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Chapter 20 Before 1990(1/4)

15 Wang Jiaye

The days passed by in a vigorous manner, and the farce of Qingdou and Gu Yi's "eloping" gradually faded away in the eyes of the neighbors as time passed.

Susu and Huzi asked, did they really elope?

Aomame was very serious at first and explained seriously, "No, no, he accompanied me to find my brother." Then, breaking the pot, he became a little humorous, "Yes, yes, it's a pity, I am penniless, and I didn't run very far."

When she was busy taking the high school entrance examination, Gu Yi was indeed penniless.

Because he came home with a strong smell of cigarettes that night, Zou Yu was furious and strictly controlled his finances.

After quitting smoking and speaking softly, he faded away from being a "bird". Gu Yi, who was about to enter his senior year of high school, lost his willpower and became obsessed with new things.

In a sense, this thing hurt him faster than smoking. The night before the final, he couldn't hold it back. The next day, he was drowsy and low in energy, so he failed and passed the exam for the first time.

Top five in grade.

Qingdou only received Xiao Guizi's letter after the high school entrance examination. Director Wang of 104 was dim-sighted. When he took the letter, he did not separate 104 and 404. He took them in a hurry and dismantled them without permission. Afterwards, he forgot to give Qingdou in time.

Aomame felt very sad when she looked at the edges of the envelopes that had been chewed by dogs. She used a knife to open each letter beautifully and without leaving any traces.

Of course, feeling sad, she still said thank you to Director Wang with a smile.

The letter is still very simple, "Don't come to Canghaishi, just say it to me."

Qingdou held the letter in his hands and suddenly felt that the concierge was very interesting, and he had the feeling of drawing lots in a temple.

She picked up the pen and replied a letter.

In the letter, she told him that these days were the most fulfilling days she had ever spent.

"I have to take care of my sister (she is so naughty), I have to help my mother with work (I don't know where I met a fellow villager who makes handmade plywood shoes, and I have to pay for the soles), and I have to read in my spare time (I really don't have time during the day, so I can only get into bed at night)

Watching with a flashlight), I had to take care of the video parlor run by Liu Zi (people came and went, handsome men and beautiful women, so that I was envious), I spun like a top, I really had the urge to stop studying and make money quickly."

Aomame wants to grow up faster, faster, faster, and faster.

She didn't go home after filling out her application, but went straight to Susu's place. She was also on summer vacation and was taking a nap at the moment.

Aomame kicked off her shoes and crawled to her side. As soon as there was any movement, Susu woke up. She twitched the corner of her mouth and joked in a dumb voice: "High school students are here?"

Aomame curled her lips: "How can you sleep at night if your sleep is so shallow?"

Su Su was surprised: "Why can't I fall asleep at night? I slept well at night! It's good in the city. In the country, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese don't croak. It's okay. When one croaks, a group of them will croak too."

Aomame probed: "Is there no sound here at night?"

Su Su shook her head.

There was no trace of lying on Susu's face. Qingdou pushed her arms into Susu's arms, thinking to herself, it's probably her mother, I'm sorry to mention it. Susu is so powerful, she can't even tell when she's lying.

Meng Ting encountered a heavy rain when she came back. She and Yu Tingting were soaked in the rain. While she wiped the water from her face, she asked about Qingdou's situation and which high school she had applied for.

"Gu Yi's place."

"Ouch!" Meng Ting pinched her face, envious of the pretty little girl, "Douzi will have a lot of opportunities in the future."

Aomame lowered her eyebrows and said that she wanted to grow older.

When you are old, you have settled down. You should know who you are good with, how much education you have, where your workplace is, whether you have to squeeze into a dormitory or live in a building, ride on the phoenix or ride forever. Now, everything is unknown. In Aomame’s view at that time, the unknown was not

Hopefully, the unknown is a little scary.

"Children's words are unbridled. Who would want to grow old!" Meng Ting said, taking out a dozen colorful hairpins from her knitting handbag, breaking off a pair of red ones and clamping them on Qingdou's head, "Auntie wants to pat you.

Flattery." Qingdou's sister-in-law-to-be is a teacher at Tingting School.

Aomame felt a "click" on the left and right sides of her scalp, and looked in front of the mirror. She was so beautiful that she couldn't bear to take her eyes away. The red hair clips on her black hair were particularly conspicuous, like a pair of acacia beans.

It took Yu Tingting a while to realize that the hairpin she bought had been given away by her mother: "Ah! No! Give it back to me!"

Meng Ting blamed her for being ignorant, slapped her butt, dragged her upstairs, and tricked her into taking her shopping in a few days.

Yu Tingting stopped crying for a moment, seemed to be thinking, and then continued to cry, "No! I want her to be returned to me now."

Aomame quickly tilted her head to take off the clip. Susu behind her poked her waist, not sure if she was urging her to take it off or insisting not to take it.

Meng Ting waved to Qingdou: "Ignore her. Auntie gave it to you." After saying that, he grabbed Tingting's back and disappeared at the entrance of the wooden ladder.

Susu pointed Qingdou's face towards the mirror and poked the iron clip with her fingertips: "It looks so good. Wear it to school and charm all the boys in the class."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Aomame was startled.

Su Su made a weird sound: "You Confucius! When will you get enlightened?"

Qingdou puffed his mouth. You are not enlightened. You can still fall asleep with such loud noises in the middle of the night.

Under the concrete eaves, they huddled on a wicker chair, listening to the rain, and gossiping. Susu's sharp mouth was sour and funny, and Aomame giggled.

The wooden door creaked slightly, and someone came over with stagnant water. It was Yu Yulin. His gold-rimmed glasses were soaked and he couldn't see the person clearly. He heard Qingdou call "uncle" and smiled gently, "

Qingdou is here, she has graduated from junior high school." He took off his glasses, wiped the water droplets on his clothes, raised his eyes to see Susu, his expression was slightly startled and then quickly returned to gentleness, "Susu is back too? Is she on vacation?"

Susu pretended to be good: "Yes, uncle."

When Yulin went upstairs, Qingdou held Susu's arm and asked, "How is Uncle Yu treating you?"

Susu didn't care, "I don't know if it's okay or not. Anyway, don't scold me."

"Well..." Aomame didn't know what to say.

"Tingting said that after I came... they often quarreled." Susu waved her hand, "Forget it, let's continue talking about Xiaohai. He invited me to the video studio, and I'm going to take him to Brother Liuzi's place. Calculate the original price.

, not allowed to be cheap.”

"Ah? Oh..." Aomame picked up her hairpins with her fingertips, lost in thought.

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Xiao Nancheng is flooded every midsummer when there is heavy rainfall. It won't flood the city, but it's still embarrassing. The younger children have to sit on the big footbath and row a boat, and the older children follow behind to help.

Qingzhi is neither old nor young, her age is embarrassing, but she has a very childish nature, so she insists on being pushed by Qingdou. Wu Huiping said to ignore her, but Qingdou wanted to take her to school for exams, so in order to coax her, he could only follow her and carry a footbath

Go downstairs and push her to "take the boat" to take the exam.

When Qing Zhi entered Xiao Nancheng City, she had to take a transfer test. It was good to have a teacher and a sister-in-law, and she was about to get a place if she opened her mouth. Qing Zhi didn't want to take the test and shouted that she wanted to go back to the village to go to school. Qing Dou coaxed her, didn't she say that it was fun in the city?

, I can stay in the city after taking the exam this time.

Qingzhi was very practical and a thief. She pointed at the red hairpin on Qingdou's forehead and said, "I want this." She had been craving for it for several days, but her mother wouldn't allow her to touch her sister's things.

Aomame touched the hairpin and thought for a while: "Okay. I'll give you one after you finish the exam."

During the exam, Feng Rongrong and Qingdou waited outside the classroom together.

Qingdou asked: "How is the second brother in the factory?" She believed that the second brother could do it, but she was worried that he couldn't.

Feng Rongrong smiled shyly, "Okay, do you want to go play?"

The matter of getting married lasted all spring and was finally resolved in the summer.

Now Qingsong is studying at an auto parts import and export factory in the suburbs of Nancheng, arranged by the Feng family.

This was a mutual compromise, and neither family could resist the young man's ideas.

In fact, the most tumultuous one was the Feng family. The top and bottom officials did not allow Feng Rongrong to marry a "little black face" who had nothing, and even issued a grounding order. Of course, this incident ended with Rongrong going on a hunger strike and going to the hospital.

They don't understand that love will only thrive when it encounters obstacles.

Wu Huiping understood. Having been taught by her boss, she quickly became gentle after being fierce. As for Qingsong's marriage, she let them go. As long as Qingdou and Qingzhi could go to school, have a place to live, and have food to eat.

Qingdou knew that Wu Huiping said so, but it was actually very hard. After saying all the cruel words, she picked up the soles of shoes, just for a dime a pair of handmade money, and saved money for Qingsong's wedding.

In order to show her sincerity in taking care of her two younger sisters, Rongrong allowed Qingdou to attend a key boarding high school in Nancheng, and also suggested that Qingzhi be transferred to the city to study.

Qingdou thought that after today, Rongrong must have regretted it.

Scores were corrected on the spot. Eleven transfer students came from various places and in every grade, but none of them failed. Qingzhi passed thirty Chinese exams, could not fill in the blanks in poetry, and scored ten ten points in mathematics. She was probably blind.

Filled in correctly.

Rongrong asked Qingdou awkwardly, "Gardenia did well in school in the countryside before?"

Aomame didn't expect this either.

The dean is in a dilemma, how can I get this grade?

Qing Zhi is really smart. She knew from the teacher's expression that she had failed the exam. She flattened her mouth and cried, "I'm sorry, teacher. I will try my best next time."

Where is the next time? Aomame was heartbroken.

While crying, she looked down at her test paper and saw a poem that she knew how to recite but hadn't remembered just now. She immediately started to recite the poem: "Teacher, I know this!" After ten years of sharpening a (sword), the (frost) blade has never been brushed.

Four (test). Today I mean (Japanese) to show you um um (to show you), who has any injustice?'"

Gardenia raised her head, straightened her tongue, and tried her best to memorize a lot of content she didn't understand.

Qingdou wanted to cry, but she lowered her head to wipe her tears. Unexpectedly, Qingzhi actually moved the teacher.

Maybe Teacher Feng had planned it in advance, and the embarrassment was just a passing scene for other students’ parents to watch. Maybe the director was really moved by the child’s sincere performance and firmly believed that children can be taught. I saw the dean’s expression of distress,

He pulled Qing Zhi over and wiped her tears, as if she was his granddaughter.

He was the dean who wrote Qingdou's name incorrectly back then, but now, three years after Qingdou graduated, he actually accurately told Cheng Qingdou's life story: "Your sister, Cheng Qingdou, also repeated her second grade for one year. She was in our school.
To be continued...
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