Chapter 1071 The Trend Has Changed

As for whether Zhuang Tunan was in a premature love relationship, Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying were a little cautious. If they didn't ask, they were afraid that the child was too young to control himself. If they asked, they were afraid that the window paper would be broken and the child would become rebellious.

The couple tossed and turned in bed for most of the night, and finally came up with a solution.

Early the next morning, Huang Ling quietly called Qin Hao into the room and lowered her voice.

"Haozi, you and Tunan both go to No. 1 Middle School. Can you help Auntie keep an eye on whether Tunan is close to any female classmates in school?"

Qin Hao was happy: "Auntie Huang, you don't suspect Zhuang Tunan of falling in love too early, do you?"

Huang Ling was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this a precautionary measure?"

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it for you, but I don't think Zhuang Tunan will fall in love too early, so you and Uncle Zhuang don't have to worry too much."

Huang Ling was relieved when she heard this: "Then I'll leave it to you."

A week passed in a flash, and Zhuang Tunan's condition did not improve. On the contrary, after Qin Hao spoke in front of all the teachers and students at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday, he was a little dazed, which made Huang Ling anxious. She also expanded the suspects from the school to the alleys. Wu Shanshan became the first suspect because she would come to Zhuang Tunan to borrow notes from time to time, and naturally there were more contacts.

In addition, girls develop earlier. Wu Shanshan, who is also in junior high school, has grown up to be a girl next door.

For this reason, Huang Ling was going to discuss countermeasures with Zhang A-mei, but Song Ying stopped her.

"Do you think Zhang A-mei will take care of this?"

Huang Ling calmed down and knew that she was desperate. According to Zhang A-mei's character, she would never let go of anything that was beneficial to her. The conditions of the Zhuang family must be good in the eyes of outsiders. One is the leader of the production workshop of the cotton spinning factory, and the other is a senior high school teacher. Zhuang Tunan is also a handsome man with excellent character and learning.

If Wu Shanshan really became a couple with Zhuang Tunan, Zhang A-mei might be the happiest. If she knew, she might even try to match them up.

Song Ying lowered her voice and said, "Xiao Min is looking for opportunities to hang around in front of our Haozi all day long. Do you think I don't know what Zhang A-mei is thinking?"

"This Zhang A-mei is too bold, right? Xiao Min is too far away from Haozi..." Huang Ling widened her eyes. She really didn't pay attention to this matter before. It was the recent changes in Zhuang Tunan that made her realize that the children had grown up.

Song Ying curled her lips: "That's right, our Haozi is the champion of the National Games, and he will definitely join the national team in the future. Xiaomin can't be said to be bad, but with her grades, it's hard for her to go to a technical secondary school..."

Speaking of this, Song Ying didn't continue. After all, she hated Zhang Amei, not Xiaomin. She always had sympathy for children.

In a blink of an eye, a semester passed quickly. Zhuang Tunan didn't do well in the final exam and ranked only in the top 30 in the grade. It stands to reason that this score should be no problem for him to go directly to the high school department of No. 1 Middle School, but for Zhuang Tunan, it was a serious blow. The moment he got the transcript, Zhuang Tunan felt that the sky was falling.

On the way back by bicycle, Zhuang Tunan accidentally fell into the ditch.

Qin Hao passed by on a bicycle and just pulled Zhuang Tunan out of the ditch, he heard him ask faintly.

"What's your ranking in the final exam?"

"First place, what's wrong?"

Zhuang Tunan sat down on the cold ground and smiled bitterly: "Is it true that in the eyes of a genius like you, it's easy to get first place no matter what you do?"

Qin Hao suddenly realized that this guy was hit by himself.

"Since I was a child, my father taught me that studying is the best way for ordinary people to control their destiny. Although I didn't quite understand what it meant to control destiny at that time, as long as I had good grades, my parents would be very happy, and my grandparents would also praise me."

"Later, I was admitted to No. 1 Middle School and found that half of my classmates were from the city and half were from the countryside. The classmates who were admitted from the countryside were all very hardworking. They told me how hard it was in the countryside. Their parents saved money to support them to study, just to let them get into college. As long as they got into college, they would wear leather shoes for the rest of their lives, otherwise they would only be able to wear straw sandals for the rest of their lives."

"At that moment, I vaguely understood what studying was for."

"But your appearance made me feel that diligence can make up for one's shortcomings is the biggest scam in the world, and the gap between people cannot be eliminated by hard work."

After Zhuang Tunan vented, Qin Hao slowly spoke.

"You have lived under the love and care of your parents since you were young. You are held in the palm of your hand. Everyone revolves around you, so you must feel that the world should revolve around you."

"Just like those classmates from rural areas in your class, if you change your living environment, you will never have such confusion, because their families have already done their best to support them in order to be able to study. They can only study hard and get into college."

"Auntie Huang is a very good mother. She has solved all your life problems for you. Uncle Zhuang has also spared no effort in educating you. If you don't know a question, he will patiently explain it to you two or three times until you can do it. The achievements you have made in the past are actually only 50% of your own efforts. The other half of the medals of honor should be counted on Auntie Huang and Uncle Zhuang."

Speaking of this, Qin Hao paused: "I am different from you. Since my parents passed away, I understand a truth. From now on, I have no one to rely on."

"Zhuang Tunan, believe it or not, if I had exactly the same IQ as you and had the same growing environment as you, my academic performance would definitely be better than yours, including those of your classmates in the countryside."

"Talent is innate and determines a person's upper limit, while hard work determines a person's lower limit. If a person has neither talent nor hard work, don't expect to be able to control your destiny."

"Zhuang Tunan, you don't have time to be pretentious. I will skip a grade next semester. If you continue to be pretentious, you may not even be able to see my back."

After saying that, Qin Hao got on his bicycle and drove away.

Zhuang Tunan looked at Qin Hao's back, struggled to get up, and struggled to hold up his bicycle to keep up with Qin Hao's pace.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Huang Ling's face is filled with smiles. In addition to the joy brought by the approaching New Year, Zhuang Tunan has finally returned to normal. Although her final results are not ideal this time, she is relieved as long as her child does not have puppy love.

Song Ying was equally happy. As a Spring Festival benefit in 1980, state-owned stores opened the supply of pork. You can buy pork at will without a meat ticket. Of course, such benefits are only available in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou. .

On New Year's Eve, Song Ying bought five kilograms of pork belly and made a large pot of pork belly with dried plums and vegetables. Huang Ling didn't have that luxury, so she could only buy some lean meat, wrap it in batter, and fry the small crispy meat to eat. The little crispy meat is fragrant and the garden is filled with fragrance.

That is to say, today is New Year's Eve, and every household has to eat meat, otherwise the neighbors will be greedy.

In addition, Huang Ling also bought two kilograms of pork ribs separately and made a plate full of sweet and sour pork ribs for Qin Hao.

Song Ying quickly asked Qin Hao to bring a plate full of pickled pork with pickled vegetables to the dealer. Looking at the hard dishes on the table, Zhuang Chaoying was filled with emotion.

"If this were my childhood, this piece of meat would be enough to cook a whole table of dishes."

Since the supply of pork was open, Song Ying and Huang Ling discussed that such a good opportunity did not come often, so they simply took out all the money at home and bought all the meat. However, this time they did not put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate, but used it to refrigerate it. Stuff sausages.

The stuffed sausages were hung on the beams in the kitchen and smoked. Next year, a piece of sausage could be taken off to make a dish. Qin Hao couldn't help but be impressed by the wit of the two female comrades.

Sure enough, never underestimate the wisdom of the people.

But soon Huang Ling and Song Ying regretted it. Just after the Spring Festival, the spring breeze of reform blew across the land of Suzhou. As an ancient city with a long history and a land of plenty since ancient times, Suzhou people are also very particular about food. The birth of Many century-old brands.

Previously, due to historical reasons, these time-honored brands could only close their doors. After many years, they suddenly and quietly reopened.

The sauced meat recommended by Lu Gao, the cakes made by Huang Tianyuan, and the candies from Caizhizhai are simply dizzying.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have spent all the money to buy meat." Song Ying was so greedy.

She was like this, let alone the children. Lin Dongzhe was lying in front of the counter, drooling, and he couldn't move away no matter how hard he tried.

"Four pieces of cake, please."

The clerk ignored Qin Hao's words and looked at Song Ying. After all, how much money a twelve or thirteen-year-old child can have in his pocket still depends on the wishes of his parents.

"Haozi, why don't we buy it first..."

Qin Hao smiled at Song Ying and took out a big unity card from his pocket: "Aunt Song, you forgot, I also have a bonus from the Provincial Sports Bureau."

Song Ying saw that the clerk had already started packing the cakes, and the aroma of the cakes was really charming, so she simply stopped struggling.

On the way back, Song Ying held the cake and ate it with a face full of intoxication: "The cake made by Huang Tianyuan's century-old shop just tastes different."

Lin Wufeng didn't disappoint, he took it and took a big bite: "It's really good."

"Well, it's delicious. It's so delicious." Lin Dongzhe ate so hard that his tongue was tired.

Qin Hao secretly laughed. With Lin Dongzhe's current fat head and big ears, it is hard to imagine how he transformed into the "Cotton Mill Dance King" later on.

A group of four people walked slowly on Guanqian Street, which is already the busiest commercial street in Suzhou. There are many individual vendors setting up stalls on the roadside. Usually these people keep a vigilant eye on the surroundings when setting up stalls. The people in the red hoop immediately packed up and ran away.

Only during the Spring Festival do we dare to gather together in such a big way.

After walking not far, I heard someone shouting: "Forest worker."

Lin Wufeng paused and looked over at the sound: "Yi Ming, you are setting up a stall on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. You are quite diligent."

Li Yiming smiled sheepishly: "I don't have a job here. I am idle at home. No matter how much I can earn by setting up a stall, I always have something to do."

"Well, big fortune depends on life, small fortune depends on hard work, work hard." Lin Wufeng patted his shoulder and encouraged him.

Song Ying asked curiously: "By the way, where is your cousin? Why isn't he with you?"

Li Yiming lowered his voice and said, "Isn't he working as a part-time worker at the compressor factory? If people knew he was setting up a stall outside, his regular job might be in doubt, so he didn't set up a stall during the Chinese New Year period."

After chatting for a while, just when Qin Hao and his party were about to leave, Li Yiming suddenly stopped Lin Wufeng and quietly gave him a watch.

"Yiming, what are you doing..."

Li Yiming said sincerely: "Lin Gong, my cousin and I were caught when we came back from Shanghai to buy goods. If you hadn't interceded on our behalf, I don't know what would have happened. This watch is not a valuable thing. It's just me and my cousin." Please don’t refuse.”

With that said, he forced the watch onto Lin Wufeng.

Lin Wufeng was worried that it would be more conspicuous if he continued to pull it on the street, so he could only put it away first. After saying goodbye to Li Yiming, the group continued shopping.

After returning to the courtyard, Lin Wufeng said with some emotion: "Now it seems that the atmosphere has indeed changed."

Huang Ling happened to have just finished cleaning up the house and came out. She asked with a smile: "Where did the forest worker get this emotion so early in the morning?"

"Didn't we just go to Guanqian Street? You don't know how many people are setting up stalls now. The streets are crowded with stalls on both sides, and many people go there to buy things. I took a look, and there are many state-owned stores selling Everything is sold there, and it’s cheaper than state-owned stores, and there are no tickets required,” Song Ying said in a low voice.

Huang Ling was a little surprised: "Really? Then I have to find a chance to take a look."

At this time, Zhuang Chaoying also came out and reminded: "Be careful, don't be regarded as a speculator. The trend can change now. I see that the debate in the newspapers is very fierce. Let's not join in the fun."

Huang Ling pursed her lips: "I'm not joining in the fun, I'm trying to save money. Tunan's twenty kilograms of food stamps a month are not enough to eat. Even the rations you and I have posted are not enough. The children can't go hungry. I have to Pick it out somewhere else.”

Zhuang Chaoying felt guilty and remained silent. It stands to reason that his salary is 75 yuan a month, and Huang Ling's salary is more than 60 yuan a month. The salary of two people is definitely more than enough to support a family of four, but he will take it every time he is paid. Give one-third to your parents...

Huang Ling didn't expect Zhuang Chaoying to get her salary back from her parents. She took Song Ying to talk about Guanqian Street and figured out what she could buy for her family with the remaining money.

In a blink of an eye, spring school started, and Qin Hao went to the dean of school and asked to skip a grade.

After the dean called Qin Hao's class teacher to understand some of the situation, he readily agreed. After all, even if he was promoted to high school, Qin Hao would still be a student of No. 1 Middle School.

In this way, Qin Hao and Zhuang Tunan became classmates, and they were also the youngest in their class.

In order to prevent anyone from bullying Qin Hao because of his young age, Tunan's class teacher specially called several disobedient people in the class to the office to beat him up.