Xu Jiajia said patiently, "When the train starts moving, it's like this. When the train stops, the flowers and plants on the roadside remain still."
Xiao Yiyi nodded, not quite understanding: "I kind of know."
Everyone in the group bought sleeper tickets.
Shen Xingzhi likes Xiao Yiyi the most, and he shamelessly wants to sleep in the same bed with her.
"Xiao Yiyi, come here, if you want to know something, your uncle will tell you."
Shen Xingzhi could have taken the college entrance examination this year, but because Shen Zhou demoted him to a lower grade, he can only take the exam next year.
Xiao Yiyi's biggest wish is that he can get into university: "Uncle, study hard and get into university. I will give you a reward."
Shen Xingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what he heard most now was to study hard and get into college.
To be honest, his ears were almost callused from hearing it, but he couldn't help but listen: "Okay, okay, I will definitely study hard and get into university."
Xiao Yiyi hummed, and said in a sly voice: "Hmph, that's more like it!"
…
After taking a train for five days and five nights, we finally arrived in Shunan City.
Walking out of the train station, the six children looked around.
"Mom, is this our hometown?" Little Yiyi saw that Shunan was very poor, but she did not despise him. Instead, she looked expectant.
"No, this is in the city, a few hours' drive from my hometown. There is no direct bus from here to my hometown, so we have to take a bus to the county first, and then from the county to the town.
When we get to town, we’ll take a bullock cart back to our hometown.”
"Ox cart? I've never ridden an ox cart before!" Little Yiyi was very curious about what an ox cart looked like.
"We'll rest in the city today. Tomorrow when we get to town, we'll see the oxcarts."
Little Yiyi clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I love watching ox carts the most, and I also like riding in them."
The group rested for a day in the city's guesthouse. The next morning, after breakfast, they rushed to the bus station.
It was already eleven o'clock when we arrived at the county town.
Shen Yuebai brought a group of people to the state-owned hotel again.
There were so many people in this group that they quickly attracted everyone's attention.
"Who are these people? Judging from their clothes, they are not bad!"
"If you want to know, you can go and ask."
"That won't do. It's not good to rush forward rashly."
"Since you know it's not good, don't be so curious!"
“…”
Xu Jiajia and her group had two tables.
The two tables were not very relaxed, but rather crowded.
Eat and drink enough.
The group continued on their journey.
Finally arrived in town.
I haven't been back for five years, and the town hasn't changed at all. It looks very familiar.
Old Mrs. Xu was carrying two luggage bags. She looked at the houses on both sides of the street and said, "We're finally here. It wasn't easy."
"The captain is waiting for us at the fork in the road, let's go." They had previously sent a telegram to the captain to tell him that they were coming back.
Set a date.
The captain telegraphed them to tell them that he would meet them at the fork in the road.
Old Mrs. Xu looked at Grandma He and said, "Grandma, don't go back home for the New Year this year. Invite everyone in the family, big and small, to come home and celebrate the New Year together."
Grandma He wanted to go home for the New Year, but before she could say no, Uncle He nodded readily: "Okay, we'll go back today and come back with our family tomorrow."
Old Mrs. He nodded: "Okay——"
Grandma He wanted to kick Uncle He San. Why was he so careless at his age? "Grandma, this is not good. With so many people, where is there room to sleep?"
Mrs. Xu: "It's okay, it's the same if we buy a few beds later."
Having said that, Grandma He could only nod and say, "Okay..."
…
The group came to a fork in the road.
The captain looked at the increasingly younger old lady Xu, and his jaw dropped in shock. "Auntie, auntie, you, how come you're getting younger and younger? If I hadn't asked about your age, I'd have thought you were only in your early fifties!"
Old Mrs. Xu was a straightforward person. She looked at the captain, whom she hadn't seen for five years. Her temples were all white and she looked much older. She was surprised and asked, "How come you've aged so much? Are you not feeling well?"
The captain sighed softly: "No, it's just that there are too many chores and too much pressure.
Especially in the past two years, the harvest has been poor, and I've been so anxious that my hair has turned white."
Old Mrs. Xu also came from a farming family and knew the importance of the harvest: "That's right, but now the policy is better, you don't have to rely entirely on the land. You can have people cook food and sell it in town, and you can also make some money that way."
Rural areas are blocked from information and don't know about the outside world. "Auntie, isn't this speculation? If you're caught, you'll be sent to a farm!"
Old Mrs. Xu laughed and said, "No! Now that the policy has been relaxed, there are many small businesses in Kyoto.
Several of us old people have started our first career.
I'm doing small business.
Business is pretty good.”
The first batch of cloth made more than a thousand yuan.
The second batch of cloth required more investment and brought in more profit, almost three thousand.
Xu Jiajia invested three thousand yuan, and after deducting the cost, she earned more than one thousand yuan by herself.
Mrs. Xu's words opened up a new world for the captain: "Can we do business outside?"
The captain's tone was one of shock and disbelief.
Mrs. Xu nodded and said, "Yes, the national economy is not good. If we want to change the status quo, we naturally have to change the policy.
There will definitely be more and more people doing business in the future.”
After hearing this, the captain had an idea in his mind: "Auntie, does your team need more people?
If you need someone, can you let my Yuan Qing go with you to Kyoto?"
Xu Yuanqing is the captain's youngest son.
I am a junior high school classmate of Xu Jiajia.
I was addicted to raising pigs before.
After trying to raise them a few times without success, I had to go back to farming.
Mrs. Xu and her group were indeed short of people. Besides, Xu Yuanqing and Xu Jiajia were classmates and knew each other well. Mrs. Xu had a clue in her mind, but she didn't nod directly: "Let's talk about it after the New Year."
Seeing that the old lady did not refuse, the captain's tense heart was relieved. He smiled and said, "Yes, yes, let's talk about it after the New Year."
After saying that, he looked at Xu Jiajia's six children again. He forgot to look away when he saw them. "These are all Jiajia's. Oh my god, they are so beautiful and well-raised."
The six children shouted in unison without being taught by an adult: "Grandpa——"
The captain sighed and said, "Grandpa didn't bring any candy. I'll give it to you next time, okay?"
The six children all said in unison, "Thank you, Grandpa. We don't want any candy."
Sitting on a bullock cart.
Shaking.
Little Yiyi found it very interesting: "Mom, is this an ox cart? How interesting."
Xu Jiajia lowered her eyes to look at the little Yiyi in her arms and asked in a low voice, "Do you like it?"
Xiao Yiyi nodded heavily: "I like it very much."
The country roads are difficult to walk on.
The captain was afraid of the bumpy ride, so he drove much slower than usual.
We haven’t reached the village yet.
I saw many people standing there from a distance.
Those with good eyesight were instantly excited when they saw the captain coming back: "He's back, he's back, a whole cart of people."
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