Chapter 130: Go to the Capital

　　When it was time to eat, there was a knock on the door. Gu Nianwei put on her hat and went out to open the door. Han Yanqing, wearing a military coat, was standing outside.

　　Han Yanqing was holding a plate with tofu meatballs and meatballs made by Old Mrs. Han.

　　"My grandma asked me to bring you a plate of meatballs." After Han Taorui left, Old Lady Han was very uncomfortable for a while, and was especially nice to Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, who were the same age as Han Taorui. Whenever she made something delicious at home, she would send it to them.

　　The same was true for Jiang Youtao and the others. The two families interacted with each other and their relationship became better and better. Old Mrs. Han treated them like her own granddaughters.

　　Gu Nianwei took his plate, thanked Han Yanqing and said, "Wait for me here for a while."

　　Han Yanqing stood there while Gu Nianwei went back to the kitchen and brought out a tray of steamed dumplings and a tray of steamed buns.

　　The steamed dumplings are filled with fresh meat and carrots, and the steamed buns are filled with fried glutinous rice with diced bacon, diced carrots and diced green beans.

　　This was made by Jiang Youtao and her friends this afternoon.

　　"These are steamed dumplings and steamed buns. Take them back and let your grandparents have a taste." Gu Nianwei said to Han Yanqing.

　　Han Yanqing's gaze stayed on Gu Nianwei's face for a moment, then he hummed and walked away with the things.

　　Gu Nianwei looked at his back and thought for a while. When he was about to step into the yard, Gu Nianwei stopped him and said, "Well, Comrade Han, all the people here today are young comrades. If you have time, you can come over and play."

　　During this period, Gu Nianwei didn't spend much time with Han Yanqing, but they often met by chance. Most of the time, she got up early to watch the students do morning exercises, and Han Yanqing happened to be out for a run.

　　In the evening, when Gu Nianwei came back from self-study, Han Yanqing just came back from night training.

　　Gu Nianwei is not a child anymore, and she knows a little bit about what Han Yanqing is thinking when he meets her by chance.

　　Otherwise, why didn't Han Yanqing meet Jiang Youtao when it was her turn for evening self-study?

　　It's just that Han Yanqing didn't speak frankly, and Gu Nianwei didn't want to speak first.

　　The ambiguity during the period before falling in love is also particularly touching.

　　Han Yanqing's voice floated in the cold night: "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."

　　Gu Nianwei went back into the house without locking the door. The fish on the stove was still stewing. A wooden board about the width of a palm was placed across the pot on the stove, which was filled with dishes cooked tonight.

　　There was a dish of stir-fried eggplant, pepper and tomato, and a dish of twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts. The garlic sprouts were grown by Gu Nianwei, and for this dish tonight, a large flower pot of garlic sprouts were all trimmed. It was rare to see such green vegetables in winter, and everyone's eyes were shining when they looked at the dish of garlic sprouts.

　　There is also a plate of cold shredded potatoes. The potatoes are cut into shreds, soaked and blanched in water, then seasoned and mixed into a sour and spicy dish that smells appetizing.

　　The meatballs sent by Old Lady Han were placed last. The pure meat meatballs were an attractive golden color. Before you even start eating, you can feel how crispy the skin is and how tender the inside is. The tofu meatballs were slightly white, but the taste was definitely denser than the pure meat ones.

　　The fish in the pot is the main dish today. It is Li Yuying's specialty. In addition to the fish, there are winter melon and potatoes in the pot. The Chinese cabbage is washed clean and put aside. When the food in the pot is finished, it will be put back in the pot to blanch.

　　The blanched Chinese cabbage is sweet and crispy. In this winter, eating a bite of this kind of cabbage will satisfy you both orally and mentally. If you let the cabbage simmer for a while longer, the leaves and stems will become soft and the cabbage will be wrapped in soup, which is the best dish to eat with rice.

　　Jiang Youtao was sitting on the side waiting for food. When she saw Gu Nianwei coming back, she winked at her and said, "Is Comrade Han coming?"

　　Gu Nianwei couldn't help but smile: "Come."

　　Li Yunying looked at Jiang Youtao and then at Gu Nianwei: "Who is this Comrade Han?"

　　Jiang Youtao smiled and said, "He is the grandson of Grandma Han next door. Maybe he will become Weiwei's partner in the future."

　　Li Yunying suddenly realized and smiled ambiguously.

　　Gu Nianwei didn't feel shy at all: "We haven't even started yet, and we don't know what will happen in the future. Maybe he doesn't have that intention?"

　　"That's not necessarily true." Jiang Youtao said, "I think Comrade Han is very enthusiastic about you. After all, he has never run into me when I am in evening self-study."

　　Gu Nianwei's eyebrows curved and she smiled happily: "Whether he's interested or not, he needs to explain it clearly, otherwise it would be bad to be self-indulgent."

　　As they were talking, Han Yanqing arrived, carrying two bottles of liquor. Fu Shaohua was no stranger to him, and since this was Jiang Youtao's home, he, as Jiang Youtao's boyfriend, was a host, so he invited him in warmly.

　　By the way, he gave everyone a brief introduction, and then looked at the wine in Han Yanqing's hand and smacked his lips: "It's Maotai, this wine is not cheap."

　　High-end liquors like Moutai do not require tickets, but they are expensive. Not many people buy them on weekdays, but they are sold out during holidays, and you can't buy them without some connections.

　　Fu Shaohua wanted to buy it before, but failed.

　　Han Yanqing nodded slightly and said, "This was bought secretly by my grandfather. My grandmother didn't allow him to drink too much, so she forced it on me when I was leaving just now."

　　Old Man Han didn't have many hobbies in his life. He just liked to have a couple of drinks. But he couldn't drink much and would get drunk after just one drink. So Old Lady Han was very strict with him.

　　Some time ago, Han Taorui sent back her monthly salary, a total of 25 yuan. The two elderly people have 10 yuan each, and her brother Han Yanqing got 5 yuan.

　　Mrs. Han and Mr. Han were so touched that Mr. Han immediately spent all the money on wine. Mrs. Han was angry for several days. Mr. Han didn't dare to breathe too loudly at home recently, for fear of being scolded.

　　Mrs. Han was still not satisfied. She just heard that Han Yanqing was coming over for dinner, so she brought out the bottle of wine in front of Mr. Han. Mr. Han almost cried.

　　Han Yanqing couldn't help laughing when he thought of his grandfather's expression just now.

　　Fu Shaohua was also happy: "My grandpa also likes to drink, but my grandma doesn't let him drink. Sometimes he drinks in secret, and when he gets home, my grandma gets angry with him."

　　"I remember when I was 15 or 16, I was always hungry in the middle of the night. I woke up to find something to eat and found the living room where he had slept several times."

　　"My grandpa would be kicked out by my grandma when he drank, but he would always sleep in my room."

　　With common topics, Fu Shaohua and Han Yanqing quickly became close. The food was ready, and everyone ate around the stove.

　　It was the first time for Han Yanqing to eat like this, and he found it very fresh. He didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he was sitting next to Gu Nianwei.

　　Jiang Youtao's family has a set of glasses specially for drinking white wine, and each glass costs five cents. Fu Shaohua poured a glass for everyone. Jiang Youtao said, "We finally got together today. Come on, let's live better and better next year."

　　Everyone raised their glasses, clinked them in the air, and then began to drink from them in small sips.

　　Moutai is worthy of being Moutai, it has a refreshing fragrance and is not spicy in the throat.

　　Everyone was eating, drinking and chatting. The meal lasted until late at night. Jiang Youtao drank too much and went to bed early. Fu Shaohua couldn't go back tonight. He lived in the room where Jiang Youtao slept, and Jiang Youtao went to sleep in the second bedroom with Xu Manqiu.

　　Gu Nianwei's alcohol tolerance is quite good. She finished a bottle of Moutai and drank some Fenjiu brought by Fu Shaohua. She was just a little dizzy. Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi lived with Gu Nianwei.

　　Han Yanqing helped Gu Nianwei carry Wang Shanxi over. Gu Nianwei was very strong, so she half-carried and half-supported Li Yunying over.

　　After both of them got on the kang, Gu Nianwei took a breath, walked out of the room and closed the door. Han Yanqing was waiting for her in the living room.

　　She thanked Han Yanqing: "Thank you, Comrade Han."

　　The light in Gu Nianwei's room was warm yellow and not bright. Gu Nianwei was standing right under the light, and the light illuminated the fuzz on her face clearly.

　　Han Yanqing suddenly felt as if something was tickling his heart, and it felt a little itchy.

　　"You're welcome." After a pause, Han Yanqing said, "I'm leaving first. If you need anything, just come to my house and call me."

　　Gu Nianwei nodded: "Okay, I'll take you out."

　　Gu Nianwei sent Han Yanqing to the door. Han Yanqing walked a few steps to his yard. Just as he was about to go in, Han Yanqing strode back and said, "Comrade Gu Nianwei, can I ask you to go to the movies tomorrow?"

　　Han Yanqing is very tall, about 1.9 meters tall. Gu Nianwei has grown a bit taller in the past year, and is about 1.72 meters tall. Even in the north where girls are generally taller, she is still quite tall.

　　But if she wants to look at Han Yanqing, she still had to look up.

　　The temperature dropped again at night. It was now around minus 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, and the breath they exhaled instantly turned into mist.

　　The breath blocked people's vision, making Han Yanqing's expression even more blurred, but she could see those eyes very clearly.

　　Gu Nianwei smiled and said, "I hope you won't forget this matter after you sober up tomorrow."

　　Han Yanqing felt a surge of excitement in his heart. He suppressed his excitement and said, "No."

　　A gust of wind blew, and Gu Nianwei shuddered: "Then I'll go back, Comrade Han."

　　"Go ahead."

　　Han Yanqing watched Gu Nianwei return to the yard, close the gate, and then saw her turn off the lights in the living room before walking towards her home.

　　Old Mrs. Han had gone to bed long ago, but she hadn't fallen asleep yet. She woke up when she heard some noise in the yard. She turned on the light and asked, "Yanqing, are you back?"

　　"I'm back grandma, I'll go to sleep."

　　Han Yanqing went back to his room. Old Mrs. Han listened carefully for a while and then turned off the light again. This time she fell asleep quickly.

　　The next day, Han Yanqing got up early and went for morning exercise as usual. Then he took out the brand new coat that Xinfadi had given him and put on his most formal clothes other than his military uniform. He also washed his face again and again and shaved his beard clean.

　　When looking at himself in the mirror, Han Yanqing always felt that something was missing. He went to Han Taorui's room and found a bottle of clam oil that Han Taorui used to wipe her hands. He scooped a little and rubbed it on his face again and again. Then he touched his face, which looked a degree more tender than before.

　　Finally satisfied.

　　Old Mrs. Han had been watching Han Yanqing rubbing here and there all morning, and finally couldn't stand it anymore: "It's the 29th day of the lunar year, and you're off duty, but you're rubbing here and there like a butterfly. Is there something wrong with you?"

　　Han Yanqing glanced at Old Lady Han and said, "I'll go to the movies."

　　Old Mrs. Han thought she had heard wrongly. During the time when her grandson changed his job, he was either at work or off work. Most of his colleagues were men. Even in the area of their Public Security Bureau, if a female fly flew in, they would have to study it for a while.

　　"Who are you going with? With your colleague Dajiang?" Old Mrs. Han was wondering at which angle she should swing the broom in her hand if Han Yanqing admitted it.

　　Han Yanqing's face darkened: "What the hell am I going to see with him?"

　　Han Yanqing thought about what Old Lady Han said and shuddered. How could these two men go to the movies?

　　"I'm going with Comrade Gu next door." As soon as Han Yanqing said this, old lady Han's face instantly smiled like a chrysanthemum.

　　"Why didn't you tell me earlier, kid?" Old Mrs. Han rummaged in her pocket, took out a handkerchief, opened the four corners, took out a big unity and stuffed it into Han Yanqing's hand: "You have your own food coupons, right? Take Weiwei to eat something delicious at noon, don't be stingy, did you hear me?"

　　Han Yanqing had money, but he still accepted it. He knew Old Mrs. Han. If he didn't accept the money, Old Mrs. Han would be sad.

　　"Got it." Han Yanqing put on his hat and went out.

　　After he left, Mrs. Han said to Mr. Han excitedly, "Our butterflies can now collect nectar."

　　Gu Nianwei didn't sleep well the whole night and got up early in the morning. After sending Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi away who had to catch the only bus of the day, Gu Nianwei started to dress up.

　　When Han Yanqing came over, she had been waiting for a long time.

　　She also put on some makeup, a plain and tender one, which instantly improved her appearance by several degrees, and fascinated Han Yanqing.

　　Watching Han Yanqing and Gu Nianwei walk away, Jiang Youtao trotted back to the room: "It's so cold, but they still want to go to the movies. Aren't they afraid of catching a cold?"

　　Jiang Youtao secretly measured the temperature when she went to the toilet. The temperature outside was particularly low today, about minus 20 degrees Celsius.

　　Fu Shaohua, with the look of an experienced person, said to Jiang Youtao mysteriously: "Love makes people passionate."

　　Jiang Youtao glanced at Fu Shaohua and said with a smile: "You're so understanding."

　　Since they started dating, Fu Shaohua has become more and more shameless. Sometimes he would say some dirty words casually. The quiet and shy Fu Shaohua in the past is gone.

　　Fu Shaohua chuckled, and Jiang Youtao went to the kitchen to get a piece of ginger, washed it, crushed it, and threw it into the teapot on the stove to boil. After a while, a strong smell of ginger filled the room.

　　The water boiled, and Jiang Youtao poured the boiled water into the cup. The tea leaves in the cup began to swirl as the water poured in.

　　Jiang Youtao asked, "Won't your parents scold you if you don't go home for the New Year?"

　　Fu Shaohua and his friends will have their holiday on the 25th, and will not return until the 10th of the next year, so he can go home for the New Year.

　　Jiang Youtao seldom talked to Fu Shaohua about his family before. If she didn't ask, Fu Shaohua didn't dare to talk about it, for fear that he would talk too much and she will disgust his family.

　　Fu Shaohua said: "My brother is getting married, and my mother and her family have gone to the northwest. They won't be back until at least after the New Year."

　　Jiang Youtao was stunned for a moment, remembering what Fu Shaohua had said before: "Your brother and his girlfriend finally got married?"

　　Fu Shaohua smiled and said, "My mother wrote to me, saying that her family was going to be rehabilitated. She no longer had any worries, so she planned to marry my brother."

　　Jiang Youtao nodded and asked, "What kind of person is she?"

　　Jiang Youtao thought about it and decided that she and Fu Shaohua would not get married for a while, but they would definitely not break up. When she went to the capital the year after next, maybe she would meet them. It would always be a good idea to ask more about it.

　　"When we lived with my grandfather, we were neighbors. She was a very nice person and took good care of us younger kids. Her name was Jian Rou, so we all called her Sister Rou Rou."

　　It was rare that Jiang Youtao wanted to know about his family, so Fu Shaohua said a little more: "My eldest brother is not a talkative person, but he is a very nice person. He is five years older than me, and he always took the blame for me when I got into trouble when I was a child." Fu Shaohua chattered on and on about the interesting things that happened in his childhood.

　　He was very naughty, and sometimes when he talked about something interesting, Jiang Youtao would laugh along. Xu Manqiu didn't come out to disturb them, but she also laughed out loud in the room.

　　At noon, Gu Nianwei came back with a smile on her face. It was obvious that her date with Han Yanqing went very smoothly.

　　After the movie, Han Yanqing treated her to a meal, so she only drank the ginger tea that Jiang Youtao poured for her.

　　When they woke up, it was New Year's Eve. Early in the morning, everyone was busy, some were pasting window flowers, some were pasting Spring Festival couplets. When Jiang Youtao was pasting Spring Festival couplets, Teacher Yu came out of her house. There was a black circle on her face, and it was obvious that she was beaten by her husband.

　　If it were someone else, Jiang Youtao would have stepped forward and said something, but for Teacher Yu, she really didn't want to get involved.

　　Teacher Yu's train of thought is the same as Zhang Shuixiu's in the past, that is, the man is the sky and she is the earth, the man is the cloud and she is the mud. No matter how the man beats her, she treats her man as her first love.

　　Jiang Youtao really felt that there was no need to persuade a woman like this.

　　Talking to her and reasoning with her is harder than communicating with a dog.

　　By the time Teacher Yu had finished posting the couplets in a secretive manner, Jiang Youtao had already left.

　　Gu Nianwei was making meatballs in the house and was just about to have a quick bite for lunch when she heard a scream outside. Jiang Youtao looked at her and decisively washed her hands, put on thick clothes and went outside.

　　Teacher Zheng was also in the yard. She was tilting her head to look at Teacher Yu's yard. Jiang Youtao knew she had eaten the melon first, so she hurried over and asked, "What's going on? Who's shouting?"

　　Teacher Zheng said, "Yu Sufang is crying. She must have been beaten again."

　　Yu Sufang is Teacher Yu's name. Her husband is better than Liu Shiyong. He found a job loading and unloading trucks in a cannery and is busy until the end of the year.

　　Gu Nianwei asked: "Why this time?"

　　Yu Sufang and her man are the kind of couple that are made for each other.

　　"Her husband has a heavy production schedule this week. He just came back from work at dawn this morning and probably just went to bed not long ago. This idiot insisted on asking him to go to dinner. What is she doing here if she is not waiting to be beaten and scolded?"

　　The loader's work are tiring to begin with, and they must be even more tired after working a night shift. It's only a little after ten o'clock now. They get off work at a little after seven and get home at eight, so it must be a little after nine when they go to bed.

　　He had just fallen asleep. To be fair, if Jiang Youtao had been persistently woken up to eat right after she fell asleep, she would also be angry.

　　Jiang Youtao said, "Okay, okay, let's go, let's go home and have dinner, let's go home and have dinner."

　　The two had just walked out a few steps when they heard Aunt Lu scolding Yu Sufang. Yu Sufang was aggrieved and said that she meant well, but she was scolded and started crying.

　　Teacher Zheng didn't even want to roll her eyes: "I don't know how many times this has happened, but she still don't remember anything. Teacher Jiang, I stewed some mutton and radish, I'll serve some to you later."

　　"Okay, I just want to eat mutton stewed with radish. We have braised the meat and will bring some to you later."

　　Teacher Zheng was delighted: "That's great! My husband was still talking about your braised pork last time. The ones we bought outside don't taste as good after all."

　　Jiang Youtao loves to eat braised meat. She eats it every two months. When the meat is ready, she shares it with people she is close to. Teacher Zheng's husband couldn't forget it after eating it once, and he would talk about it from time to time.

　　Teacher Zheng returned to her yard with a smile, and soon she asked her son to bring her a big bowl of stewed mutton and radish.

　　Jiang Youtao gave him the braised meat that had been cut earlier and asked him to take it back.

　　Fu Shaohua was delivering letters outside before and ordered several sets of pork offal. Now they are all braised and smell very delicious.

　　In the evening, when Fu Shaohua came to dinner, he brought a radio with him. While eating, he listened to the Peking Opera broadcast on the radio.

　　No one slept that night. Han Yanqing came over in the middle of the night, and everyone stayed up together until dawn.

　　On the first day of the Lunar New Year, some children come to pay New Year's greetings. It is not popular to give them lucky money now. A handful of melon seeds and a few candies to each child is enough to make the children happy.

　　After the first day of the Chinese New Year, Liu Manzhu and Xu Dazui drove over early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year. They came here today to wish Jiang Youtao a happy new year and give her some local specialties, and also to bring back some melon seeds.

　　They are now the largest distributor of Jiang Youtao. They sell nearly two hundred kilograms of melon seeds for Jiang Youtao. Moreover, they never come to the county town, but only sell it around in the countryside. After they have established connections in various villages, they are able to sell melon seeds very easily.

　　With these melon seeds, the Liu family earned more money than they had ever seen in their entire lives. The whole family was very enthusiastic about the business of selling melon seeds.

　　The melon seeds in Jiang Youtao's space and the warehouse have been almost cleared out. After giving the last few hundred kilograms to Liu Manzhu, Jiang Youtao felt very emotional.

　　After the third year of junior high school, she gave Zhang Dezhen some of the odd jobs that had flowed out before.

　　Zhang Dezhen told Jiang Youtao that the trend of cracking down on speculators has intensified recently. Jiang Youtao understood what was going on and decided to keep a low profile this year.

　　She will take the college entrance examination next year, and she cannot have a note in her file because of this.

　　After the Chinese New Year, Su Jianing and He Shuli came to the county town and became very good friends. Just like Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, they were inseparable all day long.

　　Lu Xiangqian still didn't die, Su Jianing decided to keep him alive before the reform and opening up, and then she would send Lu Xiangqian to meet the King of Hell. Su Jianing didn't care about her two ungrateful children, and still kept them in the countryside.

　　They came to the staff quarters to meet Jiang Youtao, but left without even having a meal.

　　Time flies, and 1976 passed in the blink of an eye. And a lot of things happened in 1976.

　　In mid-May, Mo Yu was awarded a big red flower and became a glorious PLA soldier. Not long after she left, it was time for the second-year junior high school graduation exam, and this time the exam was particularly strict. It was absolutely impossible to cheat or manipulate the exam.

　　There were as many as 10 students in the class taught by Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei who were admitted to technical secondary schools. Together with the students from other classes, Yangping County had a great harvest this time.

　　When school started in September, Jiang Youtao and her teacher once again took over the eighth grade class, and Xu Manqiu was also in this class.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei both accelerated their learning progress for this class. They also taught a lot of knowledge that they had only learned in high school.

　　By the way, they also invited the English teacher to have a meal. After the meal, the English teacher was so grateful that she became more serious when teaching.

　　1977 arrived as promised. After spring, summer came. Xu Manqiu had finished her exams in June. With her grades, it was a sure thing that she would be admitted to a technical secondary school. But she was not satisfied. She continued to study during the summer vacation. She wanted to enter a higher level institution and she also wanted to go to university.

　　August arrived as expected, and Deng Xiaoping held a "Science and Education Work Symposium" in the capital. During the meeting, the Ministry of Education decided to maintain the method of recommending students to go to college in the "XX". This was opposed by the participants, who exposed the drawbacks of this method and advocated the immediate resumption of the college entrance examination. These opinions were supported by Deng Xiaoping. From August to September, the Ministry of Education held another college admissions meeting.

　　The educated youths all over the country were discussing this matter. They hid themselves and gathered together privately to discuss the possibility of resuming the college entrance examination. Countless letters flew to the correspondence address of the Ministry of Education like snowflakes.

　　Countless educated youth were anxiously waiting. Especially those who had no hope of returning to the city, they were eager for this opportunity to change their fate. Countless educated youth studied late into the night just to make up for their wasted studies.

　　Finally it was October. When the autumn wind blew off the last yellow leaves on the trees and frost arrived quietly, the newspapers finally published the information that the college entrance examination had been fully resumed and would be held in one month.

　　The moment they saw this newspaper, countless people squatted on the ground and cried, while others ran around the streets with the newspaper, announcing the good news to the world as they ran.

　　When Jiang Youtao and others learned the exact news, they went to Principal He to resign at the same time.

　　Although Principal He really wanted to keep Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, just like Principal Huang's original idea, they would not stop others from pursuing a better future.

　　Principal He stamped their resignation letters and said to them: "Thank you for standing guard for the children for the last time. You should prepare well for the exam. We are waiting for your good news."

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei still live in the small courtyard. In order to give them a better learning environment, the children in the staff compound don't dare to be as naughty and noisy as before.

　　Old Mrs. Han even provided for their three meals a day. Fu Shaohua also moved in, and he stayed at the Han's house and started studying with them.

　　Inspired by them, Han Yanqing also began to pick up the pen again. He had been trained in a military academy, but had not yet attended a police academy. He would not take the college entrance examination this time, but he also wanted to keep up with his partner and go to a better institution for further study.

　　There are many young intellectuals like them who work hard for the college entrance examination. They borrow textbooks from everywhere, copy textbooks by hand, and find textbooks from scrap yards. They use every possible method just for the exam one month later.

　　In mid-November, before the first heavy snow fell, the college entrance examination began.

　　More than five million educated young people entered the college entrance examination hall after an absence of ten years.

　　After taking the last exam, Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei, Xu Manqiu, Fu Shaohua, Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi went to a photo studio in the county town together to take pictures of this day that was worth remembering for decades.

　　Then comes the long waiting time.

　　A month later, admission letters from various schools arrived one after another, and Fu Shaohua became busy. He spent the whole day delivering admission letters to the educated young people.

　　Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei, Xu Manqiu and his admission letter came together. After Fu Shaohua received the admission letter, he asked for leave from his leader and rode his bicycle as fast as he could on the way to the staff quarters.

　　It snowed a few days ago, and the sun melted some of the snow. The road was very slippery, and Fu Shaohua rode too fast and fell, with half of his body wet. He stood up and continued riding as if he didn't feel any pain.

　　As soon as he entered the family compound, he shouted: "Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei, Xu Manqiu, Fu Shaohua, your university admission letters have arrived. Jiang Youtao, Gu Nianwei..."

　　It was still morning. His repeated announcements of the good news made every household living in the family compound open their doors and rush to Jiang Youtao's room. Jiang Youtao was lying on the kang, and when she heard Fu Shaohua's shout, she hurriedly got off the kang and put her shoes on the wrong way around.

　　But at this moment, she couldn't care less about anything.

　　As soon as the bike stopped, Fu Shaohua jumped away. The bike fell to the ground with the wheels still turning. He walked into the house with four notices. The people who were watching the excitement spontaneously made way for him.

　　Old lady Han stood at the front. Gu Nianwei had been dating Han Yanqing for two years, and she no longer considered herself an outsider. She would glare at Fu Shaohua and the other kids whenever she wanted, and would criticize them when they did something wrong, without any mercy.

　　But she is really kind to everyone and she cares about everyone's affairs, so everyone likes her and calls her grandma.

　　"Read to us quickly, what universities they got admitted to!" Old Mrs. Han was even more anxious than Jiang Youtao and the others.

　　Fu Shaohua distributed the letters to them. Jiang Youtao and others opened the admission letters at the same time, and what they saw were the four brush-written characters "Capital University".

　　Jiang Youtao raised her head, looked at everyone, and said at the same time: "Capital University."

　　The two words "Capital University" caused an uproar in an instant.

　　Regardless of whether one has received any education or not, everyone has heard of the names of these two schools, Capital University and Shuimu University. Everyone began to congratulate them.

　　Old Mrs. Han wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Grandma will make delicious food for you tonight, extra food, extra food."

　　Gu Nianwei likes Old Lady Han very much. Sometimes, Old Lady Han makes her feel like her grandmother in her previous life, but there are many differences between them. But without exception, their unreserved dedication to the younger generation.

　　"Thank you, grandma." Gu Nianwei put her arm around Old Lady Han.

　　Old Mrs. Han clapped her hands and was so excited that she couldn't speak.

　　Han Yanqing had good grades when he was in school, but he didn't catch up with the good times. Han Taorui was even worse. She was the type who slept under the podium while the teacher was lecturing.

　　After a day of studying, when you asked her what she had learned, she drew her sword and looked around in confusion. When you asked her what dream she had, she could talk about it for half an hour.

　　Old Mrs. Han never dreamed that her future granddaughter-in-law would be a college student. Old Mrs. Han decided that when she returned home, she would ask Old Man Han to go to the fork in the road to burn paper tonight.

　　His Han family must have accumulated a lot of virtue for their ancestors, and their ancestral graves are on fire, otherwise how could they have found such a good daughter-in-law.

　　After everyone congratulated each other, they dispersed.

　　Jiang Youtao and others were still very excited.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei both went to college in their previous lives, but the quality of the colleges they attended is not at the same level as the colleges they attend now.

　　And Capital University, that was the university that countless students looked up to in the previous life!

　　Who hasn't had to make the choice of whether to go to Capital University or Shuimu University when they grow up? Is it because they didn't like it?

　　That's because they failed the exam!

　　Once upon a time, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei were among them.

　　It's different now. They became the first batch of college students after the college entrance examination was restored, and they are the most valuable college students. They are different from those mass-produced big carrots in later generations!!!!

　　The two looked at each other and cried bitterly.

　　As Xu Manqiu watched, tears began to fall. Fu Shaohua looked left and right, and felt that if he e didn't cry, he might be a little out of place, so he lowered his head and held back his tears.

　　When he lowered his head and saw the big words on the admission letter, he was so happy that he couldn't even cry.

　　Just when Fu Shaohua hadn't decided whether to pretend to cry a few times, Han Yanqing arrived.

　　He was wearing a winter uniform with a coat on the outside. He ignored Fu Shaohua and waited quietly for Gu Nianwei to stop crying. After seeing him, Gu Nianwei threw herself into his arms.

　　Han Yanqing patted Gu Nianwei's shoulder obediently to comfort her.

　　The remaining three people looked at each other, and Xu Manqiu returned to her room and slammed the door.

　　Jiang Youtao pulled Fu Shaohua into her room, and as soon as she entered the room, she hugged Fu Shaohua.

　　She was so happy, so joyful, and today was another day worth remembering for her.

　　Fu Shaohua and Jiang Youtao have known each other for three years and have been dating for more than two years, but they have always been passionate about their relationship and polite. The most intimate actions between them are hugging and kissing. It's not that they don't want to go further, but they feel that they can't be so careless.

　　During the Spring Festival of 1977, Jiang Youtao received gifts from Fu Shaohua's family. She also prepared a gift and asked Fu Shaohua to send it.

　　The two hugged each other quietly, enjoying a moment of peace.

　　Fu Shaohua said to Jiang Youtao: "Taotao, let's get married after we graduate from university."

　　There are still four years of university left, which gives her plenty of time. Jiang Youtao nodded: "Okay."

　　Fu Shaohua smiled. He lowered his head and kissed Jiang Youtao's hair with infinite cherishment. His hands around her tightened unconsciously.

　　They leaving and there are many things to sort out.

　　In order to sell or give away those difficult things, Jiang Youtao made a special trip back to Liushugou.

　　Jiang Youtao had long anticipated that she would leave one day, and had already collected 3,000 yuan from Xu Dazui for the recipes, and sold them the recipes for five-spice melon seeds, caramel melon seeds, and green tea melon seeds.

　　Jiang Youtao had already taught them once, and Xu Dazui's son Liu Yaodong had already mastered some of the techniques. Before leaving, Jiang Youtao was going to do the final acceptance.

　　Seeing her coming, Xu Dazui was worried: "We have made it according to your recipe, but the taste and quality are always far behind."

　　Even if the taste is a little worse, it is still delicious. But Xu Dazui has eaten better ones, so she is always dissatisfied with the inferior quality of her own food.

　　Jiang Youtao tasted some melon seeds and said, "The taste is already very good, the slight difference can be ignored. And it's not a problem with the recipe, but a problem with the raw materials."

　　The ingredients that Jiang Youtao uses to cook melon seeds come from the melon-eating system. The quality of those ingredients is incomparable to anything in today's society.

　　Xu Dazui and the others had already thought about it. She nodded and said, "Yes, that's true."

　　From the time Jiang Youtao entered the house to the time she left, Xu Dazui did not ask Jiang Youtao to buy raw materials. She was not so shameless. She had only been selling melon seeds with Jiang Youtao for two years, and she had become a millionaire. This was Jiang Youtao's care for her because of their past friendship.

　　She couldn't be so greedy.

　　After coming out of Liushugou, Jiang Youtao was in a good mood. She always knew that she had not misjudged Xu Dazui's family.

　　She had thought carefully before selling the recipes to her family. Those recipes are actually very easy to learn. Xu Dazui and er family often go in and out of her small factory. Those production methods are actually very simple. Anyone with some basic kitchen skills can understand them at a glance, and they will be able to learn them after trying them a few times at home.

　　But Xu Dazui's family did not go back to try it privately. She openly spent money to buy the formula from her. This already makes her better than many people.

　　Moreover, although the melon-eating system has no more melon-eating tasks in the past year or so, the mall has always been there, and Tongzi has not been offline for a quarter of an hour.

　　The melon seed recipe she had originally was only an elementary one. There were also intermediate and advanced roasted melon seed recipes in the mall. She could buy them anytime she wanted!

　　Jiang Youtao is not afraid that the Liu family will steal her business in the future, and China is a vast country, so it is estimated that they will not be able to steal her business.

　　In late December, everyone packed their bags and went to school.

　　Before leaving, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei received a big red envelope from Principal He. The money in it was collected by the teachers, and in addition to the money there were also many coupons.

　　Director Li from the Women's Federation also came to see them off. She gave Jiang Youtao and the others money, as well as two letters.

　　"This is Director Zhang from the Women's Federation of Zhongcheng District. I have mentioned you to her. When you arrive in the capital, go to her if you have any problems. She will help you." Director Li said.

　　Jiang Youtao and the other person carefully put the letter into their bag and thanked Director Li: "Thank you, Director Li."

　　Director Li smiled and shook his head: "I want to thank you. Thank you for resolutely proposing to give girls safety lessons. Now, more than 3,000 girls and women in Yangping County and even the entire Qi City have found us. With the cooperation of units at all levels, we have helped these women leave their families and given them jobs. Although they don't earn much, at least they are no longer suffering."

　　Don't underestimate these 3,000 people. You have to know that in the past 10 to 20 years, the number of female compatriots who went to the Women's Federation for help was not this many. This is only two short years.

　　Although there is still a long way to go before safety courses are included in the compulsory curriculum of primary and secondary schools, Director Li is already very satisfied. She knows that their future will get better and better.

　　After sending Jiang Youtao and others to the car, Director Li turned around and went back to her busy work.