The double-door door is also new. She specially grew it in the space using a pear tree.
No one had been in for a long time, so there was a lot of dust inside, and Ying Han was too lazy to clean it.
When she came out and was about to lock the door, a female comrade suddenly walked up to her and whispered, "Comrade, I have some fresh tomatoes grown at home. Do you want any?"
Ying Han turned his head upon hearing the voice, and when he saw the familiar face, he exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Guihua?"
Li Guihua was also stunned. She stared at Ying Han's face for a long time before confirming, "Are you... Ying Zhiqing?"
After saying that, she smiled sheepishly, holding the basket in one hand and tugging at the corner of her half-worn floral dress with the other, and said shyly, "I didn't expect that after a few years, Ying Zhiqing has grown into a big girl. It's still better to be in the city. Look at her little face, so pink and tender. The red spots on your face have also been washed away."
"Yes, I just washed it. Sister Guihua, this is my home. Come sit at my house for a while. We haven't seen each other for so many years. Let's have a good chat."
"No, no, I won't bother you anymore. Let's do it another day."
After not seeing each other for a few years, the simple and bold Li Guihua was gone, and the person standing in front of her now was a person whose sharp edges had been smoothed out by life.
"Sister Guihua, let's go. It's so hot, no one is out buying groceries. I'm alone here, so I'll go in and have a drink of water."
When Li Guihua heard that there was no one else at Yinghan's house, she let down her guard and walked into the yard with Yinghan, smiling.
"Sister Guihua, Captain Liu should have graduated as well. Where is his current job assignment?"
"He graduated and was just assigned to a university in Province Z. He's now a history teacher." Li Guihua's face lit up a little more when she mentioned Liu Changfeng. "Ying Zhiqing has also graduated, right? Where does he work now?"
"I'm at the Urban Construction Bureau and have been working there for less than a month."
"It's all the same. Changfeng just passed by as well."
Ying Han took Li Guihua into the house and took out a pair of slippers for her from the shoe cabinet.
Remind her to change.
Li Guihua looked at Ying Han helplessly as he changed his shoes, and then looked at Ying Han's house which looked like a state-owned guesthouse.
No, she wouldn't even dare to step into a house that was more beautiful than a state-owned hotel.
Ying Han knew she would be reserved, so he smiled and helped her take down her basket. "Sister Guihua, just treat this place as your own home. Don't be polite."
"Ying Zhiqing, your house is so beautiful."
"It's just a simple renovation. Sister Guihua, come in, I'll go cut you a watermelon."
"Don't bother, I'll just sit for a while and leave."
"You're welcome, sit down."
Ying Han went to the kitchen to cut the watermelon he had taken out of the space earlier, and then brought it to the living room on a plate.
"Ying Zhiqing, is there no one at home?" Li Guihua looked at the things in the house, and it seemed that there was no one at home.
"My home is not here. This is just one of my residences. I stay here for a few days when I have nothing to do. Sister Guihua and Captain Liu have been married for so long, they should have a child. Captain Liu and the child should come to my house someday. I am grateful to you for taking care of me in Erzha Village."
"Our child is two years old. Her aunt is on vacation recently and can help me take care of the child. I take advantage of this free time to come out and sell some vegetables that I grow myself."
"Sister Guihua, you came here, didn't you find a job?" Ying Han thought that Captain Liu's family would help arrange a job for Wang Guihua.
At this point, Li Guihua sighed slightly and opened up the conversation she had been holding back for a long time. "To be honest with Ying Zhiqing, when I married Changfeng, his parents were not willing to let me get married. After I came here with Changfeng, my family probably didn't recognize me. They didn't even think about arranging a job for me, and it was good enough to just give me a place to live.
In the past three years, apart from writing letters to my family, I haven't been back once. I said only good things to them, lying to them that I worked at the street office and earned more than 30 yuan a month. In fact..." At this point, Li Guihua laughed at herself and added, "Don't worry if you laugh at me. I have been in their house for the past few years, like a nanny, serving them and their whole family. Later, I got pregnant, and only for those few months did I live a more comfortable life.
After the baby was born and I left the confinement period, I had to take care of the baby, do the laundry and cook, which made me even more tired. "
Li Guihua's eyes started to turn red when she said this. "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the educated youth. If I wasn't afraid of my family worrying about me, and if Changfeng was not protecting me everywhere, I would have left here long ago.
But now everything is fine. Changfeng has a job now and we have separated. Our family lives in the teachers' dormitory building of the school.
Although the house is small, our family lives happily. When the family divided the family property, they gave Changfeng an acre of land. The crops didn't grow well, so I had nothing better to do, so I planted some vegetables and sold them.
Ying Han never expected that Li Guihua had such a hard time in recent years. No wonder there was no trace of the lively girl she used to be.
She helped Liu Changfeng get into university, but also changed Li Guihua's life.
There are gains and losses. Liu Changfeng got a good future, but also sacrificed Li Guihua's beautiful life.
"Sister Guihua, how about I find you a job?" She wanted to help in some way to improve their family's current situation.
Li Guihua knew her own limitations and quickly shook her head, refusing. "Ying Zhiqing, please don't. Don't you know me? I can't read. I've learned a few words from Changfeng over the past few years, and I only know my own name. I don't want to cause you any trouble. Besides, my child is still young and there's no one to help take care of him."
"Didn't you say her aunt was watching?"
"Her aunt is a nice person. She occasionally helps me take care of the kids during the summer vacation, even when my parents-in-law don't know."
Ying Han was slightly stunned. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before smiling. "You can sell your vegetables here in the future. You don't have to run back and forth all over the street. There's a residential complex next to my house with hundreds of people living there. I have an empty store in front of me. You can sell things there even if you bring your children with you."
"That won't do. I only have so much. I can't take advantage of you for nothing."
Ying Han smiled and expressed his thoughts. "I was originally planning to open a furniture store in the front. Since I studied architecture and have also learned some carpentry in the past two years, I can make some simple furniture. It's just that I don't have anyone to help me. If you think it's okay, you can help me watch when I buy groceries."
"I can look after things and sell them. When I was at my mother's house, I often helped the village sell grain. Two years ago, my father wrote to me saying that the land had been distributed among the families."
"Okay, from now on, Sister Guihua, please come to my place with your vegetables and children."
"Is this okay?" Li Guihua was happy, but she always felt that she had taken advantage of Ying Han, and she felt bad.
"It's OK. Sister Guihua didn't just occupy my house, she also helped me sell things."
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