Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 537

Chapter 537: Chapter 420: It’s Good to Have a Dad

An unspoken battle in Beijing ended quietly before it even began.

Uncle Zhou, completely unaware, was in an exceptionally good mood these days.

As the couple’s acceptance letters arrived, their school friends also started receiving theirs. At this moment, old friends gathered in the courtyard, chatting about the future.

The most surprising were Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Hongbing, who were accepted into the financial and chemical engineering departments of a provincial city university, respectively. This made Zhao Dashan and his wife smile at everyone they met.

They didn’t care how their daughter filled out such a strange application. Having all three children go to university was Zhao Dashan’s lifelong wish.

Zhang Yuntao followed closely behind, becoming classmates with Zhao Yuanyuan in the finance department. Meanwhile, Li Qinglin achieved his dream of pursuing his aspirations in the South by being accepted into the literature department of Fuhua University in Southern S City.

Young people always want to accomplish something. Even Zhao Yuanyuan, who didn’t have much passion for the future, was changing. Of course, traveling was still her greatest interest.

In the living room, a few people sat together.

Seeing the conversation reach a pause, Zhao Yuanyuan raised her right hand and suggested that they decide where to travel before the start of the school term.

As soon as the suggestion was made, Uncle Zhou was all smiles, Zhao Hongbing was eager to go, Li Qinglin nodded repeatedly, Zhang Yuntao clapped and cheered, and they immediately began discussing where to go.

Zhang Guoqing didn’t really care about these things. These people had decent family situations, with parents supporting them, so they were well off. Meanwhile, everything they needed to handle and organize had been sorted; they could simply pack and head back to Beijing.

Delay in leaving also meant having more time to enjoy, climbing the mountains a few more times, and collecting as many resources as possible. Nowadays, beyond the hometown, where would you find wild vegetables to stave off hunger?

The heavy rains in July ultimately caused a few accidents, flooding many farmlands and collapsing many houses. Luckily, timely rescue efforts allowed the villagers to still harvest something.

A few years in college... always spending without an income, he couldn’t rely on his father-in-law for everything. They were now waiting for the cabbages, radishes, and tender corn in their backyard to grow.

Reality is laughably absurd. The moment when a piece of gold isn’t worth a meat bun eventually came. No one can understand Zhang Guoqing’s worries—it’s incredibly difficult to let his wife and children do as they please with his abilities alone.

"Then it’s settled. Xiao Wu, did you hear that? What are you thinking?"

Zhang Guoqing snapped back to reality after Zhao Yuanyuan’s shout, rolling his eyes at her. "There was just a flood last month, and now the entire county is being rebuilt. Why go there?"

Zhao Yuanyuan was stunned, looking at everyone. "Then where do you suggest we go?"

Where to go? Zhang Guoqing had plenty of places he wanted to visit, but for now, he couldn’t. He smiled, "No rush, there’s plenty of time, everyone think it over again."

"How about going to the seaside? There’s no flood over there."

Zhang Yuntao burst out laughing, pointing at Zhao Yuanyuan, "You go ahead. See where the typhoon blows you. Still want to go to the seaside now? Are you tired of living?"

"You’re asking for it!" Zhao Yuanyuan exclaimed, about to pounce on him with her fists.

Everyone watched the two lively characters causing a scene and laughed heartily.

Zhao Hongbing suddenly remembered something. He pulled Zhang Guoqing aside and asked, "Xiao Wu, isn’t my dad’s team heading to the grasslands? How about we go there?"

Zhang Guoqing nodded, "They’re probably leaving in the next couple of days. They’re taking a truck; we can’t go. We need to ask the uncle about it."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuanyuan immediately stood up and ran outside, shouting, "I’ll go to my dad right away. He mentioned this morning about going on a business trip. That’s great!"

"Just ran off like that? Didn’t even ask if we wanted to go." Zhang Yuntao looked at everyone in disbelief.

Zhang Guoqing chuckled. Going with the unit people meant going directly to the horse ranch, but they might not want to take you. Although he was still an employee of the unit and could go, it wasn’t appropriate to propose taking his wife and son along.

Before his files were transferred to the university, he didn’t dare make bold moves. Otherwise, he would have already joined them on the grassland, riding horses and hunting wild oxen. How exciting that would be!

When Eldest Zhang and his wife, along with Zhang the Second and his wife, arrived, they happened to meet Zhao Yuanyuan coming back, informing everyone to set off with the truck at five in the morning.

The few friends, seeing the plans finalized, didn’t stay long. They exchanged a few quick words, leaving space for Zhang Guoqing to handle his family matters.

"Ping’an, why not leave him with mom for care?"

Zhang Guoqing glanced at Huang Cuilan, smiling as he shook his head, "No need. We’re going with the truck, and they’re all acquaintances who will prioritize taking care of the child." He then looked at the eldest and others, "You all came here for something, not working this afternoon?"

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