◎First update◎
Liang Baozhen's long-awaited student life began from then on. She rode a bike to school every morning and went home after school.
In just one month, she lost several kilograms, which made Xu Shengjie feel distressed.
"Why don't you apply for a dormitory to live on campus?"
"No, this is fine, just consider it as exercise." Liang Baozhen was reluctant to leave her daughter behind. Besides, this was just a little harder than when she was working before, but it was not a big problem.
Shanshan is now able to turn over skillfully. Sometimes she can even turn over in her sleep. Last night, Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie were still talking, and Shanshan was sleeping soundly between them. They watched the child turn over in her sleep, with saliva flying from one end to the other, which made Liang Baozhen laugh.
He kept shouting that the young lady was amazing.
"I miss our Shanshan so much every day I haven't seen her." Liang Baozhen held the child in her arms and kissed her hard twice.
"Just thinking about Shanshan?" Xu Shengjie cleared his throat and coughed, the hint was obvious.
"Of course there's also grandma, Xiaowei, Xiaoya, my parents, and my elder sister..." Liang Baozhen smiled secretly, watching Xu Shengjie wait for her for a long time but she didn't see him, so she mentioned him at last, "And the child's father!"
Xu Shengjie was satisfied after hearing this. He lowered his head and approached his wife. He held her head with one hand and brought her closer to him, then kissed her on her red lips.
"The child is here!" Liang Baozhen felt her lips getting hot, and when she looked down, she saw Shanshan staring at her parents with her big watery eyes.
His eyes moved back and forth, looking at his father and then at his mother.
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The day after Liang Baozhen met Xu Shuping at Peking University, she called the commune to tell her second brother the news. However, the man was only surprised for a moment and told the two to get along well.
What did the original words say? "That's great, you and your sister-in-law should get along well."
Liang Baozhen really wanted to go over and beat this guy up while talking on the phone. Is this her sister-in-law?
Not to be outdone, she responded, "Turn the person into an object first!"
However, three months into the school term, the two did become good friends. They had similar personalities and a common bond. Although they had never mentioned Liang Baojun, they both knew the truth and did not reveal it.
After a class, Xu Shuping was also surprised when she heard Liang Baozhen talk about her family, "Is your elder sister really going to the city?"
"Yes, my family sent someone to tell me yesterday that my brother-in-law's family housing in the soda factory was finally divided up, and my sister and Mengmeng can come to the city now."
After waiting for a long time, Liang Baozhen finally saw her sister and niece.
"That's great! They can be together as a family in the future."
"My sister and her friends are coming to the city on Sunday to clean up the house. Do you want to come over?" Liang Baozhen asked cautiously. She certainly didn't really want Xu Shuping to help clean up the house. It was just an excuse. "My second brother wants to take my eldest sister to the city and help carry the luggage."
Hearing the word "second brother", Xu Shuping blushed. Counting the time, she hadn't seen Liang Baojun for more than four months. She wondered what this man had become of now?
"Should I go? They are all your family members, can I go?"
"Of course, you're my friend, right? Why can't friends go?" Liang Baozhen winked at her, and they smiled at each other, like two delicate flowers.
As November approached, the weather had turned cooler and everyone changed into thin cotton jackets. Liang Baozhen rubbed her hands in the yard, preparing to set out with Xu Shengjie.
Today, the eldest sister and Mengmeng went to the city, preparing to prepare for their new home in the house belonging to the soda factory. She and Xu Shengjie set out from home and agreed to meet at the gate of the soda factory.
There was a light snowfall and the ground was a little frozen. Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie gave up riding their bikes and prepared to take the bus.
"Are you cold?"
After Xu Shengjie said this, Liang Baozhen reached into her pocket and suddenly realized, "Oh, I forgot to bring my gloves."
Zhou Yunwei's woolen gloves are warm.
Xu Shengjie pulled out Liang Baozhen's woolen gloves from his pocket like a magic trick, "You forgot them on the table."
"It's a good thing you saw it." Liang Baozhen put on the gloves and finally felt warm.
Outside the gate of the soda factory, there was already a young girl in a floral shirt waiting at the door, stamping her feet in the cold wind.
"Shu Ping, you're here so early?"
Liang Baozhen had an appointment with her at 10 a.m., and it was only 9:45 now.
"Well, I woke up early and came here after having breakfast."
Xu Shuping was wearing a goose-yellow silk scarf that covered half of her face.
"My brother-in-law went back yesterday to pick up my elder sister and Mengmeng. They came to the city together today."
"Okay." Xu Shuping wanted to ask Liang Baojun, but Liang Baozhen didn't say anything, so she didn't bother to ask.
"We're here." Xu Shengjie saw the Liang family members gradually walking in in the wind and snow, and reminded his wife.
The two of them walked forward quickly and helped share the luggage.
This time, Liang Baoying packed her and Mengmeng's clothes, bedding, enamel basins and cups into two woven bags. Song Chunhua also packed bowls, chopsticks and vegetable bowls for them. If it wasn't really difficult to carry, she would have packed a large iron pot for the lady.
The eldest daughter lives in the city. If she has to buy everything outside, I don’t know how much it will cost. She should save as much as possible.
"Sister, give me this bag." Xu Shengjie was very conscious. Liang Baojun and Song Jianguo each had a bag in their hands, so he directly took the bag from Liang Baoying and carried it.
"Thank you, Xiao Xu."
Liang Baoying didn't sleep well last night. A week ago, Song Jianguo informed her that the house had finally been allocated to her and that she had obtained the key. She had been packing her things this week, thinking about what to take into the city.
Last night Song Jianguo went back to the village to help carry things, and the family took the bus to the city.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Liang Baoying held Meng Meng's hand, and seeing the girl's joy, he went up to talk to her, "There was a problem on the bus, and we were delayed for more than ten minutes."
"No, we just got here too. This is my classmate Xu Shuping, she used to be an educated youth in the village, you still remember her, right?" Liang Baozhen didn't care about the time, as long as she was here! She introduced them to everyone and winked at her second brother who was standing at the back.
"You and Xu Zhiqing are classmates?" Liang Baoying nodded and greeted Xu Shuping in surprise.
"Yes, this is called fate!" Liang Baozhen saw that Xu Shuping was a little shy, so she took her arm and said to Liang Baoying.
"Brother-in-law, please lead the way. Let's put the luggage at home first."
"Okay, follow me." Song Jianguo walked in front and called his daughter to him, "Come here, Mengmeng. Daddy will show you the soda factory."
"Dad, I want to see the soda factory!"
Song Jianguo and Meng Meng walked in the front, followed by Xu Shengjie carrying a bag, followed by Liang Baozhen, Liang Baoying and Xu Shuping, and the last row was Liang Baojun.
In his hand, he was holding a woven bag filled with pots, bowls, pans, chopsticks and spoons that his mother had carefully prepared, and he smiled at Xu Shuping's back.
Xu Shuping had a very pleasant chat with her elder sister and third younger sister.
As she spoke, Liang Baozhen let go of Xu Shuping's hand and started chatting with Liang Baoying. She could see that Comrade Xu Shuping was thinking about something else, and behind her, there was also a burning gaze, which was very scorching.
Xu Shuping slowly fell behind Liang Baozhen and the other person and dropped to the last row. She glanced sideways at Liang Baojun seemingly casually.
My eyes just happened to meet this person's.
"you..."
"Comrade Xu Shuping, are you and my sister classmates now?"
"Yeah." Xu Shuping finally found her voice. "What are you doing recently?"
"Busy." Liang Baojun was concise and to the point.
Xu Shuping's heart sank rapidly. She kept feeling that this man seemed to have forgotten what he had said to her. He had forgotten it as soon as she returned to the city. It might be difficult for the two of them to see each other again in the future.
Mom is right, all men are like this. They can coax people in the village and say nice things, but when they are really separated and have to introduce letters to the city, it becomes difficult.
Liang Baojun had no idea that the little girl in front of him was thinking so much. He just felt that she suddenly lowered her head and did not react even though a few snowflakes fell on her cheeks.
"Busy making money." Liang Baojun added.
"Oh, then you should make more money." Xu Shuping said hoarsely, holding her bag in a daze.
"When you make money, you can marry a woman from the city." Seeing Xu Shuping's timid look, Liang Baojun wanted to tease her even more.
"Then you are quite ambitious!" Xu Shuping became angrier and angrier as she listened. This man really had forgotten everything and now only wanted to marry a woman from the city!
"Well, as a man, how can you not have ambition? It would be great if I could marry a city girl named Xu and bring her home."
Xu? Xu Shuping blushed! Her heart was beating fast again.
After walking for ten minutes, the group slowly arrived at the soda factory compound, which consisted of eight tube-shaped buildings arranged in a concave shape.
The house Song Jianguo was assigned was in the innermost room on the third floor of the second tube-shaped building. He took out an old and peeling key to open the door, and everyone saw a house of only 25 square meters.
The house had fallen into disrepair, the space was small and cramped, and the walls were rusty, but at least there were no major problems with it.
"It's a small place, feel free to sit anywhere." Song Jianguo came to the house the day before yesterday and did some simple tidying, so it seemed OK.
"Brother-in-law, this place is pretty good. It's big enough for you to live in."
Liang Baozhen thought of that sentence. Although the house was small, it had everything. The living room was right at the entrance. It was a small square room, just enough to hold a dining table and a few stools. The other room was the bedroom, which had a big bed.
Because the place is small and there aren't a lot of things, it doesn't seem crowded.
But now with so many people coming in at once, it seems crowded.
"It's pretty good. Land is very expensive in the city. It's good to have a house." Liang Baojun put the things on the ground and looked around.
Liang Baoying naturally had no objection. She knew that Song Jianguo had applied for this small house with great effort and it was truly rare.
"Mom! Is this our home?" Meng Meng looked around the house in a short while, and ran to her mother happily with her braids swinging.
“Yes, it’s our home!”
"Pack up your things and go out for dinner later." Xu Shengjie looked at the old-fashioned clock on the wall. It would be time for dinner after he packed up. His wife's family was coming today and he had to treat them to a meal.
"Hurry up, everyone, clean up. Mengmeng, come and help. Your uncle-in-law will treat us to a state-owned meal later." Liang Baozhen called Mengmeng over.
"Really?" Meng Meng had never eaten at a state-owned restaurant! But she had heard that a village elder had eaten there once when he came to the city. Four or five years later, he still remembered the meal and said it was the best meal he had ever eaten.
Xu Shengjie nodded, "Yes, Mengmeng can order whatever she wants to eat later."
"Thank you, uncle!"
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