Chapter 114 Buying a House
Li Ruolan looked at Qin Wan again: "Didn't you introduce another person to Hongmei before? Have they met?"
Qin Wan smiled and nodded: "Yes, and the man thinks highly of Hongmei. He also said that if Hongmei is willing to marry him, he will come to our team."
After all, Zheng Hongmei is the scorekeeper of the Victory Brigade. If she marries to the next village, she might lose this job.
So Zhou Yuanshan was willing to come to the Victory Team, so that Zheng Hongmei could continue to be a scorer.
"This is a good thing. Zheng Hongmei has met a good person. In any case, he is much better than Wang Changsong."
A few people talked about a lot of other things and then dispersed.
Zheng Hongmei and Zhou Yuanshan had a good relationship. After agreeing on the wedding date, Zhou Yuanshan came to the brigade, bought a foundation, and started building a house.
The two got married in October 1973. Zhou Yuanshan held a grand banquet and invited many people from the Victory Brigade and the Red Flag Brigade.
Time passed slowly. When Qingqing and Ningning were two years old, in 1974, Li Ruolan dismissed Wang Xiaoni.
Without Wang Xiaoni, Li Ruolan and Qin Wan locked the children in the yard during the day while they continued to make clothes.
The three children had learned to walk a long time ago, and there were no dangerous things in the yard. When they were tired or sleepy, they would just lie on the ground, like mud monkeys all day long.
However, although I get dirty every day, I am in good health and rarely get sick.
They continued making clothes like this until winter, and Li Ruolan and Qin Wan earned two to three thousand yuan a year.
As soon as the first snow fell from the sky, Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun gathered Li Ruolan, Qin Wan and the others, told them one thing, and they returned to the army.
"The original task was for us to look after the people in the cowshed for five years. Now the five-year period is up. We will leave here and return to the army before the New Year."
Deng Minghao pointed at the two and said, "If you become officials in the future, don't forget us. If you have problems in the future, we will still be waiting for our brothers to support us."
Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun both laughed, and the three of them came over and hugged each other and patted the back of the person next to them.
"Don't worry. After all, the three of us have fought together and sacrificed our lives. We will never forget you as our brother." Shen Yi said.
Ji Hongjun also nodded: "That's right, I will never forget you. If you have any questions, please write us a letter."
Lu Yunxiao smiled and patted a few people on the shoulders: "We are just separated temporarily. We will definitely be able to get together again in the future. Is there any need to be so sentimental?"
Liu Kunming nodded in agreement.
Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun went back this time and reported directly to the Beijing Military Region, which was also a disguised promotion.
Li Ruolan, Qin Wan, Xia Zhen and Liu Kunming are all from Beijing. Since they are in the same city, they can definitely reunite.
The five men outside were talking about this, and the atmosphere in the room was a little low. Xia Zhen looked at Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua with reluctance.
Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua are now more than five months pregnant and have just resigned from their teaching positions.
Li Ruolan held the hands of the two people and said, "When I gave birth to Qingqing and Ningning, you two followed me to the hospital to take care of me.
I was thinking that when you two were about to give birth, I would go and take care of you during the confinement period, but I didn't expect that you would leave now."
Zhou Shengnan also looked reluctant: "Since you can't take care of us during the confinement period, then make a few more sets of clothes for the baby, and send them to me when the time comes. Not a single piece less will do."
Zheng Fanghua also nodded: "And mine, I can't be left out either."
Li Ruolan and Qin Wan both laughed: "Of course, you will get everything."
Xia Zhen reached out and touched Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua's bellies: "I was thinking about seeing what your two children look like, but now I'm afraid I won't be able to see it."
“When the baby is born, I will send you photos.
If I miss you, I will write to you. Of course, you have to write back to me, but don’t forget us.”
Li Ruolan smiled and said, "I will definitely not forget it."
Separation is always very hard to accept. The ten people ate at Li Ruolan's house until midnight before reluctantly leaving.
The next day, Li Ruolan, Deng Minghao and others got up early and personally saw off Shen Yi, Ji Hongjun, Zhou Shengnan, Zheng Fanghua and the other four.
After the two families moved away, their house was sold to the educated youth who wanted to move out of the educated youth site.
Not long after the four people left, it was the Spring Festival of 1975.
This year's Spring Festival was much quieter than in previous years. The people at the educated youth point came and went so many times that in the end, the only ones I knew well were Qin Wan, Xia Zhen, and Guo Xiaoya and her husband.
On March 26th, Qingqing and Ningning celebrated their third birthday.
On the birthday, Xia Zhen and Liu Kunming also came to say goodbye.
Xia Zhen said: "My parents have saved a lot of money in the past two years, and Kunming has also sent a lot of money back.
The money we saved is enough for us to buy jobs, but we just didn’t find a good job at the moment. Now we have bought two, and we are going back to the city. ”
Although it is very sad, this is also a good thing.
"This is a good thing. It's nice to be able to go back and reunite with my parents." Li Ruolan said.
Qin Wan also nodded: "That's right, although there are no major actions from above now, sooner or later there will be policies coming down.
Maybe it won’t be long before all the educated youth can return to the city, and then we can meet again.”
Xia Zhen hummed, but her eyes were still red: "But I really can't bear to leave you. Since I went to the countryside and stayed with you, I really feel very relaxed.
If possible, it would be nice to stay here forever, but my parents are old and I am their only daughter.
I believe that we will be reunited one day, and I will wait for you to come find me then."
Qin Wan said: "Then you have to treat us to a good meal, and there must be meat."
Xia Zhen nodded vigorously: "Sure."
Xia Zhen and Liu Kunming left together in June and returned to Beijing.
After the two of them left, Li Ruolan and Qin Wan's life was not much different from before. They just stayed at home and made clothes for their children.
In early August, Xia Zhen and Liu Kunming sent them a letter saying that they had settled down and bought a small house not far from Xia Zhen's parents' home.
Moreover, there is another good news, that is, Xia Zhen is also pregnant.
Looking at the letter about buying a house, Li Ruolan had an idea.
At this time, the housing prices in Beijing were like free money for them. Since Liu Kunming and his people were in Beijing anyway, they might as well ask him to help see if there were any good houses.
If there is something good, it would be a good time to take action now.
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