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Chapter 1071 The Trend Has Changed
Chapter 1071 The Trend Has Changed
As for the question of whether Zhuang Tunan is in a premature love relationship, Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying are both a little cautious. If they don't ask, they're afraid that the child is too young to control himself. But if they ask, they're afraid that the window paper will be broken and the child will give up and develop a rebellious mentality.
The couple tossed and turned in bed for most of the night, and finally came up with a solution.
Early the next morning, Huang Ling quietly called Qin Hao into the room and said in a low voice.
"Haozi, you and Tunan both go to No. 1 Middle School. Can you help your aunt keep an eye out for any female classmates that Tunan is close to at school?"
Qin Hao was happy: "Aunt Huang, you don't suspect that Zhuang Tunan is in a premature love relationship, do you?"
Huang Ling was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this a way to prevent trouble before it happens?"
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it for you, but I don't think Zhuang Tunan will fall in love too early, so you and Uncle Zhuang don't have to worry too much."
Huang Ling heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this: "Then I'll leave it to you."
A week passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhuang Tunan's condition did not improve. On the contrary, he seemed a little dazed after Qin Hao's speech in front of the teachers and students of the whole school during the flag-raising ceremony on Monday. Huang Ling was so anxious that she was running around in circles. She also expanded the suspects from the school to the alleys. Wu Shanshan became the first suspect because she would come to Zhuang Tunan to borrow notes from time to time, and naturally they had more contacts.
In addition, girls develop earlier, so when they were both in junior high school, Wu Shanshan had already grown into the girl next door.
For this reason, Huang Ling was planning to find Zhang A'mei to discuss countermeasures, but Song Ying stopped her.
"Do you think Zhang A-mei will take care of this?"
Huang Ling calmed down and realized that she was desperate and was trying every possible means. According to Zhang A-mei's personality, she would never let go of anything that was beneficial to her. From an outsider's perspective, Zhuang's conditions must be good. One was the team leader of a production workshop in a cotton mill, and the other was a senior high school teacher. Zhuang Tuanan was also a handsome man with excellent character and academic performance.
If Wu Shanshan and Zhuang Tunan really became a couple, the happiest person might be Zhang A-mei. If she knew about this, she might even try to bring them together.
Song Ying lowered her voice and said, "That Xiao Min is always looking for opportunities to hang around in front of our Haozi. Does she think I don't know what Zhang A'mei is planning?"
"Isn't this Zhang A-mei too bold? Xiao Min is so different from Haozi..." Huang Ling widened her eyes. She really didn't pay attention to this matter before. It was only the recent changes in Zhuang Tuanan that made her realize that the children have grown up.
Song Ying curled her lips: "That's right, our Haozi is the champion of the National Games, he will definitely join the national team in the future. Xiaomin can't be said to be bad, but with her grades, it's hard for her to get into a technical secondary school..."
Having said this, Song Ying stopped talking. After all, she hated Zhang A-mei, not Xiao Min. She has always been sympathetic to children.
In the blink of an eye, a semester passed quickly. Zhuang Tunan did not perform well in the final exam and was only ranked in the top 30 in the grade. Normally, this score should have been enough for him to be admitted to the high school department of No. 1 Middle School, but for Zhuang Tunan, it was a serious blow. The moment he received the transcript, he felt like the sky was falling.
On the way back by bicycle, Zhuang Tunan accidentally fell into a ditch.
Qin Hao was passing by on his bike and had just pulled Zhuang Tunan out of the ditch when he heard him ask in a low voice.
"What's your ranking in the final exam?"
"First, what's wrong?"
Zhuang Tunan sat down on the cold ground and smiled bitterly: "Is it true that in the eyes of a genius like you, being the first in anything is easy?"
Qin Hao suddenly realized that this guy was hit by him.
"Since I was little, my father taught me that studying is the best way for ordinary people to control their destiny. Although I didn't quite understand what it meant to control one's destiny at the time, as long as I did well in my studies, my parents would be very happy, and my grandparents would also praise me."
"Later, I was admitted to No. 1 Middle School and found that half of my classmates were from the city and the other half were from the countryside. The students from the countryside were all very hardworking. They told me how hard life was in the countryside and how their parents saved money to support their education so that they could enter university. If they were admitted to university, they would wear leather shoes for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, they would have to wear straw sandals for the rest of their lives."
"At that moment, I vaguely understood the purpose of studying."
"But your appearance makes me feel that the idea that hard work can make up for one's shortcomings is the biggest scam in the world. The gap between people cannot be bridged by hard work alone."
After Zhuang Tunan finished venting, Qin Hao slowly spoke.
"You have lived under the love and care of your parents since you were young, and everyone revolves around you, so you must feel that the world should revolve around you."
"Just like those classmates in your class who come from rural areas, if you change your living environment, you will definitely not have such confusion, because their families have already done their best to support them so that they can go to school. The only way for them to go is to study hard and get into college."
"Auntie Huang is a very good mother. She has solved all your life problems for you. Uncle Zhuang has also spared no effort in educating you. If you don't understand a question, he will patiently explain it to you two or three times until you understand it. Your past achievements are only 50% of your own efforts. The other half of the credit should be attributed to Auntie Huang and Uncle Zhuang."
At this point, Qin Hao paused and said, "I'm different from you. Ever since my parents passed away, I've understood one thing. From now on, I have no one to rely on."
"Zhuang Tunan, believe it or not, if I had the same IQ as you and grew up in the same environment as you, my academic performance would definitely be better than yours, and the same would be true for your classmates in the countryside."
“Talent is innate and determines a person’s upper limit, while hard work determines a person’s lower limit. If a person has neither talent nor hard work, he should not expect to be able to control his destiny.”
"Zhuang Tunan, you don't have time to be pretentious. I will skip a grade next semester. If you continue to be pretentious, you may not even be able to see my back."
After saying that, Qin Hao got on his bicycle and rode away.
Zhuang Tunan looked at Qin Hao's back, struggled to get up, and with difficulty lifted up the bicycle to keep up with Qin Hao's pace.
As the Spring Festival approaches, Huang Ling's face is full of smiles. In addition to the joy brought by the upcoming New Year, Zhuang Tuanan has finally returned to normal. Although his final grades are not ideal this time, she will be relieved as long as the child does not fall in love prematurely.
Song Ying was also very happy. As a Spring Festival benefit in 1980, state-owned stores opened up their pork supply, and people could buy pork at will without having to use meat coupons. Of course, such benefits were only available in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou.
On New Year's Eve, Song Ying bought five pounds of pork belly and made a big pot of pork belly with pickled mustard greens. Huang Ling was not so extravagant. She could only buy some lean meat, wrap it in batter, and fry it into crispy pork. The crispy pork just out of the pot was so fragrant that the aroma filled the whole garden.
Today is New Year's Eve, and every household eats meat, otherwise the neighbors will cry with greed.
In addition, Huang Ling also bought two pounds of ribs and made a full plate of sweet and sour ribs for Qin Hao.
Song Ying quickly asked Qin Hao to bring a full plate of braised pork with preserved vegetables to Zhuang's house. Looking at the several delicious dishes on the table, Zhuang Chaoying was deeply moved.
"If this were my childhood, this piece of meat would be enough to make a whole dish."
Since the supply of pork was open, Song Ying and Huang Ling discussed that such a good opportunity did not come often, so they simply took out all the money in the family and bought meat. However, this time they did not put it in the refrigerator, but used it to make sausages.
The stuffed sausages were hung on the beams of the kitchen to be smoked, and next year any piece of them could be taken off to make a dish. Qin Hao couldn't help but be impressed by the wit of the two female comrades.
It turns out that we should never underestimate the wisdom of the people.
However, Huang Ling and Song Ying soon regretted their decision. Just after the Spring Festival, the spring breeze of reform blew across Suzhou. As an ancient city with a long history and a land of fish and rice since ancient times, Suzhou people are very particular about food, and many century-old brands were born there.
Previously, due to historical reasons, these time-honored brands had to close down. After many years, they suddenly reopened quietly.
Lu Gaojian's braised meat, Huang Tianyuan's cakes and dumplings, and Cai Zhizhai's candies are simply dazzling.
"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have spent all the money on buying meat." Song Ying was envious.
If she was like this, let alone the children. Lin Dongzhe was lying in front of the counter, drooling, and refused to leave no matter how hard he tried.
"Give me four servings of cakes."
The clerk ignored Qin Hao's words and looked at Song Ying. After all, how much money a twelve or thirteen-year-old child could have in his pocket still depended on the wishes of his parents.
"Haozi, why don't we just not buy it for now..."
Qin Hao smiled at Song Ying and took out a big unity note from his pocket: "Aunt Song, you forgot, I still have a bonus from the Provincial Sports Bureau."
Seeing that the clerk had already started packing the cakes and the aroma of the cakes was so alluring, Song Ying simply stopped struggling.
On the way back, Song Ying ate the cake with a look of intoxication on her face: "The cakes made by the century-old Huang Tianyuan shop taste different."
Lin Wufeng didn't disappoint, he took it and took a big bite: "It's really good."
"Hmm, delicious, so delicious." Lin Dongzhe's tongue was numb from eating so much.
Qin Hao secretly laughed. With Lin Dongzhe's fat and big-eared appearance now, it was hard to imagine how he would later transform into the "Dancing King of the Cotton Mill".
A group of four people walked slowly on Guanqian Street, which is already the busiest commercial street in Suzhou. There are many individual vendors setting up stalls on the roadside. Usually, these people always look around vigilantly when setting up stalls. When they see people wearing red headbands, they immediately pack up and run away.
Only during the Spring Festival can we gather together in such a grand manner.
I hadn't walked far when I heard someone shout, "Mr. Lin."
Lin Wufeng paused and looked in the direction of the voice: "Yiming, you're really diligent to set up a stall on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
Li Yiming smiled a little embarrassedly: "I don't have a job here, I'm just sitting around at home doing nothing, no matter how much I can earn by setting up a stall, at least I have something to do."
"Well, big fortune depends on luck, small fortune depends on hard work, so work hard." Lin Wufeng patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him.
Song Ying asked curiously: "By the way, where is your cousin? Why isn't he with you?"
Li Yiming lowered his voice and said, "He is a part-time worker in the compressor factory. If people knew that he was setting up a stall outside, his chances of becoming a regular employee would be in jeopardy. That's why he didn't set up a stall during the Chinese New Year."
After chatting for a while, just when Qin Hao and his party were about to leave, Li Yiming suddenly called Lin Wufeng and quietly handed him a watch.
"Yiming, what are you doing..."
Li Yiming said sincerely, "Mr. Lin, my cousin and I were caught when we came back from Shanghai to purchase goods. If you hadn't pleaded for us, I don't know what would have happened. This watch is not a valuable thing. It's just a little gift from my cousin and I. Please don't refuse it."
As he said that, he stuffed the watch into Lin Wufeng's hand.
Lin Wufeng was worried that it would be more conspicuous if he continued to pull it on the street, so he had to put it away for the time being. After saying goodbye to Li Yiming, the group continued shopping.
After returning to the courtyard, Lin Wufeng said with some emotion: "It seems that the atmosphere has indeed changed now."
Huang Ling happened to have just finished cleaning the house and came out. She asked with a smile, "What makes Mr. Lin so emotional so early in the morning?"
"Didn't we just go to Guanqian Street? You have no idea how many people are setting up stalls now. The streets are crowded on both sides, and many people go there to buy things. I took a look, and many things sold in state-owned stores are sold there, and they are cheaper than in state-owned stores, and you don't need a ticket." Song Ying said in a low voice.
Huang Ling was a little surprised: "Really? Then I have to find a chance to take a look."
At this time, Zhuang Chaoying also came out and reminded: "You better be careful, don't be regarded as speculation. The trend changes so quickly now. I saw that the debate in the newspaper is very heated. It's better for us not to join in the fun."
Huang Ling pouted: "I'm not joining in the fun, I'm trying to save money. Twenty kilograms of food coupons a month is not enough for Tunan to eat. Even if I put in the rations you and I have, it's still not enough. The children can't go hungry, I have to get some money from somewhere else."
Zhuang Chaoying was so guilty that he kept silent. Normally, he earned 75 yuan a month, and Huang Ling earned more than 60 yuan a month. The two of them were more than enough to support a family of four. However, every time he got paid, he would give one-third of his salary to his parents...
Huang Ling didn't expect Zhuang Chaoying to get the salary back from his parents, so she took Song Ying to talk about Guanqian Street and thought about what she could buy for the family with the remaining money.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the spring semester to start, and Qin Hao went to see the dean of studies and asked to skip a grade.
After the dean called Qin Hao's class teacher over to learn about the situation, he readily agreed. After all, even if Qin Hao was promoted to the high school department, he would still be a student of No. 1 Middle School.
In this way, Qin Hao and Zhuang Tunan became classmates, and he was also the youngest in their class.
In order to prevent people from bullying Qin Hao because of his young age, Tuanan's class teacher even called several disobedient troublemakers in the class to the office to give them a good beating.