Chapter 376 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s (The End)
She came out halfway through cooking. Jiang Yue looked at the new clothes she had bought for her. They were a bit too big, mainly because she was too thin. She decided to make do with them for now, as they were the smallest size available. She then looked at the old clothes the girl was holding and said, "Don't keep the old clothes. Just throw them in the yard. I'll buy you two sets of clothes to change into tomorrow."
Since things have come to this, Jiang Yue doesn't need to treat her harshly. If they can get along, they can treat each other like relatives. If they can't, they can just ask her to leave. She's not incapable of taking care of herself. As for treating her like a loving mother, Jiang Yue can't do that.
After the meal was prepared, the two ate together. Jiang Yue didn't know what to say to her, and she didn't know what to say to Jiang Yue either. She was the kind of person who was easygoing and didn't have much of her own opinions. After the meal, she wanted to help Jiang Yue clean up, but Jiang Yue didn't help her and told her to go and rest. After she went back to her room, Jiang Yue sighed, "Ugh, what a hassle."
Since there were people at home who couldn't use the puppet, Jiang Yue had to clean up the mess herself. After finishing, she went back to her room. Jiang Yue's biological mother couldn't sleep either. She had experienced too much during this period. Before she could even react, she was locked up. After a few days of being cleared of suspicion, she lost her home and her family. She didn't even have a place to live. Then, the police told her that they had found Jiang Yue and brought her directly to Jiang Yue's place.
She thought Jiang Yue was dead. But when she found out that Jiang Yue was alive, she realized that Jiang Yue wasn't stupid and knew that Jiang Yue didn't like her and didn't want to acknowledge her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone twenty years without contacting her. Before meeting her, she had even forgotten what Jiang Yue looked like, since there were no photos of Jiang Yue at home. When they met, she found that Jiang Yue was too unfamiliar and didn't look familiar at all.
When the director asked Jiang Yue to take care of her, she was afraid that Jiang Yue would refuse. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yue agreed. She knew that Jiang Yue was not sincere, but it was good that she could stay. She didn't want to go back to Tianjin. She would be alone there, and no one would know if she died at home one day. Moreover, she was afraid that the arsonist would kill her one day.
She touched the soft bedding and the clothes Jiang Yue had bought for her. Things were alright now. She touched the money in her pocket. This money was from the factory where several of them worked. The family's savings were already meager and had all been burned. She had to keep this money safe so that she wouldn't starve if Jiang Yue abandoned her one day.
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Jiang Yue didn't know what she was thinking. She was still making contingency plans. What if it really was Su Daqiang? After thinking for a long time, Jiang Yue turned over and sighed. "Sigh, this is so troublesome. I'll just have to take it one step at a time."
The next morning, Jiang Yue took the person for a walk around the neighborhood. After breakfast, she took her to buy some clothes. Jiang Yue had only prepared New Year's goods for one person, but now it wasn't enough for the two of them, so she took the person to buy some more. Otherwise, when Jiang Yue went to work, she would have to buy groceries and cook for herself. It was necessary to get used to the place and familiarize herself with the area in advance.
On the third day, Yao Ling, Wang Liang, Yao's parents all came over. The news of Jiang Yue's incident had already reached them. Jiang Yue told Yao Ling the whole story. During the meal, Yao Ling didn't give Jiang Yue's mother a good look and spoke in a very sarcastic tone. If Yao's mother hadn't stopped her, she would have said even more hurtful things.
After dinner, Xiao Shiqi, the goddaughter, nestled in Jiang Yue's arms, watching Yao's mother and her biological mother talk. Since there was someone her own age, her biological mother spoke more. Yao's mother and Yao Ling said things that Jiang Yue couldn't say herself. It was too cold in the winter, so Yao Ling took the child home in the afternoon. After leaving, she quietly gave Jiang Yue some advice, which was roughly the same as what Director Wang had suggested.
In the following days, she became more cheerful. Although she was still quiet, she started doing chores, such as sweeping the floor and cooking. However, her cooking was so bad that Jiang Yue couldn't eat it. In the end, Jiang Yue took over the cooking, as she didn't want to make things difficult for herself.
After the New Year, her mother had gained a lot of weight, and the two got along much better. She no longer interfered in Jiang Yue's affairs, and was content as long as she had food and drink every day. After Jiang Yue went to work, she would either watch TV at home or go for a walk nearby. On the weekend, she asked Jiang Yue to take her to Tiananmen Square. It was the first time she had asked, and Jiang Yue did not refuse her.
They went to Tiananmen Square and had Peking duck. A year or two later, she no longer needed Jiang Yue to accompany her anywhere. Every year, Jiang Yue gave her a little money, which was enough for her expenses. The two of them were very satisfied with their current situation. Fifteen years later, she was in critical condition and, lying in a hospital bed, she tearfully said many things to Jiang Yue, probably expressing her apologies. Unfortunately, the original owner of the body was gone, and Jiang Yue could not forgive her on behalf of others.
After the funeral, Jiang Yue started her trip again, this time with two children in tow. Yao Ling and Wang Liang, Zhang Wei and his wife also went out to play. Since they didn't want to take the children with them, they left them with Jiang Yue, claiming that her goddaughter/son would take care of them.
Jiang Yue took her two children to visit the rural area. After the reform and opening up, the brigade leader's son contacted Jiang Yue frequently, and Jiang Yue provided a lot of development suggestions for the area. Now the brigade is a well-known wealthy village in the country. This time, the three of them stayed at the brigade leader's house again.
Jiang Yue took the two of them to see the place where they used to live. The place had been protected by the brigade leader and had now become a tourist attraction. The place where Jiang Yue used to grow mushrooms had also become a mushroom cultivation base and was no longer the same as it used to be.
Jiang Yue, who is in her fifties or sixties, almost scared the two children to death by going skiing. They were worried that she might get hit by someone. Jiang Yue shook off her hand, saying that she was not old enough to walk, so why was she worrying so much?
Before the start of the school year, Jiang Yue took her children home. As the children grew up, Jiang Yue and her family grew old. When she was 70, Jiang Yue opened a private museum. Originally, Jiang Yue thought that she should leave something behind so that people would have material to use when writing novels in the future.
The result was even more popular than Jiang Yue had imagined, mainly because the country has developed too fast and the current generation of children has little memory of that period of history. Even the government came to the museum to broadcast the event live.
After the museum opened, many people made donations, including old items from private collections, all kinds of letters, newspapers from that time, and many old photos that Jiang Yue had never taken, showing various changes in people and cities.
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"Godmother! Mom! Can we have stir-fried noodles today?"
"Okay, you can do it."
"Okay, then I'll do this."
After Yao Ling finished speaking, she leaned closer to Jiang Yue, glanced at the kitchen, and pouted, "I'd like to eat something else, but she can't cook it. Why can't she learn to make what I want to eat? Zhang Cheng likes noodles, but she learned to make noodles?!"
"If only she had made things harder for that Zhang Cheng when she married him, humph!"
"Alright, how old are you? How childish! I'll cook whatever you want to eat tomorrow. Why make things difficult for the child!"
"Hehe, Xiaoyue, you're still the best to me."
"Old woman, I've been very good to you too."
"Get out of here."
"oh!"
"The stir-fried noodles are here! Zhang Cheng, where did you run off to with the kids? Come back and eat right now!"
(This volume is for play.)
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