Chapter 131

"Are you serious?" Wei Ming looked at Xiao Hong, this yellow-haired girl who was only 14 years old.

Wei Hong nodded: "I've thought it through. I have already completed the courses of the first year of high school. With those supplementary books from Uncle Ping'an, I want to assault the second year of high school during the holiday, and then take the college entrance exam in July this year!"

Before 1979, including 1979, non-fresh graduates could directly take the college entrance exam, and there was no age limit for college entrance exam students.

Wei Ming didn't know if the policy would change this year, but he didn't suggest Wei Hong take this risk.

"Do you know that if your score doesn't reach Peking University, you will be directly adjusted to other schools, maybe not even in Yanjing, and you can't refuse."

"Ah!"

Wei Ming didn't scare her. The current adjustment system is somewhat mandatory. The student's own wishes are not so important. Even if you don't want to go and want to drop out and retake the exam, it's not allowed. That is equivalent to wasting precious exam resources, and you might not be allowed to take the exam again.

Being told this by Wei Ming, Wei Hong was a bit vague.

Then Wei Ming took out two large group notes from his pocket and stuffed them to her.

"I'll give you your New Year's money in advance. If there is anything you want to buy before the New Year, just buy it."

Suddenly seeing such a huge sum of money, Wei Hong had no worries at all.

Xu Shufen worried: "Why give her so much? Don't lose it again."

Wei Hong hurriedly put it away: "Mom, I won't lose the money even if I lose myself!"

Lao Lao Lao Wei said: "It's not easy for your brother to earn some money, don't spend it indiscriminately, you know."

Wei Ming waved his hand: "Spend it if you should. It's quite easy for me to earn money. I sold the script of 'The Herdsman' a while ago, and there are two more script invitations later."

Being in the countryside, the news is blocked. They didn't know about the battle between the Beijing Film Studio and the Shanghai Film Studio for "The Herdsman" a while ago, so they hurriedly asked about the news of the movie adaptation of "The Herdsman" and inquired about who was starring.

Because "Little Flower" was too popular in the past year, they all wanted to see Tang Guoqiang and Chen Chong continue their relationship in "The Herdsman."

Wei Jiefang: "Only Tang Guoqiang can perform my handsomeness and dashing back then."

Wei Hong: "Chen Chong played siblings with Tang Guoqiang before. Will it be bad to play husband and wife this time? Liu Xiaoqing is more suitable, right brother."

Wei Ming didn't say the candidates for the male and female leads, but changed the subject: "Director Xie took a fancy to our Xizi. In two days, Uncle Ping'an's family will go to Shanghai for an audition."

"Oh, Xizi is really spirited!"

"Shanghai, is it more prosperous than Yanjing?"

Wei Ming was talking about his experience in Shanghai when he heard someone shout: "Brother Jiefang, is Xiao Ming back!"

When Wei Ming heard it, it was Accountant Jia's voice.

"Old San, come here, come here, we are drinking, do you want a drink."

Accountant Jia heard the sound of the motorcycle, so he hurriedly ran over to get close. Recently, he has been busy around Wei Jiefang, as if Wei Jiefang is the brigade leader.

Not only Accountant Jia, soon several uncles in the village came to this small house, all for Wei Ming.

Now he has become a legend of Gouzitun, feeling that talking to him can be infected with literary spirit.

However, Wei Ming was only infected with the smell of secondhand smoke, which was really choking, and Lao Lao Lao Wei knew all about his affairs. It was enough to have him as his spokesperson.

So after chatting for a few words, he used the excuse of going to the toilet to get out of the room.

Then Lao Lao Lao Wei immediately led the old buddies and pointed outside the door: "See it, on Xiao Ming's wrist!"

"Good guy, it's really a luminous watch!" Accountant Jia bragged, "This is a treasure of the same level as the night-shining pearl in ancient times!"

Another uncle said: "Then Xiao Ming's foreign partner's family background is probably not simple!"

Accountant Jia: "I feel that at least she is a princess, and at worst she is a county princess!"

"Are there princesses in foreign countries?"

"Nonsense, there are queens in foreign countries now, like Wu Zetian, and the harem is full of male favorites!" Accountant Jia looked like he knew foreign countries very well.

Lao Lao Lao Wei spat out a puff of smoke leisurely: "Anyway, that appearance is enough to be a princess, much better looking than movie stars like Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong now."

When Wei Ming came out of the latrine, he saw that his small west room had lit a candle. After Wei Ming entered, he saw Xiao Hong sitting on his kang.

"Brother, feel it, Mom started burning it before it got dark, it's so warm!"

"Well, not bad, the wall is thick enough." Wei Ming said. Lao Lao Lao Wei built it completely according to the standard of the north room. The thicker the wall, the better the heat preservation.

He also saw the "Inscription on the Humble Room" on the wall, and knew it was Xiao Hong's handwriting at a glance.

"Hong..." Wei Ming was about to praise her.

"Brother, tell me the story of you and your first love, I want to listen!" Under the candlelight, Wei Hong's eyes were shining.

Wei Ming thought for a while: "Let me show you her photo."

"Ah!" Wei Hong jumped up in surprise.

Wei Ming clipped a few photos of Melinda in his notebook.

"Oh, sister-in-law's hair is so red, her skin is so white, she is really beautiful!" Wei Hong thought that her brother wouldn't find an ugly woman, but she didn't expect her to be so beautiful.

Wei Ming: "What sister-in-law, it's all in the past, but she is indeed a good person."

Xiao Hong wanted to listen, so Wei Ming told her about his first love story. Of course, he chose to tell it selectively, and naturally omitted the part about "sex."

Actually, Xiao Hong wanted to hear this part the most, but her brother didn't tell it, and she was embarrassed to ask. "Brother, then what if you miss Melinda now?"

Wei Ming: Use hands.

He sighed: "It's useless to miss her, it's too far. A telegram costs dozens of yuan, so what I should do is forget her."

"Can you forget it?"

"The best way to forget a relationship is to start a new one. I am looking for it."

Wei Hong: This is so scummy, but it makes so much sense!

At this time, the guests seemed to be leaving, so Wei Ming hurriedly came out to see them off, otherwise it would be a bit impolite.

He and Lao Lao Lao Wei sent people to the door, and Lao Lao Lao Wei returned to his west room with his son.

"Xiao Hong, you go back first, I have something important to tell your brother."

After Xiao Hong left, only the father and son were left, and Lao Lao Lao Wei asked: "That letter, is there a response?"

!

Wei Ming's letter had been mailed for almost half a month.

He shook his head: "Not yet, but the other party should have received it now, it just depends on whether he will reply."

"Alright~" Lao Lao Lao Wei said, "You have been on the road for a day, sleep early."

"Dad, did anyone borrow money from you just now?" Wei Ming saw that the faces of several uncles were not good just now.

"Yes, but I dealt with it, saying that you are preparing to buy a house in Yanjing and the money is not enough. Of course, if it's something like illness, I will definitely still lend it, but these families don't have that kind of difficulty."

Wei Ming said "um," and after Lao Lao Lao Wei left, he blew out the lamp and went to sleep on the kang.

Laba porridge, drink for a few days, 23rd.

23rd, sugar melon sticks;

24th, sweep the house.

The next day was the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

What to do on the 25th?

"25th, grind tofu," Lao Lao Lao Wei had already prepared the beans. He asked Wei Ming, "Are you in a hurry to return this motorcycle?"

Wei Ming: "Old Yang said, return it to him when I return to the county."

Lao Lao Lao Wei: "Then grind the tofu after you finish eating, and let Xiao Hong go with you."

"Okay, I'll go to the brigade headquarters to stamp it by the way." From now on, Wei Ming will officially become a Yanjing person.

Communes and brigades have some small factories or workshops, now called commune and brigade enterprises. With the deepening of reform and opening up, they have a new name, called "township enterprises," which can be said to have contributed huge strength to the success of reform and opening up.

The millstone and craftsmanship of the Gouzitun tofu workshop were actually private to Wei Ming's grandmother. She relied on this workshop to support two widows, support two children Wei Jiefang and Wei Ping'an, send Ping'an to university, and marry a wife for Jiefang. Now it is public. You can grind tofu by paying some money. The donkey and mule that Wei Jiefang usually raises are responsible for grinding tofu.

Wei Ming's arrival made the people queuing to grind tofu noisy and boiling. He hated cutting in line very much, but the manager in charge of the workshop and the villagers queuing up asked him to come to the front one after another.

"Auntie, really don't need to, it doesn't matter if I wait."

Wei Ming was embarrassed to do so, and it couldn't be ground now. They all calculated the weight, then calculated the processing fee, and came to pick it up later, which wouldn't delay much time.

After finishing, he and his sister went to the brigade headquarters again, and happened to pass by the primary school. Seeing that the door was locked, they looked outside. This carried the childhood of their siblings.

Arriving at the brigade headquarters, the old branch secretary had already prepared, signed for him, and stamped it. Later, he had to go to the commune, and his household registration would be moved out from now on.

Zhou Xingbang sighed with emotion: "Our village now has two Yanjing people, one is your Uncle Ping'an, and the other is you, both from the Wei family."

And the Wei family is a small surname in Gouzitun.

Wei Ming laughed: "The easiest way to walk out is to take the college entrance exam, so we must attach importance to education. I just passed by the primary school and saw that the windows of the classroom had no glass."

"Sigh, didn't you come over like this when you were young? Use plastic cloth to paste it, and it will be fine after this winter. Now that it's on holiday, the plastic cloth is also broken." The old branch secretary sighed.

Poor, especially the severe drought last year. Many families who worked hard and earned many work points finally only received dozens of yuan, and the whole family didn't earn one hundred yuan.

Wei Ming said: "Grandpa Xingbang, I want to donate some money to our village primary school to improve things like desks, chairs, doors, and windows."

"What!" Zhou Xingbang stood up directly, "Really! How much?"

"How much is not certain yet. I'll decide after I see what the school needs."

Zhou Xingbang hurriedly said: "You wait, I'll go find the principal and get you the key!"

Wei Ming said: "Let's wait for you at the school."

Subsequently, Wei Ming took Wei Hong away again. After leaving the brigade headquarters, Xiao Hong asked him: "Brother, how much money do you have now?"

Wei Ming: "As long as you don't buy a house or a car, anyway, you can't spend it all."

"Brother, you are really amazing!"

Wei Ming laughed: "It's just that I have some ways to make money."

"No, I said it's amazing that you not only have the way to make money, but also the virtue of giving up money!"

Wei Ming was a little embarrassed by his sister's praise. Actually, he also had his own little thoughts, hoping that this move would make his parents' life in his hometown more comfortable~

(End of chapter)