The matter of the old lady's layoff was settled.

In the afternoon, the formalities began.

Because today is the second of March, I haven't done much this month, so I just don't do it.

After school in the afternoon, Yang Xiaole rode back and saw his mother busy in the kitchen.

"Oh, it's a rush meal today!"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole laughed there.

Wang Qiuju glared at him when she heard this: "What are you talking about?" Yin and Yang weird. ”

"Haha! What do you think? Is it abruptly stopped, a little unaccustomed? ”

In fact, it's okay to delay it for a few days.

Think about it or forget it.

Wang Qiuju was entangled for a moment: "Well, I'm a little unaccustomed, after this thing is busy, I feel that there is nothing to do." ”

"Hey, it's not easy for you to find something to do! There's a lot going on! ”

Yang Xiaole muttered with a smile.

I opened the pot, looked at the two-fold bread inside, and took one out and took a bite.

"Huh, dried cabbage buns? Aunt Li gave it? ”

Yang Xiaole ate with relish.

In fact, this thing is a vegetable bun made of cornmeal mixed with some white flour and fermented.

The dishes in it are very miscellaneous, and the ones he knows anyway are sesame leaves.

That is, after the sesame leaves are dried, they are soaked in water when they are eaten, and then chopped into vegetable filling, and wrapped together with other things.

This sesame leaf is only available to Aunt Li in the compound.

Because this is what is often eaten in Henan, they are affected every time there is a disaster, so they naturally have studied some ways to eat.

In his previous life, he liked to eat.

Because there's enough oil.

Wang Qiuju smiled and nodded: "Well, what you gave Aunt Li was delicious, right?" It was filled with vermicelli, bean skin, and a lot of other dried vegetables. ”

"Well, it's delicious."

Yang Xiaole took a bite.

The skin is thin and the filling is abundant.

The cornmeal in the city is actually not as unpalatable as expected.

When the noodles are beaten finely enough, the white noodles are mixed together, and the fermentation is as soft as that, with a faint corn fragrance.

The one in the countryside is called pulling the throat.

But whether it's delicious or not depends on the person.

Just like in later generations, everyone loved to eat all kinds of wild vegetables, and it is a common dish for everyone now, but because of the problem of body oil and water, people at this time feel a little difficult to swallow.

Another problem is that they are reluctant to release oil now.

But for Yang Xiaole and those who are not short of oil and water, the taste is still good.

The important thing is that the old lady knows his habits, and the filling of the dried vegetables is full of oil and water, so it doesn't taste good!

If this is a different one, the vegetables in it are dry and without oil and water, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to swallow.

Wang Qiuju rolled her eyes, opened the lid of the pot, took out all the buns with a dustpan, and wrapped them in a small piece of cotton cloth that was specially used to wrap things in winter.

So that the child will come back and eat hot.

I took a few buns from it and put them in a bowl and left.

You don't have to think about it, you know what you're going to do.

This is the rule, when giving away, it is given according to the number of children.

Gifts are still exchanged!

But their children are more frequent than others, so they can't help it, they eat more and send more.

The old lady took the things and went directly to Sun Fu's house, Sun Fu's daughter-in-law had not yet cooked, and she would not start cooking until the man in his family was almost back.

A kind voice came from there.

When people get along with each other, they are all intimate.

The relationship between the old lady and the courtyard is almost the same, but the relationship with Sun Fu's family and Li Quanyou's family, as well as the Tian widow in the back, is slightly better.

There is no way, there are too many people in the compound, and it is impossible to get a dumpling for one person.

Not to mention the buns.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole took another bun and ate it.

After a while, the old lady came back after delivering the things.

After waiting for a while, the large army of school came back and began to scream.

When Kiko and her party came back, they were directly looking for food.

Taking a big bite of the bun, Xizi smiled: "It's better for my mother to be at home, and I can eat when I come back, and every time I come back, I have to wait for a long time, and my stomach is hungry." ”

Wheat and Xiaoli also ate happily, and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju felt that it was good that she didn't go to work, and it was worth it.

Thinking of something, he patted Xizi: "Have you washed your hands?" ”

Hearing this, Kiko smiled and ran away, and no one knew if she washed it or not.

After waiting for a while, feeling that it was almost time to get off work, Yang Xiaole said hello, took a few hot buns, and left on a bicycle.

I came to a stop near the flexible shaft factory.

Qu Ying went to school on her first day today, and she will take her there to report later.

I found an alley and sat there and waited.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the temperature came up relatively quickly.

Now it is estimated that there will be about minus ten degrees.

And the temperature changes from day to day.

In the middle of the day, it is quite hot, but in the afternoon or evening, it starts to get cold again.

After a while, there were more people on the road outside.

"Hey, here's it!"

Yang Xiaole watched Qu Ying looking for someone near the alley, he beckoned, and walked over.

"Here, I'll take you with this bun."

Hand the bun to her and said with a smile.

Qu Ying took the bun and sat in the car, asking, "Have you eaten it?" ”

"I've eaten, sat down, and we're leaving."

After saying that, he rode towards the school.

The place is not very far, less than ten minutes to get to the place.

In the vicinity of their school.

It's just over 20 minutes walking.

With the previous information, I came to the school to inquire and found my classroom.

It's only around 5:20, and no one has come yet.

When the two entered the classroom, he urged, "Hurry up and eat, someone will come over in a while." ”

Qu Ying nodded lightly and began to eat, while eating, she said, "You go back first, I'll wait here." ”

She's really afraid of this guy and coming around in this place.

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Well, I know, I'll leave in a while, by the way, it's cold during this time, I'll pick you up and send you, wait a few days for you to come over by yourself, I'll put some biscuits and pastries in the house at night, you take them in the morning, come over when you get off work and eat something, and go back to eat in the evening." I'll get your meal ready. ”

It's not practical to pick up and drop off every day, but it's still possible to be prepared to eat.

"It's okay, it's not far away. I'll go back on my own. ”

"I'll be fine anyway, in a few days, it'll be hot."

It's very close to the main road, and there are still a lot of pedestrians on the road after 8 o'clock, so it shouldn't be dangerous.

Qu Ying looked at him and nodded slightly.

"Aren't the buns delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious! Do you want to eat it? ”

Qu Ying smiled and handed him one.

"Don't, I don't want to eat this bun......"

Seeing him shake his head, Qu Ying looked at the other party's eyes again, blushed a little, and said shamefully, "Can you be serious?" This is the school! ”

"Then you mean, you can do it without school!!"

Hearing this, Qu Ying snorted and turned her head.

Too lazy to talk to him.

She found out that this man couldn't give him a good face, otherwise she really didn't know what he could do.

Yang Xiaole looked around, felt that someone was coming over in the corridor, and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't tease you, I'll go first!" If you don't understand anything in the future, remember to ask me! ”

Qu Ying nodded when she saw this.

As for what he said, he didn't know how to ask him, so Qu Ying naturally didn't take it to heart.

It's a high school curriculum.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole said hello and left the classroom.

After coming out, he waved his hand at Qu Ying inside, and saw a man and a woman, about thirty years old, walking towards this side empty-handed.

Keep your eyes on the class sign at the door of the classroom.

Then I went straight in.

Yang Xiaole didn't care, and went out directly.

Back at home, no one knew what he was doing, and no one cared what he was doing.

When the others were about to go to sleep, he ran out again and picked up Qu Ying.

………………

After the old lady was laid off, she lived the life of a housewife every day.

Dad and big brother and sister-in-law go to work.

The eldest sister is busy learning music every day, and she can be heard practicing the piano in the morning and evening.

And, of course, the sound of wheat hanging in the throat.

Wheat and Xiaoli went to study on two weekends.

Only Xizi and Yang Xiaole are the most idle, and they have nothing to do.

The people in the compound live a peaceful life every day, because the other rations are getting less and less, but at least the food has not moved anymore.

Have you eaten it?

What to eat?

It is a topic that ordinary people talk about every day.

……

7/15/61. Summer.

That afternoon, Yang Xiaole sat in the recital hall of the Alto Affiliated College and watched the eldest sister play on stage.

The high school entrance examination has ended.

The eldest sister's grades have passed steadily.

The skills assessment has a preliminary examination, a re-examination, a third examination, and admission, which lasts for a total of five days.

Today is the third attempt.

And today's result is basically determined whether you will be admitted or not.

The score is not high, unless a miracle happens.

But......

Looking at Li Guoquan in the middle of the judges' seat, his squinting expression felt that there was no big problem.

In other words, a good teacher is really too important.

The eldest sister's progress can't be seen by others, but he can feel that the progress is really great.

Of course, compared to him, it is still a little worse.

When the song was finished, there was warm applause from below.

These are the parents who came to the test, and the people who were invited.

It is said that it is really fairer now than in later generations, performing in front of so many people, and allowing family members to come and watch.

In the afterlife, it seems that you can only enter one office, and everyone pulls it alone.

The eldest sister came down and bent down along the lecture hall.

At this time, the eldest sister's face was red, obviously a little excited, "How is it?" Can it be done? ”

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "It's not a big problem." ”

He can't play the violin, but the music is figured out and can still be heard at a level.

The eldest sister is not the best in this group of people, but it is definitely in the middle, or even the upper middle level.

In a year and a half, it is very rare to learn this point.

waited for the music attached middle school, and in the remaining three years, he believed that the eldest sister would definitely be at the forefront.

As long as you don't have a son, the problem of admission is not big.

The reason why he is not sure that the eldest sister will be able to enter until now is mainly because there are only about sixty students in each class of the attached high school, which also includes all the musical instruments.

(There are now only a few hundred students enrolled in the sixth grade of this school.) ）

Naturally, fewer people were assigned to the violin.

Moreover, among Western musical instruments, the violin is the most popular.

At this time, on stage, piano music is performed.

And the judges at the bottom have already scored the eldest sister, and the results have been taken away.

Five people, a total of 442 points, okay, the average score is nearly 90 points, more than 50 points away from the full score.

And Li Guoquan gave the least score among several people.

I don't know if it's to avoid suspicion.

He has been staring at the score and knows the ranking of the eldest sister in the violin.

Article 5.

A total of more than 100 people participated in the competition.

Most of the first two rounds have been brushed off, and there are still twenty-three people.

This result should be stable, according to the past practice, this year will recruit about thirteen people.

Leave half.

I have to say that it is still very cruel, and some of them are attached to the junior high school class.

"That's good, that's good."

Hearing him say this, the eldest sister breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the other player who had just gone up on the stage, and listened quietly.

Yang Xiaole also smiled when he saw this.

Now he was at peace.

Eldest sister, it's not easy,

The High School Attached to the Central Conservatory of Music is also a six-year secondary professional college, and the first few are basically people from the Affiliated High School.

In other words, the vast majority of those who can be admitted are people from the attached high school.

This exam, for them, is like going through the motions.

It's a good thing that the eldest sister can go in, because people here can go to college after graduation, that is, to go to college.

If you can't pass the exam, you also have a certificate of secondary school.

The graduation certificate of the attached high school is equivalent to the secondary school certificate.

The two did not leave, and waited quietly.

Lao Li has really worked hard in the past six months, and it is not appropriate to leave like this.

Fortunately, these are three trials, and there are not so many people.

A tune is only a few minutes.

One after another, it slowly ended.

Yang Xiaole did the math and ranked seventeenth overall.

That's it.

Someone on the stage gave a speech, which means that the exam is over.

As for the list, that's the day after tomorrow.

The candidates present all left the recital hall in a state of apprehension.

There were also a few people who communicated with the teachers present.

"Teacher Li!"

Seeing Li Guoquan coming, Yang Xiaole and the two smiled and said hello.

Li Guoquan smiled bitterly: "This is finally a mission to be dishonored!" Yang Xiaomei's progress is really impressive! ”

Yang Xiaole smiled: "It's still Teacher Li, you teach well!" ”

Hearing this, Li Guoquan rolled his eyes: "Don't say that my level is not enough?" ”

Yang Xiaole naturally wouldn't talk like this anymore.

"Where, my level is not enough, half a bottle of water rattles. Don't worry if you're old. ”

Li Guoquan shook his head speechlessly.

looked at Yang Xiaomei and hesitated for a moment and said, "You will still come and learn from me in the future, but the intensity is not so great, and there are ...... You don't have to pay any money. ”

"Really? Teacher Li? ”

Yang Xiaomei was excited for a while.

You can also learn from him.

Isn't it equivalent to the other party's apprentice, this is not a teacher between an ordinary teacher and a student.

It's a teacher like Master.

Li Guoquan nodded slightly; "Okay, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, remember to come to me when the list is released the day after tomorrow."

After saying that, I said hello and left.

"Good teacher!"

Yang Xiaomei was excited and sent the other party out.

At this time, a lot of people gathered around.

Seeing this, the two knew that they couldn't send it.

Then he walked outside.

"Xiaole, Teacher Li should have accepted me as an apprentice, just like you and Grandpa Suo...... He had two students, and I was the third. ”

The eldest sister carried the piano on her back and said with some hands.

Yang Xiaole sighed when he heard this.

Damn.

He didn't really want to get involved.

sighed and didn't say anything, anyway, he is now more lice and is not afraid of bites.

Think about the numbness of the scalp!

Suo Ye, Su Ling, Wheat's teacher Ruan Yu, and now another Li Guoquan has been added.

These are a few that are placed on the bright surface and nailed to the plate.

Ay!

sighed, didn't say anything more, and went back with the happy eldest sister.

It was afternoon, and the concert hall was a little stuffy, but at least it wasn't hot, and it was much warmer when it came out.

I came to the parking shed and rode my eldest sister home.

Bought two popsicles on the way.

When I got home, the door was locked.

Just wondering why there was no one at home, I heard Aunt Wang laugh and say, "Xiaole, your sister-in-law is about to give birth, and your mother and they went to the hospital." ”

Hearing this, both of them had their eyes lit up.

"Huh? When's it? Is it at the Baitasi Hospital opposite? ”

Yang Xiaole asked happily, today is a double happiness!

"Well, it's just across the street, and it's been more than two hours, right?"

"Hey, okay, thank you, Aunt Wang, let's go over first."

Hurriedly parked the car and walked outside.

The best gynecology hospital in Sijiu City is naturally Union Hospital, but the hospital opposite also has a serious maternity hospital, so naturally it will not run there.

It's not far away and you don't need to ride a bike.

When I came to the alley, I walked through the alley and came to the hospital.

Go straight to the obstetrics and gynecology department.

When I came to the place, my father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, and Xiaoli were all here.

As for wheat, it's going to learn.

Kiko doesn't have to think about that thing to know how to play.

"Daddy!"

After coming over, he said hello, looked at the anxious eldest brother, Yang Xiaole asked, "Big brother, how is my sister-in-law?" Why don't you go in? ”。

At this time, Ding Ruolan was wearing a hospital gown, with a big belly, standing at the door of the ward and walking around.

Xiaoli kept staring at her sister-in-law's belly.

There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

The eldest brother shook his head: "I don't know!" The doctor said that the first child, it may be a bit slow. ”

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.

I did popular science in my previous life, so I naturally saw it in this regard.

Most of the first birth will be slow.

There are even many of them who are dystocia and have induced labor injections.

He had heard that some were in the hospital, and they were born in a day and a night.

As soon as I heard that I was going to give birth, I immediately entered the delivery room, which was on TV, and I was really not so nervous.

Of course, the family and the person concerned must be nervous.

Yang Xiaole looked at her sister-in-law and wanted to ask if there were any contractions, but she didn't feel appropriate.

In the end, there was no opening.

Changed his words and asked, "Sister-in-law, does your stomach hurt?" ”

Ding Ruolan shook her head; "It doesn't hurt, I just don't know when I'm going to give birth. The doctor told me to go and live for a while. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.

I checked it out to myself.

The fetal position is positive, no problem.

All that's left is to wait.

The family's well water has never been cut off, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Seeing this, the old lady waved her hand at him: "Go, why are you a man asking this?" Go, go home. Xiaomei, you go home and cook some chicken soup, your sister-in-law has a birth and wants to drink it. ”

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes.

But it is also normal that in these years, it is very taboo for men to give birth to women.

And he's not a husband yet.

"Okay, I know, I'll be over in a while."

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju asked, "How is your eldest sister's exam?" ”

Everyone has seen the hard work of the eldest sister in the past six months, and naturally they are also concerned about the results.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Double happiness is coming." ”

When they heard this, everyone was happy.

Being able to enter the Alto High School also means that she has half a foot on the threshold of the university.

Wang Qiuju then complained: "Actually, it's better to take the normal exam to enter the university, you have to let him take the middle school attached to the ......."

In her opinion, Yang Xiaomei's grades should be no problem to enter the university smoothly.

You have to get a alto attached to it.

Yang Xiaole smiled: "Mother, don't you think it's a good deal to be able to go to college and learn crafts at the same time?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju thought about it.

Every time this guy uses this word against them.

Yang Xiaole looked at the eldest brother and smiled, "When did you come?" ”

"I also just arrived at the first meeting, and my mother called the factory and I came over."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole bowed his head slightly, and didn't see Ding Ruolan's parents coming, it stands to reason that the eldest brother knew, and Ding's mother should also know.

But he didn't care.

It's like a daughter giving birth, but the mother can't come, it's unlucky, and she has to wait a few days before she can come.

At this time, it doesn't look like the afterlife after all.

A phone call came, and as long as it wasn't in another city, it immediately came over.

Looking around, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Then let's go back first, come and inform us if you need anything, let's go back and make some soup for my sister-in-law." ”

Originally, he wanted to say, get some sugar water to drink, so as not to lose strength when he was born for a while.

In the end, I didn't say anything.

Say hello and leave with the eldest sister.

He was accompanied by Daddy and Xiaoli, who had to go back to work.

(End of chapter)