Chapter 284 The whole family came after hearing the news and gathered together happily (please order the full version)
"You kid, you didn't know how to send a telegram before you came back!"
"I asked you to go to the county to pick you up. Why did you buy such an expensive car!?"
Qin Guilan said not to buy it, but looking at the bicycle pushed by her son, it was really not too beautiful. Then she shouted to the women in the threshing floor:
"This is the new bicycle that the E family scholar bought for him!"
It immediately aroused heated discussion among the villagers.
Just now, I was busy chatting around Cheng Xuemin, but I didn't realize that this kid from Qin Guilan's family actually bought a new bicycle.
"Lao Liu Lao Liu, let me borrow my new bicycle and ride it. I have never ridden such a new and good bicycle!"
The uncle's cousin Cheng Xuewu rushed over and eagerly wanted to borrow a bicycle to ride on, but his tough aunt Qin Guilan drove him aside.
What a joke!
This was given to him by her family Xuemin as a filial piety. Your fourth uncle didn't even get to ride it, so how could it be Cheng Xuewu's turn to ride it first?
"Fifth brother, look back, look back!"
Cheng Xuemin also smiled and greeted his cousin politely.
At home!
Cheng Xuemin's grandfather had four brothers, plus her three aunts.
His father is the seventh child and the youngest in the family.
When it comes to Cheng Xuemin's generation, he is also the youngest in the entire big family.
Therefore, when I took my uncle's cousin to Yanjing to review, Cheng Xuemin and his brothers did not have any college entrance examination candidates of the right age.
Cheng Xuemin is not his biological sister Cheng Wenxiu, but he has a cousin in her early twenties who is also married.
Above the cousins, the uncle's Cheng Xuewu happens to be the fifth among the cousins, so he is both Brother Wu and the fifth brother.
Illiterate people who are over twenty-four or five years old and have not even finished elementary school have already started a family and had children.
Cheng Xuemin is the youngest and sixth child.
Surrounded by everyone, Cheng Xuemin finally entered the village and returned to his home.
After scanning around the house, I couldn't help but ask doubtfully: "Mom, have you got a new kiln at home?"
Indeed, a new house and a new kiln were built on the east side. This surprised Cheng Xuemin, and he didn't hear his parents mention it in the letter!
"Isn't this because I want you to come back with your children and grandson during the summer vacation?"
"So after you came back from Yanjing during the New Year, I started building a new kiln for you so that you two can live in the new kiln!"
Cheng's mother Qin Guilan mentioned something to Cheng Xuemin, and then she asked quickly, "That's right! Where are the children? Where is the great grandson?"
"Why didn't they come back with you?"
Everyone knew that his son's family of three came back to stay for a while this time, so why was his son the only one to come back?
"The weather was too hot, so I didn't let them follow us!"
"Besides, I have to go out on business first, and I won't be able to spend a few days with them when I come back, so I thought I'd wait until the end of the year for the winter vacation and come back to celebrate the New Year!"
"Didn't I tell mom in advance during the phone call?"
Cheng Xuemin took some time to explain, it seems that he mentioned this to his mother on the phone before!
"Oh! Yes, yes, I have said it before, look at my memory!"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if I come back to celebrate the New Year!"
"It's such a hot weather now, and we have to be busy farming and harvesting, and we don't have time to take care of them!"
Qin Guilan also patted her head, and then she remembered that her son had called the commune before and indeed mentioned that he would bring his daughter-in-law and grandson back to celebrate the New Year after the Chinese New Year.
"Actually, there is no need to build a new kiln. In two years, I will build a bungalow in the yard outside!"
Looking at the new kiln built by his father, Cheng Xuemin didn't know what to say.
In fact, after the 1980s, there were very few people building kilns and kangs here in northern Shaanxi, and most of them just built bungalows.
There are two floors and three floors.
"That's your business in the future. You have to build this new kiln!"
After hearing what her mother said, Cheng Xuemin couldn't say anything else.
"Is it too hot? Come inside and drink some water!"
"His uncle, his uncle, let's go into the house and have a drink of water together. Xuemin went to help Quanwen over there, and he should be back soon!"
Qin Guilan welcomed everyone in, and felt sorry for her son and quickly poured water for her, fearing that she would be thirsty.
"Yes, yes! Uncle, uncle, please come in and sit in the room!"
“Because I was on a business trip this time, I happened to pass by our provincial capital, so I took a detour back to take a look!”
"I didn't prepare anything, just a few packs of cigarettes with me!"
"Smoke smoke!"
When Cheng Xuemin came back this time, it was indeed no bigger or smaller than the last New Year bag, just a handbag.
It contained a few changes of clothes, a few books, manuscripts, and three cartons of cigarettes, but really didn't bring much else.
"By the way, Mom, there are two packs of White Rabbit toffee in the bag, let's give them to the little ones!"
Cheng Xuemin remembered that his wife Feng Jiayou had not only stuffed four cartons of cigarettes, but also prepared four large packs of White Rabbit toffee, saying that she would give them to the adults and children at home when they got home. After all, she gave birth to a big fat boy, and according to family customs, she really had to scatter wedding candies.
Immediately, without waiting for her mother to hide the handbag, she took out two packets of toffee from the bag.
The White Rabbit toffee of this era was a high-end toffee that was not sold by ordinary county-level supply and marketing cooperatives, so it was rare.
"What are you going to do? I've already done it before!"
Qin Guilan still wanted to hold on, emphasizing that when she came back to announce the good news, she bought some candies from the commune and dispersed them.
"Mom! Just for fun, there are so many children watching!"
Cheng Xuemin whispered to his mother, and now the whole village knew that he was back.
The adults are fine, mostly busy harvesting wheat in the threshing floor.
But the children came to his house in groups to join in the fun. Cheng Xuemin rarely came back, and his wife Feng Jiayou had made preparations so that he would not appear too stingy.
"Then don't give away so much!" Qin Guilan was still distressed, but it was not easy to offend her baby, so she only gave two bags.
"Okay, okay, listen to me!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled bitterly, how much money can this toffee bring? Isn't this the only reason for the celebration in and outside the village?
But Cheng Xuemin, who had mentioned two packs of toffee, looked at the children in the yard and felt troubled!
"Xuemin, give me some money!"
"Here, I'll help you settle it according to your account, so that these kids don't have to rob it randomly!"
When the old man who was the brigade secretary saw that Cheng Xuemin was in trouble, he stopped the job.
Because he is familiar with this job. In the past, when there were these festive events in the village, the old secretary would basically help them organize them, and he would treat everyone equally.
"Okay, okay, then I'll trouble you, uncle!"
Cheng Xuemin thought to himself that this couldn't be better. Otherwise, whichever family is closer should receive more, and which family is more distant should receive less?
On average, no one is close to them, so it’s not easy to break up.
Simply let the uncle go and leave, Cheng Xuemin won't have to worry about it.
After the uncle had dispersed the toffee, Cheng Xuemin, his father, sister and brother-in-law also hurried home together.
The old uncle’s family almost followed his father in front and back!
"Brother, I was admitted to Yenching University! News came from the commune today that the admission notice has arrived at Er County High School!"
Cousin Qin Xiaolian rushed in first, rushed forward and gave Cheng Xuemin a big hug. Don't shout too excitedly.
"I know, I know! You come down, you come down, and so many people like you are watching!"
Cheng Xuemin was really shocked when his cousin suddenly gave her a bear hug.
She is such an old girl, but she still doesn’t know the truth about whether a man or a woman can teach or accept each other.
As for cousins, in the first-generation marriage law, there was no prohibition on marriage, and a sense of distance and boundaries still had to be maintained.
I must have been with Feng Jiamo's sister-in-law for so long that my heart went crazy!
"Brother, isn't this happy?"
Qin Xiaolian made a face and said playfully.
"Xuemin!"
"Xuemin!"
Following his sister Cheng Wenxiu and brother-in-law Wang Quanwen, they also greeted him with joy on their faces.
My uncle and aunt, and two other cousins and cousins are also here!
The family rarely asked Cheng Xuemin questions, so they kept saying thank you to him.
His cousin Qin Xiaolian was admitted to Yenching University because of his great nephew.
The old uncle even threatened to have two more drinks with his great nephew at the wine table later.
"Sister, brother-in-law, Xiaolian, I got your admission notices for you when I passed by the county today!"
Cheng Xuemin took out the admission notice and the whole family was happy.
"Is this the admission notice from Yenching University?"
"We haven't even seen the one our children received last year!"
Looking at her daughter Cheng Wenxiu's acceptance letter from Yanda, Cheng's mother Qin Guilan casually mentioned her daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou's admission last year!
Last year, the Feng family was not the daughter-in-law of their old Cheng family, so they didn't even look at it when they received the admission notice.
Now is another year of college entrance examination.
Unexpectedly, her daughter Cheng Wenxiu could also be admitted to Yenching University and receive an admission letter from Yenching University.
"Mom, Dad, look, this is a little squirrel!"
Cheng Xuemin also took out more than a dozen photos from his bag. They were all full-moon photos taken when his son, the little squirrel, was one month old. Many of them were developed by the Feng family and brought over with him!
"Ah! Really! Look, uh, look, uh, look at my eldest grandson!"
Cheng's mother, Qin Guilan, shouted without surprise after hearing this. Cheng's father was the same. Although his emotions were well controlled, he also came over to look at the photo of his eldest grandson.
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