It was already nine o'clock when they returned home with meat, and Qi Shufang and He Jianguo were not in a hurry to return to their hometown.

"Jianguo, you rest for a while, wait for me to boil the lard out, and then we will go out. He sat and slept for three or four hours, but He Jianguo kept his eyes open, and Qi Shufang was distressed.

He Jianguo felt very sleepy, nodded, said hello to his father and entered the bedroom.

"It's not easy for you to buy some meat. Father He, who watched his two little grandsons playing in the yard, shook his head.

Qi Shufang put on the mattress, cleaned the pork in the basin, and when she heard this, she smiled and said: "However, it is not many times stronger than the days when we can't see meat stars all year round in our countryside." "At least the townspeople can get some meat every month, but what about the peasants? Most of the areas are waiting for the Chinese New Year to eat meat collectively, and one or two pigs are eaten by hundreds of people.

"Yes. Father He took out a stack of food stamps from his pocket, "Here you are, Shufang, I don't use the food stamps you gave today, and I am going to find the national food stamps you exchanged for when the founding of the People's Republic of China, I don't need them when I live in the countryside." ”

"How did you eat in the morning?"

Father He felt that it was a waste to buy breakfast, "I have everything to eat at home, I boiled some porridge, fried some pickles, and last night's leftovers were hot, so I ate steamed buns." "The steamed buns in the basket are all two-sided steamed buns, soft and delicious, much more abundant than the food of the eldest son's family, and the two younger grandsons eat happily and are reluctant to go home.

When Qi Shufang was boiling the lard, He Daoxing was helping to light the fire while bargaining, shouting that he had to work and eat oil residue according to his work, while He Daogui stood in the kitchen, with his thumb in his mouth, staring at the pork slices that kept coming out of the pot.

Put a few grains of fennel when boiling lard, and after coming out of the pot, while it has not yet condensed, put a little salt and stir evenly into the jar.

It is Ye Cuicui's little secret recipe for Qi Shufang, so that the lard boiled out will not be bad for a long time, and no matter how hot the weather is, there will be no peculiar smell.

As for the oil residue, looking at the salivating appearance of the two little nephews, Qi Shufang couldn't stop laughing, how could he blame the children's gluttony in the era of scarcity of materials? He Daoxing's voice swallowing saliva was louder than He Daogui's, that is, he was a little stronger than He Daogui in terms of etiquette. So, she took out two bowls from the cupboard, each containing half a bowl of golden oil residue, mixed a little sugar and gave each of them a bowl, and brought them clean chopsticks, "Eat while it's hot." ”

He Daoxing cheered, and ran out with the bowl in his hand, "Grandpa, grandpa, you taste it, it smells fragrant!"

Father He was cleaning up the weeds in the yard, He Daoxing came to him, holding the bowl high, Father He smiled lovingly, "You eat by yourself, Grandpa is not hungry." "The younger grandson is so filial, Father He is comfortable when he doesn't eat, and he has always left delicious food to his grandson in the eldest son's house, and now it is even more impossible to eat He Daoxing's food.

"Grandpa, you squat, squat. Waiting for Father He to squat down, He Daoxing grabbed a piece of oil residue and stuffed it into his mouth, and his big eyes were bent into crescent moons, "Grandpa, is it delicious?"

"Delicious!"

He Daoxing stuffed another piece for him, then took two steps back with the bowl, "The rest is mine!" He has already been filial to his elders according to his parents' education, and he is a good child.

Qi Shufang heard it clearly in the kitchen, without going out, without mental strength, she could also imagine what kind of happy picture this was, looking back at He Daogui, who had eaten her share and stared at the oil residue with longing eyes, Qi Shufang couldn't help but sigh and touched his head, "I can't eat anymore, keep it for us to stir-fry at noon." ”

"Third aunt, do you want to eat for me too?" He Daogui asked cautiously.

"Of course, you and Sandan'er can eat it. ”

"Great! Then I'll stop eating it now and keep it for stir-fry. He Daogui, who had experienced a similar situation at home, did not pester Qi Shufang with a dead face, but swallowed his saliva, put down the empty bowl, and reluctantly went out to play with He Daoxing.

It's not hopeless, and it's young, if you educate it well, you may not be a good child.

Gluttony, it's really not a sin.

Qi Shufang thought in her heart, but unfortunately she was his aunt, and she had no qualifications or energy to educate him, hoping that He Jiandang and Wang Chunhua could pay attention to this aspect and set an example to guide the children to correct values.

She scooped up a spoonful of lard and rubbed it on top of the newly cleaned iron pot and pan, wiping it inside and out. If you use a briquette stove and a small iron pot to make lard, you don't have to rub the oil, but she always likes the earthy stove. After wiping, Qi Shufang began to prepare the things she needed to bring back to her hometown, bringing cooking utensils and rations.

Now is the busy season of farming, and He Jiandang and Zhang Cuihua don't even have time to go home to cook and eat, and they don't have time to entertain He Jianguo and Qi Shufang. Therefore, when she returned to her hometown at noon, Qi Shufang was directly busy in the kitchen of her home, and brought back the iron pot that she brought to her new home, and installed it on the stove, and brought all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

She planned so, if Father He really started a separate partnership, these things would just be left for Father He's use, and her family would temporarily use the small iron pot on the briquette stove to cook vegetables, and then buy a large iron pot for the earthen stove when she had saved enough industrial vouchers.

They took the path on the other side of the West Mountain, and Qi Shufang easily caught two wild rabbits as ingredients for lunch.

He Jianguo nodded in agreement while dealing with it, "Shufang, you think really well. He felt very happy, she thought of all the things she hadn't thought of, and she was inferior to her in terms of honoring the elderly.

The hare in autumn is fat and tender, He Jianguo cleaned up the two hares, braised them with lard, and stewed a big pot, full of oil and water, pasted a circle of potstickers with three-fold noodles, and then made stewed vermicelli with cabbage, fried beans with oil residue, stewed pumpkin with lard, scrambled eggs with green peppers and shredded radish, and the lunch was very rich.

Among them, the vegetarian dishes are all picked from He's father's own field, and the eggs are four saved by He's father, and there are no more.

He Jianguo cooked a meal, invited two elder brothers, and put on cigarettes.

Because He Daoxing was driven home by He Jianjun, he didn't want his youngest son to eat at the same table with adults, thinking he was too naughty, so He Jiandang saw it in his eyes and drove He Daogui away. But Qi Shufang was unwilling to break her promise to He Daogui, so she took a little of each dish and sent it to the two families, and by the way, she distributed the sugar cubes she bought to a few children. Seven children are at home this weekend.

Wang Chunhua hurriedly got off work and went home, just waiting for Qi Shufang to prepare the dishes and send them, saving her own family to make lunch again, when she saw her, she pulled the corners of her mouth, "Shufang, thank you, you are so generous, no wonder you and Jianguo moved to the city, our father is still thinking about you." "That being said, the speed of picking up food is not slow at all.

broke up with her several times, Qi Shufang was too lazy to go around, only said that she was going to deliver food to her second sister-in-law, and turned around and left directly.

Someone, as if she was sorry for her.

But have you done anything to be sorry for her? No. Whether it's a matter of food or a house, it is reasonable for her not to agree, if she resents herself because she doesn't give it, if she gets angry because Father He sent some sweet potatoes to her family, it is her character problem.

Delivering food to Zhang Cuihua, he was warmly welcomed by the mother and son, and He Daoxing, who was driven home by his father to eat and thought that he couldn't eat meat, was squatting in the hall to wipe his tears, and the moment he saw Qi Shufang, he suddenly burst into tears and laughed and jumped up.

Zhang Cuihua brought the fried shredded radish stewed vermicelli to the table and said, "You are so happy to see your third aunt?"

"My third aunt is fine, as soon as my third aunt comes, I can eat delicious food. He Daoxing circled around the dinner table, staring at the meat and vegetables in the bowl and refusing to take his eyes off, "Big brother, second brother, hurry up and get chopsticks, the third aunt will send us something delicious!"

He Daoyang and He Daoyue swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and looked at Zhang Cuihua at the same time.

Zhang Cuihua snorted, laughed and scolded a few words, asked the eldest son and the second son to take chopsticks to eat with the younger son first, turned around to Qi Shufang and thanked him, and said: "You finally came to the house, just cook and eat by yourself, why are you sending so many good dishes here? ”

Qi Shufang said indifferently: "It's her business to appreciate it or not, and it's my business to be fair or unfair." ”

Zhang Cuihua snorted, listened to her ask Father He about the solo gang, and asked how he knew, he understood that He Daoxing had passed on his words, pulled her into the bedroom, avoided the child, and whispered: "Isn't it the sweet potato of the previous talent? That day, Dad picked out the intact and big sweet potato and put it in a sack and put it in your house, saying that he would send it to you and Jianguo, and the rest would be handed over to the eldest brother's house, and the sister-in-law's face immediately changed. Originally, I didn't care, thinking she was reluctant, who didn't know how stingy she was. Who knows, when I got up at night to relieve my hands, I heard her and her eldest brother arguing in their house, counting our father's partiality, and Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds were all taken out and said, and in a fit of anger said that since my father was eccentric, don't eat the food she cooks. ”

Qi Shufang frowned and said, "What does the eldest brother mean? The sister-in-law is so shrewd, she never thought that her father would start a gang alone, and her father's rations would not be placed in their house, what a big loss would it be to them?"

Of course, the eldest brother disagreed, scolded the sister-in-law a few times, and said that the sister-in-law would mention this matter again, so he would drive the sister-in-law out. He Jiandang was too angry when he said this. Anyway, Father He is his own father, although he treats the three brothers like a bowl of water, but everyone knows that the boss is the most valued, and the ration subsidies for their families over the years have not complained even if they don't eat well.

Smart people don't do this, but it's a pity that Wang Chunhua is shrewd, but not smart enough.

Zhang Cuihua continued: "Dad lives next door, they quarreled so much, even your second brother woke up at that time, I don't know if our dad knows or not, anyway, I didn't see our dad come out." Still, I guess our dad must have heard. ”

They were talking about it, and at the dinner table in front of them, Father He offered to start a group alone.

"Dad!" He Jiandang was shocked and said hurriedly, "How can I let you cook and eat by yourself?" No, no, Dad, I don't agree. Dad, did you hear Xiaorong's damn foolish words? I scolded her, don't take it to heart, it's me who is in charge, not her. If you start a group alone, what will outsiders think and say?"

He Jianjun knew about this and didn't think it was strange, but He Jianguo looked at his eldest brother with a calm face and angrily.

Father He raised his hand, "Boss, I've already decided, don't say anything." ”

"Daddy......" He Jiandang first considered the impact of this incident, although many elderly people are alone and everyone is accustomed to it, but he has always been proud of his own family to support his father. I didn't separate from my father when I split up, but now my father is getting older and older, and his strength is getting smaller and smaller, and he suddenly let the old man start a gang alone, isn't this looking for scolding?

He Jiandang was unwilling to bear this bad reputation, and begged He Father to retract his previous decision.

Father He said: "Boss, don't think that I am angry because of your daughter-in-law's words, in fact, I am for your good." ”

He Jiandang was a little confused, why was it for his own good? Obviously he would have a bad reputation? When he didn't know what kind of virtue the gossiping old ladies in the production team were, he would definitely say behind his back that he was so shrewd that even his father calculated.

He Jianjun and He Jianguo glanced at each other, Qi Shufang came in and sat quietly next to He Jianguo, and listened to He's father say that he was thinking about He Jianguo's reasons, "I will be sixty years old in a few years, half a foot in the coffin, and now I feel that I don't have enough energy to work, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do heavy work at that time, and I will not be able to earn a few jobs." I can't bear to let you bear my old age alone! Moreover, you have four babies in your family, and the marriage of just four babies is enough for you to worry about, plus I am an old man who can't earn rations, and the burden is even heavier. Therefore, while the three of them have entered the city, there is a house for me to live in, and while I can still earn two years of rations, let me eat it myself. When I can't do it anymore, you brothers will raise me together, and the second and third will share a little pressure for you. ”

The old man said very seriously, "Instead of waiting until a few years later to worry about this, it is better to solve the problem now." I plan to do this, to be honest, it's not very fair to the second and third children, after all, I haven't subsidized them in the past few years, especially the third one, who has been outside for many years and has struggled on his own. However, people's hearts have been biased in the first place, so I will be biased towards you. ”

Qi Shufang almost laughed out loud, there is an old man in the family who has a treasure, it is really a big truth.

The wisdom of the old man should not be underestimated.

Didn't you Wang Chunhua say that the old man was eccentric? So, who still said that the old man was partial to He Jianguo and his own family, and he was obviously partial to your family, okay? A sack of sweet potatoes and a few bundles of firewood and vegetables in half can be compared with the rations for so many years?

"Dad, there's nothing unfair, I've been away from home all these years, it's the eldest brother who supports my father, and my father should subsidize the eldest brother with the rations he earns. I believe that the second brother has the same idea as me, and is willing to share the responsibility of supporting the elderly with the eldest brother. Big brother, Dad is for your good, you agree with Daddy. It just so happened that the cooking utensils and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar that Shufang and I brought were all in the kitchen, and they were kept for my father, so I didn't have to take them back. He Jianguo, under Qi Shufang's comfort, also felt that it was better for the old father to start a group alone, and in the future, he could send it to the old man if he had any delicious food, and he didn't have to eat a soup with little water.

In terms of eating and drinking, He Jianjun's family is similar to He Jianjian's family, but he and Zhang Cuihua are really not like Wang Chunhua, who are thrifty to the point of almost being stingy. When the farm was busy in the summer and autumn of this year, their family made the wild boar meat given by Qi Shufang to supplement oil and water, and every time they sent some to the old father, didn't they let the children of the eldest brother's family eat it? But Wang Chunhua made meat dishes, and their family didn't even smell the fragrance.

Because of this, Zhang Cuihua was not happy to send the delicious meal again.

For the elderly, as sons and daughters-in-law, they are willingly filial, but it is better to send them to their nephews than to eat for their own sons, the three children used to have not seen meat for many years, and they were pitifully thin.

According to Wang Chunhua's character, if the old father continues to live with them, there will be no good life.

He Jianjun, who had this kind of awareness, nodded in agreement with He Jianguo's words, "The words of the third brother are what I mean, the eldest brother has loved me and the third since I was a child, and I remember it in my heart, I don't feel that my father is biased." My third brother and I are now married and have started a family, and we can be the masters of our family, and we can no longer ask my eldest brother to bear our father's old age alone. ”

Three brothers, two support the old father's decision, He Jiandang has no power to return to heaven, and there is no other choice but to agree.

"That's it. Father He made the final decision.

He Jianjun said: "The autumn grain has not been distributed yet, and the share that belongs to my father will be sent directly to the third child's house, and there will be new grain in June and July next year." He and the third child didn't care whether the old man's rations had been eaten before this.

"In this case, then I will leave a few old chickens for our father to take care of, and if I lay eggs, I will leave them to my father to make up for his body, and I will buy a few chickens and ducks for my father in the spring of next year. At the beginning, the chicks and ducklings I gave to my sister-in-law and sister-in-law were estimated to be able to lay eggs when they grew up, so I didn't consider a few nephews. Qi Shufang added that she hadn't forgotten that she hadn't seen a single egg in front of her.

He Jiandang knew his wife's virtue better than anyone else, and nodded again and again, "It should be, it should be." ”

When she was angry, Wang Chunhua wanted to drive her father-in-law out without hesitation, and now the old father had a small meeting alone, and the father and son held a small meeting together, and she was reluctant to get three hundred and sixty catties of grain a year, her flesh hurt terribly, and her face was very unsightly when she went to work.

Think beautifully!

Zhang Cuihua and Qi Shufang saw her thoughts and spit at the same time.

Accompanied by He Jianguo, Qi Shufang spent an afternoon catching a few live fish and playing a bunch of game, most of which were hares, occasionally a few pheasants, and called her to meet a stupid roe deer, and did not hesitate to make a move, and the game was cleaned in the mountains and was easy to put into the back basket. It's a pity that she didn't meet a deer or a wild boar, and Qi Shufang has been thinking about it for a long time.

Before leaving, he left a part of the game for He's father, a hare for He Jiandang and He Jianjun's family, and the rest were brought back to the city, pickled and hung up for ventilation.

He Jianguo, who saw his wife's hunting scene with his own eyes, was almost stupid.

True...... True...... It's really amazing! The shot is like the wind, and its momentum is like a mountain. In and out of the deep mountains and old forests, like a fish in water. He didn't dare to enter alone, but his wife was not afraid at all, and he suddenly felt that he was very useless.

You must be indignant and strong, showing the majesty and might of the head of the family!

He Jianguo diligently buried most of the sweet potatoes in the cellar and sorted out the dried vegetables.

Qi Shufang was half-lying on a rattan chair in the courtyard, thinking about the land in the mountains where corn and peanuts had been harvested. She received 360 catties of wheat in the summer, Shen Erdan and the accountant both intended to befriend, the quality of the grain given to her was quite good, reaching the level of seed retention, it is best to grow wheat in the mountains, October is the season to plant wheat, but there is no way to use livestock to cultivate the land, unless it is leveled by manpower.

After He Jianguo knew her distress, he said: "Next time I choose a day when you and I are resting, let's go back to our hometown again, and ask the production team to borrow an ox cart into the mountain, and say that I want to pick up more firewood and pull it out, and quietly borrow a set of farm tools that can be pulled by a cow." ”

The land was so fertile that it was a pity to throw it away.

has an elder brother who is the secretary of the brigade, and he can completely pretend to be public and private, and no one will say anything.

Since she had a plan, Qi Shufang went to work with confidence.

After working for so long, she had already found that the working time did not match what Sister Wang said.

Strictly speaking, according to the method of the first half of the day's work is also counted as a day's work, the rules for her work should be four days of work and four days of rest, work in the afternoon, arrive in Shanghai in the morning of the next day, return in the afternoon of the third day, and arrive in Gupeng City in the morning of the fourth day, a total of four days of work, of which two days are the first half of the day, and then the next train conductor starts to work from the afternoon of the fifth day, and so on.

After the salary was raised by one level, Qi Shufang's attitude towards work became more serious.

Liu Xiaomei was promoted to a department-level cadre before she was 30 years old, and her future is bright, and she has the qualifications to slack off as a person from the future, standing on the shoulders of many giants?

She is still a restaurant waitress and occasionally makes guest appearances as a broadcaster. The broadcaster is the easiest job on the train, no one wants to let others get involved, only when the broadcaster He Shengnan's throat hurts too much, he will let her broadcast instead of herself, on the way mainly play red songs, promote the leader's thoughts, and the most important thing is to report the station in time to remind passengers to get on and off the train.

He Shengnan suddenly had abdominal pain, but she couldn't leave her post, so she hurriedly asked the passing flight attendant to find Qi Shufang, "Shufang, you sit in the radio room instead of me to remind passengers that the next stop is coming." ”

Waiting for Qi Shufang to agree, He Shengnan turned around and ran to the toilet.

Qi Shufang already had experience, sat in He Shengnan's position for broadcasting, checked the things needed for broadcasting, there was no problem, and after seeing the time, she announced the name of the station she was about to arrive in a crisp and bright voice, reminding passengers to get ready to get off the train. To be precise, it is one station with three reports, the forecast of the arrival station, the name of the station to the station, the time of stopping, the name of the station leaving the station and the name of the next station.

Sister Wang listened to it in her ears and expressed her satisfaction, with a smile on her face.

Her deputy, Chen Xiaoping, sat down opposite her with a lunch box, and laughed quietly: "I heard Qi Shufang's accent and rhythm surpass He Shengnan, every time I recite quotations, I am full of emotion, He Shengnan still has a local accent, why don't you arrange for Qi Shufang to go to the radio room, but let her be a restaurant waiter?"

"No matter what position you are in, you are serving the people, what is the difference between a broadcaster and a flight attendant?" Sister Wang refused to admit that it was He Shengnan's backstage hard, and she couldn't let Qi Shufang replace her, and Xu Hong, another broadcaster who took over in the middle of the night, couldn't even compare to He Shengnan, but she was the daughter of the head of the maintenance section, and Qi Shufang couldn't be arranged to take over her work.

Liu Xiaomei, who was transferred to the Ministry of Railways, did favor Qi Shufang, but far water could not quench her thirst, and the county officials were not as good as the current management.

After the passengers who arrived at the station got off the train safely, the passengers who got on the train sat down, the train started, and continued to drive towards Shanghai.

He Shengnan's condition is a bit strict, diarrhea caused by eating bad things, constantly going to the toilet, no way to return to the radio room, she must continue to work as a broadcaster until twelve o'clock when Xu Hong comes to take over. Play red songs to praise the leader's songs, propaganda is to recite the leader's quotations, she is different from He Shengnan, every time she will promote the slogan of equality between men and women, she is very sure of the rhythm, Ou Mingxiang said that after listening to her broadcast, he felt enthusiastic.

"You've been working in the radio studio for so long today, are you thirsty?" Ou Mingxiang poured her a glass of cold boiled water.

Qi Shufang never drank cold water, poured some boiling water from the thermos she brought with her, drank it in one go, wiped the water at the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and thanked Ou Mingxiang.

"Don't be too busy thanking me, I'm here and drank the hot water from your thermos. Ou Mingxiang was embarrassed.

Qi Shufang had already noticed that the weight of the thermos was a little lighter, and she was wondering, so she listened to her words and said with a smile: "It's okay, everyone is a colleague and should help each other, you just need to tell me, I'm not the kind of stingy person." Zhang Xiaodie took it without asking, and refused to admit it later, which was completely different from Ou Mingxiang's approach, so Zhang Xiaodie deserved it.

"Then thank you, Shufang!"

Ou Mingxiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyebrows and eyes crooked. She used her hot water without Qi Shufang's consent, she was really worried that she was the same as Zhang Xiaodie, fortunately, although Qi Shufang's personality was powerful, she would not pursue it for a reason, and she also used hot water in front of other colleagues, and someone testified.

A large part of the same batch of flight attendants will have an extra meal after work, Qi Shufang never eats, goes to bed after washing, sleeps until about eight o'clock, and prepares for the terminal in good spirits.

The train was late again, arriving in Shanghai at ten o'clock, and it was already past twelve o'clock after finishing a qiē work.

Qi Shufang, as usual, changed her clothes, got out of the train station, and spent seven cents to eat a meal at a state-run restaurant, with meat and vegetables, and Father He also gave her a national food stamp.

After eating, she went to the thrift store on Nanjing Road to pick up old clothes and bedding, packed them and sent them to Professor Jin.

Last time I sent it to Ma Tianlong, I bought it in Huaiguo, I sent it to Chen Sanchuan last time, and I bought it in another thrift store, this time it was Professor Jin and his wife's turn, and the location of the mail has also changed, and the caution has reached 120,000 points.

After doing this well, Qi Shufang looked at the time, four o'clock, well, buy a box of small cakes and visit Mu Xuexun.

Mu Xuexun's current address is not too far from the house of Li Lao and Granny Qi, not a traditional old building, but a garden house in the thirties and forties.

Qi Shufang once again confirmed that the Mu family was extraordinary.

Throwing off the thoughts in her heart, Qi Shufang stepped forward and knocked on the door, a middle-aged woman who looked similar to Li Qing opened the door, and when she saw Qi Shufang, she was stunned, "Who are you looking for, comrade?"

Qi Shufang was also stunned, why is she so much like Li Qing? She is a little older, but her momentum and charm are stronger than Li Qing.

Yes!

No wonder she felt familiar when she saw Li Qing for the first time, it turned out to be a bit similar to Mu Xuexun, the middle-aged woman in front of her was more like Mu Xuexun than Li Qing, no, it should be said that Mu Xuexun was like her.

"I'm sorry, comrade. Qi Shufang quickly came back to her senses, "Excuse me, may I ask Comrade Mu Xuexun if he lives here?" My name is Qi Shufang, a train attendant, from Gupeng City, and she specially told me her address when she corresponded with me, and I came to visit during the break. ”

Before she could finish listening, the middle-aged woman grabbed her hand enthusiastically, "You are Comrade Qi Shufang? I heard Xue Xun mention you, you are the great benefactor of our family." Come in, come in. ”

The middle-aged woman's eyes flashed with gratitude, and after saying this, she said loudly inside: "Xuexun, Comrade Shufang is here." ”

"Sister Shufang!" Mu Xuexun ran out of the house, looking excited.

Seeing that Mu Xuexun's face was ruddy and her expression was stretched, although a trace of sadness occasionally flashed in her eyes, but she was no longer like a frightened bird as she was at the beginning, and seemed to have come out of the haze, Qi Shufang was happy for her, and said with a smile: "When I arrived in Shanghai today, I came to look for you, and by the way, I told you the address of our new home, and I don't need to send the communication to the production team in the future." ”

"Great!" Mu Xuexun pulled her and walked into the house.

"Xue Xun!"

Hearing Qi Shufang cry helplessly, she looked at the middle-aged woman, she reacted and introduced: "This is my mother, Comrade Li Yang, who accompanied me to Shanghai to recuperate." Mom, this is the Sister Shufang I told you, she is a good person, and she is very powerful. ”

When he arrived at the house, Li Yang invited Qi Shufang to sit down, and then solemnly thanked her.

Qi Shufang hurriedly stood up, waved her hand again and again, and said with a straight face: "Comrade Li, don't be like this, I stole Xue Xun out because I looked down on what those people did." I didn't rush to rescue Xue Xun in the first place, and now I feel very guilty when I think about it, and I can't afford to be so grateful to you. ”

"No, no, no, you deserve it, Comrade Shufang, you deserve it. Li Yang's tone of voice was full of gratitude, "If you don't make a move, then our family won't be able to find Xue Xun for the rest of our lives." Who would have thought that after Xue Xun disappeared, he would be sold to a mountain village, suffer so much, and suffer so many insults. Comrade Shufang, I am grateful to you, grateful that you did not reveal what happened to Xue Xun to anyone, and if you encounter any difficulties in the future, as long as I can help, you can mention it. Although our family is all from mud legs, we have earned a meager status and can often speak a few words. ”

Qi Shufang was flattered and hurriedly said: "My lover and I both have stable jobs, the salary is very good, and there is nothing you need help with." "She has accepted all the 1,000 yuan sent by Mu Xue, He Jianguo's safe and secure job transfer is likely to be from the help of the Mu family, how can she be embarrassed to beg them again? If you rely on the power of the Mu family to make unreasonable demands, it will be too much.

Li Yang listened, and his attitude towards her became more enthusiastic.

There are only two mothers and daughters in the entire garden house, and Mu Xuexun personally went out to serve tea, pour water and place pastries, and handed the tea bowl to Qi Shufang, "Sister Shufang, how about you taste the taste of Longjing tea, if you think it is good, I will give you two bottles." ”

Qi Shufang had never drunk tea, so she naturally felt very good, full of fragrance, and couldn't help but praise: "It's delicious, it's the first time I've drunk it." ”

Mu Xuexun was very happy.

After talking for a while, the atmosphere became better and better, and Qi Shufang couldn't help but mention Li Qing, "I see that Comrade Li and Comrade Li Qing look very similar, and their names are also very similar, are they relatives?"

"What's your name, Comrade Li? It's too rusty, you can call me Aunt Li." You are in my heart, as my daughter. Li Yang first corrected her title, and then said strangely: "Do you recognize Xue Xun and her aunt? She has been working in Guangzhou all the time, but she has only recently been transferred to Shanghai, and she is currently living with us, and she has not yet left work. ”

As expected.

Qi Shufang smiled and talked about her acquaintance with Granny Qi, and then told Li Yang and Mu Xuexun about having a relationship with Li Qing in Li's hometown, "I really didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, Granny Qi is Xuexun's grandmother." ”

"Oh, my sister is what my grandmother said about Shufang? I always thought that my sister and grandmother just had the same name, but I didn't expect it to be the same person. There are too many people with the same name and surname, and there is one named Shufang in our compound, so I didn't think of my sister. Mu Xuexun was very surprised, "My sister sent my grandmother's game, and my grandmother sent us a little." ”

When Mu Xuexun said this, he suddenly realized, "The last time I was in the treehouse, I felt that the game was a little familiar, and it turned out that the game hanging in the treehouse and the game sent to us by my grandmother were all from my sister." ”

"What a coincidence, I went to Xue Xun's grandfather's house for a small gathering another day. Li Yang answered.

"Sister, Xiao Xun, what are you talking about too coincidentally?" Li Qing said as she walked in, and was taken aback when she saw Qi Shufang present, "Aren't you Comrade Qi Shufang who went to my parents' house? When did you come? When did you meet my sister and Xue Xun?

Qi Shufang stood up, and before she could answer, Li Yang opened her mouth, "Shufang came to find Xue Xun to play, and it didn't take long to arrive." ”

Several people in charge of the Mu family were unwilling to let others know what happened to Mu Xuexun, and they all spoke in a unified voice, claiming that Mu Xuexun was lost halfway, and lost his belongings and letters of introduction, and had no way to go home, and cut off the news from home, until he got the help of well-wishers, he found his way home, handled a letter of introduction and bought a ticket. didn't mention that it was Qi Shufang who saved Mu Xuexun, only that she once led the way for Mu Qingyun and found Mu Xuexun's cousin, and she was kind to her family.

In order to win the trust of others, the Mu family found a letter of introduction and a ticket for Mu Xue that was not easy to suspect, and also found Xu Shaowen, who was training near Gupeng City at the time, and asked him to confirm that he had disappeared in the mountains and was found.

Xu Shaowen's parents died, and he has lived in the Mu family since he was a child, except that he is no different from the Mu family.

When he was a child, he didn't have a father or mother, his uncle and aunt were his parents, they ate and lived with Mu Xuexun, and the relationship between the two sisters and brothers was very good, he knew about it before Mu Qingyun went to find Mu Xuexun, and immediately agreed to the Mu family's statement to the outside world, and at the same time arranged the illusion that he was missing in the mountains and forests, so that Mu Qingyun could find himself.

It can be said that the Mu family is painstaking and very carefully arranged.

When chatting just now, Li Yang told Qi Shufang all these things, so that she claimed that she had saved Xu Shaowen without any worries, and did not mention Mu Xuexun at all.

Li Qing only thought that Qi Shufang had saved Xu Shaowen, "Why did you know Xue Xun?"

Mu Xuexun smiled: "Sister Shufang saved my cousin." I'm just such a cousin, grandpa and grandma are such a grandson, can you not be grateful to Sister Shufang? Because I am a girl, I was asked to correspond with Sister Shufang and thank her, so I met like this. I heard Sister Shufang say that she worked on the train from Gupeng City to Shanghai, so I told her my address and asked her to come and play with me. ”

"Okay, okay, you take Shufang to your room to chat, I'll cook, Shufang has to stay and eat." Li Yang was afraid that his daughter would be young, so he showed his feet in front of his little sister and hurriedly forked.

Qi Shufang excused herself: "It's okay to chat for a while, but I can't eat the meal, I have to get back to the car before it gets dark." ”

Although the staff on the train are allowed to stay out when they are not at work, under normal circumstances, everyone will return to the sleeper car and not stay outside, and Qi Shufang does not want to be different.

When she said this, Li Yang couldn't forcibly keep the food.

Mu Xuexun had a stomach and wanted to say to Qi Shufang, "If you don't eat, let's go and whisper!"

"What are you whispering?" Qi Shufang looked at Mu Xuexun's boudoir, the furnishings were very simple, a bed, a wardrobe, a desk, a chair and a bookcase, the cabinet was full of red treasure books and all kinds of books that were allowed to be stored, and there was a flower pot on the desk, raising a cluster of orchids, which added a bit of elegance to the room.

"There are many, many of them. ”

Mu Xuexun pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed and complained: "My mother doesn't dare to let me go out alone now, I know that she is worried about me, but I am so bored! Although the people in the compound seem to believe our family's statement, I know that they are still talking about me behind my back, saying that I have been missing for so long and I don't know what I have experienced......

Qi Shufang was a listener, except for comforting Mu Xuexun, she didn't express any opinion.

After Mu Xuexun finished talking, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Sometimes I am embarrassed to say some things to my mother, and when I tell my sister, I feel much more comfortable and not so boring." Sister, when are you going back? Shall we go to the department store before we return? I have been in Shanghai for a while, and I have not been to the first department store. ”

"I've been to department stores, but a lot of things require tickets, except for silk and imports. Qi Shufang remembered what she saw in the department store, and said, "Besides, does Aunt Li agree to let you go out?" She remembered what Mu Xuexun had just said, and the first sentence was that Li Yang was not worried that she would go out alone.

Mu Xue said with a smile: "Come with my mother, so that she has no reason to object!"

Qi Shufang nodded, "I'll go to work tomorrow afternoon, if Aunt Li agrees, we'll meet at the door of the department store tomorrow, what do you think?"

"Good!"

Mu Xuexun jumped up and went to beg Li Yang.

Raising her hand and looking at the time, Qi Shufang felt that she should leave, so she followed her downstairs, and saw that she was coquettish to Li Yang, Li Yang hesitated for a while and agreed, looking up at herself, "Shufang, let's go to the department store tomorrow!"

Qi Shufang agreed, and made an appointment to meet at the door of the department store at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and then said goodbye.

Mu Xuexun hurriedly took out two bottles of tea and stuffed them into her satchel and sent her to the door.