It was already late after watching the movie. Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue did not study anymore. They washed up and went to bed.
After turning off the light, Ruan Xi said to Ruan Jie in bed, "I miss home so much. I miss my grandparents, my third aunt and my fifth uncle, and Ling Yao. I wonder how they are doing after we left. Do they miss us?"
Ruan Jie suddenly felt sad when she said that, especially when it was dark around. All the scenes of living in the countryside for more than ten years appeared in her mind, and the wrinkled smiling faces of Liu Xinghua and Ruan Zhigao were especially clear.
After a while, Ruan Jie said, "Sister, will we not go back in the future?"
Ruan Xi turned to look at her, "Of course we have to go back, we will go back during the Chinese New Year."
Ruan Jie smiled, "Okay, I will go back with you."
After that, the two of them lay side by side, thinking about the mountains, leaves and streams in the countryside, closed their eyes and slowly fell asleep. In the dream, they returned to Fengming Mountain again. The two sisters rolled up their pants and fished in the stream, and the fish slid over their feet.
The next day, Monday, Ye Qiuwen and Ruan Qiuyang's confinement ended, although it didn't make any difference whether it ended or not. After all, someone secretly sent food to their room, so they didn't starve for half a meal.
After the punishment was over, they naturally spent the morning as usual, washing and getting ready upstairs, with their hair neatly braided and their half-new schoolbags on their backs, and went downstairs to eat in the restaurant.
Ruan Changfu looked at them and asked, "How is your reflection going?"
Ye Qiuwen nodded and said sincerely, "I know I was wrong, and I will change."
Ruan Changfu knew that Ye Qiuwen did not need to emphasize it, so he looked at Ruan Qiuyang, "What about you?"
Ruan Qiuyang looked at Ruan Changfu and said in a low and cautious voice, "I also know I was wrong, and I will change in the future. I will never steal other people's things again, and I will never make you angry again. I will be good every day and avoid trouble."
Ruan Changfu looked at her: "It will be enough if you can make me angry less often."
Ruan Qiuyang's attitude was also very sincere: "I will try my best."
Even if they made mistakes, they could not hold on to them, so Ruan Changfu let them go at this point.
He turned his attention to other people and saw that Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie were not wearing their new military uniforms and did not bring their school bags, so he asked again: "Why aren't you wearing the clothes I brought back for you? And I haven't seen you taking your school bags and stationery to school in the past two days."
Ruan Xi raised his head and replied: "I haven't officially started school yet. I'm auditing classes and don't interact with people. I plan to keep them until next year when I officially start school. The new school bags and stationery will also be saved for then."
Ruan Changfu thought that children have their own thoughts, so he didn't ask any more questions.
But Ruan Xi felt that she had to tell him something. After all, he was the one who arranged everything for her and Ruan Jie at school, and he arranged it quite carefully. So she said to Ruan Changfu, "Xiao Jie and I went to audit a first-grade class on Saturday, but we couldn't keep up with the progress and couldn't understand what the teacher said, so we decided not to go to school to audit and waste time. We will just stay at home and study on our own." "
Ruan Changfu had no objection to these. Auditing does not mean you have a student record, and you are not under the supervision of any teacher. It does not matter whether you go to school or not. He just said, "You can make your own arrangements, but you can't do this after your student record is completed."
Ruan Xi nodded, "We know that after your student record is completed, we will strictly abide by the rules of the school."
Ruan Changfu nodded, thinking that it was easy to communicate with Ruan Xi, so he didn't say anything else.
After breakfast, everyone went out to school and work one after another. When Ruan Hongjun left, he came over to say hello to Ruan Xi and expressed his envy, but Ye Fan came up and kicked him away.
Ye Qiuwen was very determined. She left without waiting for Ruan Qiuyang and walked away quickly with her schoolbag on her back.
Ruan Qiuyang was very sad in the back. When Su Mengmeng caught up with her and talked to her, she felt better. Then she said to Su Mengmeng with grievance: "My elder sister is angry with me and seems to ignore me anymore."
Su Mengmeng looked at Ye Qiuwen in front of her, raised her hand and put it on Ruan Qiuyang's arm, "I won't ignore you."
Ruan Qiuyang was moved, "Mengmeng, you are the best to me."
Su Mengmeng: "Who made us all stupid?"
Ruan Qiuyang: "..."
She suddenly felt bad again.
After reading the self-criticism in front of everyone in the family, Ye Qiuwen's presence at home became weaker. If her presence at home was ten points before Ruan Xi came, now it is probably only about three or four points.
She is not always sullen, after all, Ruan Changfu doesn't like it. She just doesn't like to show off as much as before, as if she is the head of the family, and she has to intervene in everything, and she treats everyone like the big sister who is in charge of the family.
She broke up with Ruan Qiuyang completely. It was not the kind of emotional conflict between sisters, but she obviously pushed Ruan Qiuyang away. Even though they lived in the same room, she basically kept a distance from her and didn't say anything.
She spent more time with Feng Xiuying at home. Sometimes Ruan Qiuyang would come up to her, and she would keep silent. Feng Xiuying saw that she was still angry with Ruan Qiuyang, so she asked Ruan Qiuyang to stay away from her and not come close to her.
So Ruan Qiuyang was left alone at home, and no one wanted to play with her.
Of course, she also looked down on Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue, and her requirements for playmates were still quite high.
She likes Ye Qiuwen because Ye Qiuwen is good in every aspect, and she is always eye-catching at home and at school.
Although she is no longer eye-catching at home, she still thinks Ye Qiuwen deserves to be her elder sister.
Ye Qiuwen is well-known in the school. She is beautiful and excellent. Whenever there is an activity in the school, she is the one who speaks. Her ideological awareness and political performance are first-class, and she is a good candidate for being a cadre.
Ruan Qiuyang is full of pride when talking about Ye Qiuwen to others, but she is full of disdain when talking about Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue. She is unwilling to say that she is her biological elder sister, and there are cousins from the countryside and inconspicuous sisters.
As for Su Mengmeng, she and she have similar personalities. They both love to dress up and look beautiful. Su Mengmeng dresses in a very Western style, and they can speak the same language. In addition, Su Mengmeng's father holds a high position.
Ruan Qiuyang looks down on Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, and Ruan Qiuyue, and Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, and Ruan Qiuyue naturally don't take her seriously. They don't care whether anyone pays attention to her at home or not, so they don't care, so as to avoid quarrels.
Ruan Xi doesn't talk to Feng Xiuying unless it's necessary, because she can obviously feel that Feng Xiuying doesn't like her. She just ignores Ruan Qiuyue, but she really doesn't like her, so naturally she looks down on her.
In her heart, she is probably thinking of raising her and Ruan Jie for two years, and arranging them to get married when they come of age.
Yes, she was a country girl who grew up in the countryside, rustic and ignorant, spoke harshly and had a bad temper. She had no other skills except using thorny words to poke people into a corner. Compared with Ye Qiuwen, who was smart, excellent and well-rounded, there was naturally a world of difference. How could she compare? Of
course, she would not spend time deliberately comparing, and she would not spend time trying to make Feng Xiuying discover her advantages and change her mind about her, because Feng Xiuying was not worthy of her sweet talk, and she would never ask Feng Xiuying for any good in her life.
Ruan Changfu did not have obvious likes and dislikes for anyone. He would scold anyone who made a mistake and praise anyone who did the right thing. He was generally not subjective, and of course he was not often at home.
Except for the time when she was eating, Ruan Xi rarely saw him. Sometimes she couldn't even see him during meals, because he would work overtime at the company or go on business trips far away, and he wouldn't come back for many days.
When Ruan Changfu was not at home, the house was very chaotic, especially Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Qiuyang quarreled every day. Ruan Xi usually didn't get involved in anything. Feng Xiuying would find Ye Qiuwen for everything, big or small, and praised her so much that she was almost worshipped.
Ruan Xi would observe these, but she didn't spend much time and thought on them. She spent most of her time studying with Ruan Jie, reading the textbooks in her hands, understanding the knowledge points, and doing the questions.
Even when the school was on vacation and everyone was playing after the summer vacation, she and Ruan Jie were still studying hard.
Feng Xiuying usually ignored her and Ruan Jie, and she would not talk to them unless necessary, and she never entered their room. She only knew that they hid in their rooms every day, so she became more and more dissatisfied.
Other children could at least help with housework, and their mothers would always look for them, but Ruan Xi had been in the city for so long and still didn't call her mother. She took Ruan Jie home and didn't care about anything else except eating.
Sometimes she looked angry, and I really felt that she came from the country to collect debts.
Ruan Xi was indeed here to collect debts, not to contribute to this family and create a happy atmosphere. She had her own things to do, and two and a half years was not a leisurely time, so she could only think about taking care of herself and Ruan Jie.
From summer to autumn, and from autumn to winter, she studied every day.
When her mind was focused on one thing, no matter it was morning or evening, the days would pass quickly.
When winter came, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie began to plan one thing - to go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.
In fact, there was nothing to plan, just tell Ruan Changfu and buy tickets to go back at about the same time.
Ruan Changfu naturally couldn't spare the time to go back. Most of the time, he was so busy that he didn't even go back to this home, otherwise he wouldn't have been away from home for so long. It's better to rely on God than to rely on Feng Xiuying to take her, so Ruan Xi planned to go back by herself.
She was not really a sixteen-year-old girl, nor had she really never traveled far and seen the world. She had been to many places all over the world, and she could take Ruan Jie back to Fengming Mountain by train.
In order not to make it seem too sudden, she calculated the time and told Ruan Changfu about this a few days in advance.
In order not to waste Ruan Changfu's time, she brought up the matter at the dinner table and said to him today when the atmosphere was good: "The New Year is coming soon. Xiaojie and I miss grandpa and grandma very much, so we plan to go back to our hometown to celebrate the New Year."
Ruan Changfu was stunned when he heard this, and asked: "It's so far, how can we go back?"
Ruan Xi was well prepared and answered: "Take the train back."
Ruan Changfu explained, "It's not a question of taking a train or a plane, but no one can take you back. I can't spare the time. Even if I go back for only one or two days, it will take half a month to go back and forth. Your mother is useless. She doesn't know which way is which when she goes out. She can't take you."
Ruan Xi looked at him and blinked, "Then how did she get there when she first went to the military district to find you after receiving the letter?"
Ruan Changfu said, "Of course she asked people along the way. She almost got lost at that time. After that time, she didn't dare to go out far alone and insisted that I take her. What are you doubting about?"
Ruan Xi smiled and shook her head, "No, I can go back by myself."
Ruan Changfu looked at her, "She only came here from the mountains once. You are too young and you can't do it."
Ruan Xi said, "What's wrong with that? I can read. I have seen and memorized the road signs and train station signs when I came here. I know what they all mean and how to take the bus and go back. Besides, I don't need to change trains in the middle. I can take the train from here directly to the county, and then from the county train station to the commune, and then I can find my home."
Ruan Changfu saw that she spoke very logically and he looked at her with a new eye. After all, when he came out of the mountains to join the army, he was confused like a headless fly, almost like a fool.
But he was still worried, "What if I get lost?"
Ruan Xi said again: "If this happens, I will find the police team and the police station. Give me your office phone number. As long as I report your name and your phone number, someone will definitely send me back to the compound."
Ruan Changfu looked at her thinking and felt that her thinking was clear and very organized, so he couldn't say anything. In order to control the flow of population, there are indeed many police teams in various places, which specialize in sending people home.
Of course, those who were sent away by the police team were those who ran away without an introduction letter.
In addition to the police team, it is naturally useful to find the police at the police station.
After a moment, she looked at Ruan Xi and said, "I didn't expect you to know so much. I underestimated you. With your brain, it's impossible for you to get lost. You're not stupid."
Ruan Xi said, "I've also been in the city for more than half a year. If I don't understand these things, then wouldn't it be a waste?"
Ruan Changfu nodded, "But I still have to think about it."
Before Ruan Xi could say anything else, Ruan Hongjun suddenly smiled and said, "Dad, let me in and think about it too. I've wanted to visit the countryside for a long time. You refused to let me go last time. What a crappy school..."
Looking at Ruan Changfu's face turned ugly, and he quickly changed his tone, "Winter vacation will start in a few days. It won't affect me this time. If you let me go with my elder sister, you'd better give me a gun. I promise to escort my elder sister home safely!"
Ruan Changfu couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "What are you trying to do?"
Then before Ruan Hongjun said anything else, Ruan Qiuyue said, "Dad, I want to go too. I want to see what grandpa and grandma look like, and take a look at the scenery on Fengming Mountain. My elder sister said Fengming Mountain is very beautiful."
Ruan Hongjun was eager for someone to make trouble, and quickly touched Ye Fan with his hand.
Ye Fan had no choice but to clear his throat and said, "Then I want to go too. I want to see grandpa and grandma too. I have never seen them before. They should also want to see us."
Feng Xiuying looked at Ruan Hongjun, Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan, "Stop joining in the fun. It takes two and a half days to take the train. The journey from the county to the town is not over yet. It takes two days to walk from the town to the mountain. Can you handle it?"
Ruan Hongjun patted his chest and said, "I have a strong body. I am not afraid of the big marches in the army. I can conquer them in minutes. Walking on the mountain road for two days is a piece of cake for me!"
Feng Xiuying: "You don't know if you haven't walked it."
Ruan Changfu rarely glared at Ruan Hongjun, but he didn't respond either. After a moment, he looked at Ruan Qiuyang and asked, "Are you going?"
Ruan Qiuyang quickly shrank back when he heard that, "I won't go even if you kill me."
Ruan Changfu asked Ye Qiuwen again, "Qiuwen, what about you?"
Ye Qiuwen was very considerate and caring, "I'm at home with my parents. Years."
Ruan Changfu thought for a while, looked at Ruan Xi and asked, "Hongjun,
Qiuyue and Xiaofan should go with us, okay?" Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Qiuyue, Ruan Hongjun and Ye Fan, all of whom were obedient and easy to manage, and they were not young anymore, unlike Ruan Hongbing who had to be carried by others when walking, so he nodded to Ruan Changfu and said, "Okay."
Ruan Changfu nodded and said, "Okay, good, good job."
After a while he said, "I also want to go back to see your grandpa and grandma, but I can't get away. Since you all want to go back, then I agree, help me go back and take a good look at your grandpa and grandma."
Ruan Hongjun was very excited when he heard this, and he slammed the table and stood up, "Woo~Yo~"
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