Wake up feeling refreshed.
After washing his face, Zhou Ziwen packed up the masonry tools and prepared to go to the quarry to mine stones.
At this moment, a bicycle bell rang outside the courtyard gate.
With the sound of bicycles, a postman outside began to call their names.
"Zhou Ziwen, Chen Shiying, Chen Qiaoyi, Shen Zhaodi, Zhou Chaoyang, if you have your express delivery, come out and get it quickly."
After delivering letters several times, the postman began to get to know these educated youths.
“Here it comes.”
As soon as he heard the letter, Zhou Ziwen felt happy and hurriedly came outside the courtyard gate to sign for it.
Chen Shiying and Shen Zhaodi in the next courtyard also opened the door and ran out one by one.
In this era, communication is a common means of communication and the only means of communicating with family members.
Whenever they receive a letter, they are happiest.
"Comrade Zhou Ziwen, this is your letter, oh, your letter is thick enough!"
The postman handed the thick envelope to Zhou Ziwen and asked him to sign confirm.
Zhou Ziwen is used to receiving such thick envelopes every time.
The letters from their family are all packed together and sent here. Even when he sends letters back, he also puts many letters in one envelope.
They are all in the same place anyway, there is no need to send them separately.
After receiving the letter and a package, Zhou Ziwen turned back to his room and put them away.
At this moment, Chen Qiaoyi also heard the noise outside, got up and was about to go out.
“Brother Ziwen, has our letter arrived?” Chen Qiaoyi asked.
"Yes, go outside to collect the mail. Your sister is also outside." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
"Yes."
When he heard that the letter had arrived, Chen Qiaoyi ran out happily.
She has been waiting for a letter from her family. According to Zhou Ziwen's original plan, they would have to wait for a letter from her family before holding a banquet.
As a result, the plan failed to keep up with the change, and unexpectedly, I was lucky enough to shoot two wild boars.
I was afraid that the pork would spoil if I left it for too long, so I held the banquet first.
But when it came to replying to the letter, they didn't forget it at all.
Only a marriage with the blessing of family members will be beautiful and happy.
Taking the letter, Zhou Ziwen did not delay, opened it and started reading.
The first letter was written by my father, and the content in the letter was quite serious.
Mainly mentioning his marriage.
His family agreed with his marriage to Chen Qiaoyi, and they also asked him to treat her well. If the girl was wronged, his legs would be broken when he returned.
There were also some caring words after that, such as after getting married, even if they have established a career, they should be more sensible and work hard in the countryside to support their new family.
Looking at his father’s nagging words, Zhou Ziwen’s heart was filled with ups and downs.
His father has been very kind to him since he was a child. If it weren't for his father's approval, how could he become the most favored child in the family?
Then there are letters from my mother, eldest brother, second brother, eldest sister, second sister and little sister.
The contents of the letters are actually pretty much the same.
One is to care about his marriage to Chen Qiaoyi, and the other is to ask him to stay well in the country and write home if anything happens.
Obviously they are ordinary words, but they are very precious in Zhou Ziwen's eyes.
When he first crossed over, he went to the countryside. Before he could get along well with his family, he could only communicate with them through letters.
Although Zhou Ziwen inherited his original feelings, he hopes to spend more time with his family. Unfortunately, he has now become an educated youth, and if he wants to go back, he will have to wait at least until next year's autumn harvest.
As educated youths who have gone to the countryside, they can go back to visit relatives every year. However, they who have just been to the countryside for a few months cannot go back this year.
In addition to letters, two sweaters were sent to the family, one for him and the other for Chen Qiaoyi. Even Chen Shiying also had a towel.
Although I don’t know who knitted the sweater, the work of the eldest and second sisters is definitely indispensable.
A few meat coupons and fifty yuan were sent together with the sweater.
It has to be said that Zhou Ziwen is indeed favored at home. Every time he receives a letter, his family will send him money.
Dad’s monthly salary is only around 70 yuan. Every time I send him this much, it’s almost half of my dad’s salary.
When sending letters back before, Zhou Ziwen asked them not to send any more money, but it seemed to have no effect.
Now that everything has been sent, Zhou Ziwen can only put it away. Anyway, the money is not in his pocket. He will just return it to them when he goes home to visit relatives next year.
In the countryside, he had few opportunities to use money.
Apart from the necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, there is nothing to spend money on.
While Zhou Ziwen was reading the letter, Chen Qiaoyi also took the letter back.
Seeing that Zhou Ziwen was reading the letter, Chen Qiaoyi opened the letter without disturbing him and sat aside to read it.
Chen Qiaoyi’s letters are not many, so I read them all in a while.
"Brother Ziwen, what did you say in your letter?" After reading the letter, Chen Qiaoyi was a little curious about Zhou Ziwen's letter.
"Haha, you can read it yourself." Zhou Ziwen handed the letter to her with a smile.
“Can I see this?” Chen Qiaoyi hesitated, but her hand had already taken it.
“Haha!”
Zhou Ziwen shook his head funny.
This girl is telling the truth!
"Hey, Brother Ziwen, did you see that my uncle and aunt asked you not to bully me? If I am wronged, they will break your legs!"
After watching for a while, Chen Qiao Yi raised her head and smiled proudly.
"What uncle and aunt? They are also your parents and your mother. You are all members of our old Zhou family. It's time to change your mind." Zhou Ziwen reminded him, and he would treat it as if he had broken a leg. Didn't hear it.
"Huh? It's still too early to change my words. I'm a little embarrassed to say it out loud."
Chen Qiaoyi was a little shy. Only then did she remember that it seemed she should change her words.
It's just that Zhou Ziwen's parents are not here, and she has never met them, so she hasn't changed her mentality for a while.
"Haha, I'll let you get used to it in advance that night." Zhou Ziwen said with a smirk on his face.
"What?" Chen Qiaoyi was a little confused, but her intuition told her that Zhou Ziwen had some evil intentions.
After reading the letter, it’s time to get down to business.
Zhou Ziwen took the masonry tools and a large kettle to the quarry in the village.
It was a holiday in the village, and the quarry was empty. When he arrived, the entire quarry was empty, without the usual bustle at all.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen didn't care about this, he picked a position and started working.
Although he has not mined stones for a while, his craftsmanship is not unfamiliar.
It is good to have an idle panel. Skill proficiency will only improve and not regress. No matter how long it takes, you will never become proficient.
Zhou Ziwen is very fast, and it only takes a few minutes for a stone to be mined.
Of course, it is just mined and not processed and polished.
He was too lazy to process it piece by piece, but planned to quarry out the required stones first and then polish them. (End of this chapter)