Jiang Zhiyu went to her hometown to take two days off, and the villagers were very supportive of her idea. On the first day, Jiang Zhiyu went to the county supply and marketing cooperative and then to Li Long's compound, but couldn't find him.
Of course they couldn't be found, so Li Long drove his tractor to the animal husbandry team to hand out brooms. Vice-captain Adili over there was very happy, and then he forced Li Long to stay and had a meal of Naren. It’s autumn, and it’s the right time to eat Naren.
The next day Jiang Zhiyu became smarter and rode his bicycle to the county early, first running to Li Long's big yard. Li Long was feeding the roe deer seeds. After feeding them, he planned to grab them from the tractor and send them back to the old horse number in the team.
It's too big, it's no longer cute, it starts to push people, and it even hit Gu Xiaoxia two days ago.
Jiang Zhiyu’s arrival disrupted Li Long’s plan, but Li Long did not refuse Director Jiang’s interview. At this time, the overall situation is more complicated, and having a certain exposure rate is actually a good thing.
Even if you really encounter something sensitive, if the relevant departments want to take any measures against you, they will consider the impact.
Jiang Zhiyu’s purpose is very clear, which is to ask Li Long how Professor Wu provided him with technology.
Li Long started talking about buying seeds. At this time, he left a connection. Later, he went to Wucheng for a meeting, and then went directly to Bayi Agricultural College. At that time, how did Professor Wu answer his questions? I teach myself the management knowledge of Dagua and so on.
Li Long also made it clear that the melons grown by his elder brother really encountered pests and diseases, and they were cured by applying pesticides according to Professor Wu's method.
This information is very important to Jiang Zhiyu. She recorded it carefully and wrote down a full page.
"Is there anything you haven't said yet?" Jiang Zhiyu asked Li Long again.
Of course Li Long can't say that he gave Professor Wu a jade, that thing isn't worth much at the moment. He just said that Professor Wu said that after harvesting the melons, he would go over and tell her the specific situation when he had time, which could be regarded as feedback on her extracurricular projects.
Li Long was thinking to himself at this time that he had two feedbacks to complete, one from Professor Wu and one from Director Kuitundu.
It’s hard to say whether these two feedbacks are important to the other party, but at least they are very important to myself.
Although Jiang Zhiyu feels a little regretful and seems to have failed to achieve perfection, it is already very good.
She said goodbye and left, and Li Long continued to catch the roe deer.
These guys are already very big, weighing basically over forty kilograms. If they weren't in a glass shed, and if Li Long didn't feed them often, it would be really difficult to catch them.
Li Long grabbed the four roe deer here, tied their legs and put them on the tractor. Anyway, it was only half an hour's journey, which wasn't too long, so I didn't worry about them having problems. Then I drove the tractor to the old horse number in the team.
Old Uncle Luo was very happy that the team he managed had grown. He helped Li Long drive a few roe deer and fawns into the circle.
These guys were a little worried when they entered the group. They went to the corner first, and then they gradually adapted and became active.
After all, half of the circle here is open, unlike in the big yard. If Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were not allowed to let out the wind, they would have to stay in the glass shed. Although it would not be dark, there would be less sunlight.
Now I can see the sky all day long, which feels different.
Uncle Luo sprinkled some fresh grass into the circle, and the new guys rushed up immediately. How can you get a few mouthfuls of fresh grass in a big yard? They have almost forgotten what fresh grass tastes like!
Li Long and Old Uncle Luo chatted for a few more words and then left in a hurry.
Watching Li Long drive away suddenly on the tractor, Old Uncle Luo also sighed with emotion, Xiaolong is getting busier and busier.
When Li Long went home, his family was still banging sunflower heads on the wheat field. Li Qingxia said after seeing Li Long that he planned to return to his hometown after harvesting the sunflowers. This was also discussed with Chen Xingbang.
Li Long has no objection. He plans to send his father and brother-in-law to Wucheng. He also plans to go to Bayi Agricultural College to report to Professor Wu on the harvest and sales of melons.
Li Long's impression of his brother-in-law Chen Xingbang has completely changed in this life. My brother-in-law in the previous life was a slippery man. After he deceived his family, he almost never had any dealings with him again. It wasn't until forty years later, when everyone was almost sixty, that they continued to interact with each other, but not in any way.
Maintaining a superficial relationship.
In this life, Chen Xingbang is much more humane. At least now he has to go back to pick up his sister and children. Just for this reason, Li Long feels good.
If you don't particularly care, you will most likely send some money to your hometown, use busy work as an excuse not to go back, and just ask Li Xia to come with her children.
This makes sense. After all, he is a temporary worker now, which is considered a critical moment.
But Chen Xingbang did not, and went back directly. It can be understood as returning home in fine clothes, or it can be understood as vanity, but at least part of it is for my sister.
Li Long has very little impression of his sister Li Xia. He only vaguely remembers that when he was young, his sister went to work in the fields and picked wild fruits for him to eat when she came back.
It was hard to find wild fruits at that time. After all, my hometown had a large population, and almost all the edible fruits in the wild were patronized when they were just ripe or even before they were ripe.
Li Long even forgot what his sister looked like when she was young, but he still has an impression of her appearance when she is old.
But this does not prevent him from thinking that his sister needs her respect.
After all, Chen Xingbang has been away for more than half a year, and Li Xia has been alone at home with her child, which is not easy.
After all, none of my mother’s family is here. These days, the daughter-in-law is very courageous, and most of her money is given by her brothers. If her natal brothers are strong, a woman will basically not be bullied in her husband's family, and she may even bully others.
Of course, Li Xia would not bully others before.
No matter Li Qingxia, Chen Xingbang, or Li Long, they would never have imagined that Li Xia's life during this period, especially the past few months in the second half of the year, was very difficult.
Chen Xingbang sets up a stall in Shicheng and is busy all day long. He rarely writes letters home. He occasionally sends a telegram with just a few words to say he is safe. He even works as a temporary worker at a Shicheng food factory. They won't say it in the telegram.
At most, some money can be wired, but not much.
Because he knows very well that if he remits too much, his parents will be partial, make trouble with his wife, and take the money away.
Chen Xingbang has no elder brother, but he has a younger brother. My younger brother just got married and lived with his parents.
The father and mother, like the father-in-law and the mother-in-law, prefer the younger brother. It's just that my younger brother is not as successful as Li Long, and he still takes care of his elder brother after he retires.
Chen Xingbang has changed in this life, probably because of Li Long.
Li Xia has to work at home and take care of her children. Sometimes her father-in-law and mother-in-law come to ask him to help with the work at home.
She had to go, she didn't want to bear the reputation of being unfilial.
These days, the power of speech is in the mouth of the old man. What the old man says will be recognized by the villagers - Li Xia's personality is a bit like Chen Lirong, she is a bit introverted and doesn't know how to adapt.
The first two or three months after Chen Xingbang left were better. After all, Chen Xingbang also left last time, but he came back with a lot of money. Everyone knew that he bought a lot of things during the Chinese New Year.
But this time Chen Xingbang went to Northern Xinjiang, and the time became longer and longer. Although everyone knew that he would occasionally send telegrams, none of the letters were read, and nothing was sent. Some people speculated that he was It’s not that I ran away to Northern Xinjiang and never came back, or that I no longer wanted this home.
After all, in the village, everyone knows that Chen Xingbang was squeezed by his father. If he really doesn't want to contact his parents, it's normal.
This made Li Xia very passive. She did not participate in the village gossip circle. There were some things that she didn’t know very well, and it was difficult for her to refute them, and she didn’t know how to refute them.
Her temperament is like this. She only knows to do her job well, take care of her children, and take care of her family as much as possible.
But recently, she discovered that her parents-in-law would come to her home from time to time, asking directly or indirectly what Chen Xingbang was doing in Northern Xinjiang, when he would come back, how much money he sent last time, etc.
Li Xia is really not good at concealing anything.
But the more eloquently she spoke, the more father-in-law Chen Changgui felt that there might be something wrong.
My father-in-law couldn’t come to visit me often, so my mother-in-law would often come over and ask about these things.
Li Xia can barely handle these things, but other things are difficult for her to handle.
Just a few days ago, rumors spread in the village that Chen Xingbang did not want this home and would not come back. In the past, some people would ask tentative questions, but now there are rumors that Chen Xingbang has found a wife in Northern Xinjiang and has remarried!
This matter finally reached Li Xia’s ears. A sister-in-law from the village came to her house to ask, but Li Xia retorted. She would never believe this.
My parents, eldest brother, second brother, and younger brother are all in northern Xinjiang. Even if Chen Xingbang dares to do such a thing even if he retreats ten thousand steps, the eldest brother's temper can take Chen Xingbang's legs off.
Of course, after being married for several years, Li Xia absolutely believed that Chen Xingbang would not do such a thing.
But the people in the village don't care. There are few entertainment activities these days. There are not as many TVs in the village as Li Jianguo's Fourth Team, and there are not many radios. Some people can only listen to the news through the loudspeakers in the village. A few words.
Therefore, no matter whether the "news" in the village is true or false, they will be enthusiastic about it, and some false news can also be said to be true.
It is not impossible for three people to become a tiger.
In the end, word spread, and almost everyone in the village believed it except Li Xia. After all, the last time Chen Xingbang and the Li family came back, everyone looked like they were rich.
Since Northern Xinjiang is so easy to make money, why do people come back?
A considerable number of people who are good at spreading rumors will substitute themselves as the protagonist of the rumors. If they were Chen Xingbang, would they stay in Northern Xinjiang?
Then you must stay?
So everyone believed it.
Even Chen Xingbang’s father, Chen Changgui, and his mother, Shen Yujuan, believed it. The parents-in-law and mother-in-law went to Li Xia's house together and asked her directly in front of her child Hongqin:
"What will you and your child do if Xingbang comes back?"
"It's impossible for Xingbang not to come back." Li Xia said firmly.
"What if you don't come back?" Chen Changgui had no confidence in his son. He was not unaware of his eldest son, but if he said he regretted it, he definitely didn't regret it. At the moment, he just wanted to seize the last bit.
Li Xia's expression was firm and calm: "If you really don't come back, then I will go find him."
Chen Changgui and Shen Yujuan looked at each other, and finally Chen Changgui said:
"We don't care whether you go to find him or not, we just want to tell you that this yard and land belong to the Chen family. Whether you want to go to Northern Xinjiang to find Xingbang or remarry someone else, we No matter.
But if you want to leave, we have to take back this yard and the land must be returned to us. Hongqin is a girl's piece, you can take it away, but don't think about anything else. ”
Li Xia didn’t expect her father-in-law and mother-in-law to say such things, she couldn’t believe it.
She always thought that even if her father-in-law and mother-in-law were biased, they should believe in her son, at least at this time , you should stand with yourself and firmly believe that Chen Xingbang will come back.
She didn’t expect that what was waiting for her was not the comfort of her parents-in-law, but ruthless isolation and impatient greed!
Chen Changgui may also feel that he said something too early, so he left after saying it. Shen Yujuan wanted to say something else, but in the end she didn't say it and walked away.
Hongqin didn't say a word from beginning to end. It wasn't until her grandparents left that she asked Li Xia in a low voice:
"Mom, my dad won't come back and won't let us go?"
"Why don't you want it? Hong Qinxing is obedient. Your father misses you so much. He asks you about it every time he calls you." Li Xia endured the pain in her heart. Sad and sad, he forced a smile to comfort his daughter:
"Don't worry, your father will bring you toys when he comes back, toys you have never seen before!"
"Hey! I'll go now. They scolded Donkey and the others, they said my father didn’t want me anymore, they all said, I don’t even know how to scold them in return.”
After listening to her mother's words, Hongqin ran away happily.
Li Xia suddenly lost the motivation to work.
There was a power outage in the village at night, so Li Xia took Hongqin and locked the door early to rest. In the past, Chen Xingbang didn't have to knock on the door when he was at home, but after he left, Li Xia got into the habit of knocking on the door.
As soon as Hongqin fell asleep, Li Xia heard someone pushing the door. When it couldn't be pushed open, she started knocking on the window. While knocking, she said:
"Sister Li Xia, open the door! You Jia Xingbang doesn’t want you anymore, I do. Don’t look at my age, I will hurt you! Open the door and we will become a family. I will definitely regard Hongqin as my daughter..."
Li Xia recognized it. This was Wang Jinguang, an old bachelor in the village. He heard that he had been married once before and had his wife run away. Then he never got married again and no one married him.
This was the first time she encountered this kind of thing. She didn't know what to do, so she had to cover Hongqin's ears and didn't dare to make a sound.
Wang Jinguang knocked for more than ten minutes, but when no one opened the door, he left a message, "Sister Li Xia, I'll come back tomorrow night" and left.
It took a long time for Li Xia to recover.
She was very angry at this time, her anger rushed to her forehead, and she hated herself for not going out with a stick and beating that guy?
Seeing that there was nothing to hit in the house, she thought she would prepare a stick tomorrow!
The next day Li Xia found a stick from outside and placed it in the house. She planned to rush out and beat Wang Jinguang if he came again tonight!
At this time, rural women were not in poor physical condition. They worked every day and had considerable strength.
What Li Xia didn't expect was that someone saw Wang Jinguang knocking on her door yesterday, and gossip about her spread today.
The gossip reached Chen Changgui. Instead of defending Li Xia, he told his wife Shen Yujuan:
"Look, I just said that she is dishonest. We just talked about it yesterday, and we couldn't help it at night. We have to persuade her to leave early, so as not to ruin the reputation of the Chen family!"
These words Even his youngest son and daughter-in-law felt something was wrong after hearing this, and looked at Chen Changgui a little strangely.
Li Xia didn't know this because because of her husband's affairs, she rarely communicated with other people in the village except going to the fields.
She also looked down on the gossiping behavior of those sisters-in-law. She might as well do some housework at home during this time.
In the evening, after locking the door, Li Xia asked Hongqin to go to bed early. She was waiting by the door with a stick.
After it got completely dark, Wang Jinguang came again. Li Xia didn't go to his house to argue during the day, so he thought it was a joke, so he thought he should be able to get in today.
The door was still locked, so he knocked on the window. After knocking twice, the door opened.
Wang Jinguang was beaming with joy. Just as he was about to reach out to hug someone, what greeted him was a stick!
Li Xia hated him so much. She used all her strength to hit the stick. Wang Jinguang dodged hastily and the stick hit his shoulder. He screamed, turned around and ran away.
Li Xia chased him with a stick and hit him on the back a few times to relieve her anger. She saw him running fast and was worried about the red piano in the room, so she turned back.
The next day, people in the village looked at Li Xia differently.
This is a fierce woman!
But some talkative women started to say again: Why bother?
Some people couldn't see it and said to those people:
"Do you feel that others are having a hard time, or do you think they are a bit tougher and not like you? You all have gossip about what others do. Say, do you have nothing to do?”
Li Xia didn't know these things. After driving away Wang Jinguang, she lived in her own world.
Only when facing Hongqin, Li Xia would smile.
Until one day, the village director’s voice came from the loudspeaker at the team headquarters:
“Li Xia, Li Xia came to the team headquarters to get the telegram!”
Li Xia knew this It was a telegram from Chen Xingbang. She put down what she was doing and hurried to the team headquarters.
This telegram was the only connection between her and her husband. She really wanted to go to Northern Xinjiang to find Chen Xingbang. Chen Xingbang left her enough money, so buying tickets was nothing.
Besides, there are my parents, older brother and younger brother over there.
Arrived at the team headquarters, the village director handed her the telegram slip with a strange look:
"Take a look, Xingbang is coming back."
"What?" Li Xia originally thought it was still an order to declare safety and remit money, but she didn't expect that Chen Xingbang was coming back!
She lowered her head and looked carefully:
"Xia: I will go home around the Mid-Autumn Festival."
There were not many words, but the content was what she had been looking forward to for a long time.
Looking up at the village director, the village director smiled:
"Xingbang is coming back, your hardships are finally not in vain!"
Li Xia held back her tears, turned around and walked out. After wiping in the yard of the team headquarters, she hurried to the big tree at the head of the village.
Seven or eight women were still chatting about the family's affairs in the east and west. They were a little surprised to see Li Xia.
"You indifferent people, listen clearly: my family, Xingbang, will be back in a few days!" Li Xia said loudly:
"Xingbang does not want my mother and I. , and I didn’t marry anyone else there! If any of you spread rumors again, I won’t tear your mouths apart!”
A group of tongue-tied ladies were stunned for a moment. .
This is Li Xia’s highlight moment! (End of this chapter)