"Son, where do you have so much money? Son, you have finally been admitted to university, you can't do illegal things, you can't destroy your future!" Zhang Yingui was dumbfounded at first, and then anxious.

I'm afraid that Zhang Xingxing will go the wrong way.

"Dad, what are you talking about? My son will never go crookedly, and the money he earns on the road he walks is absolutely worthy of his own conscience, and also worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. ”

Zhang Xingxing expressed his determination, and this Zhang Yingui put his mind at ease.

The Zhang family's tutor still has confidence in him, and he will not let the child have evil thoughts and signs, that is, he will be beaten to death, let him know his mistake, let him be afraid once he returns, and never dare to do it again.

On the day of the banquet, Zhang Xingxing's friends came to help.

But there was one person who didn't come, Zhang Dahun, the guy who was developing for the second time, he signed up for the army and was selected.

……

An unforgettable 1977 Lunar New Year.

Some bazaars were opened, and the Zhang family could buy food for banquets without tickets and money, and the original black market became legal.

The tables and chairs for the banquet are all borrowed from the village.

From the door of the new house of the Zhang family to the door of the old house, and also placed in the threshing floor of the brigade, the people in the village, relatives, people in the commune brigade, people in the factory of Pengbu Town, there are too many people cheering, is this banquet too high-profile, this ...... Thinking that the people in the commune would come to eat, Zhang Yingui felt that they would not find fault, so they dared to do it, otherwise they would not dare to set up a banquet like this.

On this day, the eaters all brought things, and those who sent meat and fish were recorded on the gift list, the chickens and ducks were big, and the onions, ginger and garlic were not ashamed.

The first dish of the banquet is braised pork.

The braised pork that later generations did not like to eat, and the villagers in this era looked at it with their eyes shining.

Before the second dish came up, the braised pork had already been eaten.

……

On this day, Zhang was happy that no one poured wine, and Lao Tzu was poured into the east, west, north and south.

Secretary Pan drank wine first: "A golden phoenix flew out of the mountain nest, and this golden phoenix smashed into his old Zhang's house. ”

After Secretary Pan finished drinking, then one by one people clinked glasses with Zhang Yingui.

Zhang Yingui drank directly, and when Lao Tzu was happy, he didn't wake up until noon the next day.

……

After the banquet, it's the New Year.

It snowed during the New Year, and it was a good year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Hao Cuihua proposed to her family that she wanted to go to school.

This daughter is getting more and more inches.

"What's the use of a girl studying, won't you still get married and take care of a baby at home, you have been literate in literacy classes over the years, what else do you want to do, go to school? Do you know how old you are, you are eighteen years old, you still go to school, what school do you go to, primary school? What age are those dolls, do you go to school?"

"No, I didn't start in elementary school, I started in junior high school. Hao Cui said.

"I disagree. ”

Hao Cuihua went to school with her family, which made Hao's father very angry.

He also complained to Zhang Tiande: "The more my daughter grows up, the more disobedient she becomes, is her brain pumped when she wants to go to the wood factory in the town, what's the use of a girl studying, going to junior high school, does she want to go to university, how old does she want to be? 24 years old to take the university entrance examination, even if she is admitted to college, then she can't come out at the age of 28, is she ready to be an old girl, ah! ”

……

After the New Year, two days before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Xingxing went to Binjiang University to report.

This is February 19, 1978.

There was a light rain, and the spring rain was as expensive as oil.

Good sign.

1978 was also the beginning of an era, and the era of reform and opening up came roaring, and these signs came true in advance.

In 1978, the responsibility contract was allowed, and the production team could exercise autonomy, work together, or contract, and the people of the commune and the brigade began to weaken in the prosperous era, because society began to advocate making a fortune.

New policies and practices have emerged in the newspapers.

All this has brought them discomfort, and only Zhang Xingxing knows that a bigger big change is still to come.

Zhangjiahe Village.

"I went to college, your second brother is in the town, the third you have to help take care of your grandmother, the fourth and fifth you also go to school, and you will be naughty in the future......"

This is leaving, Zhang Xingxing is a little reluctant to go home.

Grandma is so old, how many years can she live?

In his previous life, he was tired of this poor Zhangjiahe Village, this place has always been backward and poor, but he has never escaped from here in his life, and now he feels that he has taken the step of university, and his world will be broader in the future.

But thinking that in my previous life, I had been in this mountain lump for the rest of my life, and that greasy feeling erupted.

Let's experience the feeling of drifting farther and farther away, and missing my hometown.

At night, Zhang's mother packed up all the things that Zhang was happy about, quilts, clothes, teacups, and some food.

Zhang's mother stuffed a lot of guys, sweet potatoes, cooked potatoes, flatbread......

Zhang Yingui pulled the flatbed truck at the door, put Zhang Xingxing's things on the flatbed truck, pulled them to the town, and sent his son to the county shuttle.

Going to go.

The fourth and fifth hugged their legs and cried and said, "Big brother, it's not like it will take you a long time to come back." ”

Pick up the hands of the fourth and fifth.

"It won't be long, the eldest brother will come back during the summer vacation, you are obedient at home, wait for the eldest brother to come back and bring you delicious food!"

Zhang said happily coaxing his little grandson and little granddaughter.

"Eldest grandson, if you go to college, don't worry about your family, you study hard, make progress every day, and learn knowledge as soon as possible. ”

Grandpa Zhang Jingui said.

"Eldest grandson, it's cold in the north, so you have to wear more clothes. ”

"Well, Grandma I know, Mom packed me a lot of clothes. ”

……

"Son, let's go. ”

The father pulled the car in front.

He also doesn't want to be happy.

"Just give it a push. ”

Zhang Xingxing made arrangements for the wood carving factory of the town's repair society, the workers had already begun to go to work, and Director Zhu and Deputy Director Liu came to the town station to see Zhang Xingxing off.

This time he went to college, Zhang Xingxing didn't let his father go, he was so old, why did he let his father suffer from being sent off, it took dozens of hours to train, and he had to double the time when he came and went.

The grandparents in the family are old, there are grandmothers, and there are so many younger, all of them depend on their fathers.

Waving goodbye to everyone, Zhang Xingxing embarked on the road of study.

When he arrived at the train station, Zhang Xingxing had a big bag in his left hand, a big bag in his right hand, and a bag on his back.

I don't want to bring anything I need, but my mother has to bring it, and I don't know how much Zhang's mother has loaded.

It was really miserable, and his luggage weighed him down, and he couldn't walk anymore.

Entering the train station, Zhang happily looked at the station, he hoped to see Zhao Gaohong, who went to Binjiang University, but after scanning several times, he didn't see Zhao Gaohong.

After checking in at the train station, wait for the train on the platform.

In those days, it was still a steam train, and the train came, and besides, besides, it was ......

Remembering a joke about "besides" making a sentence, he couldn't help but laugh.

A young girl next to her suddenly laughed when she saw Zhang Xingxing, inexplicably.