Chapter 7 Return Home

On the first day, Lin Xiangnan and his little cousin went fishing in the ditch, and on the second day, they went to the mountains to look for cranberries and catch birds...

Rural life without farm work is Lin Xiangnan’s ideal life.

She just thought of herself as a visitor to her second uncle's house, and would go back to the city when she had had enough of the day.

Her second uncle's family didn't have a bicycle, and the whole brigade was poor, so there was nowhere to borrow a bicycle. So Lin Xiangnan had to get up before dawn and walk to the commune with her eldest cousin. After the meeting, her eldest cousin would take her back to the city. When she got home, it was almost noon.

Lin Xiangnan felt exhausted after walking all the way.

If she hadn't been taking body-building pills recently and her physical fitness had improved, she would have wanted to strike halfway.

When the eldest cousin saw Hu Meili, he handed her a bag of noodles and said, "Sister, this is the noodles made from the new wheat this year. There isn't much, just try something new."

The flour given to Hu Meili was only a small bag. The wheat harvested by the team had to be paid as public grain, and after working hard for a year, her family didn't get much.

"Come if you want to. Bring whatever you want. I've already troubled you these past few days. How can I accept your gift?" Hu Meili said as she poured water for someone: "Drink some water first. I'll go cook right away."

"No, I still have to deliver something to my uncle." The eldest cousin quickly refused.

Now that he is here, he can't just come to Hu Meili's place, he also has to go and see Hu Meili's father, his uncle. This is the etiquette that a younger generation should have.

Seeing the two of them arguing, Lin Xiangnan poured himself a glass of water first, then went to his room to find an iron box, put a bag of apricots and a bag of persimmon cakes in it, and filled the empty space with milk candies and fruit candies.

After packing, she tore off a piece of paper, wrote "Dear cousin" on it, and stuck it on the opening of the tin box.

"Uncle, this is something I gave to my little cousin. Please help me take it back to her." Lin Xiangnan reminded him, "Don't open it secretly on the way. I sealed it."

The little cousin had played with her for so many days, and these candies were what she had promised a few days ago. But she was afraid that her eldest cousin would not accept them, so she could only play this little trick.

The eldest cousin took it and said, "Okay, I'll take it back for you. Your box is quite heavy."

Only after her cousin left did Hu Meili have time to take a closer look at Lin Xiangnan.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you fat?"

Logically, Lin Xiangnan should not have had a good time during this period, and it was normal for him to be darker and thinner. But who would have thought that Lin Xiangnan's face had become much whiter and tenderer.

"Just now your great cousin said that you have figured it out?"

"Yes." Lin Xiangnan said seriously: "After this trip to the countryside, I understand myself. I am really not the type to endure hardship. Let alone taking the initiative to go to the countryside, even if you force me to go to the countryside in the future, I will not go."

"Hmph~ I'm glad you understand. I'm your biological mother, how can I harm you?" Hu Meili smiled proudly, took out the flour sent by her eldest cousin, and started to knead the dough.

The freshly ground wheat has an especially strong aroma.

Hu Meili fried a total of eight pancakes, five of which she prepared to serve on the table at noon, one for each child, and the remaining three, which she planned to secretly give to her children.

Lin Xiangnan watched her fry three more pancakes, but he only got half of one. "Save the rest for dinner?"

"I'll take half, you take half. Xiaoxi will take two. He's young and still growing."

"Why do you still favor boys over girls? I am also in the process of growing up."

Lin Xiangnan didn't really want the pancake at first, but after Hu Meili said that, she finished half of the pancake in her hand in a few bites, and then went to grab another half.

"When brothers and sisters are at odds at home, it's usually because the elders are immoral. Comrade Hu, women hold up half the sky, and the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is unacceptable."

"You bastard, you're bullying me. Am I lacking food from you or clothes from you..."

Lin Xiangnan chuckled and pointed outside the door, "Liu Hongying is back."

She was cheating in the first place, and when she heard someone coming home, Hu Meili immediately shut up in frustration.

When Liu Hongying entered the kitchen with firewood in her arms, Hu Meili took out her anger on her and said, "I almost finished cooking, and you just came home. That's a good idea. You don't have to do anything when you get home, just eat right away, right?"

"Mom, you said it yourself. You don't let me cook." Liu Hongying piled the firewood neatly together.

The family always had insufficient coal briquettes, and they happened to live in a yard, so they could build a stove or go out to the suburbs to collect firewood. Before, Lin Xiangnan and his friends would go to collect firewood after school or on holidays, but after Liu Hongying returned to the city, this task was given to her.

"You don't cook, so why don't you come and help? I work so hard every day, and I still have to cook for you after get off work. Do you really think I'm made of iron?" Hu Meili continued to find fault.

Anyway, ever since Liu Hongying returned to the city due to illness, Hu Meili has disliked her and would make trouble for her even if she was unreasonable.

Liu Hongying had long been accustomed to this, and calmly changed the subject, "Xiao Nan is back? Judging from your appearance, life in the countryside shouldn't be too difficult."

"It's OK. It's pretty easy."

I've been having fun these few days, how tiring can it be?

Liu Hongying said with relief: "I said that the current situation of going to the countryside is better than that of our years."

"Good? What the hell?" Hu Meili immediately threw the iron basin onto the stove and cursed, "I knew you had bad intentions and wanted to persuade my Xiaonan to go to the countryside. You've suffered, and you can't bear to see my Xiaonan live comfortably!"

Liu Hongying had meant this from the beginning, and was not embarrassed when she was exposed. "Xiao Nan should have gone to the countryside anyway, so what's the point of you scolding me? Are you going to scold me when the factory leaders and the people on the street come?"

After saying that, she quickly left the kitchen for fear of being beaten.