Chapter 20 The notice has arrived, and the whole village is happy
"Lao Wang Tong...... No, Mr. Wang, what's wrong with you?"
When Li Yadong saw Comrade Wang appear at the door of his house, he knew what the situation was, and it was sure that the notice had come. It's just that Lao Wang's appearance is really miserable now.
"Huhu...... I'm fine, I'm fine......" Lao Wang was out of breath, and after rubbing his bloodshot hair, he signaled that he was fine.
"Yadong......" He stared at Li Yadong with bright eyes, his eyes were full of joy, appreciation, and pride......
This is the student he taught!
"Teacher, are you Xiaodong's teacher?" Hu Xiuying thought that there was a family to ask for food, but after listening to the conversation between the two, she hurried over to greet her, with a look of hope, she probably guessed what was going on.
"Isn't it?" Lao Wang looked proud, at this moment his thin body stood in the cool air of the early morning, looking so tall.
Li Yadong felt that Lao Wang was born a few years early, otherwise he would definitely have to howl "Who else?!"
"Teacher, has Xiaodong been admitted to that university?" Li Dongmei also rushed up.
At this time, many villagers outside the door also rushed to hear the news. Everyone is undoubtedly very concerned about this issue, and they have long known that the eldest of the Li family was admitted to university, but they have never known where to take the exam.
After all, universities are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and college students in big cities are naturally not comparable to small cities. If nothing else, the work assigned in the future will definitely be different.
To put it more bluntly, it is a matter of big officials and small officials.
After Lao Wang took a deep breath, like a proud peacock, his eyes swept over the faces of the villagers one by one, and finally fixed on Li Yadong, and said excitedly: "North...... North-North ......"
"Peking University, right?" Li Yadong was anxious for him.
In fact, Li Yadong still has points in his heart, after all, his first choice is Peking University, so it is not a surprise at the moment. For him, as long as he can go out, it doesn't make much difference which university he goes to.
"Yes!" Lao Wang grabbed his arm suddenly, his eyes were round, "Yadong, that's Peking University!"
The corners of Li Yadong's mouth twitched, realizing this situation, he probably needed to be more excited, so he jumped up and danced with his hands: "Oh my God! I was actually admitted to Peking University?!"
"Is that still fake?" Lao Wang was very satisfied with his reaction, showing a teachable look, and at the right time, he took out a white envelope with the emblem of Peking University from the green army bag that straddled his shoulder.
Hu Xiuying took the envelope excitedly, her hands trembled a little, just looking at the words on the cover that she didn't know at all, and it seemed that the second monk was confused.
She probably knows that her son has been admitted to a good university, but the word "Peking University" is too abstract, where can rural people understand it?
Beidahuang University?
"Teacher Yadong, what kind of school is Peking University, is it in a big city?" many villagers didn't know why, and asked repeatedly.
"A big city?" Lao Wang sneered, he had a new understanding of the loneliness of this group of rural villagers, and replied lightly: "Do you think the capital is a big city?"
"What?!"
"Yadong was admitted to the university in the capital?"
"Oh, that must be a great school!"
"But no? Maybe you can stay in the capital and work in the future, how big an official must you be?"
The scene suddenly erupted into a burst of amazement, and the farmers in this remote mountain village in south-central China were all shocked by this sudden good news.
However, that's not all......
"What do you know...... Lao Wang looked arrogant, and felt that it was necessary to popularize science to this group of peasant brothers, but don't look down on his students.
And, of course, he's a teacher who can teach such students.
"Let me tell you, Peking University, which is the best university in the capital, our first university in China!"
Whoop -
This news is no less than a thunderbolt from the sky, and all the fathers and villagers present are stupid!
After a long time, the whole small mountain village was completely boiling, and there was no work left in the fields. The old and young masters, old ladies, and little daughters-in-law in the village all ran to tell each other with their voices at their throats. It's like your own sow giving birth, and I can't wait to tell everyone the good news.
"Xiaodong, go to the town to cut a pound of meat and come back, by the way, buy another bottle of good wine, and leave the teacher at home for dinner at noon. Hu Xiuying's eyes were red and she couldn't close her mouth with a smile. Usually a penny is spent as two cents, and it is rare for her to be generous, and this kind of thing is all about catty.
"That'...... Teacher Wang, you sit down for a while, and I'll go back as soon as I go. "What else can Li Yadong say, no matter how calm he is, he can't pour cold water on his mother's head at this juncture.
Besides, Lao Wang usually treats him well, so he should buy some meat and pay respects.
"Don't bother, don't bother, I'll sit for a while and leave......" Lao Wang smiled and waved his hand, but he didn't mean to get up when he sat on the bench, and he probably felt that he should be able to afford this meat.
In order not to delay time, Li Yadong is going to go to Zhang Chunxi's house and borrow his father's 28 big bars to use it, which is originally from the villagers, not to mention that the two families are still linked to interests, and he is confident that he still has this face.
But when he was walking on the road, he ran into the village chief Fang Huozi who rushed to hear the news, and after hearing that Li Yadong was going to borrow a bicycle, he ran home without saying a word and pushed his "permanent" brand 28 bars over.
"Yadong, if you want to use a car in the future, you will go directly to my house to catch up, if I don't go to the township for a meeting, the car will be there as soon as possible. Fang Huozi crossed his waist with one hand and said with a proud face.
This is not his normal style, if there is anyone in the village who is still a little fancy, I'm afraid he is the only one.
A person who was hunched over in his thirties is equivalent to a third-class disability in the countryside, but he can work in the position of village chief for more than 20 years, which can also explain a lot.
"Uncle, then thank you. Li Yadong didn't shirk either, who borrowed it wasn't borrowed.
"Eh, ...... say that"
After coming to the town, Li Yadong first went to Cai Xiaohui's house to say hello to her, Zhang Chunxi didn't know where to collect eggs and ducks, and he didn't meet in the morning. Li Yadong must be out of time today, and his mother is still waiting for him to bring meat home to cook.
Cai Xiaohui looked bitter, according to Li Yadong's meaning, let him and Zhang Chunxi try to do it, after all, she has studied for so long, but she still doesn't dare. So I made a wooden board and wrote four big characters on it with chestnut charcoal - the owner is happy, and erected it next to the roast duck urn outside the door.
This time, the owner is really happy.
In these years, it is not difficult to change some ordinary bills, but there is a premise that you are willing to spend money, under the introduction of Cai Xiaohui, Li Yadong found a family, gave an extra five cents according to the normal ratio, and smoothly exchanged for a pound of meat tickets and a wine ticket.
The meat is pork belly, all fat meat Li Yadong really can't eat, the wine is a local rice wine, the degree is very low, more than ten degrees, similar to red wine.
After returning home, Hu Xiuying worked all morning, and it can be said that she made a table of hard dishes. A large bowl of roasted pork with potatoes, a large pot of duck rack soup, a plate of fried salted fish, a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks, a plate of cold edamame, plus a fried peanut, chicken, duck and fish are all together.
During the meal, Li Yadong called the third brother and sister-in-law over.
Li Yajun was in charge of accompanying the wine, and Wang Lao was not polite, eating a large piece of meat and drinking wine, his mouth was about to laugh crookedly, and he praised Li Yadong for his potential, in fact, he had already seen it, and he didn't remember that he thought that Yadong's classmate had gone crazy at all.
In the middle of the afternoon, Comrade Wang, who was not strong enough to drink, pushed the bicycle that was lying on his stomach, and finally left crookedly. But it didn't take much effort to get another rare guest at home.
Li Yadong looked at Fang Huozi's appearance, as if there was something unspeakable, so he pulled him out of the door, and the two chatted alone.
"Uncle, if you have anything, just say it. ”
"That ......" Fang Huozi squatted on the mud ridge in the corner of the wall, rubbed his hands, and his face looked a little ruddy, "Yadong, it stands to reason that I shouldn't have come to you to discuss this matter......"
Li Yadong rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, aren't you still here?
After listening to him talk about it for a long time, Li Yadong finally understood the meaning. In fact, it's not a big deal, it's just that he was admitted to the university in the capital, and the people in the village are happy, so they must celebrate.
In these years, there is no banquet, and if there is any happy event at home, at most it is a family gathering together to rub it. Of course, this is "solo happiness", and if you really catch up with any "happy for all", most of them will be organized collectively by the village.
And there are probably no happy events in this era that can't be solved by a black and white movie, and now that Li Yadong is admitted to Peking University, most of the people in the village also have this idea.
But this brings us to one issue – money.
"Yadong, you know clearly, it's not cheap to hire someone to show a movie, the village's finances are tight, and the salaries of village cadres haven't been paid for several months, where can you get so much money......? I've heard people say that you can make dozens of ...... a day doing business in the town."
Although Fang Huozi's words were not finished, Li Yadong had fully understood the meaning, and he didn't care who should pay for the money, after all, the villagers were also celebrating him.
After thinking about it, he said: "Uncle, do you think this is okay, I don't seem to be interesting to watch a movie, isn't the village about to be electrified, or I will pay for a TV set for the village, so that everyone will have fun in the future." ”
"What? are you serious?!" Fang Huozi stood up excitedly after hearing this.
A television set costs at least two or three hundred yuan! This is a huge amount of money, and few people in a small mountain village like theirs in a poor and remote area can get it all at once, and it is a very normal phenomenon for some slightly wealthy people to build a red brick house in stages for four or five years.
"Really. Li Yadong smiled and nodded, in fact, he had been thinking about this matter for a while, he originally planned to buy one for his family, but then he thought about it, so that his home would become a base camp in a moment, and his mother had to be quarreled to death.
It is better to put it in the large hall of the village committee, which is spacious and not afraid of disturbing anyone's rest. In the evening, when we have free time, we go over to have a look, have fun, and learn about the outside world by the way, which is ultimately beneficial. He did a good deed for the village.
"But...... I don't have a TV ticket, so I'm afraid the village will have to find a way to solve it. Suddenly thought of something, Li Yadong added.
TV tickets are not comparable to food stamps and meat stamps, which are real scarce bills, and even if you have money, it will be difficult to find someone who has goods for a while.
"No problem! I'll figure out how to deal with the TV ticket, the money ......" Fang Huozi took a deep breath and waved his hand.
Don't take the village chief as a cadre, the size is also in charge of hundreds of people, and the Great Hall of the People in the township and county is usually qualified to sit down, not as good as the ordinary city people?
Fang Huozi has already thought about it, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, in order to add a baby bump to the village committee, even if he goes to the township chief's house to block the door with his old face, he must get a TV ticket, and if he doesn't give it, he won't leave!
"The money is fine, you can use it as you like, when you get a TV ticket, let's go to the county to buy it together." ”
"Good!"
After Fang Huozi said goodbye to Li Yadong, he almost didn't stop, and immediately went home and launched his own 28 bars, with an indomitable momentum, and went to the township government in a hurry.