Chapter 1015 Return to the Village
The day before the Qiu family's full moon banquet, Xiao's father and Chu Xue took leave and returned to Liushu Village first.
Xiao's mother stayed at home because the baby was already in its last trimester, and asked the Cheng family next door to help take care of the baby, because Dujuan was also going to attend her cousin's full moon banquet with the Xiao family.
As for Chunxiao, because she had to go to school and the full moon banquet was on Tuesday, she waited with the Xiao family's main group until the full moon banquet and then went directly to the Qiu family.
Father Xiao and Chu Xue carried their prepared items and took the meat processing factory's truck to the intersection. As they walked into the village, someone called out to them, "Shan, oh, no, Changsheng is back?"
Father Xiao stopped and handed him a cigarette with a smile: "Uncle Wu, what have you been doing?"
Uncle Wu carried a bundle of firewood on his back and said, "We're running low on firewood at home. I went for a walk up the mountain. I was lucky today and came across a dead tree. I was just thinking of coming back and calling Wen Yang and the others to go and get some together."
Chu Xue took advantage of his pause and called out, "Grandpa Wu."
"Oh, it's different now that I'm in the city. Not only have I become whiter, but I seem to have grown taller too."
"It's not like I've grown taller, it's true."
She is now a few centimeters taller than when she first got it, and she is quite satisfied with her current height of 1.68 meters.
"She's getting more and more beautiful. By the way, Changsheng, your Chuxue has been engaged for a while. When are they getting married?"
When Xiao's father heard the question, he put on a smile and said, "It was decided before the New Year. We're getting married on May Day."
"Today is February 15th, the middle of March, so the wedding date is coming soon."
"Yes, it will be soon. Then we can go with my Party Secretary and the others to have a drink at the wedding."
"Will you still go back to the village to do it then?"
Father Xiao was just wondering how to respond when Chu Xue took over: "Grandpa Wu, we won't be doing it in the village then, but my wife will send a car back to pick everyone up. If you have time, you must come over."
"Going to the city, is there a car to pick up the villagers and take them to the city?"
"Yes, I'm here to pick everyone up and take them to the city for a feast."
"That's great! I went to the city once when I was young, following my cart driver. So many years have passed, and I don't know what the city has become like."
"Then I have to go. It's a good opportunity to see if there are any changes."
"Ah, ah, ah, okay, okay, go, go. By the way, why did you and your daughter come back together today?"
Thinking of his little grandson, Father Xiao's face wrinkled with a smile. "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar year, so it's a good time to light the lights in the house tonight. Also, my son Xia Qiu is having his full moon banquet tomorrow, so I came back a day early so I can go there early tomorrow."
"Oh, Xia Qiu's son is already one month old?"
"Yes, today is the forty-second day. We will have a full moon banquet tomorrow."
"Alas, you are a grandfather now. Time really makes people grow old."
Chu Xue still wanted to go into the mountains, so the father and daughter did not delay any longer.
Father Xiao picked up the things and said, "Uncle Wu, we have to go back first. We still have to clean up the house."
"Hey, hey, hey, go back quickly. Come to my house when you have time."
After entering the village, they took the path along the drying yard and went straight home.
When they left, the kang and cabinets were covered with plastic sheets, so there was no need to put in much effort. The father and daughter divided the work, one cleaned the house while the other went to the kitchen to light a fire, and drove away the coldness in the house through the pipes on the wall.
After everything was packed up, Chuxue took the backpack, threw the rope into it, and took a machete in his hand to prepare to go up the mountain.
(End of this chapter)
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