Back at the brigade headquarters, after Zhou Yang registered the completion points for other members, he packed up his things and headed home!
When passing by his yard, Zhou Yang saw smoke rising from the chimney and knew that his wife had gone back.
But when he went in, he found that Bao'er was not at home. He immediately said to Li Youwei who was busy in the kitchen: "Didn't you go to pick up Bao'er?"
Li Youwei answered while cutting the potatoes: "Why didn't you go? That girl was unwilling to come back with me, so my mother asked me to come back to cook first, and she would ask my elder brother to deliver it to her in the evening!"
"Hey, why doesn't the little guy want to come back?"
"Why? She's a little lonely by herself. Unlike her old house, there are seven or eight children who can play with her!" Li Youwei said.
Seeing that his wife was trying to bring up the subject of having a second child, Zhou Yang quickly changed the subject and said, "My wife, I want to tell you something!"
"What's the matter? Just tell me!"
"I will work overtime at night and I will almost finish translating the remaining manuscripts, so I plan to take a leave from the team tomorrow, write a letter of introduction, and then go visit my parents. You should prepare too!" Zhou Yang road.
"Okay! How about I ask for leave tomorrow? I can't be careless when traveling so far away!" Li Youwei said.
"Well, it's up to you!"
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After dinner, Zhou Yang did not wait for his uncle to send Baoer back, but went to the old house in person.
On the one hand, he promised the little girl that he would pick her up no matter how late it was.
On the other hand, I am going to visit my parents. I have to tell my parents-in-law about this.
See if they have anything to say or anything to carry. After all, the relationship between parents is different from that between their children.
When we arrived at the old house, we had just finished eating!
The men of Lao Li's family were sitting and chatting in the yard, while the women were busy cleaning up the mess in the restaurant, but they didn't see the children.
Seeing Zhou Yang push open the door and come in, mother-in-law Zhang Guiying immediately asked: "We're here to pick up Bao'er. That girl is watching the little fish in the backyard. I'll call her!"
"Mom, please wait a moment, I want to talk to dad about something!"
"That's okay!"
Zhou Yang moved a small bench and sat down next to his father-in-law and uncle.
"Dad, I want to take advantage of this period of time to go to Huaxian County to see my parents!" Zhou Yang said.
"When are you leaving?"
Li Fengnian "Bata" "Bata" asked while smoking a dry cigarette.
"The day after tomorrow! After all, I have to ask for leave, write a letter of introduction, and arrange things in the team!" Zhou Yang said.
"Go, it's easy to get news, go and see both good and bad!" Li Fengnian said.
"Um!"
"Are Weiwei and Bao'er going too?" Li Fengnian asked again.
"Well, I want to take them with me. After all, we have been married for so many years. I want my parents to meet Weiwei and the girl."
"Do you know the situation over there? Is there any danger?" Li Fengnian asked worriedly.
"Know more! My dad said that the situation is not as strict as before. Although they have not been rehabilitated in terms of status, they are not treated differently like before. In most cases, they are no different from ordinary farms!" Zhou Yang replied .
"That's good. One of my comrades is serving in the Ning City Reserve Force. You can visit him for me this time!" Li Fengnian said.
Zhou Yang knew what his father-in-law meant, and immediately said: "Dad, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, the situation over there will not endanger our safety!"
Seeing what Li Fengnian wanted to say, Zhou Yang immediately said again: "Dad, don't forget that I am a member of the Compilation and Compilation Bureau. Now every unit has to beg the Compilation and Compilation Bureau. Our family's safety must be no problem!"
"I can rest assured that!"
Just as he was talking, the door of the wing on the right side of the old house suddenly opened, and the fourth brother Li Guoqiang walked out of it holding a book.
After seeing Zhou Yang, he immediately smiled and said: "I said it sounded like you were here, but your sister-in-law said it didn't sound like it, so I guessed it right!"
"Fourth brother, what are you reading?"
"Junior high school math!"
Then Li Guoqiang explained: "My foundation is weak and I didn't study well in high school, so I wanted to start from the basics!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his eldest brother Li Jianguo frowned and said, "You are the father of two children, why are you reading this stuff?"
Zhou Yang immediately smiled and said, "Of course reading is useful!"
"What's the use? I can't go to college, and I'm still so tired. If I have that time, I might as well go to the kang and sleep for a while!" Li Jianguo said.
"Who said I can't go to college?" Zhou Yang said with a half-smile.
"Brother-in-law, I know you want to talk about the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers' University, but there are only six or seven places in the county every year. At most one is allocated to our commune, so how can it be our family's turn!" Li Jianguo said.
Li Guoqing also said: "It would be fine if you could get one every year. Maybe you can get it if you wait a few more years, but sometimes the whole commune cannot wait for a spot for several years. There is really no hope!"
Third brother Li Jianjun also said: "Fourth brother, you should listen to your elder brother and stop doing such useless things!"
Seeing that the three uncles all thought this way, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Actually, I asked the fourth brother to study!"
"I'm just telling you, why did the fourth child suddenly clamor to study? It turned out to be my brother-in-law's idea!"
"Brother-in-law, what do you think?"
"You can't go to university just by studying..."
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "It has not yet been confirmed that the college entrance examination will be resumed, so studying may not necessarily lead to college, but if you don't study, you will definitely not be able to go to college."
Zhou Yang did not speak directly about the resumption of the college entrance examination. On the one hand, it was because the matter was too big to be publicized too much.
Secondly, among the five children of the Li family, the eldest brother Li Jianguo and the second brother Li Guoqing both had primary school education. Although the third brother Li Jianjun went to junior high school, he did not study hard and could only be regarded as having a junior high school diploma.
Therefore, even if Zhou Yang wanted some of them to study and enter college, he was still unable to do so.
It's better not to tell them than to do this!
"This...can't go to college, so what's the use of reading this book?"
Zhou Yang said seriously: "Actually, studying is not just for going to college. Take me as an example. My father and my mother have forced me to study since I was a child. When I was in junior high school, I read thousands of books at home."
"When I got to high school, I buried myself in books all day long, and even spent time in the library on Sundays."
"I was reading when others were playing, and I was still studying when others asked their parents to take them out for fun. When the college entrance examination was cancelled, everyone said that my efforts of more than ten years were in vain!"
"But are my efforts really in vain?"
The answer is of course no, and everyone in the Lao Li family knows this.
Zhou Yang was indeed unknown a few years ago, but now he has accumulated a lot of experience. Not only has he become a staff member of the Compilation and Translation Bureau, but he has also developed new feed.
And these all require corresponding knowledge, so his book is not in vain.
Just listen to Zhou Yang say again: "I will definitely let Bao'er study in the future, not because I want you to compare your achievements with others, but because I hope that Bao'er will have the right to choose in the future, and choose meaningful and time-consuming studies. Work, rather than being forced to make a living.”
Looking at the confused expressions on everyone's faces, Zhou Yang said again: "It is precisely because I have read a lot of books and have abilities far beyond others that my teacher recommended me to return to the city to work! That's why I was favored by the Compilation and Compilation Bureau , make money easily!”
"Otherwise, even if there is a better opportunity in front of us, we will not be able to seize it!"
Li Fengnian, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly knocked the dry tobacco pot on the small bench and knocked out the remaining cigarette ash.
Then, he said in a deep voice: "You still have to read books. Let's send all the little ones at home to school this fall!"
"Well, I listen to dad!"
"Just give it away, otherwise the whole village will be chasing chickens and dogs to make it annoying!"
"Send them all, and let my mother be gentle..."
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