Ruan Yue sat on Yue Haofeng's lap and said in a vague voice imitating Ruan Xi's: "Thank you, Third Aunt Ji Qi!"

The voice went straight to people's hearts, and the family members burst into laughter after hearing it.

Ruan Xi reached out and gently pinched her chubby cheeks: "My little cousin can even learn to talk like a human."

Ruan Yue is the daughter of Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng. Because she was born a girl, they considered changing "Yue" to "Yue" when registering her household registration, thinking that this would be more suitable for a girl.

The laughter and noise from the side room spread to the main room next door. I couldn't hear what was said, but I could hear the noise. Sun Xiaohui pinched her chopsticks and said, "I don't know what they are talking about. Look how happy they are. They are so happy that they are about to blow the roof off."

Ruan Changgui knew that everyone was having fun, so he didn't need her to say it again.

In the past two years, he became more and more angry. Seeing that his parents, younger brothers and sisters, and daughter ignored him, he slowly began to blame everything on Sun Xiaohui. If she hadn't made a fuss about separating the family, they wouldn't be living like this now.

In short, he was feeling unhappy, and even during the New Year, he didn't look in a good mood.

Sun Xiaohui's words made him feel even more uncomfortable, and his face became even uglier.

But he didn't say much, so as to avoid causing unrest between the couple.

After Ruan Xi and her family finished their meal, the ten people from three generations of the family stayed up together to celebrate the New Year. They sat together, roasting firewood and eating peanuts, melon seeds and rice candy, chatting and talking about what happened in the past year.

Since going to Beijing is the most important thing at the moment, we naturally talked a lot. Talking in detail or in detail, Ruan Changsheng, Qian Chuan and Ruan Cuizhi each have their own perspectives and ideas on issues, and the questions they ask are also different.

When they were almost done talking, Ruan Xi said to Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua, "Grandpa and grandma, why don't you go together?"

Hearing this, Ruan Zhigao shook his head without even thinking, "No, we can't go."

Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "What's wrong? With so many of us, we can't afford to support the two of you?"

Ruan Zhigao placed his pipe on the edge of the brazier and knocked it. "It's not a question of whether we can afford to support you. We are still strong and don't need you to support us now. The land at home was just divided up, and the whole family left. So you don't want the land you divided up? It's so hard to have my own land, I can't bear to give it up, I have to plant it. Besides, what can we do there? We don't know anyone, we just stand there and stare at each other, and hinder you?"

Farmers work in the fields for their livelihood all their lives and have a special feeling towards the land. Having their own land is the happiest thing. The family had just been allocated land, and he hadn't even started to cultivate it yet, but he refused to let it be thrown into the city.

It is right for young people to go to the city to try their luck. They have energy, ability and the spirit of adventure. The two old people couldn't help at all and they lost their land. It was not worth it.

Liu Xinghua naturally had the same idea and said, "We won't go now. You guys haven't started yet. Let's go and try first. We don't know how it will turn out. If it doesn't work out, we can pack up and come back. We still have a few acres of land at home. Anyway, we won't starve to death. If it works out, we can decide whether to go or not later."

Ruan Zhigao nodded and continued, "Except for Xiaoxi and Xiaojie, even if you go to the city now, your household registration cannot be transferred there. You can't even get a grain book there. Without a grain book and grain coupons, where can you buy food? We have crops here, so we don't lack food. After the harvest, we can go to the grain station to exchange them for grain coupons and send them to you."

Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Cuizhi, and Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan also looked at each other.

After a moment, Ruan Changsheng looked at Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua and said, "Then we will go over and do it first, and we will take you over immediately after we are done. You can take care of these acres of land at home, and don't tire yourself out. Do the work you can do, and ask others for help if you can't do it, and don't force yourself to do it."

Ruan Zhigao put away his pipe after knocking on it. "Don't worry about these things. We are not stupid. People in this village have lived together for generations. I have been the brigade secretary for decades. It's just a matter of shouting to find someone to help. There won't be any difficulties. But you, who are unfamiliar with the big city, will encounter many difficulties. Just take care of yourselves and don't worry about us."

Liu Xinghua: "Yes, you don't have to worry about us, just take care of yourselves outside. Do you think it's easy to go out? That's someone else's place, it's much harder than at home, but we're still relieved that you're all together."

This topic was discussed for a while, and in the end, everyone naturally listened to Ruan Zhigao's arrangements.

After the Chinese New Year, Ruan Changsheng and Yue Haofeng carried the extra grain in their home to the grain station and exchanged it for grain coupons. Then he took the food coupons, packed the necessary luggage, and went to Beijing with Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie.

Now that all their sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-granddaughters are gone, Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua can't help feeling lonely. But in order to let Ruan Changsheng and the others go out and explore the world with peace of mind, they did not show any emotion and sent them away as if they were being chased away.

Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui didn't know the reason, they were just curious: "What is this for?"

Two days later, she heard that Ruan Cuizhi and Ruan Changsheng's families had all gone to Beijing. Sun Xiaohui was so angry that she came back to find Ruan Changgui and complained to him: "What do you mean? What kind of thing is this? They all left at once, leaving us behind in this broken mountain? Why didn't they take us with them? Why didn't they take us with them!"

Ruan Changgui said impatiently: "You are separating from others, so we are no longer a family!"

Since they were carrying a lot of luggage and two children, Ruan Xi and his friends walked slowly this time out of the mountains. It took them two and a half days to reach the town. Because there were so many people, we didn’t bother the Qian family and just had lunch at the noodle stall.

After dinner, they went to Qian's house together, just to visit relatives and talk but not to eat. After playing at Qian's house for a while, they went to the store together to buy things, intending to take them to eat on the train.

The luggage had already been placed at the guesthouse. The two kids were followed by their father, while Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ruan Cuizhi and Qian Chuan just went shopping, looking here and there and buying whatever they liked.

I had just walked a few steps out of the store when I bumped into an old acquaintance.

Ruan Cuizhi, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie were subconsciously stunned for a moment, and Liu Xiong who was standing opposite them was also stunned for a moment.

Then Liu Xiong suddenly laughed and said loudly with a sarcastic enthusiasm: "Hey, isn't this Cuizhi?"

Ruan Cuizhi just rolled her eyes at him and didn't bother to pay any more attention to him. When I saw him again after so many years, all I felt was annoyance and disgust in my heart and eyes. I even suspected that I was blind when I was young to fall for such a lousy man like him.

Liu Xiong was not embarrassed. He directly pulled the middle-aged woman next to him and said, "Come, come, let me introduce you. This is my ex-wife Ruan Cuizhi. I haven't seen her for some years."

He then looked at Ruan Cuizhi, still speaking to an acquaintance, and said, "This is my wife. Cuizhi, are you married now?"

She also went shopping with her two nieces. She must be unmarried.

I've said it before, how can you marry into a good family in the mountains?

She abandoned her husband and children, was unfaithful to her husband, was cruel and hard-hearted, and was restless. She dressed up like this all day long. She didn't look like a decent woman who could live a good life. Who would be willing to marry her?

Ruan Cuizhi didn't say anything, just cleared her throat.

At this time, Yue Haofeng followed with Ruan Yue in his arms. He stood next to Ruan Cuizhi and looked at Liu Xiong, saying, "Hello, I am Cuizhi's husband. What can I do for you?"

Liu Xiong was stunned when he heard this, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.

Ruan Cuizhi put her hand on Yue Haofeng's arm, looked at him and said, "Thank you for your concern. I'm married. The man I married is younger than you, more educated, more caring, and more responsible. Our family of three is going to Beijing now, and we will all be there in the future. Is there anything else you need to worry about?"

The expression on Liu Xiong's face was completely embarrassed. This man was not only young but also handsome. Standing in front of him, he made him look like an old man. When he heard that he was going to Beijing and would not come back, he was naturally even more upset.

His expression fell, and after a long while he said, "Ruan Cuizhi, you old cow eating young grass!"

Ruan Cuizhi laughed out loud, "Can you eat what you want?"

After saying that, she looked at Liu Xiong's wife, "Why did you marry him? Even if it's your second marriage, even if your conditions are not that good, you shouldn't settle for a man like this. If you can run away, you should run away earlier."

After hearing these words, Liu Xiong's wife's face turned red instantly, and she did not refute Ruan Cuizhi's words. Liu Xiong's face turned red, and he stared at Ruan Cuizhi angrily and shouted, "Ruan Cuizhi, what do you mean?!"

As soon as he finished yelling, a marble hit him in the face, causing him to subconsciously close his eyes and step back.

Yue Haofeng threw the marbles at his daughter while holding her hand. He looked at Liu Xiong with a cold expression that he had never shown at home, and his tone was also very cold, "This is my wife, please be polite when you talk to her!"

Liu Xiong lost his aura instantly and immediately showed a cowardly look, but after a moment he looked at Yue Haofeng and said, "Do you know who she is? She abandoned her husband and children, and gave birth to four children without caring about them. How dare you marry her..."

Another marble hit him in the face and silenced him.

Yue Haofeng said: "If you are a bad person, don't blame others for despising you and abandoning you. Take care of yourself and don't meddle in other people's affairs."

Liu Xiong didn't dare to say anything anymore, mainly because he saw Ruan Changsheng also coming over with the child. The memory of being beaten by Ruan Changsheng was engraved in his bones. Even after all these years, he would still subconsciously feel pain when he saw Ruan Changsheng.

Ruan Cuizhi felt that looking at him any longer was an eyesore and was too lazy to pay attention to him. She grabbed Yue Haofeng's arm and turned away.

Ruan Changsheng deliberately picked up his son and said loudly, "Let's go and ask your third uncle to buy us some delicious food."

Ruan Xi followed up by saying, "Uncle San, I want to drink malted milk."

Ruan Jie: "I want some too, I want some candy!"

Qian Chuan followed suit, "Third brother-in-law, please buy me something delicious too."

Yue Haofeng turned around and said with a smile: "I have them all, I have them all."

Liu Xiong stood there and watched them walk away, gritting his teeth for a moment.

His wife next to him said: "Is this your ex-wife? Is she rich now?"

Liu Xiong gave her a blank look, turned his hand away with a dark face and walked away.

This day will make him angry for half his life!

Ruan Xi and his friends stayed in the town for one night. After breakfast the next morning, they asked Qian Chuan's father to drive them to the train station on a tractor. The family boarded the train and left their hometown, heading for the beautiful big city they longed for.

Because it was their first time traveling long distance by train, they were quite excited and had no intention of resting at all. Even Ruan Changsheng's sons Ruan Dabao and Ruan Yue were excited and kept leaning on the windows to look out.

After much trouble, we finally arrived at the yard that Ruan Xi had bought at noon the next day.

Although the house is old and it can be seen that no one has taken care of it for a long time, it still has everything, including a dining table, an earthen stove, and a bed. Just clean it up and buy some daily necessities, and there will be no problem.

So we just had something to eat at noon, and spent the rest of the afternoon working together. Some cleaned the house, while others went out to the town to buy things.

I set up the iron pot and arranged the bowls and chopsticks, made the bed, stocked up on rice and flour, and bought some oil, salt and seasonings. In the evening, we kneaded the dough, rolled it out, put it into the pot, covered it with meat sauce and added some chili oil, and the family had a hot and delicious dinner.

While eating noodles, Yue Haofeng said, "I bought all the vegetable seeds. When the weather gets warmer, I'll tidy up the vegetable garden outside and plant some radishes, greens, cucumbers, etc., so I don't have to spend money to buy them."

Ruan Cuizhi nodded beside her, "I think this land is not small, we can grow a lot of things."

These are all small matters. Ruan Xi told them about opening a small workshop. "Since school hasn't started yet, I'll go to the city to buy a few second-hand sewing machines and other tools. Uncle and Aunt, get familiar with them and try to get some people here, preferably from nearby places. We don't have to worry about their food and accommodation. Find girls around 18 or 19 who haven't been to school and don't have jobs. Tell them that the training is free, and they'll be paid by the piece. The more they do, the more they earn."

Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan nodded, "Okay, no problem."

Ruan Xi looked at Yue Haofeng, "Uncle, please wait a moment and see what the cloth coupons say. I'll tell you when I have news. Then I'll take you to select fabrics and order them. I'll also take you to buy buttons, zippers, thread balls, and other things. These are easy to handle. I've been selling these things for the past year. I'll make the selections and you can just buy them directly."

Yue Haofeng nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for your arrangements."

Finally, Ruan Cuizhi was the only one left. Ruan Xi looked at her and said with a smile, "Third aunt, just wait at home. Wait for me to buy the sewing machine and move it over. Then, Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu will bring the workers over. You will probably be the busiest one."

Ruan Cuizhi naturally nodded, "Okay, then we'll do other things first, take care of the children, do housework, and take care of the house and vegetable garden. Fifth brother and sister-in-law, you go out and do your work first, and we'll take care of Dabaozi at home."

Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan nodded and said, "Okay."

Ruan Jie, who was ignored, suddenly asked, "What about me?"

Ruan Xi looked at her and smiled, "When school starts, you should go to school and study. Studying is the most important thing."

Although Ruan Jie wanted to participate, she obeyed the arrangement and said, "Okay."

This is how things are going now. Ruan Xi thought for a while and then said, "I will be in charge of the money for now. If you need money, you can get it from me. We will keep a record of every penny spent, okay?"

They had no objection to this and all nodded and said, "All up to you."

There was enough room for everyone, and Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie also had a room. Since school had not started yet, they naturally stayed here at night. After arranging the general matters, Ruan Xi went to the city to get busy the next day.

When it comes to buying a second-hand sewing machine, she naturally goes to Xie Dongyang for help.

She didn't find Xie Dongyang at the repair shop, so she went to Dazhalan again.

Even though she told Xie Dongyang before the New Year that he couldn't set up a stall for the rest of his life, she didn't say that he would stop after the New Year. Everything has a process, so she still went to the street to find him, thinking that he would still go to set up a stall.

After all, he is addicted to making money, and I didn't expect that he would not stay idle at home before doing other things.

Ruan Xi went to Dazhalan and found that the street was full of small stalls before he even entered the street. Just as she had predicted years ago, after the emergence of the millionaire class, these small stalls selling all kinds of groceries have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

With more stalls, the streets became more lively and more people came and went.

Ruan Xi followed the crowd into the street, scanning the stalls nearby, trying to find Xie Dongyang. Her eyes scanned quickly as she searched, then suddenly realizing something, she turned her head and looked back at a stall.

The stall owner is not Xie Dongyang, but he is also an old acquaintance.

After staring at the old acquaintance who was packing things behind the stall for a while, Ruan Xi took two steps back.

She stepped back and stood in front of the stall for a moment, then the old friend who was packing up his things looked up at her.

Their eyes met for three seconds, and Ruan Xi laughed and said, "Huh? Stinky stall vendor? Do your parents know that you are doing this kind of thing?"

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Ye Qiuwen held her breath with a tense face——

Ruan! Creek! !