Every year, Fu Hongxing and Ning Jing would take a family photo with everyone in their family and send it to Fu Xiuhua, even during the most chaotic years.
Upon hearing the children's voices, Fu Xiuhua's tears, which had been welling up in her eyes, quickly streamed down her face.
Fu Xiuli and Fu Hongwei had a deeper affection for Fu Xiuhua than their nephews and nieces, since Fu Xiuhua had taken care of them most of the time after they were born.
They called out "Second Sister!" and rushed over, hugging Fu Xiuhua together. The three of them held each other and cried.
Ning Jing turned her head, wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with the corner of her clothes, and then smiled as she invited Zhong Zihua and Zhong Xueqi into the house.
"Come in, come on in and sit down. Today is a wonderful day, why are you crying!"
Because Ning Jing had used up all the meat and vegetables at home, Fu Hongxing went to town to buy meat early this morning.
Logically, he should be back soon.
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
"Honey, today we not only bought meat but also two rice paddy fish. They're still lively and jumping around. We'll keep them in the water tank for now and kill them when Xiuhua comes back. I remember Xiuhua used to love eating rice paddy fish."
At the end of last year, after the farmland was contracted out to individual households, almost everyone in the village contracted out their land.
Because Fu Hongxing resigned and then moved to the city with Ning Jing, all the farmland that was originally theirs was given to others to contract.
As a result, the rice paddy fish that were originally raised in the fields would naturally not be available to Fu Hongxing's family by the end of the year.
However, those who raise more livestock naturally take advantage of the festive season to make a fortune.
After all, everyone hopes to buy a fish during the Lunar New Year and place it on the New Year's Eve dinner table, symbolizing abundance year after year and bringing good luck and auspiciousness.
However, most people in the village raise rice paddy fish. These fish are taken to the county town to sell, and with so many people selling them, the price is naturally lower.
Fu Hongxing had originally planned to buy a few rice paddy fish from someone in the village to keep in a water tank, but he didn't expect that when he met some villagers selling rice paddy fish in the county town, the price was not much higher than usual.
Fu Hongxing pushed his bicycle into the yard with great joy, stopped it with a thud, and held up his hand so that his wife could see how big the rice paddy fish he had bought were.
Then, Fu Xiuhua, who had just been sitting on the kang, suddenly opened the door, looked at Fu Hongxing, and the tears she had managed to stop started falling again.
“Brother…”
"Xiu...Hua...?"
Fu Hongxing raised his hand high, his fishtail still thrashing about, but he froze on the spot.
Somewhat incredulously, he looked at his second sister, who was covering her mouth as she watched him cry uncontrollably, and who choked up and sobbed after calling out "elder brother."
For so many years, he had been looking forward to Xiuhua coming home every year, but he also knew that Xiuhua had no choice in the matter.
Therefore, he had gotten used to Xiuhua always promising to come back for the New Year but never actually doing so.
On the contrary, seeing Xiuhua standing in front of him now, he felt a dreamlike sense of unreality.
Fu Xiangdong and Fu Xiangnan stepped forward, took the fish and meat from their father's hands, and quickly placed them in the kitchen.
Otherwise, seeing my own father holding up two fish like that, looking so silly, would be really embarrassing.
Once the weight of the fish in his hand was gone, Fu Hongxing finally came to his senses.
He cleared his throat, then composed himself, nodded to Fu Xiuhua, and said, "It's good that you're back!"
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