As the days passed, with Zhang's father and Zhang's mother stationed in the village, the county courtyard returned to calm.

After a period of review, Zhang Guoqing and his wife ushered in their first exam in this world.

Last night, a heavy snow covered the three snowmen in the yard, and at this moment Zhang Guoqing carefully cleaned up the prototype. These three snowmen are the works that he and Zhou Jiao spent an afternoon piling up yesterday.

There was a knock on the door in the courtyard, as well as Zhao Yuanyuan's loud shouting voice.

Zhang Guoqing looked at the time, rolled his eyes, and this girl relied on his house and his daughter-in-law and son. What girlfriends, what talk about girls' **, the most annoying!

"Stop shouting, come in. It's still early to go to school. Why do you think you're up so early? ”

Zhao Yuanyuan glanced at him and walked quickly to the main room. As he walked, he said, "My mother asked me to remind you to remember to bring your food book to the grain station tomorrow." Don't forget it like last time. Tell me why you're so stupid? Can you forget to receive rations every month? And Ping'an's half a pound of milk remember to order? Just for Jiaojiao to drink. Don't give it to anyone else. ”

"Old mother..."Zhang Guoqing muttered in a low voice when he saw her enter the living room.

He really forgot to receive rations for the first time, thanks to Aunt Wang of the neighborhood committee who reminded him.

With the grain book, he and Zhou Jiao each had 28 catties of ration food, plus his son's seven catties of rations, which added up to less than 70 catties. Not to mention that in addition to three catties of white flour and one catty of rice per person, the rest are all semi-finished corn and dried sweet potatoes. After buying it from a grain store, you have to go to a grain processing point for processing.

It's a pity that his eldest brother's grain store is not in this community. Last time, he braved the wind and snow for more than six hours, and his whole body froze. This month, he had already negotiated with his neighbors to buy together.

"The milk is set. Why did you come here so early? Have you eaten it? Zhou Jiao heard Zhao Yuanyuan's voice when she came out. This loud voice is now accustomed to peace.

"Haven't eaten yet. I'm going to ask Aunt Fen to do less. Wait for Qinglin and they will bring buns over. After speaking, Zhao Yuanyuan hurriedly ran to the kitchen.

The Aunt Fen in her mouth is Zhao Dashan's cousin in Yuanfang. The kind that meets once in eight lifetimes.

The other party lost her husband at a young age and brought up a posthumous child. Now her son is in college with Zhao Hongjun in the provincial capital, leaving her alone in her hometown.

This time, Zhao Dashan went back to his hometown in a neighboring province to see his parents, and when he saw her, he suddenly remembered that her son was in the provincial capital, and after talking to her, he took her to Zhang Guoqing's house to help.

said to the outside world that she was Zhou Xiaozheng's cousin who came to take care of the child. Privately negotiate to help in the short term, if appropriate, she will have to wait until her son comes to the county seat on vacation at the end of the year, and then decide to stay. If there is no accident, before her son works, she will take care of Zhang Guoqing's family of three until they return to Beijing.

Now that she has been here for a week, Zhou Jiao is still quite satisfied with her. The other party is clean and neat, the most important thing is to have eyes and a tight mouth.

She and Zhang Guoqing have already discussed with Zhao Dashan that they will not mention their salary and give her a hardship fee a year. The relative Aunt Fang also likes it here, she has a separate room, and she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. What's more, Zhao Dashan said that her son can live here during the winter and summer vacations. She also has two days a month to visit her son in the provincial capital.

Aunt Fang came out of the kitchen and said, "Okay, I heard you." The white noodles they brought last time haven't run out yet. Next time, let them stop buying it outside, and I'll make it if they want to eat it. ”

In the past two weekends, Li Qinglin and Zhang Yuntao teamed up with Zhao Yuanyuan to stay in the small courtyard and not go back under the pretext of improving their lives and improving their grades. Zhang Guoqing and the others also let them go, anyway, they brought their own rice and vegetables, and they couldn't drive them away.

Less than half an hour later, Li Qinglin and the others ran in and rushed to the yard shouting that they were frozen to death. When I saw the snowman in the yard, I laughed. As soon as the interest came, she threw the bun in her hand to Aunt Fang, and she was not afraid of freezing, plus Zhao Yuanyuan and the three of them ran to the warehouse and took out a shovel and a catalpa to start building a snowman.

"Stop playing, eat and go to school. Time is running out. Aunt Fang made the porridge and saw that the buns were almost cold, so she had to run to the yard to shout in person.

After breakfast, after the child was handed over to Aunt Fang, Zhang Guoqing and his party walked to school.

The county high school is only ten minutes away from the courtyard and crosses the road. On the way, Zhang Yuntao winked at Li Qinglin, and the two laughed from time to time.

Before the group arrived at the school gate, they saw the students who had gone to high school gathered at the gate.

As soon as they saw Zhang Guoqing and them, everyone surrounded them.

Zhang Guoqing said with a smile: "Are you watching the excitement, or are you welcoming us back to school?" ”

"Little Five, you two are really not interesting enough, and you won't say it early when you go back to school. There are also forests and condoms, if you don't take us to run early in the morning. Be careful, all of you! ”

"Little Fifth Brother, you will be our junior brother. You have to talk about how you feel at the moment. ”

"Tell me about it. Shout brother, listen. ”

"I don't have any feelings, my brother wants to enter the classroom early. Aren't you cold? Zhang Guoqing looked at everyone trembling, where did he get the energy to make trouble here?

"I'm freezing to death. If I hadn't wanted to see if you really came to school, I wouldn't have come out. A classmate pulled Zhang Guoqing inside.

A short male classmate couldn't squeeze in, so he shouted anxiously, "Don't go wrong, remember that the principal said that you have to find him first." ”

"Haha...... Let's go back to the old place first. ”

A girl in a black cotton jacket ran in front of her, shouting as she ran, "Jiaojiao, Yuanyuan, come into the classroom." Our homeroom teacher and principal are waiting for everyone to come in. Hurry up, y'all. ”

Zhao Yuanyuan dragged Zhou Jiao forward and shouted loudly, "Miao Miao, is it time?" ”

Ding Qingmiao ran out of breath, pointed to the classroom behind him with his finger, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's the principal who is waiting for them." Hurry up. ”

Zhou Jiao finally stood firm, turned her head to look at Zhang Guoqing, and it stands to reason that the two of them should go to the head teacher of the first year of high school.

"See the principal first, then go to the teacher." Zhang Guoqing estimated that he went to visit the old principal a few days ago and mentioned the skipping exam, and he arranged the exam in the original class.

"The principal is good, the teacher is good." As soon as I entered the classroom, I saw the old principal, and they were waiting at the door.

The old principal looked at Zhang Guoqing and the others with a smile and said, "It's decided?" ”

Zhang Guoqing knew that he was talking about skipping a grade, and nodded seriously.

"The first two seats on the podium are for you. You have to take the test well in the past two days. Strive for a one-time pass. The exam time has been agreed with the invigilator. I wait for you to have good news. ”

After the old principal finished speaking, he smiled and walked out with his hands behind his back. He'll save it for today. He wanted to see how much the two children surprised him.

The two-day exam finally passed, and the six homework courses in the first and second years of high school were done at one time, which was no problem for Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao.

After the exam, Zhou Jiao began to prepare gifts and pack her luggage. This time I went to the capital, and the courtyard in the village was taken care of by Father Zhang, and it was handed over to Aunt Fang and her son.

Everything that can be arranged has been arranged. When the family comes back again, it will be after the first lunar month, and she still needs to prepare a New Year's gift for this.

In addition to the Cheng family in the capital, the old lady of Zhoujia Village and the grandson of the old patriarch must be dealt with in the past two days. Her father had already sent two telegrams in quick succession asking her when she was leaving. Zhao Chuanguang and his wife, the provincial capital, sent things over twice in three days, urging their family of three to go to his house early to stay for a few days.

"The snow is so heavy that you don't have to go to the village. I went back to the village in the afternoon to say hello to my parents, and then went to Zhoujia Village to give New Year's gifts. As soon as Zhang Guoqing came in, he saw her holding her sheepskin jacket and hurriedly stopped her.

Zhou Jiao hesitated for a moment and shook her head, "I still have to go in person." Zhoujia Village, you go over, I don't plan to go there. Daddy, then I have to go, this one will go for at least a month. I also have to talk to my parents that we are not at home so that they can come to the county seat from time to time. We went early and came back early. ”

"No need, Dad asked the eldest brother to bring a message, saying that he would come over with his mother before we left, so let's not go back. I'm not worried about the yard in our village, go back and take a look, and give a New Year's gift by the way. ”

It's better not to go back, who wants to go back and forth on a snowy day Zhou Jiao handed him a gift, watched him leave in a carriage, went back to the room and took out a piece of paper to see, it was indeed possible to set off in three days.

Zhang Guoqing came and went quickly, and came back in less than two hours.

"Dad told me not to send it over first, and arrange it for him. Let's have less contact with the old Zhou family. As soon as I sent it over, they turned around and got into trouble. The old patriarch, he said he would send it over in person. ”

Zhou Jiao nodded, it is best to have her father-in-law and mother-in-law to deal with it. They know more about the world than she does.

On the day of departure, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother brought a gift for Zhou Xiaozheng and returned to the county one night in advance.

Early in the morning, Zhao Chuanguang and his wife came over with people driving brand-new cars and military vehicles.

Zhou Jiao watched her godmother take out four or five hot water bags and a hand stove from the carriage, and laughed dumbly.

For the sake of the children, Zhang Guoqing and her parents-in-law prepared all the heating supplies at home. It's going to be fine, put it all in, and there's no place for anyone.

Zhang Guoqing opened his coat and covered his son in his chest. Sitting in the car, feeling the temperature adapt, he gently lifted a corner and breathed a sigh of relief to see his son fall asleep.

"Don't worry! Godfather was ready for a long time. Make sure you are warm and warm all the way to the capital. Your dad has had a lot of bad ideas on the phone these days. Don't think your dad is smart, but it's not as good as your godfather and me. Zhao Chuanguang laughed after speaking. He's always whimsical.

"Godmother, you owe a big favor to your godfather this time, right? Thank you and godfather. Zhou Jiao said goodbye to Zhang's father and Zhang's mother, and when she got into the car, she just heard it, and hurriedly said.

"Don't be polite to your godmother. In-laws, go in quickly. Here we go. Tomorrow we will put them on the train. You can rest assured. It's all arranged. When they arrived in the capital, they sent a telegram back. ”

"Close the window and wait for the heat to run away. I won't keep you. Be careful on the road. Xiao Wu remembers not to fall asleep on the train and be careful of the children. ”

The car drove away, and I saw Daddy Zhang and them at the gate from a distance.

Zhang Guoqing looked at them uneasily, and soon he couldn't see them again. I won't see them again until the end of the first month of next year. I wonder if they will continue to work, I don't know if he is not at home, will he be bullied? The son wants to raise but the parents don't wait, and the parents' lives have to be arranged.

Zhou Jiao patted his hand and smiled at him. It's 58 years since the turn of the New Year, and a new editorial has been published in the newspaper a few days ago.

The wheels of history began to turn. This year, a large number of units will recruit temporary workers from rural areas. A large number of rural hukou moved into the towns, and in the next two or three years, the urban population began to be downsized, and these people were returned to the rural areas.

She estimated that the work of the two sisters-in-law did not need her and Zhang Guoqing's help, and they were also able to handle it well. Then the eldest and second of the Zhang family will move to the county seat, and Zhang's father and mother will follow the boss back to the county seat.

Zhang Guoqing's worries were solved. As for the sisters-in-law's work in a few years, they will lose their urban hukou with the streamlining, that is a matter of the future. And what does it have to do with her?