Chapter 240
After May Day, Zhang Chaoyang returned to the army.
When he left, he told Xu Di that he would not be back for the next month.
Xu Di didn't ask the reason, and Zhang Chaoyang didn't say anything, because he couldn't say anything.
Xu Di is very content now. She doesn’t know whether Zhang Chaoyang was promoted or not, but his salary has increased.
After returning from the south, the amount of money Zhang Chaoyang gave to Xu Di increased significantly and was not the previous amount.
Xu Di planned that next time she had a break, she would go out and look around to see if there were any suitable stores for sale. She would buy a few while the prices were low now, and the rental income would be a considerable income in the future.
My grandmother gave me ten thousand yuan to buy this yard. Xu Di still had more than 30,000 yuan in his hands. Over the past year or so, he saved some of Zhang Chaoyang's salary and did not touch his original capital.
The main reason is that Xu Di’s school receives subsidies, so their expenses for food and drink are limited.
The family grows vegetables and raises chickens, and Xu Di also smuggles some food out from the space from time to time.
With all my savings, I can’t even afford to buy three stores.
"Mom, mom, someone moved in next door to our house and moved a lot of stuff over."
Yuanyuan went with Grandma Wu to buy meat and met them on their way back.
"Really? We have new neighbors."
The courtyards in Xu Di's alley are independent, not a large compound.
Her family lives in the third house. The second house has always been empty. The fourth house is occupied by an elderly couple with a grandson and a granddaughter who are in their teens.
A family of four, I don’t know what they have been through, but they like to live their lives behind closed doors.
Xu Di and her family have moved here for more than a year, but we have had almost no contact. I don’t know what the neighbors who moved here this time are like, and whether they are easy to get along with?
"Mom, there are children in our new neighbor's house, too. I saw them."
"Then let's go visit our neighbor when we're done. Now, don't go over and disturb them, okay?"
"I understand, Mom. I'll go talk to my sisters." Yuanyuan tossed her short legs and ran to find her sisters.
Xu Di went to the backyard to weed. It rained two days ago and a lot of weeds grew in the vegetable garden.
It is mid-May now, and the vegetable seedlings that were previously grown have already begun to germinate and are growing well.
The last time Zhang Chaoyang turned the soil, he spread the fermented chicken manure on the soil.
After working in the garden for a while, Aunt Wu prepared dinner and Yuanyuan came over to call her mother to eat.
Xu Di washed his hands and went into the house.
The wontons we had for lunch were filled with pork and Chinese cabbage, and they were fresh, tender and juicy.
The shed that Xu Di built this year was made bigger because of the large piece of plastic cloth that Xu Qiang brought back from the south. He planted Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce, coriander... and they have had several meals of fresh vegetables.
In the afternoon, Xu Di took the children to listen to English. Now their spoken English has improved a lot.
Of course, the one who learned the worst was Xu Di.
Because I learned English in my previous life, the pronunciation habits I formed cannot be completely changed.
The three children had standard pronunciation and could speak simple conversations fluently.
"Mom, the doorbell rang."
Yuanyuan was a little restless, and just in time, the doorbell rang, so she could get up and move around.
Xu Di got up to open the door, and Yuanyuan followed behind like a little tail.
"Hello, we are new neighbors. My name is He Jingyi, and this is my sister-in-law Song Hongqi. This is some food we made ourselves. Please try it."
"Thank you, thank you. My name is Xu Di. We'll live next to each other in the future. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
The new neighbor showed goodwill at first, and Xu Di was friendly. After more interactions, they knew how to get along with each other.
"Thank you in advance. We just moved here. Once we have packed up, we'd like to invite you to be our guests."
He Jingyi politely invited Xu Di to whom she responded with a smile.
"Auntie, my name is Yuanyuan, your little friend, you can come and play with me in the future."
"That's great. They just arrived. Please take good care of them in the future, little Yuanyuan."
"no problem."
It was our first meeting, and we didn't say much, just got to know each other.
The next day, Xu Di took Nuannuan out and happened to meet He Jingyi who was also going out.
"Good morning, Comrade Xu."
"Good morning, Comrade He, are you going to work?"
"No, I'm going to school, what about you?"
“I take my oldest daughter to school and then go to school.”
The two smiled at each other, unexpectedly, they were both students.
"He Jingyi, Class of 1978, Faculty of Law, Peking University."
"Xu Di, Class of 1977, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University."
"Haha...Comrade Xu, we are destined to meet again. See you later."
"See you later."
The two said goodbye with a smile and rode away on their bikes.
After sending Nuannuan off, Xu Di hurried to school. He had just talked with He Jingyi for a while and time was a bit tight.
Xu Di and her classmates are a special group of candidates. They took the exam in December 1977, enrolled in March 1978, and are now in the second semester of their sophomore year.
When school starts in September, they will be their third year and their course schedule will be very tight.
I jogged up the stairs and just as I sat down in the classroom, the professor came in.
Liu Yun and Bai Weiwei looked at her. The professor had to start his lecture and there was nothing else to say. They could ask after class.
At home, Aunt Wu came back from sending Tuantuan and Yuanyuan home and happened to see someone coming out from next door.
"Hello, auntie, are you the neighbor next door?"
"Yes, I live next door."
"Are you Comrade Xu's mother-in-law?"
Song Hongqi met Xu Di yesterday. Judging from her age, she should be Comrade Xu's mother-in-law.
"No, I'm here to help with the housework. You can just call me Aunt Wu."
"Oh! Sorry, I said the wrong thing."
Song Hongqi felt a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that there was someone specializing in this job in the neighbor's house.
"It's okay, you'll understand it over time."
Aunt Wu smiled and went home.
Song Hongqi turned around and went back to the house. She didn't have anything to do, she just came out to take a look.
She has been back in the city for more than a year, but is still a little uncomfortable with city life.
For the previous twenty years, she had been living in the northwest, in a cave dwelling.
That year, the four members of the He family were brought back by Ta-da. The sixteen-year-old girl fell in love with the gentle and elegant He Wenhan at first sight. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen.
She is the captain of her team, and her Song family is also a prestigious family in the local area.
When He Wenhan and his friends first arrived, they didn't know how to do anything, so she took the initiative to help.
She was not allowed to contact the He family. She said that she had committed a crime and was sent here for labor reform.
There are more men than girls in the Song family, so she is very favored at home.
After graduating from junior high school, I became a teacher in the brigade primary school and didn’t have to work in the fields to earn work points.
No matter what she said, she fell in love with He Wenhan. From the age of sixteen to nineteen, she spent three years getting in touch with the He family. Finally, she got her wish and married He Wenhan.
With Herda's secret help, the He family's life in the brigade became much better.
She and He Wenhan also had a child, and thought that their life would go on like this.
Unexpectedly, in 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed, and in 1978, the He family was rehabilitated.
She was very afraid at that time that He Wenhan would never come back like other educated youth and abandon her and the children.
She was also worried and was thinking about whether she should go through the formalities for them.
Unexpectedly, her parents-in-law asked her to pack up and prepare to return to the city. He Wenhan also said that he would not abandon her, as they had been through hardships together and had three children.
Song Hongqi didn't know whether He Wenhan liked her in his heart, or whether he felt wronged for marrying a country woman, especially since he was a college student now.
However, she has already moved into the city, so she can adapt slowly. No matter what, they still have three children, and they can't let them be without a father or a mother.
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