Chapter 110: It’s Okay to Go Back
Shi Luo stretched out comfortably on the kang, "It's so comfortable to sleep until you wake up naturally."
Jiang Hao agreed very much. "It's definitely comfortable, but it's a bit too hot now. I feel sticky all over after waking up."
Shi Luo stretched out her white and tender feet and kicked Jiang Hao, "Then why don't you go and add some water? I need to take a shower first."
"Okay, I'll go add some water now and help you bathe in a moment."
After Jiang Hao finished playing tricks, he put on his clothes, took two thermoses and ran to the bathing shed in the yard.
After they washed up and took a shower, they were too lazy to cook. Shi Luo took out some steamed buns, fried dough sticks and soy milk stored in the space and shared them.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two of them lazily collapsed on the chairs under the shade of the trees in the yard, squinting their eyes and feeling the rare cool breeze, feeling very comfortable.
"Shi Luo, Jiang Hao, are you at home?"
Hearing the sound outside the door, Jiang Hao did not get up, "I'm here, just come in, the door is not locked."
In the countryside, the front door is usually left open when there is someone at home. If someone comes to visit, they will go directly into the yard. Jiang Hao closed the front door of the Jiang family just as he was about to take a shower.
Shi Luo looked at the three people who walked in from the door and raised his eyebrows. "Why did you come to me? I won't talk about Xu Qianjin, but why didn't you two go to work?"
Xu Qianjin: "I won't tell you what you mean. What's the matter? It's normal for me not to go to work."
Jiang Hao was somewhat speechless. "Our team is known for being the least fond of work. Apart from those second-rate people, the top three are you, me, and Shi Luo. Tell me, is it normal that you haven't been working lately?"
Xu Qianjin nodded in agreement when he heard this. "It seems like what you said is correct."
Jiang Hao looked at the remaining two people, "So, Xie Chen, what's going on with you two?"
Xie Chen sat on a small bench nearby. "With the little work we have to do in the fields right now, the higher-paying jobs are not for us educated youth, and the lower-paying jobs are all done by the women and children in the brigade. We don't need a few work points, so we might as well just ask for leave."
Jiang Hao pushed the small round basket filled with pine nuts, hazelnuts and pumpkin seeds on the small wooden table forward and said, "That's good too. Come, have something to eat. We're all exhausted from the spring plowing work these past few months, so it's okay to rest a little longer. If you're thirsty, there's water and bowls in the room, just pour yourself some."
Xu Qianjin grabbed a handful of pumpkin seeds and said as he ate them, "I heard there's a store in the city that sells Wusu products. I heard their beer, ham, and dairy products are all really good. Let's go shopping sometime."
Jiang Hao shook his head when he heard Xu Qianjin's words. "Forget it. We can't even get in. We have to show our work ID to get in, and everything inside has to be purchased with foreign exchange coupons."
Xu Qianjin frowned. If he only used foreign exchange coupons, he could probably get a few, but it was impossible to get a work permit. "How did you know? Have you been to this store?"
Jiang Hao nodded, "Yes, I went there with my grandfather some time ago. The management of that store is quite strict, and it is not easy for ordinary people to enter.
Actually, we have that store here because, firstly, it's close to Russia, so things from there are easier to ship over here. Secondly, some large factories in the city often invite technicians from there to come over for guidance, and we're worried they won't be used to our food, so having a store here makes it easier for us to entertain them, or for them to shop for themselves."
Xu Qianjin nodded, "Forget it then, it's not necessary to go anyway."
After saying that, he looked at Shi Luo, Xie Chen and the other two and continued, "You've all been in the countryside for almost three years. You should have applied for home leave last year, but you didn't. What are you thinking about this year? Do you want to go home and take a look?"
Xie Chen and Li Zhe had thought about this problem and talked about it last year, so when they heard Xu Qianjin's words, they shook their heads.
Li Zhe: "We won't be going back this year. It's tiring and expensive to go back and forth. It's really unnecessary.
Besides, there might not be a place for me to stay at home if I go back. Besides, my family is very busy, and I would be alone if I go back, so I can just go back and visit after a year or two."
Xie Chen also agreed with Li Zhe's words. Although he and Li Zhe had made some money in the black market in the past few years and had saved a lot, it was better to save as much as possible. When the reform and opening up came in the future, he would have more confidence with more money.
Shi Luo was stunned. If Xu Qianjin hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that he could apply for home leave this year.
"I don't know yet. Although I don't have any relatives there, I still have a house. If I really need to take some time off, I can go back and check on the house and do some cleaning and maintenance."
Jiang Hao smiled when he heard Shi Luo's words. "If you take a leave to go back this year, I will go with you. It's a good opportunity to go see my grandfather. I haven't seen him for a long time. My grandmother wrote to me this year saying that she missed me."
Shi Luo nodded and said, "Then let's go back. We'll ask your father for leave in the next two days. It happens to be the off-season right now, so it'll be easy to ask for leave."
Jiang Hao didn't hesitate at all, "Okay."
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