This year is the first Spring Festival after the movement. Looking back on the past ten years, it feels like yesterday. Everyone is filled with emotion. Compared with last year, this year’s New Year has a stronger flavor and a more humane touch.
"Chunming, how did your kid do in the college entrance examination? It's already Chinese New Year, why haven't the admission notices been sent yet?"
The eldest brother, Han Chunsong, was drunk and full of energy, and asked this question that he had wanted to ask for a long time. In fact, the brothers and sisters had discussed it before. Logically speaking, the college entrance examination has been over for two months.
Even if the grading speed is slow, the admission notice should still be issued, right?
Han Chunsong's question was not without purpose. Ever since his younger brother finished the exam, he has been paying special attention to the news in the market. He even asked the candidates in the factory two days ago. According to them, some people have already received the admission notice.
Book.
Of course, just because you haven't received it yet doesn't mean you haven't passed the exam, because admission notices are sent out in batches, and the mailing times for different schools are different.
Not only that, because this is the first college entrance examination this year and there is too much preparation time, Han Chunsong also heard that it seems that the start time of next year's school is not unified, some people start school in February, and some people start school in March.
None of the Han brothers and sisters have gone to college, and they don't know much about admissions. In addition, they are afraid of touching their younger brother's sensitive nerves.
Therefore, the eldest brother Han Chunsong held back and did not ask until he was very drunk, then he asked.
Li Jie looked around. The eldest sister and the second sister beside him were all holding their breath and looking very nervous. He felt that before the reunion dinner started, he felt that the expressions of his brothers and sisters were a little strange. The eldest brother and the eldest sister would occasionally show their lust.
The expression of hesitating to speak.
Now I understand that it was for this reason, so I took the initiative to explain it.
"I guess it will be soon. My first and second choices are the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanical Manufacturing and the Department of Metallurgy at Shuimu University respectively. My third choice is the Department of Law at Yanda. I just asked two days ago, which two
Notifications from the school will be issued after the new year.”
Originally, the eldest brother didn't care at all about the college entrance examination, and it had nothing to do with him anyway, but later his attitude changed because the younger brother took the exam.
It's okay that Li Jie didn't explain. This explanation made Han Chunsong even more worried. These are Shuimu and Yanda, the two best universities in the country, and I don't know how many people applied for them.
At this time, candidates did not have manuals like later generations for filling out their application. Many people could not even name the first batch of 88 universities, so they naturally filled in the application form they were familiar with.
Famous universities such as Shuimu, Yanda, Fudan, and Nankai are undoubtedly popular universities to apply for. Some people even write down Cambridge or Oxford when filling out their application form.
There are more than five million candidates across the country, and at least one-third of them have their first choice for Mizuki University or Yanda University. As older brothers and sisters, do they still know what their younger brother’s grades were like when they were in school?
Therefore, when the eldest brother heard this answer, he sighed softly in his heart, thinking that the younger brother was trying to comfort them, but today is New Year's Eve and we are having a reunion dinner, so there is no need to say those disappointing words.
The eldest brother Han Chunsong is not a person who is good at disguising his emotions. He shows everything on his face. Seeing this, the second sister hurriedly came out to smooth things over, raised her glass and said.
"Come, have a drink, Chunming, my second sister will accompany you. I wish you can get the admission notice as soon as possible!"
The second sister raised her glass while kicking the eldest sister under the table. The eldest sister Han Chunxue received the prompt and hurriedly raised her glass.
"Sister, I will also accompany you to pay respects to our prospective college student."
Li Jie smiled slightly, pretending to be completely uninformed on the surface, but in fact he was as clear as a mirror. Although his elder brother and eldest sister were physically older than him, they were much younger mentally than him. Little tricks could not escape him.
His discernment.
But he didn't bother to worry about these things, after all, they had good intentions.
What's more, time will prove everything. After receiving the admission notice, these doubts will be solved.
The children didn't understand the twists and turns in the adults' hearts. When they saw the eldest sister, the second sister raised their glasses one after another, and they also shouted to toast the "quasi-college student" together. Later, it became a situation where everyone drank the glass of wine together.
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Strictly speaking, the Han family has been divided. The eldest brother, eldest sister, second brother, and second sister have each formed their own small families. It is rare to get together on weekdays. Even if they get together, it is difficult to be like today.
So neat.
Therefore, everyone enjoyed the reunion dinner happily. The adults took turns toasting to Mother Han, wishing that mother was in good health and everything went well. After the adults finished toasting, it was the children's turn to toast.
After finishing the meal, Mother Han felt very comfortable and happy, and the wrinkles on her smiling face were all squeezed together.
After the meal, the whole family started to clean up the leftovers on the table. With the strength of many people, it was all done in a few minutes.
Mother Han did not participate. She took advantage of her children to clear away the dishes and put the pastries on the table.
When the children saw the Shaqima, white rabbit, shredded sweet potatoes, and chicken cakes brought to the table by their grandma, their eyes suddenly shone, and one or two eagerly stretched out their chubby little hands.
Normally, Mother Han might have stopped her a little bit, but today is the Chinese New Year, and there is no need to be harsh on the children on this special day.
Not only did Mother Han not stop the children from robbing them, she actually stopped them who were about to scold them.
Marriage across generations is not just for talk. The parents of the children were helpless when they saw this. Who told their mother not to allow it?
The happy time is always very short. The adults sit on the big table, eat melon seeds, and chat while drinking tea, while the children sit on the small table, eat snacks and play.
The time soon came to two o'clock in the afternoon. It was time for the eldest sister and the second sister to go back to their husband's house. Originally, the eldest brother and the second brother were going to stay, but they were kicked away by Mother Han and asked to go to their father-in-law's house this year.
Have a New Year.
Mother Han did this mainly for the sake of Mr. Guan. The boss and the others were not familiar with Mr. Guan. If they were forced to get together, Mr. Guan would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. And this year is especially different. The old man's granddaughter will also come with them.
After seeing off her eldest brother and sister, Mother Han started to make dinner again. She couldn't serve the old man with the leftovers at noon. In addition to the hard dishes, cold dishes and some soups that had been prepared before, all other hot and stir-fried dishes had to be made fresh.
Looking at Mother Han who was busy with her business, Li Jie took the initiative to take over the responsibility. Cooking was one of his specialties.
"Mom, I'll cook dinner for tonight. You can take a break!"
In Mother Han's memory, her son rarely cooked, so she glanced at her son suspiciously.
"Can you? Don't ruin these things."
Li Jie laughed, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, let me show you my hands!"