Yun Qiao was not surprised, because she had thought of the little girl the same way since she saw her familiar face.
Yun Qiao hummed, smiled and nodded at Chen Fengxia, "It's me. Long time no see."
"It's been years." Chen Fengxia's eyes flashed with disappointment as she said, "We haven't seen each other since you got married in 1970. It's been almost eight years now."
"Yes." Yun Qiao nodded: "It has been eight years."
Ever since she married He Tingjun and had a child, Yun Qiao seldom returned to Farm 58. She later heard about Chen Fengxia's current situation from Zheng Wenjing.
In 1973, Zheng Wenjing returned to the city and Beijing, and Yun Qiao's only way to understand the company was gone.
The two people had indeed lost contact for a long, long time.
Chen Fengxia asked, "How are you doing now?"
Yun Qiao hummed and said, "Not bad."
"I think you're doing pretty well, too." Chen Fengxia subconsciously touched her face and said, "We're only two or three years apart in age. We got married around the same time and both have two children, but you still look like a young girl, while I look so old I'd be believed if I told people I was thirty-five or thirty-six."
Speaking of this, Chen Fengxia's tone was a little sour, and Yun Qiao didn't know how to respond for a moment.
It seems like nothing I say is appropriate.
So Yun Qiao was silent for a moment, then changed the subject and asked Chen Fengxia, "Have you returned to the city now?"
Chen Fengxia nodded and said, "Yes, it's been almost half a year since I came back after the New Year."
Yun Qiao said, "That's great. It would be great to be able to return to the city."
Chen Fengxia sighed, "Unfortunately, there are so many educated youth returning to the city these days that the Youth Office no longer offers them jobs. I have no choice but to set up a small stall to barely make ends meet."
Yun Qiao comforted her, "No matter what, staying in the city, even if life is temporarily difficult, will give you more chances of meeting a lover in the future than staying in the Great Northern Wilderness. Maybe things will get better someday."
"What's good about that?" Chen Fengxia shook her head. "I'm a divorced woman with no education and no work experience. What company would want to hire someone like me?"
Yun Qiao's eyes showed a hint of surprise when he heard this: "You are divorced?"
Chen Fengxia smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, I'm divorced."
"National policy only allows unmarried educated youth to return to the city. How can I return without getting a divorce?"
Yun Qiao was silent for a moment, then asked after a while, "Did you initiate the divorce? Or was it Ruan Yuping?"
In fact, she shouldn't have asked this question, but she was really curious.
At the beginning, Chen Fengxia insisted on being with Ruan Yuping, and she was willing to taste the forbidden fruit and even get pregnant before marriage.
Later, the truth was revealed and she wanted to get married, but Ruan Yuping refused. However, under pressure from the situation, Ruan Yuping still married her.
Her marriage to Ruan Yuping was not mutually agreeable from the beginning. No one was optimistic about their long-term relationship, so their final divorce seemed to be a reasonable thing.
Sure enough, Chen Fengxia pursed her lips and squeezed out a word from between her teeth: "Of course it was him who suggested it."
When she said this, Chen Fengxia's eyes turned red, and a sad look appeared in her eyes, "He didn't want me anymore."
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