Chapter 25 Here it comes!

As they agreed to go to Lenghe Town, Mr. Chen took He Liansheng and Qin Ailan there first, because they had work waiting for him to do. Qin Jue and others finished their work in Wulitun first and then went there.

Early in the morning, a military jeep arrived at the entrance of Wulitun Village on time. Chen Bohan was already waiting in the car, "Xiao Zhang, drive slowly, ah."

"Yes, the leader!" A driver who is less than 30 years old answered with full energy.

"You don't need to buy bedding for Comrade He. I have some extra at home. You can just use them. The allocated house is in the family area. I found one specifically for you. It's next to Brother Qingsong, so it will be convenient for you to visit each other in the future." The driver said enthusiastically.

He Liansheng just nodded. He had no requirements for food and accommodation. After all, he had been in all kinds of environments before.

"The house is not big. Conditions are limited now, and everyone lives the same way." Even the regimental-level cadres of the army live in the same small house as the technicians and ordinary workers in the factory. The walls are made of earth and the roof is barely covered with a layer of tiles. But because there is only desert around 412 and there are few trees, the rafters were transported by the soldiers from far away places hundreds of kilometers away. They are very precious and arranged sparsely, and often leak when there is heavy rain.

The car left the green Hongxing County and headed northwest. After passing three checkpoints to check documents and inspect the inside and outside of the vehicle, the green color that could be seen became less and less, until finally all we could see was khaki, an endless expanse of khaki.

Although this place is also under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital, the soil, topography and climate conditions are completely different. When driving in the wind and sand, you can clearly feel the vibration of the car body. "This is the weather here. The natural environment is harsh. It took me two months to adapt to it."

The few of them chatted intermittently, Ailan leaned against the car window and fell asleep and woke up, finally arriving at an open space before dark.

He Liansheng sniffed and felt that the air was a lot more humid than before. He could also smell a bit of the freshness of grass and green trees. It seemed that this was the family area.

The so-called family area was actually very simple. It was just a few rows of "凸"-shaped earthen houses neatly arranged. There were no private doors or courtyards. Everyone shared the yellow mud land in front of the door as a yard, but privately building walls was not allowed. It was very similar to the barracks he had in the army.

However, unlike the collective dormitories in the barracks, the units here are households, and each household has a "convex"-shaped room. Except for the difference in location, the appearance is exactly the same.

Look, he, the newcomer, and Zhao Qingsong, who has been working here for three years, were assigned exactly the same house. They both have two rooms. The outer one is used as a living room for entertaining guests and eating, which is about twelve or thirteen square meters. The inner one is a bedroom, which is only ten square meters. The kitchen is a small compartment built by each person in the corner of his or her house with loess. The factory stipulates that it cannot exceed six square meters, so every household looks the same. If you have a bad memory, you might sneak into someone else's house.

At this time, dim lights were on in the small cubicle kitchens of every household, and the whole family area was filled with the aroma of food. He Liansheng looked at the small house, and something in his heart suddenly softened.

He remembered that Comrade Xiao Qin said that her biggest dream in recent years was to bring her grandmother and sister to live with her so that they no longer had to do farm work. She longed to have her own home, even if it was just two small houses...

"Xiao He?" Suddenly, a tall man came up from behind. It was Zhao Qingsong.

There are not many battalion-level officers here, and there are still several vacant houses in their row of battalion-level officers. A few days ago, he heard Liu Baozhu say that the house next door had been divided up. He didn't ask who it was given to, but he didn't expect it to be his "good brother". Now he feels even more subtle.

Xiao He is good at both literature and martial arts, and he is also good-looking. He also has the support of Mr. Chen. What about Zhao Qingsong? He has fought hard for every promotion. He feels that the gap between him and Xiao He will only get bigger and bigger.

"Brother Qingsong." He Liansheng was a little happy to see an acquaintance.

"Come on, come in and sit down. Stay at my house tonight. I'll take care of your place tomorrow." Zhao Qingsong hugged his shoulders. "Baozhu, fry some peanuts. Xiaohe and I are going to have a few drinks."

He took out two more dollars from his pocket and said, "Haiyang, go to the canteen and buy two bottles of Lao Baigan for Dad."

Before He Liansheng could see what the child looked like, the five or six-year-old boy ran away with the money. His eyes fell on the house, in the living room which was the same size as his own. There was an octagonal table and several benches, a portrait of a great man on the wall, a calendar and a wall clock, and a yellow floral curtain by the window. Although there were not many things in it, it was clean and warm.

"Don't just stand there, sit down. The conditions here are tough, so we can only make do for a few years. The leaders above have promised that when conditions improve in the future, they will build us a brick and tile house with a private courtyard. We can finally have a better future."

He Liansheng nodded. Liu Baozhu came into the room wearing an apron to get some peanuts. "Oh, it's great that Xiao He is here. We will be neighbors from now on!"

"Qingsong has a drinking partner too!"

He Liansheng politely called her "sister-in-law" and didn't know what to say next.

Zhao Qingsong took off his shoes in front of him and stepped barefoot on the concrete floor. "The temperature difference between day and night is big here. It's like a fire during the day, and it's cold at night..."

From his introduction, He Liansheng learned that this place is called Lenghe Town. To call it a town is actually too small, it should be about the same size as a county town. It was established as a town during the Republic of China period, with only 70 or 80 households scattered here. Later, many people from Jiaodong, southern Henan, and northern Anhui fled here, and gradually gathered popularity, slowly forming a medium-sized town. After liberation, due to the establishment of wasteland reclamation and immigration, military factories, military corps, and farms, it gradually developed and grew. "Although it is called a town, its scale is no less than that of my hometown, Hongxing County."

Zhao Qingsong said proudly, "Although our family area is not in the town center, it is very convenient to go to the town. As a soldier, we can get there in ten minutes on foot." Of course, it is not difficult to go out, but it is not easy to come in. There are various checkpoints for inspection and registration, and basically no idle people will be allowed in without a legitimate reason.

As he spoke, his gaze fell on He Liansheng's left leg, and he let out a faint sigh, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

*

Leaving aside He Liansheng's life in Lenghe Town, Qin Jue's family is also making intensive plans to move.

"Laidi?" As he was speaking, a young man walked to the door.

"Brother Liao?"

"Come in and sit for a while."

Liao Zhixian pretended to walk in as if nothing had happened, and asked her when she came back and if there was anything wrong, but in fact he was looking for someone in the yard.

Qin Ju was amused, but she didn't say it out loud. "My elder sister is going out, so it's a good opportunity for me to take a few days off and come back."

Liao Zhixian paused, "Your elder sister... I heard it, I heard it, I don't know if it's true or not, she said..."

"What did you hear?"

Liao Zhixian raised his head and looked at her sincerely, "I heard that she is going to the city to work as a nanny. Is that true?"

"Yes, our family was in financial difficulty. My fourth child and I were both in school, and my grandmother couldn't support us alone. My eldest sister still had to go out to work."

Liao Zhixian was extremely upset. "If she wants to be a nanny, I can ask my parents and they can find her someone who knows her well. It's so far away, Grandma Qin might be worried, right?"

"My eldest sister is only going to the provincial capital, which should not be as far as Haicheng..."

Liao Zhixian was upset and fumbled to explain, "No, that's not what I meant."

Qin Ju almost laughed out loud. Although he said nothing in the past few months, he filled the Qin family's water tank and chopped the firewood every two days. He also rushed to exchange with the Qin family for any heavy or dirty work in the team. This must be because he likes a girl in the previous family. Qin Ju felt that he was not that attractive, and the fourth child was still young, so it must be the eldest sister.

"Xiao Liao, you educated youth have a lot of work to do, so we won't bother you with our family's affairs in the future." Qin Guihua naturally understood this, so every time after work, she, who was so stingy, would invite him to have dinner. If he refused to eat, she would give him some melons and beans from her private plot, just to avoid being criticized.

After Liao Zhixian left, Qin Ju asked her why she disagreed.

"He's a nice guy, good-looking, and well-educated, but he doesn't have a stable job."

"It's not bad to work in the production team and do farm work. We do farm work, too."

Qin Guihua didn't answer. She definitely still hoped that her granddaughter would marry someone who could earn enough food, but she was afraid that this idea would hurt Ailan again. When Ailan met Liu Jiawei, wasn't she looking at him because he had a job and a family of workers? But the result was that they were not a perfect match.

"I see Brother Liao has been researching how to grow watermelons recently. Maybe he can become very successful in the future?" Since his eyes were healed, his enthusiasm for work has greatly increased. Not only does he rush to do dirty and tiring work, he also goes to the county agricultural science station for training to learn how to grow economic crops. Other teams all chose tomatoes and cucumbers, but he chose a watermelon.

After returning from the training, they have been working in the fields every day, regardless of the cold or heat. Wang Lifen and Li Benfen are open-minded and don't say anything, but many members make fun of them behind their backs, saying that city people are city people and they just waste their time doing useless things all day long!

"Oh, don't even mention growing watermelons. Can you eat enough watermelons? Only your Auntie Lifen is interested in growing watermelons, so she specially allocated a plot of land for him to test. If it was someone else, he would have to pay a deduction from his work points!"

"Just because we rural people can't afford it doesn't mean that people in the city can't afford it. If we grow good crops in the future, we can sell them to the city, and that can generate income, right?"

Qin Guihua moved her lips but did not refute.

"As for him and my elder sister, let's just let it go. You shouldn't stand in the way. Anyway, they are so far apart now and it will be hard for them to see each other in the future..." Brother Liao will definitely be able to pass the college entrance examination when it is resumed in three years. By then, he and my elder sister will be separated by thousands of miles. If they succeed, it is fate. If they fail, it is also understandable.

Qin Guihua felt more comfortable in her heart, "There are many good men in this world, your elder sister's good fortune is still to come!" If he must be interested in this young educated youth Liao, then there is nothing she can do. She has seen through it. When it comes to marriage, her own daughter still has to be willing.

People like Lai Di are very creative and chose their own son-in-law, so their lives are getting better and better.

As they were talking, there was a burst of laughter from next door, and a head popped up on the courtyard wall.

Qin Juzhen was very quick-eyed and quick-handed. He picked up a small stone and hit the man's ear accurately.

"Hey, you silly girl, your whole family is destined to be widows. Your eldest sister is just a nanny, and you are so proud of yourself..."

"Liu Dahu, if you say one more word, I will make your arm heal right away, believe it or not?"

Liu Dahu moved his still limp arm and dared not say anything more. He had been sick ever since He Liansheng dislocated his arm half a year ago. Of course, at first he really couldn't use his arm and could only recuperate at home. Later he found that recuperation was quite comfortable, without the need for wind, sun, or rain, so he just let his arm droop and pretended to be sick.

Widow Liu felt sorry for her grandson, so she shamelessly asked Qin Ju to see him eight times, if not ten times. Qin Ju was also tired of him being idle at home and doing things, so in order to protect her own rabbit, she swallowed her disgust and took him back. Of course, the medical fee was doubled, and the medicine was also expensive.

Liu Dahu was not grateful to her at all. He just hated her for ruining his chance of pretending to be sick.

Later, she dislocated her arm on purpose, and then Widow Liu asked Qin Ju for help, and then she dislocated her arm again... Anyway, as long as she could get the medical fees and medicine costs, she would not expose it, and the world where only Widow Liu was injured was achieved.

"Third sister, are we really going? What about these rabbits?" Little Qin Pan quickly accepted the suggestion of going to the provincial capital to live with her third sister. Anyway, she had finished her final exams long ago, and it didn't matter where she went to school... She just couldn't bear to leave the little rabbits.

"I've asked Aunt Lifen to come and look after them. We'll give her a few and send the rest to my second sister's home to raise." She remembered that the kids in the Niu family liked rabbits very much last time. She wondered whether the ones she gave them were able to keep them alive.

"Grandma also said she wanted to...make it into pickled rabbit meat and send it to big sister..."

Qinjiao is drooling, pickled rabbit is also delicious!

"Hmph, Third Sister, you are bad. Just like grandma, you just want to eat rabbits." Qin Pan quickly hugged the shivering little rabbits in her arms.

Of course, Qin Guihua did not object to giving the rabbits to Wang Lifen for free. After all, not all of them were given away. Besides, Wang Lifen had taken good care of them, an orphan and a widow, in the past two years. After Li Benfen became the team leader, there were fewer people bullying them. If there was anything worth remembering about Wulitun, it was this couple, who were so kind.

The next day, Qin Ju organized the Chinese medicines at home. Those that needed to be sold were sold, and those that needed to be made into pills were made as soon as possible. However, she felt sorry for these Dendrobium plants, which had only grown for a short time.

*

"Hey, Lai Di is here. I heard you were home the other day, so I thought you were on vacation." The Cui family was getting ready to eat, and when they saw her, they quickly offered their seats to her. "The second wife, hurry up and serve some rice to your sister, Lai Di, and the eldest daughter-in-law, go fry two eggs."

Qin Ju quickly grabbed them and said, "Stop busying yourself, my two sisters-in-law. I came here after I had dinner."

The Cui family was grateful to her for saving their mother, and they always gave her grandmother gifts. She couldn't eat and take at the same time. "I came here today to discuss something with Uncle Wu."

It turned out that she wanted to grow the Dendrobium officinale first and multiply more plants before going to the brigade to discuss promotion. The brigade commander and his wife were upright people, and she also wanted to repay them. Who knew that they had to go to the provincial capital so soon, and the plan was disrupted and had to be rearranged.

"Uncle Wu, you are a good farmer and you were the first to discover Dendrobium officinale. You can move the plants in my yard over here and take care of them. If they survive, you can plant them in your own plot next year."

Cui Laowu agreed, but - "You also know that our commune stipulates that every household, regardless of the number of people, can only keep three-tenths of private land, and they have to grow some grain and vegetables. I'm afraid..."

"As long as it can survive, don't plant anything else, just plant Dendrobium."

The Cui family was a little hesitant. What else can the farmers eat if they don’t have grain? If they use their land to grow pesticides, won’t they go hungry?

Seeing the Cui family looking pale and thin, and the children starving to death, Qin Jue couldn't bear it: "How about this, you plant half of the grain and the other half of the dendrobium. When the dendrobium can be sold, the money from selling it can buy ten or eight times the grain." If they failed, they could still get half of the grain harvest.

"sell?"

"Yes, I will help you contact the buyer, and you can just tell them my name when the time comes." During this period of internship at the county hospital, she often went to the pharmacy and got along better with the old pharmacist. She knew that they were in urgent need of Dendrobium officinale, and as long as it could be grown, they would buy it at the highest price on the market.

"Don't make this public yet. Just plant the crops on your own for two years. Once you're sure everything is OK, tell Captain Li and Auntie Lifen. Then you can lead the whole team to plant the crops together."

Cui Laowu was tempted. He used to be a half-hunter and knew all the plants on the mountain like the back of his hand. He was familiar with their growth habits. Other species might not be able to survive, but he would definitely be able to take good care of the Dendrobium.

You can also make money from selling things. With the money, you can buy not only food, but also meat, new clothes, and send your children to school.

"Okay, let's plant it. If there's no food, I can go back to my parents' home to borrow some." said the eldest son's wife.

The second son's wife followed suit, "Dad, Mom, we've been poor for so many years. The hardest days are over. Why should we be afraid of the next year or so? My parents can lend us some money when the time comes."

"That's right. We'll see the results in a year or so."

Seeing their two daughters-in-law say this, the Cui family's old couple were both moved and sad, "Okay, let's give it a try."

The next afternoon, Cui Laowu went to the Qin family's yard, moved the Dendrobium to his private plot, and began to take care of it carefully three times a day.

Wang Lifen also quickly went to claim a male and two female rabbits. They were all mature rabbits that could give birth as long as they were carried. The rabbits she originally raised at home had already been released from the pens, and she had even made a good amount of money secretly!

There were ten left, and Qin Ji refused to sell them to anyone. Although Qin Guihua felt strange, she didn't care.

*

In midsummer, some black little heads appear in the dam. The children here, both boys and girls, can swim at a very young age. Although they don’t learn the standard swimming postures like those in the youth palaces in the city, almost everyone knows how to doggy paddle.

Just as Qin Jue reached the river bank, he saw some heads gathered in groups of three or four in the shallow water.

She tried hard to identify and find her little nephew Niu Shanyong inside, but failed - the heads were all the same size and black, and their hair was wet and slippery and stuck to their scalps, just like a group of little otters!

"Hey, who do you think that is?" A child saw her first and asked his friends curiously.

“No.”

"I haven't seen him before. Whose relative is he?"

"Whose relative is this who is so beautiful?"

Niu Shanyong had just dived out of the water, still holding a stone he had found from the riverbed, ready to skip it, when he looked up and saw, "My Third Aunt!"

"Your third aunt? You recognize her if you have such a pretty third aunt?"

"It turns out she is my third aunt!" Niu Shanyong waved the stone in his hand, "Third aunt, third aunt!"

Qin Ju wiped the sweat off his face, feeling dizzy from the heat. "Shan Yong?"

The little otter quickly came out and shook off the moisture on his body like a little yellow dog: "Third Aunt, why are you here? And you're carrying a chicken cage?"

Qin Ju wanted to throw away the pair of chicken cages. They weighed a full 40 kilograms. He didn't take a tractor, but took bus No. 11 here. He was almost dying of the heat.

"Mom, mom, my third aunt is here!" Niu Shanyong happily ran to the field naked.

Qin Youdi was just looking for an opportunity to slack off, so she quickly came up to him from a distance and grabbed his ear, "Where are your clothes?"

"I forgot...I forgot to wear it..."

Qin Youdi got angry and slapped him twice on the buttocks, "Forget it, why don't you forget to poop after eating, huh?"

Niu Shanyong hid while reporting military intelligence: "My third aunt is carrying a chicken cage. Is she going to send chickens to our family? Last time, Erdan's aunt sent a big rooster to their family!"

Qin Youdi knew how stingy her grandmother and sister were, but she had to save face in front of the child and shouted loudly for everyone to hear: "Of course, your great-grandmother and third aunt are very good to us. They save all the delicious food for us. Do you remember the pork we ate last time?"

Suddenly, there was a sound of drooling in the fields, and a sour smell coming from the two sisters-in-law.

Niu Shanyong also took a sip, "Mom, when are we going to eat rabbit... Hey, mom, why are you pinching me?"

Qin Youdi rolled her eyes at her silly son, and said with her chest puffed out, "Come on, let's go and see what good things your third aunt has sent us."

Qin Ju really couldn't walk anymore, so she waited at the entrance of the village. She saw the mother and son coming from a distance. She felt reluctant to let them go because she didn't know when she would see them again after they moved to the provincial capital. This second sister of hers had helped a lot with her eldest sister's divorce.

"Why, what did grandma ask you to bring over?" Youdi spotted a tuft of snowflake fur with her sharp eyes. "Rabbit?"

"My family doesn't want to keep them anymore, so I'll send them all to you."

Qin Youdi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Don't want money? You're not sick, are you? Don't bother me..."

Qin Ju really wanted to roll his eyes. "Yes, each rabbit is three or four pounds. You see, there are ten rabbits in total, so it should be at least thirty yuan, right?"

Youdi pouted, "Then I don't want it. I don't have the money to buy it. Besides, there are so many people eating at home, and there are only three of us. It doesn't count."

The Niu family has not yet split up. The first two brothers are older than Niu Dagang and have three or four children, but the third wife has only one child. It is obvious that she is at a disadvantage. This is also the fundamental reason why Youdi has always been at odds with her two sisters-in-law. She always feels that they are raising children for the eldest and second brothers, and she is not happy about it. But the two sisters-in-law are also picky and stubborn. They get the advantage but still sell it out. They often say outside that she and Niu Dagang are lazy and lazy, as if they are raising the three of them.

Qin Ju didn't like to hear her complain. She knew the situation of the Niu family before she got married, and she would finish the path she chose even if she had to kneel down. "Alright, alright, this isn't a grievance meeting. I came here to tell you that my eldest sister has gone to the provincial capital to work, and my grandmother and I will be going there soon. I'm afraid I won't be able to tell you in time if I'm notified on short notice, so I'm telling you now."

"What kind of job is she applying for?"

"Hey, third brother, our family is really very prosperous! Wait, I have to publicize this matter to you, so that those two sisters-in-law won't think that there is no one left in our Qin family. We can still live a good life in the city even if we don't have a son!"

Qin Ju did not stop her. After she had almost finished venting her anger, she said, "We have grown attached to these rabbits and we cannot bear to eat them. We are giving them to you. You can do whatever you want with them."

Qin Youdi couldn't let go and caressed those white velvety little things. "Okay, I definitely won't eat them either. I'll send them to Zhu Bamei's hotel tomorrow."

Ever since Zhu Bamei took over Qin Ailan's job, she has helped the villagers a lot. She buys the chickens, ducks, and vegetables that the villagers have worked so hard to raise at market prices. This not only allows her to supply the hotel with the freshest ingredients, but also saves the villagers from selling them on the black market. Now, who in the village doesn't speak well of her?

“Zhu Bamei is a smart person. She will definitely have a bright future. You should spend more time with her. Maybe she can help you in the future. Don’t lose the big picture for the small.” The second brother-in-law of the previous life also followed others to do business a few years after the reform and opening up. However, because he was stingy and did not want to suffer losses, his originally prosperous hotel business went bankrupt. He transferred it to his eldest brother at a low price, and he turned the business from loss to profit in just three months. Later, he became the best-off of the three Niu brothers.

On the contrary, Niu Dagang and Qin Youdi, who were the most active and courageous, had to work hard all their lives but could only afford to live comfortably. If it weren't for Niu Shanyong's filial piety, their lives in their later years would have been in trouble. "Oh, by the way, second sister, Shanyong is a good seedling. You should teach him the principles of life and stop encouraging him to be greedy all day long."

Youdi grinned at the first half of the sentence, but immediately turned her face upside down at the second half: "Are you saying something nice?"

"The child is smart. Send him to school. You won't lose out if you invest in the company."

After delivering the rabbit and leaving her phone number and address, Qin Ju did not eat at Niu's house. "I'm leaving now. Ah, if you have time before I leave, you can come back and have dinner with me. If not, you can go back and contact me later."

It was too sunny on the way back. Qin Ji had no hat, so he could only pick a big lotus leaf from the rice field and put it on his head. It was better than nothing.

After walking almost two miles, she suddenly heard someone calling her name from behind. She turned around and saw, "Second sister, why are you here again?"

Youdi ran breathlessly, "You silly girl, can't you walk slower? I asked you to eat before going back, but you refused. I know you'll go back hungry and you'll definitely ask me not to keep you."

She complained, but quickly stuffed a handkerchief into my hand, "Here, your second sister is not as successful as your eldest sister and can't make friends with any important people, so I can only give you a few dollars for the journey. Call me when you get there."

After saying that, she left without looking back. If she didn't leave, she would regret it.

Qin Ju opened it and saw a packet of colorful bills inside, which added up to a total of twenty-two yuan!

"Wait a minute, sister. Take it back. We don't need it..."

"Get out of here! If you think the Niu family can't hear you, you can shout louder."

Qin Ju could only smile bitterly as she watched her disappear in a few minutes. She had never dared to tell her second sister about the money she made from preparing herbs and selling them, for fear that she would go back and take advantage of her. It seemed that in her second sister's mind, they were the ones who needed help.

When Qin Guihua saw the money Youdi had given her after returning home, she felt a little upset. "What a stupid girl! She should just live a good life in her husband's family. Why is she still thinking about her own family?"

"Grandma, just accept what my second sister gives you. When we've settled down there, you can ask them to come over." It was 1974, and it was only a few years before the reform and opening up. By then, many people would go to other provinces and the south to work hard, let alone a small provincial capital.

Actually, there were not many belongings at home, and they were reluctant to sell the two old hens. The old lady insisted on taking them to the provincial capital to raise them. Qin Ju thought about it and realized that in her previous life, the family community did not allow people to raise chickens and ducks for fear of spreading infectious diseases to the staff. Anyone who raised chickens and ducks would be ordered to deal with them or have them confiscated.

No matter how much she tried to persuade her now, it was useless. Her grandmother treated the two old hens as her own life. She would know how powerful she was if she found that people in a certain place didn't allow her to keep any hens.

There were no other living things in the house. There was only the food distributed at the end of the year, which had been mostly eaten. I thought that I would have enough time to clean up when I received the notice.

Although the three grandparents did not brag about it, everyone saw them busy dealing with the household affairs. Wang Lifen kindly advised them: "Auntie, don't rush to deal with it. What if the transfer order doesn't arrive yet? What will you eat then?"

Qin Guihua straightened her back and said proudly, "That's impossible. The government of our Dragon Country will not deceive our old farmers."

Wang Lifen choked, "But... there's no need to be so anxious... What if..." If all the belongings were dealt with and she couldn't go, with Qin Guihua's character, wouldn't she have to go to the brigade headquarters to ask for food? Then it would be the brigade cadres who would have a headache.

Although she inherited the old lady's rabbit, her feelings about her were complex, formed over the past few decades.

Qin Guihua didn't agree to sell the food at first, but Qin Jue made her understand, saying that everything could be bought there, it was a big town, as big as Hongxing County, and there were three women, old and young, who had to carry pots and pans, bedding and daily necessities, and two old hens, so how could they spare a hand to carry the food? If they got separated on the road, they would never be able to find each other again.

Qin Guihua was so frightened that she slapped her chest. As an old lady, she would definitely not be looked down upon by the merchant, but it was different for her two granddaughters. She immediately decided in her heart that she must deal with what she could deal with and travel light. When the time comes, she will have to keep a close eye on the two granddaughters.

"Okay, stop trying to persuade me. We are here to enjoy the good life with our grandson-in-law. If it weren't for his success, Lai Di wouldn't have gotten such a good job. I told you, Xiao He will definitely..." And so on, showing off his unique vision and ability to identify heroes.

The members who were originally prepared to laugh at them all looked a little embarrassed.

On the other side, Qin Ju went to say goodbye to Liao Zhixian. He didn't say anything, but took the initiative to come to the house to help pack up things. He also said that if he felt at ease, he would take care of the house, come in regularly to clean the house, and help tidy up the tiles on rainy days.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Xiao Liao. A house will deteriorate quickly if no one lives in it. Why don't you stop living in the educated youth camp and move home where someone else lives so it won't deteriorate as easily." Qin Guihua took the initiative to speak.

Liao Zhixian, for some reason, actually agreed: "Okay, Auntie, leave me your address and phone number so that I can contact you in time if anything happens to the house."

Qin Guihua really gave him Ailan's contact information.

Qin Jue was watching from the side and wanted to laugh. Even the grandma who spent all her time hunting geese would one day get her eyes pecked by a goose.

Just as we finished dealing with the issue here, on the third day, a commune correspondent came to the brigade headquarters on a bicycle. The official letter of the transfer order was first sent to the county revolutionary committee, which forwarded it to Baiyin Commune, which then took the letter to the production team. "The unit there urged us to start work officially on the first of next month."

It’s the end of the month today, so we have to take action right away!

Qin Ju did not ask her second sister to come back for dinner to avoid adding to her sadness. Anyway, they would have many opportunities to meet each other in the future. Early in the morning on the 27th, she went to the commune and the Education Committee to transfer Qin Pan's academic file, which was related to the child's schooling. In the afternoon, she prepared some dry food and got on the train to the provincial capital early in the morning on the 28th.

The green train arrives in the provincial capital in the evening, and there are only two minibuses from the provincial capital to Lenghe Town a day, the early bus is at 9 am, and the late bus is at 3 pm...you can't catch it.

"We can only wait until tomorrow. Let's find a guesthouse to stay for the night." The train station was crowded with people. Qin Ju was afraid that grandma and the fourth child would get lost. He looked at each one of them. He had a huge black iron pot on his back and two broken kitchen knives and a wood chopping knife tied with hemp rope on his shoulders. Fortunately, there was no need to go through security checks when taking the train in this era.

When squeezed by people, she was like a sea turtle that was caught in a huge shell and the sea water and couldn't move itself, tossing from side to side.

Qin Guihua was not much better off. She was carrying one of the few usable beddings in the house. Even though she compressed it as much as she could, it was still very large and was squeezed to this and that by the people around her.

The only good person was Qin Pan. She was small and agile. She carried her books and homework pens on her shoulders and held two clucking old hens in her hands as she moved through the crowd. Unfortunately... her shoes were squeezed off.

"Sister, third sister, my shoes fell off!" She jumped in the crowd, trying to shout with her head raised.

Qin Ju had a headache. The little girl only had two pairs of shoes. The pair she wore today was bought during the Chinese New Year. She treasured them very much and quickly stopped her, saying, "If they fall, they fall. You are not allowed to go back and pick them up!"

She had seen on TV that during the famine era, some people went back to look for shoes because their shoes were squeezed out, and ended up being separated from their families and never seeing them again for the rest of their lives. This was not an exaggeration in today's era.

Although Qin Pan felt distressed, she obeyed and could only pout, secretly hating herself for not living up to her expectations. The shoes were bought with her elder sister's compensation money, and today was only the third time she wore them.

Just as she was feeling frustrated, her eyes suddenly lit up. The exit was not far away. She jumped up again excitedly: "Third sister, someone is here to pick us up!"

Qin Jue couldn't hear anything at all, she only saw her little head appearing and disappearing on the adult's shoulder. She thought she was going to look for shoes, and her heart jumped out of her throat in anxiety: "Don't pick it up, wait for me, don't be anxious, my pot is almost broken!"

"Hey, why are you stepping on my foot?"

"You're the one stepping on my foot!"

The surroundings suddenly became chaotic, but it didn't last long because the railway workers in charge of maintaining order were walking towards us blowing whistles, and everyone soon went with the flow as if nothing had happened.

Qin Jue, the scapegoat who was squeezed to the point of being tottering and with his head spread out like a chicken's nest, saw the man in a white shirt at the exit at the most desperate moment of his life, holding up a sign that read: "Qin Jue, Qin Pan, Qin Guihua."

Lao He, come and pick them up.