Hua Zhiping said, "I was thinking that he hadn't finished high school, and he should have reached the age to go to the countryside."
According to the policy, one of the two children in the He family had to go to the countryside, just like the second brother volunteered to go to the countryside as soon as he graduated from high school.
“Sigh,” Tian Guihua thought of Hua Zhian as soon as she heard the words “going to the countryside.” “I wonder how your second brother is doing now? He said he could come back to visit relatives this year, but he hasn’t written home to tell us when he’s leaving.”
Hua Xiangyun's eyes flickered slightly. The story of the entire book also begins with Hua Zhian returning to the city to visit his relatives.
However, after being here for so many days, she had long since lost count of how many questions she had about the "mutual affection" between the male and female protagonists at the beginning of the story.
In his memory, Hua Zhian never mentioned Zhou Xiaolan in his monthly letters home.
On the contrary, Zhou Xiaolan always tried her best to find out news about Hua Zhian from her.
"The letters for this month should arrive soon. Should I send a telegram to inquire later?" Hua Zhiping felt guilty.
He was the eldest son in the family, taking over his grandfather's job, while sending his younger brother to the countryside to suffer.
Although Tian Guihua had already retired, she had already made arrangements with the factory to prevent Hua Xiangyun from going to the countryside, so that Hua Xiangyun would take over the job as soon as she graduated from high school.
Hua Xiangyun also recalled this detail and sighed deeply, "Grandma, when Second Brother comes back this time, don't let him go to the countryside. Let him take over your job!"
Everyone except Li Lijuan, who was resting in her room, was looking at Hua Xiangyun.
Even though Tian Guihua felt sorry for her second grandson, she put it all out of her mind at this moment. "What nonsense are you talking about, child?"
It's impossible for all three of our children to stay in the city. Once you graduate next year and settle into a stable job, your grandfather and I will naturally find a way to help you find one.
He'll only suffer these last two years. We've already discussed this, so don't worry about it.
It's not that their family can't afford to buy them a job, but everyone around them is eyeing them covetously, so they can only try to find one gradually.
Hua Zhiping said, "Silly girl, if your second brother can't be transferred back in two years, I'll go to the countryside and make him come back. I can't let you suffer like this."
Hua Xiangyun, “…” Can I tell you that you can take the college entrance examination next year? Even if she goes to the countryside, it will only be for a few months at most.
Hua Guangzong said, "Don't worry, your second brother is much more comfortable in the countryside than in the city."
The old man's words were true. The place where Hua Zhian went to work was near mountains and water, and the boy often brought back some cured meats to his family.
Hua Xiangyun didn't intend to take his words seriously. Apart from the occasional treat to go up the mountain and down the river, the farm work was real and tiring.
However, we can put all of that aside for now. According to the original text, Hua Zhian returned this time because he was going to marry Zhou Xiaolan, and he did indeed take over Tian Guihua's job.
Hua Xiangyun suddenly understood why the original author had always targeted Zhou Xiaolan; this was probably one of the reasons.
As the New Year approaches, the entire Heping County becomes increasingly lively.
There were noticeably more people coming and going in their large courtyard than before.
Many people have a large number of relatives in the countryside, and they all rush to the city to do some shopping before the New Year. As relatives in the city, they are the best place for them to stay.
Hua Guangzong's family has had only one son per generation for generations, and apart from some relatives, they have no other family members.
As for Tian Guihua, she followed her family out to escape the war years ago. Her family members had long since left or scattered, and she had given up the search for them after so many years.
Today's guests at home are Hua Xiangyun's second maternal uncle, Xun Liangcai, and his second maternal aunt, Li Lancao.
At this moment, the two of them were sitting awkwardly in the courtyard.
Seeing that Tian Guihua was about to cook noodles for them, Li Lancao quickly stood up and stopped her, saying, "Auntie, please don't bother. We just ate and came over."
"Lan Cao, you're being too polite. You're always busy inviting me all year round, how could you not have a bite to eat here?" Tian Guihua walked past her.
But I didn't believe what those two said. Even if I had eaten at home, my stomach would have been empty after traveling for several hours.
Pour an appropriate amount of dried noodles into a basin, and without giving Li Lancao a chance to stop me, add water into it.
Seeing that she couldn't stop them, Li Lancao could only stand awkwardly to the side.
Tian Guihua naturally couldn't leave her guests waiting. "Is everything alright at home? Baoguo and the others haven't returned yet. When they come back, we'll have them go back and check on things."
They were comrades-in-arms with Xun Xingshun back then, and they have kept in touch ever since. Later, their children became in-laws, so their relationship naturally became even closer.
Li Lancao said, "Everything is fine at home. My brother-in-law and his family are busy, so they don't need to travel back and forth."
Xiangyun should be on winter break by now, but I haven't seen her.
"It's been a while since I've seen you, and my parents miss you terribly."
Tian Guihua might believe that Xun Xingshun wanted a child, but as for his mother-in-law Gu Yu, that's a big question mark.
"Thank you for your concern. The child is on holiday and should have just gone shopping with her grandfather."
"By the way, why didn't you bring your child this time?"
Tian Guihua didn't want to mention her mother-in-law's preference for sons over daughters, so she simply changed the subject to the children.
When the children were mentioned, Li Lancao relaxed a bit. "The New Year is coming soon, and we haven't even prepared enough firewood yet. They're staying home to help out."
The child is too old to visit relatives like before. Besides, it's already quite generous of the couple to go out. If we bring the child along, my sister-in-law will probably be interested.
"That's true, there are so many trivial things to do in this family..."
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Hua Xiangyun was following behind Hua Guangzong to the post office to pick up her package.
As for the injury on her head, she had a check-up in the city a few days ago and it was healing very well. When she wrapped her scarf around her head, the gauze was completely invisible.
"Grandpa, this package is quite heavy. What is it?" Hua Xiangyun was struggling to carry it, let alone the two even heavier packages the old man was carrying.
Hua Guangzong smiled and said, "We'll know when we get back and open it. I just don't know if the few pieces of meat I sent out before are worth as much as this."
These old guys wrapped the things up tightly, and even if his granddaughter wasn't curious, he himself was starting to look forward to it.
"Is it a bit heavy? Why don't you carry it, Grandpa?" Hua Guangzong stopped and reached out to take the package from his granddaughter's hands.
Hua Xiangyun already felt it was a bit much to make Hua Guangzong carry two packages while she was carrying a small one, so she refused to hand over the package she was holding.
He ran a few steps forward, then turned back and laughed, "Grandpa, have you forgotten? None of the children in our Hua family are weak. I've already taken the biggest advantage."
"Silly girl, don't run, watch where you're going." Running backwards like this, you'll fall and it will hurt.
Hua Xiangyun enjoyed these days very much, and even her cultivation became somewhat lax, unlike before when she would sit down and meditate whenever she found a spare moment.
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