Fast-paced era: a warm and leisurely life

After that, I don’t know if Hu Damei really figured it out, but there was no more quarreling in the yard next door.

Hu Damei also went out to find a job pasting matchboxes and saved all the money she earned.

Hu Damei's husband asked her to stop doing this more than once: "Ever since you started making these matchboxes, you have not taken care of the housework at all. I asked you to mend a hole in my socks, but it's been days since I asked you to do it. Why haven't you mended it for me yet?"

"Don't you have hands? Can't you mend them yourself?" Hu Damei said without raising her head.

Hu Damei's son asked, "Mom, why is there no food at home? Didn't you go buy some?"

"Go find your father!"

Hu Damei's son looked at his father and said, "Dad, Xiaojuan said that we can get married, but she wants new furniture with three turns, one ring and 36 legs, and she wants 500 yuan!!!"

Hu Damei's husband covered his chest and said, "Son, you are going to empty the family's pocket!!! You have been working for so long, and you haven't saved anything at all??"

"I only have 36 yuan a month, and I have to buy malted milk, snacks, and vanishing cream for Xiaojuan, and take her out for dinner. How can I save all this money?! Dad, Mom, I can't not get married!!!"

"We can't afford that much money. We need a new piece of furniture with three turns and one ring and 36 legs, and it costs another 500 yuan. Even if you sell your father, you still can't afford that much!!!"

The son looked at Hu Damei again, took her arm and said, "Mom, when I marry Xiaojuan, we will both be filial to you. Mom, can you bear to see your son not marry the one he loves?"

Hu Damei spread her hands and said, "You know this family well. The money your father gave us was barely enough for food and daily expenses. You took most of it away on weekdays, leaving mother with nothing."

"Mom, you get paid for making matchboxes, and if things don't work out, you still have your uncle!!!"

"If you don't have money, then don't marry me!!!"

Hu Damei’s husband immediately became anxious: “How can you not marry her?! If you don’t marry her, my family will be cut off!!!”

The sudden quarrel startled Gu Nuanyi who was next door: "What's going on? Why are they quarreling again? Haven't they been at peace for a few days?"

Gu Hongzhe patted Gu Nuanyi on the back and said, "Her son is here again!!!"

Gu Nuanyi sighed: "e=(′o｀*)))Alas! Raising a son to prepare for old age, what is this preparing for......"

"Raising a son to provide for your old age is just an old saying. It doesn't mean that having a son will definitely be useful. It depends on how you teach him. How can you raise a good son if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked?"

When Gu Nuanyi saw Hu Damei again, she was shocked. Hu Damei's hair was white and her waist was hunched. She looked more than 20 years older...

The other aunts greeted Hu Damei, but she ignored them all and walked quickly towards home with her head down.

Every family has its own problems. These days, life is not easy for anyone.

Time flies and it is July 1977, 6

After finishing his meal, Gu Hongzhe said something to Gu Nuanyi and left.

Then he brought back a big bag of things mysteriously. When he entered the door, he looked around to see if anyone was following him. He was really a thief.

"Brother Azhe, what have you been doing?"

"Wife, Pan Zi heard from the higher-ups that the college entrance examination will be resumed, so he found this textbook specifically for us."

“Huh?” Gu Nuanyi turned her head to look at the calendar and slapped her head. This life was so comfortable that she almost forgot about it!!!

"Pan Zi is really quick-witted!" Gu Nuanyi said as she opened the package and took a look. All the textbooks from the first to the third year of high school were there.

Gu Nuanyi and Gu Hongzhe looked at each other and asked in unison: "How much do you still remember from high school?"

Gu Nuanyi touched his nose, and Gu Hongzhe looked up at the light.

"Let's start over together!!!"

The two supervised each other and started reading the textbooks of the first year of high school.

Gu Hongzhe made a cup of malted milk and handed it to Gu Nuanyi: "Wife, this is your third sleep!!! Can't you sleep at night??? Have a cup of malted milk to wake up."

Gu Nuanyi yawned: "I can't help it, this math book is so hypnotic!!! How about you, how much have you finished reading?"

"I have finished studying three years of mathematics. Come on, if there is anything you don't understand, I will teach you!!!"

On October 10 of the same year, major media and newspapers announced the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, and revealed that this year's college entrance examination would be held nationwide in a month.

When Gu Xinyu came to reconcile the accounts, she said, "Xiao Nuan, you don't know, when this news came out, the educated youth in our brigade were all shocked. Now they don't go to work anymore, they are looking for teaching materials everywhere, and then they stay in the educated youth center to study. There is no trace of them every day. If it weren't for the smoke coming out of the chimney, my father would have thought they disappeared..."

Gu Nuanyi looked at Gu Xinyu and asked, "What about you? Are you planning to take the college entrance examination?"

"Me?" Gu Xinyu sat on the bench and thought for a while before saying, "I have almost finished my high school education. Besides, I make a lot of money now, so I don't want to bother with it anymore!!!"

"The opening of the college entrance examination means that the country needs talents. In the future, there will be a lot of talented people on the streets. Everyone you meet will be a college student. How can you compete with them? If you stay where you are and don't change, you will be eliminated!!"

"But is it too late for me to learn now?"

"How can it be too late? Look at those educated youths, has anyone ever said it's too late?"

Gu Xinyu touched her belly: "But I'm still pregnant..."

Gu Nuanyi stopped trying to persuade him: "It's up to you! You shouldn't work hard while you're pregnant. You might as well stop working on the clothing design. The contract you signed with the factory has also expired!"

Gu Xinyu touched her belly and thought for a while: "It will expire next month. I feel really tired while pregnant. I don't get enough sleep every day. How about not renewing the contract after it expires! Let's talk about it after I give birth to the baby!"

Gu Nuanyi nodded: "Okay! Health is the most important!!!"

When Gu Xinyu returned home, she was still thinking about the college entrance examination. Her husband supported her to take the college entrance examination.

But her mother-in-law didn't support it. Gu Xinyu already earned more than her son every month. If she became a college student, wouldn't she be better than her son in every way?

"Xiao Yu, you are already feeling uncomfortable during pregnancy, and you have to go to work and take exams. How can you have the energy? Don't tire my dear grandson out!!!"

"Mom, it's good for Xiaoyu to take the college entrance examination. Isn't it good to have a college student in our family?"

"How do you know that Xiao Yu will definitely pass the exam? Nothing is more important than my darling grandson. If you want to take the college entrance exam, wait until you have a child!"

She also whispered to her son in private: "Why don't you go take the college entrance examination?"

"Forget it. I've had headaches since I was a kid whenever I saw a book. I'm lucky enough to just barely finish middle school!!!"

"You good-for-nothing, just wait for your wife to press you down on your head for the rest of your life!!!"

"There's nothing wrong with this!!! No matter how powerful my wife is, she's still my wife. Why should we be so divided among family members!!!"