Chapter 34: The Banquet

The time to wait for the university admission letter is long and difficult, Xia Yu filled in the early approval, and it should arrive soon. Sure enough, on a rainy day, Wang Xiuzhen and Xia Yu were sitting in their kitchen making bean paste, and suddenly saw someone from the post office passing by with a stack of packages on their backs, Wang Xiuzhen immediately stepped forward and asked: "Lao Zhang, how are you walking today?" ”

Uncle Zhang at the post office said depressedly: "It's not the road under the cliff that has landslided, the shuttle bus had to stop, I looked at the admission letters of some college students, so I had to send them to the post office with an umbrella." ”

Wang Xiuzhen mixed the bean paste and put it in the jar to seal it, and suddenly remembered that Xia Yu's notice might have arrived.

Immediately, he hurried to the post office with an umbrella and rubber boots. Sure enough, Xia Yu's notice arrived, but Wang Xiuzhen didn't bring her ID card and couldn't take it away. I had to run back quickly, take my ID card, and come back with Xia Yu's college admission letter soon after.

Xia Yu opened it excitedly, and sure enough, it was the 985 teacher-free school that he had chosen, Wang Xiuzhen looked at the notice above that the tuition and miscellaneous fees were all waived, and the living expenses were subsidized, and she cried excitedly.

Seeing that Wang Xiuzhen was more excited than herself, Xia Yu understood, Wang Xiuzhen pinned her unfulfilled wish on Xia Yu's body. Seeing Wang Xiuzhen choked, her eyes were red, and she began to call Xia Changde, Xia Changde also said excitedly after hearing this: "Xiao Yu is the first person in our big family to be admitted to university, I see who will dare to say that I Xia Changde is not capable in the future." Have the ability to give birth to a college student. ”

Listening to his father's words, Xia Yu smiled. Then Wang Xiuzhen choked up and continued to call her parents, relatives and friends, and after the good news was over, Wang Xiuzhen began to prepare for the college banquet. This is the most exciting thing that Wang Xiuzhen has done since marrying into the Xia family.

While Wang Xiuzhen and Xia Jie were out, Xia Yu quietly talked to Liu Haoran on the phone, and he also got the admission letter and was following his father to the construction site to work for summer vacation. It's a pity that I haven't been able to see Xia Yu for nearly two months, and Xia Yu comforted: "It's much better after school starts." ”

Just when Xia Changde excitedly asked for leave to go home Wang Xiuzhen Zhang Luo Xia Yu's college banquet, the results of Xia Jie's high school entrance examination also came out, looking at the eye-catching Xia Jie's name on the town's red list, although the parallel class, this also made Xia Yu's family very happy, after all, Xia Jie's grades have never been as outstanding as Xia Yu, Wang Xiuzhen has always had no expectations, but as long as Xia Jie is admitted to high school, he still has hope to be admitted to college in the future, which is of course a joy for Xia Yu's family.

In fact, Xia Yu's small township is one of the poorest places in China, and farmers who have lived in remote towns for generations have worked hard all their lives. Since more than ten years ago, a girl in the town was admitted to a university in Beijing, and since then the carp jumped out of the farm door and embarked on a life that everyone envies.

This has given many neighbors hope, and they always encourage their children to study hard and work hard to get out of this poor place. Maybe it's the motivational effect of role models, maybe it's the comparison between neighbors, or maybe it's the common way out for younger generations to study hard.

Since the first college student came out of the town, almost every year there are families in the town who hold a college banquet, and then every year there are students who are admitted to key universities, these students are engaged in a variety of industries after graduation, and within a few years, their families have been lifted out of poverty and become well-off, and a small western-style building has been built. This has made the atmosphere of studying hard and going to university in the township getting stronger and stronger.

Xia Yu's family is also normal, and the neighbors watched Wang Xiuzhen in half-worn clothes and a pair of slippers busy buying ingredients for the college banquet. The neighbors in the town were in groups of three or five, and they said: "Wang Xiuzhen has run out in this life, you see that she has not cleaned up and worn a few good things in her life, it is really not easy over the years." Thrifty food has also raised the child, and her good life is still to come. ”

The supermarket proprietress wearing a cheongsam looked at her eldest daughter who was eating snacks in her supermarket and said, "My family Huanhuan is now in the sixth grade, and I will go to Xia's house in a few days to ask Xia Yu to give my family Huanhuan a make-up lesson." ”

Wu Chunhua, who was sitting next to the mahjong parlor and chattering, listened to the neighbors say this, without any joy on his face, only doubts and dissatisfaction. His eldest son knew that he was a complete scumbag and not a material for reading, and he didn't finish the second grade of primary school, so he went out to work. has been in a mess all her life, why is this raised daughter so smart?

Wu Chunhua remembered that the ancestors of the Xia family were poor peasants for generations, and there was no one who read, and his eldest granddaughter was admitted to a key university, Wu Chunhua obviously didn't expect that a large part of the credit was due to Wang Xiuzhen, the eldest daughter-in-law, and Wu Chunhua directly chose to ignore it.

Hearing that it is still free, there is no tuition and subsidized living expenses, Wu Chunhua questioned: "How is it possible, how can there be such a good thing in this world?" I don't need money to go to college, I've never seen it. ”

Wu Chunhua questioned with his own short-sightedness, and others also questioned it in the same way. Wu Chunhua even borrowed a neighbor's phone to say very disdainfully to his second son, eldest daughter, and daughter: "Isn't it just that I was admitted to university?" What's the deal? Your children are smart, and they will definitely be admitted in the future.

The old lady didn't look at the smug face of Mrs. Wang, and we'd see. ”

Xia Yu didn't know that Xia Yu was busy writing at home, Xia Yu didn't have a computer now, and everything could only be written.

When Xia Yu was busy, he saw Aunt Xian, the proprietress of the only supermarket chain in the town, follow Wang Xiuzhen into her leaky and tidy room.

Aunt Xian said her intention, Xia Yu accepted it, and said that she didn't need to be paid, and Aunt Xian left happily. Wu Chunhua heard that Xia Yu was going to give other people's children free make-up lessons, and felt that this was cheap and could not be taken advantage of by others, so he immediately called all his grandchildren and granddaughters who lived in him over and followed Xia Yu to make up lessons together.

Then during the holidays, Xia Yu began to work as a little teacher, and as for the effect, Xia Yu didn't dare to pack tickets. On the day of the college banquet, the relatives and friends of Xia Yu's family came back, which made Xia Yu's family shine, and Wang Xiuzhen and Xia Changde had special long faces.

Looking at other people's envy of Xia Changde and his wife, Wu Chunhua was unhappy in his heart, and this unhappiness lasted until the end turned into jealousy. The reason was that Wu Chunhua boasted at Xia Yu's college banquet that the two sons of his second son's family would also glorify their ancestors in the future, but he didn't expect to hear the attack of the neighbors at the same table: "You just die of that heart, it's better to please your eldest son's family, and there will be a way out in the future." You don't know, your third grandson often skipped class some time ago, and the head teacher is ready to let him graduate early in the second year of junior high school.

This is still your eldest daughter-in-law went to the school teacher to talk to, and the school teacher reluctantly agreed to let your third grandson get a junior high school diploma for the sake of your eldest daughter-in-law's face. The two bastards in your second son's family are not reading material at first glance.

You see how promising your eldest son's two children are, so you better see the situation as soon as possible. ”

Wu Chunhua's face was extremely dark, and he was suspicious: "You are making it up." ”

The neighbor grinned and said, "How is that possible?" I heard it in the school office. ”

When Wu Chunhua heard this, he went down directly and went back to his room to sulk, thinking that he would need to count on his eldest daughter-in-law Wang Xiuzhen, who he had always looked down on, Wu Chunhua was angry, and when everyone left, he directly tore off all the couplets at Xia Yu's promotion banquet, pulled out the water pipe installed by Xia Changde, and threw the pump down the mountain.

The next day, I took my granddaughter and grandson and followed my eldest daughter directly and went to my eldest daughter's house as a guest. When Xia Changde was looking for someone to install the water pipes again, he said depressedly: "My mother is too harmful to others and herself, the electricity bill for this pumping water is given by my family, she hates our family like this, would rather not have our family's water pipes and would rather carry water to drink?" ”

Xia Changde has always been unable to understand that he and his second brother are the same father and mother, why is this mother's heart so biased?

The busy summer passed in a flash, Xia Yu was going to go to the university to report quietly with Liu Haoran, but he couldn't stand the enthusiasm of his parents, so the two sides had to regretfully accompany their parents to the school to report.

Liu Haoran excitedly held Xia Yu's hand, the two went to the movies together on the weekend, went shopping, climbed mountains, etc., and soon Xia Yu's birthday was approaching, Liu Haoran asked Xia Yu: "Your birthday is coming soon, what do you want?" ”

Xia Yu said with a smile: "I like to eat snacks, I have always had a wish, just on the street, after eating all kinds of snacks, until I can't eat anymore." ”

Liu Haoran smiled and said, "Your birthday wish will be fulfilled." ”

Xia Yu's birthday happened to be the weekend, Liu Haoran pulled Xia Yu to the street, the two started eating mutton skewers, eating mutton skewers and rice candy, eating rice candy and fried pho, and when he ate sushi, Xia Yu was already unable to move his legs.

Sitting on a park bench, Liu Haoran quipped: "You just have big eyelids and a small belly, so you can't hold on to eating this." You see, I'll be fine with a few more multigrain cakes. ”

Xia Yu said with a smile: "You men's stomachs and bladders are tempered, you can eat for a long time, and you can store a lot of food in your stomach." You can also not be hungry for a day and do not need to eat, and what is even more terrifying is that you can still go to the toilet for half a day, and we women can't catch up with the physical endurance of your men. ”

Liu Haoran listened to Xia Yu say this, and nodded in agreement: "I found that what you said is more reasonable." You men, have you come into contact with other men to have such a deep feeling? ”

Looking at Liu Haoran's smile raising his eyebrows, Xia Yu was depressed in his heart, this is what Zhang Shan told him in his previous life, why did he write down his words as they were? It seems that too many memories and impressions left by more than seven years of married life in the previous life are deeply engraved in my mind, clearer than my own consciousness.