Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1417 College Admissions 1

Chapter 1417: Chapter 1417 College Admissions 1

In the following months, Li Shuitian and Cao Hongzhu did not trouble Lu Jiang and his wife, but Jiu Hong was relentless, visiting almost once or twice a month, sometimes bringing Lu Zhaodi along, trying to follow in Feng Qingxue’s footsteps.

Everyone knows that Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue are the model of a loving couple. Feng Qingxue’s words have a great influence on Lu Jiang.

Compared to what Cao Hongzhu’s family had done in the past, Feng Qingxue detested Lu Zhaodi’s venomous curses on the children even more and didn’t want to see them at all, directly having the soldiers stationed at the family compound send them away.

The frequency of visits from Jiu Hong and Lu Zhaodi finally decreased during the hot summer.

The military district service store had watermelons in abundance, and they were supplied to every household, limited to two per person. Feng Qingxue asked Lu Jiang to go and get a couple of large net bags of watermelons from Ping Zhengkai. With many mouths to feed, the Lu Family bought fourteen.

Xibao was not there, but his household registration was with his parents.

Feng Qingxue cut the watermelons into crescent-shaped slices, handing the first piece to Ping Zhengkai, "We’re benefiting from Xibao’s share, let’s eat his watermelon first! Zhuangzhuang, be good, no eating for you. Your stomach is weak, so have some milk cake with mom."

Milk is hard to sell in the summer because it spoils easily, so she subscribed to milk for the children, costing thirty to forty yuan a month.

The leftover milk from the morning is used to make delicious treats, like milk cake and milk-based pastries.

Having served in the border troops for many years, she occasionally met with Basang Zhuoma and learned a lot of crafts from her.

Ping Zhengkai repeatedly expressed his thanks, "Thank you, sister-in-law. Why aren’t you and the leader eating?"

"You just eat yours. Your sister-in-law has a weak stomach, she doesn’t like watermelon." Lu Jiang was putting bibs on Dundun and Erxiong while speaking, but in reality, they had an abundance of fruits in their space and the couple really didn’t lack anything to eat.

Feng Qingxue, who had a poor stomach, carried her youngest son to eat the milk cake.

Erxiong, torn between watermelon and milk cake, eventually ceased to worry and decided to first enjoy the watermelon before having the milk cake. Pouncing beside the table, Erxiong grabbed two slices of watermelon and bit into each to mark his claim.

Lu Jiang, fearing his bear of a son would bite into every slice cut open, quickly gave one piece each to Dundun and Fubao, handed two more to Ping Zhengkai, then ate two himself, "Zhengkai, the higher-ups have decided to pilot enrollments for universities and vocational schools. You should go too."

"University? Me?" Ping Zhengkai was startled, his bite of watermelon momentarily forgotten.

Upon hearing Lu Jiang’s words, Feng Qingxue also pricked up her ears.

Lu Jiang spoke earnestly: "Even though you’ve consistently studied and shown good performance, your level of knowledge is lacking. That’s not acceptable. We soldiers can’t only know how to fight; we have to keep up with our education. Our troops have a number of slots for further education, and every university has first-class placements reserved for the military, which are given out through recommendation. I’ve spoken to the troops, and we’re recommending that you go study. After you finish your schooling, you can return to the military."

Ping Zhengkai had only a primary school level of education, but with a strong physique and a good background, he met the standards and was successfully recruited into the military. However, education was his weakness. After following Lu Jiang, he saw that whenever Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue had free time, they would study, especially Feng Qingxue, who would steadfastly practice calligraphy and painting every morning. He was envious and often sought their advice.

Now that he had the opportunity to go to university, how could he let it slip by?

"Thank you, thank you, leader!" Ping Zhengkai was moved to tears, then hesitated, "If I go, who will protect you? This is even more important than me attending university."