CHAPTER 413: CHAPTER 406: ANOTHER SUMMER VACATION BEGINS

After the Jin family banquet, Sisi was originally worried that Jin Wen would take action against her and had been on edge. However, when the summer vacation came around and there was still no move from Jin Wen, Sisi let down her guard, thinking that the Jins must have restrained her.

Sisi guessed right. The day after the banquet, Jin Wen wanted to find someone to deal with Sisi, but she had to go through the Jin family and couldn’t keep it a secret from Old Sir Jin.

For the first time, Old Sir Jin, who had never scolded her, reprimanded Jin Wen after finding out that she wanted to target He Sisi, and he even warned her not to have designs on He Sisi again, otherwise she would be dealt with by the family law.

Because of Sisi, Jin Wen, who had never been scolded from childhood, was severely reprimanded by her own grandfather, and she harbored a deep hatred for Sisi. She was determined to make He Sisi experience the most painful death.

However, with the order from Old Sir Jin, no one would follow Jin Wen’s commands, and Jin Wen alone didn’t have the ability to carry out her plans, so she had been dragging her feet and hadn’t approached Sisi yet, probably making preparations behind the scenes.

On the other hand, Jin Yan and Mo Liu’s interactions became more frequent. Sharing common interests and perspectives on many things, they were like-minded and got along very well. In just a few days, they progressed from acquaintances to close friends.

Sisi was happy to see this development. Due to Mo Liu’s psychological barriers and personality, he didn’t even have a male friend. Even though he had her, Shangguan, Zhang Jie, and others as friends, they were, after all, girls, and there were many things Mo Liu couldn’t discuss with them.

Now that Mo Liu was willing to make male friends, it was a significant step forward. Although Jin Yan’s character needed to be examined, and there was Jin Wen lurking in the background, Mo Liu wasn’t a girl, so there presumably wouldn’t be any problems.

The semester ended quickly, Shangguan was lured away to Inner Mongolia by Yang Shu, the pesky sly jackal, to eat meat, while Mo Liu went to Hong Kong.

Sisi wasn’t planning to go to Hong Kong this year. Since the Mainland and Hong Kong opened up to each other, Mu Xiulan’s visits became very frequent. Qiao Xingbang and He Chunfeng also came a few times, of course, to make movies.

It was that movie where Qiao Xingbang played a peerlessly handsome man. Sisi specially lent the largest Prince Mansion to He Chunfeng. Since the mansion was big enough, later on, the entire crew stayed in the mansion, and the actors and staff were all as excited as if they were on a steroid high.

The movie had already been released in Hong Kong and Taiwan, doing quite well at the box office, but it hadn’t yet been approved on the Mainland. Sisi estimated there shouldn’t be a problem, as He Chunfeng’s movies never involved political elements and were all commercial films; there was no reason for the Mainland to block them.

The most important thing was that the cultural atmosphere of the eighties was actually much more open than the time before Sisi traveled to this world.

After ten years of turmoil, the suppressed literature and art sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain, with many domestic movies, TV shows, and novels mentioning sensitive political issues and official corruption. If it were the current times, that would absolutely be cause for execution, but now, everything was unobstructed.

And the electronics factory of He Xuewen and Wang Shishi was also developing vigorously. The factory buildings were nearly complete, the equipment had already been negotiated with Japan—all was ready except for the opportunity!

Everyone’s life was thriving and full of vitality.

Sisi prepared to first return to Yuequan Village, firstly to check on her own distillery, and secondly to visit home, as Tian Manjin had mentioned on the phone that he had started breeding and greenhouse vegetables.

Tian Manjin was raising fish. With the contract responsibilities passed on to the households, he had his eye on the two large fish ponds in the village. After giving Tian Bajin a heads-up, he contracted those large fish ponds. Paying the village committee a contracting fee every year, everyone was happy.

Tian Manjin still had about ten pigs at home, using pig manure for fish farming and fertilizing the fields. Following Sisi’s suggestion, Tian Manjin fed the pigs with rice bran, distiller’s grains, and vegetables, even specially planting a good amount of sweet potatoes and amaranth, both of which the pigs loved to eat.

Under his leadership, Tian Manmu and Tian Mantu also started animal husbandry, but they weren’t as bold as Tian Manjin. They kept chickens, ducks, and geese at home - about a hundred in each family, which wasn’t too tiring and could earn them some pocket money.

The Old Man and Granny Zhao originally planned to return to the village with Sisi, but Mo Xiaomi was due in two more months and Ma Zhaodi along with Tian Mantu were too busy to get away, so they stayed to take care of Mo Xiaomi.

Sisi first went to Shanghai Sisi Garden, where He Xuewen’s car was parked. Sisi went there specifically to drive the car since she had become accustomed to driving and felt very inconvenient without one.

Donghua and Jianguo were both attending the college entrance exams this year, which was why Sisi had made a special trip back. She wasn’t worried about Jianguo at all; his grades were always good, and if it weren’t for taking care of the household, Jianguo could have taken the college entrance exams two years earlier.

Tian Manlan’s child turned out to be another boy, which made her both happy and disappointed. She actually wished for a girl, a considerate daughter like Ah Nan would have been so nice. But alas, it was not meant to be, as she still gave birth to another boy.

The boy was named Shou Wanguo by Shou Jizu, and was already seven years old this year. Unlike his three older brothers, little Wanguo never had to worry about food or clothing, and never experienced hardship.

Sisi and Wanguo weren’t particularly close; firstly, they didn’t see each other often and didn’t have the time to build a relationship, and secondly, the age gap was too wide, they couldn’t play together.

Sisi was worried about Donghua, whose academic performance was inconsistent. Sometimes he would rank among the top of his class, and at other times he would fall to the middle. His performance was very unstable, and Sisi feared that Donghua might not perform well in the college entrance exams due to nervousness.

However, seeing Donghua’s relaxed expression, it seemed he must have done well in the exams. Even if he hadn’t, it was not a big deal - he could simply take them again. After all, Donghua was still young, and it wouldn’t hurt to delay for another year or two.

"Sister, don’t worry, I’m definitely going to get into a university," Donghua reassured Sisi while scattering grass into the fish pond.

"I’m not worried at all," Sisi replied with a pout, spreading grass alongside Donghua before asking, "Donghua, which university are you planning to apply to?"

Donghua thought for a moment and said, "I’m not sure, my estimated score isn’t too high. I’ll have to wait and see when it’s time to fill out the preferences. Anyway, I want to go to a university in Beijing and study electronics."

"Electronics? How come you got interested in electronics?"

In his past life, Donghua had not gone to college and had always stayed in the countryside. Later, under Tian Xinhua’s guidance, he set up a small processing factory earning a few hundred thousand a year, living not too badly.

Could it be that in this life, Donghua would become a tech elite?

Donghua smiled shyly, scratching his head and said, "I read Brother Ping’an’s textbooks and thought they were interesting."

Tian Ping’an studied electronics and after graduating from university, he stayed in Shanghai and is now an engineer at an electronics factory.

An idea struck Sisi, and she said with a smile, "Donghua, your sister thinks there’s another major that suits you even more!"