Chu Min came out at this time, leading the horses, and urged, "Let's go, don't delay. Although the spring plowing is over now, the carriage is still needed. The captain can only lend us an old horse. The old horse walks slowly. It will take more than three hours to get to the train station!"

Upon hearing this, several people hurriedly got on the carriage. Sitting in the carriage, Chu Tian asked Dazhu, "Dazhu, how is your sister Daya in school?"

Because Chu Tian had previously told Chu Jun that only by going to school could children have a bright future, when the school started at Tuanji Primary School this year, Chu Jun was very firm and asked Ma Cuihua to send all three children to school! At that time, Chu Jun and Ma Cuihua had a fierce argument in the old house, which scared Daya so much that she cried and shouted that she would not go to school and let her younger siblings go, as long as her parents stopped arguing!

Chu Jun, who seemed to be a little defeated at the time, immediately became tough again and gave Ma Cuihua an ultimatum, saying that if she didn't let Daya go to school, she would divorce her!

Chu Min, who was watching the excitement, was extremely shocked when he heard this. When he told Chu Tian about it later, Chu Tian was also shocked and opened his mouth wide, not to mention Ma Cuihua who was arguing with Chu Jun...

Anyway, after several days of commotion, Daya finally went to school, which was a good thing for her.

Dazhu said with envy, "Uncle Si, the teacher said that Sister Daya is very smart. If she works hard, she can enter the third or even fourth grade this fall..."

Chu Tian looked at Chu Jun, who was grinning foolishly, in great surprise. "Brother, is that true?"

Chu Jun scratched his head and smiled innocently, "Well, Daya is very good at studying. She had already learned all of Dazhu's elementary school textbooks by herself before school started..."

Chu Tian blinked, "Then why not just let her go to the second grade?"

"Huh? Why? Uh, um, I, I..."

The Chu army didn't know how to answer, and he hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

Chu Min looked back at the bewildered Chu Jun and answered for him, "Because Daya said that what she learned and what Dazhu taught her might not be correct. She wanted to hear what the teacher had to say..."

Chu Tian nodded thoughtfully, "Oh, so..."

Here, under the eaves of the Chu family courtyard in their hometown, the Chu Ren brothers sat together, puffing on their pipes.

Chu Ren sighed, "Oh, my mother is too willful..."

Chu Yi lowered his head, "Mom is blaming us for opposing her going to Xinjiang..."

Chu Ren raised his head and glanced at the sky, full of worry. "I wonder if they have arrived in Xinjiang?"

Chu Yi shook his head, "I don't know, but he left on the 25th, and today is the 5th, eight or nine days, so it should be about the same, right?"

Chu Ren didn't know what he was thinking about. He frowned and stood up and said, "No, I still have to go to the post office to see if there are any letters from Xinjiang!"

Chu Yi quickly stood up and held him back, "Brother, don't worry. We just sent the letter on the 26th, so they definitely haven't received it yet! Even if it did, their reply wouldn't get to us that quickly!"

Chu Ren irritably shook off Chu Yi's arm, "Then what do you say we should do? Our mother ran away with Lifang without saying a word. If Chu Jie hadn't found the note she left behind and quickly got a letter of introduction to follow her, I really don't know what would happen to the grandparents now..."

"Hey, Lifang...it really is..."

Chu Yi felt embarrassed when he heard this. Chu Lifang was his little girl. Although she was a girl, she had been well-behaved since she was a child and had grown up to be steady. He and his wife loved her especially much. She was even more favored than her brothers. But, who would have thought that his always obedient little daughter would actually take her grandmother and run away from home...

Regardless of whether it was Old Lady Chu who led the charge, she shouldn't have followed along...

As soon as Chu Tian walked out of the station, Chu Jun pulled him aside and asked, "How is it? How is it? How long will it take for the train to arrive?"

Chu Tian looked back at the station. "The staff said the train is delayed at Turpan Station. It will probably be two or three hours late..."

Chu Min nodded. "That means the train that was supposed to arrive at ten o'clock will have to wait until two or three o'clock?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Well, the staff said that if it's not delayed any further, it will arrive around 2:30."

"But there's also the possibility that the speed might increase midway..."

Chu Jun was a little at a loss, "Then, what should we do in the next few hours?"

Chu Min glanced at Chu Tian and said, "I want to go out for a walk."

Chu Tian blinked, "Me too, I want to go for a walk..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Jun hurriedly said, "Then you go ahead, I'll watch over the carriage!"

Even an old horse is the property of the brigade. He dare not run around. What if the horse is lost?

Dazhu also raised his hand and said, "Dad, uncle, you guys go and look around. I'll accompany uncle to look at the carriage!"

Seeing this, Chu Tian and Chu Min didn't hesitate and walked down the street together. Standing at an intersection, Chu Min pointed to the road on the left and said, "I have something to do and need to go over there. What about you, little brother? Do you want to come with me?"

Chu Tian smiled and shook his head, pointing in the opposite direction and said, "No, I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative over there."

Chu Min nodded slightly, "See you at the train station later!"

"good."

After saying that, the two of them parted ways. Chu Tian watched Chu Min's figure gradually walk away, turned around and walked quickly towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Sister, do you still recognize me?"

Chu Tian arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative and walked straight to the iron sales counter on the second floor. He put his hands on the counter and looked at the saleswoman sitting at the counter who was so bored that she was picking her fingers with a smile.

The saleswoman raised her head and looked at Chu Tian in confusion, "Who are you?"

Chu Tian smiled and said, "Chicken, bicycle..."

The saleswoman reacted instantly and exclaimed "Oh!" She grabbed Chu Tian's arm in surprise and said, "Oh, brother, you're finally here. The letter you sent me said you wouldn't have time to come until the spring plowing was over. I thought it would take a few more days! I didn't expect you to come today?"

Chu Tian curled his lips and said, "This year, our spring plowing started a few days earlier than in previous years, so it ended a few days earlier than in previous years..."

The salesperson nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it got warm early this year. I remember it snowed in mid-March last year..."

After a pause, she looked at the salesperson who was dozing on the water meter counter across from her, and leaned close to Chu Tian and whispered, "I've been holding your letter since I received it. Do you remember what you asked for? Twenty kilograms of meat or fine grains, or half of either. Do you want to change it now? Or?"

Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "Shall I change now? Big sister, please help me find three cloth bags, I'll go get them now..."

The saleswoman bent down and pulled out three half-sized cloth bags from under the counter. "Are these three enough?"

Chu Tian nodded, "That's enough, I'll go get it now, big sister, wait for me for a moment..."

After saying that, Chu Tian took the cloth bag and left. He walked to a deserted place behind the supply and marketing cooperative and took out ten kilograms of flour, five kilograms of pork, a duck weighing about five kilograms, and also took out one kilogram of apples and one kilogram of oranges.