1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 283: When he got home, he just distributed cigarettes. This time, his wife prepared enough cigarettes.

It turns out that this boy is the reform pioneer hung on the propaganda wall of their county high school?
and!

Their classmate Qin Xiaolian is her cousin.

In other words, Qin Xiaolian’s relative in Yanjing is her cousin who was a pioneer in the reform and opening up?

Looking at Cheng Xuemin's back as he rode away on his bicycle, the two girls who came over to watch the fun had eyes full of admiration.

The two admission letters from Yenching University, plus his brother-in-law's admission letter from Yenching Normal University, were all collected by Cheng Xuemin from the bald director.

Whistling and riding his bicycle on the loess road back to the commune, Cheng Xuemin was in a very good mood.

Everything went as expected. My sister and brother-in-law finally jumped out and made it over the dragon gate.

From now on, you won’t have to suffer on the loess plateau, facing the loess and with your back to the sky.

It usually takes more than an hour to drive a tractor from the county to the commune. It took Cheng Xuemin more than two hours by bicycle to return to their Guanzhuang Commune before sunset.

Along the way, the villagers were harvesting wheat in the fields, a scene of a bumper harvest.

I didn't go into the commune to find my uncle because I knew that at this time, my uncle would be busy harvesting wheat in the fields and would definitely not be on duty in the commune.

So he went straight to his own Chengjiawan Brigade, eager to return home.

When he arrived at this area, Cheng Xuemin began to meet acquaintances on the road. They all greeted him enthusiastically as a pioneer of reform and opening up and a talented man who had returned from Yanjing.

"Xuemin is back!?"

"Xuemin, you're back! Are you here to pick up your sister and brother-in-law to go to university in Yanjing?"

"Yes! Xuemin, I heard from the people in the commune today that your sister and cousin were admitted to Yenching University, right?"

"Even your brother-in-law, Mr. Wang, was admitted to Yanjing Normal University. Is that true?"

"How could this be false? Today at the commune, loud speakers were used to publicize and praise him."

Listening to the villagers' enthusiastic inquiries, Cheng Xuemin nodded and told them that yes, yes, yes, his sister and brother-in-law were indeed admitted to university.

He also brought back the admission letter from the county high school.

Cheng Xuemin didn't even need to ask his uncle and brother-in-law and other villagers to help pass the message back, saying that he was back and even brought back his admission letter.

Look!

It won’t be long before Uncle Cheng Xuemin and my sister and brother-in-law will rush over upon hearing the news.

"Master, are you busy harvesting wheat?"

The main road leading to the outside of Chengjiawan passes through the village threshing ground.

Before Cheng Xuemin entered the village, he saw the brigade secretary's uncle and several village elders busy harvesting wheat in the threshing ground.

"Huh? It's Xuemin, you're back?"

"Okay, okay, I was wondering why magpies kept flying over our heads. It turns out you're back, Xuemin!"

The old man heard the sound and looked towards the roadside, and unexpectedly saw that the vanguard of their team who had gone out had returned!

His old eyes couldn't help but light up, and he shouted in delight, "Don't be too excited."

"I'm back! I just went on a business trip and passed by our provincial capital, so I took a detour back to take a look!"

Cheng Xuemin parked his bicycle, walked up to the old man and handed him a cigarette. He then greeted and distributed cigarettes to several elders who were harvesting wheat.

Cheng Xuemin doesn't smoke much, but he has a heavy smoker named Xie Jin around him, so he always carries cigarettes with him and smokes with the male comrades in the crew whenever he has time.

The ones that had not been scattered were taken back to the village by Cheng Xuemin. In fact, he still had a whole pack in his bag.

"I know, I know!"

"I heard from your sister Wenxiu that you went to the border to shoot that movie, right?"

"Your sister Wenxiu also said that you, Xuemin, will come back home after you finish filming the movie and your work!"

"Your sister has told us that I think you should come back in the next two days!"

The old man took the cigarette handed to him by Cheng Xuemin and was very happy. Then he nodded repeatedly and continued speaking.

"Xuemin, congratulations! I heard from your sister Wenxiu that your college-educated wife gave birth to a big fat boy for you?"

"Xuemin, you don't know that when your mother heard about it, she distributed wedding candies all over the team!"

Several uncles and aunts nearby also came to congratulate Cheng Xuemin.

"Yes, yes, Uncle Youli. They just turned one month old last month! I was planning to bring them back to visit during the summer vacation!"

"But the weather is too dry. I'm worried that they might get heat stroke. I'm thinking of waiting until the weather is cooler or until the end of the year for the Chinese New Year!"

"Then I can come back and recognize my ancestors and be included in the family tree!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded to his uncles and aunts and gave an explanation.

"I want to come back to recognize my ancestors and be included in the family tree!"

"The weather is indeed very hot. It's not easy to take a full-term baby out for a long trip. Xuemin, you are right!"

"Cough cough!"

The brigade secretary nodded his head repeatedly, and as he spoke, he choked on the cigarette and coughed repeatedly, saying, "Xuemin, your cigarette is good, good!"

They usually smoke dry tobacco, so suddenly they have to smoke cigarettes with handles, which makes the old men a little uncomfortable.

"Really? I don't usually smoke, and I don't really understand these things!"

"Then take this and distribute it to the uncles and aunts!"

Seeing that the old man and his friends loved cigarettes, Cheng Xuemin simply stuffed the half-finished pack in his hand into the old man's hand and said.

"You can't do that. You can't do that. Xuemin, keep it for entertaining guests. Don't let us waste it!"

After seeing the old man's refusal, Cheng Xuemin still forced the thing into his hands.

There were some in Cheng Xuemin's bag. Before he got on the train to the Northwest this time, his wife Feng Jiayou had prepared four packs of cigarettes for Cheng Xuemin in his bag.

During the filming of Yanhe Literature and Northwest China, Cheng Xuemin would always pass on cigarettes as a courtesy.

However, he only gave out about five or six packs, and secretly gave two packs to Xie Jin on the train, so the remaining three whole packs were still in the bag.

This was brought back by my daughter-in-law Feng Jiayou as a gift to honor her father-in-law.

Then they inevitably talked about Cheng Xuemin's sister and brother-in-law, and his cousin who was admitted to Yenching University.

The news was also delivered to the brigade by someone sent by the commune today. Although the uncle who is the brigade secretary was not the first one to know about it, this good news would definitely be conveyed to him as the secretary.

This was such great news that her sister or brother-in-law was originally scheduled to go to the county to pick up the admission letter this afternoon.

However, the team was too busy with farming, and there might be heavy rain tomorrow, so they had to rush to harvest the wheat in the fields, so they didn't go.

"Uncle, I got the admission letters back for my sister and the others!"

"Look, this is my sister's admission letter to Yanjing University!"

"This one belongs to my cousin, and she's also from Yenching University!"

"And this one is of my brother-in-law. He took the teacher training exam at Yenching Normal University, which is also a very good key prestigious university."

Speaking of his sister's admission letters, Cheng Xuemin happened to have brought them back, so he took them out of his bag and showed them to his uncles and aunts. "Yenching University!?"

"Is it the same as the one your wife took last year?"

The old man wiped his hands hard with his clothes until there was no sweat or dirt left. Then he took the admission letter with trembling hands, and asked some questions.

"Yes, that's right. It's my husband who was admitted to Yenching University last year!" Cheng Xuemin nodded and said with a smile.

"Great, great, great, it's really Yenching University! Great, great! Xuemin, you two siblings have finally escaped from this poor land of ours and leapt onto the Dragon Gate!"

"Xuemin is back?!"

"Xuemin, you're back!"

Not long after, the villagers who were working in the fields heard the news, packed up their things and rushed back to the threshing ground. Seeing that it was indeed the Wenquxing of the Youben family who had returned, they all came forward to greet him enthusiastically.

Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly and greeted everyone politely.

Got to keep spreading the smoke!

"Be careful when you smoke, don't throw cigarette butts around, and don't set the haystack on fire!"

The old man who was the brigade secretary felt so distressed when he saw his good grandson Cheng Xuemin giving away cigarettes one after another as if they were free!

Seeing that several old guys who had just started smoking had finished, and their cigarette butts were thrown around randomly, and some had even set the scattered straw on fire, I hurried forward to crush them and reminded them loudly.

"Yes, yes, you are right, uncles, please be careful, the threshing floor is full of straw, if you are not careful you will eat it all!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly. He really needed to be more careful when smoking in the threshing ground full of straw.

Otherwise, Cheng Xuemin had good intentions in distributing cigarettes, but he should have done something wicked by setting the threshing floor on fire!
Then the entire brigade’s half-year harvest would be completely burned.

"Sister-in-law Guilan, Sister-in-law Guilan, your Xuemin is back! Your Xuemin brought back all the college admission letters for your daughter and son-in-law!"

At this time, Cheng's mother Qin Guilan came back from the field, wondering why everyone was gathered in the threshing ground?

She was alone and came over here. She saw Youli's family calling her from a distance.

Good boy Xuemin is back?
Qin Guilan was overjoyed when she heard this and ran over here as fast as she could.

"Xuemin, when did you come back?"

"mom!"

When Cheng Xuemin heard Aunt Ximei calling his mother, he looked in that direction and found that it was indeed his mother who had just returned from working in the fields and was walking towards him.

So he hurried over and shouted.

Then he replied to his mother, saying, "Mom, I just arrived! I saw the old man and his friends at the threshing ground before I even entered the village, and I followed them and talked to them."

"Just got back!"

"Are you tired? Go home and drink some water!"

"Come on, go on, go home with mom, go home with mom!"

When Qin Guilan heard her eldest son say that he had just returned and hadn't even entered the house or had a sip of water, she felt distressed and quickly pulled her eldest son home.

"Good good!"

"Mom, where is he?"

Cheng Xuemin looked in the direction of their fields, didn't see anyone there, and asked.

"After noon, go to your brother-in-law's house to help harvest the wheat!"

"You know your brother-in-law Xuemin, who is a writer like you, is not very good at farming."

"Plus, I heard that your sister and brother-in-law were admitted to Yanjing University. You thought you would be back in the next two days, and you would definitely take your sister and brother-in-law to Yanjing!"

"So I asked for leave from the team, thinking that I should harvest the wheat and grain at your brother-in-law's house first, so that your sister and brother-in-law can go to Yanjing to attend university without any worries."

Qin Guilan explained in a low voice to her eldest son Cheng Xuemin.

After hearing this, Cheng Xuemin nodded, knowing that his father still cared about his sister and brother-in-law and was not cut out for farm work.

So in previous years, he would take time to go to his sister's place to help with the harvest.

Of course, the land that was being harvested here was his brother-in-law's family's private plot, which was about two acres in size, not a lot.

What is a private plot?
Isn't it true that the land has not yet been distributed to each household, and work points are earned collectively?

When Cheng Xuemin first came, he actually had some misunderstandings about this point, and he only understood it later!

In fact, most of the rural fields in this era belonged to collective teams, and the villagers basically ate from a big pot, earned collective work points, and waited to be distributed grain and meat according to work points at the end of the year.

But not all fields are owned by the collective brigade.

As early as the founding of the People's Republic of China, farmers have always had their own private plots of land, which were more or less three or four acres, or a few mu.

But most people have their own private plots.

Whatever is grown or harvested from the private plots belongs to the farmers themselves and does not need to be handed over to the production team for confiscation. Farmers only need to pay agricultural taxes.

For example, Cheng Xuemin's brother-in-law's family used to be large farmers, so they had more private land, nearly three acres.

However, Cheng Xuemin's family had been poor farmers for three generations, so the private plots passed down were much smaller, probably less than one acre.

Therefore, in previous years, the main focus was on earning work points from the brigade.

Today, Cheng Xuemin's father asked for leave to help his brother-in-law and sister harvest the crops. He obviously gave up his work points for the day and was busy helping his daughter and son-in-law harvest the crops so that they could go north to attend college with peace of mind.

"It's almost dark, hurry up and harvest the wheat, or you'll get wet in the rain!"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin being dragged back by his mother, the old man who was the brigade secretary quickly asked the villagers who were watching the fun to start harvesting wheat.

He himself took the admission letter in his hand and went back with Cheng Xuemin and his mother.

"Hey, Xuemin, where did you get the bicycle?"

Qin Guilan then saw her grown-up son pushing a brand new bicycle back home and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Mom, I bought it for Dad!" Cheng Xuemin replied.

"Why should I buy you such an expensive bicycle? Doesn't the team already have one?"

When Qin Guilan heard about the new bicycle her eldest son bought for her, she felt sorry for the money.

"Yes, Xuemin, the team already has one, why are you wasting money on this?"

The old man who was following him also nodded and said something to Cheng Xuemin.

These words made Cheng Xuemin roll his eyes. The bicycle in the team is treated like a treasure by you, uncle.

Unless there is an emergency, don't even think about riding a bicycle. We are all people who drive ox carts, right?

Why, now you feel so happy to be talking to me?
"Actually, I didn't catch the bus back to the commune this afternoon, so I thought about buying a bicycle at the county supply and marketing cooperative and riding it back!"

"My dad happened to need one, so I bought it!"

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Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)