ushernet Chapter 129 Mother Sophora japonica
Chapter 129 Mother Sophora japonica
Chapter 129 Mother Sophora japonica
County Magistrate Gu is over 50 years old, of medium build, with a rough temperament. There is no resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes with Gu Xiaoran. Qiu Huoming looked away and glanced at Gu Xiaoran sideways.
Gu Xiaoran's face was as gloomy as water, and he was not moved at all by the arrival of County Magistrate Gu.
County Magistrate Gu walked over, and the two staff members following him stopped before reaching the stands. County Magistrate Gu walked towards the stands alone.
He was agile, with a straight and upright posture that he had developed in the army. He quickly reached the side of the stands in a few steps. Upon seeing this, a vice-president next to Principal Lu immediately stood up and gave his seat to him.
County Magistrate Gu nodded politely and sat down. He leaned closer to the microphone and said, "Principal Lu, I originally wanted to watch and listen more from the audience, but now that you said that, I have no choice but to come up."
Principal Lu smiled slyly and said, "You blame me for this?!"
"No, no, I came here today at my strong request. This is a major event for our county. Principal Lu, you are highly respected, so you should continue to preside over it..."
Director Jiang gestured to the security guard next to the stands.
The background music started to play at a certain point. Principal Lu cleared his throat and glanced at the vice-principal beside him. "My eyesight is not good anymore. These words are like mosquitoes, flying around in front of my eyes..."
The audience burst into laughter again.
Principal Lu smiled and said, "Please ask Vice Principal Li to read out the names. Graduates whose names are read, please come up and get your diploma."
When the students heard their names, they rushed up to the stage to receive their certificates.
After all this operation, the scorching sun moved to the middle of the sky, the sunlight was blinding, and it was already very hot.
Qiu Huoming held his freshly acquired graduation certificate against his forehead to block out the sunlight.
Fortunately, the background wall behind the stands is tall, so the people on the stands can still enjoy some shade. Otherwise, Principal Lu, who is so old, would definitely not be able to bear it.
"Today, I see so many young talents. As the head of Wucheng County, I am also honored. I hope everyone can make further progress, learn cultural knowledge, and better build our country."
"Next, please invite Qiu Huoming and Gu Xiaoran to come on stage." County Magistrate Gu stood up from his seat, and a staff member next to him handed him two inscribed certificates.
Qiu Huoming and Gu Xiaoran walked onto the stage side by side, and Principal Lu also stood up, supporting himself on the table.
When County Magistrate Gu handed the certificate to Qiu Huoming, he looked at him a few more times and then extended his hand to Qiu Huoming. Qiu Huoming quickly reached out and shook his hand. County Magistrate Gu's palms were calloused, and when he shook his hand, the force was so strong that it hurt.
When it was Gu Xiaoran's turn, County Magistrate Gu was like a gentle breeze, touching her with his fingertips and then quickly letting go. He smiled and said a word of encouragement.
Qiu Huoming glanced at him, his double standard was too obvious.
Principal Lu stood beside him, leaning on a crutch.
Gu Xiaoran and Qiu Huoming each held their award certificates, faced the audience, and stood together with the leaders on the stage for a group photo.
When these processes were finally completed, Qiu Huoming was already sweating all over.
The students at the scene dispersed and returned to their respective classrooms. They had not yet received their graduation photos, and the students who had passed the exam still had to hand in their college entrance examination application forms.
When I returned to the classroom, I found that the students had already formed groups of two or three. Those who were close to each other took out blank notebooks and wrote messages to each other, usually some words of encouragement. Below the messages, they also neatly wrote their respective contact addresses.
There were also several notebooks placed in front of Qiu Huoming, and he carefully wrote some words of encouragement.
I don’t know who was the first one to start sobbing, but everyone’s eyes were red.
Teacher Huang walked out of the classroom, stood in the corridor, wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, and the students who came out said goodbye to him one by one and left one by one.
In the end, there were only seven people left in Class 3 who had passed the exam.
Teacher Huang watched his students leave before returning to the classroom. Everyone calmed down for a while and began to discuss the applications they had filled out.
Gu Xiaoran's first choice was Tsinghua University's "Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation" major, and he accepted adjustments. His second choice was still Tsinghua University, and he chose the "Automotive Engineering Major" in the "Automotive Engineering Department." His third choice was the "Radio Engineering Department," the same as Qiu Huoming's, and he also accepted adjustments.
"Are you interested in cars?" Qiu Huoming asked as he looked at the second choice she filled in.
"Look at other countries, cars are already popular. I always feel that in the future, maybe everyone in our country will have a car..."
Ding Yu laughed and said, "How is that possible? There are so few pilots. They are scarce."
"I think what Mr. Gu said is right. As for driving skills, they are not difficult to learn."
"You're bragging!" Li Ming came over and said, "I've driven a truck before, and the steering wheel was like a rock, I couldn't turn it. I can't learn how to do it."
"Then wait until Gu enters the Department of Automotive Engineering and then make a hydraulic device..."
"Hydraulic device?" Gu Xiaoran looked at Qiu Huoming with some suspicion.
Qiu Huoming chuckled and said, "It's just a guess. It belongs to power-assisted equipment. The beginning of human technological progress all started with 'guesses' and 'accidental events'. If you read more science fiction novels, you will find that many of the futures described there will come true..."
Gu Xiaoran did not refute him this time. Instead, he nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that I need to read more science fiction novels."
Teacher Huang did not comment on his words, saying that having an innovative spirit is never a bad thing.
He looked through the applications filled out by the students and asked confirmation questions one by one.
After confirming all the problems, I put the form into the file bag.
"Remember, starting tomorrow, the physical examination station will open for physical examinations. Go as early as possible. The later you go, the more people there will be... When you enter a higher education institution, you must study hard. You have an opportunity that many people can't even dream of, so you must cherish it..."
Teacher Huang was also praised in person by Principal Lu today. He was still very excited and said some touching words.
After expressing his gratitude, he took the information, opened the door and left.
"How about we make an appointment to go for a physical check-up together tomorrow?" Ding Yu suggested.
"Okay." Qiu Huoming nodded in agreement.
The others had no objections and agreed to meet at the physical examination center at 8 a.m., and then they went their separate ways.
Qiu Huoming was Gu Xiaoran's driver again this time. The car was heading east along West Street. It was already noon. The scorching sun was blinding, the asphalt road was soft, and Qiu Huoming was riding very fast.
"Student Gu, I've always wanted to ask you, is County Magistrate Gu your relative? You see, both of you have the last name Gu..."
"He is my second uncle, but not my biological uncle..." Gu Xiaoran did not hide it and said it directly.
"My dad didn't have a good relationship with him, and we rarely saw each other when we were young."
"Your dad? You...will he feel at ease if you come here alone?" Qiu Huoming hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
"They say if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. That's the case in my family. Last time, he came to see me..."
"When it rained heavily?"
"Um……"
She was silent for a moment, "I'll tell you when I have a chance later. I don't want to mention him."
"Okay, let's talk about something happy. When you get to the capital, you can eat roast duck. I love it."
"You make it sound like you've eaten it before."
"..."
Qiu Huoming curled his lips and changed the subject, "I'm in Yangcheng. You can come to see me when you have a day off. I'll take you to drink some traditional Chinese soup..."
"tell me the story……"
The two of them chatted and laughed along the way, and the sadness of parting slowly faded away...
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The current college entrance examination physical examination mainly examines internal medicine and surgery, which basically involves auscultation, asking about medical history, measuring blood pressure, height, weight, and checking for vision problems, disabilities, etc. The only chest X-ray is to check for tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and should definitely not be brought to colleges and universities.
The day after the physical examination, Qiu Huoming took his two younger sisters and followed his third aunt back to the countryside. His third uncle's orchard had a good harvest and needed help.
The third aunt went home to help, while Qiu Huoming and his two younger sisters played mainly and helped as a supplement.
My third uncle's village is called "Mushanhuai". The village is at the foot of the mountain. The terrain here is not suitable for large-scale rice cultivation. In the past, almost every family planted fruit trees. In the early years, many fruit trees were abandoned. These all belonged to the collective. In recent years, the production quotas have been allocated to each household, and there is hope for the future. A lot of chickens are raised under the fruit trees of my third aunt's house.
The houses in the countryside are big. In the past, during the winter and summer vacations, Qiu Huoming and his two younger sisters would be sent to the countryside by their parents. There are many fun things in the countryside. Unlike in later times, everyone holds their mobile phones, getting further and further away from nature, and many people are addicted to the virtual world.
Only two main rooms in my third uncle's house are made of bricks and tiles, and the rest of the houses are made of earth. When Qiu Huoming was a child, he didn't feel much about it, but when he came here again today, he could feel that this village is really poor.
The rice fields at the foot of the mountain had been harvested, leaving only neatly distributed roots.
The buffalo rolled over in the pond, covered in mud. The buffalo from my third uncle's family was already old. It went out early and came back late, and it already knew the way home.
There are many sheets of cow dung pasted on the earthen walls of his house, which are the fuel for cooking. There is a dung basket for collecting dung in the yard. My third uncle's parents live in a small house next to the stove. The tiled house was used for their son's wedding. Most rural families are like this. After working hard for most of their lives, they built a new house for their son and got him married. Then the old couple consciously moved into the old house.
Except those from well-off families.
The next day after arriving in the countryside, San Gu and her family went to the orchard early in the morning before dawn.
It is only cool in the countryside in the early morning. It is easy to get heatstroke if you go to do farm work after the sun rises.
There were tall haystacks on the drying yard, and some children from the village were already playing there. My sister watched for a long time and became eager to try. After a while, she became friends with these dark and thin children and even knew each other's names.
Qiu Huoming let her play at the doorstep, and he took Hongye with him, carrying a thermos bottle, to the orchard to deliver water.
Halfway along the way, they saw an animal that they didn't know whether it was a fox or a fawn. It stared at them as they came, and waited until they got close before it started running away. It ran very fast and disappeared in a moment.
There were still many animals in the mountains at this time, and there were wolves in the mountains at night, so the villagers raised dogs. Whenever a wolf entered the village, there would be dogs to warn.
The orchard was very lively at the moment. The sounds of people talking and laughing could be heard from the borders of several families' orchards. Qiu Huoming brought some water and helped pick fruits from a few trees.
Hongye squatted on the ground, picking out the sizes.
"How much did the people who picked the fruits pay you yesterday?" the people in the orchard asked each other.
"The price is the same as last year, but we harvested more this year. I heard that the county has set up a canning factory..."
"We don't have to worry about our fruits rotting in the ground anymore. This is a good thing!"
Qiu Huoming listened to their conversation. This year, the fruit farmers were very enthusiastic about planting. Some of them were already thinking of expanding the production area. No matter what era it is, being able to make money is a pleasure.
The sun rose higher and the temperature gradually increased.
The third aunt shouted from a distance, "Huo Ming, Hong Ye, come back with me, don't get caught in the sun..."
She was going back to cook. After saying this, she turned around, said hello to Jiahe, and led Qiu Huoming and the others down the mountain.
Her father-in-law and mother-in-law are both honest and hardworking people. Apart from doing farm work, they are not very good at cooking. The food they cook is just edible, so when there are guests at home, it is usually the third aunt who cooks.
Soon after today's batch of fruits were sent down the mountain, they were taken away by merchants from afar.
At night, there were many summer beds placed in a disorderly manner on the drying yard in the village. There was no electricity in the countryside at that time, let alone electric fans.
Every household uses kerosene lamps as lighting.
So at night, everyone gathers together. On the one hand, they can enjoy the cool air outdoors, and on the other hand, they can save some kerosene money. There are not many entertainment activities at night, so chatting is also a way to pass the time.
Qiu Huoming sat on a bamboo chair, fanning himself with a cattail-leaf fan. The wind was strong outdoors in the countryside, but it was not hot. There were just many mosquitoes, so he fanned himself to get rid of them.
He looked up at the night sky. The Milky Way was so clearly visible that he seemed to be able to touch it with his hand. In his ears were the voices of farmers chatting and in the fields, the sounds of various insects could be heard one after another.
As the farmers talked, they started talking about ghosts.
Each of them spoke so vividly that Hongye was reluctant to move away. She was both afraid and loved to listen. The more she did this, the more excitedly these people spoke.
Hongshuang went to catch fireflies with some country kids. There were a few docile dogs lying around the drying yard, standing up and walking around from time to time, then lying down again.
The countryside at that time was still very lively, with both adults and children, unlike later generations, when only the elderly and left-behind children were left in the countryside.
A bald old man wearing a hat was chatting with the villagers next to him. The villagers asked him, "Third Master, you went to the provincial capital to see Da Junzi last week. Why did you come back so soon?"
They were close to Qiu Huoming, and the sound was clearly heard by him.
"Things in the provincial capital are expensive, and I can't bear to let him spend more money..."
The old man changed the subject and said, "I saw a tall building in the provincial capital. Guess what?"
"What's wrong?"
"I raised my head and before I could see the top, my hat fell off."
"Oh my goodness, that's so high!"
The bald old man was halfway through his words when he suddenly reached out and wiped away his tears. "At that time, I was thinking that I had lived my life in vain..."
There was silence for a moment.
The bald old man wiped his tears and smiled embarrassedly, "We still have a radio at home, but my grandfather and his family have never even seen a radio..."
The person next to him immediately echoed, "That's right, each generation is stronger than the previous one. Your Dajunzi will be a city dweller in the future..."
"What kind of city people are they? They just have the skills of a bricklayer and can eat enough food, but I don't know how long they can stay in the city..." the old man sighed. It was hard to tell whether he was showing off to his son or worrying about him.
Qiu Huoming didn't say anything, he just listened quietly.
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