A wisp of white smoke rose in the desert, and the roar of the train reminded Li Tiantian that she was now in the northwest region.
Because of the thief incident, she was delayed in going to the countryside, and had to buy a new ticket out of her own pocket. It took her several days to get to the Northwest.
She looked out the car window and all she saw was a desolate yellow.
There is no wind, no green plants, no water, only endless heat.
The only thing I saw was a river, and it was dry.
A black crow was circling in the sky. Li Tiantian felt sad. Her back looked lonely and sad.
Sometimes she really wanted to cry, but she knew very well that crying would not solve the fact that she had to come to the Northwest to plant trees.
"Professor, what's the point of planting trees in the desert?"
“What takes root downwards is the sapling, and what grows upwards is hope.”
Li Tiantian pondered over these words for a long time until they arrived at their destination.
The professor and his students are going to an even farther place. The place they are going to must be even more severe than the place she is going to, right?
Li Tiantian suddenly felt better and no longer felt so miserable.
She walked towards the oxcart parked on the side of the road and asked, "Is this the oxcart going to Chaoyang Commune?"
She remembered that the police said someone would come to pick her up at that time.
"Are you Comrade Li Tiantian?"
"Yeah, I am."
"I finally got here. I came here early in the morning on a bullock cart to pick you up."
"By the way, I'm Yang Tian, deputy captain of the Chunfeng Brigade of Chaoyang Commune."
Spring Breeze Brigade?
Li Tiantian immediately thought of Song Chunfeng.
What kind of coincidence is this?
"Hello, Captain. I'm Li Tiantian. Sorry, I got delayed on the way because of some personal matters."
"It's okay. The police have already explained it to us. Please get in the car. I have to get back to work."
"good."
Li Tiantian didn't have time to complain. She put all her things on the ox cart and then climbed up with difficulty.
"Hold on tight."
"good!"
Li Tiantian took a bullock cart for nearly three hours to reach her brigade. She arrived late and there were no beds available for her to choose from, so she had to stay in the remaining beds.
"Pack up today and go to work tomorrow." The deputy captain gave a few instructions and went to work.
Li Tiantian looked at the only empty bed, which was piled with things. If the deputy captain hadn't said it was her bed, she wouldn't have dared to claim it.
There was no doubt that all the things on the bed belonged to other educated youth living in the dormitory. She could only put other people's things on the floor before she could tidy up her own bed.
Li Tiantian was tidying up her bed while wiping away tears. It was so tragic.
Life here is so hard.
She missed her mother and Jiangcheng.
…
Ye Hong sneezed. She missed Li Tiantian.
Now that the older members of the family go to work and the younger ones go to school, she is so bored being alone at home every day.
The aunts in the compound all ignored her, and she felt more and more lonely.
Sometimes at night when Song Chunxiao and his friends came home from get off work, they would criticize her in various ways.
Her life in the Song family was very difficult.
She was bored that day, so she just went out for a walk in the park.
She felt even more upset when she saw others in pairs.
Ye Hong turned around and wanted to leave, but saw an old man wearing glasses walking towards her.
"Comrade, are you alone?"
Seeing that the other party was dressed decently, Ye Hong reluctantly replied, "Yeah."
"I'm alone too, are you interested in playing chess with me?"
It turned out that he was looking for someone to play chess with. Ye Hong put down her guard and said, "I don't know how to play chess, but you can teach me."
The old man couldn't find another person willing to play chess with him for the time being, so he readily agreed, "Okay."
Ever since playing chess with the old man, Ye Hong would go to the park to play chess with the old man every day when he was bored.
After a few interactions, they hooked up.
It’s hard to say who took the initiative first, but both of them were eager for a partner, so they just got together secretly.
The old man is called Xia Nian'an, he just turned 60 this year and is a retired employee.
His eldest son is a truck driver and his second son is a worker at a grain station. Their family is well off and they often bring delicious snacks to Ye Hong.
Ye Hong always thought that men would not be able to do that as they got older.
It was not until she met Xia Nian'an that she understood what it meant to be powerful.
Xia Nian'an's house has its own door and yard, and the neighbors around him also have their own doors and yards. He rarely meets acquaintances when going out.
It is convenient for Ye Hong to come, so she comes more frequently.
After Song Tongzhou and others went to work during the day, Ye Hong went to Xia Nian'an's house, where there were lots of delicious food and fine grains for every meal.
Sometimes, when Ye Hong was full and too lazy to cook when she got home, she would simply serve Song Tongzhou and his friends a pot of porridge and pickles, which made Song Tongzhou so angry that he scolded her.
Ye Hong had the idea of breaking up with Song Tongzhou. After all, they didn't have a marriage certificate, so she could leave whenever she wanted.
But the old man’s two sons did not agree with Ye Hong’s marriage. No one wanted to have a stepmother in the family when they grew up.
They only allowed Ye Hong to have an affair with their father, and she was allowed to eat and drink anything in the house, but she was not allowed to get a marriage certificate.
Ye Hong couldn't do anything
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