Chapter 211 You Are Not in Beijing Again

Fu Weixin frowned, and then said in a deep voice: "Qingye has gone too far this time!"

Fu Nanzheng understood Fu Qingye's nature better than his father did, so he just smiled and said nothing more about it: "Then I'll go back to the hospital too."

Fu Weixin suddenly remembered something and called Fu Nanzheng, saying, "By the way, I heard that there is a girl studying Chinese medicine in your hospital who likes you?"

Fu Nanzheng was stunned for a moment, then he smiled faintly and said, "Dad, don't listen to these rumors all the time, they are not true. I am a grown man and it doesn't matter, but what about the reputation of the girl?"

Fu Weixin frowned and looked at him, then sighed and said, "The girl from the Yue family is good, but the current situation in her family... and she was the one who took the initiative to draw a clear line between you and her. It's not a good idea for you to keep waiting like this. It's been seven years, and it's time to let it go. You are older than Lizhan, and you are almost thirty. It's time for you to get married and start a family!"

Fu Nanzheng's smile faded again, and he said nonchalantly, "Dad, I'm 28, and I'm still two years away from 30! Besides, who said I haven't let it go? Doesn't that mean I haven't met the right person?"

Having said that, without giving Fu Weixin a chance to speak, he ran away: "Dad, I won't talk to you anymore! I have to catch the car!"

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After leaving Fu's house, Xia Juanjuan returned to the guesthouse, packed up, and was about to check out and go to the train station.

The three-day visit time was gone in an instant.

Lizhan still borrowed the army's jeep to take them there. On the way, both of them were silent.

Xiao Wu leaned against the car window and suddenly asked, "Mom, are we going home?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said, "Yes. Does Xiaowu like Beijing?"

Xiao Wu nodded: "I like it! There is soda to drink in Jing City!"

Xia Juanjuan was speechless, what a little foodie!

Beibei couldn't help but ask, "Mom, is Fourth Uncle going home with us?"

Xia Juanjuan felt a little sad when she heard this.

Li Zhan glanced at Xia Juanjuan and answered for her: "Fourth Uncle has to go on a mission and won't be back."

"Oh!" Beibei was a little disappointed: "Uncle, if you don't go back, I won't be able to eat the rice dumplings that mom made! The rice dumplings are so delicious!"

Lizhan thought about it and realized that the Dragon Boat Festival was coming soon.

Around the Dragon Boat Festival, it is time to harvest the wheat.

Li Zhan felt indescribably guilty. He was away from home all year round, and his wife had to take care of six children and farm work, but he could not help at all...

"During the wheat harvest, I'll ask my comrades from last year to go over and help."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan quickly shook her head and smiled, "Don't do that! Last year I was pregnant and it was inconvenient for me to do farm work. What's the point of asking someone else to help me this year? If this gets out, won't I become a famous lazy woman in the village?"

"But... you still have to take care of the baby, it's too hard."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Don't worry. I still have my parents to help me, right? Besides, I won't do much. I won't do it after I earn the minimum work points required by the commune."

After hearing this, Li Zhan didn't say anything, but was thinking about Fu Nanzheng's suggestion in his heart.

If Juanjuan could really come to Beijing to work, it would definitely be easier than working in the fields to earn work points in the village.

His allowance should be enough to rent two houses in Beijing and bring Lin Yuru over to help take care of the children.

Therefore, Li Zhan said: "Juanjuan, do you want to do what Third Brother said today about the work in the hospital? If you have any ideas, I will mention it to Third Brother later. Even if you have to take an exam, you will definitely have no problem with Uncle Yang, such a good teacher..."

Unexpectedly, Xia Juanjuan shook her head without any reluctance and refused:

"No. I have a rural hukou. Even if I really pass the exam, I'm afraid someone will say that I got in through the back door, which will have a bad impact on both you and the Fu family. Besides, the children are still breastfeeding. Although I have to do farm work in the village, it's more free. I have to go to work every day in Beijing, and I don't have time to accompany them! Are you tired of me eating for free at home, so you want me to go out to work and earn a salary?"

Not to mention that she had a shallow relationship with the Fu family and could not afford this favor, even if she could afford it, she would not be happy about it for the time being.

It was still several years away from the end of the 1970s. Seven or eight years later, there were more opportunities in cities than in rural areas, and the gap gradually widened to a huge level.

But now, the gap between the city and the countryside is not particularly large, so she would rather stay in the countryside first, rather than going to the city with a rural household registration to work as a temporary worker and be looked down upon.

When the college entrance examination is resumed, she will be admitted to university and can legally change her rural household registration to urban household registration, and still have the status of a cadre. Why should she have to accept a favor from others now?

Fu Qingye was jealous to death in her heart, but Xia Juanjuan really didn't find this proposal attractive.

Li Zhan got anxious when he heard this: "I feel sorry for you working so hard in the village. If you think you are just eating for free, just call me..."

Xia Juanjuan quickly interrupted him and said with a smile: "Look at you, I was just joking and you got so anxious..."

Li Zhan heaved a sigh of relief, glanced at her and said, "How can this be a joke? You are deliberately trying to piss me off!"

Xia Juanjuan lowered her head and smiled, then whispered, "Besides, you're not in Beijing, so if I come here, won't we still be separated?"

Lizhan was stunned for a moment, and felt sweet in his heart. Wasn't his wife saying that she wanted to be with him?

Then he smiled and said, "That's right."

The car arrived at the train station very quickly. Li Zhan had asked the guards downstairs to help buy the tickets in advance. They were the same sleeper tickets that we bought when we came here.

This time we set out at around midnight and arrived at the station early the next morning. Yan Haotian came to pick us up after we arrived, so there was nothing to worry about.

Li Zhan stayed at the station until midnight, and only went back after seeing Xia Juanjuan off to the train.

Not long after returning to the village, the wheat harvest began.

Although Xia Juanjuan did not ask Lizhan to ask retired comrades to help like last year, some of them still came to help for a day during their vacation.

Xia Juanjuan felt very sorry, but they all said that they wanted to eat the food cooked by their sister-in-law, so they asked for permission to come later voluntarily, not Li Zhan who suggested it.

Xia Juanjuan had nothing to say except gratitude. She must have put a lot of thought into the preparation of the meals. It was either pig's feet stewed with soybeans, mutton ramen, or braised pork. There were also plenty of mixed-grain steamed buns with mostly white flour.

In addition, as the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, she also picked a lot of reed leaves to make rice dumplings.