Chapter 142: No matter what she gave up, she couldn't let this Xiao Jin, who was looking forward to it wholeheartedly, be disappointed.
Han Jin is not an eleven or twelve-year-old child anymore, and he knows that he can't stubbornly lose his temper like he did back then.
He also doesn't want Xiangxiang to treat him like a child, he wants to behave maturely and steadily, let her know that he can do everything properly and thoughtfully, and let her rely on him with confidence.
She refuses to live in the old house, so let her live next to the old house, the house is built next to the old house, the yard is one, he takes care of her to protect her, and it is still a family, at most, there is one more wall than the original.
Either way, she was going to live with him, where he could reach and open his eyes. This cannot be changed at any time.
Zhou Lanxiang didn't expect Xiao Jin to be so thoughtful, and what she said also moved her. Yes, they were reunited so easily, could she leave him and Xiaoshan behind to run her own life?
For Xiao Jin, they are reunited after six or seven years of separation, but for her, it is a reunion after parting from life and death in the past and present lives, which is more rare and needs to be cherished.
Zhou Lanxiang would take out Zhao Jianguo's letter from the bottom of the box when no one was around, and every time she didn't have the courage to open it and read it again, she couldn't make up her mind to make a decision every time.
She wishes so much to have a child of her own, and if the father of the child is a responsible and excellent person, it will be the perfect marriage of her dreams.
But this suitable person came at an inopportune time, even if it was two years later, Xiaojin had her own small family, and Xiaoshan graduated from high school, she could let them go with confidence.
She couldn't let Zhao Jianguo wait for her for two years or even longer, he was one year older than her, and let him wait until he was almost thirty years old to get married, it would delay him too much, and she couldn't open her mouth.
The letter was like a little rabbit that burrowed into her heart, and it would jump up at any moment and stir up chaos in her heart.
Han Jin also found out that Xiangxiang was a little distracted these days, and if he couldn't find a reason, he could only think that she was not feeling well during the spring season, so he forcibly asked her to take a few days off, and she was not allowed to do needlework, so she was asked to walk around the front and back of the small black house at home, and the only job was to touch those eggs every once in a while to see whether the eggs were cold or hot, or to see the small vegetable seedlings that had grown to a finger high.
There was no work at home, and he had already planted potatoes and sweet potatoes in the vegetable garden in the morning and evening, and Xiangxiang didn't even know when he would finish his work.
Sister Fang Ya patted her thigh and sighed: "It is said that your brother Zhuzi likes to do odd jobs at home, but it is far worse than giving Jinzi!" Your pillar brother has to follow me to pick up a piece of water, and you have to ask me for a broom! Without me, he wouldn't be able to do anything! It's like a jinzi, no one has to worry about anything, you don't think that everyone is doing it well! ”
Aunt Zhao also sighed: "It's not! You say he could have looked like this when he was a child! That grumpy! Who doesn't think that this kid will definitely be a daughter-in-law when he grows up! ”
A group of sisters-in-law and aunts began to think about introducing someone to Han Jin, and they were all touching their relatives, such a good young man, he wanted to look good, he wanted his family property to have a family property, the young man had the ability to work, and he cared for his family so much, he couldn't be cheap outsiders!
I have long forgotten that last autumn the big guy was still disgusted that Han Jin was a little hooligan who kicked pigs and scolded his mother and stole things from the house, by the way, her mother also said that he had a problem with his style!
Look at it now, after people are separated from the family, they are diligent and serious, how can it be like the one that came out of his family? Even the old captain relied on him very much, and he was the first to think of him if there was anything he needed to do outside.
No one dared to say anything about the members, when they went to the commune or even to the county to do errands, they stumbled when they saw the commune cadres, not to mention going to get things from others to grab benefits for the team! Not to mention when you enter the county, you can't find the southeast and northwest and you're afraid of being bullied by the people in the city, and the whole tunzi is also capable of Han Jin, and even the affairs of the Dongtou Seventh Team are asked for him to help with it!
Han Jin went to the commune at noon to get a new wheat seed, and when he came back, he didn't go to the field, but went home and pulled Xiangxiang out, "Artemisia sprouts and mother-in-law Ding have come out, let's dig wild vegetables!" ”
Xiangxiang has not been very comfortable these days, so he wants to take her out for a walk while the weather is good, and he can't always stay at home.
If he hadn't known that she was okay and unwilling to go into the city, he would have thought about taking her into the city for a walk.
The two of them carried a small basket and a small shovel to the nearest Xiaodongshan to Tunzi, which was actually a small dirt slope with sparse lala shrubs and some miscellaneous trees, because there was a small stream next to it, and the flowers and plants here grew well, so Han Jin came over with Xiangxiang.
After two spring rains, the wild vegetables will grow in the wind, and the willow artemisia sprouts and mother-in-law, shepherd's cabbage, small root garlic, Ma Lantou, broom vegetables, and wild leeks will all grow, and the mountains can be seen in a few days.
As for duck foot boards, wolfberry sprouts, bracken, and toon sprouts, they are almost impossible to see in the small mountain bags near their home, and they have to go into the mountains to pick, so Han Jin plans to take Xiangxiang to the mountains in two more days, and it is best to stay in the forest farm for two days, maybe go out for a walk, and then go to the mountains to see the woods that grow new leaves, and her mood can be better.
Han Jin didn't mainly bring fragrant incense to pick wild vegetables today, so he twisted a willow bark whistle for her to play, and went to fold a handful of thorn rose branches, which are the earliest flowers that bloom in spring here, and there are flower bones before the leaves have grown, and they can bloom clusters of bright flowers when they are taken back and raised in water for a few days.
The two of them basked in the warm afternoon sun on the hillside, picked a small basket of fresh and tender shepherd's cabbage, and went to the creek to see the crystal clear water of the creek for a while.
Seeing that Xiangxiang had a gentle and tranquil smile on her face again, Han Jin finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that she is really suffocated at home, so let's take her to the forest farm for a spin in the next few days!
Returning home from Xiaodongshan, Han Jin took Xiangxiang around for a while and walked to the yellow mud pit behind Tunzi. This is the place where the loess is taken when the kang is wiped on the wall in the tunzi, a large wasteland in front of a small barren mountain, and there are several big pits dug out of the loess all year round.
There are people in the tunzi who build houses to make adobe and mud here, and when they make adobe, they dry it on the wasteland, and pull it back to build a house.
It was here that Zhou Lanxiang fainted last winter. And it wasn't until she had the dream of that previous life that she learned that Wang Manchu took her to get up early and beat adobe greedily, not to build a house for her family, but to build another room for Widow Xu's family, because his eldest son was going to elementary school this year, Wang Manchu felt that his son would be a college student in the future, and he would build a separate house for the child to study.
Han Jin should also know the ins and outs of the matter, so he came here with Xiangxiang, even if he tried his best to control it, the look on his face was not very good.
He pointed to the adobe that had been stacked and dried in the open space and showed her: "Let's listen to you, let's build an adobe house, but the house has to be built higher, as high as the old house, you like the house to be bright, too short and aggrieved." The wall is also built with two floors, or it is not warm. ”
He originally planned to build a brick house for Xiangxiang, and he was optimistic about the bricks of the brick factory in the commune, but Xiangxiang disagreed, saying that the adobe house was good, and he refused to even ask for bricks and soil.
The two discussed for several days, and in the end, Han Jin was persuaded by Xiangxiang.
Her identity is here, it's not good that the house is too conspicuous, and the key is that it is not needed. In the future, when the people in Tunzi have built a brick house, she will build it, and now it is better to be like everyone else.
Han Jin saw that she was so persistent, afraid that she would be in a hurry to get angry if she continued to talk about it, so the adobe house would be an adobe house! She doesn't want to listen to her too publicly, but an adobe house can also be built bright and warm, so it's up to you to use it!
Zhou Lanxiang didn't expect that after only a few days of discussion, he had already beaten so many adobes! She didn't even know it!
He is with himself every day except for work, when did he get the wheat stalks and mud? And when did you come to beat the adobe? So much, he has to work alone for at least three to five days!
Han Jin just didn't want Xiangxiang to interfere in this matter, thinking of the fact that she was injured here last year, he was full of anger in his chest, and he wanted to directly kick Wang Manchu and Widow Xu to death!
Every time I think of him, I feel so distressed that I can't sleep, how can I let her do such dirty and tiring work as beating adobe anymore, "There are 1,000 yuan for the good work, and another 6,000 yuan is enough, I just let you see, I have a bottom in my heart." Don't run here in the future, I've arranged all the people, and I can finish it in a few days. When the seeds are planted, we will build a house and try to let you move back home as soon as possible! ”
Let her move back home, the expectation and satisfaction on Xiao Jin's face when she said this were like imprinted in Zhou Lanxiang's heart.
She clearly remembered how old Xiao Jin was holding her hand and didn't want her to go to live at Grandma's house, pursed her mouth and was angry and aggrieved, but she pretended to be a little adult and told her: "Xiangxiang, then you have to come back early, someone bullies you, you tell me, I will kill him!" ”
She also remembered that the twelve-year-old boy was already a head taller than her, and he still asked her with eyes full of attachment and expectation: "Xiangxiang, if you don't marry Wang Manchu, I will raise you in the future and let you live a good life for the rest of your life, okay?" ”
I remember that when he was forty years old, he could already see a few gray hairs on his sideburns, and he would still say to her gently and expectantly: "Xiangxiang, we will live well in the future and make up for the good days we lacked before!" ”
It's a pity that in the previous days, whether it was in the past or the present life, she had disappointed him most of the time. She has never given him the peaceful and stable life he is looking forward to.
But the child was still so wholeheartedly looking forward to living with her, looking at her with eyes that were always shining, always looking forward to it and satisfied, as if as long as she nodded, their good days would come.
She couldn't let him down.
No matter what she gave up, she couldn't disappoint this Xiaojin, who was looking forward to it wholeheartedly.