Rebooting 60, let's go on a rampage with the orange cat!

Xiuzhi and Shi Renmei were so excited they couldn't sleep. The furthest they had ever gone before was from the countryside to J City, but now, because their daughter had been admitted to a university in Beijing, they finally had the chance to go to Beijing together.

In the past, this would have been unthinkable, mainly due to financial reasons. But now they don't have to worry about money.

When they went to their workplace to get certificates, letters of introduction, and ask for leave, they made up an excuse, saying that they were really worried about their daughter going to Beijing to register alone, after all, she was only fifteen years old.

That's a pretty good reason, but it seems a bit too indulgent of their daughter if both parents go to drop her off...

Their colleagues were envious and advised them to just send the goods by themselves, saying it was too expensive. The couple just smiled sheepishly and didn't argue. They believed that they had to live their own lives, and what others said was irrelevant.

Huai'an was discussing going to the capital with Duoduo in the space. Duoduo meowed anxiously, saying that she also wanted to set up camp in the capital and reorganize a cat team there...

A crisp "ding" rang out, as if the bell of destiny had been tolled, and the entire space underwent a wondrous transformation due to Huai'an's university acceptance. The already mysterious space was now, as if under a spell, undergoing another upgrade.

This time, the space now includes a spacious and bright master bedroom and an ensuite bathroom. Stepping into the master bedroom, the first thing that catches the eye is a soft and comfortable large bed covered with exquisite bedding, making one want to lie down and rest.

An elegant bedside table sits beside the bed, with a lamp casting a soft glow on it. In one corner of the room is a large wardrobe; when the doors are opened, you can see a variety of clothing suitable for Huai'an, as well as bedding for all four seasons, all arranged in a modern style.

The room is fully equipped with air conditioning, a TV, a long cabinet, a chaise lounge, and more. In addition, there is a large window, although it cannot be opened and the view outside is still obscured. However, sunlight streams in through the green curtains, adding a touch of warmth and comfort to the entire room.

Then, the bathroom was equally delightful. The pristine white tiled walls gleamed, and the floor was covered with non-slip tiles. A set of high-end toiletries sat on the sink, and a bright light surrounded the mirror, illuminating one's face with crystal clarity.

The shower area is equipped with a high-end showerhead that delivers a powerful and even water flow, providing users with an ultimate bathing experience. The toilet is also intelligent, featuring automatic flushing and adjustable seat temperature for warmth even in cold winters. In addition, the bathroom includes a dryer and a bathtub, leaving Xiuzhi and Shi Renmei amazed.

Huai'an offered to let his parents stay in the master bedroom for rest, saying that the sofa in the living room was enough for him. Xiuzhi disagreed, but Huai'an said, "Mom, you can stay here for now. We'll upgrade again next time, and it will definitely be two master bedrooms... I'll take the next master bedroom."

Hsiu-chih and Shih Jen-mei both exclaimed that they had raised a wonderful daughter, and that they would enjoy a life of happiness with her.

Huai'an suddenly remembered something and asked, "Dad, Mom, you won't blame me for acknowledging my fifth brother and eldest sister, will you?"

Xiuzhi's eyes welled up with tears. She took her hand and said, "Silly child, how could your mother blame you? I also hope that you will recognize them as your relatives. You have many brothers and sisters, so you can take care of each other in the future. Your father and mother are getting old and will leave you one day. How lonely it would be if you were left all alone! If there are so many people in this world who love you, I would be overjoyed."

Huai'an said, "I haven't officially gone to my birth parents' house to acknowledge them yet, but I plan to go with you before I leave. Do you agree?"

Xiuzhi nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together. I promised your birth mother that I would make sure you got an education. Now that you've been admitted to university, we've lived up to your birth mother's promise. They'll be happy too."

Huai'an said gratefully, "Yes, thank you, Mom and Dad. My siblings can't go to university because of their family background. They even envy me for being able to go to university."

Shi Renmei smiled and nodded, "It's not a big deal that you've acknowledged your biological parents. As long as you're still with us, we're family. We all hope you can be happy and joyful. They say having many friends makes life easier. It's not easy for strangers to build deep relationships, let alone you two who are blood-related brothers and sisters. This is a bond that has been cultivated for many lifetimes, so you must cherish it!"

Huai'an looked at his parents and said, "To me, you are the closest people to me..."

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Li Huaiyuan was always busy and would often run over to Shi Huaian, just to find out if an admission notice had been delivered.

This time, he hadn't come for a few days. On this day, as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he asked anxiously, "Someone in my alley received an admission notice from the Provincial University of Finance and Economics today. What about yours? Haven't you come yet?"

With a smile on his face, Shi Huai'an turned around and took out the admission notice from the drawer of his desk in his room, then waved it in front of him.

Li Huaiyuan was completely stunned. A few seconds later, he snapped out of his daze, a smile brighter than the sun spreading across his face. He took a few steps forward, unfolded the admission notice, looked at it again and again, and read aloud: "Eight-year integrated undergraduate, master's, and doctoral program at Beijing Medical University, Huai'an, you're amazing!"

Just as Huai'an was about to wash the apples, he saw him dancing excitedly, shouting, "Great! Great! Our Huai'an is so amazing!" His voice was so loud that it almost echoed throughout the entire alley.

Immediately afterwards, he rushed forward, opened his arms, and seemed to really want to hug Huai'an tightly.

However, Huai'an nimbly crouched down and slipped under his arm, mischievously laughing, "Don't get excited, I'll go wash the apples for you."

But Li Huaiyuan couldn't listen to any of that. At that moment, he was overjoyed and just wanted to share this wonderful news with his family immediately.

So, like a gust of wind, he ran frantically out of the yard, shouting as he ran, "I'm going to tell Dad and Mom the good news right away... They're waiting..."

"Hey, wait a minute, I still have something to say..." Shi Huai'an stood there, watching her brother's departing figure, shaking her head with a smile. Fifth Brother was always so impatient, but her heart was filled with warmth and emotion.

After staring blankly for a while, Shi Huai'an simply packed a bag and took Fatty Orange Duoduo on a bike ride to the street.

She first went to a department store and carefully selected two pairs of sturdy and durable work shoes and two sets of men's oversized work clothes. She also bought soap, candy, dried fruit, and some commonly used medicines. Then, she carefully wrapped ten ten-yuan bills and various general grain coupons that she had prepared at home in oil paper and rolled them into the newly bought socks, and then stuffed them into the shoes. She then put two sets of dark blue work clothes wrapped in oil paper on the outside, and put them all into a large cloth bag. She also attached a letter with a list of items inside.

Following the detailed address Huaiyuan had provided last time, I went to the post office, checked the contents, sealed the cloth bag with needle and thread, and mailed it to my second brother, Li Huaiyu.

She knew what these items meant to her second brother, who lived in the countryside; they might alleviate some of the burdens and pressures in his life.

Every few months thereafter, she would send some money and goods to her second brother. Even if it was just a small amount of money, it added up and helped him so that he wouldn't live in too much poverty and hardship in that difficult rural environment.

Looking back on her past life, Shi Huai'an had very few interactions with her second brother. However, despite the short time they spent together, she knew clearly that her second brother was not a bad person at heart.

If my second brother is fortunate enough to avoid the calamities he encountered in his previous life, Huai'an will feel a little relieved. After all, blood is thicker than water, and they are siblings born of the same mother!

If there were pitfalls in their past lives, she would use her memories to help them fill them in or avoid those treacherous traps, so that they could live a peaceful and smooth life in this one!

After mailing the items, Shi Huai'an affixed an 8-cent stamp to the letter for Gu Jingxing and put it in the mailbox. This time, he was informing him of the new university address so that he wouldn't have to send the letters home next time.

She casually glanced at the stamp counter at the post office and saw all sorts of beautiful stamps. In her previous life, she didn't know much about the value of these stamps, but she knew that the monkey and rooster stamps from the 1980s had sold for astronomical prices, with an 8-cent stamp selling for 5,000 yuan and a full sheet auctioned for millions.

Not all stamps from the 60s are valuable. Shi Huai'an was dazzled by the variety. She first took a liking to the Special Issue 48 "Red-crowned Crane" stamps, a set of 3 stamps, with 18 stamps per sheet, and bought 3 full sheets. Then, when she was having a hard time deciding, she also bought 3 sheets of each of the Special Issue 62 "New Industrial Products", Commemorative Issue 12 "Centennial Commemoration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Jintian Uprising", and Commemorative Issue 74 "Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Zunyi Conference"... Anyway, things were so cheap for her at the time, and it was a rare opportunity. She bought them and kept them as collectibles, waiting for them to appreciate in value.

After secretly putting the stamps into her spatial storage, she went to Master Liu's house with a large bag of fruit and pastries. Her reasons were twofold: first, to say goodbye to her master and mistress as she prepared to enroll in a school in the capital; and second, to pick up her train tickets.

After receiving the admission notice, Huai'an asked Master Liu to find someone to help him buy four sleeper train tickets.

These sleeper train tickets are generally very difficult to buy without connections, and J city doesn't have a starting station for trains to Beijing; you have to transfer in the provincial capital. So, Master Liu asked someone to buy him a seat ticket to the provincial capital, and only the sleeper ticket from the provincial capital to Beijing was available.

In the 1960s, the maximum speed of trains was 90 kilometers per hour and 100 kilometers per hour, respectively. It would take them sixteen or seventeen hours by train, including transfers. Their parents were getting old, and they were worried that their bodies could not handle it without sleeper berths.

After picking up four hard-seat tickets and four sleeper tickets at Master Liu's house, with the two train tickets separated by two days, Master Liu's wife said with a smile, "Your senior brother Qingshan said you can spend two days in the provincial capital. Your parents are getting old, and they might not be able to handle such a long train journey. They're treating you, so don't be shy. When you arrive in Beijing, Liu Chuyang will pick you up."

Master Liu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Keep the address and phone number I gave you safe. When you get to Beijing, you must look for your Uncle Han Chengzong. He is the vice president of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Beijing and also a doctoral supervisor at Beijing Medical University. He said he can let you do an internship there. This is a great opportunity, you might as well take it."

"Alright!" After hesitating for a while, Shi Huai'an finally decided to accept the offer. After all, if he were to refuse too politely, it would make them seem distant and awkward with each other.

The calico cat "Goji" jumped onto Huai'an's lap. Huai'an stroked its fluffy body and took out a bag of dried fish from his pocket to slowly feed it.

She knew that Master Liu's family had done her a great deal of kindness, and her gratitude was as boundless as a surging river. Now, as they were about to part ways, a thousand words welled up in her heart, but she didn't know how to express them.

The teacher's wife frowned slightly and asked again, "How come there are four tickets? Could it be that one of them was bought for a classmate? This classmate should also be going to university in Beijing, right?"

Hearing this, Shi Huai'an's face lit up with a warm smile, and he replied softly, "No, Madam. That ticket was for my fifth brother, Li Huaiyuan. I plan to have him accompany us to Beijing this time. On the return trip, I'll have him accompany my parents back home; he can help take care of them. As you know, my parents are getting older, and the train is crowded. It's always better to have a young and strong person by their side to look after them..."

Upon hearing this, the teacher's wife nodded repeatedly, her eyes full of admiration. She sighed softly and said with emotion, "Oh my, Huai'an, you've thought of everything so thoroughly! With your thoughtfulness and consideration, your parents will be very fortunate in the future!"

Huai'an smiled a little shyly after being praised, "I haven't discussed this with my fifth brother yet, but he's free, so he should agree to go out and have fun."

The teacher's wife seemed to suddenly remember something and asked with a face full of curiosity, "By the way, Huai'an, have you already reunited with your biological parents?"

Shi Huai'an paused for a moment, then slowly replied, "Well... it can't really be called a formal recognition. It's just that we both understand our relationship now. My fifth brother, Li Huaiyuan, often comes to visit me, so we see each other quite frequently. Also, my birth mother has always hoped that I could come home for a meal. So I thought that before I go to the capital to report for duty, I would take my adoptive parents with me to visit them, so as to resolve the knot in everyone's hearts. In any case, I will always live with my adoptive parents." As he said this, Shi Huai'an's eyes became exceptionally firm and gentle.

Master Liu patted her head and said, "Huai'an, go there and study hard. Ask Han Chengzong to help you buy a train ticket. He has many connections. Han Chengzong is my junior brother. He really has some skills. You should learn from him and carry forward traditional Chinese medicine. I heard that his son, Han Mingxuan, is also a medical genius. He's always showing off in front of me. Hehe, now my apprentice is going to Beijing and has been admitted to the Beijing Medical University for a combined bachelor's, master's, and doctoral program. Huai'an, you've really made me proud."

The teacher's wife smiled and said, "Your uncle wants you to become his student. He will personally guide you to graduate with your doctorate. This is a good thing, since you are all from the same school."

Huai'an was a little shy, knowing full well that she was still far from good enough. Thinking of how much the old man valued lineage, she couldn't help but smile and ask, "If I become his student, you won't mind, will you? I have to listen to you on this matter."

Master Liu glared at her and said, "I'm not that petty. Anyway, you're a promising talent I've discovered. Besides, it's better for you to learn from my junior brother than from someone else. He's the successor to my master. I was separated from them early because of the war, and I didn't spend much time with my master. If you learn from my junior brother and master our medical knowledge, you'll also be helping me fulfill a regret..."

Huai'an nodded and said, "I understand. I will definitely study hard and will never let you down."