Zhou Bingkun also assured Lao Jin that if there was a circuit problem in the factory, he could come back at any time to solve it.
I just got a month-long, fifty-day long vacation, and I don’t have to go back to work in the factory before the college entrance examination.
As for after the college entrance examination, I still have to go back to the factory and cannot become an unemployed vagrant.
After the exam ends in mid-December, you still have to come back and wait for the admission notice, which will probably take a month or more.
After coming out of Lao Jin's office, Zhou Bingkun came over to inform Sun Qichao, and also told Qichao some precautions for the circuits in the factory.
"Bingkun, do you really want to take leave to review and prepare for the college entrance examination? You don't want these two months' salary?" Qianchao was quite surprised that Zhou Bingkun was so determined, and his face was full of regret for two months.
The salary is distressing.
"There is nothing to hesitate in spending these two months to find a way out for the future. I advise you. I advise you to perform better in the factory during this period. When I leave the factory, you will also
So I can be transferred to the electrician class."
With the current college entrance examination atmosphere so hot, Zhou Bingkun originally wanted to give him a few words of encouragement as usual.
But when I thought about how difficult it was to catch up and take the electrician certificate exam, I gave up trying to persuade him to take the college entrance examination.
"Okay, then you take the exam well. If you really pass the exam, you will give me a good face. When the time comes, I can tell people outside that I know a college student."
"Then you can say now that you know a future college student."
While chatting, Zhou Bingkun kept thinking about who around him had a chance to get into college.
After much calculation, no one was found. It makes sense that birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. Those who were close to Zhou Bingkun were all scumbags.
When I was in school, I had difficulty studying. If I wanted to study for the college entrance examination, it would be better to take more rest and recuperate my body.
After getting off work, Zhou Bingkun came to the black market to inspect the market.
I am going to sell a batch of the supplies I have accumulated over the years, and save some money first.
No matter what, after passing the college entrance examination, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong were free.
There is no objective reason, because I am in the Corps when I go to the mountains and countryside, and I cannot return to the city when I am in the countryside.
Zhou Bingkun can definitely move out from the old Zhou family.
Zhou Bingkun has taken care of Li Suhua for so many years, and it is time for Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong to take care of her.
If you want to move out, the first thing you need to solve is a house.
Saving some money has become a necessity.
In eight years, Zhou Bingkun's salary was the best. He earned a salary of thirty-three yuan for three years, and his salary was always thirty-eight yuan in the following years.
Another income for Zhou Bingkun is that he can get more than 200 yuan in cash from signing in to the system every year.
Because he was not in a hurry to spend money, Zhou Bingkun did not go to the black market to sell the various materials and products of the small world, so he had no other miscellaneous income.
Zhou Bingkun spends a lot of money every month. He spent about ten yuan to buy all the food and non-staple food items.
Daily expenses at home, such as watching movies, buying soda, wine, cakes, coal, fabrics, electricity bills, winter savings, Guangming’s tuition fees, etc., cost an average of 200 yuan a year.
All the large items at home were already purchased before Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan got married.
The most valuable items my family has purchased over the years are two electric fans, which only cost a total of one hundred and fifty yuan.
So Zhou Bingkun has been quite clear about his income and expenses over the years.
In terms of salary, after all these years, Zhou Bingkun only has 800 yuan left in his hands.
Zheng Juan usually gives her family living expenses, but over the years, she has saved one to two hundred yuan, which she keeps in Zheng Juan's hands.
Including having signed for eight years, Zhou Bingkun has a total of 2,500 yuan in savings.
The reason why he was able to save some money was because Zhou Bingkun had not spent much money on the black market over the years.
Zhou Bingkun's family is able to maintain a good standard of living because of system check-in and the output of the small world.
Li Suhua still has the 20 yuan that Zhou Zhigang sends back every month, and she also spends a little bit for her family every month.
It is impossible for other ordinary families to save money if they want to maintain a good standard of living.
This amount of money is not small for ordinary working-class families.
But for Zhou Bingkun, who needs to buy a home, it cannot be considered too much.
After riding his bicycle around the black market, Zhou Bingkun gained some understanding of the recent black market prices.
Although the market prices prescribed by supply and marketing cooperatives and grain stores have not changed much.
However, in the black market, the prices of various materials are constantly changing with demand.
Looking at the changes in various prices, we can also see the people's demand for supplies.
With the annual increase in grain production and bumper harvests, the prices of food stamps and black market grains have stabilized a lot.
Food stamps and grains on the black market have also become less popular.
The prices of some fish, meat, eggs, and fruits are higher than before, so they sell quite a lot.
With the continuous development of Beidahuang, Northeast China has truly become a big granary.
It can be seen that the problem of food and clothing has been basically solved in the Northeast, and the people have begun to pursue higher goals.
It has passed from the stage of eating enough to the stage of eating well.
After learning about the prices, Zhou Bingkun left the black market.
I was not prepared to sell the supplies I had in hand slowly by setting up a stall on the black market.
It is still necessary to find a ticket dealer. Second-rate dealers do large-scale business, which saves worry and trouble.
"Juan'er, look for the box in our house where the books are kept, and help me find the junior high school textbooks and high school textbooks."
After returning home, Zhou Bingkun asked Zheng Juan to find the textbook first.
With Zhou Bingkun's level of education, there is certainly no need to review when taking the simplest college entrance examination.
Take out the book for others to read, so that others can know that Zhou Bingkun, a poor student, is preparing for the college entrance examination.
He also expressed his eagerness to review and gave Li Suhua and Zheng Juan a reason for Zhou Bingkun to take leave to review at home.
Zheng Juan asked while rummaging through the box for books, "Why did you remember to look for these?"
"I am preparing to take the college entrance examination in December. There is not much time left. I have to seize the time to review. Don't you know the news about the college entrance examination?"
Zheng Juan, who works around housework all day long, is not so concerned about these social matters.
Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan were rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the outer room. There was too much noise. Li Suhua came out of the back room and asked, "Bingkun, what are you two doing?"
"Looking for books. The college entrance examination is coming soon. I found the junior high school textbooks and high school textbooks at home and reviewed them." Zhou Bingkun responded.
"What are you looking for? Mom will help you find it." At first, Li Suhua just responded out of habit. After Zhou Bingkun finished speaking, he came to his senses and asked excitedly: "Bingkun, are you talking about the college entrance examination?"
"You heard that right, the college entrance examination will be held in December, that is, more than a month later."
Zhou Bingkun understands why Li Suhua is so excited. The good boy Zhou Bingyi studied until the third year of high school, and his academic performance has always been very good.
But Li Suhua has always regretted not being able to take the college entrance examination and go to university.
"The college entrance examination is about to take place! Then doesn't your brother have a chance to go to college? He may not know the news yet. Bingkun, please write a letter to your brother to inform him. Oops, it's still too slow to write the letter. You go
Send him a telegram to inform him to go there." Li Suhua said excitedly, patting her legs.
"Mom, the news about the college entrance examination was published in the newspaper. Zhou Bingyi is engaged in propaganda work in the Corps. It is impossible not to read the newspaper. How could he not know about the college entrance examination?"
First, let Li Suhua, who was too excited, calm down.
"Yes, your brother's job includes reading those newspapers. But what if Bingyi didn't see it and missed it?" Li Suhua was completely concerned and confused at this moment.
"It's okay. I'll write him a letter tomorrow to remind him."
In fact, there are many ways to contact Zhou Bingyi, including writing letters, phone calls, and telegrams.
But telegraphs are too expensive, and calls have to be forwarded and forwarded again, which is not that convenient.
If you want to talk about more detailed matters, it is most convenient to write a letter.
It was impossible for Zhou Bingyi not to receive the news about the upcoming college entrance examination, so Zhou Bingkun wrote to Zhou Bingyi.
The first is to give Li Suhua some inner comfort.
The second is to inform Zhou Bingyi that he is about to take the college entrance examination. Let Zhou Bingyi make early plans for Li Suhua's placement.
"Then you should be early tomorrow and put the letter in your brother's mailbox on your way to work and send it out quickly." Li Suhua urged every day.
"Don't worry, I took a long leave at the factory. I will be free for the next period of time. I can't miss sending a letter to Zhou Bingyi."
"What are you doing on leave?" Li Suhua asked in surprise.
Zhou Bingkun took the textbook that Zheng Juan had found and said matter-of-factly: "Review at home to prepare for the exam."
"Zhou Bingkun, you are still serious. Have you forgotten that you only studied until the first grade of junior high school? Have you forgotten what your academic performance was when you were in school?"
Li Suhua obviously had little confidence in Zhou Bingkun taking the college entrance examination. Zhou Bingkun was so serious about looking for books to review, and thought Zhou Bingkun was joking.
The reason why Lao Zhou's family is so unconfident about Zhou Bingkun's learning is because Zhou Rong kept saying that Zhou Bingkun was a fool when he was at home, which left a deep impression on Li Suhua. This is a sequelae.
"It's because of my poor foundation that I have to take leave to study at home. That's what I told our factory director."
"Mom, since Bingkun wants to give it a try, you should let him try it. It's not like our family doesn't have the conditions to let Bingkun rest for a while." Zheng Juan walked to Li Suhua and persuaded.
Zheng Juan, who has not been influenced by Zhou Rong, still has some confidence in Zhou Bingkun.
"Okay, since you want to try it, just give it a try."
A little reluctantly, I agreed because Li Suhua's personality is not that strong. Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan both insisted, so Li Suhua reluctantly agreed.
He originally turned his head and went back to the back room, but then he remembered something. Li Suhua turned back and continued: "Well, since Bingkun is only in the first year of junior high school, you can take the college entrance examination. Why did your sister also reach the first year of high school, and her grades are still so good?"
Well, it’s more time for her to participate. You can also write a letter to your sister and inform her."
Even though Zhou Rong has not written to Li Suhua for more than a year, Li Suhua still misses Zhou Rong.
When something happened, it became clear how important the children of Lao Zhou's family were to Li Suhua.
"Okay, I'll write her a letter too." Zhou Bingkun replied perfunctorily. Of course, the letter would not be written to Zhou Rongzhen.
Zhou Rong will never miss the news about the upcoming college entrance examination. Similarly, Zhou Rong never thinks that she has the obligation to support the elderly.
Whether this letter goes or not has no impact on Zhou Rong at all, so there is no need for Zhou Bingkun to take the initiative to write to Zhou Rong.
In the next period of time, Zhou Bingkun did not only play with his daughter at home.
Just go to the black market and contact the second-hand dealers to sell the supplies.
I went there many times one after another and bought a lot of supplies.
The price of grain was not high, and Zhou Bingkun didn't have much in his hands, so he just kept it.
The main items we sell are the fish raised in the Little World Fish Pond, which can grow hundreds of carp and grass carp every year, with a harvest of about 1,000 kilograms per year.
After harvesting, it was stored in the static warehouse of space by Zhou Bingkun.
At this time, the price of fish was still at its peak, with more than 50 cents per pound. Zhou Bingkun sold the fish for more than 4,000 yuan.
The fruit trees planted in the ten acres of mountain land were smaller in the past few years and produced less fruit.
In recent years, fruit trees have also reached their peak production period, and the fruits are relatively valuable.
The most common apples cost more than 20 cents per catty. Zhou Bingkun sold more than 10,000 catties of apples for more than 3,000 yuan.
He didn't stop until the deposit in his hand reached five figures.
Zhou Bingkun still keeps the other products in the small world.
We have not yet started reforming and opening up, and it is not the best time to do business.
Material prices have not reached a high point, and business policies are not that supportive.
The money in hand was enough to buy a home and support the family's short-term expenses, so Zhou Bingkun stopped.
In December, Zhou Bingkun also took the college entrance examination. After two days of relaxing exams, Zhou Bingkun's vacation was over.
For Bingkun, who took the college entrance examination in the 1980s, the college entrance examination in 1977 was really not that difficult.
Without any rest, Zhou Bingkun went to work at the wood processing factory the day after he passed the exam.
In Li Suhua's words, even if Zhou Bingkun is too willful, he should continue to work to earn money to support his wife and children.
"Bingkun, you finally came to work. If you didn't come to the electrician's shift, you really wouldn't know. Working as an electrician in a factory is much more comfortable than working as a porter. Wait a moment, I'll make room for you right away."
When I saw Zhou Bingkun come to work, although he didn't stop packing his things, it was obvious that he couldn't bear to take up his position in the electrician class.
In all aspects, the job of an electrician is much better than that of a porter.
"Don't touch your things. I'm going to college soon. This position will belong to you sooner or later. I'm going to talk to the factory director now and find a way to keep you in the electrician class. I ended up in the factory
I can still take care of you during this period of work." Zhou Bingkun patted Catchup's shoulder and continued:
"As for you, you have to express your feelings at all. If you had been willing to let go, you would have been in the transportation department just like National Day."