Chapter 177 Returning Home for the New Year

Time soon came to the end of December when school was on vacation.

If Gu Jianhua was still in his hometown, Su He would probably take the two children back immediately, but now Gu Jianhua is in Beijing.

He planned to go back before the Chinese New Year. After all, he was working and it was impossible for him to go back a month or half a month in advance.

Xiaomei wanted to stay with Zhang Chen for a few more days, so she bought a ticket back home during the holiday.

Red star Han Jiajia went with them.

During the summer vacation, everyone in their dormitory except Su He did not go home. They had to go back for the winter vacation. Xu Fang and Chen Zhuangzhuang went home, while He Miaomiao and Li Yuping went to meet their future in-laws.

Speaking of this, Li Yuping came back and told them that she was married, and Zhao Guohua did not hide it from his parents.

After all, Li Yuping is not young anymore, and it is not realistic for her to stay in the countryside for so many years without getting married.

But Zhao Guohua's parents don't care about this.

They thought that a girl who could be admitted to Peking University must be very outstanding, and there was no need to hold on to her. Besides, their son was not young anymore.

I finally met a girl I liked, so why would I object? Just let them get the marriage certificate and get married right away.

Perhaps because she was no longer under psychological pressure, Li Yuping was very happy and wanted to invite Su He and Han Jiajia to dinner.

Han Jiajia, "Can I have Russian food?"

Li Yuping: "Yes!"

Han Jiajia, "Just kidding, let's go to the state-owned hotel, Russian food is so expensive."

Su He also said, "Yu Ping doesn't need to treat us, I can just pay for myself."

Hearing what the two said, Li Yuping became anxious, "You don't have to worry about me, I don't need money now, let's go and have Russian food."

Han Jiajia, "You've made a fortune"

"No, he gave me money..."

Zhao Guohua knew that Li Yuping was in financial difficulty, so he gave money to his wife.

To be honest, Zhao Guohua is a really good person. Su He and Han Jiajia have also met him. He looks very handsome, but a little dull. Li Yuping said that he is not good at speaking, but he can prove himself with actions.

Arriving at Lao Mo's restaurant, Han Jiajia and Li Yuping wanted to drink. Su He asked, "Can I order a soda? My stomach is not feeling well."

They both said that she "fails at the critical moment."

Su He, "Why rush? We'll get together again after the Chinese New Year. We'll all stay in Beijing from now on, so there'll be plenty of time for drinks."

"Okay, you drink soda and we drink beer."

They ate something to fill their stomachs first, then drank some wine. As they drank, they got a little drunk and started talking about the past.

Han Jiajia sighed and said from the bottom of her heart, "Do you know? My life is not easy. My parents are not around and my two brothers and I have to depend on each other."

"It was fortunate that I was an adult by then, otherwise the money my parents left would have been taken away by my uncles. I tell you, they are really bad people, under the banner of doing good for me..."

"I have an aunt who wants to introduce me to her nephew from her mother's side. He is from the countryside. I want to make it clear that I don't look down on people from the countryside. The main problem is that he is crippled."

"He was not good-looking, with pockmarks all over his face and a fierce look. I felt like he was going to hit me in the next second."

"Some relatives are really not as good as strangers. My neighbor's uncle and aunt are very caring to my sister and me."

Su He and Li Yuping both agreed with this statement. Li Yuping had experienced it herself, and it was her own parents. As for Su He, although she had not experienced it, she had eyes and ears, and she had listened to other people's stories and seen what happened in other people's homes.

Her grandmother from the Qing Dynasty even wanted to sell her mother.

Li Yuping and her partner from Suhe comforted her, "It's all good now. Your brother has grown up, you two have been admitted to university, and you have found your other half."

"Our future and prospects are bright."

"Hiccup~"

Han Jiajia burped and said, "You are right. Our future is bright. Besides, my brother has grown up now. No one can do anything to our family."

Li Yuping smiled and said, "As for me, my first half of life was indeed not very good, but if God wants to exchange my misfortune in the first half of my life for happiness in the second half of my life, then I am quite willing to do so."

Su He, "Of course it will. Our future will be good."

Li Yuping, "I'll pick up your sister Ji Yan." She stood up and sat next to Su He, "I want to take advantage of your good luck, too."

"You have had the best life among the three of us, from birth to marriage, childbirth, and the growth of children."

"Sister, I envy your life."

"I think you must have done good things in your previous life, which is why you have such great fortune in this life." Li Yuping sighed.

Don’t think that Su He’s life was uneventful; it was always ordinary and went according to plan.

But her life was going smoothly.

My parents and brother loved me since I was a child. I also worked hard to make a name for myself. After graduation, I became a teacher. The men I met all came from good families. We had children in pairs, and the children we gave birth to were particularly promising.

For ordinary people like them, this life is good enough.

Few people's lives are so smooth. They are full of ups and downs. Parents don't let their daughters study more, or their parents leave a betrothal gift but no dowry when they get married, the mother-in-law is unkind, and the children born to the men they marry are average.

The above is a microcosm of thousands of families, and they are all similar.

Su He smiled and said, "Maybe."

"But we should not accept our fate. We should seize every opportunity to change the status quo, such as taking the college entrance examination, Yuping."

Su He believes in science and superstition, but she refuses to accept her fate. What she hates most is people who say, "It's all fate, it's all predestined."

She wanted to say bullshit.

Li Yuping, "Of course, I spent every day like a year in the Xu family. Su He, you don't know that before I married into their family, I lived a pretty good life in the countryside. Although I was tired from working in the fields every day, it wasn't that much."

"I think if I stay in the Xu family for a few more years I might go crazy."

Su He raised her cup and said, "Sister, I wish you to be free from the sea of ​​suffering."

The two of them bumped into each other.

Han Jiajia suddenly looked up and said, "You two left me behind."

Among the three of them, Su He drank four bottles of soda, and Han Jiajia and Li Yuping drank eight bottles of beer.

Su He concluded that in terms of drinking capacity, Li Yuping was better than Han Jiajia. Han Jiajia was not as good and got drunk after drinking just over three bottles.

Li Yuping is still sober.

After the three of them finished their meal, Han Jiajia was helped back to the dormitory by Li Yuping, and Su He went home.

They didn't drink too late. They arrived at the restaurant at around two o'clock and finished their meal at five o'clock. However, it gets dark early in winter, so the sun had already set at five o'clock.

After the holidays, Changyi and Changan also lived in the school, and Gu Jianhua and his two sons, Xiaobao, stayed at home.

When we got home, "Mom, have you drunk?" little girl Chang Huan came over and asked.

Su He shook his head, "No, mom drank the soda."

Chang Yun muttered, "Mom, you didn't even take us with you when you went out to eat."

"Oh, can I take you two with me next time?" Su He said helplessly.

It’s better for children to grow up and not be clingy.

How can they have a pleasant chat when the sisters get together and take care of their children and families?

Chang Jun, "Huh, I'm angry." He turned around and stopped looking at Su He.

Chang Huan hugged Su He and said, "Mom, I'm not angry, but remember to take me with you next time you go out for dinner."

"Okay." Su He picked up the little girl.

Upon hearing this, Changjun turned around and looked at his sister angrily, wondering how could his sister be like this? She had clearly said that she would be angry and ignore their mother.

traitor.

"Okay, okay, mommy will hug you. Don't be angry." Su He came over and hugged her younger son.

I kissed him again. His face was tense, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Chang Huan, "Mom, my brother is no longer angry. He is going to smile."

Su He pretended to be surprised, "Really? Let me see."

Chang Huan simply scratched the itchy finger and successfully made her brother laugh.

Changjun, "Ah, you're breaking the rules!"

"I'll chase you too!"

The two kids started playing with each other, and Su He came to Gu Jianhua, who was reading a newspaper.

"Are you angry too? You didn't say a word when I came in."

Gu Jianhua put down the newspaper and said, "I don't have a wife. I'm just reading the content."

Su He, "What content?"

Gu Jianhua: "Look, it says here that the country is in the process of comprehensive reform and opening up, reforming internally and opening up externally."

"Wife, I think you have some ability to predict the future."

His wife had said something similar before.

Su He took the newspaper and said, "This is a good thing. The bad guys have been defeated. Our country will get better and better."

Gu Jianhua, "Yes."

He said, "Let's not rush to buy a yard with that money, keep it for now."

Su He, "Do you mean doing business as an individual?"

Gu Jianhua nodded. He did have that idea.

Su He, "Don't you think it's shameful to be a self-employed person?"

Gu Jianhua's eyes widened when he heard this. "Wife, do you still have this idea? I'm telling you, your idea is wrong. We all make money based on our own abilities, and we don't do anything that violates morality and harms the country."

Su He smiled and said, "No, no, I didn't mean that. It's just that being a self-employed person is not decent in the eyes of others."

Gu Jianhua, "No matter what others think, as long as the money is in our pockets, that's all that matters."

Su He: "Okay."

"So what do we do if we become self-employed?"

Gu Jianhua shook his head. "I haven't thought about it yet. This idea just came to me suddenly. Let's think about it slowly and wait and see the market before making a decision."

Su He: "Okay."

"Jianhua, we can put the matter of buying a yard on hold, but we should buy a shop first."

"When I get back home, I'll ask my third sister-in-law and Jia Jia to find out."

Gu Jianhua, "Okay, I have the same idea."

The brothers Tang Zeyan and Tang Zexu also heard about this. Originally, Tang Zeyan was going to work in a transport team after the year, so he sent his five-year-old daughter to kindergarten.

Usually, she is picked up and dropped off by her second uncle Tang Zexu.

Who would have thought that the country would suddenly announce that ordinary people could open their own shops and do business.

The two families discussed it together, and Mingyue said, "Brother, you should go to the transport team as usual next year. This policy has just been announced, so let's wait and see."

Tang Zexu: "Yes, let's see how other people react."

Xueer said, "You can come back and ask your aunt and uncle after the New Year."

Tang Zeyan nodded, "Okay, there's no rush."

"But next year, Ah Xu, you should go out and look around more often. If there is a shop in a suitable location, we will buy it."

Tang Zexu, "I understand, brother."

A few days passed in a flash, and soon it was time to leave for home.

A group of people came to the capital at the beginning of this year, but now when we go back, there are fewer people.

Su He felt a little emotional. She thought that after bringing her parents over in a few years, they probably wouldn't have to go back to their hometown anymore.

Back home, Su He and the others wrote letters.

Su's father, mother and third sister, Team Leader Wang, knew the date of departure.

Everyone was getting ready by killing chickens and sheep, especially Sister Gu and Team Leader Wang.

The daughter-in-law was coming, and to show their sincerity, Sister Gu and Team Leader Wang and their partner cleaned the house inside and out in a very meticulous manner.

All the tables, chairs and benches have been replaced with new ones. They have been used for more than ten years and it's time to replace them.

The dishes and chopsticks were not left out and were all replaced.

The beddings for sleeping are all newly made.

Needless to say, the couple directly bought a sheep. Half of the mutton was eaten during the New Year, and the other half was given to their daughter-in-law to take back home for her brother-in-law.

I heard from Xueer in the letter that there are only her and her younger brother in her daughter-in-law's home.

Although her parents are no longer around, we still need to value her. We can't ignore the girl just because her parents are no longer around.

In addition to mutton, Third Sister Gu also prepared a few old hens for her daughter-in-law to take back home. They were all raised by Mother Gu.

However, Gu's mother did not give more than five. She killed the other twenty or so, except for those to eat during the New Year, and let her son and daughter-in-law take them to the capital.

It won’t go bad if you keep it in the winter anyway.

Why was Han Jiajia so nervous all the way?

But when the train arrived in the city, she became nervous. She held Hongxing's hand and said, "It will take three hours to get to your house, right?"

"After we get off the bus, I'm going to comb my hair at the bus station, and then we'll go out again."

Red Star, "No, your hair is fine."

Han Jiajia refused, "No, you have to comb your hair. I haven't combed it in a few days."

Red Star: "Okay then."

"Why is the winter in your province so desolate? It's even more desolate than in the capital."

On the road, there was snow, hills, plains, big trees with all their leaves fallen, the cold wind whistling in my ears, and villagers herding their cattle and sheep.

Red Star smiled and said, "This is how it is in the winter here. It will be fine in the summer. It will be green in the summer."

Han Jiajia, "I have never traveled far in my life. To be more precise, I have never left the capital. This is my first time traveling far away."

"But no matter how desolate it is, your province looks really vast."

Red Star: "Of course, the vast land and abundant resources refer to our area. Of course, the sparsely populated area also refers to our area."

Seeing that time is almost up.

Knowing that Su He, Gu Jianhua and others would come to their place first when they arrived in the county, Su's father and mother started preparing food early in the morning.

I made a lot of dishes that the children liked, such as fried meatballs, braised pork ribs, etc.

A large table of delicious food.

Sister Gu and Team Leader Wang were also ready to open their restaurant. They placed Mongolian specialties such as fried rice and sour milk tofu on the table, and Sister Gu even made a warm pot of milk tea.

As for the hot dishes, needless to say, they are all hard dishes, stewed chicken, stewed lamb chops, braised fish, dried beans, stewed pork ribs, etc., a whole table full of meat.

There are also vegetarian dishes, such as a small dish of pickled vegetables.

It seemed that the time was almost up, and Team Leader Wang was going to pick someone up at the station. Yaoyao said, "Dad, take me with you. I want to go too."

"That's fine."

Sister Gu said, "Put on your hats and gloves, both of you."

So the father and daughter went out.

We didn't have to wait too long at the station before Su He and his group arrived.

Su He was sharp-eyed and spotted Team Leader Wang right away. She whispered to Han Jiajia, "Hong Xing's father is here to pick you up."

After hearing this, Han Jiajia, who was already nervous, became even more nervous.

Fortunately, she had her hair done in the car.