The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

From the end of the Chinese New Year until the start of school, Tian Tian did not go to the county town except to buy train tickets with Tian Yun. She stayed at home listening to English lessons and helping Old Lady Tian with housework. During this period, they celebrated the Lantern Festival and had a meal of Lantern Festival dumplings. Then, Tian Tian prepared to leave again.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Tian Tian and her classmates are about to end their college life and officially start working.

In the second semester of their junior year, students in Tian Tian's class followed their teachers to experience the process of serving as interpreters for foreigners.

Fortunately, all the students in their class are studious and listen to English listening classes every day, so their class is among the best in both listening and English in their grade and even in the entire major.

After graduation, the school has assigned them jobs. English has now entered students' classrooms, and as exchanges between our country and other foreign countries are becoming increasingly close, the need for English talents is increasing.

Many students chose to become English teachers in schools, and Tiantian also made this choice.

Tian Tian has always been at the top of the class in terms of academic performance since he entered college as a freshman, and he has also never gotten into any trouble, so the teachers have always had a good impression of him. Before assigning him a job, Tian Tian even specifically asked Tian Tian whether he wanted to stay in the provincial capital as a teacher or go back home to be a teacher.

Tian Tian hesitated for a long time. He was a home-loving person and he definitely wanted to be closer to home, but the salary in the provincial capital would be much higher than at home, and there would be much more benefits.

After all, a provincial capital and a county town sound very different, and their future development will certainly be different.

In addition, her teacher introduced her to many translation jobs, which would be more convenient in the provincial capital.

After Tian Tian called home, her grandmother immediately helped her make a choice without hesitation.

"Just stay in the provincial capital. It's not far from home anyway. You can come home to see us during your holidays!"

After hearing this, Old Mrs. Tian knew that Tian Tian still wanted to stay in the provincial capital, but she was worried about her family, otherwise she wouldn't have taken so long to make a decision.

With Old Lady Tian's words, Tian Tian felt inexplicably relieved.

Then Old Lady Tian asked, "What are you and Gu Zhao planning? When will you bring him back to see me?"

Tiantian blushed. Over the years, Old Mrs. Tian had often mentioned that she should bring Gu Zhao home, which actually meant urging them to get married quickly.

But Tian Tian had said before that she would not consider getting married before graduating from college, so Mrs. Tian did not push her any further.

Tian Tian is 24 years old now, and will be 25 next year. It is too late for her to get married at this age.

"Let's go back, let's go back right away. Gu Zhao is going home with me this year, but we have some things to do here. We have to handle work procedures and move to the dormitory, so we may be back a little late." Tian Tian said.

She used to really think that she couldn't get married before graduation, but after spending a long time with Gu Zhao, she thought that marrying him would probably make her very happy, so the two of them decided to go home after graduation, meet each other's parents first, and then take some time next year to get things done.

"That's great!" Lin Meiyu's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone, "When can you guys come back? Ask your dad to make something delicious for you!"

These children in the family have become a source of worry for Lin Meiyu in recent years. Tian Zhuo is still young, not to mention going to school. Tian Tian has been dating someone for three years, but they haven't mentioned getting married. However, studying is important, and Lin Meiyu can understand that. After all, there haven't been many college students in these years, and it's an honor for the Tian family that they can have a child at home. They certainly can't let their studies be delayed because of dating, so Lin Meiyu can tolerate it.

But Tian Yuan made Lin Meiyu a little angry. Tian Yuan and Han Luying have been married for three years, but they still don’t have a child.

Every time when asked Tian Yuan, Tian Yuan said that it was not the right time yet. As a result, Lin Meiyu felt uncomfortable when she saw Tian Yuan and she disliked him very much.

People of Lin Meiyu’s age now have grandchildren who are already seven or eight years old, but Lin Meiyu hasn’t even seen the shadow of a grandchild. She is getting extremely anxious.

But it is true that the two of them have always been together more than apart. They can only see each other for a few days during the Chinese New Year. They don't live together, so how can they have a child?

This year they were both transferred to a military region, and Tian Yuan became the youngest regiment commander. He can have his own house in the army and no longer have to squeeze in the dormitory. Perhaps Lin Meiyu's plan for having a grandson is also on the agenda.

"I should be able to get home at the end of January. Gu Zhao should be about the same age as me!" Tian Tian said.

It’s the Chinese New Year this year. They arrived home at the end of January, so there is still half a month before the Chinese New Year.

"Okay!" Lin Meiyu immediately started to complain after hearing that, and wanted to hang up the phone. She felt bad that she had been talking for too long and the phone bill was high.

Tian Tian had no choice but to hang up the phone, then went to tell her teacher her decision, and then went back to the dormitory to pack her things.

She has lived in the dormitory for four years. Even though supplies are scarce now and there is nothing to buy, there are a lot of things piled up in the dormitory after living there for four years. It really takes some effort to take all these things away.

She had originally planned to take all these luggage home, but now she thought that since she would be coming here to work next year, she might as well leave these things here so that she wouldn't have to bring them back when the time comes.

Ge Huiyun had told her before that she should put all the things in the dormitory that she couldn't take away at their house.

In the past few years, Tian Tian's relationship with Gu Zhao's family has become closer and closer. In fact, after Tian Tian started dating Gu Zhao, they really treated her as their daughter-in-law. It was Huiyun who took the initiative to tell Tian Tian to leave all her things at her house and take them after graduation next year.

It just so happened that Tian Tian was also worried about where to put all these things, so she agreed.

News soon came out about Tian Tian's work unit. She was a teacher in a key high school in their provincial capital. Tian Tian had no choice but to rush around to handle various procedures. She only breathed a sigh of relief when everything was done.

When I was having dinner with Gu Zhao, I was particularly envious. When he was not recruiting in the second semester of his senior year, he was recruited by the No. 1 Machine Tool Factory in their provincial capital. Now he is an engineer in the machine tool factory, with a good salary and benefits. In addition, he is from the provincial capital, so there are very few procedures he needs to go through.

Tian Tian also has to transfer all kinds of relationships here, and she can only go to handle the formal procedures when the school starts next year.