Chu Tian sighed, "Grandma, you can't say that. Anyway, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, don't delay and go to the hospital directly, okay?"
Old Mrs. Chu nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, grandma will remember it."
"By the way, Xiaotian, where have you all been?"
“We went...”
After chatting with Old Lady Chu for a long time, Chu Tian saw that she was a little tired. Thinking that she usually took a nap at three or four o'clock, he stood up and said, "Grandma, you should rest for a while. I will go see Xiujuan. We will talk again when we have dinner tonight."
Mrs. Chu nodded and said, "Well, go ahead, go ahead."
Chu Tian helped Old Mrs. Chu lie down, tucked the quilt in for her, and then walked out of the room.
Chu Tian is back and everyone is very happy. The happiest one among them is Yao Xiujuan. However, because Old Mrs. Chu is there during the day and the three children are always around Chu Tian, she has never had a private chat with Chu Tian. Now that it is dark and they are alone, she can finally tell Chu Tian what is in her heart.
After the couple's night out, Yao Xiujuan nestled in Chu Tian's arms and asked curiously, "Brother Tian, is Jing City particularly lively?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Yao Xiujuan traced the outline of her abdominal muscles with her fingers and said matter-of-factly, "It must be true!"
Chu Tian endured the itch and spoke slowly, "As long as Jing City is not in the suburbs, you can go and see it in the morning when you go to work and in the evening when you get off work. There are so many workers coming and going, it must look more lively. Besides, they have many shops in Jing City that we don't have here."
"For example?"
"For example? For example, they have state-owned tailor shops that specialize in custom-made clothes, specialized barber shops, large movie theaters, foreign stores that require foreign currency notes to visit, and foreign Western restaurants..."
Yao Xiujuan blinked in surprise, and looked up at Chu Tian in disbelief, "Brother Tian, there are so many places in Beijing that we don't have in Xinjiang..."
“I’m so envious…”
Chu Tian couldn't help but grab her rebellious hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "What's there to envy? I will definitely take you to Beijing in the future. If I'm lucky, I will definitely buy a courtyard house next to the Forbidden City in Beijing!"
"Then our whole family can move in!"
Yao Xiujuan just smiled and agreed (perfunctorily), "Okay, okay, we can visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall then."
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows. He knew that Yao Xiujuan did not believe what he said, but was afraid of hurting him, so she agreed with him. However, Chu Tian did not explain, but thought to himself, there is no rush, it is already January of 1976, and the college entrance examination will be resumed in less than two years. When the college entrance examination is resumed, Yao Xiujuan will naturally believe what he said.
The two of them fell silent. Chu Tian suddenly remembered what Deputy Captain Chen had asked him to do, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Xiujuan, can I ask you something?"
Yao Xiujuan was about to fall asleep, but she perked up instantly after hearing this and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"
"Are there new members in our team?"
"ah?"
"Ah, you mean the new settlers?"
"Um, yes, is there?"
Yao Xiujuan yawned and said, "Yes, our team leader personally went to the regiment headquarters to pick them up! They live in the dugout at the educated youth site. Oh, and it's the same dugout we lived in back then, with two rooms inside and outside."
"The team leader also sent them a lot of scrap coal and firewood from the brigade. He just sent several truckloads of it over. I heard that quite a few people in the brigade were dissatisfied with this and were scolded by the team leader..."
Chu Tian thought that the higher-ups must have specifically instructed him to take good care of her, otherwise, Captain Sun would definitely not have taken such good care of her. After thinking about it, he asked again.
"Do you know his last name?"
Yao Xiujuan rubbed her eyes. "Oh, I know. The man's surname seems to be Wan, and the woman's surname is Su. Oh, and they're both from Beijing! And they were sitting next to Xiu Li and the others at the time."
"I haven't met them, but Xiu Li told me that Aunt Su is a very nice person and knows a lot, but she seems to be in poor health."
Yao Xiujuan was very surprised when she heard this. "Brother Tian, why would these people from Beijing come to Xinjiang and our brigade?"
"Beijing is so great! It's the capital, and we're in the frontier..."
"It's really strange, good, curious, strange..."
The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, until it was silent.
Chu Tian lowered his head and looked at the moonlight shining into the room from the window. Seeing that her eyes were closed, she was obviously asleep. He carefully moved Yao Xiujuan's hand on his waist away, and carefully moved her head onto the pillow.
He got off the kang, grabbed the clothes at the end of the kang and put them on, put on his cotton boots and military coat, took out a few bags from the cabinet, and quietly walked out of the house. Just as he closed the door of the main room and was about to go out, he heard a voice from inside Mrs. Chu's room.
"Xiaotian? Is that you?"
Chu Tian hurriedly strode to her door and answered softly, "Grandma, it's me! I have something to go out for. I will be back in an hour at most. You should get some rest!"
"Then go quickly..."
Chu Tian walked out of the courtyard, carrying the things he bought at the supply and marketing cooperative at noon, and walked quickly towards the educated youth site.
When he was almost at the educated youth site, Chu Tian took out 15 kilograms of rice, 15 kilograms of flour, 5 kilograms of noodles, about 5 kilograms of pork, about 2 kilograms of mutton, and about 3 kilograms of lard from his space. According to the prices at the supply and marketing cooperative, he had almost spent all the 95 yuan left from buying things, and then he walked into the educated youth site with satisfaction.
"Bang bang..."
A vigilant voice came from inside the house, "Who?"
Chu Tian grinned unconsciously when he heard the familiar voice, "Uncle Wan, it's me, Chu Tian..."
The person in the room paused to get off the kang, and then there was a burst of hurried footsteps. Just as Chu Tian was counting "3, 2" in his mind and when he counted to "1", the door opened with a "swish".
Wan Yong held a kerosene lamp and looked at Chu Tian, who was wrapped tightly, carrying a large sack on his back and several bags in his hands, and was surprised.
"Chu Tian? You, you're back?"
Chu Tian grinned and raised his chin to indicate, "Well, I'm back. But Uncle Wan, there are still educated youth living in this courtyard, so, if we have anything to say, let's go in and talk."
“Fast forward, fast forward…”
Wan Yong reacted and quickly made way to let Chu Tian in.
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