The next morning, Wen Ruan woke up, ate breakfast, and went to the Song family home. Song's mother looked surprised. The two of them had just left the house yesterday. What had happened today? Why did they suddenly come back? She was a little worried.
Wen Ruan noticed the worry in Song's mother's eyes and casually put her arm around her, saying, "Mom, I have nothing to do at home every day, and I feel bored eating alone. I was thinking of having us eat together. You're not going to kick me out, are you?"
As she spoke, she playfully shook Song's mother's arm.
Oh my, Song's mother was so delighted: "Why would I kick you out? If anyone should be kicked out, it would be that brat Song Yan. Since he moved out, he has never once come back to see me. My daughter-in-law is so much better. I don't know what use it is to have a son!"
Afterwards, Wen Ruan and Song's mother agreed that after Wen Ruan finished her phone call, the two of them would go out for a walk and then come back to cook together.
To make it easier for Mr. Song to work, a telephone was installed for him free of charge. His family members can also use it, but they just need to remember to pay the call charges when making local calls.
Wen Ruan wanted to call the publisher's editor back to arrange a time to sign the contract in person, since they were both in Beijing and it would be convenient.
Han Suxi, the editor at the publishing house, was delighted to receive Wen Ruan's call. Both addresses were in Beijing, and she had sent her letter several days ago but had not received a reply. She became anxious, wondering if there had been any other changes.
Wen Ruan's manuscript is excellent. Most importantly, it fits the current historical context of educated youth going to the countryside and returning to the city. In particular, with the current transition and clash between the old and the new, the thoughts of many educated youth who went to the countryside are becoming more volatile. This novel can be seen as a powerful remedy, and hopefully it can provide some help.
When Han So-hee received the manuscript, she casually flipped through it as usual, but the more she read, the more attracted she became to its contents.
The protagonist is a young man from a big city who spends his time doing nothing, walking his dog and fighting cocks. After going to the countryside, he is tempered and awakened, and gradually grows into a wise and responsible man who is dedicated to revitalizing the local area.
After reading the entire article, Han Suxi felt her blood boiling. She immediately took the manuscript to report to her superiors. After the meeting, she wrote a reply and sent it out. However, she did not receive a call from Wen Ruan and began to suspect that she had not received the reply.
But thankfully, it finally arrived.
They agreed that Wen Ruan would go to the Beijing Publishing House at 10:00 AM next Monday for a detailed discussion before signing the contract. After quickly finishing their discussion, they hung up the phone.
For the next few days, Wen Ruan came to the Song family's house every noon to cook and eat with Song's mother...
As time went on, Song's mother gradually realized that her daughter-in-law cared about her, and she was even more moved. She secretly resolved to treat Wen Ruan even better.
In the past few days, Wen Ruan has been subtly suggesting to Song's mother that they hire a nanny under the guise of relatives coming to stay. After careful consideration, Wen's mother agreed. She knew that if she didn't agree, her filial children would not be at ease.
There's very little I can do; the only thing I can do to help my children is to reduce their worries about me.
Song Yan acted quickly. The day after Wen Ruan told him, he went back to his hometown and asked his aunt to help introduce a clean and honest person to the Song family to help Song's mother with her daily life.
Miao Cuihua always knew what kind of person her sister-in-law was. It could be said that when she married Song's father, it was a marriage of convenience, and she suffered a lot. It's just that times have changed; back then, she was a young lady from a wealthy family.
Although Song's mother came from a very wealthy family, she was kind and approachable, without the arrogance often associated with rich people, and she always got along well with her sister-in-law, Miao Cuihua.
Even when her eldest son was admitted to a high school in the city, which was too far from home, Song's mother offered to let him live in the compound, where he stayed for three years. Miao Cuihua was very grateful.
Later, when his eldest son wanted to join the army, it was also through Song's father's help that he got things done...
After receiving Song Yan's message, Miao Cuihua immediately took it to heart and hurriedly went out. She arranged to call the factory after finding the right person, and they would come to pick them up.
Sure enough, before the third day was over, just before the end of the workday on the second day, the phone rang, informing Song Yan that he could come to pick up the person on Saturday. The person they found was actually related to the Song family in some way; she was Song Yan's distant cousin, but the relationship was very distant, and they didn't keep in touch often.
Miao Cuihua went to Li Chunyan's house to inquire. She had three sons. Although there were many able-bodied men in the family, there were also elderly parents to support. In addition, her sons were all grown up and needed to get married, so the burden was heavy. This family had a good reputation in the village, so she thought of asking them about it.
Upon hearing this news, Li Chunyan was very grateful that Miao Cuihua had considered her. She also knew that the Song family were all cultured people with kind hearts who would not make things difficult for anyone. After considering it for a moment, she quickly nodded in agreement.
The next day happened to be Saturday. Song Yan and Wen Ruan went their separate ways. Wen Ruan went back to the steel factory's residential compound to persuade her parents to go to the hospital for a check-up the next day, while Song Yan went to the countryside to pick up Li Chunyan and bring her to the city.
For some reason, older people are unwilling to go to places like hospitals. After finally persuading Wen's mother to let them go to the city hospital for a physical examination the next day, Wen Ruan returned to the cadre compound and waited with Song's mother for Song Yan and his companion to return.
It just so happened that Mr. Song was also there. He had heard from his wife that Wen Ruan had been coming to their house every day to cook for her and keep her company, and that she and Song Yan had even found a cook for her. Mr. Song was very touched.
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