"Moreover, the Capital City is especially cold, the snow is especially thick, and my brother and I would sweep snow together, build snowmen together, and my dad would even take us to the big bathhouse to bathe, where we could also swim, it’s particularly warm."
"We also went to see the flag-raising ceremony, it’s really big, and the nights in the Capital City are so bright, with streetlights..."
As Xiao Bao said one thing, the surrounding children would gasp in amazement.
They really didn’t know about these things.
Now, they had learned so much from Da Bao and Xiao Bao.
"And there are so many tasty foods, my mom bought me a cake once, it’s like cream, so sweet, so delicious," Xiao Bao said proudly.
"My mom also took me to eat roast duck, which was also delicious."
"And there are many other tasty foods."
When Yun Xiaoxiao arrived, she saw quite a few people surrounding the two kids, exclaiming about what they had seen and the delicious food they had eaten.
Someone spotted Yun Xiaoxiao.
"As long as you study hard, you will have the chance to see the things that Da Bao and Xiao Bao talked about in the Capital City, and by studying hard you can achieve everything you want, study hard, and you’ll be able to leave the countryside and take a look at the big cities."
In this era, children could change their lives through education.
All they needed to do was study hard, get into college, and after graduating, they would be assigned jobs, with a job, they could slowly acquire what they wanted.
Get married, have children, take care of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
"Auntie, as long as we study hard, we can go to the big cities?"
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously, "Yes, study hard, get into middle school, high school, college, and then the country will assign jobs to you, once you have a job, you’ll have money and money orders."
This was painting a big picture, but it was also words of encouragement.
Rural children were inherently a step behind city kids, and they had to rely on their own efforts for everything.
The children all understood that having a job meant having money orders, which in turn meant eating good food and buying new clothes.
Yun Xiaoxiao took the two kids back home.
"Mom, we didn’t mention what we shouldn’t have."
And we haven’t let you know much.
"You didn’t do anything wrong."
"Mom, I plan to mill rice this afternoon; I can’t keep eating here, can I?"
After all, they had already split the household.
And they shouldn’t be eating at their parents’ anymore.
Mrs. Zhao didn’t reject the idea; they had enough grain, and as for some seasonings, she could share some with them.
They wouldn’t stay at home for many days anyway.
After eating, Da Bao and Xiao Bao went out to play again, Zhao Tianlei carried a bag of rice to the mill, and Yun Xiaoxiao went home. The house had not been lived in for so long and still smelled a bit.
"Wife, I’m going to pick vegetables in the field."
He planted a lot of vegetables on his own plot of land, including radishes, cabbage, and even carrots.
He picked a good amount of them.
He also bought eggs and chickens from a nearby aunt.
Nowadays, there were no more restrictions on raising chickens, and almost every household had quite a few.
"Wife, Wang Laowu has been released."
This was news he had just heard.
Yun Xiaoxiao was startled and took a while to remember this person.
"He’s back, wasn’t he only supposed to be detained for a year? It’s normal for him to return, isn’t it?"
"He came back before the New Year, I heard he made some money outside, not sure if that’s true?"
When Yun Xiaoxiao mentioned this Wang Laowu, she thought of the female supporting character, that plastic best friend, Educated Youth Li, wondering if she had also gone to college after not seeing her for several years?