Chapter 425: Every time we meet, we meet one less time!

Naturally, he also wanted to go back and take a look, but he felt bad when he thought of the eldest and second oldest families, and he didn't want to go back and get involved with them.

He has paid back what he owed them over the years. Everyone has their own destiny, and he doesn't want to get involved in their lives anymore.

Of course, it was up to Huo Jianguo to decide whether to go back or not. Su Mei was just making a suggestion, and when she saw that he didn't say anything, she didn't say anything either.

You don't have to go now. There are more than 40 days of winter vacation. If you want to go back, there will always be a chance in the future.

After walking all the way home, Su Mei thought that she would be able to see her grandfather as soon as she entered the door and give him a surprise.

I didn't expect that there was no one at home.

Su Mei found the key hidden on the windowsill, opened the door, and put all the luggage in.

Then the couple went out to look for someone.

Although it is early winter now, the sun is abundant during the day and it is still hot enough to make you sweat profusely when walking on the ridges of the fields.

Fortunately, the land allocated to Su Mei's family was close to home, and the two of them quickly found Su Xuanju, Su Yongcang, and Bai Xiaofang in the fields.

The three of them are planting potatoes in the field!

Now everyone is farming for their own family, so they have motivation to work. Su Xuanju ignored the advice and followed them to the fields from time to time.

It is common for people in their seventies and eighties in rural areas to work in the fields.

And although Su Xuanju is already in his seventies, he is still in good health and has no problem helping to plant the potato slices on the ground.

Anyway, the work was for his family, so he came to the field to help. With one more person, the work could be done faster.

After the land was distributed to each household, life became more promising than before, but the farmers' lives were still hard.

Walking along the ridge of the field, I saw many villagers. When they saw Su Mei, they all smiled.

Although their smiles were warm and innocent, one could not ignore their sunburned faces and how hard it was for them to work facing the earth and with their backs to the sky.

Throughout history, farming is the hardest job.

The family of three who were busy working in the fields didn't notice Su Mei and Huo Jianguo coming at first.

The couple grew closer.

After Su put a row of potato seeds in the hanging pot, he sat on the hoe to rest. When he looked up, he saw Su Mei.

He looked at it carefully several times and even reached out to rub his eyes.

"What a strange thing! I am really getting old and confused. Why do I seem to see Mei girl!" Su Xuanju rubbed his eyes and stared at Su Mei and Huo Jianguo who were walking down the hillside a few hundred meters away.

After hearing what Su Xuanju said, Su Yongcang wiped the sweat off his face and continued, "I'm afraid the sun is too strong and you are hallucinating. You have a heat stroke. You came even though you were not allowed to. You haven't worked for decades. How can your body bear it?

Su Mei is in Yanjing, you can't see her even if you have clairvoyance, so you'd better not come this afternoon, what if you get sunburned again!"

"That's right, Dad. Don't come this afternoon. Yongcang and I can finish planting all the crops on our small piece of land. If you really can't, the children will come to help us after they're done. There's really no need for you to work along with us." Bai Xiaofang also followed Su Yongcang to persuade Su Xuanhu.

Bai Xiaofang and Su Yongcang were both standing under the embankment. It was not easy for them to see Su Mei and Huo Jianguo from their angle, so they did not look in the direction Su Xuanju was looking. The couple really thought that their father was seeing things.

Until the voices of Su Mei and Huo Jianguo were heard from the hillside behind: "Grandpa, Dad, Mom, we are back!"

"Not only am I dazzled, I also have tinnitus. I actually heard Mei Yatou calling me!" Su Xuanhu's eyes widened. As for Huo Jianguo next to him, he also saw it, but did not have time to take a closer look.

All the attention was focused on his precious granddaughter.

Su Yongcang and Bai Xiaofang both heard Su Mei's shout clearly. The old couple looked at Su's hanging pot, then looked at each other, and then silently moved from under the embankment to the side of Su's hanging pot.

This time, the old couple also saw Huo Jianguo and Su Mei. The figures of the young couple were looming among the corn stalks that had not been chopped yet, and they were getting closer and closer.

"Dad, you're not dazzled, and you don't have tinnitus. You're fine! Su Mei is back." Bai Xiaofang said as she stared at Su Mei who was about to emerge from the cornfield.

In fact, as the person got closer, Su Xuanhu realized that he was not seeing things. He just couldn't believe that the baby he had been thinking about day and night actually appeared in front of him alive.

Finally, Huo Jianguo and Su Mei came out of the cornfield and stood on the ridge above their own land.

Seeing the shocked looks of the elders, the young couple called them one by one again: "Grandpa, Dad, Mom!"

"Oh! Oh!" Su Xuanhu groaned twice in excitement. He was so excited that he didn't know what to say for a moment. He rubbed his hands on his clothes again and again, as if he didn't want Su Mei to see his dirty appearance.

Bai Xiaofang raised her head, forced back the bitterness in her eyes, and then said, "Girl, why didn't you tell us in advance that you were coming back? I didn't even cook this meal for you."

"Hurry up and go back to cook for Su Mei and Jianguo. You must be tired after sitting in the car for several days." Su Yongcang urged Bai Xiaofang to go back and cook. After urging her, he thought of his son and asked, "Where is Shengxue? Why didn't he come with you?"

"Fifth Brother is too busy. He may not come back until the two days before the New Year, or he may not come back at all." Su Mei answered the question first, and then looked at Bai Xiaofang and said,

"Mom, you guys just keep working. Jianguo and I had lunch in town before returning, so we're not hungry yet.

I just came to the field to see you guys, but now I can’t even eat if I go back home.”

"Did you really eat it?" Bai Xiaofang asked.

Su Mei nodded: "Really, how can I be polite to you?"

"Okay then! Let's get on with it. You can sit under the shade of the tree and rest for a while. The potatoes have been planted. We'll go back after we finish planting them." After saying that, Bai Xiaofang bent down and continued to bury the potatoes in the mud with a hoe.

Now that we are at the field, how can Huo Jianguo just sit there doing nothing?

After sitting with Su Mei for a few minutes and taking a deep breath, Huo Jianguo took off his coat and got down.

Huo Jianguo took the hoe from Bai Xiaofang's hand. With Huo Jianguo's help, Bai Xiaofang went to do the job that Su Xuanhu had originally been doing.

Seeing that the field was busy, Su Xuanju went to the flowing well nearby to wash his hands. After drying them, he sat next to Su Mei and started chatting with her.

"Grandpa was worried that you wouldn't come back during the New Year!" This was the first sentence Su Xuanhu said after sitting down.

Hearing the sadness in Grandpa's tone, Su Mei responded, "How could I not come back? I know Grandpa misses me, and I miss him too, so of course I have to come back to see you!"

If you can’t bear to leave me, you can leave with me after the Chinese New Year. Now the policy has been relaxed and the government will no longer restrict rural people from moving to the city.”

"Why would a useless old bone like me go to the city? I won't go." Su Xuanhu smiled and shook his head.

"But you still have to come back more often. Every year Grandpa lives is one year less, and every time I see you is one less time!"