Chapter 062
In the last rays of sunset.
Li Qiao, Gu Yuzhu and Chen Sisi carried the pig food bucket on a wooden stick, brought it to the simple pigpen and put it down, poured the pig food into the trough, and then opened the pigpen door.
The pink-skinned pig twisted its butt and came out of the pigpen door, then buried its head in the trough and started eating.
Gu Yuzhu said with a sigh of relief: "I have never been served by anyone in my life, but now I have learned how to serve pigs and chickens."
Chen Sisi smiled and said, "We serve them very well, better than they do."
The three girls were more meticulous in their work, and whether it was raising pigs or chickens, they did a better job than Hu Yang and Han Ting.
The pig they raised looked bigger and fatter than the other two pigs.
After the hens grow up, they start laying eggs, and they lay more eggs.
Hearing what Chen Sisi said, Gu Yuzhu snorted and said, "Do you really think that us girls can't survive without them? Facts have proved that we can live better without them."
Li Qiao also continued, "Isn't it? If we hadn't partnered with them at first, we wouldn't have been able to make such a mess of our lives if we had lived on our own. I don't know what I was thinking at the time, I always felt that being with them gave me support and peace of mind. After all this, I finally understand that it's better to rely on myself than on anyone else."
Chen Sisi suddenly sighed again, "It's just that I realized it a little too late. I've made all the mistakes I should have made and all the trouble I should have caused. Have you heard the rumors? I heard that our team has also received two quotas to return to the city?"
When it comes to the return to city indicator, neither Gu Yuzhu nor Li Qiao looks happy.
Gu Yuzhu also sighed, "Who could have predicted the changes that would happen later? We just thought that since our household registration had been moved to the countryside and our family had no connections, we would basically not be able to go back, so we never thought about fighting for these. Based on our performance after going to the countryside, if there were three or four indicators, we could still think about it, but with only two, it would be impossible for us to get a turn. Anyway, I didn't hold out any hope at all."
Although she complained the most since she went to the countryside, and talked about wanting to go home every day, she also saw the situation clearly and knew in her heart whether it was possible for her to do so.
Li Qiao and Chen Sisi could naturally see it clearly.
But Li Qiao was not discouraged. He encouraged Gu Yuzhu and Chen Sisi, saying, "Since the unrest ended last year, the quota for educated youth returning to the city has increased significantly this year. We will definitely have opportunities to return to the city in the future. We just need to perform well. If we can't go back this time, there will always be the next time and the next time."
This statement is indeed in line with common sense and it really encouraged Gu Yuzhu and Chen Sisi.
The two of them stopped complaining. Gu Yuzhu thought for a moment and whispered, "Yes, if there are quotas next time, as long as we perform well, it will most likely be our turn. Hu Yang and the other three don't seem to perform as well as us. Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai have been sent to labor camps, so they are not even considered. The only one left is Su Yun, and her performance this year has also been bad. She is in poor health and does not work much. She relies on Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai to make a living. She is also in a relationship with Han Ting. Her work style cannot withstand reports and investigations, so she has no chance at all."
Li Qiao laughed at himself and said, "We are still at an advantage among the short guys."
Chen Sisi also laughed, "Then let's perform well and wait for the next opportunity."
After saying these words, their pigs ate up all the food in the trough. Han Ting came over with Su Yun, carrying the pig food bucket, to feed the pigs.
So Li Qiao and the others stopped talking, drove the pigs back into the pen, picked up the pig food bucket and left.
Han Ting and Su Yun went to their pigsty to feed the pigs.
After the pigs finished eating, they drove them back to the pen and did not return to the dormitory immediately.
They put the pig feed bucket in front of the pigsty.
In the dark night, I walked to the river, listened to the sound of the water and walked along the river bank.
The news that the team had obtained the indicator to return to the city reached Lin Xiaohan's ears, and also reached Li Qiao and the others. Naturally, everyone else also heard about it, including Han Ting and Su Yun.
Su Yun and Han Ting talked about some things that happened during their school days.
After chatting for a while, my heart, expression and tone of voice were naturally filled with homesickness.
Talking about the indicators of returning to the city from homesickness is also a natural thing.
Su Yun looked at Han Ting and said, "If it's true, let's try to get it."
Han Ting knew how much Su Yun wanted to go home.
Ever since he came back from labor camp, Su Yun often mentioned returning to the city in front of him.
When she heard about the return-to-city quota these days, her homesickness became even stronger.
Han Ting raised his hand and put his arm around Su Yun's shoulders, comforting her and saying, "I know you want to go home. We all want to go home, but who gets the quota is decided by the brigade. We don't have the final say."
Su Yun stopped, turned around and looked at Han Ting and said, "It has not been decided yet who will get the spot to return to the city, we can fight for it. I have always believed that there is nothing in this world that you can't do, and you always have the best solution."
Although it does look difficult, she feels that Han Ting can definitely do it.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have dreamed over and over again that Han Ting gave her the application form to return to the city.
That dream is a foreshadowing of the future.
As long as Han Ting is willing to find a way, he will definitely be able to get the target.
In the darkness of the night, Han Ting looked at Su Yun's blurry facial outline and took a breath silently.
Su Yun relied on him and believed in him so wholeheartedly, he simply couldn't bear to see her say something like she couldn't do it, so he was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I'll find a way."
Hearing this, Su Yun felt relieved.
She reached out her hands to hug Han Ting's waist, buried her face in his chest, and said with some tears in her voice: "Han Ting, thank you for appearing by my side, thank you so much."
Han Ting raised his hand and held her in his arms, saying with a smile: "You are so polite to me."
Su Yun said softly, "I'm not being polite. I'm grateful for your presence. If it weren't for you, I would have been living in darkness and despair. It was you who saved me."
***
In the cornfield with yellow leaves.
Han Ting and six other boys picked corn together with other fellow villagers.
None of the girls came to the fields to pick corn today.
I was assigned to rub corn cobs and shell corn.
We broke the sticks until the sun rose high in the sky, and then we heard the whistle for a break and stopped working.
Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai followed the others to the edge of the field to drink water and take a break.
The three of them sat apart from the others.
Han Ting drank the water first, then gave the bowl to Chaozi. He suddenly said, "I want to fight for a place to return to the city. If I can't get two, I can take one. Do you have any ideas for this?"
Chaozi was drinking water and almost choked when he heard this.
He calmed down and finished drinking the water, then covered the pot with the bowl and asked aloud, "Why did you suddenly think of this?"
Han Ting breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't care. It's the same wherever it is. Su Yun wants to go back."
Chaozi picked up a handful of dry grass and said, "What can we do? Think about it, how we pissed off those team leaders. It would be a miracle if they could give us the quota."
Han Ting asked, "Why else would I come to you to find a solution?"
Guo Gai also finished drinking the water and said, "Hasn't Su Yun always been in poor health? In my opinion, can't she just go to the brigade and apply for sick leave?"
Chaozi rolled his eyes at him and said, "How can I apply for medical retirement if the hospital can't find any serious illness? If I can apply for medical retirement, do I have to wait until now to compete with others for a place to return to the city?"
Pot Cover muttered: "I thought she was reluctant to leave Brother Ting."
Han Ting interrupted, "Don't say these useless things."
If we don’t talk about useless things, then what else can we say that is useful?
Chaozi lowered his eyebrows and continued, "Based on the performance of the three of us after we went to the countryside, it is almost impossible to start with the brigade. We can't even afford to deliver a pack of cigarettes. Even if we can afford it, we may not be able to deliver it. We may even be criticized and educated by Liang Youtian and others."
This was still useless, so Han Ting said nothing.
Guo Gai continued, "There are only two ways to deal with this matter. Either we rely on ourselves or we rely on our family. We can't rely on our family either. We don't have a father who is a leader, and our family doesn't have any strong connections. Our three families have all the conditions. Not to mention that we can't afford to give a decent gift, even if we grit our teeth and scrape together enough to give it, we don't have the means to give a gift."
Han Ting looked thoughtful and remained silent.
Chaozi thought for a while, looked at Han Ting and said, "I'm not sure about the other two places to return to the city this time, but one of them must be Chuxia. Not only did she perform well after going to the countryside, she also set up a noodle stall for the brigade and made so much money. Moreover, she is an only child..."
Having said this, Chaozi stopped talking and he couldn't continue.
But Han Ting and Guo Gai still understood what he meant.
Guo Gai said, "It's impossible. We were in that situation before and almost lost our lives, but she refused to lend a hand. After we went to the labor camp, she didn't help Su Yun at all. If she is willing to give up her place back in the city, it would be like the sun rising from the west..."
As he spoke, he thought of something else, "Oh yeah... we forgot one person!"
Chaozi looked at him and asked, "Who is it?"
Guo Gai said, "Who else could it be? Tong Rui! As long as her dad says the word, it will be done!"
This sounds somewhat plausible.
Chaozi blinked at the pot lid, then looked at Han Ting: "Brother Ting, what do you think?"
Han Ting didn't say anything.
Ever since he went to the countryside, he unilaterally severed ties with Tong Rui.
At the beginning, Tong Rui kept writing to him, but he didn't read or reply to any of them. Later, Tong Rui persisted for two or three months and then stopped sending him letters.
Just at this moment, the work whistle sounded again.
Chaozi and Guogai didn't say anything else. They stood up, patted their butts, and went back into the cornfield with Han Ting to pick corn cobs under the hot sun.
***
Han Ting thought about the idea proposed by Guo Gai for a long time.
As a man, he naturally has to maintain his dignity and face. After what he did to Tong Rui before, it was somewhat embarrassing for him to suddenly ask Tong Rui for help at this time.
But when he returned to the educated youth site after work at noon and in the evening, he met Su Yun's eyes full of admiration and expectation for him countless times, and he gradually felt that face didn't seem to be that important.
After all, he wasn't doing this for himself.
That's selfish for his own sake, he would never be such a person.
He kept thinking about this in his mind for most of the day. After dinner and finishing all other things, Han Ting did not go out for a walk with Su Yun again.
He returned to the dormitory, took out his travel bag and threw it on the table.
His travel bag was empty.
He unzipped it and took out all the envelopes inside.
Among these letters, the opened ones were sent from his home, and the unopened ones were sent from Tong Rui.
Han Ting brought the oil lamp from the dormitory and placed it in front of him, then found the unopened letters.
After finding it, I first looked at the familiar handwriting and the familiar name on the envelope.
After reading silently for a while, he took a deep breath and tore open each letter to read it.
The letter paper in the envelope was neatly folded. After unfolding it, the handwriting on it was also very neat. It seemed that every stroke was written very carefully without even any corrections.
There were several letters, but the contents of the letters were similar. They all used implicit words to express their thoughts and longing for him, as well as their concern about whether he was doing well after moving to the countryside.
After reading all the contents in the letter, Han Ting refolded the letter paper, stuffed it back into the envelope, and then put it all back into the travel bag along with the letters from his family.
He only left a letter on the table.
After work at noon the next day, he took the letter and went to the commune post office alone and sent a telegram according to the address on the envelope.
[Can you help me get a return to city indicator?]
He didn't know whether Tong Rui had been transferred or not, and didn't know whether she could receive his telegram. But in the evening of the next day, he received a telegram from Tong Rui.
Tong Rui only replied with one word: [OK]
And it was just this one word that made Han Ting feel at ease instantly.
When he went out for a walk with Su Yun in the evening, he held Su Yun's hand, leaned his head close to her ear and said to her, "Don't worry anymore, I've already secured the quota for returning to the city."
Su Yun naturally didn't know about the telegram sent by Han Ting and Tong Rui.
Hearing Han Ting say this, she was stunned. She looked at Han Ting for a long time before she found her voice and asked, "Really? Don't tease me."
Han Ting laughed and said, "Why would I tease you about something like this?"
Seeing that Han Ting was not joking, Su Yun happily hugged Han Ting's neck, kissed him hard on the face a few times, and said excitedly: "I knew you had a way, you are the best."
Han Ting naturally felt benefited.
He let Su Yun finish kissing him, and then said to her: "But there is only one quota. You go back to the city first and wait for me when you get back to the city. I will also find a way to go back as soon as possible."
Su Yun knew that there was only one spot, but she still acted sad and reluctant. She looked at Han Ting and said, "Can't we go back together? I want to go back with you."
Han Ting comforted her and said, "It's okay, just listen to me. You go back first. Chaozi and Guogai are still here. What will happen to them if I leave? I'll go back with them when I have the chance."
Tears welled up in Su Yun's eyes, "But I can't bear to leave you."
Han Ting put his arm around her waist and said, "I can't bear to leave you either. I'll come find you as soon as I get back."
Su Yun stared at him, "Then you won't ignore me directly after we break up like you did to Tong Rui."
Han Ting kissed her on the lips, "You are mine now, how could I ignore you?"
Su Yun didn't ask any more questions.
She stood on tiptoe, hugged Han Ting's neck and kissed him on the lips.
Han Ting put his arms around her waist and kissed her back more passionately, and soon his fingers slipped into her clothes.
When you are confused and infatuated.
Su Yun opened her eyes and stopped him: "Don't do it here..."
Han Ting endured it, kissed her lips again and said: "Okay..."
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