After breakfast on the 16th, Zhou Xiang called Zuo Heng to inform him of the evening train and asked him to notify the employees.

Then she began to organize her and her elder brother's things.

Zhou's mother came into her room with a large wicker basket and said, "Think about it, take all these with you and cook them yourself."

Zhou Xiang looked at the basket of salted fish and bacon, plus a pot of braised food, and said helplessly, "Mom, doesn't the family need food? Does my dad know you stole his food?"

Mother Zhou didn't care. "There's still a lot left at home. Your father made so much this year that he doesn't even know how much is left. I'll pack some for your aunt, your blind aunt, so he'll have no idea how much he has left."

Zhou thought, "It's hard to guard against thieves in the house!"

Mother Zhou tapped her forehead and said, "That's just sarcastic. By the way, do you want to take out the jar under the stove in the east?"

Zhou Xiang shook his head, "No, just leave it there!"

"Whatever you want!"

Zhou's mother stopped caring about how her little girl packed her things and went downstairs.

Zhou Xiang waited for his mother to leave, then reached out and put the basket into the space. With his mother as a cover, sometimes it was very convenient to do some things.

After lunch, Wu Haotian came over and handed Zhou Xiang a passbook, saying it was given by Zuo's father. Zhou Xiang opened it and saw that the money had been increasing every year for more than six years.

"Is everything here?"

Wu Haotian nodded and said, "He has saved all the money he earned in the past few years here."

Zhou wanted to hand him the passbook and said, "Go and take out your share, and then give 10% from me to Father Zuo. Tell him it's a bonus."

Wu Haotian, "Then we each pay half?"

Zhou Xiang waved his hand, "No need, that's not much! Just take it from me."

Wu Haotian stopped arguing and said, "Okay! Then I'll wait for you in the county town?"

"Yes! Go with Zuo Heng and ask him to gather everyone together. Wait for my call."

"good!"

Zhou wanted to ask Brother Chao to negotiate a small passenger car. Since there were many people, they still had to charter a car.

At four o'clock, Li Li came to Zhou's house with a backpack.

Zhou's father planned to prepare breakfast and dinner, but everyone said they had no appetite, so Zhou's father stopped trying to persuade them.

There was a shouting outside. It was the car driver who arrived. Zhou wanted everyone to pick up their luggage and get on the car in the front yard.

Zhu Hang helped to move things. His aunt had more things than when she came, and they were all food packed for her by her eldest sister.

The blind lady also has a big bag of food, but Brother Chao is carrying it!

After putting all the things away, Old Lady Liu moved to the side of the car. The car started slowly, and her parents walked quickly after the car.

Seeing his mother's tears, Zhou Xiang felt sad too. He stretched his head out and waved to his parents, "Mom and Dad, go back! Brother-in-law, take good care of the family."

Zhu Hang nodded and pulled his father-in-law and mother-in-law who wanted to follow the car.

The car turned out of the gate. Zhou wanted to look back and saw her mother still waving, so she waved back hard.

Sitting back in her seat and sniffing, she found that she was slowly becoming sentimental. She was not like this before. When did it start?

It seemed that after agreeing to Ling and then finding that I had fallen in love with him, my heart was no longer as cold and hard as before.

Alas! I was busy all day on purpose, and now that I have some free time, I still miss him.

As soon as the car entered the county town, Zhou Xiang called Zuo Heng. Everyone there was gathering at his house. Zhou Xiang asked the driver to drive the car to the Water Conservancy Bureau.

When Zuo Heng and the others got on the bus, Tang Min saw Zhou Xiang getting off the bus and pulled her aside to whisper.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou wanted to go to a restaurant with a group of people to eat spicy hot pot. She was so busy that she didn't have time to talk to her.

What they were talking about was naturally the gossip of the Wei family. Wei Juan gave birth to two daughters, while Widow Zhao gave birth to a son.

Invisibly, Wei Juan seemed to be in a low position and had tacitly accepted that her husband had two families. Wei Juan's mother was busy at home all day long, and her life was very lively.

Yu Yonggang was not afraid at all. Widow Zhao was getting older and was trying hard to win him over for the sake of her son. Although Wei Juan was young, her complexion was not good and she had a bitter face all day long, which made him upset. He was idle all day long and did nothing. He would stroll out after dinner.

Recently, someone saw him watching a movie with another woman in the cinema!

His sister did marry into the city as she wished, but she married a second-rate man. The couple spent their days eating and waiting to die, living off the savings of the second-rate man's parents.

After hearing this, Zhou Xiang didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy for the Wei family. If Chao Ge really married into the Wei family, who knows what would happen! The Wei family is full of cowards, bullies who only care about the strong and the weak.

"Okay, I have to go now. I'll talk to you again when I come back next time. You should also pay attention to yourself."

Tang Min nodded, her eyes tearful. She was able to be where she is today thanks to the girl in front of her who helped her when she was very young.

Now, she not only has several thousand yuan in private money, but also has a dominant position in her husband's family. The salary she takes home every month is higher than that of her father-in-law, and her status in the family has also risen along with her salary.

"Good! Have a safe trip."

Zhou Xiang spoke a few more words to Zuo's father and Aunt Fang, and said goodbye to Zhenzhen and Yaya before returning to the car.

After the car drove away, Wei Juan's mother came over to ask Tang Min who the girl was who had just spoken to her.

Tang Min looked at her strangely, "You didn't recognize her? That's Zhou Xiang."

Wei Juan's mother was stunned. Zhou Xiang? That dark and skinny little girl had actually become so beautiful?

She couldn't help but think of the two good things that Wei Juan had ruined because of her. Her face changed and she turned around and went home.

Tang Min pouted behind her. She was always picky and competitive. Her family life was in chaos, yet she still had the nerve to ask about other people's gossip.

After Ling Ran returned to the army and finished his leave, the first thing he did was to submit an application for discharge.

Tang Ganwen naturally disagreed and tried to persuade him earnestly.

Ling Ran just shook his head. "No matter what you say, it's useless. You were the one who hid it from my grandfather and got me into this."

Tang Ganwen's mouth was dry. He picked up the water cup and took a sip. He asked, "You are in your prime now. Tell me, why do you want to retreat?"

"I want to go back and watch over her and protect her, and I also want to get engaged."

Tang Ganwen, "Is that the reason?"

Ling Ran nodded, "Yes!"

"Then I'll send you to protect her, and you can go back and get engaged!"

Ling Ran shook his head, "The prerequisite for engagement is that I return home after being discharged from the army."

"Ah? Zhou Xiang's awareness is so low? No, I want to criticize..."

"Captain." Ling Ran interrupted him, "It was my request. I said we'd get engaged if we returned, and that's why she agreed."

When Tang Ganwen heard this, he would not agree even more. Zhou Xiang must have guessed that the team was reluctant to let Ling Ran go, which was why such a prerequisite was put in place.

However, given Ling Ran's temper, if he really disagreed, he would definitely torment him endlessly. "How about this! Complete one mission, and I'll allow you to withdraw."