In the summer of eighty-one years, Jiang Xinyu graduated.

She was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and the address of her unit was quite far away from Huaqing, and it took nearly 40 minutes to drive.

On the day she went to report, she didn't expect that her direct leader Jia Shifu would be Comrade Fu Qiaofa, who had a relationship on the train.

Fu Qiaofa felt that she was a little familiar at first glance, and after thinking about it a little, she remembered the fate on the train last year.

After reminiscing, Jiang Xinyu smiled and said, "I have to take care of you more in the future." ”

Fu Qiaofa took out a pen from the drawer of the table, "I have used it for many years, and you will be my apprentice in the future, and I will give it to you as a gift." ”

Although the master-apprentice relationship in this era is not as good as the parent-child relationship, this generation attaches great importance to it.

There were slight scratches on the pen, Jiang Xinyu accepted it without disgust, and said with a smile: "Thank you, teacher." ”

Fu Qiaofa nodded, "I'll give you a day off today, put all your luggage in the dormitory, and everything that should be placed is settled." ”

He looked up at the calendar and said, "Come with me to the United States in six days, come to see the documents tomorrow, familiarize yourself with the situation, and those units will handle the procedures for you, and you can go and issue a certificate now." ”

Jiang Xinyu went out after responding.

Another leader in the same office said, "You're going to take the new guy with you this time?" ”

Fu Qiaofa asked rhetorically: "What's wrong?" ”

"She has no experience, so she always has to be familiar with the situation in the unit before arranging important work."

Fu Qiaofa shook his head and said, "Familiar with the situation? Serve tea and pour water to see the information? Back to the regulations? That's not something that can be done by college students, and without work experience, they start to accumulate from real practice. ”

Anyway, the one who goes abroad is not new, as long as the newcomer can't poke the basket, it won't be bad, and he can always grow up after listening, watching and learning more.

College students have to practice like this, otherwise they will be violent creatures.

The other person shook his head, he didn't agree with Fu Qiaofa's approach.

It's always inappropriate to take something out to do business when you first come to the unit and are not familiar with anything! Their department is not an ivory tower like a school, and it is easier for newcomers to have problems when they first get started.

The dormitory building of the unit is the third building behind the unit building, and the dormitory she was assigned to is on the sixth floor, which is a two-person room, and one of the bunks is already occupied.

I climbed the stairs in the summer and sweated, and I couldn't stop being disappointed when I pushed open the dormitory door.

She knew that this was the case, Zhou Qi had been working for many years before he was assigned a one-bedroom apartment in the unit, if he hadn't bought a courtyard house outside with the help of his family, he could only take his wife and children back to his grandmother's house or his parents' house to crowd in.

Jiang Xinyu, a person who has just worked, can only be assigned to a small dormitory between two people, and the two-person dormitory is not bad.

There is no way, the housing situation in the country is still tight.

After cleaning up, I put the bedding and other daily necessities I received, drove home, packed up a bunch of daily necessities, and returned to the dormitory of the unit to clean up.

I moved my things to the sixth floor and ran up and down three times, and after cleaning up, my body looked like it had been fished out of the water.

When he returned home, Chen Yi and his mother-in-law and children had already returned.

Chen Yi found that there were some things missing at home, and knew that she went to report to the unit today, so she frowned and said, "You moved things to the residence?" Why don't you wait for me to come along? ”

Wang Sumei also said: "You must be tired of moving things back and forth by yourself, why don't you wait for me to come back?" ”

Jiang Xinyu felt that the two of them were making a big fuss, "I can clean up the mess myself, and I will officially go to work tomorrow, finish it early and come back early to rest." ”

At night, Chen Yi had something to say to Jiang Xinyu, and took the child to his room after Jiang Yan fell asleep.

Jiang Xinyu lay there quietly, he went to bed and stuck to her back, wrapped his arms around her waist and asked softly, "Why don't you wait for me to go with you today?" ”

Jiang Xinyu stated the facts: "I'll clean up when you come back, maybe I won't go home until now." ”

Chen Yi had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

In the past few months, her behavior has taught him that she can live well without him.

She wasn't so dependent on and needed him.

This realization made him feel uncomfortable.

If he hadn't gone abroad, wouldn't the two have been closer?

He bit the back of her neck and sucked gently.

She tickled and hid in with a smile.

Hearing her laughter, for some reason, he breathed a strange sigh of relief in his heart.

He chased her and squeezed her to the wall, saying, "Buy a suite near your unit, and we'll live there in the future." ”

Jiang Xinyu nodded, "If you find a suitable one, you can buy it, but it may not be convenient for you to go to the unit." ”

He put it on the side of her neck and said, "You running back and forth is the biggest inconvenience." ”

"I want you to rely on me instead of doing everything yourself like you did today."

Jiang Xinyu nested on the side of his neck and nodded, "I see." ”

Chen Yi sighed in his heart, knowing that it was his past shortcomings that caused her to exclude him from everything, and secretly thought that he must be better to her in the future.

He felt that he owed Jiang Xinyu, but he didn't expect Jiang Xinyu to go abroad three times a year after entering the unit to work, the shortest time was two weeks, and the longest time was 28 days.

Chen Yi finally knew what it was like to wait for someone to come back at home.

In the summer of '83, Jiang Xinyu came out of the airport wearing sunglasses and pulling a suitcase, and saw a family of three waiting outside, so she quickened her pace and approached, tiptoe and dropped a kiss on the side of his cheek.

Jiang Yan stomped her feet beside her legs urgently, "Mom, Mom, and me." ”

Jiang Xinyu couldn't hold him even if he wasn't wearing high heels, so she squatted down and pinched his face.

Fu Qiaofa and the people of the large army came out slowly with suitcases, and when they got closer, they said: "The report will be handed in ten days, you can go back and rest for a few days." ”

"Xiao Jiang is blessed, Xiao Chen comes back every time he comes back to pick him up, and the relationship between your husband and wife is as good as ever."

Chen Yi smiled noncommittally and said, "Give you a ride?" ”

Fu Qiaofa shook his head: "No need, don't disturb your family reunion, the unit's car is outside." ”

After some greetings, the family of four got into the car, Jiang Xinyu sat in the back seat and put her head on her mother-in-law's shoulder, closed her eyes and said, "Why is Mom here this time?" ”

Wang Sumei: "I can't think of you?" ”

Jiang Xinyu smiled: "I miss you too." ”

Jiang Yan: "And me, Mom, I miss you too." ”

Chen Yi looked at her through the rearview mirror, and said naturally with shame in his heart: "I miss you too." ”

Jiang Xinyu said angrily: "Drive well and look ahead." ”

He withdrew his gaze with a smile on his face.

Along the way, the streets of the capital are already lined with slogans for family planning.

Wang Sumei sighed, "I didn't feel anything in my heart before, but now that I am clearly not allowed to give birth, I feel that there is only one child in the family, Jiang Yan, and there is a little less." ”

Jiang Yan sat next to Jiang Xinyu, "Mom, why don't I have a sister?" ”

Xiaohui of the second aunt's family has two older sisters, the eldest aunt's family has two older brothers, and his grandmother's family has an aunt younger than him in addition to Uncle Xiaochuan, and he is the only child in his family, and most of his classmates also have many brothers and sisters.

Jiang Xinyu flicked his brain melon lightly, "Mom likes you the most, so she only wants you to have a child." ”

Jiang Yan is five years old, and her cheeks still blushed when she heard her mother say this.

"But I still want my sister."

Jiang Xinyu said: "If I have a sister, my parents' work will be affected." ”

Jiang Yan opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth, "Then forget it." ”

When he got home, after dinner, Chen Yi asked, "How many days do you have a vacation?" ”

This business trip was very tiring, and the master did not force her to go back to the unit to report, so she said: "Set aside two days to write the report, and there are about eight days of vacation." ”

He rubbed her hand and said, "You rest for two days, let's go back to the village, the house in the village is built, let's go back and have a look." ”

Jiang Xinyu was shocked, "When was it built, why didn't I know?" ”

"As for your business trip, I took my mother back for a trip, looking for someone to build it, and let people help keep an eye on it, and it cost about 15,000 yuan to build a country house."

Wang Sumei chattered and said: "I used to want to build it in the village, but now that it is rooted here, why do you think it is a waste to build a house again, I said that he would not listen if I didn't build it, this is all built, just go back and see it together." ”

Jiang Xinyu completely agreed with Chen Yi's approach, the country house should have been built a long time ago, and Chen Yi built the house, which can be regarded as an explanation to the original Chen Yi.

She patted her mother-in-law's hand: "In the future, when I get tired of staying in the city, I will go back to live for a while." ”

The older generation seems to have the psychology of returning to their roots, that house is what they promised, and Jiang Xinyu doesn't care how much money it spent.

Wang Sumei's face was as stretched as her heart, looking at her son who was driving in front, her daughter-in-law and grandson sitting next to her, thinking of the cowshed and pigsty in the village, the wildflowers and weeds on the roadside, and the reeds by the canal, and her heart was at peace...

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