Chapter 58 The Only Solution is Divorce
Baojuan was very happy and said, "Okay, I'll tell my mother first when I get back."
Huo Qingqing said, okay.
After that, there was less and less farm work day by day. Autumn harvest is a trivial matter. People here grow a lot of grains, and they don’t necessarily mature at the same time. They have to be harvested and stored one after another, and the public grain has also been paid. The next good day that the members were most looking forward to was the distribution of food rations.
That day, Han Jianwu said to Huo Qingqing, "Didn't you say you would invite those educated youth friends of yours to your house for dinner? I came home early today, so why don't you treat us to dinner tonight?"
Huo Qingqing said yes, and then went to the educated youth compound to find Sun Xiaoyue, and asked her to bring Su Pengcheng, Sun Jiawei and others to her house for dinner after work in the afternoon.
Sun Xiaoyue, "Isn't it bad for so many people to come to your house for dinner?"
Huo Qingqing, "It's just a home-cooked meal, what's wrong with it, come on!"
Han Jianwu and Huo Qingqing were cooking at home to entertain the guests. In the afternoon, the educated youth arrived as promised and brought gifts, which were wild flowers picked in the mountains. They picked whatever flowers they saw, and the bunches of wild flowers were very beautiful.
As soon as Sun Xiaoyue entered the room, she handed Huo Qingqing a bunch of wild flowers and said, "We give them to you."
Huo Qingqing took the flowers and said, "They are beautiful! These days I have been thinking about where to find some wild flowers to put in a vase! And you guys sent them here. Thank you everyone!" Huo Qingqing turned around and put a bunch of wild flowers in the glucose bottle on the long eight-immortals table. There was also a vase of wild flowers on the table, all purple wind chimes and a few thin bamboos.
She made the simple and plain home very warm and cozy, which made people feel comfortable just by looking at it, especially the vase of flowers, which made the whole house lively.
When several male educated youth came to Huo Qingqing's house for the first time, they all thought that this woman was really amazing and could make such a simple and boring life poetic.
Han Jianwu asked them if they wanted to drink.
Huo Qingqing said, "Forget it! I'll cook some egg fermented glutinous rice and drink it as sweet wine. What if I get drunk?"
Since Huo Qingqing didn't allow them to drink it, everyone said they would just drink Laozao instead.
All the dishes were made by Han Jianwu. He finished all the more than ten dishes. I don’t know if it was because he hadn’t eaten well in a long time or because the dishes were too delicious? Huo Qingqing finished steaming a porcelain bowl of rice. After all, everyone hadn't eaten white rice for a long time.
After dinner, everyone chatted and Huo Qingqing asked, "There are quite a lot of people returning to the city this year. Are you still taking turns cooking?"
Su Pengcheng said, "It's no longer possible to take turns. Now we have two cooks who do nothing but cook."
Huo Qingqing said, "Really? How's it going?"
Sun Jiawei said, "You can eat it."
Su Pengcheng, "You're the only one who's picky? I think you did a good job."
Sun Xiaoyue, "I think he did a good job, at least better than me."
Now not many people eat in the educated youth compound. Some go to the homes of the commune members to set up stoves, and some go to the brigade headquarters or primary school to eat. The big pot meals in the educated youth compound are really unpalatable.
Everyone chatted about the college entrance examination. The two kids had already started to make a fuss for sleep, so Han Jianwu asked Huo Qingqing to sit with them while he went to the bedroom to coax them to sleep. Everyone had to get up and say goodbye.
Sun Xiaoyue said, "I'm leaving next month, Qingqing."
Huo Qingqing, "Are you planning to join the army?"
Sun Xiaoyue nodded, "Yes."
Huo Qingqing, "Art soldier?"
Sun Xiaoyue said, "Art soldiers are no longer useful because they are too old. They will just be ordinary soldiers. When the new recruits finish, they will try to get transferred to the medical company."
Huo Qingqing said, "This plan is very good. I can also take the military medical college entrance examination in the army for further study."
Sun Xiaoyue held Huo Qingqing's arm and said, "This is what our family planned. Alas! I really don't want to leave you, Qingqing!"
Huo Qingqing saw them off to the gate and said, "It's okay. I will go back sooner or later. We will meet again when I return to the city."
Everyone said to just send the child here and let Huo Qingqing go home to see her baby.
On the way back to the Youth League compound, Sun Jiawei asked, "Do you think Huo Qingqing can go back in this situation?"
Sun Xiaoyue kicked the stones on the road and said, "It's hard to say. According to the policy, we can't go back. If we want to go back, there is only one way to go."
Sun Jiawei, "Divorce?"
Sun Xiaoyue said, “Hmm.”
Su Pengcheng said, "Not necessarily. Everything depends on human effort. Besides, policies are changing all the time. If the college entrance examination is resumed next year, the chances of her returning to the city are still very high."
Sun Xiaoyue said, "But even if Qingqing is admitted to the university in the provincial capital, can the child and Han Jianwu go to school with her? No way? I heard from the commune officials at the medicinal materials field these days that many of the earliest batches of educated youth in other brigades of the commune married local girls, and almost all of them divorced and abandoned their wives and children when they returned to the city. Two women hanged themselves. It's tragic!"
Sun Jiawei, "You mean Huo Qingqing is worried about divorce, and Brother Han is worried?"
Sun Xiaoyue, "I haven't asked Qingqing about this! But it seems that they are doing well now!"
Gao Min said, "It seems like their relationship is pretty good right now, but I don't know if they are just acting in front of outsiders like us, or are they really that good?"
Sun Xiaoyue said, "It's impossible that they are pretending! Qingqing is not the type to pretend. It can be seen that they have a really good relationship." After saying that, Sun Xiaoyue glanced at Su Pengcheng out of the corner of her eye.
Gao Min said, "In fact, sometimes I think Qingqing is doing well now. Han Jianwu is capable and doesn't ask her to work to earn work points. The child is well raised. As for other things, we will just take it one step at a time."
Sun Jiawei said, "You make it sound easy. The children are young now, but there are many things to consider in the future! They can't possibly go to school in Hanjiagou, right? Junior high school, you haven't seen the junior high school in Guanshan Commune, it's hard to describe. And what about when the children grow up? They can't possibly drive a horse carriage like their father, right? These are all very important, and you girls are so naive."
Sun Xiaoyue kicked Sun Jiawei and said, "Will you die if you don't attack others? You are the only one who has a mouth?"
Sun Jiawei bared his teeth, "Why did you kick me? I'm just saying it here and not in front of others. I'm also worried about Huo Qingqing, okay?"
"Are you free?" Su Pengcheng, who had been silent, said, "It's already like this, why not encourage her a little more? If she had any other way to go, she wouldn't have taken the most difficult one. You just care about your own pleasure, don't you?"
Sun Jiawei, "Brother, I was wrong. I won't say it again. I am happy tonight!"
Han Jianwu coaxed the baby to sleep while Huo Qingqing boiled water for her bath. She hadn't taken a bath or washed her hair for a few days. She adjusted the water level and sat in the tub. Someone pressed her head against the edge of the tub. A face with clear outlines hung upside down in front of her. As soon as Huo Qingqing opened her mouth, she was sealed with a kiss.
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