The history of raising children from the Republic of China to the 70s

Li Chengye was very busy outside these days, and he was afraid that it would snow and he would not be able to come back, so he hardly had a rest, and naturally he didn't find a chance to contact the steel factory.There is no time at all to think about the results of the college entrance examination.

Mother Li could bear it, she didn't talk about the college entrance examination right away, but asked her son about his business trip first, because he was afraid that something bad would happen when he was away from home.

Of course, Li Chengye only said that everything was fine, and he didn't encounter anything that could not be solved. Although there were some minor troubles, there was no need to tell Mother Li about these.

"Hey, by the way, mother, has my notice come?" Li Chengye estimated the time, and saw that a notice should have been sent out by this time.

Mother Li sat aside and smiled mysteriously, "Here you are, guess what university you are from?" The main reason is that it has been a long time since the news of the college entrance examination, and Mother Li's heart has settled down.

Li Chengye smiled helplessly, "Mom, I only filled in one university as a volunteer, and that is Capital University's economics and management major."

Li's mother stared, and said angrily: "You fool, why did you fill in only one school? What if you don't get admitted?"

Li Chengye, on the other hand, looked very confident, and said with a smile, "That's because I know that I will definitely pass the exam." Li Chengye did have that confidence. He didn't have any strength in this exam, except for the subjective questions in Chinese. Apart from not being sure, he is very sure about other science subjects, maybe they all get full marks.

Mother Li couldn't hold back her angry expression anymore, she almost laughed at the corners of her eyes and brows, "Hey, you know yourself quite well! Do you know how many points you got in the test this time?"

Li Chengye was also a little puzzled, "Didn't the college entrance examination not announce the results? Could it be that someone told you? Professor Zhang?"

Mother Li shook her head, "Your score is really too high this time, 490 points and [-] points, just four points short of a perfect score, do you know? You are the top scorer in the national college entrance examination this time."

When Li Chengye heard the news, he was a little surprised but not so surprised. He could probably guess his score, knowing that he must be in the top few, but he didn't know that he became No.1 directly.

Mother Li hurried to the house after saying this, and a minute later she ran out with an envelope, handed it to Li Chengye anxiously, and said with some expectation on her face: "This is your admission notice." , it says Capital University, but I haven't opened it yet to read it, so hurry up and see when you will go to the school to report."

Li Chengye nodded and took it, and quickly tore open the envelope. There were two pieces of paper inside, one was the admission notice, and the other was the matters needing attention when going to school to report.

Li's mother urged Li Chengye, "Quickly read it and see what it said?"

Li Chengye did not refuse either, and opened the admission notice, "Comrade Li Chengye, congratulations on being admitted to our school to study economics and management at the School of Economics and Trade. Please report to the school with this notice. For the specific time and location, please refer to the notice sheet for reporting. "

Mother Li: "Then when are you going to report to the school?"

Li Chengye turned out another piece of paper to read, "It says that you can report from March [-]st to [-]th, and school will officially start on the [-]th."

This notice is very detailed, and told Li Chengye all the things that need to be prepared for the report, because seeing that there are subsidies for going to school, and the student's household registration must be moved to the place where the school is located, so Li Chengye had to report in the past. Bring the household registration transfer certificate, the grain and oil relationship transfer certificate and the commodity supply relationship.

"What? See, not only do you not have to pay tuition fees, but you also have subsidies?" Li's mother was also a little surprised. She was still worried before. If the whole family went to the capital, she would have to find another job to do it, otherwise I really don't know what to do?Li Chengye needs money to go to college, two children need money to go to school, and the life of the family. Although they see that they have a lot of savings in their hands, these savings will not last long.

Li Chengye nodded, "This shows that the country attaches great importance to the cultivation of talents, so there are such subsidies."

Mother Li was very happy now, "That's really great, our family can save a lot of money."

Li Chengye also nodded in agreement, it could indeed save a fortune.

As soon as money was mentioned, Li's mother immediately thought of another thing, and hurriedly said: "You don't even know that many people have come to look for you these days when you are away, such as county and provincial leaders, city and provincial newspaper reporters , I heard that there are other bonuses, but they put them on the side of Secretary Chu of the steel factory, and you can ask him to collect them when the time comes."

There was no way around it. Those leading reporters were also busy people, and they really didn't have time to wait here for Li Chengye, so in the end, Secretary Chu helped Li Chengye to collect it.

Li Chengye nodded. The number one scholar has been a very respectable status since ancient times, let alone the national number one scholar in the college entrance examination this time.Li Chengye will be more concerned about how much the bonus will be. After all, they will go to the capital to live in the future, and Li's mother and the others will follow. I'm back on my laurels.

"Mom, how much is the bonus this time?"

Mother Li thought for a while, and said: "It's about a few hundred yuan, right? I heard that the iron and steel plant gave out one hundred yuan, the county two hundred yuan, the city and the province both three hundred yuan, and the total is nine hundred yuan, which is almost one thousand. gone."

This amount is really quite a lot, it can be said to be a huge sum of money, and many people's annual salary is only three or four hundred.

Li Chengye was also a little surprised, "So many."

Mother Li nodded for sure.

This can be regarded as an unexpected income. Li Chengye counted the money in his hand, and it was probably about five or six thousand, so he could go to the capital to buy a house by then.In the past, their family always needed a place to live, and it was not a problem to always rent a house.

After he goes to the capital, he can still write some articles, so that he can earn a hundred yuan a month, but he doesn't have to worry about not being able to support Li's mother and two children after the past.

But buying a house is a relatively important matter, and we still need to discuss it with Li's mother first. Thinking of this, Li Chengye said to Li's mother: "Mother, shall we go to the capital earlier then?"

Li's mother looked at Li Chengye, and didn't immediately raise any opinions, but said, "Then when shall we go there?"

Li Chengye thought for a while, "Let's leave after the fifteenth day." The fifteenth day of the first lunar month happened to be the 21st of February in the Gregorian calendar, so there were more than ten days before leaving school, and Li Chengye could have more time to settle Li's mother and the others down.

Mother Li frowned, "Are you leaving so early? Isn't it too early?" She was still thinking about working in the factory for a few more days.

Li Chengye patiently explained to her, "Mom, we still have a lot of things to arrange in the past, the first thing is to find a place to live, I mean we will most likely live there in the future, or we can directly If you buy a house there, you can’t always rent a house.”

Mother Li was still a little worried, "Buying a house in the capital, how expensive is the house there? Can we afford it?"

Li Chengye nodded very positively and said: "Of course, I have been to the capital when I was on a business trip before. Although the houses there are more expensive, they are not so high that we cannot afford them." Li Chengye really had some impressions, A few thousand yuan over there can still buy a small yard.

Mother Li hesitated, "How much will it cost?"

Li Chengye thought for a while, "For three or four thousand, I should be able to buy a small yard."

Mother Li was shocked immediately, "What? Three or four thousand, you are not joking! So much?" Mother Li added everything in her hand, and it should be so much. This house is bought, and everyone is going to drink Northwest wind.

"Forget it, forget it, it's so expensive, let's rent a house, and when you go to work in the future, you will definitely be able to share the house." In fact, according to Li Chengye's position and contributions in the steel factory, he should have been able to share the house long ago. But the time he came to work in the factory was too short, and he bought a house to live in, so he didn't fight for the pitifully small house.

However, Li Chengye disagreed with her idea very much, and quickly persuaded him: "Mom, you are wrong. Dividing houses is not a matter of a day or two. Buying a house is not only for living, but also for the two children. It will be more convenient for them to go to school if their registered permanent residence is moved there.”

"Besides, it's inconvenient to rent a house. The rent is at least ten yuan a month, more than 100 a year, and nearly five hundred in four years. Is it worth it?"

Don't look at the low rent for one month, but it is really a lot after four years.

Mother Li also knew that her son was right, but she was really worried at this moment, "But I only have so much money in my hand, what should I do if I spend it all?"

Li Chengye quickly smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, I still have a few thousand in my hand?"

Li's mother looked at Li Chengye, "How much money do you have in your hand, you pay me fifty every month." The son's salary in the past two years is too much, almost ten per month, but he pays every month. I hand in [-] every month, plus I have to spend some often, how can I save much money.

But Li Chengye smiled, and said mysteriously: "Mother, I do have a lot of money on me." After saying that, he went to his room, found a passbook from the cabinet, and put it away after he came out. In the hands of Li's mother.

Mother Li opened it gently, and the number on it surprised her, "More than 5000, where did you get so much money?" She remembered that her son gave her all the money in his hand after he returned from the army. You did something you shouldn't do.

Li Chengye saw the suspicion in her eyes, and quickly explained: "I have saved this money, and I have saved every month's salary except for buying things for the family. There are a lot of business trips, and there are subsidies every time. Also, I have solved some things for the factory before, and I get some bonuses every time."

"However, the biggest sum here is my manuscript fee. In the past two years, I still insist on sending articles to the newspaper every month. Seeing that the manuscript fee has risen, I can earn a hundred yuan a month."

Li Chengye is not a person who loves to spend money, he doesn't like smoking or drinking, and he doesn't know how to go out with people, and he saw that the manuscript fee has reached three yuan per thousand characters, which can be said to be very good.

Mother Li finally felt relieved, knowing that her son still had a stable income, she was not so anxious, and naturally she was willing to buy a house. "Okay, then do as you said. Let's go there earlier, buy the house first, and then find a school for the two young ones."

Afterwards, Li Chengye discussed the specific arrangements with Li's mother. If they were going to leave on the fifteenth day, the handover of various tasks would start before that year. However, both of them were prepared, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Li Chengye was really too tired, so he didn't continue to talk to Li's mother, and after a simple wash, he answered the room and went to bed.

In the early morning, before the sun came out, Li Chengye also slept very deeply because of the hard journey.The two little ones slowly pushed the door of Li Chengye's room open. Li Chengye didn't lock the door when he slept last night.

"Brother, daddy hasn't woken up yet! Do you want me to call him?" Xiao Bei was a bit older, already lying on Li Chengye's bedside, and was about to pull Li Chengye's quilt while talking.

Xiaoxi hurried over, grabbed Xiaobei's hand, shook his head and whispered: "No, Dad is very tired, we can't disturb him."

Xiaobei pursed his lips. Although he was unhappy in his heart, he still didn't break away from his brother's hand, but said: "But I haven't seen daddy for a long time. I want daddy to get up and play with me." They said yesterday They went to bed early and woke up very early today. When they heard that Li Chengye had returned, they couldn't help it. They all got up immediately and sneaked to Li Chengye's room. They didn't let them cook breakfast in the kitchen at all. Mother Li knows.

Xiaoxi held his younger brother's hand, touched his head, and said soothingly, "Dad works very hard outside, and finally came back without sleeping. We can't disturb him. Don't worry, when Dad wakes up, he will accompany you played."

After all, Xiaoxi is an elder brother, and his personality is more precocious, and he can better understand what Li's mother said to him, which will be very comforting to his younger brother.

Xiaobei was comforted by his brother, "Okay." But then he looked at Li Chengye on the bed and said, "Father, you have to wake up early, I'm still waiting for you to play with me."

In fact, Li Chengye had already woken up when the two little guys opened the door and came in. After all, he had already rested for eight hours by now, so he had recovered.It's just that he wanted to play with the two children and see what they were going to do, so he kept his eyes closed and didn't open them. This is what happened to Xiao Bei, and he really couldn't pretend anymore.

Opening his eyes, Li Chengye looked at the little guy next to his bed with a smile, "Father is already awake, what does Xiaobei want to play, dad will accompany you."

As soon as Xiaobei heard the voice, he immediately laughed in surprise, "Father, you finally woke up."