Chapter 60: Hanging Several Girls at the Same Time

It was a letter from Huo Qingqing, sent by her eldest brother on behalf of the whole family. Inside the big envelope was a letter from everyone to Huo Qingqing. My father was reinstated and promoted, and my mother eventually became the deputy director of the Provincial People's Hospital. Lin Anan's problem was solved. The eldest brother found someone who was not easy to find and arranged a job for her as a temporary worker in a cotton mill. With the mediation of the Women's Federation, the neighborhood committee and the Civil Affairs Bureau, Lin Anan severed her kinship with her adoptive parents.

There is another good news. My second brother came to Hanjiagou to visit them during the Spring Festival.

The mother said that she missed her two grandchildren again. She knew it was not easy for them to take pictures, so she said that when the second child came, she would bring them a camera so that they could take pictures of the children often and also take pictures of some of the scenery in Hanjiagou. In fact, the old mother wanted to comfort her daughter and tell her not to be anxious because others were returning to the city one after another. They were also keeping an eye on some policies regarding educated youth and farmers.

Huo Qingqing now has a radio and listens to the news every day, keeping an eye on the policies for educated youth, urban trends, and economic policies. In fact, she is clear about the current situation without paying attention to her. She can't go back for a while anyway. If she wants to go back, she has to take a different road. She never wants to go that way in her life.

Huo Qingqing asked Han Jianwu to read her letter. After reading the letter, the man looked into Huo Qingqing's eyes and asked, "Do you hate me?"

Huo Qingqing said "Ah?" and said, "Why should I hate you? What's wrong with you?"

Han Jianwu looked into Huo Qingqing's eyes and said, "If the report had not happened that year, would you marry me?"

Huo Qingqing pursed her lips and stared at Han Jianwu's face and eyes for a long time, then shook her head and said, "I don't know. After all, I was indeed reported by someone that year. This is an unchangeable fact, and you had the same attitude towards me before and after the report, which is also a fact.

I think the most important things are the present and the future. We are together now, and we have a pair of lovely and smart children. We should live every day in the present and then embrace the future. Why do you keep dwelling on the past? ”

Han Jianwu, "..." He had to admit that he was unsure and unconfident, always worried that she would leave them. After all, she had no choice but to marry him, not willingly.

Han Jianwu smiled bitterly and said, "I see that more and more educated youth are returning to the city. Even if they are not returning for a long time, some are going home to visit their families. The Chinese New Year will be here in a few months, and by then the educated youth compound will have been completely gone. I'm worried that you will be sad."

Huo Qingqing said helplessly, "Brother, I have been in Hanjiagou for four years and have never been home once. It's not just this year that I won't go home for the New Year."

Han Jianwu pursed his lips for a long time and said, "Normally, there should be no problem for you to go back to the provincial capital for the New Year, right?" In her letters home, every family member showed great concern for her, but no one mentioned asking her to bring the children home for the Spring Festival. Doesn't she find this strange?

Han Jianwu's question made Huo Qingqing stunned. It was true, but her family had never mentioned this matter and she had never thought about it. More importantly, she had no plans to bring her children home for the New Year. The children were too young. The green trains at that time were not only dirty and messy by the end of the year, but human traffickers were also unscrupulously snatching women and children on the streets. She didn't want to take her babies out to suffer that kind of pain in fear. A nest of gold or silver is not as good as one's own doghouse. It would be safer for her to spend the New Year at home.

Huo Qingqing said, "The train station is dirty and messy now, and it is even worse at the end of the year. My parents don't dare let us take the train with our two children. The risk is too great."

“…”

Huo Qingqing added, "My parents have just resumed their jobs, so we can't be too high-profile right now."

Han Jianwu, "..."

Han Jianwu is not stupid. Her family probably thinks it is shameful for their daughter to marry a farmer and give birth to a child.

In fact, Huo Qingqing also speculated about her family in her heart. Although her parents and brothers had no objection to her marrying Han Jianwu and having a child, and they did not dislike Han Jianwu, that was because they were all in Hanjiagou now, and relatives, friends and colleagues did not know about it yet. Her parents were not bad people, but they felt somewhat uncomfortable in their hearts. However, she had already done what she wanted, and there was nothing they could do about it.

Huo Qingqing stood on tiptoe and pecked the man on the lips a few times, saying, "I want a woolen coat for the New Year."

This was the first time she asked him for something. The person was flattered and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll take you to the department store in the county to buy it."

Huo Qingqing, "I just wonder if there are any colors and styles that I like?"

Han Jianwu, "What color and style do you want?"

Huo Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "I want a purple one with a black fur collar, or a blue and black plaid one."

Han Jianwu, "I will go to the county town to deliver the goods in a few days. When the time comes, go to the department store to see if they have any. If not, buy some fabric and ask Baojuan to make one for you?"

Huo Qingqing, "I can't make it. If I don't have it, I will write to An An, send her money and tickets, and ask her to help me buy one in the provincial capital and send it over."

Han Jianwu, "Will it be too much trouble for others?"

Huo Qingqing, "Let's talk about it later! If it really doesn't work out, then don't buy it. I have a coat." She knew that there were already a lot of nice clothes in big cities, and the tweed coat she was talking about was particularly popular this year. She didn't want her second brother to come to see her in the first month of the year and look too shabby, and be dissatisfied with Han Jianwu.

After the tractor came back, Han Jianwu became even busier. He had to go out every day to deliver goods everywhere. If there was no goods to deliver, he would go to build roads and haul soil. He tried his best to make a name for himself and deserve her devotion. It didn't matter whether it was out of helplessness or something else.

Five days later, Zhao Ming, an officer from Zhaojiayuan, came to Hanjiagou to meet Baojuan accompanied by a matchmaker and his parents.

Zhao Ming is a handsome man, and Baojuan is not bad either, and they liked the woman at first sight. However, men are more realistic. Zhao Ming is not young anymore. He has worked his way up from a small soldier with no background to where he is today. How can he not be picky when choosing a wife? He was satisfied with the conditions of Baojuan and the Han family. The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that Baojuan's educational level was too low. It would be good if she had only graduated from junior high school! But she had only graduated from elementary school, so Zhao Ming said that they should get along for a while before making a decision.

Baojuan and the Han family all agreed. Zhao Ming came back for a month's vacation, and his main task was to go on blind dates and solve his lifelong issue. A few days later, the second brother and his wife went to discuss Baojuan's matter with the fourth brother and his wife.

"I asked around, and found out that Zhao Ming is hooking up with several girls at the same time. I don't think this will work," said the second brother.

Among the girls Zhao Ming was hanging out with, Baojuan was the only one who didn't have a job. The others all had jobs and had higher education than Baojuan. There was a primary school teacher, a nurse, a salesperson at a supply and marketing cooperative, an accountant at a grain station, and another who was a recorder at a cement factory.

Han Jianwu said, "Then tell Baojuan clearly and tell the matchmaker that this thing is not going to work. What the hell? How can a small platoon leader become so arrogant?"