Chapter 201 New Year's Eve at the Xia Family

Chapter 201 Xia family new year's greetings

The place they agreed to meet this year was the xia lin family. Lin Peipei and Su Tong came from tan city together. Xia Lin had already driven to the bus station to pick them up, and Li Haitang, who was familiar with the provincial road situation, went straight over.

Xia lin's family was in the provincial committee courtyard. She arrived by bus for more than half an hour. After getting out of the car, he pulled up his down jacket. Although it was past the new year, the weather was still so cold. The cold wind poured into his neck and made him feel cold all over. He couldn't help but shiver.

Xia Jin, who was sent by his sister to meet Li Haitang, saw her stride this way. She came out of the reception room at the door and waved at her. Her voice was still clear and clear, "Haitang, here."

"Brother xia, happy new year!" Li Haitang smiled at him and strode over.

She was wearing a short white down jacket with a pair of wide-legged jeans, a pair of white sneakers on her feet, and a pink and purple woolen cap on her head.

"Happy new year!" Xia Jin was still wearing a down jacket today, but not his favorite blue, but a black one, which made his temperament a little colder.

After registering the information at the gate, he followed him to the family area and asked casually, "How long has Xia Lin been there?"

"It's been more than half an hour. It should be coming back soon."

Xia Jin was probably more familiar with her, and her face was much softer than usual when she spoke, with a faint smile. He looked more like his father, had the same temperament as his mother, and was a cold and handsome man in front of outsiders.

Tall trees were planted on both sides of the street inside the provincial party committee courtyard, but after the harsh winter, the leaves had already fallen, and now only crystal clear ice edges hung on the bare tree trunk. There was only one pavilion in the distance where several green pine trees stood upright in the cold wind, like a soldier in a green military uniform who was not afraid of the wind and snow and hit the heavily guarded soldiers.

The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked along. On the way, they also met a lot of people who looked at them with curious and gossipy eyes. As soon as they reached the door, a car horn sounded behind them.

Li Haitang turned around and saw that the Xia family car had returned, waving at them with a smile.

Just as the car stopped, Su Tong and Lin Peipei came out from the same side of the front and back door, and then both of them cheerfully shouted, "Black begonia!"

Li Haitang swallowed the words "Happy new year" and gave them a big white eye. He pulled back the hair on both sides of his face and exposed the whole face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Look closely. Half of the winter vacation is back. It's not as dark as you think."

Xia Jin, who was standing next to her, had long noticed, but he was an introverted boy. It was not good to talk about a girl's appearance and skin color as soon as they met, so he gently curled his lips.

Su Tong and lin peipei really didn't know how dark she was before. They heard it from Xia Lin. When they looked closely, it was a lot darker than before, but it wasn't an exaggeration. Hearing her say that she was half recovered and laughing again, wasn't it a black coal ball before that? No wonder even xia jin gave her such a nickname.

After Xia Lin got out of the car, he walked up to her and stared at her face for a few seconds before suddenly saying, "What good whitening products did you use?"

Li Haitang smiled and said, "Rice water!"

They were all stunned. It was good to wash the dishes and remove the oil with rice water, but they could even wash their faces? Lin Peipei obviously didn't believe it, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. I wash my face every night with a second bowl of rice water and make a honey egg white mask. Look at my face. It's still a little dark, but my skin is definitely much better than before." After that, Li Haitang moved his face to them and asked them to take a closer look.

The skin was fine and smooth, the pores were not as thick as before, and there was a faint luster. It would be better if the skin was a little whiter.

Su Tong raised his eyebrows, "It looks like it really works. I'll try it later."

At this moment, the door opened and Wen Xiaoni, who was wearing a red down jacket, came out with a slight smile, "Why are you standing at the door and not coming in?"

Li Haitang immediately turned around and shouted with su tonglin and Pepe, "Aunt Wen, happy new year!"

"Happy new year! Come in, it's cold outside." Wen Xiaoni looked at the three of them, and his eyes fell on Li Haitang. He smiled and said, "Li Haitang, it seems that your Beijing university military training not only made you tanned, but also made you fat."

She was tall, and it was not obvious even if she had a bit of flesh. Now that the others were looking at her carefully again, her face felt a little plump, and it seemed that she had really gained some weight.

Li Haitang chuckled and said, "Aunt Wen's eyes are still the sharpest. They can't see that I've grown any more. They can only see that I've turned black. I've really gained a lot of weight in the past six months. I've gained 12 pounds."

As they spoke, they entered the living room. Father xia, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, looked up at them and said with a smile, "After six months of military training, you can still grow 12 kilograms of meat. Li Haitang, you must have not trained seriously."

"Happy new year, uncle xia!" The three of them shouted politely.

Father xia nodded gently at them, "Happy new year, please sit down."

Li Haitang sat down on the sofa before answering his question, "Xia uncle, you don't know that none of our Beijing university students lost weight during military training. I've grown 12 pounds, not the most. A man has grown nearly 30 pounds."

"Is the food of the military academy so nutritious?" Wen Xiaoni was curious.

Li Haitang smiled and said, "The food in the academy is not bad. We train very hard and eat a lot. Our stomach is enlarged. I'm not afraid of your jokes. The steamed buns in the academy are as big as my palms. In the first few days, I was a little reserved. I'm sorry to eat too much. In the middle of the training, his stomach growled. After the training, he was so hungry that he had no energy. Then he started to eat. Now he can eat ten buns in one breath, and he's only seven or eight full."

"Ten!" The three of Xia Lin cried out in an exaggerated manner. Did they raise themselves as pigs?

Father xia laughed heartily. Wen Xiaoni and Xia Jin, mother and son, laughed more implicitly. How could they not grow meat in such a way?

To be honest, we girls have at least seven or eight, plus a bowl of soup or porridge, and some big ones, more than fifteen at a time. The boys were even more exaggerating. They took a large plate of boiled eggs one at a time and ate four or five as snacks. We were both a little embarrassed at first, but it was no surprise after that. With so much food and intense training every day, the students who were originally not in good health are now physically enhanced and can easily run ten kilometers with a heavy load."

Xia Lin and the others really couldn't imagine such a life. Xia Jin had heard some interesting things from his students. After all, Fu da's new military training followed the steps of the Fu da for a whole year, but he was lucky to enter the school a few years earlier. At that time, the military training was only a month.

"Haitang, is your military training the same as our high school military training?" Su Tong asked. They only wrote a letter in the second half of last year, and only said a few words. She didn't know much about it.

Li Haitang shook his head, "No, sorting out the internal affairs, standing in line and so on is the most basic training. There are also military boxing, shooting, pulling, singing, singing competitions, reciting competitions, literature and art performances and so on. In addition, the more important learning content is all kinds of ideological and political education classes, reciting study exams every day."

Father xia understood the reason for the Beijing university's military training reform and smiled, "Although the military training career is a bit boring, it will be the most difficult time for you to forget the youth period. After this training, your group of students will definitely surpass ordinary college students in the future."

"I think so too. Before the winter vacation, we went to an old revolutionary base in the neighboring province for half a month to practice in the wild and retraced our steps along the road that the revolutionary pioneers had taken. The days were really hard and tiring, but we all overcame the difficulties and survived. When I returned to school, it was obvious that the spirit of the students around me had changed, and the arrogance of the past had all been worn away. In the past, every time I wrote a summary of my thoughts, I would always complain, but this time, without a single complaint, my attitude has completely changed."

Not only the other students had changed, but she had also changed a lot. Her state of mind had been upgraded, and her vision and mind had been widened. Indeed, as xia uncle said, this period of time would accompany her for life, and it would also affect her life.

"I used to sympathize with you for a year of military training, but now I envy you." Lin Peipei held the teacup in both hands and smiled at her. She was really envious of that experience, perhaps because she admired soldiers in her bones, so she liked that experience.

Li Haitang chuckled, "Your school will definitely have all kinds of related activities in the future. You should sign up for it. Although there are some differences in the content, there are similarities in some of the feelings."

"That's true. I've heard a lot of seniors and seniors say that when they graduate, many of them choose to go to remote villages to teach for a period of time. When I hear them talk about these things, I quite yearn for them." Lin peipei studied chinese and wanted to work in education in the future.

"Teaching?" Li Haitang raised his eyebrows and looked extremely serious, "Pepe, go if you want. The children in the mountains really need you. To be honest, I was very touched when I came back from this training. For a long time, my mind was filled with the eyes of those children who were eager to learn to walk out of the mountains. When we see them, we see ourselves as stubborn as we were when we were young. Now that we have the ability and the conditions, we can help as much as we can."

Although Lin Peipei had never seen it with her own eyes, her hometown was also rural. Naturally, she knew that the education in the countryside was far behind. Many children are eager to study, but all kinds of reasons make them drop out of school early and work in society to earn money. Because of the lack of teachers and education resources, their results are far from the city. She also wanted to do her part to help them, but now that she said so, her heart became more determined.

"You are all motivated, caring, and kind-hearted children. With the dedication of your generation, the country will definitely develop at full speed, and the rural education sector will also be valued and vigorously supported." Father xia, in this position, naturally understood more than they did.

After ten years of war and turmoil, everything is now developing in a good direction, especially after the reform and opening up, with the rapid development of the economy, there will be earth-shaking changes in the 1990s, and then education and health will also change greatly.

Father xia told them a lot of important policy issues, which made their blood boil. Then he talked about the stock exchange and supported them to learn more about it.