Chen Xiuyun came back after more than half an hour, she added some firewood to the brazier, washed her hands and went back to bed.

Although the bed is not 1.8 meters, it can barely be squeezed down by squeezing three people.

Jiang Yuzhu asked in a low voice, "Mom, do you see my dad gone?" ”

Chen Xiuyun said "um".

Jiang Xinyu asked, "Mom, how old are you this year?" ”

"Thirty-nine, what's wrong?" Chen Xiuyun took off her coat and lay down on the outermost.

Jiang Xinyu was squeezed in the middle by the two.

"Mom, if you could go back to the city, would you go back?"

Chen Xiuyun's answer was not Jiang Xinyu's expectation, "If I go back to the city, what about you?" ”

Chen Xiuyun has read books and is more assertive than other women comrades, and Jiang Jianmin used to ask her opinion if there was anything going on in their small family.

Jiang Xinyu said again: "If the college entrance examination resumes, there will be a chance to return to the city, Mom, we can be together." ”

Chen Xiuyun stretched out her hand and rubbed her head, "What do you say, even if the college entrance examination is resumed, I probably won't be able to get into college at my age." ”

Jiang Xinyu said: "The educated youth have contributed to the construction of the country, and they have also sacrificed their youth in this land, I believe that if the college entrance examination is resumed, you all have a chance, and the conditions will definitely be relaxed." ”

"What you said is all about nothing, it's useless to think so much, go to sleep."

Jiang Xin grabbed Comrade Chen Xiuyun's arm, "Mom, when I have a holiday, I will take you and my second sister to tutor together, I heard others say that the recovery of the college entrance examination is promising, and you can't wait for the opportunity to come, but you miss it in vain." ”

Jiang Yuzhu also persuaded, "Yes, Mom, what Xinyu said is not unreasonable." ”

Chen Xiuyun still doesn't believe in her daughter, she hasn't recovered the college entrance examination for so many years, and she may not be in the future, "Okay, go to bed quickly, I have to get up early tomorrow to go to school, your uncle and I will send you there, and then go to see your eldest sister, and by the way, go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to add something and come back." ”

When she returned to Shanghai this time, her family gave her some bills and money, but she refused but had to accept it.

The fourth brother Chen Rong was one year younger than her, and her father gave him the status of a worker when he went to the countryside, so he was exempted from going to the countryside.

For so many years, his parents felt guilty about her, and so did the fourth brother, and the family often sent her things, and this time when she went back, they generously gave her a lot of money and tickets.

The family is separated, but his man is gone, but the things in her hand give her the confidence to raise the two daughters.

Although she felt that what the little girl said about resuming the college entrance examination was unreliable, she still moved in her heart.

This night, Jiang Xinyu didn't feel cold, she was sandwiched between the two, except for the difficulty of turning over, but it was really not cold.

On the second day, Jiang Xinyu was called up by Chen Xiuyun before dawn, and Jiang Yuzhu continued to lie in the quilt without going out.

From the memory of the original owner, I learned that when I went to school every week, I had to bring food to school, and I could bring dry food that could be stored.

The food stamps that the original owner exchanged last week had not been used up, enough for her to eat for three days, so Chen Xiuyun brought up enough multigrain noodles for her to eat for three days, filled her with a lot of shredded radish, and took a canned meat.

I have to go to see the eldest girl today, Chen Xiuyun put on the sweater and alabaster she brought for the eldest girl, and filled a can of malt milk essence, two canned fruits and two canned meat, and carried two packs of snacks, and she will give money and bills again.

Her eldest daughter is considered to be highly married, and she sends things to her eldest daughter-in-law's family, of course, she can't be stingy, lest her eldest daughter be looked down upon by her in-laws. Chen Gang accompanied her, and she also had this consideration, she just wanted to let her eldest daughter-in-law's family know that although her man was gone, there was someone in her mother's family.

Jiang Xinyu was fortunate to drink a bowl of malt milk essence again, and after drinking the warm roast on her body.

Chen Gang was carrying a bunch of things on his back, and it was not difficult to walk, and the footprints of the three of them stretched in the snow.

Chen Gang said: "Third sister, you have to catch a dog in the home, and when I leave, the three of you are not safe." ”

The small courtyard is at the westernmost end of the courtyard, and there is the forest belt, and it is indeed unsafe for three women to have a small courtyard.

Jiang Xinyu drank warmly out of the door, and wrapped the new sweater that had not been washed inside, although the blue-gray jacket on the outside was thick and heavy, some cotton was knotted together, Jiang Xinyu wrapped a rag on her head, and crossed her hands into the sleeves of the cotton coat.

She just felt that the road to school was really long, from dark to dark, she wasn't sure how long she had walked, anyway, her toes were almost frozen.

Life is really difficult, why is she still in this place when she wakes up?

Jiang Xinyu's face was frozen, and the snowflakes were still floating in the air.

The original owner's memory of the endless farm work when she didn't go to school also frightened her, even if she went to school, she also had farm leave, walking in the wind and snow, thinking of this, Jiang Xinyu wanted to die again.

She thought that if a person was born destined to suffer, then she really, really didn't want such a life.

Don't tell her that hardship is a blessing, and those who endure hardship have no choice but to endure hardship. When you are suffering, there is always someone who enjoys it.

No one is naturally willing to endure hardship, but the current situation is that most people are suffering, and she can only accept this environment as a small village girl.

The high schools in the commune are also bungalows, and they are said to be schools, but they are not actually fenced off, but fortunately, the classrooms are paved with floor tiles, the tables are long tables, they look old, the walls are painted with more than a meter of blue-green paint, the skin is almost finished, there is a large stove in the northwest corner, the chimney leads to the window, and the temperature in the classroom is higher than outside.

Chen Xiuyun sent her to the classroom first, and then talked to the teacher at the door of the classroom, and she didn't come for more than a week, of course, she had to talk to the teacher about the situation.

Jiang Xinyu's family affairs are no secret in the class, and most of her classmates sympathize with her when they look at her.

In these years, there are fewer girls in high school than boys, and it would be good for girls to graduate from junior high school.

In the current concept of most rural people, girls don't need to read so many books, anyway, they are married and belong to someone else's family, so why waste that money.

"Xinyu, come and roast the fire." A girl with braided braids and big eyebrows pulled her past and pressed her to a stool next to the stove, on which there were a few sweet potatoes that smelled sweet.

This girl is Jiang Xinyu's good sister at school and the principal's daughter, named Zhang Yanyan.

After Jiang Xinyu's face was roasted for a while, the numbness and itching disappeared, and the whole person was not so stiff.

The gossip of the classmates around her made her feel the simplicity of people in this year, in this world, there are only a few great wonders like Mrs. Li after all.

Outside, after Chen Xiuyun talked to the teacher, she glanced at the girl who was surrounded by her classmates, her face eased, and then she and Chen Gang raised their legs and walked outside the school.

Hearing the school teacher say that the person surnamed Yao no longer works in the school, Chen Xiuyun also breathed a sigh of relief.