Chapter 083
After Wang Cuiying finished her own sigh, she wiped her eyes and said to Chuxia, "Chuxia, did you hear that? Your brother Han Ting is coming back and will be home in the next few days."
Chuxia nodded at her with a smile that didn't show much concern.
After nodding, she put down the bowl and said to Wang Cuiying and Li Lan, "Aunt, sister-in-law, I've delivered the letter to you. I'll go home and cook. My parents will be off work soon."
Wang Cuiying wanted to say something else, but Chuxia had already turned around and left with a smile.
Seeing Chu Xia lift the curtain and walk out, she withdrew her gaze and stopped talking. She looked at Li Lan and said, "Girl, why are you running away?"
Han Ting didn't write anything else at the end of the letter.
Li Lan folded up the letter, put it back into the envelope and said, "She's probably still angry. When San'er comes back, let him apologize to her in person. A little coaxing should make her feel better."
Wang Cuiying thought about it and suddenly sighed.
After sighing and being silent for a while, she continued, "Now that Chuxia is in such a good university and is so beautiful, will she look down on our San'er?"
Li Lan said, "I don't think so. Chu Xia is not the kind of girl who is fickle. Have you ever mentioned finding a partner in the past year since she came back to the city? Everyone in the courtyard knows that she has been determined to be with our San Er since she was a child. She worked so hard to get into such a good university, probably just to let our San Er see her good qualities."
After listening to this, Wang Cuiying thought about it and nodded in agreement.
She added, "It's just that San'er, that little bastard, doesn't know what's good for him. He's blinded by greed and can't see the good in Chu Xia. I don't know how the girl he dated in the countryside is doing. He never mentioned it in his letters. It's best to break up with her when we get back to the city."
Li Lan said, "I don't think you need to worry about this. When San'er comes back and sees Chu Xia, I don't believe he will still be unable to see the good in Chu Xia. No matter what aspect it is now, whether it's appearance, education, character, family, or personality, he won't be able to find someone better than Chu Xia."
Wang Cuiying took a deep breath and said, "I'll talk to him in detail when I get back."
***
I was not idle when I returned home in early summer.
After putting down my schoolbag in the room, I went to the kitchen to light the fire and cook.
She first washed the rice and steamed three servings of rice.
While steaming the rice, I washed the meat and cut the vegetables, and cooked two more dishes.
There was ready-made pork at home, so I made pork stewed with cabbage and stir-fried green pepper and potato shreds.
When Chuxia finished cooking, Tang Haikuan, Wu Xuemei, Han Qingtian and Han Lei just came back.
After entering the second door and smelling the aroma of vegetables and meat, Han Qingtian smiled and said, "I can tell from the smell that your Chuxia is cooking again. When she cooks, the aroma will spread from two miles away, just like a restaurant."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei smiled but didn't say anything.
Han Lei added: "In this area, we can't find a better girl than Chu Xia. She is really good at both housework and cooking. She is good at everything."
Tang Haikuan said bluntly: "My daughter, Tang Haikuan, of course she is."
Han Qingtian and Han Lei laughed twice, then parted ways with Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei in the yard.
After going to the east room and lifting the door curtain to enter the room, Han Qingtian hummed again, "I wonder which boy will be so lucky in the future to marry a girl like Chu Xia."
Wang Cuiying and Li Lan also prepared the meal.
When they heard that Han Qingtian and the others had returned, they brought the dishes and food to the table.
Putting down the aluminum pot of porridge, Wang Cuiying continued, "Can't this blessing belong to our family?"
Hearing this, Han Qingtian hadn't said anything yet, Han Lei suddenly smiled and said, "If San'er had been willing before, it would have been a blessing for our family, but San'er has high standards and he just doesn't like Chu Xia. Now that Chu Xia has been admitted to a university, and it's such a good university, how can she still like San'er?"
Wang Cuiying said, "Why don't you like her? She won't be Chu Xia if she gets into university? Why don't you say that the girl our San'er liked before was the daughter of the chief's family, and wasn't the chief's daughter still devoted to our San'er? San'er has high standards, and he didn't like her before, but now she has become better, so doesn't San'er like her?"
Han Lei thought about it and said, "That does make some sense."
His younger brother is really good at dating and has been popular with girls since he was young.
He is usually very dissolute and frivolous, but girls just fall for him and are totally devoted to him.
As they were talking, the family of six sat down to eat.
Since it was just idle talk, Han Qingtian and Han Lei didn't take it seriously.
Li Lan picked up the chopsticks and said, "You and Dad may not know this yet, but the postman is here to deliver the mail today, and San'er will be back soon."
Hearing this, Han Qingtian was the first to be stunned.
She looked at Li Lan, then turned to look at Wang Cuiying.
Wang Cuiying had already gotten over her excitement, now she was calm and said slowly: "Yes, they said that the organization asked them to return to the city, Chaozi and Guogai are coming back together, and they will probably be home in a few days."
Han Qingtian became excited and slammed the table, saying, "This little bastard is finally back! If he hadn't come back, I would have thought he would have stayed in the countryside forever!"
Han Lei heaved a sigh of relief, "I feel relieved now that I'm back."
Han Qingtian also breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Wang Cuiying and asked, "He mentioned Chaozi and Guogai in his letter, but he didn't mention his girlfriend?"
Li Lan directly took out the letter from her body and handed it to Han Qingtian, "Nothing was mentioned."
Han Qingtian took the envelope, took out the letter and read it. Because the content was short, he finished reading it quickly.
After reading it, he put the letter down and said, "It's better not to mention it. It's best to keep silent."
Wang Cuiying continued, "That's what I mean. No matter what this girl is like, I won't agree. I don't like anyone except Chu Xia. Even the daughter of the chieftain's family is not my favorite."
A rich girl from a family like that would definitely have a bad temper, and his family couldn't afford her.
Marrying a wife is not like marrying your ancestors, so the best wife is someone like Chuxia who is gentle, virtuous, sensible, and good-tempered, and who also has good qualities in other aspects.
The Han family talked about Han Ting's return to the city all night.
Chuxia didn't mention it much in front of Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei, pretending not to know about it.
Anyway, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei now know her attitude towards Han Ting, so she doesn't need to say anything more.
After staying at home for one night, Chuxia went back to school the next day.
After arriving at school, I no longer cared about things that had nothing to do with me and focused all my attention on starting the magazine.
Because they founded the magazine spontaneously without the support of the department, the conditions were very limited. They used wax paper, steel plates and mimeograph machines for printing, and they had to write the manuscripts themselves, so no one had the time to think about other things when they were busy.
Everyone is looking forward to the successful release of the first issue.
***
Two days later.
Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai, the three who were once famous alley roamers in Tianxian Temple, wore old grey shirts and carried torn travel bags, and walked into the alley side by side with full of momentum.
As soon as they entered the alley, the three of them whistled loudly together.
The whistle attracted everyone in the nearby yard, and then three people raised their hands to the sky at the same time and shouted in unison: "I'm back!"
Even though they hadn't seen each other for three years, everyone in the alley, except the very young children, knew these three little bastards.
When they saw them, the aunties and sisters smiled and said deliberately: "Hey, isn't this San'er, Chaozi and Guogai? How did they get by? How did they become beggars?"
Han Ting and the other two said one by one:
"Oh my, aunties, what can you expect from joining the production team in the countryside? We are doing pretty well."
"Some people don't even have clothes on, and their butts are exposed."
"Our clothes don't have a single patch on them."
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The aunties and sisters were so amused that they burst into laughter, chatted with them for a while, and then decided not to keep them.
Tell them: "Don't be so poor, go home quickly, your families have been waiting for you to come back, their eyes are almost tired."
Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai naturally stopped standing there and chatting with them.
The three of them continued to walk into the alley. Han Ting arrived home first. He greeted Chaozi and Guogai and turned to enter the courtyard gate.
When I passed through the front yard and entered the second gate, I shouted loudly, "Mom, your son is back!"
When Wang Cuiying and Li Lan heard the noise in the room, they immediately stood up and came out.
When the door curtain was pulled open, Wang Cuiying saw Han Ting, who was covered in dust and looked dark and thin, as if he had been escaping from three years of hardship. Tears immediately fell from her eyes.
When Han Ting came over, she grabbed Han Ting's arm and cried and laughed.
Han Ting didn't shed any tears. He said with a relaxed smile, "Oh, why are you crying, Mom? I'm back safe and sound, aren't I?"
Wang Cuiying raised her hand and hit him. "Chuxia came back before the college entrance examination last year, but you waited until now to come back. You didn't seize the opportunity in the two college entrance examinations. I was so anxious. Why did you cry? I just felt so sorry for you."
Han Ting is the best at using smooth talk to coax people.
He spoke a few more words to Wang Cuiying and made her laugh.
Seeing Wang Cuiying laughing, Li Lan hurriedly said, "It's cold outside, let's go inside."
After hearing Li Lan talking, Han Ting finally found the time to call Li Lan "sister-in-law".
After calling out, he stopped standing outside.
He followed Wang Cuiying and Li Lan into the house. With the help of Wang Cuiying and Li Lan, he washed himself with hot water, ate two freshly boiled eggs, and the egg cake that had been put away at home.
While watching him eat, Wang Cuiying said to him, "Eat these first to fill your stomach. Your sister-in-law and I will make dumplings for you later."
Knowing that he would be home in the next few days, the family had bought flour and pork in advance and would go to the grocery store to weigh them.
Han Ting nodded and said, "I'm going to sleep now."
He had been traveling all the way from Tanxi Brigade to his home and hadn't slept much since last night. He was extremely sleepy.
Wang Cuiying could see that he was sleepy and tired.
So after he finished eating and drinking, she immediately took him into the room and let him sleep on Han Feipeng's bed.
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