The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 53 My niece is going to school this year

When Jiang Yan arrived, she chatted with Zhou Lingying in the house with her two children, but she was not treated the same as Zhou Lingying today. Before she could even sit down in the house, Zhao Yuxia called her to wash the things.

Not long after, my sister-in-law Li Xianglan came back with her children. She was in charge of threshing in the field, which was not a very hard job, but it was not easy either. Several children followed her and played in the field. Anyway, the children were covered in mud.

The more people there were, the more lively it became. The sun wasn't so hot anymore, so Jiang Cheng simply carried his father outside and sat him by the door. The only two missing were his brother-in-law and uncle. Jiang Cheng asked Zhou Lingying to go to the kitchen and cut a watermelon, and everyone ate watermelon and chatted outside.

The watermelon was cut into pieces, and everyone took a piece and ate it happily. Jiang Cheng felt embarrassed while eating, because everyone ate the watermelon so cleanly that there was basically no red left, and a lot of the watermelon rind was eaten away.

Jiang Ben was so upset that he would pick up a piece of watermelon that he had almost finished eating, and he would not throw away the watermelon rind even if it was gnawed into this state.

Collect all the watermelon rinds, wash them, and cut off the surface rinds like winter melon. Then the remaining watermelon rinds can be cut into strips or slices and stir-fried as a vegetable.

It was not until after 5:30, when the food was almost ready, that my brother-in-law and uncle came over.

Uncle came to talk to Jiang Changhe, but brother-in-law was not so lucky, so don't think he was a guest. A son-in-law is half a son, which does not mean to treat him as a son, but to not be so distant.

If you are not polite, as soon as my brother-in-law Chen Changgen arrived here, Jiang Yan called him to fetch water from the river. Chen Changgen was called to fetch water without any complaints and was very happy.

In the Jiang family, Chen Changgen, the son-in-law, dared not put on airs. As the saying goes, if one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit. In his village, many people now respect and are polite to him.

Although they always asked Chen Changgen if his wife's brother drove a big car in the city, the fact that there was a person in the commune who drove a big car in the city had long become a topic of gossip.

Jiang Cheng is Chen Changgen's brother-in-law. It's such an honor to say this to others. When working, the production team leader is always polite to him.

The water in the water tank was used a lot today, but Chen Changgen was not asked to fill it up. After all the vegetables were ready, he would not have to pick them again.

However, before dinner, sister-in-law Li Xianglan pulled Jiang Cheng into the room to talk about something.

"Jiang Cheng, sister-in-law wants to tell you something."

"Sister-in-law, we are all family, you can just say whatever you want to say."

"Juanzi is already six years old and is old enough to go to primary school. Do you think you should let her go to primary school?"

In the room, Li Xianglan started to discuss with Jiang Cheng. Juanzi was Jiang Cheng's niece, Jiang Juan. If we counted her age, she was more than six years old. But she was a girl, and in the countryside, it was not important whether a girl went to school or not.

But after all, she had reached the age to go to primary school, so Li Xianglan still had to ask Jiang Cheng. Now Jiang Cheng was the head of the Jiang family, and if Jiang Cheng said he didn't want to go, then Jiang Juan wouldn't go to primary school.

It’s still early for elementary school to start, as the summer vacation has just started, but for new first-grade students, you need to register in advance in August.

These days, going to primary school is not a big burden for city dwellers, but it is a big burden for rural residents.

One dollar is required for tuition per semester, and 50 cents is required for miscellaneous fees, so the total is 1.5 yuan. Books cost more than 10 cents, and there are also a few cents for school supplies, which add up to 20 to 30 cents.

Generally speaking, it costs two yuan to go to elementary school per semester. Unless there are some special circumstances, the team can waive the students' tuition and miscellaneous fees, then it won't cost much.

Jiang Cheng directly took out five yuan from his pocket, handed it to Li Xianglan and said, "Let her go to school this year, and make her a new set of clothes when she goes to school."

"This~~, thank you, sister-in-law." Li Xianglan said gratefully. Although the extra money was not much, it was enough to buy cloth for the child to make clothes.

"We are family and we don't have different opinions. My salary is enough to support several children in school. Sister-in-law, let's go have dinner." Jiang Cheng said.

In the countryside, a child only needs a few yuan a year to go to school. When the two nephews grow up, the total cost will only be about ten yuan a year. Besides, Jiang Juan can give the textbooks to her younger brother after she finishes reading them. If she has the textbooks, she doesn't need to buy them anymore. After Jiang Cheng and Li Xianglan came out, they went to the room to eat.

On the table, several kilograms of fish were served directly in a bowl. The ducks and the birds and sparrows brought from Jiangcheng were also stewed together in a bowl, and a large plate of stir-fried vegetables was also prepared.

When Jiang Cheng came back last time, he didn't have much fat in his body, so everything tasted delicious. This time, it was just average, but fortunately it was fish caught in the river, so it wasn't too fishy. Jiang Cheng specifically looked for the tenderer parts to eat, especially the fish head, which he didn't miss.

Stewed wild ducks or something, maybe the meat is naturally more flavorful than the chickens and ducks fed with feed in later generations. Jiang Cheng ate some, but he still felt that it was a waste of food.

But seeing Zhou Lingying eating with great relish, Jiang Cheng now thought that she didn't eat much on the first day, but she didn't eat too little either. Afterwards, she seemed to be able to eat a lot.

Take the lunch hosted by Secretary Wang today for example. Zhou Lingying also ate three bowls of rice. Jiang Cheng also knew that it was normal for people these days to eat three bowls of rice when they didn't have much oil.

But the bowls used for eating these days are all large-mouthed bowls, and a bowl of rice might be enough to fill a grown man in later generations.

He secretly glanced at Zhou Lingying while she was eating. She was pretty and she looked pretty while eating, but Jiang Cheng suspected in his heart that she was a foodie.

Looking at the others, it might be a misunderstanding, because everyone else was wolfing down their food. Even the children who were not at the table, each holding a sparrow, were chewing it with great relish.

At the dinner table, everyone said a lot of blessings to Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying, hoping that they would live a good life in the future. They also said that they would have a baby soon to carry on the family line.

After dinner, Jiang Cheng said that the clothes were put in the car and he had to go to the car to get the clothes. It was just the right time for him to accompany Zhou Lingying to the educated youth dormitory. When he left, he took two watermelons with him, which made Zhao Yuxia feel that he was a bit of a spendthrift. He was just saying goodbye to those educated youths, but he also invited them to eat watermelons.

But now that my son Jiang Cheng is capable, I can only think about this in my mind and cannot say it out loud.

Soon Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying arrived at the educated youth dormitory.

"It's getting dark. I'll go get some clothes and come back to pick you up soon. Don't talk to them for too long." Jiang Cheng said.

"I got it. I'll say goodbye to them." Zhou Lingying replied. If there was anything she really wanted to say, she would have said it a few days ago.

Jiang Cheng patted Zhou Lingying on the butt, told her to say goodbye quickly, and then he left.

Jiang Cheng would not go to the car. His clothes were already placed in the space. Jiang Cheng was just strolling outside casually while smoking a cigarette.

Zhou Lingying went to the dormitory for female educated youth where she used to live. Everyone was very excited to see her holding two watermelons. Then Zhou Lingying asked someone to send a watermelon to the dormitory for male educated youths, and the people in other dormitories for female educated youths were notified to come and eat watermelons in the evening.

She told everyone that after tonight, Zhou Lingying would leave the educated youth team, and would go to the city to get a marriage certificate with her partner tomorrow.

After saying this, Zhou Lingying is also a vain woman, and she basically showed off her boyfriend. These watermelons were brought by her boyfriend from other provinces, and the watermelons in Changcheng are not on the market yet.

In addition, the secretary of the commune took the initiative to invite them to lunch at noon today. The accountant of the commune and the deputy team leader of the production team were also very polite in front of his girlfriend.

Anyway, when Zhou Lingying said that her boyfriend was capable, it was just like she was capable herself. Although she sounded very arrogant, those female educated youth were still willing to hear this.

Zhou Lingying didn't know that she had accidentally harmed these female educated youth. At least her experience would make some other female educated youth have some unrealistic fantasies. They thought it would be great if they could also meet someone like Jiang Cheng in the commune. People with fantasies are always not so easy to accept reality.

In the female educated youth dormitory, Zhou Lingying could not be said to brag, but she showed off for a while before coming out, and then she saw Jiang Cheng waiting for her at the intersection.

(End of this chapter)