Chapter 17: Misfortune

In the morning, after sending the two of them to work, Xinlan cleaned up the inside and outside of the house. Since Lu Dong's marriage was confirmed, Xinlan had no worries in her heart, thinking that her mood would be relaxed now, but she was a little uncomfortable, like weightlessness, and her heart was empty.

The loneliness in her heart made Xinlan a little at a loss, she didn't know what to do, and her spirit was insufficient, and she was like two people who were like fighting a few days ago. She couldn't tell why. After thinking about it, I couldn't think of a reason, so I had to take the basket to the ground and take a break.

It was a little overcast, it was raining somewhere, and the breeze blew to make the fresh air more humid. The wheat had already sprouted ears, and before it was time to bloom, some people took advantage of it to gather weeds in the field. Xinlan didn't know what to do, so she came to her own field to do the same work.

The wheat is dense and strong, which indicates another good harvest this year. There is still Chen Mai at home, and there is also a flour factory in the village, which has not been eaten every year. Xinlan is most satisfied with the fact that there is more food at home every year, and I wonder if the family came back because of this? Although life in the city is better now, compared with the city in this regard, Xinlan is still satisfied in her heart, after all, the city now eats grain and oil and is supplied with food and food stamps, although the whole is no longer comparable.

Xinlan is very concerned about her parents in the city, in addition to often writing letters to greet her parents and sisters, when she goes to see her parents during the New Year's Festival, she always processes some noodles and brings some noodles to send to her parents.

Xinlan will also envy the life in the city, she has heard about the changes that have taken place in the city over the years, and she has also seen it when she went to visit her parents. Economic policies are getting better and better, living standards are getting higher and higher, and although some are still supplied by tickets, they will never be the same again. The bigger difference is the colorful life in the city, people can watch movies and TV after work, they can go to the park to relax, they can go shopping in big stores, they can go out and have a car... Compared with all this, I don't dare to imagine all this, and sometimes I really doubt whether the original choice was right, so that sometimes I sigh for thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. It is no wonder that although her family has moved back for more than 10 years, in the eyes of the people around her, people still treat her as a city person, and her eyes are full of envy, which is enough to show the difference between the status of urban and rural people at that time. Sometimes Xinlan will be lost in this look, and she will be proud, but after waking up, she is even more lost, she is sometimes even a little confused, doubting her identity, and she can't figure out who she is, whether she is a farmer or a city person.

Because the plot is close to home, Xinlan usually goes to the field to chop grass and feed the chickens, so there are not many weeds. Some of the weeds are piled up on the ground and do not want to. But that's a good meat trumpet.

The meat horn was also in the field, and because she was afraid of the rain, she was busy gathering the half-dried grass that had been thrown away by others in the field so that she could go back to feed the sheep. Xinlan saw that she couldn't be busy, so she went over to help her load the car. Erkui Niang humbly conceded, full of gratitude. With multiple people working hard, the speed is naturally a lot faster.

The two of them finished pretending and walked back, chatting and gossiping while walking, and before they knew it, they arrived at the door of Xinlan's house. While talking, I heard Lai Zi's dog barking and rushing out, followed by the sound of motorcycles, Lao Wang had already arrived in front of the Qingjun stall in the square. Xinlan remembered the letter she had sent to her parents a few days ago, and wanted to see if there was a letter of her own. Before she could go forward, Lao Wang had already seen her and shouted for her to sign. But it turned out that this time my father sent a registered mail. Xinlan knew that there was something to send the registration, so she hurriedly put the basket at the door, walked a few steps over to sign, took the letter and walked back, and went to the door to pick up the basket again and return home.

Xinlan returned to the courtyard, washed her hands and dried them, and hurriedly tore open the letter. The words were written by my father. The letter reads:

Fusheng, Xin Lan'er, see the letter like a face!

You have received the letter, and you know that you are doing well, and you are at ease. However, there is one thing to tell you, I hope you will make up your mind and prepare early.

After the reform and opening up, the state has made major changes in the policy of going to the countryside in cities and towns. Since last year, the government has allowed urban youths who had responded to the call to support rural construction to return to the cities in a variety of ways, such as joining the army, conducting business transfers, replacing them, returning from illness, family accidents, and recruiting workers. Now it has been handled several batches one after another. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, and the only chance to return to the city. Now that the policy is good, the city is changing with each passing day, and the development of the city indicates more opportunities and prospects, and the situation of starvation due to life will never be the same again. For the sake of your better life in the future, and for the sake of your children's employment, I hope that you will make a decision as soon as possible to return to the city as soon as possible and reunite with the family.

In addition, while being happy about Lu Dong's marriage, he was a little worried. Will the marriage affect Lu Dong's return to the city. Will the two places be separated in the future, which will affect their lives? Please consider it and make a decision as soon as possible.

I wish you all the best in your family's life!

Father: Li Zhicheng (word)

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Xinlan took the letter and read it side by side, her heart was indescribably excited, like happy, like bitter, like sour, like pain but not pain, an indescribable feeling. She didn't want to go back to the city, just because this joy from the first impossible, suddenly came, and she couldn't believe it was true. I never dared to have such extravagant hopes, and I didn't even dare to think about it, and I didn't know how to accept it from the sky. In her opinion, she was going to live here for the rest of her life, from the moment she and Fusheng came back, she thought it was fate, and the idea of returning to the city was dead in her heart!

Xinlan couldn't restrain herself a little, she was at a loss, she didn't know what she should do! It's like a living but unconscious person, picking up this and putting down that in the courtyard, she feels a little unbearable! She suppressed her excitement and decided not to think about it anymore, as if she didn't have it. With this thought, my mood finally calmed down.

However, the mood can be calm, and things can't be thought about. In her father's letter, Lu Dong's marriage was mentioned, but Xinlan didn't know how to solve it. Blame yourself, if you didn't rush to beg Guizhi in a panic a few days ago, but now that it has developed to this point, you will be in a dilemma. But what should I do about this, Xinlan thought about it, but she really couldn't think of a good solution, so she had no choice but to hope that Fusheng and his wife would come back in the evening.

In the afternoon, the sky finally couldn't hold back, and it began to rain tricklingly. Fusheng and the big guy hid under the eaves of the porch, ready to wait for the rain to pass and continue to dry, but God seemed to be against everyone, and it kept raining big or small. Seeing that God didn't mean to live, the big guy had to pack up his tools and leave work early.

Haihai didn't go with Fusheng, he told Fusheng that he wanted Lu Dong to go to Liuzhuang with him. When Fusheng heard about it, he thought it was about Lu Dong falling in love again, so he was embarrassed to ask more, and promised to leave directly with the other workers.

Fusheng wore a raincoat, braved the rain, rushed home in one breath, pushed open the courtyard door, but did not see Xinlan at home. He shouted a few times, but no one answered, so he went to push the door of the house, trying to push the car into the house. Who knew that the door could not be opened, he shouted a few more times, but no one answered. Fusheng panicked, and a sense of foreboding instantly enveloped his heart.