Two days later, a young and beautiful woman came to Lu Jinzhi's house. A red sweater on the upper body, a black tweed skirt underneath, a white woolen coat on the outside, and a pair of short leather boots on the feet, Lu Jinzhi's sister-in-law Xu Jing put a cup of tea in front of the young woman, and greeted warmly: "Miao Miao, drink water, is it cold outside!" Miao Miao smiled at Xu Jing: "It's not cold, I came by car, the driver sent me to the door, and I went out?"

"Yes, the brothers dragged him out to sit, but he should be back soon. You wait for him for a while, eat at home, and I'll ask Sister-in-law Zhang to add a dish. "No need, I don't eat much at night, you eat, I'll sit and wait for him." ”

Miao Miao glanced at Xu Jing, took a sip of water, and slowly opened her mouth: "Actually, isn't it very good for Jinzhi to stay in City B, the family relationship, the friends who grew up together, are all in City B, and now he is going to the poor place, he wants nothing, and his uncle will not persuade him." ”

Xu Jing's face stiffened, and she said in her heart: I am just a daughter-in-law, where can I care about these things. There was still a smile on his face: "I should have my own thoughts, I'm just a sister-in-law, and it's not good to ask so much." Then he asked, "When are you two going to do something?" Speaking of which, you are not young, and if you do, you should also get ready." I, the sister-in-law, have to prepare the congratulatory gifts in advance. It will be Miao Miao's turn to stiffen her face, and she said with a little shyness: "I'm still young, I want to struggle in my career for a few more years and make some achievements." Sister-in-law Xu, have you gone to see the "White-Haired Girl"? Now I'm the number one woman. ”

Sister-in-law Xu slandered in her heart: I have to wait a few more years, how old is the little brother-in-law before he can get married. Sister-in-law Xu persuaded again: "Jinzhi's age is not young, people who are similar to him are all married, and some of the children can leave." "It's okay, isn't it advocating late marriage and late childbearing now!" Miao Miao was a little unimpressed by this, she felt that a man who loved her should be willing to make sacrifices for himself. When the two were about to stop talking, Lu Jinzhi came back. Xu Jing hurriedly gave up her seat, and under the pretext of buying vegetables, she slipped away directly.

And a not-so-pleasant conversation began. Miao Miao glanced at Lu Jin with disgust: "Sincerely, did you let Sister-in-law Xu come to urge me? If there is something in the future, we will talk about it ourselves, don't let an outsider come to pass the word, how bad." Lu Jinzhi just said lightly: "No, you misunderstood." When Miao Miao heard this, she was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Now that I have been promoted to the number one female, I have been very busy recently, and I have to rehearse every day." When you have time, come and watch me dance. Oh, and I've got a couple of tickets, so you can come with your aunt and uncle. If you don't come, I'll be going to Province X next week. We're going to perform there. As he spoke, he took out the ticket in his bag.

Lu Jinzhi looked at the tickets, and then looked at Miao Miao: "Since you are here today, let's talk, our family means that we hope to get married as soon as possible." After speaking, Lu Jinzhi stared at Miao Miao tightly. Miao Miao was a little weak-hearted, lowered her head and thought for a while and asked, "Lu Jinzhi, do you love me?" Lu Jinzhi was silent, and paused for a while before saying: "What do you think love is? Two years ago, your family proposed to get married two years later, I agreed, and I accommodated you once. Now, if you still need me to accommodate you, I'm sorry, I can't. ”

Miao Miao stood up from the chair suddenly: "Lu Jinzhi, I don't feel love with you, you will always be a light and breezy look." Do you want to get married now because you love me? No, you want to find a nanny who can help you take care of your family, take care of your parents. Oh, and hopefully it's a fertility machine that can help you pass on your lineage. I'm telling you, it's impossible. I, Miao Miao, am a woman in the new era, and I will definitely not revolve around the family, around the man, and around the child like those housewives. I've thought about it, if I'm going to have a baby, I'll wait until I'm 28 years old. I'm an actor, a dancer, and I'm not going to ruin my career just to have a baby. Miao Miao's eyes were full of anger, and her beautiful face was a little distorted by anger. Lu Jinzhi slowly stood up: "I don't think I'm looking for a nanny, I agree that women should have their own careers, it's just that a successful woman should be able to balance the relationship between family members, obviously, you can't." ”

Miao Miao sneered: "Aren't you dissatisfied with me because I didn't take care of my aunt when I was hospitalized last time?" But I sent a gift to the past, and I was also very busy, and I wouldn't do anything like taking care of patients." Lu Jinzhi's eyes were slightly cold, and he looked at Miao Miao's face and said word by word: "My mother never mentioned this matter to me." ”

Miao Miao was still in a trance when she walked out of the Lu family, and she was a little sad, but there was a faint feeling of relaxation. In fact, Miao Miao has been playing with a few brothers in the compound since she was a child, but those boys always dislike her as a little girl, and sometimes let her stand aside and watch. She is an idle person and likes to get up, so they let Lu Jinzhi, who has a quiet personality, look at her and don't let her make trouble. Later, she became Lu Jinzhi's follower. Lu Jinzhi has not been very close to people since he was a child, and he can't say a few words to her, she keeps talking, Lu Jinzhi listened silently, and he didn't know if he listened to it.

Later, everyone thought that they had a good relationship, and the two adults made a marriage to them, although it was a verbal agreement. After that, going to school, working, and being in touch became less and less. When she was a little older, she understood one thing, at that time, the family set Lu Jinzhi for her because of the relationship between the old man of the Lu family. The family wanted to maintain a closer relationship with the Lu family, so it was hurriedly settled, and from that time on, Miao Miao rejected this marriage from her heart. In the later course of the relationship, the two got along with each other, which was far from the beautiful love that Miao Miao was looking forward to, and Miao Miao was even more reluctant to marry Lu Jinzhi, although everyone envied her for marrying Lu Jinzhi.

In such a New Year, big news broke out in the compound - the marriage between the Lu family and the Miao family collapsed. Later, the two families came out to refute the rumors, only saying that the two deceased old men joked in private, and the matter of marriage was misinformation. The few who understand know that these two are completely over. The previous political discord and occasional friction caused a rift in the relationship between the two families, and the children's family affair was the last straw.

This year, there are only a lot more people who visit the Lu family for the New Year than in previous years, and most of them still bring their own daughters, nieces of their mother's family, and cousins and nieces of relatives. Annoyed Lu Jinzhi so much that he packed his luggage and returned to Lin'an Town on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

While sorting out his son's things, Zhang Qiao complained: "Tell me, what's the use of raising my son, I raised him, became a soldier, and I won't go home for the New Year." I raised a small one, and I was going to leave after two days, and before the New Year was over, there was no one at home. Lu sat on the sofa and read the newspaper in the past few years, listened to his old wife's nagging, and said in his heart: I am not a human being! But after many years of getting along, Chief of Staff Lu understood one thing, just give his wife an ear when she was nagging.

Sure enough, Zhang Qiao folded the newly knitted sweater for her son in her hand, and muttered: "It would be nice to give birth to a girl back then, they all say that the girl is her mother's little padded jacket, you see how intimate the little girl of Director Fang's family next door is." This son is all debts! You say yes?" After waiting for a while, he didn't hear his wife's answer, turned his head, and glared at his old man: "Why didn't I react when I talked to you?" Chief of Staff Lu sighed in his heart: "You mean to have another one?" Chief of Staff Lu said in his heart: It's nonsense for a long time, so he quickly changed the topic: "Bring him some bacon or something made at home." Zhang Qiao also changed his mind when he heard this, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to get bacon. Lu had two sons in the past, the eldest son went to serve as a soldier, and the younger son studied well, and after graduating from college, he went to the grassroots level to exercise. Lu Xinian is strict with his eldest son, and he is much more gentle with his younger son, probably because he is old, he always has to be partial, plus Lu Xinian feels that his younger son is more like him, the kind of image in his bones, and he expects more from this son.

When Lu Jinzhi saw a big package, the expression on his face was indescribably weird: "Mom, I don't have to bring so many things." "Anything you don't have to bring is useful. This is a sweater knitted for you, which you can wear in the spring, this is a pair of leather shoes, bought according to your size, there are two sets of clothes, your mother makes you new, this bag is meat, that bag is duck eggs pickled at home, and this envelope contains national food stamps, industrial stamps, and oil stamps, which you can put away yourself. Also, I asked your sister-in-law to prepare some common medicine, and I put it in for you. ”

Listening to his mother's chatter, Lu Jinzhi was a little sad while being moved, pulled Zhang Qiao to sit down, and comforted: "Don't be busy, I'm so old, I can take care of myself, you don't have to think of me, you take good care of yourself at home, remember to tell me if you have something." Zhang Qiao in turn comforted Lu Jinzhi: "What can I do, I have something to find your father, you take good care of yourself, and your mother will be happy." Lu Xinian listened to this sentence and smashed it carefully, well, I understand, my status is under my son. Seeing the deep love between the two mother and son, Chief of Staff Lu spoke: "Okay, let my son hurry up, be careful, drive slower on the road." ”

Lu Jinzhi said goodbye to his parents and sister-in-law and rushed all the way back to Lin'an Town.

Tong Yan in Lin'an Town guarded the empty yard alone. The people in this yard are all working in the countryside and towns. Men find temporary jobs, women do odd jobs. Only those who have some ability can do regular work. For example, Uncle Cao can drive a car and is a regular worker, and Uncle He can repair machines and is also a regular worker. Although no one's yard is lonely, it is also good for Tong Yan, she can take out the things in the space, cook her favorite food to her heart's content, and put it into the space if she does more. Tong Yan's level is to cook a home-cooked meal, there is no recipe in the space, she can only figure it out by herself, and the days of being alone go by quickly.

On this day, I gave Sister Li a New Year's greeting, Tong Yan walked on the way home, and originally wanted to go to the store, but unfortunately the store had not yet opened. Tong Yan secretly laughed at herself for being stupid, this is not the next generation, the store is open 365 days a year. The town is quite lively, and the people who come and go are carrying things to relatives. A few naughty children set off firecrackers on the street, dismantling strings of firecrackers into one by one, and children like to set off such small firecrackers. Tong Yan was most afraid of this, and avoided all the way. Suddenly, I saw a jeep driving by, and in such a town, there was a jeep that was as eye-catching as the Maserati of later generations. Tong Yan came from the next generation, so naturally she didn't care about this. Tong Yan didn't see the people in the car, but the people in the car saw Tong Yan, and what they thought of was the little girl who could eat. If Tong Yan knew, she would have been wronged. The one who ate the most dishes on the table was Ji Ning.

Three days later, the people in the courtyard came back one after another. Sister-in-law Tian brought a bag of food to Tong Yan and opened the package, which were all specialties of the farmer. In fact, Tong Yan likes these things very much, although they are not exquisite, they have a unique flavor. Uncle Cao also brought Tong Yan some home-made cured meat. Uncle Cao took his salary and took advantage of the car to earn some extra money, and his family had a comfortable life. The wine sold a few times a year ago, and the return was rich, so naturally it will not be stingy.

A few days after the factory opened, the school opened. There were two fewer people in the class, and Tong Yan knew that some classmates had dropped out, and she was still a little sad in her heart. The most uncomfortable ones are Mr. Hu and Principal Qian. Teacher Hu stood on the podium and said to everyone in a serious tone: "I really hope that there will still be so many people in your class when you graduate, and the students sitting here should cherish it!" Principal Qian stood at the door of the classroom, without saying a word, with a lot more gray hair on his head, his brows furrowed slightly, showing a little old.

After receiving the book, everyone was ready to disperse, Ji Ning left Tong Yan behind, and mysteriously took out something from his bag - a pair of gloves. It is still woven with woolen yarn. Ji Ning handed the gloves to Tong Yan: "I knit it myself, see if you like it." Tong Yan looked at this craft, and it was really not good. Ji Ning probably also noticed it, and was a little embarrassed: "I just learned to weave during the holidays, the first pair of weaving was given to my mother, and the second pair was given to you, don't you have no conscience!" Tong Yan quickly nodded, indicating that she liked it very much.

Li Fangfang took out a handkerchief and handed it over: "I made this, you can take it, my craftsmanship is much stronger than Ji Ning." Angry, Ji Ning hammered Li Fangfang twice, "Make a handkerchief, just lock the edge, you still have to talk to me." Tong Yan couldn't even straighten up when she smiled.

Wang Li handed over a lunch box, and Tong Yan opened it to see that it was a cake made of white flour. "It's a jujube cake made by my family, and my mother put a lot of sugar, but it's sweet. Tong Yan knew in her heart that white flour and sugar were both precious things, and Wang Li's family definitely gave her the best things. Tong Yan gratefully took Wang Li's hand: "I like to eat jujube paste stuffing the most, thank you, and thank you Auntie for me." Ji Ning deeply agreed: "During the Chinese New Year, my mother made balls filled with jujube paste, and it was the most troublesome to make this filling." Tong Yan looked at the smiling faces and kept these friendships firmly in her heart. The future is high and long, only the friendship remains the same.

The next day, Tong Yan and the others were about to prepare for class, and two people came to the door of the classroom, one Tong Yan knew - Gao Yue, and the other boy had never seen him. Gao Yue saw Tong Yan, pulled the boy to Tong Yan, and said to the boy, "This is Tong Yan." Tong Yan looked at Gao Yue inexplicably. The boy bowed to Tong Yan very seriously: "Thank you!" Tong Yan didn't understand even more, where did this thank you come from?

Gao Yue said with a hippie smile: "Sister, you are a real person who doesn't show your face." I heard that you donated the scholarship? The money you donated was used for him, otherwise this guy would have to go home and farm this semester. Tong Yan suddenly realized and smiled. The news was thrown like a stone into the water, exploding layers of splashes. Everyone was talking, looking at Tong Yan's eyes full of appreciation. Tong Yan was a little embarrassed, and quickly sent Gao Yue and the boy away.

Teacher Hu entered the class, happened to see this scene, and deliberately told this matter from beginning to end before class, and said with great satisfaction: "I am proud to be able to teach such excellent students, and I hope that there will be more such students in our class." I don't know who took the lead, and the class applauded thunderous for a while. Of course, not everyone thinks that way.

Seeing that it was the spring ploughing season, Tian's sister-in-law left the little beans and went home to help with the farming. Uncle He sent Douzi to school in the morning, and he didn't have time to pick him up in the evening, so he asked Xiaodouzi to come back with his classmates. When I got home, I waited for Tong Yan to get out of school, so I asked Tong Yan to help take care of Xiaodouzi.

Tong Yan likes Xiaodouzi, so she naturally responds to it, and Xiaodouzi improves her food here with Tong Yan, and she is reluctant to go back to her home. Zhang Lanlan next door also went home, leaving Qiu Ni to take care of Dong Bao. Since Qiu Ni was caught stealing, Zhang Lanlan asked Qiu Ni to move to the house to sleep, and Qiu Ni rarely appeared in front of everyone. After the New Year, Qiu Ni grew a little taller, her clothes and pants looked smaller, and one of her feet and neck was exposed, and she was blue from the cold. Xiaodouzi was playing marbles in the yard with candy in her mouth, and when she saw Qiu Ni's vicious eyes, she was so frightened that she ran back to Tong Yan's house, pulled Tong Yan's sleeve and complained. Tong Yan frowned slightly, but it was not good to do anything to a little girl, so she could only keep Xiaodouzi away from Qiu Ni.