talk and laugh.

Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Chunxiu, on the other hand, were pretending that something was wrong, and the meal was a bit unpalatable.

The full moon banquet started at one o'clock and lasted until after four o'clock. The men were all drunk and staggering.

In the end, the wives of each family couldn't stand it and simply dragged their men back.

The guests were leaving one after another, and Sheng Liancheng and his son had to follow them out to say a few words.

"Xiping, come here and let us have a chat."

Wang Jiachuan drank a lot, but he was not drunk enough to lose consciousness. He dragged Sheng Xiping forward for a short distance.

"During lunch, I didn't let you go any further. Do you really plan to let your wife take the exam?"

Wang Jiachuan had a good relationship with Sheng Liancheng, and he treated Sheng Xiping as his own child, so he asked more questions.

"Uncle Wang, I do have this idea.

My Qinglan is doing very well in school. You can see that she teaches in school and her work performance is pretty good. I mainly think it would be a pity for her not to go to college. "Sheng Xiping nodded and admitted directly.

"In the summer, Chen Feng's father came over and mentioned that he wanted to give Qing Lan a place for further study at the Normal University.

I was thinking that since it was inconvenient for Qing Lan to be pregnant with a child, I didn't bother her.

If there is a chance to seriously take the college entrance examination, I really want her to try it. "

"Xiping, I shouldn't get involved in this matter. You can make your own decisions about your family's affairs.

But you have to be aware that you are a junior high school graduate with low academic qualifications, and now you are a formal worker.

If your wife really gets admitted to college, she will be a college student, with a high degree of education, and she will have a good job in the future.

Aren't you afraid that you two won't get along together in the future?
In other words, what if your wife goes to college and falls in love with a man in college? "

"Uncle, I'm not trying to hit you. At this age, what kind of things have you never seen before?
Nowadays, those educated youth in big cities who go to the mountains and countryside can do anything in order to return to the city.

Those who abandoned their wives and children, those who abandoned their husbands and their children, those who fought over a place to return to the city, and so on.

You really need to think about this. "Wang Jiachuan patted Sheng Xiping on the shoulder and sighed.

"Uncle, thank you for thinking so thoughtfully for me. What should I say about this matter? I believe in Qinglan's character and the Zhou family's tutoring.

Qinglan is different from those educated youths who go to the countryside in big cities. The Zhou family is in Songjiang River, and the Songjiang River is the only way back to the city. Where else can she go?
Besides, even if you get into college, don’t you still come and go wherever you go?
I have to distribute it back in the future, and I can’t go anywhere else, right? "Sheng Xiping smiled.

"Qinglan and I have two sons. She loves her children so much, how can she be willing to leave us and just run away?"

Wang Jiachuan saw that Sheng Xiping was determined to let Zhou Qinglan take the college entrance examination, so it was useless no matter how much he said.

"Okay, you can discuss your family matters yourself. No matter what happens, I hope you will be well."

After saying that, Wang Jiachuan waved his hand, turned back to his wife, and they left together.

Sheng Xiping watched Wang Jiachuan and his wife leave, then turned back to his home.

At this time, the guests had almost left. Zhang Shuzhen and Sheng Yunfang were clearing the table and washing the dishes, while Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang hurriedly sent back the tables, chairs and other household items borrowed from each family.

There was no sign of Zhou Qinglan or Wang Chunxiu in the east room. They must have woken up and were coaxing the child.

There were only two people, Sheng Liancheng and Zhou Mingyuan. One kang head was leaning on the wall of the room, and the other kang was slightly leaning on the kangqin. The two old brothers were still chatting there.

Sheng Xiping quickly went to make a pot of tea and poured a cup each for his father and father-in-law.

Some people say drinking tea to sober up, others say it's useless. Drunk people are thirsty, so there's nothing wrong with drinking more tea anyway.

Zhou Mingyuan picked up the tea cup and drank the whole cup, then burped comfortably.

On the other side, Sheng Liancheng also drank half a cup of tea, and then put the tea cup on the kang. The remaining water in the cup rippled out and sprinkled on the kang.

Sheng Xiping grabbed the rag and wiped the Kang mat.

"Dad, I'm thinking about letting Qinglan and Lao Er take the college entrance examination. What do you think?"

What Wang Jiachuan said makes sense. For such a big matter as the college entrance examination, you have to discuss it with your family before deciding.

Not only the opinions of the Sheng family, but also what the two elders of the Zhou family have to say.

"College entrance examination? What kind of college entrance examination?"

Sheng Liancheng drank a little too much and couldn't think straight. He rolled his eyes and asked loudly.

Sheng Xiping took a look and realized that there was nothing he could do with his father, so he should wait until he sobered up.

"Dad, if you're sleepy, just lie down for a while and I'll get you a pillow."

Sheng Xiping took out two pillows from the kangqin and gave one to his father and father-in-law, so that they could lie down and sleep for a while.

At this time, in the west room, Zhou Qinglan was breastfeeding her child, and Wang Chunxiu was holding Sheng Xinhua in his arms.

"Speaking from my heart, I really hope that you can take the college entrance examination.

But look, you have two children. The older one is less than his second birthday, and the younger one has just been born. Oh, how can you say this? "

Wang Chunxiu didn't even finish the lunch, and was thinking about how to handle her daughter's affairs.

The resumption of the college entrance examination is an opportunity that many educated youths who have gone to the countryside have been waiting for.

Zhou Qinglan's grades were very good when she was in school. If she missed this opportunity, it would be a lifelong regret.

But in this situation, how can Zhou Qinglan take the exam?

I couldn't pass the exam and was sad.If I get admitted, should I go to this university or not?

Zhou Mingyuan and Wang Chunxiu were completely satisfied with Sheng Xiping, his uncle. The Zhou family's family tradition would never allow Zhou Qinglan to abandon her husband and son for the sake of her future.

So Wang Chunxiu thought about it and finally decided to advise her daughter not to have those unrealistic thoughts and live a good life with her uncle.

Now Zhou Qinglan is a substitute teacher at Qianchuan Primary and Secondary School. She has outstanding teaching ability and the students she brings out have good grades. Now she just has to wait for the time.

As long as he has enough time to go to the mountains and countryside, and there are recruitment quotas in the bureau, Zhou Mingyuan can work hard secretly, and Zhou Qinglan can become a regular employee.

The couple are both regular employees, one is in the security department and the other is a teacher in school. Their future life will definitely be good.

That's good, don't ask for so much, otherwise the couple will be separated. Where can you find a man as good as Sheng Xiping?
"Well, as people say, it's hard to find a single foot in your life. This is true.

I see, this is your fate. Don’t force yourself to go to college or anything like that. Just take good care of Xiping and your two children. It’s good to live your quiet life.

Girl, don’t blame mom for saying that, mom is doing it for your own good. "Wang Chunxiu hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke out words of advice.

Zhou Qinglan looked down at Sheng Xinyu, silently.

When Sheng Xiping shouted out that two members of the Sheng family were going to take the college entrance examination, Zhou Qinglan's heart beat wildly with excitement. She was looking forward to improving herself from the bottom of her heart.

But after calming down, Zhou Qinglan also saw the reality clearly.

Now she is married and has two children. The second child, Xinyu, is still so young. Why should she bother with it?Might as well live a good life.

(End of this chapter)