The Chen family's new house was built next door to He Laosan's house. In the afternoon, the sun was shining warmly. He Laosan's wife, Wang Cui, sat on a stool in the yard weaving reeds, while He Laosan broke bamboo beside her.

The tractor was sent back along the road, and the rumble sounded from far to near, and finally stopped in front of the Chen family courtyard. Three educated youths, one man, two women, borrowed from the Chen family's old house, got off the tractor.

Wang Cui raised her head: "Didn't it mean that your family Chen Wan also went, why didn't I see anyone?"

Zhou Mei came over and asked Wang Cui to help her weave one more, although Chen Qianjin could do the same job of weaving bamboo, but the same bamboo he made was not as good-looking and durable as Wang Cui.

"He came back in the morning." Zhou Mei said with a sad face, "Chen Wan was unlucky. Seeing that the exam was about to take place, he caught a cold and went to the exam room with a fever. When he got home, he said he failed the exam. He was so sad that he didn't even want to eat. After going forward and persuading him for a long time, he finally ate some food."

"Ah, why did he catch a cold? He didn't come sooner or later, and he happened to be in the exam." Wang Cui looked surprised, "Then did he say whether he can pass the exam?"

"I don't think it's going to work." Zhou Mei sat on the stool at the third end of He Laosan, "He hasn't finished writing the questions yet."

In the eyes of people like Zhou Mei and Wang Cui who haven't gone to school, if they haven't finished writing the questions, they are considered to have done very badly in the exam.

"Oh, it's a pity." Wang Cui kept moving her hands, and soon the bottom of a scorpion came out, "Didn't the textile factory recruit workers in the past two months, and Chen Wanbao didn't sign up?"

Wang Cui didn't regret it for a long time. No matter how bad Chen Wan was, he was still a high school graduate. If he couldn't get into college, he could still find a chance to work in a factory.

"I didn't apply. Isn't this thinking about the distribution of college graduation packages? When I come out, I will be a cadre, and I don't need to start as an apprentice."

The tractor outside drove away, Mr. He took some bamboo pieces, and asked Zhou Mei if he wanted to make brush handles, and if he wanted more pieces.Zhou Mei said yes, and he buried himself in breaking the bamboo again.

Zhou Mei was not idle, she picked up a piece of bamboo he had prepared and moved it on her knees, the bamboo piece split into bamboo sticks following her movements.

"Missed recruiting too?" Wang Cui is really a pity for Chen Wan. Large factories like machinery factories and textile factories don't always recruit workers once every three or four years. If I miss this time, I don't know the next time. what time.

Chen Wan can't work in the fields like them, can he?Villagers are not allowed to gossip?

Wang Cui could imagine that if Chen Wan went to other people's meeting to discuss something, it would be nothing more than a joke about Zhou Mei and the others.

"Yeah." Wang Cui naturally knew what Zhou Mei could think of, "I can only take the exam next time."

"What exam? University?" Zhou Mei nodded, and Wang Cui's eyes widened, "Are you and Chen Jinjin planning to support him for a year?"

"In a year or so, Chen Wan didn't pass the exam because of a fever. There is no problem with the appointment next time." After walking 99 steps, he was only one step away from success. Could it be possible that he could not leave for half a step back? ?

Can Chen Wan be willing?

Even if Chen Wan could agree with her, Zhou Mei would not.

"You brothers and sisters-in-law are really conscientious." Wang Cui sighed, if it were her, she would never be able to do this anyway, even though Chen Wan was really smart and hardworking.

"In fact, we can't worry too much. With the help of his second sister and others, who give money and tickets every year, we actually get rich."

What Zhou Mei said was true. She did suffer a bit in the few years she was married, but it was much better than when she was in her natal family.Her husband is considerate, her parents-in-law are kind, and her younger siblings are also sensible. She often smiles in her dreams.

Zhou Mei still remembers the year when Chen Wan's third brother, Chen Jianjun, joined the army, he came back from family leave and handed in all his salary. His mother-in-law took half of it, and he kept the rest for himself.At that time, she was pregnant with Yongfei, and then her mother-in-law subsidized the money to her.

Then there was a famine in [-], and thanks to Chen Jianjun's relief, the family survived.

The Chen family's enviable blue brick and large tile house was also built with the help of Chen Wan's elder sister, otherwise she and Chen Qianjin would not be able to save enough money after working hard in the fields for a lifetime.

Zhou Mei thanked Chen's family from the bottom of her heart, so she had no complaints about providing Chen Wan's education.

"Jianjun and the others are good, your luck is yet to come." Wang Cui glanced at her dull man, why didn't she have such a good life as Zhou Mei.

"It's a blessing or not, as long as the family is going well." Zhou Mei moved enough bamboo to make a brush, and she also achieved her purpose of coming. She stood up on her knees, "I'll go while the weather is fine." Pull up the grass in the vegetable field, and call me when the reeds are finished."

"Okay, you go, I'll take it for you when it's finished." Wang Cui responded readily, she had figured it out a long time ago, people have their own lives, although she is not married as well as Zhou Mei, she is also better than the old man. The Song family is strong, at least she doesn't have the experience of her parents-in-law.

Zhou Mei returned to her yard, Chen Wan was still sleeping, she lowered her voice to talk to Chen Qianjin.Wang Cui has nothing wrong with her other than her broken mouth. In two days, her words will be spread throughout the village.

Instead of waiting for others to ask, why don't she tell them the result first, lest they come in front of Chen Wan and make people feel sad.Besides, even if she didn't say it now, when the notice came out, the news that Chen Wan hadn't passed the exam would not be hidden, and there would be more gossips.

Wang Cui couldn't sit still after getting the new gossip, so she went out with a hoe after half of it, and chatted with people on the pretext of digging vegetable fields.

Zhang Yi is the male educated youth who lives in the Chen family's old house. He is the oldest of the three. He is 27 years old this year. His family conditions are average. The educated youths who went to the countryside with him have found ways to return to the city, and he is the only one who is still here. .

Entrance to university is the only way for him to save himself, so since he was notified of the resumption of the college entrance examination until now, he has not slept a whole day.After finally finishing the exam, he wiped his face indiscriminately, fell on the bed and snored without even packing his luggage.

The other two female educated youths were also tense in the past two days, and when they relaxed at first, they felt that their bones were exhausted. They were more particular than Zhang Yi. They went to the kitchen to boil hot water to wash their faces and feet, and then went to lie down for a while.

After lunch, Liu Qiang went up to the mountain with his father to cut firewood. He was not there when Zhang Yi and the others came back. When they found out that Chen Wan had a cold, it was already dark outside.

It was dark and couldn't stop them from visiting the sick. Anyway, there was only a few steps to go. After a makeshift dinner, Zhang Yi took a flashlight and went to Chen's house with the two female educated youths.

Chen Wan slept until after five o'clock in the afternoon and was woken up by Chen Qianjin, who told him to get up and move around, otherwise he would not be able to fall asleep at night.

"It's windy outside, so don't go out, there are pumpkin seeds fried by your sister-in-law on the stove, Yong Yang and the others will be back soon."

Besides Chen Yongfei, Zhou Mei also gave birth to two daughters and a son. The second daughter, Chen Xing, and the third daughter, Chen Lu, are in junior high school in the town.

There are not many families like the Chen family in the village who send all their children to school. The main reason is that they do not have the financial means. Teenagers can support half of the labor force at home and help with a lot of work.

Chen Wan's throat was still sore, he hummed lightly, muffled and his nose was blocked.

Primary school ended earlier than junior high school, Chen Yongyang obediently waited at the door of the third sister's classroom, Chen Lu put on her schoolbag and walked out of the classroom: "Chen Yongyang, you are sitting on the floor again!"

She pulled him up, reached out and patted the ashes off his buttocks, and the siblings joined hands with Chen Xing.On the way, Chen Yongyang ran so fast: "Little uncle must be waiting for us at home!"

In Chen Yongyang's little heart, Chen Wan, who never scolded him and gave him sweets, ranked first. Originally, he would never get home within an hour after school. Today, he ran back in more than 40 minutes. Sister Chen Xing He was panting after chasing after him.

"Little uncle!" Chen Yongyang rushed into the courtyard door, running towards Chen Wan's room with his shins, and came to a sudden stop at the door, "Little uncle, can I come in?"

Hearing Chen Yongyang's voice, Chen Wan couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and opened the door for him: "Did you run all the way back again?"

"Hey." Chen Yongyang loosened the strap of the schoolbag and asked Chen Wan to carry the schoolbag over, "Elder sister and the others can't catch up with me."

Chen Wan touched the child's vest, her hands were sweaty, and she took a dry towel for him: "Don't run so fast next time."

"Oh." Chen Yongyang pursed his lips, sat on Chen Wan's small chair, consciously took out his homework book from his schoolbag and began to write new characters.

Chen Wan went to the kitchen to wash her hands, peeled an orange for each of the three children, and called the two little girls into the house at the same time.Although his desk is short, its area is not small, and it can accommodate the three siblings to do their homework together.

Zhou Mei pulled up the grass in the vegetable field, and Chen Wan just finished checking Chen Yongyang's homework.

"Little uncle, I've finished writing." Chen Lu moved the stool away, "I'm going to help mom cook."

"Then I'll do the dishes later." Chen Xing is in the third year of junior high school, and there are many and difficult homework, and he won't be able to finish it in a while.

The two have a clear division of labor, and Chen Yongyang is playing tricks in the middle: "My little uncle and I are responsible for eating!"

Chen Wan couldn't help but blush when she said this, her soul in her 20s was confused with a child.

"Xingxing, continue to do your homework after dinner." Chen Wan rubbed Chen Yongyang's hair, "Yongyang washes the dishes."

Chen Yongyang quit, yelling why he should do the dishes.

"Because your second sister has a lot of homework, your third sister helped to light the fire, but you didn't do anything." Chen Wan vaguely remembered that in the original text, there was a spoiled demon king in the Chen family. He didn't know who it was before. When Chen Yongyang reacted, he felt that he had this sign very much.

With the mentality of not being lucky, he decided to strike first and kill the signs from the root.The child knows to ask his permission before entering the house, which shows that the foundation is still good.

"Didn't the little uncle do nothing?" Chen Yongyang was still unconvinced, his mouth was so raised that he could hang two taels of oil cans.

"That's why I'll wash the dishes with you." Chen Wan didn't think about being a hands-off shopkeeper, "Are there any questions?"

"No more." Chen Yongyang was devastated, and put his homework back into his schoolbag in frustration.

Chen Xing, who had been watching the confrontation between the uncle and nephew, couldn't help but chuckled: "Little uncle, I'll wash it later, I won't delay my homework."

Chen Yongyang's eyes lit up, and he looked at Chen Wan expectantly, only to see him shaking his head, firmly rejecting Chen Xing's proposal.

Oh, he can't escape tonight.

Chen Yongyang's hope came to nothing, like an eggplant beaten by frost.

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Chen Wan: Education should start with babies.

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