Chapter 211 Returning to My Mother's Home
"I won't go to primary school anymore, for fear of delaying other people's children. I'd better continue herding."
Director Dong looked up at Xu Lingjun, thinking that he was still worried about the hat issue. "It's all clearly stated in the documents. Now that you've taken off your hat, you're no different from other people. There's no problem with teaching."
"Forget it. I've gotten used to life on the ranch." Being a teacher is a good thing for other people, but it's different for Xu Lingjun. He wants to do something big, and it will be inconvenient if he leaves the ranch.
Moreover, whether the children of the ranch will have the opportunity to enter higher-level schools in the future is not the key to whether they can go to higher-level schools. How many students can he teach as a teacher? With Guo Zizi, Dong Kuan, Haisheng and others, the local economy can be improved. If more subsidies are given, there will be many teachers willing to come and teach students. If the students' families have money, they will naturally be willing to send them to better schools. This is much better than him becoming a teacher.
After persuading him for a while and seeing that Xu Lingjun was determined, Director Dong was too lazy to talk any more. He thought it would be better if he didn't go. He could give this opportunity to others and do them a favor, so he sent Xu Lingjun away.
After receiving the money and returning to the production team, Li Xiuzhi was not too excited to see the five hundred yuan, because their current savings had far exceeded this number, and five hundred yuan was nothing to their family.
The biggest benefit of taking off the hat is not the 500 yuan, nor the opportunity to be a teacher in a school, but that he can finally wander around. "I'll pack up today and ask for leave first, then go to the county town to see if I can buy a train ticket to Jiangyou. Qingqing is already one and a half years old, and you've been away from home for several years. It's time to take him back to see his grandparents."
"Okay, I'll clean it up right away." Li Xiuzhi's eyes turned red and tears started to flow uncontrollably.
Life on the ranch is better than back home, but she hasn't seen her parents and family for so many years, and she misses them very much. Now that she hears that she can go home, how can she not be excited?
Now Guo Chenzi has become the leader of their production team. When he found him and told him about it, he immediately agreed. "Not only do you have to go to Jiangyou, you also have to go back to the capital. You have been away from home for so many years. Now that you have taken off your hat, it is a good time to go back and take a look. Leave the matter of applying for leave to me. I will find a way to get you a month's leave. Oh, by the way, you also need a letter of introduction. I will also help you get it, so you can prepare it with confidence."
After dinner, people from the production team came over one after another. When they heard that Xu Lingjun was going to take Xiuzhi back to visit relatives, they all brought local specialties over and said, "Sichuan definitely doesn't have these things. Bring them back so that your father-in-law and mother-in-law can have a taste of them."
"No need, I have these at home." Xu Lingjun declined repeatedly.
But he still didn't refuse. There were so many things sent by each household that it was impossible to take them all away. Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi could only pick out the good ones to take away, and the rest were piled in the warehouse.
In addition to local specialties, they also sent a lot of national food coupons and other tickets. These were exactly what Xu Lingjun needed most. When he went out, he had to carry some national food coupons with him.
After packing her things, she went to the train station and spent a little more money to get two hard sleeper tickets. Before leaving, she gave the key to her house to Guo Xizi, and asked him to help take care of the horses, mushrooms, chickens, ducks and rabbits in the house while she was away. This was the second time Li Xiuzhi had taken a train in her life. The last time she left her hometown, her heart was full of worries about the future and she had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery outside the window. Now it is different. She has a happy family and abundant material resources, so she listened with interest to Xu Lingjun's stories about the customs and historical allusions of the places he visited.
The train stopped in Xi'an, and the family of three got off. They strolled around the city for a day and bought some Xi'an specialties. They got on the train again the next day, and traveled through mountains and rivers, passing Baoji and Hanzhong before entering Sichuan, and passing Guangyuan before finally arriving in Jiangyou.
After leaving the train station, I went to the bus station to buy a ticket for the township bus. It took more than two hours to get to Li Xiuzhi's hometown after winding around on the mountain road.
As soon as they got off the car, Li Xiuzhi excitedly pointed to a house on the hillside and said to the child, "Qingqing, look, that's your grandpa's house, the one with a big walnut tree at the door."
"Walnut! Walnut!" Qingqing can now say some simple words.
There were a few locals working in the fields nearby. When they saw the family dressed so stylishly getting out of the car, they were a little hesitant to recognize them. Only when they heard Li Xiuzhi speak did a woman hesitantly ask, "Are you Xiuzhi?"
"It's me. You are Sister Xiulan, right? And Uncle Shaoan, Brother Renwu, and Brother Renbin. I haven't seen you for many years." Li Xiuzhi greeted the folks happily and spoke Sichuan dialect excitedly.
"Is this your boss? He looks so refined and dressed so elegantly. He must be a high-ranking official. Come on, I'll take you back. You haven't been back for so many years. Do you still recognize the way?" Li Xiulan stopped working, washed her hands in the stream twice, and came over to help them carry their things.
"What kind of cadre? He's just a worker like us! How can he not recognize the road? I can walk back with my eyes closed." Li Xiuzhi talked and laughed all the way as she walked towards the village with Xu Lingjun and Qingqing.
When we were halfway there, my mother-in-law came running towards us, wiping her tears. When the mother and daughter met, they hugged each other and cried.
The father-in-law persuaded her, "It's a great thing that my little sister is back. Why are you crying?"
The mother-in-law wiped her tears and said to Xu Lingjun embarrassedly, "I haven't seen my little sister for many years. I miss her very much. Thanks to you for taking care of her all these years."
"We are all family, it's really strange for you to say that."
"Come on, come on, what does it look like standing on the road?" The elder brother-in-law and the younger brother-in-law took the things from Xu Lingjun and took them back to the house.
When Li Xiuzhi left, the family still had only two houses. In recent years, the eldest son, Li Renan, has married, so his father-in-law built another house next to it. Speaking of this house, he was also grateful, "If you hadn't taught us how to raise chickens and grow fungus in your letter, we wouldn't have been able to build a house there."
"This time we come here, we plan to stay for a few more days and take a look at what's suitable for you here. Once it's done, we'll find a good wife for Renli." Xu Lingjun responded with a smile.
The elder brother-in-law is already married, but the younger brother-in-law is not yet. When he heard this, his face immediately blushed.
The family just reunited, and before they had time to say a few words, the mother-in-law and sister-in-law had already prepared the dishes and brought them up. The father-in-law held a jar and said, "This is home-brewed corn wine. Don't be disgusted. Let's have a few cups today!"
Xu Lingjun looked around and was shocked. It was three against one. He immediately felt a huge pressure.
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