Chapter 2011 - 2011: Enrollment Registration 1
Students who took the college entrance exam in '77 began classes in the spring of '78, generally starting at the end of February or early March.
The weather had already begun to warm up around this time, although there was still a slight chill in the air, it was far better than the icy cold from before New Year's.
Lu Tianzhi and Xibao went to Capital University together for their registration, both rejecting the suggestion from Lu's father and Cheng Baoguo to accompany them for the enrollment.
It's a joke, they're not kids anymore, no way will they let their parents stick by them all the time; classmates would surely laugh at them, especially Lu Tianzhi, who is already past twenty.
Feng Qingxue laughed and said, "If we don't let you go with Grandpa, I can take you, right?"
She raised her hand to stop her son and nephew from speaking and said seriously, "I'm not going just to accompany you. Since I'm off today, I'm going to visit a few old professors who are back to work."
Lu Tianzhi and Xibao were left speechless.
Without any opposition, Feng Qingxue happily went along with them.
Their family had a sedan car allocated by the unit for Lu Jiang, and it was a new Red Flag model, which did not break down easily like before. However, since they were only going to school, they felt it was inappropriate to flaunt it, so they didn't let the guard drive them to the school, opting instead to squeeze onto the bus with others.
A set of bedding, clothes, shoes and socks, books and stationery, thermos bottles, washbasins, and other daily necessities—there was indeed quite a bit of luggage.
Even packed in a military manner, it still seemed like a lot.
When they arrived at the school, they felt more balanced.
Others had even more luggage than they did.
Not only that, but many people brought their families along. When they went to register for the Law Department, they saw a big man in line ahead of Xibao, with a two or three-year-old boy sitting on his shoulder and a six or seven-year-old girl holding his hand, while his pile of luggage was thrown to one side.
This big guy was burly, with a square face and wide mouth, everything about him looked more like someone in his mid-thirties rather than thirty.
"Miss, who are you three enrolling for?" The big guy, having free time, turned around to chat with them, speaking in a loud Ludi dialect, imbued with distinct frankness.
"Guess!" Feng Qingxue covered her mouth with a smile and casually took out a handful of milk candies from her pocket and handed them to his two kids.
The two kids immediately smiled with squinted eyes, "Thank you, Auntie!"
The big guy glanced at Feng Qingxue, then at Lu Tianzhi and Xibao, finally deciding to be honest, "You all seem like knowledgeable and cultured people, with good family conditions, because none of you have patche sewing on your clothes, yet I can't guess who you are registering for."
Feng Qingxue listened happily, laughingly pointed at Xibao, "My son, enrolling for my son, he's a student in the Law Department. My nephew also got into Capital University, but not in the Law Department. As for me, I'm over-aged, plus I'm an industrial worker student, so you should change 'Miss' to 'Big Sister!'"
The big guy couldn't help but open his eyes and mouth wide, "What? Big Sister?"
"I'm thirty-six this year."
The big guy shook his head and said, "No way, my wife took my eldest son to register, she's thirty-four, yet she looks way older than you."
Saying that, he suddenly shut his mouth, looked around and found no one paying attention to their conversation, then breathed easy, laughing, "I mean, Big Sister, you really don't look like someone in your thirties. I thought you were at most in your twenties, like siblings with those lads."
Who would have thought they were mother and sons.
The trio noticed some slight oddity in the big guy's words from the beginning, and from his later demeanor and cover-up remarks, they became even more certain.