At the end of August 1977, with the issuance of the notice, it also meant the official end of this special era.

Zhou Xin, who received the news at the timber mill, the first thing he did when he returned home was to discuss with Zheng Juan about moving out.

"Juan'er, you also know that I still have a lot of money in my hand, I think we can buy a big house to live in."

At this time, Zheng Juan felt that it was unnecessary, and always felt that it was best to hold the money in her hands to prevent some accidents or something in the future, Zhou Xin saw the hesitation in Zheng Juan's eyes, and quickly added a fire:

"Juan'er, look at the three children and Guangming in our family now, the family is barely able to squeeze it now, what if the children are a little older, the children also need private space, they can't always be crowded with us, and Yueyue is a girl.

In terms of education, the schools in our area are worse than those in the city, and I think that if we move out, the children's education will be better. ”

When Zheng Juan heard that it was good for the child, she didn't bother with spending money, nodded with a smile, and said:

"Brother Kun, listen to you."

"Okay, I'll find someone to help inquire, and when we're done, we'll go to see our future home together."

The next day, Zhou Xin was ready to contact Cai Xiaoguang to help inquire, now it is not like in later generations, you can find an intermediary to buy and sell houses casually, as far as Zhou Xin's current circle is concerned, the most widely reported should be Cai Xiaoguang.

Zhou Xin, who got off work early in the evening, rushed to the gate of the machinery factory to wait for Cai Xiaoguang to get off work, and when it was time to get off work, Zhou Xin found Cai Xiaoguang in the crowd, and then rode close to him.

"Brother-in-law"

"Bingkun, what are you looking for me? It's a pity that I don't have much to help you with now. ”

Cai Xiaoguang smiled self-deprecatingly, recently due to his father's involvement, he is no longer the director of the machinery factory, but has been sent to the workshop as a worker.

"Brother-in-law, I just want you to help ask if there is anyone who has sold the house recently, and there are a lot of children in the family, so I want to move out."

"If it's a little favor, I can still help, I'll inquire in two days and I'll look for you later."

"Then thank you, brother-in-law."

The two rode bicycles and walked, halfway Zhou Xin said his requirements to buy a house, Zhou Xin did not comfort Cai Xiaoguang's experience, after all, it is temporary now, and it will be 3 months before the college entrance examination begins.

On the day off, under the leadership of Cai Xiaoguang, Zhou Xin and Zheng Juan looked at a total of 3 houses, and finally settled on a four-bedroom and two-hall bungalow.

The next night, Zhou Xin and Zheng Juan were standing in the living room of their new home, and Zhou Xin arranged the purpose of each room one by one:

"The innermost master bedroom is where the two of us live, the second bedroom is not much smaller than our room and is left to my parents, and the middle room is changed to Cong Cong and Xiao Ling's room......"

Zheng Juan looked at Zhou Xin with a happy face, nodded her head constantly, and after the two arranged everything, they were ready to go home and explain the situation to Zhou's mother.

"Bingkun, Mom knows that you are filial, but Mom has lived here for almost half her life, and the neighbors are also here, so I won't live with you."

After hearing about buying a new house, Zhou's mother hesitated for a while and refused.

"Mom, I was thinking that I would have to work all the time, Juan'er would take care of the three children and Guangming alone, I was afraid that she would not be busy, so you would go over and help, and you would come back to live when my dad came back."

Under Zhou Xin's repeated persuasion, Zhou's mother finally agreed to go to her new home with Zhou Xin.

On the day off, the Zhou family had already packed up their things and loaded them on the borrowed tricycle, and Catch up and National Day also rushed over to help at this time, and several people quickly moved their things to the new house and put them away.

Zhou's mother had already come a few days ago, but it was the first time to catch up and the National Day, the eyes of the two were full of surprise and envy, and the catch up couldn't help but ask:

"Bingkun, how much does such a big house cost?"

When they learned that they needed 2,000 yuan, they glanced at each other, thinking about their salary of more than 20 yuan a month, and it would take almost 8 years to save without eating or drinking.

Although both of them knew that the Zhou family was richer than the two families, it should be difficult to get such a large sum of money as two thousand yuan, although Guoqing wanted to ask if there was any way to make money, but because Zheng Juan and others were there, they just said:

Bingkun, originally we said that we would help if we helped, but seeing that you live in such a good house, then you can't invite the two of us to have a big meal. “

"That's necessary, we'll go to the restaurant and invite you two to eat and drink."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Xin told Zheng Juan again, please catch up with the National Day, and the two of them go out for a meal.

In the state-run hotel, the three of them chatted about the past and the development of the future, and when they saw that the atmosphere was almost set off, they asked:

"Bingkun, do you have any way to make money? What do you have to bring with you, brothers. ”

"There is no way to make money, this is not to see that the three children in the family still have light, the family is really squeezed, and I have no choice but to sell the old things handed down from the family to have the money."

Zhou Xin didn't want to say anything about the money obtained from private trading before, so he made an excuse, for the future arrangements between the two, if they wanted, they would let them go over to help when the southern stall was spread, and if they didn't want to, they could only wait until they graduated from college.

After hearing Zhou Xin's explanation, the two also believed it, after all, Zhou Xin had been working with them, and he really didn't have much time to do anything else.

Two months later, the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, Zhou Xin immediately filled in the Yanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine according to the previous plan, and Zhou Xin, who took four exams in mid-December, put his mind at ease and continued to work, waiting for the results of the college entrance examination to come out.

A month later, Zhou Xin, who was still carrying wood, was notified to go to the deputy director's office, and when Zhou Xin entered, the deputy factory director, who had never paid much attention to Zhou Xin, said with a smile:

"Bingkun, I just heard that you have been admitted to Yanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and our factory has also produced high-achieving students, I just want to ask you if you have any difficulties that the factory needs to help you solve?"

Although Zhou Xin is sure that he will be admitted, he can't completely relax if he doesn't receive the admission notice, and when he hears the deputy director say this, then the notice should be back.

"Factory director, I'm just lucky, thanks to the care of the factory director over the years, I don't lack anything for the time being."

Zhou Xin said modestly, after all, if you can go to school in the end, you still need the approval of the factory to go, although it is impossible for you to pass the housekeeping review, but if you can hurry up, you don't want to do it here for a long time.

The deputy factory director laughed, was very satisfied with Zhou Xin's words, and said:

Bingkun, then you can go home now, your family should be waiting for you to go home to celebrate. “

After Zhou Xin thanked the deputy director, he packed up his things and went home.