Chapter 248: Question from Xiaobin’s Soul (Edited)

"Zhounian also wrote back, saying that everything is fine now. For him now, the intensity of the army's training is not very high and is completely within his acceptable range." Li Guodong smiled and told Yu Zhiqing that they had received Zhounian's letter a few days ago.

Zhang Tiesheng pulled at his thin coat and said with a smile, "I heard that the requirements for enlistment this year are stricter than before. If Zhounian and the other two hadn't trained with us for more than a year, we might have been rejected based on our previous physical fitness."

Everyone agrees with Zhang Tiesheng's words. It is not an exaggeration to say that their physical fitness has been completely transformed from what it was before to what it is now.

Yu Wanqing felt particularly good when she heard this. Although it would soon be 1970, it was still a long way from the time she hoped for. As long as they took good care of themselves, they would not be implicated.

The most important thing is that it is really not easy to find a way out in such an era.

Yu Wanqing looked at the rest of the people present and said, "We will just wait in the Five Star Brigade."

"Yu Zhiqing, I also want to open up some wasteland and learn how to grow medicinal herbs from you, is that okay?" Ou Jianguo, who had been silent, suddenly looked at Yu Wanqing with some anticipation in his eyes.

His usually calm and gentle eyes were now tinged with sadness.

Yu Wanqing's intuition told her that something must have happened to Ou Jianguo during the days she was away.

She nodded: "Of course you can. The secretary said that as long as you reclaim land yourself, you can use it to grow medicinal herbs. But you can't interfere with your work while you're reclaiming the land."

"Whether it's land reclamation or herbal medicine collection, it can't interfere with your daily work. Otherwise, you'll be disqualified and the pharmaceutical factory won't want your herbs."

At this time, food is more important.

Li Guodong said: "There is not much work now. We go to work in the morning and go into the mountains to collect herbs or open up wasteland in the afternoon to plant herbs next spring."

Yu Wanqing was a little surprised: "You all want to grow medicinal herbs?"

What happened?

Before they left, they just wanted to collect herbs for money, but they never thought about growing them.

Everyone fell silent and just smiled bitterly.

Ou Jianguo smiled faintly when he heard this: "We are all friends, there is nothing we can't talk about."

"Some time ago, my parents wrote to me and said they would not be able to send me money anymore. They also said there was no place for me to stay at home, and if I wanted to go back, I would have to stay in a guest house."

When he first saw these letters, he felt very upset, but now several days have passed and he has calmed down.

Accept this cruel fact.

He was abandoned by his family earlier than he expected.

Yu Wanqing was stunned for a moment. What Ou's parents said was equivalent to telling Ou Jianguo: You should stay in the countryside from now on, and don't come back unless there is something important.

"They also said that it was difficult to buy food in the city and asked me to mail the extra food back home because there were many mouths to feed at home."

Yu Wanqing wanted to curse after hearing this: "Your parents were very good to you before and often sent you money. Why did they suddenly write such a letter?"

"Are you sure that's your parents' handwriting?"

When Ou Jianguo first went to the countryside, his parents often wrote to him and mailed him gifts and money checks every month.

It just gradually became less and less. At first she thought it was because she had been in the countryside for too long and had become estranged from her parents.

But now it’s fine if you don’t send money, but you also want Ou Jianguo to send food back?

The way they act is like two different people.

After hearing this, everyone looked at Ji Qing. He Xiaoyuan said, "When I received the letter just now, Ji Qing also raised the same question. Jianguo wanted to call back and ask his former classmates, but then he found out that all the classmates he could contact had gone to the countryside."

Yu Wanqing said, "I will go to Beijing after the New Year and I will help you find out then."

"Of course, if you are worried, you can take a leave now and go back to have a look."

Ou Jianguo shook his head: "Please help me find out when the time comes. I want to open up the land as soon as possible and plant more medicinal herbs."

He had expectations in his heart, but the expectations were not great.

Subconsciously, I feel that I have become an abandoned child in my family.

Yu Wanqing nodded: "Okay."

Yu Wanqing packed up all the things that Guo Hongying could use and sent them to the commune post office to be mailed.

He Xiaoyuan and Wang Yuping did not want to move to Guo Hongying's house, so her house was finally handed over to the brigade headquarters, which was agreed upon when the house was built.

The brigade turned a blind eye to the houses of Huo Lanci and Chu Ming, leaving it to the educated youth to deal with on their own.

When Zhang Hongqi came back from the county and learned about this, he finally decided to let Lu Guohua move to Guo Hongying's house so that he could become her neighbor. After they got married, they would open up the yards and renovate the house, and it would become a brand new house with one living room and three bedrooms.

After returning from South Island, Yu Wanqing would quietly go into the mountains every night when it was quiet and begin to cultivate her wood-related abilities. She deliberately let the wood element leak out so that it could benefit every plant and tree in the forest.

Over time, even the nearby land will be nourished.

Because she discovered that the wood element can change the soil of the Five-Star Brigade, this is why Yu Wanqing supports everyone in growing medicinal herbs.

On December 16, Zhu Yun brought Xiaobin back to the Five-Star Brigade.

On the morning of December 18, Zhou Chengye took Gao Qingmei to get the marriage certificate. Yu Wanqing went to the Zhou family's old house early to help prepare meals.

After Zhou Chengye and Gao Qingmei got back from getting their marriage certificate, their family gathered together for a meal.

Of course, this is not a banquet, it's just a meal for the family.

Their wedding banquet will have to wait until Zhou Hongyu and Zhou Chengxi return.

Zhu Yun was smiling all day long. Xiao Bin couldn't help but come up to her and say, "Grandma has smiled seventy times today."

Goldman stood behind Xiaobin, pursed his lips and smiled: "Yes, Grandma Zhu has smiled seventy times today, we can't be wrong."

While cutting vegetables, Yu Wanqing asked curiously, "Xiaobin, Xiaosheng, are you still counting how many times grandma laughs?"

The two children could already count to one thousand, so she was not worried at all that they would make mistakes.

I just think the world of children is so interesting that they would actually count how many times an adult laughs.

Xiaobin said: "Grandma has been laughing since yesterday. She laughed more than 200 times yesterday. I wonder if she will laugh more than yesterday today."

Zhu Yun was amused by the two children's childish words.

She smiled at the two children and said, "Because I'm happy, I can't help but want to laugh."

Gao Sheng tilted his head and asked, "Grandma Zhu, are you so happy because my aunt married Uncle Zhou?"

"Yes, I've finally been looking forward to your aunt marrying your Uncle Zhou. I'm so happy to have such a good daughter-in-law." Zhu Jun did not hesitate to let everyone know that she was in a really good mood today.

Xiao Bin thought about it and whispered to Zhu Yun, "Grandma, are you happy that my mom is marrying my dad?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yun paused while washing vegetables, then nodded: "Happy, I was as happy as I am today when your mother and father got married."

"Probably more than two hundred times."

She had really been looking forward to having Huang Xiajuan as her daughter-in-law.

Unexpectedly, it turned into a tragedy in the end.

Xiao Bin also laughed when he heard this: "Two hundred times, that's a lot."

Zhu Yun felt sad when she heard what the child said. Her eldest grandson lost his mother at such a young age.

"Yes, a lot, so grandma was really happy at that time." Zhu Jun looked at Xiaobin with a smile: "Because of your mother, grandma has such a good grandson like Xiaobin. Your mother is the best mother in the world."

Grandma was grateful to her in her heart.

The person is no longer with us. No matter how many bad things Huang Xiajuan had done in the past, they have all disappeared with her departure.

No matter what the adults think, they will not destroy the image of Huang Xiajuan in Xiaobin's heart. That is also the real Huang Xiajuan who loves her children, her husband, and their small family.

When Xiaobin heard his grandmother say that his mother was the best mother in the world, he pursed his lips and smiled.

Xiao Sheng, who was standing nearby, felt a little depressed after hearing this, as he had never even met his biological mother.

I heard that she loved herself very much, so she gave birth to herself.

Xiao Sheng thought to himself: If possible, I would also like to see my mother, even if only in a dream.

He doesn't even know what his mother looks like.

Yu Wanqing was very sensitive and noticed that Gao Sheng's mood was a little off. She smiled and looked at the young man: "Xiao Sheng, can you do me a favor?"

In Yu Wanqing's opinion, the only thing to do at this time is to divert the child's attention.

As expected, Gao Sheng ran to Yu Wanqing and asked with a smile, "Aunt Yu, I'm here."

Yu Wanqing smiled and asked Gao Sheng to go to the yard and help her pick two green onions.

Gao Sheng had lived in the Wuxing Brigade for so long, and he often followed his aunt to work in the fields and plant vegetables in the yard, so he knew exactly what vegetables were planted in the yard. He quickly helped Yu Wanqing pull out two green onions and said, "Aunt Yu, do you want to wash them?"

Yu Wanqing hummed: "Yes, thank you, Xiaosheng."

Goldman Sachs felt shy when he heard this, pursed his lips, smiled and walked aside to wash the vegetables.

Zhu Jun took one look at Goldman Sachs and immediately understood what was going on, so he simply asked his grandson to come play in the water and wash vegetables together.

She said: "Luckily the water is warm, if it was icy cold, I really wouldn't dare let them play like this."

There is a well in the Zhou family's old house. The water here is warm in winter and cool in summer.

Yu Wanqing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if it's cold water. Other children in the village are like this too. If they catch a cold, I'm still here for them."

"Give them a couple of shots and they'll be fine."

The two children looked over when they heard this, and instantly felt that Aunt Yu, who was always gentle and easy to talk to, was the most terrifying.

He actually gave people injections.

The two brothers were thinking about going to play in the water with their friends later, but their little thoughts were punctured by Yu Wanqing's invisible needle.

Zhu Yun looked at their little expressions and knew that they really went to play in the water secretly. He immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll help you pass the needle."

The two children were even more frightened.

Yu Wanqing and Zhu Jun looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Chengye took Gao Qingmei to get the marriage certificate. As soon as they reached the village entrance, Gao Qingmei couldn't help but say, "Chengye, I'm a little nervous."

Zhou Chengye couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Because, from today on, you are no longer a female educated youth who came to the countryside, but the daughter-in-law of my Five-Star Brigade."

Gao Qingmei nodded: "One thing, I'm worried that I won't be able to live a good life in the future."

In fact, her sisters didn't understand why she wanted to marry Zhou Chengye and stay in this mountain village.

Gao Qingmei has been strong-willed since she was young. She thought that even if she really lived in the countryside, she would live a good life to show her sister and prove that her choice was right.

Zhou Chengye patted her hands and comforted his wife with a smile: "Don't worry, we will definitely live a good life."

"Just like my adoptive parents and biological parents, they loved each other all their lives, lived together till old age, and had many children and grandchildren."

Gao Qingmei blushed at what he said, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch his waist: "Shut up."

Zhou Chengye was no longer threatened and snorted, "Just keep your mouth shut. I used to worry about being overheard when I said these things, but now I'm not afraid. I'm talking to my own wife."

"Don't be fooled by my father's serious appearance. He also says sweet words to my mother in private."

Zhou Chengye sold his old father without hesitation.

Gao Qingmei thought of Zhou Hongyu's stern look, but she couldn't imagine what he looked like when he was saying sweet words to his wife.

She couldn't help but smile and asked, "How did you know?"

"I often listened to them when I was little." Zhou Chengye said with a smile: "My father thought I was too young to remember anything, so he would often whisper to my mother in front of me when my eldest brother was not at home."

He heard all these whispers from beginning to end.

The worst thing is that I can’t forget it even if I want to.

Although Gao Qingmei was full of curiosity, she would not ask what her father-in-law had whispered to her mother-in-law.

It is already a great blessing to know that this thing exists.

"I went back to Shangyang twice and spent time with my biological parents several times. I found that my father respected my mother very much and always put her first in everything." Zhou Chengye was very happy when he thought of his biological parents: "Comrade Qingmei, I want to learn from both fathers, respect you and protect you."

He added in his heart one more sentence that he couldn't say: I will love you all my life.

Gao Qingmei's face turned red instantly when she heard this, and the redness spread to her neck and ears.

She said, “I heard it and I remembered it.”

How you treat me, I will treat you twice as well.

When they got home, Gao Qingmei's face was still red. Zhu Yun hurried over and asked worriedly, "The wind outside is so strong that Qingmei's face is red."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at her son and said, "It's so cold and windy, why don't you ride slower?"

Zhou Chengye smiled and glanced at Gao Qingmei, then quickly admitted his mistake: "Yes, it's all my fault. I will pay more attention next time."

"Mom, please don't scold me today. I've brought your daughter-in-law back."

Zhu Yun laughed out loud when he heard this, and took Gao Qingmei's hand and walked into the house: "We have finally been waiting for this day. Qingmei will be the daughter-in-law of the Zhou and Yu families in the future, and a member of our big family."

She walked to the table, picked up a brocade box that had been prepared long ago and put it in Gao Qingmei's hand: "Good child, this is my wedding gift to you."

"You are welcome to join our family."

While his mother and wife were talking, Zhou Chengye quietly walked over to Yu Wanqing and asked in a low voice, "Xiaowu, have you prepared a wedding gift?"

After he finished speaking, he quickly took out a palm-sized box from his pocket: "Second brother has prepared everything for you."