Chapter 103 I have already thought about having children in the future

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, talking a lot.

Secretary Zhao stopped Lizhan and said, "Lizhan, I have something to ask of you. We don't have enough manpower with just a few village cadres. Can you help the commune measure the private plots that Qingshui Village wants to divide and set the boundaries?

It’s Chinese New Year, and I shouldn’t have asked this question, but the policy from above came quickly, and we are all looking forward to it. The sooner the private plots are finalized and distributed to the villagers, the sooner we can feel at ease…”

Li Zhan naturally agreed: "Secretary, look at what you said! I am a soldier, even if you don't ask me, I will ask if I can help you!"

I immediately followed the village cadres and went up to the field with the tools used to measure the land.

Secretary Zhao went to Xia Village and another village to announce the good news.

In the winter, the roads were still covered with snow, and Secretary Zhao felt bad for having to make villagers from the other two villages come for the meeting, so he made himself run twice to announce the good news.

Xia Juanjuan was also very happy. There was fertile black soil in her space, which was much more fertile than the most fertile fields in the village!

But with the excuse of having a private plot, she can more easily take out the vegetables, fruits and other things in the space.

The private plots are small pieces of land in corners near the village. They are of irregular shapes and covered with snow. The boundaries of the original land are also difficult to find, so it is quite laborious to measure them.

We fought till dark before going home, and we would continue fighting for the next few days.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan took their three children back to their parents' home.

This is Li Zhan's first visit.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time. They saw them coming from a distance and went to greet them.

Lin Yuru took Beibei from Xia Juanjuan's arms, while Xia Shuangshan picked up the younger Xiaowu.

The three little kids all called “Grandpa, Grandma” politely.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing: "It's so cold, why did you come all the way to pick me up? Are you afraid that I won't come back?"

Lin Yuru smiled a little embarrassedly: "Your father and I are wearing the new clothes you made from the cloth! We are not afraid that you will not come back! Aren't we waiting impatiently?"

Seeing that they were indeed wearing the new clothes made from the cloth she had torn off last time, Xia Juanjuan smiled with satisfaction: "They look pretty good."

Xia Shuangshan felt somewhat relieved when he saw that Lizhan was tall and handsome. Although he was injured in that part of his body, his masculine aura was not diminished at all.

He was a little reserved and said hesitantly, "Just come back, why buy so many things..."

Xia Juanjuan brought a bag of loose sugar, two bottles of canned peaches, a gift note of three pounds of pork ribs, fifty eggs, and a large grass carp, making a four-color gift.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Not much. I'm not at home all year round, and I have to ask my parents, who come and go frequently, to take care of Juanjuan!"

That's beautifully said.

When people in the army send back dozens of yuan in allowances every month, only Juanjuan helps them. How can they help Juanjuan?

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru's favorability towards this girl increased rapidly.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but glance at Li Zhan.

He called them dad and mom so naturally and sincerely, even more fluently than she did. People who didn't know would probably think Li Zhan was his biological son and she was his daughter-in-law!

Li Zhan noticed that Xia Juanjuan was peeking at her and winked at her slyly.

When she arrived at the Xia family, Xia Juanjuan discovered that there was also a fence wall outside the house where Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru lived. She was stunned for a moment because there was no fence wall outside the house when she came last time.

Lin Yuru whispered, "During the New Year, Li Cuihua said nasty things every day, so your father just followed your example and built a fence so that he doesn't have to look at them when he goes in and out!"

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but smile and said, "It's good this way. Out of sight, out of mind."

Then he asked, "Have you heard about the private plots?"

Lin Yuru smiled brightly: "Secretary Zhao personally went to the village to hold a meeting and told us that your father and I can get 0.2 mu of land. We can plant vegetables on half of the land and plant beans or wheat or corn on the other half. It's enough for your father and I to eat!"

If the family had not been divided, the private plots of the Xia family would probably not have been divided. Then they would surely have worked the most like old oxen, but would have eaten the least!

Now everything is clear. Whether they plant well or badly, the harvest from this 0.2 mu of land can all fall into their own house. How can they not be happy?

We chatted about family matters until noon. Xia Shuangshan went to the mountain specially two days ago and hunted two wild pheasants. For noon, we had a wild pheasant and radish soup, a dish of stir-fried pheasant with wild mushrooms, a dish of stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with ramie meat, white flour steamed buns and soup dumplings.

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru had started preparing such a sumptuous feast for guests half a month in advance.

Xia Juanjuan knew that although they said they were dividing the family property, it was actually equivalent to leaving home with nothing. Apart from this one and a half rooms, they wanted nothing else, so she prepared this meal with great care.

After dinner, Li Zhan rushed to clean up the dishes and wash them, which stunned Xia Juanjuan.

Although I have washed it at home these days, I haven’t seen it so actively...

Lin Yuru gave each of the three kids fifty cents as a New Year's gift.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but stop him: "Why give so much? It's not easy for you to make money..."

Lin Yuru stuffed it in her hand and said, "Take it! How can we keep the money for the children if we don't have enough? During the winter, even though we can't earn any work points, your father can make a few cents a day repairing walls and pig pens and sheep pens for others! Sigh... In the past, we couldn't make any money from doing work, but now it's much easier!"

Xia Juanjuan did not refuse.

In the afternoon, the family went back home. On the way, Li Zhan smiled and said, "Dad and Mom really love you, that's good."

When they have their own baby in the future, he won't be able to rely on his mother here. When his wife gives birth, she will bring the crying baby with her, and he is not sure if she will be able to come back in time. He is afraid that he will have to trouble his parents here to take care of the baby.

So what he just said was actually sincere.

Xia Juanjuan didn't know that Li Zhan had already thought about the plot several years later, so she couldn't help but glance at him and said with a smile: "Seeing how smoothly you call your parents, I thought you were their son!"

Li Zhan laughed and said, "I married their daughter, so isn't a son-in-law half a son? That's right."