"I say, during the Chinese New Year this year, I will go back with you to pay a visit to my parents-in-law," Yun Guyuan repeated.
Is there a normal person who calls his father-in-law and mother-in-law when they are still dating? Could it be that she remembered it wrong? Yi Qingqing was a little doubtful about her life.
"Actually, my mother likes good-looking people very much. With your face, my mother will definitely not disagree. Besides, you are so smart. What I just said was just to scare you. When we go to the capital, we will take a photo together and I will send it back home. Then we will be able to get by smoothly. Don't worry!" Yi Qingqing hurriedly made amends.
"Don't you want to take me home for the New Year?" Yun Guyuan said in a somewhat depressed tone.
“No, no, no!” Yi Qingqing waved her hands quickly: “You…”
When she thought of Yun Guyuan's home, it was almost gone.
I couldn't bear it. It was natural for a girl to bring her boyfriend to her house for the New Year! Yes, that's it! With a determined heart, Yi Qingqing said, "Yes, yes, of course I am willing. My mother will definitely praise me for having good taste in finding such a great boyfriend like you!"
"Then it's settled," Yun Guyuan said with a faint smile, "I will not miss any of your years from now on."
Why does it sound like he's going to spend the New Year with me from now on? "Where's Jinling? Are you... not going back?"
"I'm not going back. That place is no longer my home." Yun Guyuan seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him, and was very calm.
Yi Qingqing felt distressed and comforted him: "It's okay if you don't go back. From now on, my home will be your home!"
"Okay," Yun Guyuan smiled happily this time.
Yi Qingqing realized later that she seemed to have been tricked by Comrade Yun, but she had no evidence.
Forget it, since he smiled so beautifully, she would not care about it for the time being!
She is not only bringing back a son-in-law for her mother, but also half a son. Her mother should be very happy, right?
…
On the afternoon of the third day of the New Year, Yi Qingqing and her friends held another small meeting.
"Today's meeting is to discuss our reporting to the imperial capital!" Li Mengxue stated the theme of the meeting.
The seven of them had already agreed during the Chinese New Year to go to the capital city early and bought their tickets in early February, more than a week earlier than the official reporting time.
If you have leftover food, you can take it to a grain station with your college admission letter and exchange it for food coupons, which you can then use when you go to college.
You need to take all your clothes, bedding, daily necessities and other things with you and bring them directly to university.
Other items that could not be taken away but still had some value, such as iron pots and suitcases, were exchanged with fellow villagers, and the rest were left at the educated youth site.
However, the most valuable thing that they cannot take away is their bicycles.
Even if it's been three years and is getting a bit old, it's still a bicycle!
"Last time, didn't we say that other things were easy to deal with, but bicycles were? I've found a buyer. On the day we leave, we can just park the bicycles at the place designated by the buyer. The older ones are 50 yuan each, and the newer ones are 70 yuan each. How about that?"
Li Mengxue said.
Yi Qingqing guessed that she was planning to leave it to Xiao Hua and sell the bicycle.
It could be sold for 70 yuan, which was already very good, so Yi Qingqing agreed immediately.
The others didn't hesitate either, which saved them a lot of trouble.
"Comrade Xie and I went to the city this morning. We were planning to send a telegram to ask my father to help us book train tickets. But guess what happened?"
Wang Lingling smiled and kept the question in suspense.
"What's the matter? Comrade Wang Lingling, if you don't tell me, my hands will start to eat people!" Li Mengxue said exaggeratedly!
"My dad also sent me a letter, saying that he would help us book the train tickets and asked me to learn more from you. I was admitted to Didu University with a lot of help. He also asked me to take you to my home during the holidays!" Wang Lingling was overjoyed.
In her father's words, going to the countryside was a good choice for her, as it was much better than staying in the city. He never thought that his daughter could go to such a good university.
"The tickets will be here soon, probably in early February, more than a week before the reporting time. My dad asked us to go to the capital to hang out and take some photos to send back."
"My father sent me a camera," Xie Shiyan said. He had wanted it for a long time, but the old man rewarded him only after he was admitted to the Imperial Capital University.
"Great, then we can start packing our things!" Li Mengxue said that she was going to the capital to buy a courtyard house and complete the first investment in her life!
…
With the accurate information, Yi Qingqing and the others became busy, exchanging food and other things.
Yi Qingqing had no shortage of food coupons, so she planned to keep a small portion of the remaining coarse grains for herself and exchange the rest with fellow villagers for mountain products.
Exchange them for some pine nuts, mushrooms, chestnuts and the like, because these will no longer be available for eating once you leave Xiangshui Village.
Although she has planted two chestnut trees, it will take a year for the chestnuts to mature, so she can only exchange some for eating this year.
On the way to the village, I saw the team leader squatting by the wheat field again. Yi Qingqing walked over and asked, "Team leader, is the wheat growing badly?"
"Yes, this winter is too cold, and I'm afraid the winter wheat harvest will be a failure," the team leader sighed, his face full of worry.
Yi Qingqing's mood also became much heavier. She had originally planned to go to the village to find someone to exchange mountain products with, but she changed her mind and went to the place in the village where cattle and pigs were raised.
There is a large septic tank there.
Yi Qingqing burned all five harvest talismans she had saved, dissolved them in water, and poured them into the septic tank.
She had no good solution for the winter wheat and could only pin her hopes on these five harvest talismans, hoping that they would ensure that other crops in Xiangshui Village would have a good harvest after the spring plowing and fertilization next year. This way, even if the winter wheat failed, the villagers would not have a hard time.
Anyway, she already has the spiritual spring water, and the effect of the spiritual spring water is better than the harvest talisman.
After finishing this, she went to exchange for food.
When exchanging food, she ran around the village for many days, visited many families, and went to the city to mail a letter to her mother. In the letter was the newspaper that published the interview with them, with a photo printed on it. She also told her family not to send letters here anymore, and that she would write to them to tell them her new address after she reported and settled down.
She planned to pack the remaining things in the house into the space and take them away.
Especially the large suitcase, kang table, washbasin rack and other things that Yun Guyuan gave her, all of which were quietly stuffed into the space by her the night before she left.
When I left, all that was left in the house was an empty stove, an earthen kang, and walls covered with newspapers.
What she carried with her was similar to what she had carried when she first went to the countryside, namely bedding, daily necessities and the like, in one big bag and one small bag.