After pulling Old Lady An into the house and leaving the two of them alone, An Hongdou asked her, "Mom, didn't you drink the health water I left for you?"
The truth is, Mrs. An is aging too quickly, which makes her feel very sad.
"I'm drinking." Feeling her daughter's hands groping in her hair, Old Lady An knew what she was thinking and explained, "It's time to get old. Compared to other elderly people in our village, your mother is in much better shape."
She has been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, so her skin is a little rough and her hair is turning white quickly, but actually, she is still in good health.
Miao Hong is several years younger than her. She suffers from back pain all day long. She even had a serious illness last winter and almost died. It was only after she secretly mixed the health-preserving water left by her daughter with her and gave it to her to drink that she gradually recovered.
They had been sisters-in-law for decades, and her husband passed away early. If Miao Hong passed away before her, she would have no one to talk to in the future.
No matter how good your children are, they will eventually have their own family.
For some things, it's okay to just remind them kindly, but if you interfere too much, it will become annoying.
If you want to chat and talk, you need to be with old sisters who you have spent a long time with.
After knowing this, An Hongdou started thinking whether she should also nourish her uncle and aunt.
In the years since her father passed away, all the big and small matters at home have been taken care of by her second uncle. As an uncle, he has done a great job.
It is said that having an old person in the family is like having a treasure, and the closest blood relatives in the An family are Mrs. An and Mr. An Delai.
The mother and daughter said some heartfelt words to each other. Mrs. An was worried about An Hongdou's life in Jiangcheng, and An Hongdou was also worried that she was not happy in her hometown.
So money is sent to her every month, but Mrs. An has been saving money all her life, so even if she has money, she may not be willing to spend it.
And she was far away, so I couldn't even get her something to eat or drink.
In addition, farm work is arduous. No matter whether one is in good or bad health, as long as one can still move, one has to work in the fields during the busy farming season.
If you can't do heavy work, you can always do light work. A three-year-old child would follow his older brothers and sisters to pick wheat and beans in the fields.
In fact, An Hongdou’s worries are not unreasonable.
Isn't this exactly the situation that Old Lady An was thinking of?
Although she was not unwilling to spend any money, she would occasionally ask others to bring back some things, and most of them would be distributed to the younger generations in the family. It was considered good enough for her to be able to taste them herself.
The two talked for a while, and An Maixiang came over and said, "Sister, Jianjun and the others want to invite brother-in-law to dinner, so I came to tell you."
An Hongdou heard something incredible from this sentence, "Jianjun? When did you two become so familiar with each other?"
"Sister..." An Maixiang lowered her head shyly.
Mrs. An smiled and said, "Mai Xiang is dating Zhang Jianjun from the educated youth camp. They have been together for more than a year and are planning to get married. I wonder if you can make it to their wedding."
After Old Lady An said this, An Maixiang became even more shy, "Auntie, please stop laughing at me."
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you." Old Lady An said, "You should get married at your age. You don't know how much your mother has worried about your marriage in the past few years."
So, it is not necessarily a good thing for girls to study too much. The more they know, the more picky they become. They have picked all the girls here, but there is no one they like.
I don't know what happened a year ago, but I settled down with Zhang Jianjun. No matter what, at least I've put my mind at ease.
But Mrs. An didn't dare to mention these words in front of An Hongdou.
Otherwise, this girl would have to be given ideological education and told about the benefits of girls going to school.
An Hongdou searched for information about Zhang Jianjun in her mind. She didn't remember much, but she had a pretty good impression of this man.
It seemed that she had saved him a few years ago.
To be fair, if An Maixiang could be with Zhang Jianjun, they would be a good match.
However, when she thought about the upcoming resumption of the college entrance examination and Zhang Jianjun's identity as an educated youth, she became less optimistic.
Not everyone is like Shen Xiangzhi, who doesn't mind marrying a rural wife.
He is with An Maixiang now, perhaps just because he is old and feels there is no hope of returning to the city, so he wants to settle down, get married and have children. But once the information about the college entrance examination comes, will he still think so?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Mrs. An say, "You two sisters haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have a good chat. Your fourth brother told your fourth sister-in-law that you rarely come back for a few days, and they didn't prepare any food. They asked you to go home when you eat, so you don't have to cook. Your fourth sister-in-law is taking care of the children, so I have to go back to help her prepare things."
After saying this, Mrs. An left.
Without the presence of the elders, An Maixiang finally let go and came over to hug An Hongdou's arm. The two of them were very intimate, "Sister, do you think... is there really any hope that the college entrance examination can be resumed?"
At first, she thought An Hongdou was just trying to evade her, but over the past three years, she would send her review materials every once in a while.
The serious look on her face made it impossible for her to see any evasive attitude.
"It will definitely happen." An Hongdou said, "Our country needs to make progress, and it certainly cannot do without the help of a large number of talents. The current recommendation mechanism cannot be said to be bad, but it also has many drawbacks. The college entrance examination will definitely be restored, there is no doubt about that, it's just a matter of time."
Then, An Hongdou asked her again, "By the way, what's going on between you and Zhang Jianjun? When did you two get together?"
"It was...last year!" An Maixiang shyly told the story of her relationship with Zhang Jianjun.
People here get married early, and some become mothers at the age of 17 or 18. An Maixiang has been to school and has some experience, so naturally she doesn't want to be like ordinary girls.
Not to mention, she is still thinking about the resumption of the college entrance examination and going to university.
This made Miao Hong very anxious. Seeing her daughter growing up, all the good boys had been picked up in a blink of an eye. She was so anxious that she started to urge her daughter to get married.
An Maixiang was annoyed by the urging, so she had a quarrel with her family and ran away.
Then she encountered some danger and it was Zhang Jianjun who saved her. The two of them gradually developed feelings for each other.
Seeing the shy expression on An Maixiang's face when she talked about Zhang Jianjun, An Hongdou understood that this girl was really sincere.
"Has it really come to the point of getting married?" An Hongdou asked tentatively.
An Maixiang nodded and said, "He has already mentioned it to my dad, but the specific date has not been determined yet."
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