Chapter 129 Open
With the help of Mr. Gu, everything was very simple. In less than three days, Li Ruolan and her family’s household registration could be moved back.
Mr. Gu left first with his family and Ruikang, while Li Ruolan, Qin Wan and others stayed here to pack up their things and prepare to leave.
The house belongs to the brigade just as we said at the beginning.
Knowing that Li Ruolan, Qin Wan and the others were about to leave, many people in the village came over to take a look.
Aunt Guihua and Aunt Wang Er also brought a lot of things to send over: "You are leaving now, we really don't want to let you go, but you are going home to reunite with your family, we are also happy for you."
Wang Xiumei and Yang Dan also came to see him off, and agreed to keep in touch through letters in the future.
Qingqing, Ningning and Anan also said goodbye to their friends and there was crying outside the door.
When all the luggage was packed and we were about to leave, Li Yingying came over. She was now a mother of three children, and her face no longer had the sarcasm and deliberate affectation she once had.
Her life is pretty good. Her husband loves her, her children are obedient, and her parents-in-law don't cause trouble anymore. She is becoming better and better.
She came and just looked at him with a dazed look on her face, and didn't say anything.
Li Ruolan smiled at her and said, "Your life is very happy now, right? Although we are going back to Beijing, it doesn't mean that we can live better than now.
Are you willing to give up your current life and come back to Beijing with us to live the life you had before you went to the countryside?"
Li Yingying was stunned again. The days before going to the countryside?
She eats the least, works the most, gets up earlier than the chickens, and sleeps later than the dogs. Does she really want to go back to that kind of life?
She was not stupid. She made her choice after only three seconds of hesitation. She laughed disdainfully: "I won't go back. Only here do I know that life can be lived like this."
Li Ruolan smiled and waved at her: "It's good to be content with what you have. Goodbye!"
Qin Wan also waved at her.
Li Yingying snorted and stood there watching them walk further and further away until they could no longer be seen.
"Let's go, kids. Let's go home." Li Yingying turned around and said, then took the children back home, her home.
It was still a sleeper train, but it was only the end of June, so there weren't many people on the train, and they didn't encounter any human traffickers or thieves.
Deng Minghao was lying on the middle bunk and asked Lu Yunxiao who was also lying on the middle bunk: "Your father, are you really not going to deal with Gu Yuantang? Didn't you all say that he might have handed Ruikang over to the human traffickers?"
Lu Yunxiao narrowed his eyes: "He knows everything, but he seems to be avoiding this question. I think he must have his own ideas."
Li Ruolan interrupted: "Didn't you say you've raised him for so long, have you developed feelings for him?"
Qin Wan said thoughtfully, "At first I thought so, but later I found that it was not the case. The old man and Gu Yuantang are not close at all. Sometimes the old man looks at Gu Yuantang with a cold look."
Lu Yunxiao said, "Let's just leave it at that for now. Let's not talk about it anymore. I don't intend to get to know their family. Let's just treat them as relatives for now."
Seeing Qin Wan and her husband like this, Li Ruolan also felt that it was a bit strange that Mr. Gu kept Gu Yuantang.
Mr. Gu seems to be quite decisive and doesn't seem like the kind of person who would be blinded by love. He may have his own reasons for doing this.
Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao didn't ask about it any further.
After arriving in Beijing, Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao returned to their homes first, while Qin Wan and Lu Yunxiao went to Gu's home.
In July, many educated youth and students were admitted to universities.
At the end of August, Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao registered Qingqing and Ningning, and the two officially became first-year students.
After breakfast in the morning, the two went to school with the children around them.
The house they live in now, which is shared with Qin Wanxiazhen and others, is very close to the school, about five minutes' walk away.
The primary school has a collective cafeteria. Qingqing and Ningning eat at school at noon and don’t come back. They can come back on their own after school in the evening without being picked up.
Li Ruolan has planted a lot of flowers in the front yard during this period.
When she went to the mountains in the past, sometimes when she came across orchids and other flowers, she would transplant them into the space. Now they can be moved out to decorate the yard.
Li Ruolan planted some vegetables in the backyard.
Xia Zhen's parents came to see Li Ruolan's yard. When Xia's father saw the orchids in Li Ruolan's yard, he couldn't walk.
"Your orchids are growing so well! Can you sell me one?" Father Xia was like a little child, surrounding the orchid and unwilling to leave.
Li Ruolan said, "These grow everywhere on the mountain where we went to the countryside. I just happened to bring back a few pots. If you want one, just take one."
Father Xia was so happy that he took the orchid home and planted it in the yard.
A few days later, the news that Father Xia had a great orchid spread here, and many people came to inquire where the orchid came from.
These people are either rich or noble, and they have lived here for quite a long time. This place can be considered a wealthy area. Those who can live here have not experienced any trouble in the past ten years. Even if they do not have much power behind them, they certainly cannot be underestimated.
These people come to Li Ruolan's house every day to see the orchids, and they especially like to play with Qingqing and Ningning.
Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao naturally accepted everyone who came and let them watch as long as they wanted. They also prepared tea and pastries every day.
If these people asked for orchids, Li Ruolan would give them one.
In less than two or three months, Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan got to know all the prominent old men and women in the area.
Moreover, Deng Minghao also became fishing friends with these old men, and people came to Deng Minghao to go fishing every day.
The baits that Deng Minghao used to bait the fish nest were all prepared by himself. Every time these old guys who were in the air force followed Deng Minghao to his nest, they could catch a lot of fish, so they were naturally willing to follow Deng Minghao.
Deng Minghao spends the whole day with these old men, and every time he goes out he can hear a lot of current news.
Later, when the weather got cold, Deng Minghao stopped fishing and instead ran around, selling out the food and meat in the space, preparing to exchange them for some money as the opening day was approaching.
The black market in Beijing was saturated, so Deng Minghao went to other cities and finally released all the food and other things that had been accumulated in the space over the years before the end of the year.
That year, Liu Kunming was still working in the weaving factory, Xia Zhen went to school, Qin Wan and Lu Yunxiao did not come back, and An An should have been arranged to go to another primary school.
The days passed like this until the end of the year, and the news of reform and opening up finally came.
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