Before leaving home, Sheng Xiping told his family that he would spend more time with Zhou Qinglan in the provincial capital.
Sheng Xiping asked Shao Minzhi for help, wanting to rent a house near the school for Zhou Qinglan to live in.
The school dormitory is too small. It must be inconvenient for Zhou Qinglan to stay in the dormitory while she is pregnant. It would be best if she moved out and found someone to take care of her, such as doing laundry and cooking.
That way, even if Sheng Xiping isn't around, he can feel more at ease.
Coincidentally, the apartment allocated to Chen Ruiqing by her work unit was ready, and they were planning to move in soon.
They moved out, and the house was left empty.
Chen Ruiqing discussed the matter with his work unit and the housing management office, and decided that the house would be temporarily given to Zhou Qinglan to live in, and would be returned to her after Zhou Qinglan graduated and returned home.
As for who would take care of Zhou Qinglan, Shao Minzhi quickly found someone.
It was none other than Aunt Li, who had taken in Shao Minzhi and her son when they lived in Lijiawa Brigade.
This old lady Li had poor eyesight. Later, when Chen Ruiqing and his wife returned to the provincial capital, they took her to the city, intending to care for her in her old age.
But Aunt Li was not willing; she didn't want to cause trouble for others.
Later, Chen Ruiqing took Aunt Li to the hospital to have her eyes checked. The examination revealed that Aunt Li had cataracts, which could be cured with surgery.
So Chen Ruiqing paid for and arranged for Aunt Li to be hospitalized for surgery. And sure enough, the surgery was quite successful, and Aunt Li was able to see again.
After Aunt Li's eyes recovered, she returned to Lijiawa Brigade. In recent years, Chen Ruiqing and his wife have brought gifts to visit Aunt Li during holidays.
Aunt Li lives alone in the village, and her house is almost falling apart.
Shao Minzhi sent a message to Aunt Li, asking her to come to the city to work as a nanny and take care of a pregnant woman.
Aunt Li thought it over. She had no one to rely on in the village and couldn't do much work in the fields. It wouldn't be bad if she could go to the city to earn money to support herself.
And so, following the trucks that brought vegetables from the village to the city, I arrived in the provincial capital.
Aunt Li is only fifty-six or fifty-seven years old now, and she's in pretty good shape. Before, her poor eyesight made daily life difficult, but now that her eyesight is better, she's hardworking and efficient.
Sheng Xiping thought it was alright, so he kept Aunt Li to take care of Zhou Qinglan, providing her with food and lodging, and giving Aunt Li twenty yuan a month.
Sheng Xiping stayed with Zhou Qinglan in the provincial capital for more than half a month, making sure everything was settled before setting off to return home.
By the time he got home, it was already around June 20th. The peak season for gastrodia elata had passed, and Sheng Liancheng began to go up the mountain to dig for gastrodia elata.
Just then, Hou Yashuang received some orders, and the processing plant resumed operations and became busy again.
A few days later, Sheng Xitai and his friends went to Songjianghe to take the high school entrance exam. After the exam, when they came back, the kid was finally free.
Unfortunately, before he could even let loose, the very next morning after he got home, Sheng Liancheng dragged him out of bed and made him go to work in the fields with a hoe.
My family owns four or five acres of land, all small patches of wasteland. There are too many weeds in the fields. If you don't take good care of them, what kind of crops will grow?
"Sixth brother, are you tired from working?"
At noon, the father and son were shoveling soil under the scorching sun. While working, Sheng Liancheng asked his youngest son a question.
"I'm so tired. I've only worked this morning. My back and waist ache, and my hands are blistered."
As the youngest in the family, when had Sheng Xitai ever suffered like this? This morning was both tiring and hot, and Sheng Xitai felt like he was being roasted by the sun.
"It's good that you're tired. If you don't study hard, you'll end up doing this kind of work in the future."
"Look at your second and third brothers, they got into university and will have jobs in the future. They'll be sitting in offices, you understand?" Sheng Liancheng said deliberately.
"Dad, I understand. Don't worry, I will definitely study hard."
Sheng Xitai looked at his hands and secretly vowed that no matter what, he would do his best to get into university; he didn't want to stay here and do all the heavy lifting.
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