Even after the train departed, Chu Lin still hadn't found the person.

The words my classmate had said echoed in my mind.

[She seems to have been assigned to the countryside because of her family's situation, and hasn't been to school for a week. Her ticket is for today.]

Chu Lin only learned today that He Shaoyun's family had encountered trouble and that she had lost her chance to go to university.

As the train pulled away, He Shaoyun just kept looking at Chu Lin.

Anxious and worried, Chu Lin glanced over and saw He Shaoyun. He noticed that she was also staring at him, but her eyes no longer held the love she usually had for him; instead, they were filled with calm.

Chu Lin's eyes followed her gaze, and slowly he could no longer see He Shaoyun's figure.

Memories of He Shaoyun surfaced in my mind.

She smiled brightly, always looking at him shyly.

Chu Lin was filled with mixed emotions. He turned around and went to ask the flight attendant where the train was headed.

He Shaoyun knew that this separation might be the last time they ever saw each other. She left Beijing to get married.

He Shaoyun was going to a farm in a small village in Fucheng.

Yu Qingce heard the phone call from Beijing and asked Xu Tiande to call the passenger train station to check train schedules.

Just then, Shen Qiaoyue returned home from get off work and saw Yu Qingce rushing back.

"Aunt Yu, what happened?" Shen Qiaoyue asked curiously.

"Oh dear!" Yu Qingce said, "The He family's youngest daughter is going to the cadre school here to learn labor. Her mother was a good friend of mine, but she has passed away. Your father-in-law called to say that Xiaoyun is coming to Fucheng to stay for one night. The bus to the farm leaves tomorrow morning. I'll ask your Uncle Xu to pick her up and bring her back for one night."

"Has that person arrived?" Shen Qiaoyue asked again.

"We're almost there. They said we'd be at Fucheng Railway Station in about an hour. Your Uncle Xu went to pick someone up. I need to go buy groceries." Yu Qingce said, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I'm going back now."

"Okay." Shen Qiaoyue watched as Yu Qingce hurriedly went home to get the money.

When Shen Qiaoyue returned home, she saw two children playing in the yard, and Xiangxiang was learning to walk.

"Auntie?" Thinking of her chubby little face, seeing her aunt come home from get off work, she happily went up, grinning and showing her teeth, and hugged Shen Qiaoyue's legs with both hands.

"Think about it, how was your day?" Shen Qiaoyue looked down at Xiangxiang, who seemed to be growing more and more like Xu Qianli as she grew up, and was very mischievous.

Xiangxiang looked up happily at Shen Qiaoyue and said, "I'm so happy, my cousin gave me candy."

After growing up, Da Nian wasn't so fat anymore. When he was a little over three years old, he started to act like a little boy, playing with the other women's children in the family compound every day.

Xiao Nian is still the same as before, she just likes to stick to her mother, Shen Qiaoyue.

"Your cousin gave you candy, so eating candy makes you happy, right?" Shen Qiaoyue asked with a gentle smile.

"Mmm, happy, sweet." Xiangxiang's voice was very pleasant, sweet and childlike, and she was fair-skinned and clean-cut.

Li Xiaoxiao came out of the kitchen.

"Qiaoyue is back." Li Xiaoxiao was cooking. "I just went to buy some meat. It's been really hard to find meat lately!"

"Can't the logistics unit buy some meat?" Shen Qiaoyue parked the car at the door first. Xiangxiang was clinging to her legs and it was inconvenient to push her in, so she could only leave the car at the door and bend down to pick her up.

Thinking of being held by her aunt, she smiled happily. That sweet smile simply melted Shen Qiaoyue's heart.

Li Xiaoxiao said, "I told the logistics staff to order some eggs. Yao Yao is about to give birth, and her health isn't very good. She needs a lot of eggs or meat during her postpartum period. The army hasn't been able to buy meat lately, and the budget isn't high. The food in the canteen is even simpler than what we eat. They all go to the fields to grow their own vegetables."

Li Xiaoxiao was busy preparing food in the kitchen.

"Isn't there a pig farm that raises three chickens? When Yao Yao has her baby, they'll kill the chickens and give ours to her to eat first. The National Day holiday is coming soon, and the family compound is planning to slaughter two pigs. We'll order two pig trotters for Yao Yao; they're more nutritious."

Shen Qiaoyue chatted with Li Xiaoxiao about everyday things.

Li Xiaoxiao said, "There's nothing we can do now, this is the only way for the time being."

Shen Qiaoyue knew that in just over five years, the years would pass quickly, and things would gradually get better.

"Mom, Mom." Da Nian and Xiao Nian also came to their mother's side. Seeing their mother holding their cousin Xiangxiang, they wanted to hug her too.

Shen Qiaoyue simply put her thoughts aside.

I want to go play with my older brother and sister.

Shen Qiaoyue came in to help.

"Da Nian, take good care of your younger sisters. Don't fight with your older brother or sisters." Shen Qiaoyue loudly instructed the child, still worried.

Da Nian heard it, but read it without replying.

Da Nian's most honest little followers are his three younger sisters.

They have two children of their own, Xiao Nian and Xiang Xiang, and another child, Dou Dou, from Xiang Shulan's family. Xiang Shulan has raised her daughters to be chubby and healthy, much fatter than Da Nian. Recently, Xiang Shulan has become pregnant with her second child and is currently three months along.

"Dou Dou, come out and play!" Da Nian came to Xiang Shulan's house and called Dou Dou out.

They started playing house in the family compound, and Dai Fenghe's sons, Tuantuan and Dai Weixing, also came out.

He had a chicken leg on the table, and he'd never gotten along with Da Nian.

The younger sisters stared at Tuantuan's chicken leg, drooling.

Tuantuan let each of her younger sisters take a bite, but wouldn't give Danian any. Danian went home unhappy and sat angrily at the door.

Shen Qiaoyue carried the dishes out of the kitchen and was about to put them down in the living room when she saw that Danian was unhappy and there was no sign of her two younger sisters at home.

"Da Nian, where are the younger sisters?" Shen Qiaoyue asked worriedly.

"I don't know." An angry Da Nian crossed his arms and refused to look at his mother again.

Looking at him, Shen Qiaoyue said helplessly, "Little brat, did you get into a fight with Brother Tuantuan?"

"I didn't, I didn't fight," Da Nian explained anxiously.

Shen Qiaoyue also felt that Da Nian dared not.

Last time, the children had a fight and started hitting each other. Da Nian got so angry that he beat Tuan Tuan until he bled. Lu Chen scolded him, which made Da Nian even angrier and gave his father, Lu Chen, a cold shoulder. Lu Chen was so angry that he spanked him.

Da Nian's temper has also calmed down a lot now.

Seeing Da Nian's angry expression, Shen Qiaoyue comforted him, "Don't be angry. Go and call your sisters back. We'll have meat for dinner tonight."

"Mom, I want to eat chicken drumsticks. Everyone else's family has chicken drumsticks to eat, why don't we have any?" Da Nian really wanted to eat chicken drumsticks.

Shen Qiaoyue knew at a glance that Tuantuan must have been tempting Da Nian with chicken legs, because Xu Miaoya's family had killed a chicken today.

The chickens were raised by the family; they had three. Recently, one of the chickens had chicks, and they heard that someone was coming to inspect tomorrow, so they killed one of the adult chickens.

The other women who were raising chickens beyond the permitted limits have all killed their chickens in the past two days.

As for Shen Qiaoyue's family, they sold it directly to Wen Xiaoyue, who recently gave birth to her second child and needed nutrition.

Two old chickens were left for Jiang Jinyao, and a chick was waiting to be raised.