Seeing her mother busy herself, Li Lin went into the house to pack her things, put on her cotton jacket and cotton shoes, and left by pushing the door.
I took a bus to the city, and when I got off the bus, I went to the post office, found a deserted place, and took out a bunch of Northeast specialties.
They were all put into sacks, carried to the post office, and packed and mailed away.
Then I took the royalties mailed by the newspaper and went out shopping happily.
There wasn't much to see, but before going back, I found a deserted place, took out a basket of pork, beef, mutton, pork ribs, lamb ribs, radishes and other things, and took a bus back to the staff quarters.
When she got back, she happened to see her mother cooking in the kitchen.
Li Lin put the backpack in the living room and asked her father to clean it up. Whichever piece of meat he liked, he could eat that piece the next day.
But Li Donghae said: "No, I'm saving all these goodies for the New Year."
"Why keep it? Just eat it tomorrow. When my sister-in-law and I go to the city to buy New Year's goods in a couple of days, we'll buy some more."
Li Lin said, took off her cotton jacket and walked into the kitchen and said, "Mom, I'm back. Is the meal ready?"
"No, I just stewed the chicken."
Zhao Chunmei spoke without turning her head as she kneaded the dough, preparing to steam it in a pot later.
Upon hearing this, Li Lin turned around and walked out.
When the food is almost ready, she will call her sister-in-law to come over for dinner.
At noon, everyone had a hot meal, and after cleaning up, they went home.
The days passed one by one, and soon the New Year arrived.
Everyone was busy that day, some were stewing fish, some were chopping meat, some were kneading dough, and some were cooking.
This year is also the year when everyone is most reunited.
But after the Chinese New Year, Li Feng, Fang Mingyi and Zhu Liyan received a secret mission.
I said goodbye to my family that night and set off.
What they didn't expect was that they would be gone for several years.
The college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, and both Li Lin and Hu Yingying signed up for it.
They studied hard, performed exceptionally well on the day of the college entrance examination, and all passed the exam and returned to Kyoto.
On the day of leaving, Zhao Chunmei and Li Donghai looked at the house where they had lived for two years and were reluctant to leave.
But his son and son-in-law were not at home, and his daughter-in-law and daughter went to Kyoto to take the exam.
The couple had to go back to see the child.
Just like that, two years later, they returned to Kyoto.
Because Li Lin had sent a telegram to her husband's family in advance, Wu Mei, Lin Qiuqi and Sun Xiaoli cleaned up the house early.
On the day they got off the train, Fang Mingtao and Fang Mingze drove to pick them up.
Hu Yingying hadn't been back for many years. She sent the gifts to Li Lin's house, and then returned to her parents' home with the gifts and Huihui.
Li Lin, Dandan, and her parents returned to their home.
After thanking Fang Mingtao and Fang Mingze with a smile, he let them go back to their work.
Wu Mei came here early, heated up the house, and waited for them to come in before cooking noodles.
Zhao Chunmei followed him into the kitchen to help, but was chased out by Wu Mei, who asked her to clean up.
Li Lin also asked her mother to clean up first, and it would not be too late to get busy after she had recovered a little.
In the evening, Li Lin took Dandan and her mother-in-law back to the compound.
Looking at her father-in-law playing with Dandan, she hesitated for a long time but didn't ask.
Fang Yuanshan seemed to have seen Li Lin's hesitation and said, "Mingyi and the others are safe. They will come back when it's time."
When Li Lin heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, stood up with a smile and went to work with her mother-in-law.
She stayed in the compound at night, and went back the next day to walk around with her parents to see if there were any houses for sale.