Han Li learned from Sang Qiang's description that, according to the older generation of farmers, this was originally a low-lying swamp land, and when the flood came, it would turn into an ocean.

It wasn't until the 50s that the demobilized workers and a group of heavy prisoners were asked to build embankments and dams, dig canals to divert water, and open up wasteland to reclaim fields.

However, it is said that at that time it was quite rich, the land was fertile, overgrown with weeds, and the black land was so fertile that oil flowed.

Those birds and beasts can be seen everywhere, and the description of "Developing Yanwo Island" in the language book "Hitting roe deer, scooping fish, and pheasants flying into the rice pot" also appeared near the pioneer farm.

Unfortunately, as the number of farms in the vicinity grew, the number of people who came here changed from year to year, turning the place from a swampy wasteland to a beautiful and rich place, but that never happened again.

Now newcomers can only listen to the older generation of farm people, and imagine the scene of birds and animals eating at will.

While Han Li was listening to Sang Qiang's words, there was a chorus of many people singing in the distance.

"The flowers in the flower basket are fragrant, listen to me sing and sing.

I came to Nanniwan, a good place in Nanniwan, a good place.

Good place to come, good scenery, crops everywhere, cattle and sheep everywhere.

In previous years, Nanniwan was full of barren mountains and no people. ”

After hearing the singing, Sang Qiang stopped his continuous narration and said with a smile at Han Li.

"Everyone has come back from the ground, and if there is another song, you will almost be able to see Comrade Li Hongxia."

Just as Han Li was about to say something, the singing in the distance had already changed from Nanniwan to the rising sun on the grassland.

"The white clouds are floating in the blue sky, the horses are running under the white clouds, waving the whip in all directions, and the birds are flying together, and I proudly tell him that this is my hometown."

At this time, looking out of the window, I could already see a group of people singing and walking in a sparse procession.

Seeing this, Sang Qiang beckoned Han Li and they came to the door together, and when the song was finished, he shouted at the team.

"Comrade Li Hongxia, three friends have come to see you."

Sang Qiang's voice made the team mess up for a moment, and then Li Hongxia left the team and ran towards this side with a basket carrying a child.

"Han Li, you're here."

"Hehe, Comrade Li Hongxia, are we talking in a different place."

"Yes, yes, look at my brain, let's go to my place and sit down and talk."

Han Li said hello to Sang Qiang and walked inside with Li Hongxia, listening to her introduce the situation here as she walked, and it could be seen that she was in a good mood now, and there was a faint smell of milk on her body.

And Ren Dagang and Qiao Shanhong's eyes had been staring at the child carrying the basket, and they just subconsciously followed behind Han Li and them.

The two neat rows of houses are the offices, accounting rooms, health rooms, commissaries, mailrooms, and so on.

The tall buildings on the opposite side are granaries, goods and machinery warehouses, and next to them are guardhouses, and there are some single rooms specially for relatives and young people.

The row of low tiled houses behind the left is the canteen, activity room, and dormitory for female educated youth, and the row of low tiled houses behind the right is a machine repair workshop, a livestock shed, a transformer, and a dormitory for male educated youth.

Li Hongxia was assigned to a single room because she got married, and although her man was gone, no one drove her away, so she still lived there.

After hearing this, Han Li suspected that it was the others who were afraid that the child's crying would affect his rest, so Li Hongxia was able to live in that single room.

However, when he came to the neighborhood, Han Li realized that it was not at all what he thought, he saw that the doors of several houses did not look like people were living in them, it was probably that there were too many people leaving over the years, so there was no shortage of single rooms here at all.

When Li Hongxia opened the door, Han Li found that these so-called single rooms were really a bit pitiful, inside was a kang that could sleep three people, and the kang was still the oldest kind of burning wood directly below.

When this kind of kang is burned, it will make the whole house become smoky, otherwise it will be full of smoke and ashes, and Han Li doesn't know about other places, anyway, there are very few people in Shanghe Village who use it.

On one side of the kang are two wooden boxes stacked together as a table, next to it are two high-legged benches, and on the other side is a washbasin shelf made of wood, on which are placed two enamel washbasins and towels, which makes the room for movement already small.

"Han Li, and the two of you sit down quickly, Han Li will help greet these two, and I will wash my face and come to talk to you again."

As soon as she entered the room, Li Hongxia greeted everyone, and after finishing speaking, she put down the child and smiled apologetically at Han Li, took a ball of things from the cabinet, turned around and went out with the basin.

At this time, Ren Dagang and Qiao Shanhong immediately came over, carefully touching the little spot in front of him who was still sleeping, and after a while, Ren Dagang turned around and said with an embarrassed face.

"Brother Han, you are a doctor, help see if this child is in good health."

Han Li stepped forward and checked it carefully, first touching his pulse and head, and then unbuttoning the blanket and clothes on the little guy's body, so that Ren Dagang and his family could see more clearly that this was a healthy young man.

Han Li wrapped the little guy again after doing all this, nodded and was about to speak, when Li Hongxia came back with a basin, and at this time her clothes had already changed.

It seems that all the parts of her body have been washed except for her hair, because in addition to the faint milky fragrance on her body, there is also a smell of soap, but her bathing speed is really fast enough, which has to catch up with the man's bathing speed.

"I'm sorry, my face was full of dirt when I first came back, and I'm really embarrassed to chat with everyone."

"It's all your own people, so you're welcome, but the layout of your place is really good."

Han Li replied casually, but Li Hongxia took over the topic and started talking, as if she had forgotten what she was writing to ask someone else to come over, or maybe she knew in her heart that she just wanted to delay spending more time with her son.

"Isn't it? Han Li, let me tell you, the conditions here are much better than those in Shanghe Village, and the most important thing is that there are a lot of herdsmen and farms around for grazing, so there is really not much shortage of all kinds of meat here. ”

Han Li didn't interrupt her at first, but seeing that it was getting late, he could only cough and throw the question out directly.

This directly made Li Hongxia silent, she looked at Ren Dagang and Qiao Hongshan in front of her, and then looked at her son lying on the kang, the look on her face became more and more sad, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

However, Li Hongxia immediately remembered the sarcastic and sarcastic words of her mother-in-law some time ago, as well as the fact that she and her son were both guilty, her eyes gradually became firm, and finally took a deep breath and said.

"It's getting dark now, shall we talk about this tomorrow? By the way, I just asked the chef in charge of the spoon to help me make a few dishes in the cafeteria, and now the time is about the same, shall we bring them back or go over to eat? ”

"Hey, then let's go over and eat, by the way, let's see the canteen of the farm, by the way, these three travel bags, the black one is our family, the lazy one is He Mi, Hou Yuhua, Hao Hongmin's yards, and the green one belongs to the two of them, these are all gifts for you, you put these away first, and the three of us go to the yard to appreciate your situation here."

After Han Li finished speaking, he glanced at Qiao Shanhong and the others, and the two of them greeted Li Hongxia and came out.

"Brother Han, how is it?"

"The child's body is healthy now, and the rest is up to the two of you to decide."

When Han Li and the three of them were talking in a whisper outside, Li Hongxia ignored those things in the house, she sat on the edge of the kang and hugged the child and cried, it took a long time to come back to her senses, wipe away her tears, put a smile on her face and walked out with the child in her arms.

When I ate next, everything seemed to be back to normal, and Li Hongxia and Qiao Shanhong were still talking and laughing while sitting together.

Since there is no way to leave now, after eating, Li Hongxia first went to the male intellectuals to say hello, saying that there were two relatives from her hometown and they wanted to squeeze here at night, and Qiao Shanhong slept on the same kang with her.

After doing all this, Li Hongxia took them to the activity room, there are two activity rooms in the Pioneer Farm, one is the outdoor basketball court, which is the dirt ground, there is only one rebound here, and there is a basket hanging on it that I don't know how many times it has been broken.

One is the indoor table tennis room, where a few pairs of badminton rackets are locked in the cabinet, and there is a table tennis table in the middle, which is still made of bricks, but these are enough to relieve everyone's boredom in winter.

There were already people playing in the table tennis room, Han Li had no interest in this sport, and Ren Dagang didn't know how to play at all, so he stayed here for a while and left.

After coming to the courtyard again, Li Hongxia walked in front with Qiao Shanhong in her arms, and Han Li walked side by side with Ren Dagang in the back.

Everyone chatted while strolling inside, but this also made Han Li see the difference between the educated youth on the farm and the educated youth who cut in line.

Since they all have their own salaries, their lives are many times better than those of the educated youth.

There were also a lot of pastimes at other times, and after walking along the way, Han Li saw two people playing with money, as well as some people playing chess, playing cards, and reading books.

In addition, there are many people who quietly go to remote places, these people are all men in front of them, women or women in front of men and men without exception, their kind of look and demeanor like being thieves, you don't need to guess Han Li to know that they are engaging in objects, using this time of the night to say some sweet words, holding hands, hugging, they are all enthusiastic and impulsive age, and those who have a good relationship "complain to each other" are not without this possibility.

After all, there are only a limited number of places that can be walked around here, and the four of them quickly walked around, and at this time, they once again walked to the door of Li Hongxia's residence, Han Li thought that everyone would go back to sleep separately, and when the child's affairs were talked about tomorrow, Li Hongxia suddenly spoke.

"Sister Shanhong, I want to know something from Han Li alone, can I bother you two to wait in the house with the child in your arms for a while?

Han Li and the three of them all thought that Li Hongxia was going to inquire about the other party's family situation, and then they were considering whether to send the child out, which was human nature, so they readily agreed.

After Qiao Shanhong and his wife carefully took the child into the house, Li Hongxia glanced at Han Li seriously and said.

"There are some things that are not easy to say here, and it is not good for others to hear, so let's go and talk about it."

"Okay, this is your home field, I'll just follow you wherever you go."

Li Hongxia's letter said that she didn't want the people on the farm to know that she had given away the child, and here she said that Han Li was a relative of their hometown, so the conversation between them about the child was really not suitable for the people on the farm to hear.

Therefore, Han Li was not surprised at all by Li Hongxia's proposal, and walked to the side after her.

(End of chapter)