Chapter 303: A Cherry Tree

Chapter 303: A Cherry Tree

Chapter 303 A Cherry Tree
"Plus one! What procedures does Jiafen need to go through to go to school in the city?"

"The school transfer certificate and the village's certificate of refuge."

"Are these just these two things enough?" Li Aiguo asked.

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll do it this afternoon. It's easy." Li Aiguo nodded and said.

This is indeed quite simple. It is easy to open it whether it is at school or in the village.

"It's better to let the girl go to school in the city. She can't learn anything in the countryside." said the old man.

This is not to say that there are no good students in the countryside, but they are indeed much worse than those in the city.

The same person will have completely different results if he goes to school in the countryside or in the city.

Let me put it this way, if the little girl were allowed to stay in the countryside to go to school, she would at most graduate from junior high school.

But if you go to school in the city, you will most likely be able to go to a technical secondary school, or at least a high school.

Of course, Li Jiayi knew that it was impossible for her to go to a technical secondary school or high school, and she could only graduate from junior high school at best.

There is nothing we can do! It is already 1962 and she is only supposed to be in the fifth grade now.

So it was already very good that she graduated from junior high school. If she had been delayed in the countryside, she might not even have graduated from junior high school.

This is also the reason why Li Jiayi asked him to go to school in the city.

And she doesn't have to worry about going to the countryside because she has a rural household registration!

You want her to go to the countryside, isn't that a joke? At most, she won't be able to go to school, so she will go back to the countryside.

"Add one! Your second brother will graduate next year. What are your plans?" asked the old man.

Actually, what can the old man say? He has a desire for his sons to be successful. He doesn't want his eldest son anymore, so now it's time to talk about his grandson.

In his opinion, children should go to the city to eat commercial grain. What is the future of farming in the countryside?

This is also the reason why he often talks about Li Aiguo.

"Grandpa, what do you think?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Of course I want Queen Cheng to work in the city as well!" said the old man.

"Then go work in the city. It's not a big deal."

"Can you still arrange it?" The old man looked at Li Jiayi and asked.

"Grandpa, it's just a job. It's not a big deal."

"Uh! Hahaha, good, good." The old man was very happy.

To be honest, not to mention the second brother Li Chenghou, even if the eldest uncle Li Aiguo wanted to go to the city to work, Li Jiayi could arrange it for him.

But Li Jiayi, like his uncle, attaches great importance to family affection, and he also hopes that his uncle will stay to take care of his grandparents.

At worst, I can compensate my uncle later. It’s no big deal for him.

And to be honest, it is better to stay in the countryside than to go to the city now. At least in the countryside, everyone is a family member, so even if it takes ten years, nothing will happen.

Also, my uncle is still young, less than 40 years old. Even in another 20 years, he will only be in his 50s or 60s.

So there is no rush for my uncle to move to the city. It would be better to move there after the reform and opening up. Besides, my grandparents are in good health, so we can move there together then.

The lunch was very relaxing. Seeing his second brother Li Chenghou wolfing down the food, Li Jiayi felt helpless!
Although there is no shortage of food in the countryside, people don't eat much meat, and he is in the growing period now.

"Second brother, eat slowly. No one is trying to snatch the food from you." Li Jiafen said with a frown.

"Jiafen, don't worry about your second brother, just eat your own food."

"Oh!"

"Alas, Chenghou is a growing child. He is lacking in nutrition and has no fat in his stomach." After saying this, the old lady picked up a chicken leg and handed Li Chenghou.

"Grandma, don't we still have a lot of meat at home? I told you before that you should ask your uncle, aunt and second brother to come over for a meal from time to time." Li Jiayi said.

"Yes! But the child didn't come, saying that the meat was left for us to eat."

"You don't need this! I'll give you another one if you run out! Second brother, if you want to eat meat in the future, just come to grandma's house."

"Oh!"

When he heard him say "Oh", Li Jiayi knew that what he said was in vain.

"Okay, don't worry about him, just eat quickly." said the old lady.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Dad, let me fill it up for you." Li Aiguo picked up the wine that the old man had just taken out and was about to pour it for him.

The old man glanced at him and said, "I think you want to drink it yourself!"

There were delicious dishes today, so the old man didn't be stingy and directly took out a bottle of good wine.

"Hehehe, I'll try it."

"Come on, if you taste my bottle of wine it's gone."

What the old man said was right. Although he drank a little every day, he didn't drink much, at most three or two taels per meal.

In other words, he would only pour this bottle of wine this once, and the rest would belong to his uncle.

"Dad, I won't finish it this time. I'll save some for dinner."

Because he knew that Li Jiayi would not return to the city today, so there would definitely be delicious food in the evening!

After dinner, my uncle rode his bicycle to the team leader’s house and asked the team leader to issue him a certificate of refuge.

Of course, I have to go to the school to get a transfer certificate later.

This is also very simple, because before entering junior high school, students go to school in the village.

You can’t really call it a primary school! They are all run in the village under the name of the commune’s central primary school.

There is no other way. In a village like Lijia Village, it is simply unrealistic to go to elementary school in the commune.

The village primary school is equivalent to a branch of the commune's central primary school. In the afternoon, Li Jiayi had nothing to do, so he went out with his second brother, looked at the crops in the field, and asked, "Second brother, it's time to harvest the wheat!"

"Well! I guess we'll have to harvest it in the next few days. Although we can harvest it now, the wheat is not full."

"That's it!"

In fact, at this time, wheat was already being harvested in Henan Province. Due to the temperature difference between the north and the south, the harvest in the north would start later.

"So the countryside will be busy in a few days."

"Yes! After harvesting the wheat, we still have to plant the crops. It will take at least half a month."

My second brother is already sixteen years old this year and is considered to be quite good at working in the countryside.

In fact, in the countryside, not to mention people of his age, even those who are a few years younger than him will go to the fields to work during the busy farming season.

In the city, there are only winter and summer vacations, but in the countryside, there are also wheat vacation and autumn harvest vacation.

There is no way, because neither the wheat harvest nor the autumn harvest can be completed in time for the winter and summer vacations.

This is not just because the students are on vacation, many teachers also have to go home to harvest the crops.

"Jia Yi, let's go for a walk in the mountains?"

"Brother, it's already this late. We can't walk far into the mountains."

"It's okay. We won't go far. We can just walk around the foot of the mountain. There's nothing to do when we return."

"alright."

Then the two of them walked into the mountains. Because there was no shortage of water, the mountains were full of greenery.

"Jiayi, come here quickly, look what's on this tree?" Li Chenghou shouted from the front.

Li Jiayi hurried over, looked up, and said in surprise: "This...is this a cherry?"

That’s right, it’s cherries. This is why Li Jiayi was surprised. He has been looking for this thing!
I didn't expect to come across a tree here.

"Is this thing called cherry?" Li Chenghou asked.

"Yes, that's Cherry."

"Okay, you pick them up under the tree and I'll go up and pick them."

"Okay, second brother, but don't throw it down. It will break if it falls to the ground. I'll give you my schoolbag. Put everything you pick in it."

"Okay." Li Chenghou nodded, took the schoolbag from Li Jiayi, put it around his neck and went to climb the tree.

To be honest, if Li Jiayi wasn’t wearing new clothes today, he would have wanted to climb the tree to pick them.

This is a cherry! In the future, it is very expensive. Many people want to achieve cherry freedom.

But not many can actually be realized, mainly because it is expensive.

I will go back and get some seeds, soak them in the spiritual spring water in the space, and plant them in the space after they sprout. Then you can achieve cherry freedom at any time.

"Second brother, be careful."

In fact, Li Jiayi's worries were unnecessary. His second brother grew up in the countryside, and climbing trees was probably easier for him than eating and drinking.

Especially for a tree like this which is not very big, there is no problem at all.

In less than half an hour, Li Chenghou picked a full bag of fruits and then came down from the tree.

"Add one. I'll pour it out first, and then go up and pick some."

"No, second brother, that's enough. This is already a lot. If you want to pick more, you can come back tomorrow."

Although it is summer now and the days are much longer, they are not yet the longest.

It was dark around seven o'clock, and it was around two o'clock when they went up the mountain.

Climbing the mountain took so much time, and picking cherries on the tree took another half an hour. It's already past four o'clock, almost five o'clock.

If we don’t go out now, it will be dark before we get out of the mountain.

My second brother has no concept of time, but he does!
"Ah! Come tomorrow!"

"Brother, it's almost five o'clock now. If you don't go out, it will be dark."

"What? No way!" Li Chenghou looked up quickly, but saw nothing.

Because the trees in the mountains are so big, you can't see the sun even if you want to.

"Okay, second brother, let's go quickly. You can't go wrong if you listen to me."

"OK then!"

Then the two of them walked out of the mountain, saying they were at the foot of the mountain, but who knew they would actually walk so far.

Sure enough, when the two men came out of the mountain, it had already darkened.

"Jiayi, it's a good thing you gave up, otherwise the two of us might have gotten lost in the mountains."

The mountains are different from the outside world because there are trees everywhere in the mountains and it gets dark earlier than outside.

And once it gets dark, it is so dark in the mountains that you can hardly see your hand in front of you.

"You two kids, why are you back so late?"

As soon as the two entered the house, they heard grandma ask.

"us……"

"Grandma, we played a little late, don't be angry."

Without waiting for his second brother to finish his words, Li Jiayi interrupted him.

Just kidding, if grandma knew that they went to the mountains, and that my second brother was the one leading the way, I guess he would not be able to escape this meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots.

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