Chapter 57 Meet My Parents
On the way, Su Mo found a deserted place, put away the coarse cloth and bamboo basket, hung the kerosene on the handlebars, and took out the small stove she used in the last days and tied it to the back seat with a rope.
When passing by the commune supply and marketing cooperative, Su Mo took a look and found that it was still crowded.
It seems that the fighting power of the grandfathers and mothers should not be underestimated in any era.
Calculating the time, the brigade's food should be dried soon, and it is estimated that the public grain will be handed over soon, and after the handover, the grain and money will be distributed.
Su Mo was a little excited. Although she didn't have many work points, she was really curious about the handover of public grain and the settlement of work points. This is the most important thing for all production brigades in this era. She must go there to see the grand occasion. When
she arrived at the brigade, Su Mo deliberately chose a small road to walk, but she still ran into a group of aunts carrying peeled corn kernels to the brigade warehouse, and Li Yue'e was among them.
Seeing Li Yue'e, Su Mo had to stop and called out, "Mom."
"Did you go to the supply and marketing cooperative?" Li Yue'e asked casually.
"Yes, I went to mail a letter. I brought you a pound of kerosene, and I'll deliver it to you in the evening." Su Mo said.
"I can get it myself after work." Li Yue'e waved her hand. Only then did she see the stove on the back seat of Su Mo's car. "It's from the third brother's family. Where did you get the stove?"
"Someone else didn't want it anymore,
so I exchanged it with someone. I'm alone, and it's a waste of firewood to use a big stove to cook. It's more convenient to change to a small stove." Su Mo said. She has used this stove for many years. It's very old. It's understandable that someone else didn't want it.
Li Yue'e walked over and patted it. Although it looked a bit old, it was still quite sturdy and should be able to be used for a long time.
"It's not bad. It's really convenient for one person to use." Li Yue'e waved her hand. "You go back. I'll go get kerosene from you after work."
The third brother's family was thoughtful. She just said it casually, but he remembered it and brought it back to her.
Su Mo returned home, put the stove in place, and immediately went back to her room, took out the coarse cloth and began to cut.
Mo Yurong's figure was similar to hers, so she planned to make Mo Yurong's first, and she would measure Su Tingqian's after meeting him.
Su Mo worked quickly, and when she was about five o'clock, she put the things away to avoid being caught by Li Yue'e when she came over later.
Then she went to the well to fetch water and watered the vegetable plots in the yard. Each vegetable plot had already grown inch-high seedlings, and the ground was covered with a layer of tender green, which looked particularly pleasing.
Li Yue'e hadn't been to Su Mo's place for two or three days. When she came in, she saw that all the vegetables in the yard had grown, and they were growing particularly well, she was simply shocked.
Thinking of the few sparse vegetable seedlings in her own vegetable garden, Li Yue'e began to doubt her life.
Could it be that she had been planting vegetables the wrong way for decades? Should it be like the third brother's family, where they are spread directly on the ground for faster growth?
After watering, Su Mo looked up and saw Li Yue'e standing at the gate of the yard in a daze. She said in surprise: "Mom, you are here? Why don't you come in?"
"The third brother's family, how come your vegetables are growing so well? Did you apply artificial fertilizer?"
But she smelled no smell in the yard, and it didn't look like artificial fertilizer was applied. Besides, the third brother's family had only lived there for a few days, so where did they get artificial fertilizer.
"Ah? No fertilizer, just watering." Su Mo said.
"Really no fertilizer?"
"Really not."
"Oh!" Li Yue'e was a little dazed by the subversion of her professional knowledge.
Maybe their method was wrong. She would try planting in this way next spring.
Li Yue'e no longer had the heart to instruct Su Mo on how to grow vegetables. She took the kerosene and left in a hurry. She even forgot to give Su Mo the money she was going to give her.
After dinner and washing up, Su Mo closed the doors and windows, hung up the curtains, turned on the desk light, and continued to make her cotton-padded clothes. It was not until eleven o'clock in the evening that Su Mo finished making Mo Yurong's cotton-padded clothes.
Although there were no styles and it looked very ordinary, most cotton-padded clothes of this era were like this. It was fine as long as it was warm and wearable.
Su Mo packed up her things and went to bed.
The next day, at about four o'clock, Su Mo set out with a backpack.
Su Mo went over the mountain and hid on the mountain opposite the cowshed in Lijiaao, silently paying attention to the cowshed.
She didn't know what was going on in the cowshed now, so it would not work if she just went there rashly. She had to find an opportunity to meet her parents and find out what was going on there.
After waiting for about half an hour, a man and a woman came out of the cowshed carrying a backpack. As
soon as Su Mo saw the man and the woman, tears immediately fell. Su Mo didn't know why, but it was probably because she had absorbed the original owner's memories and also integrated the original owner's emotions.
Su Mo wiped away her tears and continued to look around to see if there were any other people.
The man and the woman walked up the mountain. Su Mo waited for a while, and seeing that there was no one, she followed them up the mountain from this side. Before leaving, she also took two cabbage and pork buns from the space, wrapped them in oil paper, and put them in the backpack.
The oil paper was wrapped when she bought the egg cake before, and she didn't throw it away. She kept it in the space.
Su Mo walked fast and soon caught up with the two people. Su Mo picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the grass next to the two people.
The two heard the sound, turned around and saw that it was Su Mo. Their eyes widened instantly, and Mo Yurong's tears fell. Although excited, neither of them took any other action. Instead, they secretly waved to Su Mo and used lip language to signal her to hurry up.
Now the sky has begun to brighten, and soon some villagers will come up the mountain.
Su Mo shook her head and gestured for them to follow her. Seeing Su Mo's firm attitude, the two had no choice but to nod, and followed Su Mo at a distance, walking up the mountain.
Ten minutes later, the three came to a valley. Su Mo had taken a fancy to this place when she was scouting the site. It was very hidden and had a good terrain. From this position, one could see if anyone was coming below, but people below could not see here.
At this time, it was already bright, and Su Mo could really see the two people.
In the original owner's memory, Su Tingqian had always been handsome and elegant, with extraordinary manners, and Mo Yurong was also gentle and virtuous, a true middle-aged beauty.
But now the two people in front of them were wearing old coarse cloth clothes that they didn't know where they came from. Su Tingqian's temples were already gray, his face was very haggard, and he had grown a lot of stubble. Mo Yurong was the same. Her long hair had been cut short. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were very obvious. She looked very haggard.
The emotions that Su Mo had suppressed before could no longer be suppressed. They burst out. Su Mo choked and called out, "Dad, Mom." She could no longer speak. Tears fell like water.
Mo Yurong had been crying uncontrollably for a long time. She rushed over to hug Su Mo and murmured in suppressed sobs: "Nannan, my Nannan."
Su Tingqian's eyes were also red. It was all his fault that his wife and daughter suffered.
The mother and daughter cried for a while before they stopped. Su Tingqian then asked the question in his heart: "Momo, how did you know that Dad and Mom were here?" They just arrived yesterday.
"Yang Suyun wrote to me." Su Mo said.
That's right, she always said that. Anyway, the letter that Yang Suyun wrote to her had been soaked in the river water. If she really wanted to confront them, she couldn't produce any evidence. The Yang family had harmed their family, so they should never have an easy life. Su
Tingqian frowned. How could the old Yang family know? However, now was not the time to delve into these things.
"Momo, after you come here today, don't come again. Just be a good educated youth and don't worry about your parents. Your uncle Geng is the secretary of this commune. Go to him if you have any problems." Su Tingqian instructed.
Su Mo shook her head.
"Be obedient! If you leave so early, other educated youth will find out that something is wrong. It will be bad for you. If they find out, it will implicate you."
"Don't worry, I don't live in the educated youth camp. I'm married here and have my own house. No one will find out." Su Mo said.
Hearing this, Su Tingqian was like a bolt from the blue, his eyes were bloodshot.
In an instant, all the tragic things he had heard before about the educated youth who went to the countryside passed through his mind again. After a while, he asked with trembling lips: "Did they force you?"
Su Tingqian's eyes were red, and Mo Yurong also covered her lips, afraid that she would scream out in shock, and tears fell again.
Her daughter!
Her beautiful daughter!