As soon as the decision was made, Song Qing went to tell Director Zhang the very next day.
"Xiao Song, you've made a decision so quickly? What did your Xiao Lu say?"
They are both so young. If they had older children like other families, they could help take care of the younger ones. But she only has a three-year-old child, and Lu Yang is a man.
Men rarely worry about children, and some mothers are afraid that men won't take good care of them.
"He knew, and he agreed."
"What about your children?"
“We’ve started her in early childhood education classes these past few days. I’ve told Fang and my third aunt that if Lu Yang has any urgent matters, he can leave the child with them.”
Director Zhang nodded; it seemed that Song Qing and the others had made the arrangements.
"Okay, then I'll write your name down first, and I'll let you know when the arrangements are made."
No, we don't need to notify you. You'll be in the meetings with us the whole time, and you'll know about any announcements then.
Director Zhang made a rare joke, saying, "That's great. In a few days, we'll transfer her affiliation to the factory. Then Song Qing will be a family member of the factory, and we won't have to worry about using her anymore."
I was afraid of scaring people away, so I didn't dare to assign them too much work.
After leaving Director Zhang's office, Song Qing headed towards Yanghe Village.
After they finished dinner last night, Lu Yang suddenly went outside and brought back a bicycle.
"Where did it come from?"
Song Qing circled the bicycle a few times and realized it was the brand she wanted to buy.
“Someone from the camp went to the commune today, so I asked him to buy it for us on his way.”
Today, someone drove a jeep to the commune. Lu Yang remembered that they hadn't bought bicycles yet, so he quickly ran to several camps and borrowed a bicycle ticket and 200 yuan.
After hearing this, Song Qing hurriedly went back into the house to get him the money and tickets. She thought she would have to wait until the next day off to buy them, but she didn't expect that he had already bought them.
Spring plowing has begun in Yanghe Village, and the fields are full of people. Song Qing didn't want to delay Aunt Tian from earning work points, so she went to her house first.
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The train rumbled along for several days before finally arriving at the vast black soil region. The train was filled with educated youth from all over the country. Some of them lived in mountainous areas and had never seen such flat land before. They all pressed their faces against the train windows to look out.
Many people exclaimed in amazement. The land here seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, unlike their own land, which was scattered into several plots. There were many machines working on the fields during the spring plowing season, whereas back home, they could only rely on manual labor.
"Oh my, look at its soil, it's so black it's practically dripping with oil."
"My goodness, these crops must be growing so well."
Some people secretly scoffed, wondering where this ignorant person came from, acting as if they'd never seen farm work before.
It's no wonder they were happy. Some of them had traveled for more than ten days by train from the south, and had never seen such a scene along the way.
"Bitch!"
A few city kids chuckled quietly, and the boys who were laughed at finally felt embarrassed.
"We are happy too. As long as we are willing to work hard, the land will definitely not let us down."
Lu Ronghui, holding the package, looked out the window with great interest. This was completely different from the scene of endless yellow sand in her previous life.
That place used to be arid and had little rain; even rice seedlings didn't have water. Many people only took three baths in their entire lives: birth, marriage, and death. Weren't the people there hardworking? No matter how hard they worked, the land couldn't produce any food.
Lu Ronghui both hated that place and felt sorry for the farmers there.
"Comrades, where are you from?"
A woman in a green military uniform sat down next to Lu Ronghui, looking at her with curiosity.
She had just set her sights on this woman. For some reason, the woman hadn't said a word, and her expression was rather strange. However, judging from her clothes, she seemed to come from a well-off family.
"Xin'an, we are Xin'an people."
Lu Ronghui was still lost in her own thoughts and did not react, but Bai Rongjun, who was sitting not far from her, hurriedly stood up to respond.
"Then we're from the same province, and I'm from the provincial capital."
Bai Rongjun didn't have much money on her. Bai Xiangdong knew that Zhou Han had given her 100 yuan as an engagement gift, and he was frantically demanding that she leave the money behind.
His mother had been arguing with him for the past few days and hadn't had time to prepare anything for her.
Just as she was about to leave, Bai Xiangdong insisted on checking her bag, fearing that Chen Hongxia might give her money.
"She wants to be with that Zhou family kid. Even if you give her money, won't she just spend it on the Zhou family anyway?"
Aunt He never came to see her, nor did she bring anything. Bai Rongjun could only take the clothes from the Lu family and board the train.
It was on the train that she saw Lu Ronghui, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and Bai Jiamei, who had been away from home for several days.
Lu Ronghui was carrying a huge bundle, and even Bai Jiamei had brought quite a lot of things. She was a little jealous; in the past, she always had a lot of things, while the other two could only look at her with envy.
Fortunately, she still has Zhou Han.
As soon as Bai Jiamei boarded the train, she darted far away, afraid of getting involved with her. Lu Ronghui had a cold face, while Bai Rongjun sat not far from her with a wronged expression.
She insisted on explaining to Rong Hui that it was all a misunderstanding between them.
However, Lu Ronghui hadn't spared a single glance for the past few days, which surprised Bai Rongjun. Zhou Han could only hold her hand and quietly comfort her.
"She's already like this, just ignore her."
Zhou Han now finds Lu Ronghui extremely distasteful. He doesn't know what's wrong with her; she always has a cold face, and nobody owes her anything.
They had known each other since childhood. When they first boarded the train, Zhou Han thought that any conflicts between them would remain in Xin'an. Now that they were in an unfamiliar city, they should stick together.
He would take care of her then, but Lu Ronghui was too ungrateful.
Bai Rongjun gradually gave up the idea of reconciling with her and inquired about everyone's destination in the carriage. They were all going to the same province, but their respective cities were different.
She had already noticed the girl who was talking to Lu Ronghui. She was wearing a brand-new military uniform and a watch that must have cost more than 200 yuan. She clearly came from a wealthy family.
However, the girl had no interest in her and only gave perfunctory answers when Bai Rongjun approached her to talk.
"Then please take good care of me from now on."
Finally, the train pulled into the station, and everyone stood up excitedly, wondering what their assigned group would be like.
"Everyone, take your time getting off, and find your own commune first."
People from each commune were calling out outside, and soon the assigned educated youth gathered around them. Today, Uncle Lao Gen and Liu Jiandong were in charge of picking up the educated youth from Wuzihe.
Uncle Lao Gen was reliable and steady in his work, while Liu Jiandong was literate and young, able to strike up conversations with the educated youth.
"Wuzihe Commune, those going to Wuzihe Commune, this is the way."
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