I didn't realize that I could meet someone I knew here.
When I turned around, I saw that it was the Xia brother and sister.
But weren't these two siblings sent to the countryside as educated youth in their hometown? How did they end up here?
"Qingyu, Manwen? Why are you here? Have you returned to the city?"
This is the only possibility, otherwise it makes no sense for them to appear in another place at this time.
This is the busy time for farming, so even if something happens, they won't be given too long a break.
Gu Qingbei didn't know them, but their names sounded familiar to him. He looked at Jiang Mengxue with a puzzled look.
Jiang Mengxue finally reacted and introduced, "This is Xia Qingyu and Xia Manwen, brother and sister. Their father and dad are old comrades-in-arms. They went to the countryside in our hometown."
Then he introduced the Xia brothers and sisters, "This is my husband, Gu Qingbei. You should have heard of him."
Of course they had heard of it. Their father had introduced the members of the Gu family to them before they went to the countryside.
Although I have never seen it, I know it by the name.
Jiang Mengxue was about to ask again when Gu Qingbei stopped her.
"Order first, and then we'll sit there and talk."
Jiang Mengxue nodded and smiled awkwardly at the brother and sister, having forgotten that they were in a restaurant.
In the past two years, the disaster situation in the country has improved a lot. At least the people can support themselves by farming.
During natural disasters in the past few years, after paying the public grain tax, the remaining grain from the fields was not enough for our own consumption, and we had to rely on the government for relief grain from time to time.
The situation is getting better year by year.
This can be seen from many aspects. When the years are bad, some nutritional products, pastries, milk powder and malted milk are extremely difficult to buy.
Even the supply of chicken, duck, fish and meat is decreasing, and the output of various fruits is decreasing accordingly. Various canned meats and canned fruits are also becoming scarcer than before.
So just take a walk around the department store and you will know what the situation is like outside.
When she arrived at the state-owned restaurant at noon and saw the names of the dishes written on the blackboard hanging on the wall, Jiang Mengxue knew that life was not easy now, but no one would starve to death anymore.
She has been in the army for the past two years, but she also keeps an eye on the situation outside and reads every issue of the newspaper.
Although many news items would not appear in the newspapers or the situation would not be portrayed as too bad, she could also see that the grain production during those three years was not optimistic.
But because Gu Qingbei would regularly deliver food to various parts of the country, the country was not short of food, and the government would also allocate relief food to areas in need.
There was also concern that some production team leaders might conceal the situation in their team in order to avoid criticism from their superiors, so the government set up a special investigation team and sent it to the rural areas to check the details.
If there are special circumstances, they will report directly to the higher authorities.
But in the final analysis, all they could do was to take out more food. It was good enough to have something to eat. Meat, fruits and vegetables definitely could not be taken out, so these things were a bit difficult.
In some places, food processing factories have not even had any work for several months, and there is nothing that can be done about it.
After ordering some meat and vegetable dishes and spending about twenty yuan, they sat down at a table by the window.
Only then did Jiang Mengxue have time to ask about the situation of the Xia brothers and sisters.
Li Cuiying was also very curious because they had not received any letter saying that they had left the team.
"When did you come here? What's the matter?"
Speaking of this, both the brother and sister showed happy expressions on their faces.
Xia Manwen couldn't help but share her joy.
God knows she wasn't familiar with everyone in the countryside before, and she was even more worried that someone would find out about their family's situation, so even though she could leave the countryside, she didn't dare reveal a word until it was completely confirmed.
Xia Manwen suppressed his excitement and said, "My dad used his connections to change our household registration to my second uncle's. This is considered to be severing ties with them, but it's just a formality. It won't affect our correspondence. We can change it back when we have the chance in the future.
But in this way, no matter what consequences my parents suffer because of my mother's identity, it will not affect us siblings.
Although I did this to prepare for a rainy day, I still feel a little uncomfortable.
But my dad is right. No matter what our relationship is on the household registration, it does not affect the fact that they are my parents.
It would be best for them if my brother and I had a promising future.
My brother changed his name and served in the army in the northwest, and I also joined the art troupe. We had always lived in the military compound, so we were quite used to it.
Jiang Mengxue understood. She had heard them say before that they would join the army when they found the opportunity. What you thought of was done so quickly.
Father and Mother Xia have now been sent to the border. The situation is not good but it is not bad.
But it’s not certain in a few years. Sooner or later, Xia Mu’s family’s identity as a capitalist will be exposed.
Even if the higher-ups don't take the initiative to investigate, there will always be political enemies of Xia's father who will take the initiative to cause trouble.
Unless they divorce to save Xia's father, both of them will be in trouble.
Judging from the current situation, Father Xia doesn't seem like the kind of person who would abandon his wife in times of crisis.
However, the brother and sister are in the best situation now, and their future will not be affected.
But since Xia Manwen went to the art troupe, doesn't that mean she has to go to various military regions?
"Manwen, how is your work going? Are you adapting well?"
For a girl, this job is actually not very good when her family cannot give her open help.
It’s not that Jiang Mengxue is prejudiced against the art troupe. There are good and bad jobs in any kind of work.
It just so happens that the art troupe is equivalent to the entertainment industry in later generations, and the people in it are all people who can sing, dance and are beautiful.
Even if you have a simple mind and just want to work hard, it doesn't mean you won't be bullied.
But Xia Manwen seemed quite happy, and was obviously satisfied with joining the art troupe.
"Sister-in-law, I like it very much. I learned dancing when I was at home, and singing is also quite simple. Now I can be a backup dancer following the seniors, but I will try my best to stand in the front."
Jiang Mengxue didn't say anything else. Xia Manwen was not a child, so it was fine as long as she liked it.
They also talked about the hardships they had in the countryside, and Xia Manwen still felt scared when he talked about it now.
If she really had to stay in the countryside to do farm work for the rest of her life, she might really be upset.
She felt that anyone who could persevere was not an ordinary person.
She worked in the hot sun for a month straight, and her skin became a terrible sight. Blisters formed on the palms of her hands, which broke and then formed again, until the backs of her hands were covered with calluses.
For a girl who has lived in the city since childhood and whose family can even afford a nanny, no matter how strong she is, she can hardly bear the life of farming in the countryside.
Fortunately, my family finally found an opportunity to transfer them back.
Although it is tiring to practice dancing and singing every day, it is nothing in the field I like. It is better than working in the fields.
Everything is learned through comparison.
What used to be unbearable for her to practice dancing for several hours every day is now a piece of cake for her.
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