Accidentally Born in the ‘60s:

This batch of courtyard houses was originally only sold to high-ranking insiders, so Li Muwen quickly helped Zhen Zhen to complete the formalities, but he didn't know how the quirky little girl from his hometown was going to pick up the house. Siheyuan did not take the initiative without authorization, but sent someone to clean up the dust inside, and the rest remained the same.

Zhen Zhen knew that she had handed over the matter of buying a house to Li Muwen, so she felt relieved and read books in a down-to-earth way. ” post, she followed the trend when she was still in college at the time. Although not all the questions can be remembered now, she still has an impression of what type of questions there are.

In June, Zhen Zhen basically didn't go out of the house. Every day from morning to night, she did homework and read books. Only then did Mrs. Li realize that every time Mingnan came to her house, she didn't say anything about reviewing. She was a little murmured in her heart, and went to ask Zhen Zhen during the day when there was no one at home.

Zhen Zhen felt a little distressed when she thought of Mingnan giving up the college entrance examination. After all, from the perspective of future generations, there is really no way out of being a worker for a lifetime. Unless you dare to quit your job in the early days of reform and opening up, or you can only eat A lifetime of dead wages will not be able to buy a house until retirement.

Zhen Zhen put down the pen, turned around and rubbed her eyebrows: "Third brother said he was afraid that he would not be able to take care of his family after he was admitted to school, and that no one would take care of you, so he thought of not taking the college entrance examination."

"Hey. Why did he hold back such a big idea so quietly? You said that they didn't live at home, but I didn't pay attention to it. It almost caused them to delay the big event." Mrs. Li was annoyed He patted his thigh and looked at Zhen Zhen with a sad face: "Zhen Zhen, you and Nian said, is it time for them to review now?"

The resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977 was in the winter, there are still five or six months from now, Zhen Zhen has already classified the same type of questions in the review, and the language has also been recited according to the memory of the previous life. The articles have been copied out. According to Mingnan's foundation, it is not a big problem to review for so many months. Thinking of this, Zhen Zhen nodded: "My brother has a good foundation. If he can study hard for a few months, he will definitely be admitted to university."

"It's enough to have this sentence." Mrs. Li slapped her thigh and made a decision: "When I send the dumplings back in the evening, I will tell them about it by the way. If it doesn't work, I will leave the biscuits and dumplings at our house at night. Watch it with your mother and let them both review their homework."

That night, Mrs. Li estimated that it was time to get off work, so she and Wang Sufen led the dumplings to Mingnan's house in the back. Meng Xiaoxi was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen coming, she immediately stood up with a smile: "Nanny, Mom, you are here. Ming Nan is helping the biscuits to change clothes, and he is going to pick them up later. What about dumplings?"

Wang Sufen let go and let Dumpling go back to the house to find his brother to play with, while she went into the kitchen to help Meng Xiaoxi make the fire: "It's not just for dumplings, your grandma will have something to tell you and Ming Nan. "

Meng Xiaoxi didn't know what was going on, so she quickly prepared the food and brought it to the table for the biscuits and dumplings to eat first. Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen sat on the kang in the east room and waited. After a while, Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi came in.

Mr. Li sat in the kang and asked Ming Nan straight to the point: "I heard your sister say that you don't want to go to university, what's the matter?" Meng Xiaoxi looked back at Ming Bei in surprise when she heard the words, as if she just knew this. news.

Ming Nan sat on the edge of the kang with a helpless look on his face: "My eldest brother lives in Anbei, Mingxi and his wife are doing scientific research in the imperial capital, Ming Bei and Zhen Zhen both want to go to university, we can't After all are gone, you old people will be left unattended."

"What are you serving, are we that old?" Mrs. Li angrily knocked on the cigarette bag pot: "This year, I went to the mountains to farm."

Wang Sufen lowered her head silently, not daring to dismantle the old lady, she just walked up the mountain and came back without even bending her waist. Over the years, Zhen Zhen has used her supernatural powers to plant the land at home, and she almost forgot what it was like to farm.

Ming Nan was embarrassed by Mrs. Li, and moved out silently: "I can't let go of my family, look at my two children, if I go to school, Xiaoxi can't handle it alone. These two skin monkeys."

Mr. Li glanced at Meng Xiaoxi, who was a little confused: "Isn't Xiaoxi ready to take the test?"

"What's the test?" Meng Xiaoxi looked at Ming Nan: "Ming Nan never mentioned this."

Ms. Li gave Ming Nan an angry look, kicked him up, dragged Meng Xiaoxi and sat beside her: "It was your uncle who came back during the Chinese New Year and said that it is estimated that the college entrance examination will be resumed this year. Zhen has prepared a lot of materials and wants to review the college entrance examination with you. I am thinking about not delaying the future of your young couple because of our seniors, so I will ask again."

Meng Xiaoxi lowered her head and thought for a while, but her face was a little hesitant: "I was a health school after graduating from junior high school, so I can't do it at all. If I don't let Mingnan take the test, I can do it at home by myself. At that time, my sister-in-law is not at home, it's actually nothing."

Old Mrs. Li saw that the two couples were still a little concerned, so she put the book and exercises she brought in front of them: "This is the study material organized by Zhen Zhen, it's up to you to read it or not. You don't have to worry about me and your parents, maybe we will go to the imperial capital to accompany Zhen Zhen in two years, and then there will be only four of your family left at home, so don't send a telegram to urge us to come back."

Once Mrs. Li finished speaking, she got off the kang and put on her shoes to go home. Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi stopped him for a while: "Mom, you can eat here, it's all done."

"No need, I'm ready to cook at home. I'm just afraid of delaying your future. I'm here to talk to you. You should think about it for yourself." After speaking, Mrs. Li called Wang Sufen a flashlight and went out. Seeing that the lights in Mingbei's house were on, Mrs. Li said, "Go out to see Mingbei and the two of them."

It was not yet time to go to bed, so the doors were left open. Mrs. Li and the two entered the room directly and saw Ming Bei and Wang Xinwen working on a problem.

Mingbei didn't really love learning at first. At that time, he wanted to only go to junior high school. Later, because of a secret love in his heart, he worked hard to get into the hydrolysis factory. Now that he is tired from work during the day, he doesn't even want to move when he lies on the kang at night. But Wang Xinwen has a temperament that can endure hardship. Even if she has a big belly, she perseveres in reviewing the questions every day. Mingbei sees her daughter-in-law working so hard while she is pregnant, and she is embarrassed to be lazy. Reading together is a bit like going to school, and both of them enjoy such little fun.

Seeing that the two of them were working hard, Mrs. Li didn't sit too much, and told Wang Xinwen to get up and turn twice every once in a while, so her waist couldn't bear it.

In the blink of an eye, it's August, and the news of the college entrance examination has not yet been released. Mingbei's mind is a little scattered. Seeing that Wang Xinwen is still about ten days away from the due date, Mingbei can't read the book anymore. The best hospital in Beicha is the Hydrolysis Plant Hospital. Seeing the uneasy look of Mingbei and his wife, Mrs. Li went to Lao Wang's house with a gift to see if they could go back to the Hydrolysis Plant first. In this way, you can go directly to the hospital.

Wang Xinwen's parents are also the same girl. Naturally, there is nothing unhappy about it. Nowadays, the house is narrow. Wang Xinwen has two younger brothers at home. Live in Mingbei's house.

Wang Xinwen lived in her mother's house for a week before it started. In less than half a day, she gave birth to a big fat boy weighing 7kg. She stayed in the hospital for three days. Mingbei asked the neighbor to borrow a cart to take Wang Xinwen and her child Take it home directly from the hospital. While watching Wang Sufen cooking chicken soup, Mrs. Li couldn't help but mutter: "Why is the incense still so strong in our house, when we used osmanthus and peanut sugar buns, I thought our family's feng shui had changed.

Wang Sufen smiled and filled the stove with firewood: "Everyone else wants to give birth to sons, but you are always different from ordinary people."

Mrs. Li took a puff of cigarette: "That's because they don't know how to raise a daughter."

Assuming that the chicken soup was ready, Wang Sufen took out a small stuffy can, filled the chicken soup, and brought it to Wang Xinwen.

Don't look at Wang Xinwen is not fat, but her milk and water are very good, the big fat boy is full, he can sleep for half the night, Mrs. Li said that she has never seen such a well-supported child, hurry up and catch up with Zhen Zhen is young. My son saves trouble. When Wang Xinwen is free, she asks Mingbei to read the questions to herself. When Wang Sufen went there, she heard Mingbei and Wang Xinwen recite the text. She hurriedly went to the kitchen and gave Wang Xinwen a bowl of noodles with chicken soup. There was also a bowl of noodles in it. Big drumsticks.

"Wenwen, don't work too hard, you can't be too busy in confinement." Wang Sufen asked Mingbei to sit on the kang table and put the noodles on the table: "Mingbei, go ahead and eat with your milk, I'll watch Wenwen and the child for you first."

Mingbei responded, poured a glass of water for Wang Xinwen and put it on the table, just took two steps away and came back and asked, "Mom, what's my son's nickname?"

"You can't call it what you want. You can choose whatever you want. Anyway, the nicknames of the younger generation in our family are all eaten by your sister. You can call it whatever you like." Wang Sufen returned her head without raising her head. a sentence.

Mingbei looked at Wang Xinwen expectantly: "Daughter-in-law, what do you like to eat?"

"Let's call it noodles." Wang Xinwen took a sip of the noodle soup: "The noodles cooked by my mother are really fragrant."

Wang Sufen immediately opened her arms and said quickly, "Eat more if you like it. Mom has cooked a big pot of chicken soup for you. The noodles are also ready-made, so we won't cook enough."

"Noodles..." Mingbei repeated several times, turned around and walked out: "The name of noodles sounds okay, but fortunately I didn't ask me to pick it up. My favorite food is stove grates, oh, it's old. "

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After a month of noodles, exciting news finally came on the radio. The country decided to resume the college entrance examination, which has been suspended for ten years, and will take the test a month later.

Old Li's family was overjoyed when they heard the news. Even Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi, who had been reading and reviewing, but had not decided whether to take the exam or not, when they heard the broadcast, the two of them also made a decision. Whether it works or not, I have to try it out. Seeing that one third of my life has passed, if I don't have any courage, I will really fall behind my younger brothers and sisters.

So the Mingnan couple, the Mingbei couple, and Zhen Zhen all signed up and received the admission ticket. During the sprint stage of the last month, Mrs. Li brought Mingnan's biscuits and dumplings and Mingbei's noodles to the front yard with her. Mingnan, Meng Xiaoxi, and Mingbei all took long vacations. During the day, everyone stayed at Mingbei's house. Zhen Zhen led them to do the questions together, and practiced the college entrance examination questions they remembered repeatedly.

It was finally the day of the college entrance examination. Wang Sufen got up in the middle of the night and made chicken soup. When she heard that Mingbei and the others got up to wash up, she quickly cooked a pot of noodles with the boiled chicken soup, tore a lot of chicken into it, and put five more Poached eggs.

A few people from Mingnan finished eating with a big bowl of noodles, and Zhen Zhen asked everyone to check the admission ticket and stationery box to make sure that they had brought everything for the exam, and then they rode their bikes to school together.

In the first year, the college entrance examination will be resumed, and only four subjects will be tested, namely mathematics, Chinese, and politics. In addition, the liberal arts test history and geography, and the science test physics and chemistry. The full score of each subject is 100%, and the total score is 400%.

For the first time in so many years to sit for the exam, not only Mingbei and Mingnan's hands were shaking, but even Zhen Zhen was a little nervous. However, compared to other candidates who have only been reviewing for more than a month, the old Li family started reviewing during the Chinese New Year last year. Not to mention that the textbooks are all rotten, and even Zhen Zhen has done a few exercises from all over the world. Ten sets.

Finding the papers, several people hurriedly followed what Zhen Zhen said. They wrote their names and test numbers before starting to do the questions. After a cursory scan of the exam questions, everyone in Mingnan breathed a sigh of relief. These questions were all followed by Zhen Zhen. Zhen has reviewed it, so it shouldn't be a problem. At this time, Zhen Zhen has already been writing hard, and in the eyes of others, some math problems are the same as those in heaven, but in Zhen Zhen's eyes, they are not much different from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

In the past ten years, too many people have focused their energy on the fields or factories. Now that the policy has come, when they want to follow the policy, they realize that they have fallen too far.

In the exam room, only the rustling of the pen on the paper can be heard, and Wang Sufen, like many parents of future candidates, waited restlessly at home, waiting for Ming Nan, Zhen Zhen and the others to come back. Dare to ask more, and quickly serve the braised pork, rice, and oil-simmered beans, so that they can eat enough to take the next test.

Hand in the last test paper, Zhen Zhen walked out of the test room, she was looking around to find her brother and sister-in-law, when she saw Ming Bei cheering and rushing out of the classroom, dragging Wang Xinwen who just came out and jumping up and down. Zhen Zhen pressed her temples that were jumping non-stop, hurriedly walked over and tugged at him, helplessly said: "It's just been calm for a few years and then it's not stable, you are afraid that others won't know that you can pass the test, right?"

Mingbei burst into laughter, looked at the eyes of the people around him, quickly let go of Wang Xinwen's hand, and said in a low voice, "I think I can be admitted to the National University."

Wang Xinwen's face was even more uncontrollable: "I think it's the same. In the past, when I was in school, the textbooks didn't have much content, and the teacher didn't teach it seriously. After graduation, I went to the youth station for three years, and went to school for those things. I’ve almost forgotten about it. If it wasn’t for Zhen Zhen who took us to study hard this year, I don’t think we could even finish the math papers.”

Mingbei thought about the questions on the math paper, they were basically the types of questions that Zhen Zhen had taught him, he immediately patted Zhen Zhen on the shoulder and said proudly: "Brother, I have to treat you well, you said you want to What to eat, brother go up the mountain to hunt for you."

Zhen Zhen looked at Ming Bei with a sweet smile: "Then come back with a wild boar."

Ming Bei's legs softened and he almost knelt on Zhen Zhen's knee: "Sister, actually I think it's not good for this person to eat meat all the time, and it's easy to gain weight, why don't you buy clothes for you, let's go to hydrolysis tomorrow The big supply and marketing cooperative of the factory, what do you like to buy for you?"

Zhen Zhen smiled and patted Ming Bei's chest: "You earn the two money and keep it for my noodle nephew to buy milk powder." The two brothers and sisters were talking and laughing, and Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi also came out, One of them applied to the Forestry University and the other to the Medical School, both of which were schools in Bingcheng.

"How was the test?" Mingbei asked.

Ming Nan glanced at Meng Xiaoxi with a smile on his face: "I don't think it's a big problem." Meng Xiaoxi said a little embarrassedly: "I have two math problems that I haven't done yet. When I was in a hurry, I forgot, but I did everything else."

Zhen Zhen smiled and patted her schoolbag: "Okay, I've finished the exam, so I don't think about these things, we have to go home and discuss how to celebrate."

Mingbei burst into laughter: "Must be."

The resumption of the college entrance examination in the first year, the country attaches great importance to it from top to bottom, Zhen Zhen originally thought that she would get her grades after the new year, but she received an admission letter just after her birthday. Zhen Zhen was admitted to the journalism major of the Literature Department of Imperial College with the highest score in the province, Ming Bei was admitted by the Civil Engineering Department of NUS, Wang Xinwen was admitted to the Law Department of Imperial College, Ming Nan and Meng Xiaoxi both took When they arrived in Bingcheng, one went to Forestry University and the other went to Bingcheng Medical University.

The five children of Lao Li's family were admitted to universities, and three of them were the two best universities in the country. When the news came out, the whole Beicha was shocked. The hydrolysis plant held a special celebration for this purpose. Mingnan, Mingbei, Meng Xiaoxi and Wang Xinwen saw them off. Many neighbors and colleagues came to Lao Li's house to review the materials, and they called for the things that the champion Zhen Zhen had used. They were all blessed, and they might even be able to get back to a university if they touched it more.

As soon as Liu Xiulan heard from the neighbors that her niece had passed the champion exam, she couldn't even care about cooking, so she trotted all the way to Li Muwu's house, panting and holding Zhen Zhen's hand, "Zhen Zhen, the third aunt and Mrs. You said, your textbooks must be given to my family Mingrong and Mingguang. Oh, you said that they didn't believe in the resumption of the college entrance examination. If you study hard with you this year, will you be able to go to college together? already?"

The more Liu Xiulan thought about it, the more angry she felt: "They're all married people, I'm too embarrassed to say more about them, you talk about why you're so careless, letting them go to college and hurting them, I think Mingrong and Mingguang are thinking about taking over."

My cousin is definitely more friendly than outsiders, Zhen Zhen put together two sets of books and materials and handed them to Liu Xiulan: "Third aunt, this year, the college entrance examination was held in winter because of the special situation. Normally, the examination will be taken in July. , it's only half a year, you have to urge my brothers Mingrong and Mingguang to read books carefully."

"Don't worry, this time I have to watch them learn every day." Liu Xiulan held a thick stack of books, and she felt a lot at ease: "There are exercises that the niece of the champion has done personally, tell me Even if the two of them can't take the test, they can also take the ice city test."

Zhen Zhen smiled, stroked her hair and didn't dare to make a deal, Liu Xiulan happily entered the room and said hello to Mrs. Li: "Mother, I'll take the book back and let Mingrong and Mingguang study hard. "

"Study hard, and you won't be at a disadvantage when you get into a good university." Mrs. Li smoked her cigarette and said, "Look at the beginning, Ming Dong could earn more than 50 yuan as soon as he graduated, which is better than his father's. After a lifetime, the class is still strong, and why do you think it is because you went to college. Although the next two years were not smooth, you can tell by listening to the radio that college students will not be worse in the future.”

Mr. Li looked at Liu Xiulan and summed up: "I think your two boys just listen to the radio and have too little brains, so don't spend all day trying to save money and don't want to spend it, hurry back Buy a radio, you can't go wrong by listening to it."

Liu Xiulan sneered: "The radio is really not cheap, isn't it, and we don't have any radio tickets at home."

"If I don't have enough money, I'll lend you some first." Mrs. Li knocked on the cigarette bag: "But you have to make up your own radio tickets."

Liu Xiulan laughed: "Oh, I seem to be asking you for money, no, no, Ming Rong Mingguang has made a lot of money in the business of pulling wood in the past two years, and I will discuss it when I go home. "

Old Mrs. Li nodded and called out Shen Bei: "Go get a basket and put the books in it, and you will take your third aunt home on a bicycle."

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Because the school starts at the end of February, I have to go to school before the first month of the new year. There are children in Mingnan and Mingbei, and the family sits together to discuss what to do with the children while there are many people during the Chinese New Year.

Mingnan and Meng Xiaoxi are relatively easy to manage. The two schools are not too far apart. Forestry University not only has its own forest farm, but also has an attached primary school and kindergarten. It's just that it is inconvenient to live in the dormitory with children, and the noise will affect the rest of the roommates, and I am afraid that it will make people uncomfortable.

Li Mulin has lived in Bingcheng for more than 20 years, and he is more familiar with Bingcheng than Beicha: "Linda's area is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many vacant houses like ours. , when the time comes, you can borrow a room to live in, and give some rice noodles a month, and it won't cost you a few dollars." Meng Xiaoxi was relieved when he heard that, and sent the child to the kindergarten when he went to school in the morning, and brought the child back after school. Nothing is delayed.

Compared to Meng Xiaoxi, Wang Xinwen is much more troublesome. Noodles have only been around for five months, and they are inseparable from others every day. It was half a year after parting, and Wang Xinwen felt a pain in her heart again.

Seeing the little grandson's daughter-in-law holding her child, she made a decision with a slap in the face: "Let's go, I've been listening to Tiananmen on the radio all day for so many years, I still don't know what Tiananmen looks like. , let's follow them to the imperial capital to have a look. Are you going to see Mingdong's mother?"

"Go!" Wang Sufen responded with a loud voice: "I listen to my mother, I will go wherever my mother tells me to go."

Li Muwu sat next to him dumbfounded: "What about me? Will you just leave me at home? I can't cook!"