Chapter 39: Returning Home
Early on Friday morning, Li Tianming put on a washed dry and quiet military uniform, put on a cotton army coat, a bag in his hand, and a bag on his shoulder. The gifts he prepared www.biquge.info were two bottles of corn-flavored liquor, two bottles of canned hawthorn, two carp, two live chickens, two packets of sugar, and two catties of cakes, and Zheng Huiya went back to Zheng's house to open a letter of introduction.
Zheng Huiya carried two catties of pork, two canned fruits, a packet of sugar and two catties of oranges prepared by her cousin, and followed him into the car.
The two of them were riding in a long-distance bus, bumpy all the way. It's almost the end of the year, there are a lot of people in the car, and the aisles are full of people. A sister-in-law sitting next to her kept looking at the two of them, and after a while asked, "Is this your man?" You're still a soldier, you're a good guy! ”
Zheng Huiya has a black line, it is good to find a soldier, so why don't you marry a soldier? It's not that they haven't been at home for a long time, and there is a lack of strong laborers at home.
The sister-in-law saw that she didn't speak, and her intention to talk to her was extinguished, and she looked at the two of them a few more times, and muttered unhappily, "Aren't you going to marry a soldier?" What's the big deal. He turned his head and ignored her.
Zheng Huiya thinks it's ridiculous, but she's about to go home, although some memories are not good, but she has decades of memories, but she cherishes her relationship with her family. Therefore, she turned a blind eye to the dissatisfaction of this sister-in-law. I don't know each other, why should I wronged myself to talk to him!
The car bumped for almost two hours, and then got out of the car and pushed the cart two or three times before getting off the road. It was still two miles away from the village where the Zheng family lived, and they had to walk there.
There is a white expanse everywhere, and it is even colder here than Ning County. The north wind was howling, the snow and mist were flying, and there were large bubbles of smoke everywhere.
Zheng Huiya has not walked such a difficult road in winter for many years.
Walking in the deep snow, her feet that were frozen because of the car could no longer move, and she was stiff not like herself, but she mechanically followed Li Tianming's footsteps.
Li Tianming stretched out his hand, grabbed her arm, and dragged her forward. After walking for a while and entering the village, Li Tianming let go of her, slowed down his steps, and walked side by side with her. "Your village isn't too big." Li Tianming looked around carefully, "However, it has already passed through electricity, which is quite rare." ”
The village was quiet, and apart from the occasional dog barking, there were few people in sight. There is no farm work in winter, and it is such a cold day, almost every family has cats at home for the winter.
"Well, it's been more than ten years, but no one is willing to use electricity at night, everyone is the same, and they turn off the lights early at night and go to bed." Zheng Huiya returned to the small mountain village she was familiar with in her previous life, and her mood was also a little excited, "This is the house left by Lao Maozi during the period, and this one is too." "A railway runs through the village," the station too. She pointed to the few yellow-walled Russian buildings scattered around the village.
Li Tianming's mood also brightened, and he couldn't stop nodding, "This house looks pretty good, but the windows are too small." ”
"Such a house is warm in winter and cool in summer." Zheng Huiya knew that there was no such building in Ning County, because Ning County was far away from Lianjing, unlike them here, which was very close to Lao Maozi.
"The one in front is my house." Her eyes were a little complicated, looking at this low mud house, after the living conditions in the previous life were better, several younger siblings bought this house and a large area around it, turned it into a Russian-style house, and would drive here every weekend to barbecue.
"Your yard is very clean, and the vegetable garden is quite large." There is really nothing to boast about, the mud roof is very low, which makes Li Tianming worry about whether his head will touch the door frame.
Zheng Huiya was just about to speak, when someone behind her asked, "Huiya?" You're back? ”
When she looked back, it was her neighbor Chu Yuhua.
Chu Yuhua is two years older than her, and she has already made a marriage, and the object is a farmer in the same village, who is very simple and capable. But Chu Yuhua was reluctant, and often told her something to look down on each other. However, the two have a good life after getting married.
In the past, her relationship with Chu Yuhua was also good, she was beaten and angry at home, and often complained to her. When she got married, Chu Yuhua cried. But later, after Li Tianming's sacrifice, Chu Yuhua looked down on her when she saw that she was in difficulty, and they slowly lost contact. After many years, her eldest sister, younger brothers and sisters are very promising, Chu Yuhua found her because of her son's work and wanted her to help talk to her eldest brother, but she refused, and since then, the two have never spoken.
Li Tianming stopped with her footsteps and turned his head. When Chu Yuhua saw Li Tianming, her eyes lit up, and she ran forward and grabbed Zheng Huiya's arm and asked, "Huiya, I heard that you went on a blind date, who is this?" She glanced at Li Tianming, and secretly said in her heart that this girl is really a good fate, beating a man turned out to be a soldier, and she is so good-looking. She was jealous in her heart, and her face came out, "Huiya, can your stepmother agree?" How much bride price can you pay if you marry a soldier? ”
Saying this in front of the two of them, was it intentional or deliberate?
Zheng Huiya didn't want to perfunctory her, so she broke away from her hand and said lightly: "What are you talking about?" What is the stepmother or not, don't say it, it's not good for people to hear it. ”
Chu Yulan stared at the big eyes, the undulating chest in her chest couldn't stop rising and falling, and she couldn't believe it: "Isn't this what you said?" It's not that you are the queen mother of the heavens, saying that your stepmother is not good to you, can I say that? She said and glanced at Li Tianming aggrievedly, "Huiya, you have changed, you have found a good family and are about to leave home, so you don't care about our childhood friends?" ”
Zheng Huiya was disgusted with playing with her, and said coldly: "Oh? Am I my friend? Why do I listen to this, do you wish I couldn't do this family thing? After she finished speaking, she didn't care about her iron-blue face, and pulled Li Tianming, "Let's go, what do you see, is she good-looking?"
"No, she's not as good-looking as you." Li Tianming cooperated with her very well, and made Chu Yulan behind him angry.
Zheng Huiya knew that he was cooperating with him, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and it felt really good to be unconditionally maintained.
After walking a few steps to the gate of her house, she stopped and asked in a low voice, "You don't ask me?" "If what Chu Yulan said is true, she often talks about her stepmother, he doesn't mind such a woman who is inconsistent?
Li Tianming smiled: "What do you ask?" You are my daughter-in-law, and my daughter-in-law is right to do whatever she says and does. ”
Listen, this love talk is no worse than I love you and I like you, Zheng Huiya is in a better mood, the corners of her mouth are raised high, she strode into the courtyard, stepped forward and pulled open the door wrapped in broken cotton wool, and shouted loudly: "Dad, mother, I'm back." It didn't matter if anyone in the room heard it, and shouted loudly: "The third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, are you at home?" Sister brought you something delicious. ”