After the meal, Xia Chen took out a bank card and said to his parents: "Parents, here is the allowance and subsidy of the army when I was discharged from the army, and now I keep it for you, this is also the pension money I honor you and give you two elders." In the future, the family's expenses will be with me, and you should rest your parents, my father is not in good health, and so is my mother, and the work at home will be handed over to me in the future, so don't do it. Xiaomei will also study hard in the future, mainly academics, and the future expenses will be borne by my brother" said and gave Xiaomei a secret look, Xiaomei knew that she would not be able to work part-time in school in the future, otherwise his brother would clean her up.

"How much money is this, we don't want it, you keep your own flowers, but you can't spend money casually, just save a little more, now that you're back, please ask your aunt to show you another day, I remember that there is a girl in Laowan Village, it's very good, just came back from work, and there is no object yet" Mom said. The father smoked a dry cigarette on the side and echoed, "It's time to think about marriage, you are not young, and your mother and I are relieved to become a family."

"Mom, Dad, this is not in a hurry, I just came back, I'll look for a job first, let's talk about this later," Xia Chen smiled bitterly, "Mom, you keep this card, I don't need any money, and if I use it, I'll give it to you again, I don't know how much money is in the card, and the allowance and retirement allowance in the past few years may be four or five hundred thousand."

"Mom, so much money" Mom hugged the bank card tightly, even though she was at home, Mom still looked left and right, looked out the window, and whispered: "Be quiet, don't let people hear, so much money, don't worry at home, Xiao Chen, you still take it, you are often in the army, you have seen a lot, rest assured there", Dad also echoed.

Xia Chen smiled helplessly, understanding his parents, the old man had never seen so much money in the countryside all his life, so he had no choice but to put the card away. Mom instructed to put it away and put it away carefully. Xia Chen said, "Parents, I'll go to Shuipan in a few days to see if there is a suitable job, and now that I have retired from the army, I want to have a stable job." ”

"It's okay, but don't be too far from home, now that you're back, come back often, you young people, you are definitely not used to being at home, but you want to come back to the market." Father instructed.

"Dad, I know" At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then I heard "Auntie, uncle, I am Huzi"

Xia Chen got up and opened the door, and a little fat man in his twenties and fourteens appeared in front of him, "Brother Xiao Chen, I heard that you are back, and I was going to come to look for you during the day, but then my mother asked me to do something, so I can only come to play with you now." The little fat man named Huzi said.

"Huzi, come in," the family said enthusiastically to Huzi. Mom went to bring out some snacks and entertain Huzi.

Huzi is Xia Chen's partner who grew up with bare buttocks when he was a child, when he was a child, he made clay figurines together, slingshot birds, and went to school, Huzi followed Xia Chen's ass almost inseparably, which also made Huzi suffer a lot of beatings, in the whole village, there is only Huzi who has the best relationship, and when everyone chatted for a while, Huzi said: "Brother Xiaochen, do you have any plans to come back this time, has the army arranged a job for you"

"Not yet, I plan to go out in a few days to see, is there anything I can do, find a job to do first, don't think about the rest first, Huzi, what about you, what kind of work are you doing" Xia Chen said

"What kind of work can I have, now that the family next door to my house is building, where I can help, it will be more than 100 yuan a day, and I will be tired to death a day" Huzi continued: "Brother Xiaochen, if you go out to find a job, take me, I don't want to go out with others in this village for the rest of my life, they all say that I am stupid and don't want to take me, I don't bother to go with them, I don't dare to go out alone." After speaking, he touched his head embarrassedly.

Xia Chen's family laughed at Huzi's honest expression, Xia Chen said, "Okay, I'll take it at home for a few days, and I'll go out in four days, if you go with me, you can prepare first, prepare the clothes and ID card that you should bring, and I'll take you out when the time comes."

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Chen,"

The family chatted together for a long time, the parents said that the parents were short, Xia Chen said what he had seen and heard over the years, Xiaomei said the school's gonzo, and Huzi was stunned when he heard it. Hehe laughs.

The next day, the family suddenly became lively, I heard that the son of the old Xia family came back as a soldier, seven aunts, eight aunts, left and right leaders all came to Xia Chen's house in an endless stream, in the countryside, it is such a status quo, someone stays outside for a few years and comes back, and all kinds of relatives in the hometown will take the initiative to come to the door to ask for warmth. Some are sincere to come to see relatives who have not seen each other for many years, some are to see if this kid has made a fortune and come to find some money, some are purely to join in the fun, where there are more people and where to go, and some are playing soy sauce. Anyway, it's not the busy farming season, there are a lot of opportunities to Zhang Jia, the Li family is short, whose kid has kidnapped and ran away whose girl, and whose family fights with whom, gossiping, it is indeed lively.

Xia Chen also had no choice but to go to the village commissary and bought a few packs of cigarettes and a few catties of melon seeds to entertain everyone, after all, the villagers can also understand everyone's kind of thing, and there is no entertainment in the countryside, and whoever has a new thing is not a common topic for everyone.

There were even some enthusiastic aunts and aunts who pulled Xia Chen to introduce their daughter-in-law to Xia Chen, and finally got rid of the foaming aunts, found a few peers and slipped out. When Xia Mo came back, the seven aunts and eight aunts had already left, the yard was full of cigarette butts and melon peels, the parents were really cleaning the yard, Xia Chen also took a broom to help clean it, Xia Chen's mother said while cleaning up the tables and chairs: "Xiao Chen, today your aunts and I said, the girl in Laowan Village next door is really good, and it is also suitable for your age, and my mother will ask your aunt to take you to meet you another day."

"Mom, I really don't want to think about these things now, I've been away from home for so many years, I just want to spend time with you and Dad at home, and make some money first," Xia Chen said seriously

"Even if you meet, there will be no less meat, I have almost promised your aunt, I will see you the day after tomorrow, only if you solve the marriage, your father and I can really rest assured, your father and I are old, now that you are back, we will worry about you" Mom said earnestly.

"Okay, I'll see you," Xia Chen said helplessly. Xia Chen could only think of finding an excuse when the time came, he couldn't hurt his parents' hard work, but he couldn't hold anyone in his heart.

At night, Xia Chen came to the place where Meizi was buried, silently looked at the grave in front of him, looked at it for a long time, Xia Chen found a stone, took out a sharp dagger, and slowly carved on it, for a long time, Xia Chen was satisfied with the stone erected in front of Meizi's grave, and the stone was engraved with the tomb of his beloved wife Meizi. In this way, Xia Chen gradually fell asleep holding the stone.