Jiang Yan stood in front of the courtyard gate, looking around unconsciously.
The original fence and courtyard wall disappeared, replaced by a red brick wall, and the gate was also changed. It was not the original wooden fence gate, but an iron gate. The Spring Festival had just passed, and the couplets and the word "Fu" on it were still new and bright.
Bao Tielu pointed at the gate and said, "When my brother and his family got married, they simply tidied up the courtyard, and it's basically the same as before."
He pushed gently and the door was bolted from the inside.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you home?"
Chang Li heard the noise in the house and hurried out to see, "Old Third? You're back?"
Chang Li trotted forward, unbolted the door, and opened it. When she saw Jiang Yan, she couldn't help but show joy and excitement on her face, "Jiang Yan, my God, you're here."
She took a step forward and held Jiang Yan's hand tightly. "Hurry, it's cold outside. Come inside and talk."
Bao Tielu closed the door, carried Jiang Yan's bag, and followed the two into the house.
"Where's Xiaobao?"
"I went to a classmate's house to play." Chang Li pulled Jiang Yan to sit on the kang, "Sit on the kang, it's warm."
Bao Tielu put down his bag and said, "Sister-in-law, you and the educated youth Xiao Jiang haven't seen each other for a long time. You two can continue chatting. I'm going to go back first. My father said that the educated youth Xiao Jiang should live with you."
"I know. Go back!" Chang Li said, "I'll take Xiaobao to see Dad later."
"Okay." Bao Tielu and Jiang Yan said this and left.
As soon as he left, the two started chatting.
"Jiang Yan, I haven't seen you in several years. Look at you, you are still like a little girl, not like a mother at all." Chang Li was very happy. The atmosphere at home was depressed recently and there was nothing worth being happy about. Jiang Yan's arrival made her feel much better.
"She's still a little girl. My two naughty kids are already two years old."
Chang Li couldn't help but sigh, "Time flies so fast?" The scene of her first meeting Jiang Yan seemed like it happened yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, six years have passed.
"That's right, how are you doing?"
Chang Li smiled calmly, "It's OK. Didn't you see it with your own eyes? It's pretty good."
"When Dong Shuang wrote to me and said you didn't plan to go to college, I didn't quite understand. Now I think your choice is the right life plan."
Chang Li smiled, lowered her head and tucked her hair behind her ears. When she looked up again, her smile became more sincere.
"You all know what the situation is like in my mother's family. If I hadn't met you, I would have died long ago. For the first twenty years, I lived a very miserable life. I had no say in anything. After I went to the countryside, my life became even more difficult. The sword of the King of Hell was hanging over my head!"
"So what if I pass the college entrance exam? I might still be alone in the end."
She hates being chosen and being abandoned. Compared to going to college, she hopes to have a home, a home that truly belongs to her.
Marrying Bao Shengli may not be the best choice for her, but it is the most suitable choice.
Although he was married for the second time and had a child, everyone in the educated youth camp knew what kind of person Bao Shengli was. His marriage to Su Yun was not his fault. This man was very ambitious, family-oriented, and caring, which was enough for Chang Li.
It is said that being a stepmother is difficult, but Xiaobao is a really pitiful and lovable child.
At such a young age, he became very sensitive. What Su Yun did at the beginning left him with a great psychological trauma. Fortunately, so many people loved Xiaobao, which made him slowly forget those things. Moreover, he did not reject himself. After she married Bao Shengli, he immediately changed his name to call her mom.
This also made Chang Li feel that this child was very pitiful and she must treat her well in the future.
"So, forming a family and living in a familiar place might be a good thing for me."
Jiang Yan understood, reached out and held Chang Li's hand, they smiled at each other, everything was said without words.
"Dong Shuang passed the exam, and so did Liu Xiaoshu."
Chang Li and Jiang Yan talked a lot about the educated youth center. Although she was away for a few years, the educated youth center was still quite lively.
"Thanks to the study materials you sent back, we were able to review smoothly and get into university." Chang Li said a lot, all about daily life, but Jiang Yan listened with gusto.
These lives were also part of her life, but she had been away for too long.
"By the way, Jiang Yan, did you hear what the third elder brother told you about my father-in-law's illness?"
Jiang Yan nodded. "As soon as I heard about it, I quickly lied and rushed back. When I saw the uncle just now, I couldn't recognize him. He was so thin."
Chang Li sighed, picking at the kang mat unconsciously, "His illness is like the sky has fallen, the backbone of the family has fallen. You don't know, the whole village is watching him with eager eyes."
Reform is about to begin, and the household contract responsibility system is being implemented, and the towns and villages are bustling with activity.
With Bao Shengli’s illness, his position as captain is in jeopardy.
"We don't care about the fame, but the old man's spiritual sustenance is gone." Once a person loses his spiritual sustenance, he will fall faster.
“We want to implement the household contract responsibility system?”
"Well, that's what the policy says, but it's hard to say when it will be implemented."
Jiang Yan thought about it and decided that it would probably be in one or two years. By then, there would no longer be any production teams or team leaders, and a village committee would be directly established.
"Your health is important. Will your man come back tonight?"
Chang Li blushed for some reason, "Go back, go back, it's not too busy these days."
Jiang Yan looked at her like a young wife and couldn't help but chuckle, "We are all acquaintances, why are you still shy?"
Chang Li's ears turned red, because she was shy because they were acquaintances.
But she was always smart and immediately changed the subject, "Look at this house you built. It's in a good location and has a lot of space. In the end, it's a bargain for me, right?"
"No way, you bought this with real money, so I'm not losing out."
"By the way, Xiaobao has grown taller now. If you meet him, you probably won't recognize him."
The two talked for a long time. Chang Li even went downstairs to add two more pieces of firewood to the stove and boiled some water for Jiang Yan to drink.
"You can stay here tonight and reminisce about your past life. See if this quiet little mountain village can bring back some memories of the past."
"Stop it." Jiang Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Why have you become so smooth-talking since you married Bao Shengli?"
"Maybe it's just releasing my nature." Chang Li chuckled, "Anyway, it's good like this now."
Jiang Yan felt that she probably really felt at ease and happy!
She didn't yearn for college life, or even city life. They had known each other for so long, but she had never even asked what the capital was like.
People are like this sometimes, imposing their own will on others, thinking it is for their own good.
Going to college is good, not going to college is bad. Big cities are good, small villages are not.
You are not a fish, so how do you know the joy of a fish?
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