Chapter 221: Finally Feeling Proud

Chapter 221: Finally Feeling Proud

The captain's wife was so excited that she couldn't speak.

"No...you read that right...they are back!"

Liu Yaner burst into tears: "Dad, Mom, we are back!"

Lin Xiaodou's eyes also turned red: "Godfather, godmother."

"Hey! Hey!" The captain and his wife cried with joy and responded repeatedly.

After welcoming the guests into the house, the captain and his wife got busy making brown sugar water and setting up the brazier.

Soon, several people sat around the brazier, holding steaming cups of brown sugar water in their hands.

Take a sip of boiling hot brown sugar water and your whole body will warm up.

Liu Yaner looked at everything familiar around her and sighed sincerely: "It's still comfortable at home~"

Lin Xiaodou smiled and agreed with this statement.

Although I feel free and casual on the prairie, when I return to the countryside of your province, I feel very familiar and warm. The feeling of returning home cannot be compared to the prairie.

The captain's wife, Liu's mother, looked at the two children and sighed:

"They've lost weight! Old man, go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some vegetables. Buy more so I can give them some good nutrition!"

"I'll go right away!" The team leader, Father Liu, put on a thick cotton coat and a hat and walked out.

It is now the end of January 1973, the coldest time in your province, so you must keep warm.

Liu Yan'er looked around but didn't ask a single question.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Mother Liu knew what she wanted to say and said immediately:

"Your eldest brother is not here. He went to town to make furniture for someone. There will be a couple getting married in town after the New Year."

Before, in addition to working in the fields, Brother Liu also learned carpentry from a carpenter's house. Now he can work independently.

"Is he... okay?" Liu Yan'er sounded a little uncomfortable.

After so long, her resentment towards her elder brother had dissipated a lot, but she still couldn't forgive him.

"Not bad." Liu's mother smiled and said, "Your eldest brother is more diligent now than before. He takes care of all the housework, but he is still so quiet.

Previously, a widow with two children from the next village asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to her, but your eldest brother didn’t even bother to look at her and rejected her outright.”

Liu Yaner was stunned: "Why?"

Mother Liu sighed: "Your eldest brother said that he will never get married again in this life, so just take good care of me and your father."

Although my son is more filial than before, I still feel a little regretful that he doesn’t have grandchildren.

But compared to the chaotic life before, life is pretty good now.

After staying at home for a while, Liu Yaner followed Lin Xiaodou to the wooden house in the back mountain.

In the past two years, Liu's mother would come over to clean the place from time to time, so even though no one lives here, it still looks pretty tidy.

After all, no one had lived there for a long time, so it took Lin Xiaodou and Liu Yaner two hours to clean the house completely.

Liu Yaner wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Xiaodouzi, why are you wasting your energy? You might as well live in my house and sleep with me."

Lin Xiaodou: "You know I'm used to living alone. Besides, I'll probably be here for more than half a month this time. It's not good to bother you all the time."

Liu Yaner: "What kind of relationship do we have? You are no different from my own sister. Why are you being so polite to my family?"

Lin Xiaodou smiled and didn't respond.

During this period of rest, I can go in and out of the space frequently to play with the cute pets. It is really inconvenient to live at Yan'er's house.

After coming out of the wooden house in the back mountain, Lin Xiaodou took Liu Yaner to the educated youth compound.

In more than a year, many people and things have changed.

There are more people in the educated youth compound now than before, and it is becoming more lively.

After saying hello to a few acquaintances, they returned to the captain's house.

At this time, the team leader, Liu's father, had returned from the town supply and marketing cooperative and was helping Liu's mother cook in the kitchen.

In less than half an hour, a table full of delicious dishes was ready.

Brother Liu didn't come back for dinner, so he just rented furniture and lived in the house in the town, which took several days.

Father Liu raised a cup of hot tea and said with a smile:

"Come, let's clink glasses with tea to celebrate the return of my two daughters!"

"Okay!" The others smiled at each other, clinked their glasses and drank it in one gulp.

Mother Liu picked up several dishes and put them in Lin Xiaodou's bowl: "Lin girl, don't be so reserved. Just treat it like your own home. Pick up whatever you want to eat."

Lin Xiaodou smiled and nodded: "I understand, thank you godmother."

Liu Yaner snorted twice: "Mom, you are biased. You don't even pick up food for me."

Mother Liu glared at her and said, "You're still missing something, you little devil!"

As she spoke, she picked up a large chicken drumstick and put it in her daughter's bowl: "Eat it, your favorite chicken drumstick."

Liu Yaner's lips immediately curled up into a big smile: "Thank you, Mom!"

After dinner, the family sat around the fireplace, chatting with hot tea.

Mother Liu: "Girl Lin, you are almost 20 years old, aren't you ready to find a partner?"

Liu Yaner smiled: "Mom, don't worry about Xiaodouzi. You don't know how popular she is. There were two gay men pursuing her at the same time..."

After listening to what Liu Yan'er said, Liu's mother asked Lin Xiaodou:

"So, Comrade Zhou is also in your province? Let's ask him to come over for dinner some other day, and the old man and I will keep a close eye on him!"

"Okay." Lin Xiaodou said with a smile: "Call Comrade Xiao over when the time comes, and you and godfather can also show Yan'er."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yaner's face suddenly turned red: "Little Bean!"

"What?" Father Liu, who was puffing on his pipe, immediately became excited: "My Yan'er is dating someone too?"

"Yan'er, do you really have a partner?" Liu's mother also looked excited.

"Not yet!" Liu Yan'er bit her lip, "I haven't agreed yet!"

Two days before she returned home, Xiao Kaile confessed his love to her, but she was still hesitating.

Father Liu: "Don't worry, you should learn from Miss Lin and investigate carefully. Don't agree easily."

Father Liu is very reluctant to see his daughter, whom he has raised for more than 10 years, is about to find a boyfriend.

Mother Liu also nodded: "That's right. Dating is for the purpose of getting married. It's a lifelong thing, so you really need to think about it carefully."

Liu Yaner: "Yes, I understand."

"How about this, why not invite them over for dinner tomorrow?"

Although Father Liu said he was not in a hurry, he was still very anxious.

After all, it concerns the lifelong affairs of our daughters, so it is better to find someone early.

"Okay." Lin Xiaodou nodded, "I'll go to town this afternoon and tell them..."

......

The next day, morning.

In the guesthouse, Xiao Kaile kept changing clothes in front of the mirror.

"Boss, look, which outfit is suitable for me?"

The bed was already piled with several coats and cotton jackets.

Xiao Kaile was anxious.

When you meet your future father-in-law and mother-in-law for the first time, you must dress up nicely.

Zhou Qinglang slowly put his clothes in order and glanced over:

"Wear that army green cotton coat. Old people all like army green."

He also wore a military coat today and looked particularly energetic.

"Okay! Then I'll wear that one!"

Xiao Kaile never questioned his boss's words and put on his cotton coat quickly.

After they packed up, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a few pounds of sugar, a bag of egg cakes, two bottles of good wine, a few feet of cloth, and five pounds of pork.

When the two men arrived at the entrance of Heishi Village carrying a lot of things, they were immediately surrounded by enthusiastic aunts and uncles.

"Young man, you have a lot of things in your hands. Where are you going? Let us take you there!"

"Make way! Make way!" Mother Liu squeezed through the crowd with a smile, looking at Zhou Qinglang and Xiao Kaile and said:

"Comrades Xiao Zhou and Xiao Xiao, you are finally here. Come home with me. Yan'er and the others are waiting for you!"

Someone curiously asked: "Captain's family, is this your relative?

He is so handsome and well dressed, he must be from a big city, right?"

The others pricked up their ears to gossip, and their eyes were shifty.

"We are not relatives. We are just friends with Lin Yatou and Yan Er."

When Liu's mother said this, her face was full of joy.

Everyone guessed what she meant at once and congratulated and praised her.

"Thank you. When this is done, I will treat everyone to wedding candy!"

Liu's mother was beaming with joy.

Previously, because of Liu Dasao’s incident, many people gossiped about the Liu family.

I can finally feel proud of myself now, I can't help but feel happy...