After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms.
Xiang Hongqi closed the door and turned around to see Zhang Jidi looking at the dozen or so letters sent back by Xiang Lihua.
The letter had been read over and over again many times, and some of the letters with earlier dates were already frayed. Zhang Jidi lowered his head and read it while wiping away tears.
"Don't cry, you can't understand these words."
He put down the basin in his hand and wrung out a towel to wipe his wife's face.
Zhang Jidi raised his face, tears streaming down his face, "Just go away. I know what you mean."
She could only understand a small number of simple words. Although Xiang Lihua had tried his best to write with simple words, she still needed her children to read the letters to her.
Some factories opened night schools to teach people literacy. Zhang Jidi went there a few times while taking advantage of the novelty, but in the end he could only console himself by knowing a few words.
At this moment she was just guessing.
Xiang Hongqi gently wiped his wife's face with a towel and looked at his wife who already had wrinkles on her face, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.
It turns out that time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, he has grown from a young boy to a middle-aged man with three married children.
Zhang Jidi wiped his face and sighed softly, "Lili doesn't know how many people have proposed to her, and I don't know if it was right to let Lihua join the army at that time."
She thought it would be better to get a job so that she could have enough money and at least she could see her son every day.
Xiang Hongqi wrung out the towel and wiped his entire face and neck, saying, "Who can control that kid Lihua? He acts as if he will obey our orders."
Zhang Jidi's eyes dimmed: "That's right."
Among his brothers and sisters, Xiang Lihua is the wildest. He has been running around the mountains and fields since he was a child, but he has a sweet mouth, so no one in the family is willing to discipline him.
If they can steal household registration books to join the army, what else can they not dare to do?
"Alas, he's almost 17, just like Lili. There are only men in the army, so how can he find a partner?"
Zhang Jidi was worried. The third brother Xiang Lidang was getting married today, and she was thinking about the fourth brother Xiang Lihua. Even if she had an ambiguous partner, it would be fine.
Unfortunately, the letter only contained interesting stories about military service. This guy only reported good news and not bad news.
As for the twins, Lili, although she is almost 17 years old, there are matchmakers coming one after another, more than Meimei. She is only worried that Lili will not be two-timing at the same time.
Zhang Jidi kept talking about this incident whenever he thought of it.
Xiang Hongqi ignored Zhang Jidi's nagging. He asked his fellow workers and learned that his wife, at her age, loved to talk and lose her temper, and was becoming more and more irritable day by day.
He could neither solve the problem of Xiang Lihua joining the army nor interfere with Zhang Jidi's decision, so he simply kept quiet.
He washed his face, poured water into the foot basin, and began to soak his feet comfortably.
Zhang Jidi was not annoyed that her husband did not speak. She just had the habit of confiding in her partner. She was used to being the boss and always wanted to give her partner a sense of participation.
"Next time you write to him, be sure to ask about your daughter-in-law. If you haven't discussed it in the army, come back to visit me and I'll think about it for him."
Unconsciously stretching his legs into the foot basin to soak his feet, Zhang Jidi made a decision.
Xiang Hongqi, who often works night shifts, was very sleepy after tossing and turning day and night in order to attend his son's wedding. Now, after taking a bath in hot water, he felt sleepy all of a sudden, his eyelids drooping and he was pecking at rice like a chicken.
The two of them tidied themselves up and went to sleep.
No one could change what Zhang Jidi had decided. At the end of the month, on the 26th, which was a weekend, the original residents cleaned up in the morning, handed over their affairs and moved out.
Xiang Lidang and An You, a young couple, had already packed up their furniture and moved into Room 202 in the afternoon.
The whole family followed to help.
The houses of the methane plant are naturally close to each other, and it is convenient to move from the first floor of one building to the second floor of another.
It was a big help to the family. After two or three trips, the couple's belongings were moved to Room 202. The suite was bigger than the room they lived in when they first got married, so it didn't look too full.
It's just not tidied up, it looks a bit messy.
But these are all small things and can be sorted out slowly. Today, we just need to make the bed so that people can sleep in it. The rest can be taken care of by the couple themselves in the future.
Anyway, there is still a long way to go.
Zhang Jidi put down two wooden stools and dusted off his hands: "Almost everything has been moved here. If you need anything, you can go back to my house and get it."
The furniture in the room was in a mess. Xiang Lili came out of the kitchen after washing her hands, stepped aside the table, and then stepped over a box of clothes.
She tucked her scattered hair behind her ears and said, "I've looked at the kitchen. It's missing a coal stove and a kettle. It's convenient for boiling water. My brother and sister-in-law can buy them slowly."
The couple usually eats in the factory cafeteria and goes back to their family on weekends. They don’t need any urgently needed kitchen utensils, and they can even fetch water at the factory to drink at home.
But you will need to have all these after you have a baby, so you can pay attention to them now.
Xiang Lidang nodded, indicating that he understood: "Well, don't worry, wait until the factory produces defective products. It will be cheaper then."
Coal plants and steel plants all have some "defective products", which are very cheap for employees to purchase internally, but you need to choose the right time.
The couple is not in a hurry, so they can wait slowly.
Every bit of money saved is a bit of money. After all, they are just minor flaws and the quality of the product is not that bad.
An You had always remembered the Qi family's generous gift. Seeing that her sister-in-law Wang Chunting was also present, she brought up the matter: "Sister-in-law, did your father-in-law pass away from Aunt Qi's family, who works for you?"
Wang Chunting felt a little sore in the waist and was pounding it. She replied casually, "Yeah, what's wrong? She had a white wedding and urged me to go to work a few days ago."
She has taken good care of herself these days, and her face has finally regained its youthful flesh and color.
"When I got married, she gave me a 10-yuan gift for no reason. I want you to return it to her this time."
Generally speaking, only uncles and brothers give gifts of this amount. Since the Qi family, who are not even related to them, received such a valuable gift, anyone would be eager to return it.
Wang Chunting saw her sister-in-law handing her 10 yuan and subconsciously looked at Lili: "This..."
Xiang Lili was completely unaware that she was being looked at. She had already turned around and walked out with her mother's arm around her. The two of them were talking about something with their heads tilted to the side, their faces as beautiful as flowers.
An You was completely unaware of her sister-in-law's reluctance. She thought the money was too close for Wang Chunting to reach, so she smiled and stretched the money forward again.
"I've asked Li Dang, and he doesn't know anyone from the Qi family, so it's not good to accept gifts."
Just follow the crowd and give a few cents, as if the two families know each other. Ten yuan is almost a month's salary for a temporary worker, how can you just accept it?
The money was right in front of her, so Wang Chunting had no choice but to accept it: "Why are you in such a hurry to return it? Maybe he has some connection with my family."
An You asked Xiang Lili if she had any connection with the Qi family. The sister-in-law denied it and said that she accepted the gift because she thought the Qi family and the An family had a history.
She shook her head quickly: "Then Aunt Qi should give the gift to someone else. We have asked, and there is no relative."
In this world, a sister-in-law will be praised if she doesn't cause trouble. Xiang Lili has helped her out of trouble many times during their time together this month, which is already very good.
In return for a favor, An You doesn't want to cause trouble for her sister-in-law.
Besides, the mother-in-law is watching closely, who would be so foolish as to control her sister-in-law's marriage?
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