The road from the commune to the brigade was not easy to walk on. It had never been repaired and was all loess with pits here and holes there. Su Guoping would find ways to avoid the big pits, but would ignore the small ones. It was not easy to change direction while driving an old ox.

In addition, the carriage is narrow and the railings only reach the waist when sitting down, which means that the carriage is open on all sides. It is a bit cold when the evening breeze blows. Therefore, riding in a oxcart is not even half as comfortable as taking a bus, let alone a train.

But children are always curious about new things, and the journey was not long, so both children were very excited. They pointed at the green mountains and houses along the way and asked chatteringly which one was which.

Su Ting was able to answer now, and she told the two children confidently, and then asked: "See, I didn't lie to you, when you get to our commune, I will know which is which."

Su Guoping was a talkative person. Hearing this, he leaned back and asked, "What do you mean?"

Su Ting did not hide it and told everyone what happened on the train.

"Once I leave our commune, I don't know where is." Su Guoping said thoughtfully.

He Yan asked curiously, "You haven't been there either?"

"I went to the city twice, but I felt sleepy as soon as I got on the bus and slept all the way to the terminal. I had no idea where I passed by, and I didn't go to any other places."

Their county town is farther away than the city, and there is no direct bus. You have to cross mountains and ridges. You are thankful if you can get there in a day and a night on foot.

Therefore, unless they have business to do, people from their commune usually don’t go to the county. Of course, they rarely go to the city either, as it is not easy for country people to move to the city.

Su Guoping knew that although the two siblings were young, they had traveled to many places with their parents in recent years, and said, "In this regard, I, your uncle, am not as good as you."

He Yan was actually a little nervous before meeting Su Guoping. Although his mother was very nice, his grandparents, uncles and aunts were not his biological relatives after all, and he didn't know whether they would like him.

But after chatting along the way, He Yan felt half relieved.

He thought he was a little silly, but his eyes were frank and friendly. If his grandparents were like him, He Yan thought he would like them.

So when He Yan heard Su Guoping say this, he comforted him, "It's okay. When I grow up, I'll take you somewhere else."

"real?"

"Yes, I keep my word." He Yan said, patting his chest.

"Then let's rig the ties." Su Guoping stretched out his little finger.

"Pull the hook, then pull the hook," He Yan also stretched out his little finger and said, "Pull the hook and hang yourself for a hundred years, and don't change it!"

After they made their pinky promises, Su Guoping smiled and said, "Grow up quickly. Your uncle will be counting on you in the future."

"no problem!"

As they were talking, the ox cart drove into the Sujiazui Brigade.

There is not much work to do in the fields before the New Year, and most people in the brigade are on holiday. It's just that the weather is too cold, so there are still some people in the brigade at noon. At this time, everyone hides at home, and there are few people on the streets outside.

Of course, that is also because there are few people at the head of the village. As you move towards the center of the village, the houses are much denser, and they are basically adobe houses. The houses are low, and the roofs are covered with thick straw.

There are also a few brick and tile houses scattered in the middle. Those who can afford to build brick and tile houses in those days are all from relatively well-off families. They are either brigade cadres, or have successful children in the family, or have many brothers and all of them are hardworking and build a house together as a family.

But in the end, this kind of living space may not be as spacious as the adobe house. With more brothers, they will eventually get married, and after marriage, they will eventually have children. It would be good for a small family to have a separate room.

The Su family also lived in a brick and tile house. They were able to build the house because Su's father was a cadre in the brigade and because the two brothers were tall and strong, but it had little to do with Su Ting's good marriage.

In the past few years, she has not given the Su family a fixed amount of living expenses, but only gave them red envelopes during the New Year and other festivals as a sign of filial piety. She didn't give much money each time, for fear that it would make them too immature, but it wasn't too little either. When added up, it was more than a hundred yuan a year.

The same is true for He Dongchuan's parents, but He's father and mother both have jobs and are experienced, with good salaries. The old couple's income is much higher than that of the young couple, so every time they receive a red envelope, He's mother will double the amount and buy things to send to them.

After receiving the red envelopes, Su's father and mother would also send them things, but having money on hand was useless. Without tickets, they still couldn't buy good things, so they could only send local specialties to Su Ting and others.

After three years, they had saved some money.

But Su's father and mother have not used the money yet, as their house was built earlier. At that time, the original self had not met He Dongchuan yet, and followed his parents' arrangements to work as a scorer in the brigade.

The job of scorekeeper is respectable, but it does not pay much and the score cannot be fully recorded. Therefore, many scorekeepers in the brigade have to work in the fields, otherwise the food they receive at the end of the year may not be enough.

But the original body was lazy and liked to eat. In this respect, she was even lazier than Su Guoping. Although the latter was also reluctant to work, for the sake of food, he would work without hesitation when it was time to do so, but he would find excuses to be lazy from time to time.

The original body was lazy and did nothing. Otherwise, Su's father would not have tried to find her a job as a scorekeeper, earning as many work points as possible.

At the end of the year, the rations were originally distributed based on the ratio of six people to four workers. After the two sides added their share, the food rations she got were barely enough for her to eat. If the year was good, she could even get some money at the end of the year.

Of course, given her laziness, the year-end dividends were only distributed when the year was particularly good, and she had few work points, so the money she received was not much.

So the Su family didn't really spend much money to build the house.

The ones who paid the most were the old couple, and then the eldest, Su Guoan, who was an honest man, very hardworking, and could get full work points when he turned 16. Su Guoping was much worse than the eldest brother, but men had an advantage in work points, so every year in addition to food, he always had some money on hand.

The Su family did not split up, so the brothers' dividends were all kept by the old couple. When building the house, they did not argue about who contributed more and who contributed less. Anyway, there were only four rooms and a main room to be built. In addition to the room where the old couple lived, the three siblings each had a room.

The new house was built. The areas of the rooms were almost the same, but their orientations were different. Two of them faced north and south, and two faced east and west. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the first two rooms had better orientations than the last two.

Su's father and mother moved into one of the two rooms facing north and south, and the other was given to Su Guoan's family. After all, he had made the greatest contribution to the family over the years.

Trying to treat everyone equally at this time and letting the children draw lots to divide the rooms is not treating everyone equally - it is unfair to the eldest child!

Su Guoping had no objection to the housing allocation. He knew his own weight. Since his second brother had no objection, it would be even more difficult for him, as a daughter who was about to get married, to express an opinion.

But they had no objections. The original sister-in-law Li Hong had a lot of objections. She felt that her husband was the eldest son and the most hardworking one in the family, and earned the most work points except for Su's father. As a result, when the house was built, the three siblings were allocated rooms of the same size.

Partiality, my parents-in-law are so partial!

So before the original body's marriage was settled, Li Hong had already set her eyes on this room, wanting to bring her two daughters to sleep with her aunt. It was too crowded for their family of five to sleep in one room.

It’s just that I had been living in the same room with my parents for many years, and now that I finally have my own room, I’m not willing to live with others anymore, so I firmly refused to agree.

Su's father and mother favored their younger sister, so they agreed to her wish and let her live alone.

Her parents-in-law did not agree, so Li Hong could only suppress her thoughts. Not long after her original body got married and joined the army, she set her eyes on her original body's room again, but this time she wanted to move her son to sleep there.

She had planned it well. No matter how good a girl is, she will get married in the future. Once she gets married, the house will be vacant and need to be disposed of elsewhere. It would be better to let her son move in as soon as possible so that he can have a ready-made house in the future.

But as soon as she brought it up, Su Guoping became unhappy. He said, "They are all my sons. I have earned a lot of work points. How can you take all the good things?"

No, absolutely not.

Li Hong thought, you don't have a son, you just have a daughter, why do you need a house? Isn't this just occupying the toilet without doing anything?

But her husband was not strong, so she just thought about it in her heart and did not dare to say it directly. She only mentioned it euphemistically.

After hearing this, Su Guoping said, "Thank goodness you are my sister-in-law, otherwise I would have thought you were cursing me to have no son for the rest of my life."

As soon as he said this, he was scolded by Su's father.

Su Guoping grew up being scolded, but he was not afraid of his father getting angry. He said, "Don't be angry. Anyway, I feel that I am still young. In the next ten years, we plan to have two children in three years, three in five years, and six in ten years. I don't believe that we can't have a son! So Tingting's room should either be left empty or divided after my son is born!"

Li Hong was so angry that she vomited blood after hearing this, thinking that you have been married for three years, but your wife has not given birth to a second child!

But what made her most depressed was her parents-in-law. They knew that he was talking nonsense, but they listened to him and left the room empty.

When we were almost at Su's house, Su Guoping said, "When I heard that you were coming back, I started cleaning the house a long time ago. It's the one you lived in before you got married. It's been empty for a few years and the furniture hasn't been moved."

Su Ting was surprised: "No one lived in my original room?"

Su Guoping did not take credit for himself, but just smiled and said: "Someone wanted to move in, but my parents were afraid that you would have nowhere to live when you returned home, so they didn't agree."

He didn't say it explicitly, but Su Ting, who had the memories of her original body, knew that Li Hong had always been thinking about the original body's room. Knowing who he was talking about, she couldn't help but feel touched.

Su's father and mother were truly kind to their daughter, the original body, with all their hearts. I don't know if Su Guoping also truly loved the original body's sister.

But the original body obviously let them down. In the original book, she never came back after getting married and lost contact with her parents and brothers. Later, when the original body was thrown into prison, she thought of her family and asked a lawyer to contact them, hoping that they could get her out.

The Su family's residence had not changed, so the lawyer was able to contact them easily. At that time, Su's father had passed away, and it was Su Guoping who accompanied the elderly Su mother to the capital to visit the prison.

The original body burst into tears when he saw Su's mother, and told them that it was He Yan who caused him to be imprisoned because He Yan hated him for not fulfilling his responsibility of raising fish and wanted to take revenge on him, so he asked Su's mother to plead for him.

Su's mother felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Although she and Cheng Xiaoman were close friends, Cheng Xiaoman had passed away for so many years and she had never met He Yan. He hated her so much, so how could he possibly give her face?

But she is the original body's mother after all. Seeing her imprisoned, she couldn't just stand by and watch. Moreover, the original body concealed the abuse of He Yan, so she thought there was a conflict between them and decided to give it a try.

After making up her mind, Su's mother asked Su Guoping to find a way to contact He Yan.

At that time, He Yan's business was already very big, so it was not easy to meet him, but Su Guoping was smart and managed to get in touch with him. Although He Yan hated her original body, she knew that she had not been in contact with the Su family for more than ten years. She was curious about what they thought of her original body and wanted to say something good for her, so she met with them.

But after they met, without waiting for Su's mother to plead for the original body, He Yan told her everything about how the original body had abused him over the years, just like telling a story.

After he finished speaking, he smiled and asked, "If you were me, would you choose revenge or forgiveness?"

Although he had a smile on his face, Su's mother and Su Guoping both saw the malice in his eyes. They felt cold all over and could not utter a word.

He Yan admired their expressions and asked, "I remember she never came back after she got married. She lost contact with you for more than ten years. Don't you feel resentful?"

Su's mother sighed and said, "No matter how much you complain, she is still my daughter."

"Yes, we are blood relatives. No matter how much resentment I have in my heart, I still hope that she can live a good life," He Yan said, his dark face gradually turning colder. "But what about my grandfather, grandmother, and father? If they knew that the people they trusted treated their grandchildren and sons like dogs after they died, how sad they would be!"

At this point, Su's mother burst into tears, but could not utter a word to plead for her daughter.

After returning to the hotel, Su's mother fell ill. When they went to visit her again, Su Guoping was the only one there. He repeated what He Yan had said in front of her and asked her if it was true.

The original body denied it at first, but when he realized that he couldn't deny it, he revealed his true nature: "If you treat me as a family member, then find a way to rescue me. If you don't want to, forget it. Just treat me as an orphan with no parents and no relatives."

Su Guoping was very disappointed and said, "We have been looking for you all these years. We thought you didn't contact your family because you were not doing well, and we even thought something happened to you. But it turns out that you thought we were useless and didn't think of us at all."

After that prison visit, Su Guoping took his mother back to his hometown. Later, Su's mother died of illness in prison, and he went to the capital alone to collect her body.

The ox cart stopped outside the Su family's yard. Su Guoping turned around and saw Su Ting looking at him deeply. He felt his scalp tingling: "Sister, what did I do wrong? Tell me, can't I apologize to you?"

He was afraid that Su Ting would complain to his parents and the big red envelope he was about to get would be lost.

Su Ting said: "I think you did a good job."

Su Guoping was immediately delighted, and he approached Su Ting and asked in a low voice, "Since I, your brother, have done such a good job, can you please say more good things about me in front of our parents later?"

"Why?"

Su Guoping rubbed his hands and said, "My parents love you the most. If you put in a good word for me, maybe they will give me an extra two yuan in the red envelope for the New Year."

Su Ting: “…”

In the novel, when Su Guoping took his mother to the capital, the author mentioned the situation of the Su family. The eldest son, Su Guoan, was hardworking and diligent, so he was elected as a team leader. After the reform and opening up, these team leaders all joined the village committee. They did not have formal positions, but they worked for the village and received salaries.

It's just that Su Guoan, apart from being honest, has no real ability. When Su's father was alive, it was fine and no one picked on him. But as soon as Su's father passed away, he was quickly kicked out of the village committee.

But Su Guoan was lucky. When Su's father was alive, he could rely on his father. After Su's father passed away, he still had his younger brother to help him.

Before the reform and opening up, Su Guoping was a notorious lazy man in the brigade. Apart from his good-looking face, there were not many advantages in him. However, he seized the trend of reform and opening up and started out by reselling goods. In the early 1980s, due to unclear policies, he was once on the verge of imprisonment, but fortunately he did not go to jail. He saved some money and opened a small shop around 1985. Later, the small shop became a large supermarket, and the large supermarket became a chain supermarket.

By the 1990s, Su Guoping was already a well-known local entrepreneur. Su Guoan was kicked out of the village committee and then worked as a warehouse manager in a supermarket owned by Su Guoping. He had little work but a high salary. It was all just for support. brother.

In general, although Su Guoping does not have many roles in the original novel, his image as a mature and stable entrepreneur is well established.

Looking at the man in front of her bending over for two dollars, it's hard to describe how Su Ting feels.

Su Ting said: "Brother, can we take a long-term view?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't worry about the one or two dollars in front of you." You are going to be a big boss in the future.

Su Guoping spoke earnestly, "Sister, you have to know that our situations are different. I am poor, and even one or two dollars is a huge sum of money to me."

Su Ting: "...Okay."

Su Guoping's eyes lit up: "You promised to say something good for me?"

"I can talk about it, but I don't care whether the red envelope can be bigger or not."

"Just tell me."

Su Guoping was so happy that he smiled broadly at his father and mother who had just come out of the house. Seeing this, the two of them were startled and asked in unison, "Why are you smiling so happily?"

"My sister and brother-in-law are back. I'm so happy!" Su Guoping said cheerfully, "Mom and Dad, you don't know me yet. This is Xiaoyan, my nephew. Manman, my niece."

Mr. and Mrs. Su thought, the two children have such a big age gap, we can tell them apart, do we still need you to introduce them?

Su Guoping seemed not to notice the complaints from his parents, and introduced them to the two children, "This is grandpa, this is grandma, big uncle, big aunt, little aunt, you can just call them whatever you like."

What does it mean to estimate?

He Yan was a little dumbfounded, and shouted:

He Yan greeted them politely: "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, cousin, and everyone, hello."

Because He Yan deliberately slowed down her speaking speed, she was able to slowly keep up with her brother's voice. However, these titles were a little unfamiliar to her, so her pronunciation was not very clear.

But she was young, so even if her voice was unclear, seeing her calling out to people in a serious manner, Su's father and mother's hearts melted, and they smiled and replied, "Hey, Xiaoyan is good, and Manman will be good too."

The original body had a bad relationship with Li Hong before marriage, but Li Hong was a flexible person and knew that her sister-in-law had a promising future, so she smiled and followed her parents-in-law to praise them, saying, "Sister and brother-in-law, your two children are so good-looking. They are indeed from the city. Their way of speaking is different from us rural children."

Su Guoan and Su Guoping's daughter-in-law He Jinlan were both relatively honest and not very good at speaking. They just agreed dryly, "Yes, yes."

Su Ting, however, was not flattered. She said calmly, "Sister-in-law is exaggerating. They are all children. What's the difference?"

After these words were spoken, before Li Hong could react, Su Guoan and He Jinlan became uneasy: "We..."

Before they could finish their words, Su Guoping interrupted them: "The sun has set. It's so cold standing outside. Let's go back to the house."

Su's mother said quickly, "Yes, yes, let's go back to the house. There's a stove in the kitchen, it's warm, let's go there and talk."

"It's almost dark. It will be so dark if we sit in the kitchen," Su Guoping said. "I think we should quickly ask my sister and brother-in-law to go back to the house to put their luggage and take a rest. They must be tired after sitting in the car for two days."

Before her parents could say anything, Li Hong rushed to say, "Yes, yes, sister and brother-in-law, you should go back to your room quickly. Mom knew you were coming back, so she cleaned up the room a long time ago. The sheets and quilt covers are all new, and the quilt has been exposed to the sun for two days. You will definitely feel comfortable sleeping under it at night."

As they were talking, a group of people entered the room where the original person lived before getting married.

The room was very spacious, at least 20 to 30 square meters, and also very empty, with only a bed, a closet, and a table.

The light inside was not very good. Although there were windows in front and back, they were small, and the window frames were not inlaid with glass but covered with oil paper. The oil paper was not transparent, and once the window was closed, there was no need for curtains.

Although the windows were open, the sun had already disappeared, the weather outside was bad, and the room naturally looked darker.

However, although the room was simple, it was very clean. As Li Hong said, the quilts were all freshly dried and smelled like the sun.

"You guys take a rest in the house. I'll go make dinner. We'll have breakfast tonight." Su's mother asked, "Dongchuan, do you drink?"

He Dongchuan knew that Father Su liked to drink a few cups after dinner, so he nodded and said, "Drink."

"Okay, have a couple of drinks with your dad tonight." After saying that, Su's mother let them rest in the room, then drove her son and daughter-in-law out and closed the door behind them.

He Yan was very curious. He knew how to pretend when everyone was around. But when no one left, he would wander around the room, looking around and touching things. During this time, he asked, "Mom, is this the room you used to sleep in?"

"yes."

"The room is so big, aren't you afraid of sleeping alone?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

Although there is a lot of land in the countryside, most people don't have money to build houses, so the families don't live in spacious houses, and children rarely have their own rooms. After the Su family's house was built, I was assigned my own room and was very happy for a while, so I didn't care about being scared.

He Yan thought his mother was very brave. If he lived in such a room alone, he might not be able to sleep. Besides, he could see the mountain from the window, and it would be pitch dark if he looked through the dark.

However, in addition to the mountain, there are also chickens and ducks in the backyard. The Su family raised two chickens and a duck and did not dare to raise more for fear of being accused of capitalism.

In fact, there are people in the team who keep more than three, but they are all kept secretly and dare not let them out.

It's not that I'm afraid of being reported. All the people in the Su family brigade have the surname Su. They all have the same ancestor and are related. They won't harm others so much. If someone really has the bad intention to report it, they will be drowned in spit.

But every brigade has some idle lazy people. These people are not only lazy, but also greedy. They do a lot of things like catching pheasants in the mountains and fishing in the rivers. Raising more than three chickens and ducks is also their goal.

Because people like this don't dare to make a fuss if their chickens and ducks are lost. If they really make a fuss, they will count them and ask what they want to do by raising so many chickens and ducks? Are they doing capitalism? Oral education is the lightest punishment. If it's serious, they may be arrested and sent to labor reform.

They can't afford to offend the lazy guy, so they can only hide. During the day, they let the chickens and ducks out to the yard to get some fresh air. They are completely caught and put in cages and kept in their own main room. Although they smell bad, the eggs can be exchanged for a lot of good things, so it's worth it.

Others in the brigade can raise more chickens and ducks, but the Su family cannot. Su's father is the brigade secretary and must lead by example. Three is enough. Although they can't lay many eggs, it is enough to provide nutrition for the family.

There are people who raise chickens and ducks in the Navy compound, but they are very few, especially after moving to Shanghai, where most of the houses are in buildings and there is no place to raise them.

Gradually, my impression of Pingchuan Island has become very vague, and I don’t remember whether I have ever seen chickens and ducks. But when I heard my brother say that there were chickens and ducks in the backyard, I was very curious and clamored to go and see them.

When he first arrived at the Su family, He Yan was still a little reserved and didn't dare to run around, so when faced with his sister's request, he asked his parents for their opinion: "Can I take my sister to see it?"

"Can."

After getting permission, He Yan looked at his sister's hand with confidence and went out.

After they left the room, Su Ting opened the luggage bag, took out their clothes one by one, and put them in He Dongchuan's closet.

The closet has double doors and is not very big, but there are not many clothes in it. Except for two quilts stuffed on the bottom layer, the top layer is basically empty, so there is enough space to store their clothes.

After He Dongchuan took the stacked clothes back to the room, he did not turn around to continue taking clothes. Instead, he flipped through the clothes inside with interest and said to Su Ting with a smile: "Your clothes used to have a lot of colors."

"What?" Su Ting didn't quite understand what he meant.

He Dongchuan took out a red and green floral sweatshirt and unfolded it for Su Ting to see.

Red and green are notoriously a deadly combination. Although if you choose carefully, you can create a classy look, but for most people, the combination of red and green only has one result, and that is, tacky.

What's more, the sweatshirt in He Dongchuan's hand has floral patterns, which makes it even more unfashionable.

Su Ting recalled what her original body wore before. She didn't have many clothes, and only changed two sets every season. But they were basically very rustic. The only difference was that some were dull in color and very plain, while some were flashy and hopelessly rustic.

The clothes that the original body brought to Pingchuan Island with the army were no exception, so after Su Ting put them on, the original body's clothes were gradually pushed to the bottom of the box.

Thinking of this, Su Ting said with a stiff face: "In the past, my mother chose the fabrics and made clothes, and I just wore them." The implication was that the clothes in the closet were not what she liked.

This is of course a case of shirking responsibility. In fact, the original person had her own ideas since she was young. She had the final say on what clothes to wear and what styles she wanted, as long as it did not exceed the budget. For example, if there was only homespun cloth at home and she insisted on industrial cloth, her mother would make it for her.

So the clothes in the closet are really the original owner's vision.

In fact, in this era, the original body's taste cannot be said to be very bad. After all, we are all unsophisticated, and we are all the same. But as mentioned before, some people are very simple and unsophisticated, while the original body's colorful aesthetic is hopelessly unsophisticated.

"oh--"

He Dongchuan deliberately dragged out his voice, pretending to be enlightened, but from his expression to his tone, it was clear that he didn't believe her. Su Ting couldn't help but grit her teeth: "These clothes are from several years ago, why did you take them out?"

"Look at what you were like before." said He Dongchuan.

Su Ting's tone was chilling: "What's so good about it, or do you like my old self more?" She asked this, but in her heart she thought that if he dared to nod, she would let him sleep on the floor tonight.

For He Dongchuan, this was a question of death. He pondered for a moment and said, "I will always like you at that time."

"forever?"

He Dongchuan explained: "The present me likes the present you, and the future me likes the future you."

As for the past, he did not mention it, but Su Ting understood what he meant and felt relieved. She said, "Then don't look at the old clothes anymore."

"Okay." He Dongchuan agreed immediately, put the sweatshirt in his hand back into the deep of the closet, and then piled the clothes that Su Ting had sorted out into the closet.

After sorting out the clothes, Su Ting took out the things she had brought for Su's father and mother and piled them at the end of the bed. She went out and called Su's mother in, handed the things to her and said, "These two pieces of clothing are for you and Dad, the scarf is for you, the tea is for Dad to entertain guests, and these foods are also for you, take them and divide them up."

Su's mother was naturally happy that her daughter was thinking about her, but she also felt sorry for the money: "It's enough for you to just come back, why did you bring so many things? How much does it cost?"

Su Ting smiled and said, "Don't worry, the salary in Dongchuan is high, and I can earn money now, so I can afford it."

Because Su Ting never mentioned her comic book career, her mother always thought she was unemployed, and she had been worried about this matter in the past.

Although her son-in-law has a high salary and can support the family, she still thinks it is safer for a woman to have a job. In the early years when there were not so many grandchildren, she also had to go to the fields to earn work points.

When she heard that Su Ting had a salary, Su's mother's first reaction was that she had gone out to work. She was so happy that she asked, "Did you go to work?"

"I'm not working," Su Ting said, shaking her head. "I taught myself to paint, and now when I have nothing to do, I draw some short stories and submit them to publications. This way I can take care of my family and earn some money every month."

Su Ting was vague about the time, so her mother thought she learned to paint by herself after joining the army. She focused on the second half and asked in confusion: "What is submission? How do you make money?"

"I submit my work to some illustrated magazines, um, publishing houses, and I get paid when my work is accepted. I make a decent income now, about a hundred yuan a month, which is not much worse than working."

Although Su's mother had never been to the city, she had ears and roughly knew the salary of city dwellers. Thirty-odd was considered high, and fifty or sixty was a salary that only old employees with decades of experience in large state-owned factories could get.

Earning a hundred bucks a month is no worse than working, it’s much better than working!

Although Su's mother thought that having a formal job was more secure than earning royalties from writing articles, her daughter had a high income, earning as much as two or three months' salary.

In addition, her son-in-law is busy with work, and if her daughter also goes to work, she will definitely not be able to take care of the family. With this in mind, submitting articles is much better than having a proper job.

Su's mother asked curiously, "Are you a writer now?"

Su Ting knew that this would help her mother understand, so she nodded and said, "Almost, but I'm not at that level yet."

"He is also a cultured person." Su's mother said happily.

If it was a few years ago, she might be very worried, but now that the great movement is over, those who once lived in the cowshed have been released and gradually released back. So now that there is an educated person in the family, Su's mother is not worried at all.

She held Su Ting's hand and said, "You have always had good grades since you were young. At that time, those people in the team said that girls didn't need to go to school, but your father and I never wavered. We supported the three of you who could study. But we didn't expect that there would be a commotion outside, the school was suspended, and you returned home."

At this point, Su's mother pulled He Dongchuan's hand over, letting the couple hold their hands together, and continued, "When you first said you wanted to marry Dongchuan, your father and I were so worried that we didn't sleep well for two days. We felt that the gap between you two was too big, and we were afraid that you wouldn't be able to live together. Now it seems that we were overthinking. You have been a smart child since you were young. No matter where you go, you will definitely be able to live a good life."

Su Ting was moved by what her mother said, but she also felt that the old lady had too strict a filter for her daughter.

The original body might be a little smart, but she didn't use it in the right way. When she was a child, she used it to fool her parents. In junior high school, she was at the bottom of her grade, but she still fooled her father and mother into thinking that she had excellent grades. When she grew up, she used it to fool herself, and finally her life became a mess and she ended up in jail.

Because of this filter, even though the original body had lost contact with her family for more than ten years and met them again in prison, Su's mother still felt that she had no choice and had her own difficulties.

It was not until she learned from He Yan about what her original self had done over the years that the filter that Su's mother had for her daughter finally broke, and this became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Shortly after returning from the capital, Su's mother passed away in regret for not raising her daughter well and in pain for letting her good friend down.

Thinking of this, Su Ting turned her right hand over, interlocked her fingers with He Dongchuan and said, "We will be fine."

She will try her best to protect He Dongchuan from disaster, and will also do her best to support Su's father and mother. All of them will be fine in this life.

He Dongchuan didn't know what Su Ting was thinking, but he held her hand tightly. Although he didn't say anything, the smile on his face showed how happy he was at that moment.

Seeing this, Su's mother silently let go of her hands, and looked at their intertwined fingers with a look of comfort on her face.

Her daughter finally grew up.