Chapter 1356: Chapter 1357: The Little Widow of the Courtyard 84 Zhang Yu continues to work and fish every day, and Zhao Lei and Zhao Hong also follow Zhang Yu to and from work, occasionally taking Zhao Hong to the river to fish. The whole family lives a peaceful life; they are enjoying a tranquil life, but the neighbors around them are all curious about them. They are really curious and want to know how well Zhao Lei did in his exams. But because Zhang Yu’s family leaves early and comes back late every day, they tidy up a bit and go straight to rest, finding no chance to chat with them, so they don’t know the results. Soon, they notice that Zhao Lei and Zhao Hong stay at home and don’t go to work with Zhang Yu, and at first, they are quite surprised. Someone remembered, “Oh, I heard the score line is out, maybe he’s waiting for the admission letter, right?” They knew Zhao Lei took the college entrance exam, but they weren’t very concerned about the admission score line. Zhao Lei calculated the timing to wait at home; he applied to Capital City University, and the mail would soon arrive. Amid the neighbors’ speculations, Zhao Lei just smiled, keeping a low profile before receiving the admission letter seemed better. Soon, the admission letter was mailed home, and Zhao Lei couldn’t stop the tears when he looked at the letter in his hand. If Dad were still here to see this letter, he would be so happy, he’d probably jump with joy. As soon as the mailman arrived, everyone immediately understood that Zhao Lei’s admission letter had come, he was accepted into Capital University. This news quickly spread from the courtyard to the surrounding neighbors. In these years, some people got into college, but really no one got into Capital University, Zhao Lei is the first. Everyone looked at Zhao Lei’s calm expression and immediately realized that they had known all along. “Congratulations, congratulations.” Everyone kept offering congratulations, seeing that Zhao Lei’s future success won’t be bad, surely everyone was happy for Huahua’s family. Zhao Lei thanked them one by one, and when Zhang Yu got home, seeing the fresh admission letter, he was moved to tears. “Tomorrow, tomorrow we’ll go to pay respects to your father and tell him about this.” Phew, the task is going pretty well, Zhao Lei finally got into college. “Okay.” Even if Zhang Yu hadn’t mentioned it, Zhao Lei would have, “Mom, everyone saw that I got into college, what about the neighbors?” No matter how hard life is, at least this is a big deal, Zhao Lei didn’t know how to handle it, so he looked up at Zhang Yu for guidance. Zhang Yu thought for a moment, “Originally, according to old customs, surely we should invite everyone for a meal.” Getting into college and getting married, a child’s full month, all are big life events, “But in the current situation, inviting everyone for a meal is a bit burdensome.” These days, hosting a meal is really a luxury, “How about giving everyone some candy?” Fortunately, Zhang Yu had already prepared some candy tickets beforehand, “Distribute a little candy to each family.” Though it’s simple, it makes sense. Zhao Lei nodded, such a gesture was perfectly fine. Zhao Lei’s admission into Capital University, of course, also reached the factory leaders at the machinery plant, and knowing it was Zhao Jun’s son who got into Capital University, they immediately remembered Zhao Jun of the publicity department. They just sighed a bit, and some of the factory leaders focused on Zhao Jun’s work position. As a factory leader, arranging a job for someone, though a bit challenging, is not impossible with some thinking. But in recent years, the factory recruiting exam had problems, and now every time there’s a recruitment exam, they are very worried, worried about incidents repeating, and haven’t held recruitment exams for years. Days go by, children grow day by day, and finding a satisfactory job is indeed difficult. Now knowing such a work position is unused, who wouldn’t be envious? Yet, even with envy, they can only watch, Zhao Jun has two children, Zhao Lei doesn’t use it, who knows about the other child. The technical department head knew Zhao Lei got into Capital University, though expecting him to get into college, didn’t anticipate he’d get into such a good university. The most update n0vels are published on novel·fire·net The department head thought and decided to send a congratulatory gift, his wife found it odd, but she habitually listened to her husband’s words. Zhang Yu listened to Zhao Lei mention it, looked at the pen in hand, and smiled, “Accept it.” “It was agreed, if you graduated from high school without a job assignment, you’d take over.” “Now that you’ve gotten into Capital University, you’ll definitely get job assignments in the future, no need to focus on that job, your dad can work for a few more years.” “Sending you a pen, it’s okay, take it.” Zhang Yu quickly guessed why they’d give his family a pen. Zhao Lei also guessed why the gift, “Then I’ll accept it.” “I heard them say, that the old department head divided the family among his two sons.” Zhao Lei didn’t understand why they divided the family just fine. Dividing the family? Zhang Yu was quite surprised, “Just divided now?” Zhang Yu remembered it seemed to be more than a year since the succession, and the other even came to the junk station to hand out wedding candy, saying the boy got married. “I thought they would’ve divided long ago.” Some divide as soon as each son gets married, others wait until all sons are married before dividing. It was unexpected they actually didn’t have divided, Zhang Yu really couldn’t understand. “Don’t know.” Zhao Lei wasn’t concerned, being the only child at home, he never thought about dividing the family. “When sons get brides, parents always feel biased toward them.” “Now after dividing, surely both sons feel it’s unfair.” Having been a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law, only oneself knows the taste of these experiences. “Mom, you only have one son.” Zhao Lei thought Zhang Yu shouldn’t need to worry about such things. Zhang Yu shook his head, “You forget you have a sister.” “You won’t take your dad’s job, if given to your sister, what will your daughter-in-law think?” Faced boldly in front of a man, playing innocent in front of a mother-in-law, Zhang Yu had encountered many a Xiao Baihua daughter-in-law. “Or when your sister gets married, surely she needs a dowry.” Whatever the situation of the other’s family, Zhang Yu would prepare dowry for Zhao Hong. It’s also the greatest support for Zhao Hong, telling the son-in-law’s family, even as a daughter, Zhao Hong isn’t just water thrown away once married. “Sister gets married, a dowry is a must.” Zhao Lei always supported his sister getting married with a hefty dowry. “I think so, and you think it’s fine, but do you think your future wife will feel comfortable?” “And Xiao Lei, in our courtyard, many girls have been married away, around the courtyard, there are those who marry daughters, or take brides.” “Have you seen the girls’ dowries?” The marriages within the courtyard, and also around it, Zhang Yu didn’t spectate, but would often hear discussions among neighbors. “A dowry with a car is really good.” “Most people’s dowry is just a few quilts.” This is why Zhao Juan felt her dowry was little; neighbors didn’t continue her words. If they dared say the dowry was little, when marrying daughters, taking brides, the dowry being only a few quilts, wouldn’t that be a blatant slap in the face?