Xu Yaozu was feeling a bit better, and his colleagues from work came to visit him. Later, the news that Xu Yaozu was injured and recuperating at home spread quickly, and more and more people came to visit him. Some of these people were acquaintances, and some were strangers. They all brought gifts, and some even came from the next village with a few eggs and radishes.

Xu Yaozu's position is quite sensitive, so his family refuses all gifts from anyone who comes to visit, not even a single scallion.

It is said that public servants should not take a single needle or thread from the people, and people in this era have done so remarkably well.

Are you kidding me? Wouldn't taking that kind of proletarian ideology that corrupts public servants?

On the third day after Xu Xinning returned, the decision regarding the relocation of Xu Xialian's village was made. The higher authorities had approved their establishment of an independent village in the northeast corner of Xujia Village, but it was assigned to the unified management of Xujia Village Brigade.

This was the result of Mu Jingheng's hard work. That location was not far from where his uncle had found Xu Xinning's specially made spinning top from her previous life when he was a sophomore, which was at the foot of that Mantou Mountain.

They were all hunters, and living at the foot of Mantou Mountain made it convenient for them to go up the mountain to hunt. Of course, their main occupation in the future was agriculture.

Mantou Mountain is a bit far from Xujia Village. There are many undeveloped mountain areas there, which can be allocated to them as their private plots.

The happiest person was Xu Xialian. Although her family had severed ties with her, she still considered the eldest son's family as her own family because of the kindness they had shown her.

Relocating the village requires building houses, so they can't move here anytime soon.

After Xu Laosan's midterm exam results came out, he was beaten by his family. This beating, fueled by Old Mrs. Chen, was no less severe and was the worst Xu Laosan had ever been beaten in his life.

Perhaps he was really beaten badly, or perhaps he felt that his pride was shattered, but Xu Laosan seemed to have suddenly become enlightened and no longer resisted studying.

Perhaps because he had fallen behind in his studies, Xu Laosan is now frighteningly diligent at school.

The teacher used to be afraid of Xu Laosan climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles; now he's afraid of being chased around by Xu Laosan asking questions. The scariest thing is that he doesn't even spare the teacher when he goes to the toilet.

Imagine a teacher straining on the toilet while a student frowns and asks him, "Teacher, Su Xun, one of the Three Su's, was the father, so why is his son Su Shi more famous than him?"

The teacher blurted out: "The student surpasses the teacher."

Xu Laosan was even more confused. "Blue and green are clearly two different colors, so what's the point of comparing them? Some people like blue, some people like green, and I really like green. Blue is so beautiful. The sky is blue, the sea is blue. If you like blue, just like blue. Why suppress green?"

Once the teacher relaxed, she realized that what Xu Laosan said seemed to make a lot of sense!

Why?

Oh shit!

This brat led me astray.

The teacher gritted his teeth and patiently explained, "Qing: Indigo, a deep blue dye. Lan: Indigofera tinctoria, a plant used as a blue dye. Originally, it meant that indigo was extracted from the indigofera tinctoria plant, but its color is deeper than that of the plant itself. Do you understand?"

Xu Laosan seemed oblivious to the stench, still taking notes on what the teacher said, muttering to himself, "Isn't it clear now? Why be so lazy and omit so many words? Is he trying to appear cultured?"

The teacher choked for a moment, then his large and small intestines started to move, and he seemed to lose all feeling.

no!

Wasn't he just asking about the Three Sus? How did it veer off to the topic of cyan and indigo?

Forget it, I can't use this latrine anymore.

Now that Xu Xinning and Xu Zexi are both at home, Xu Laosan has even more people to ask about his homework, so he has made rapid progress recently, scoring a high score of 81 on his first math exam after the midterm exams.

Eighty-one! Just a little bit short of achieving excellent.

For the first time, Xu Laosan anxiously awaited the end of school. He wanted to slap his test paper on the table so everyone could see it; he, Xu Laosan, was now a good student.

After returning, Xu Zexi went to his maternal grandfather's house. He had a good relationship with his maternal grandfather's cousins ​​and they corresponded frequently when they were in the army. Therefore, he had heard a lot about Mu Jingheng. It was just a pity that he didn't see him in person this time, otherwise he would have definitely given him a hard time.

Xu Xinning also told Mu Jingheng about this in her space. Mu Jingheng chuckled and asked Xu Xinning what Xu Zexi liked. He had to cater to his preferences and shut him up before he could make things difficult for him. The brother-in-law was someone to flatter, so he couldn't afford to offend him.

The two of them browsed around the space and finally chose a camera.

Mu Jingheng was certain that no young man of this era disliked a camera.

Cameras are very rare items. Currently, such cameras are imported and can only be purchased at Friendship Stores. However, they are not always available; sometimes you might have to wait a month or two for them to be in stock. Therefore, owning such a camera is very cool.

The next day, Xu Xinning gave the camera to Xu Zexi and told him that it was a gift from Mu Jingheng. Sure enough, Xu Zexi loved it and couldn't stop smiling. He took a lot of photos of his family that day, especially of the third son, Xu Laosan.

She accepted the gift with great care, but she still maintained her stubbornness: "Don't think that just because he gave me a camera I'll accept him as my brother-in-law. It won't be that easy for him to marry my sister."

Xu Laosan pursed his lips, feeling he had been taken advantage of. He respected Mu Jingheng as his brother-in-law so much, yet he hadn't seen Mu Jingheng give him a camera. A basketball would have been fine too!

Xu Laosan had been in a bad mood for several days because of this. He was wondering whether he should remind Mu Jingheng when he came back.

Xu Yaoyang's wife is someone who can take things in stride. As soon as she felt a little better and could walk again, she went to the brigade headquarters to find Yang Chunqin and Xu Qiang.

Xu Yaoyang's affair is no longer a strange topic in the brigade. Everyone from eighty-year-old elders to toddlers knows that he has found another wife outside the village.

Everyone felt ashamed that such a heartless man had emerged from the brigade. Only the second wife and her husband felt that their son was capable. They were even proud that their son had found a first-time bride in the city.

They were all from the same production brigade, so they would just curse each other behind their backs, but no one dared to report the person to the Revolutionary Committee for misconduct.

This is different from the matter of Xu Mingyang's previous wife. After all, back then, it was something that was witnessed firsthand, and the impact was enough to make one's sense of justice surge. But with Xu Yaoyang's matter, everyone had only heard about it, so the feeling was quite different.

The people in the brigade wouldn't report him to the Revolutionary Committee, but that didn't mean others wouldn't, since conduct issues were a very serious matter in those days.