The children were tossing and turning inside the house, and outside the house, Cheng Jia'an was sitting on a small bench smoking a cigarette, his eyes a little wandering. Li Xiulan on the other side was also absentmindedly wearing a sweater, stopping from time to time in a daze, Cheng Jia'an glanced at it inadvertently, frowned, and asked suspiciously.

"What's the matter, it's been this afternoon, and I always look like I'm not giving up, what's the matter?"

Li Xiulan sighed, a trace of melancholy appeared between her eyebrows, looked at the wrinkles on Cheng Jia'an's forehead, and said lonely: "Hey, seeing that the children are also older, are we all old?" ”

Cheng Jia'an blinked, he really didn't understand the meaning of his wife's words: "What, I'm afraid of being old?" ”

Li Xiulan sighed faintly: "This person is afraid of his age, and he thinks a lot when he is old, his father, where do you say we will be when we are old in the future?" ”

Cheng Jia'an frowned and thought for a while, and hesitated: "You don't miss your hometown?" ”

These words may really have entered Li Xiulan's heart, she pursed her lips and said sadly: "Isn't it, this has been out for more than ten years, and she has never been back." Mom's body is getting worse day by day. I'm the eldest at home, and it's my turn to support my parents. But what's the situation in our family! I didn't dare to take my mother over to raise me, and thanks to Xiumei all these years, thinking of this, I panicked! ”

As she spoke, Li Xiulan's eyes were a little red, and there was a hint of self-blame and regret in her thick thoughts, like two iron pliers, which made her heart ache.

Cheng Jia'an turned his face away, silently looking at the floating white clouds in the sky, and his melancholy face revealed a thoughtful look: "Yes, it's time to think about the future, it's hard to leave the homeland!" ”

Li Xiulan looked at her husband in surprise: "You have thought about it too, right?" ”

Cheng Jia'an pursed his lips and sighed: "How could I not have thought about it, the tree is thousands of feet tall and the leaves fall back to the roots, this is also a common sense." ”

"That'...... Then you say, can we go back? Li Xiulan stretched her neck in anticipation.

"Hmm!" Cheng Jia'an nodded, frowned and thought for a while, and muttered: "I heard that there are some preferential policies for this educated youth to return to their hometowns, and I don't know if it's true, and if it's like me, it's also within this range!" ”

Li Xiulan reached out in surprise, grabbed Cheng Jia'an's arm, and urged: "Then you just hurry up and ask, maybe it's true!" ”

Cheng Jia'an nodded slowly: "Then I'll ask." ”

The evening breeze is bleak, and the white clouds are blooming.

The faint night breeze can't dissipate the boredom of homesickness, and the white clouds are just a thick melancholy. Once the Cheng family couple's nostalgic obsession is opened, it is like a withered grass meeting a wildfire, quietly igniting in the hearts of the two, gradually spreading and burning, and then becoming an urgent and unbearable desire.

Return, return! Back to the hometown where I was born and raised......

In the next few days, Cheng Jia'an was thinking about how to inquire about the policy of returning to his hometown, and it happened that on this day, Ma Xiaotian, the head of the cadre unit, came to the health center to get medicine.

"Jia'an, are you there?"

"Yo, it's Chief Ma, what's wrong?"

Speaking of this Ma Xiaotian, he was still a roommate under one roof of Cheng Jia'an. Not to mention his cheerful personality, he is still a warm-hearted person, and he has helped Cheng Jia'an a lot, and he can be regarded as the only partner who can make friends with the wood-like Cheng Jia'an in the group field.

In the past few years, Ma Xiaotian has also changed from the pony officer who was a hanger at the beginning to a calm and wise middle-level leading cadre today, and he can be regarded as taking over He Weiguo's position in the regiment back then, and his prestige among the workers is quite high, and there may be some room for promotion in the future.

"Hey!" Ma Xiaotian rubbed his stomach, revealing a hint of discomfort: "Recently, I have been working overtime and staying up late, this stomach is very uncomfortable, you can get me some medicine to eat." ”

Cheng Jiaan frowned and said with concern: "Yo, you have to be careful if you have a bad stomach, taking medicine can only be temporary, and you have to rely on nourishment." I'll find you some recipes to nourish your stomach when you go back, and you can just eat it. ”

Ma Xiaotian nodded slightly, showed a bitter smile and said, "Okay, the recipe you figured out is the most effective, I believe this, hehe!" ”

"It's just so that you came, I have something to consult!" Cheng Jia'an took the opportunity to inquire.

"You say!"

"I heard that many educated youths have returned to their hometowns now, and the state has given a lot of preferential policies, is it true?"

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotian was immediately able to keenly capture Cheng Jia'an's thoughts at the moment, and asked in surprise: "What, you and Xiulan's sister-in-law also want to be transferred back to their hometown?" ”

Cheng Jia'an's face was bitter, and he said sadly: "It's not, it's been more than ten years, and I really miss my hometown a little." Besides, the age is set aside here, so I have to make a plan for the future. ”

Ma Xiaotian nodded silently, frowned and thought for a while: "What you said is also true, but this matter has to go through a lot of procedures." ”

"Really?"

Cheng Jia'an responded melancholy, in fact, he also expected that he was not a migratory bird, and he could fly back if he wanted to fly back. Second, he is not a leader, it doesn't matter if he has no connections, what can he do when he goes back! Picking up the rags with big eyes?

Ma Xiaotian's next words also confirmed Cheng Jia'an's guess: "Do you think, if you want to be transferred, there must be a unit to take it over, right?" Whether the receiving unit is good or not, whether you are satisfied or not must have a consideration. At present, the state has some preferential policies that can solve the work arrangements of most of the returned educated youth, but there are always some units that are not as good as our group field, which ...... in case."

"Hey!"

The Cheng family soothed his forehead and sighed sadly: "That's what you said!" But I don't know any hometown unit, let alone this connection? ”

Looking at Cheng Jia'an's aggrieved face, Ma Xiaotian smiled instead, changed his words, and comforted hopefully: "Hey, isn't there still an organization here?" I'm just worried. You Cheng Jia'an must be skilled, skilled, capable and capable. And how many years of old party members, which unit doesn't rush to ask for people like you? As long as it's a professional counterpart, I think there should be no problem for you to transfer to work! By the way, this preferential policy also includes solving the employment problem of family members, if it goes well, you can really return the home of both husband and wife! ”

Cheng Jia'an suddenly raised his head in surprise: "Really? Can this really be? ”

Ma Xiaotian straightened his face and said calmly: "Don't be happy first, if you and Xiulan's sister-in-law really want to have this idea, then report it one by one, and wait to see if there is any good receiving unit in your hometown...... Alas, no! ”

Cheng Jia'an asked in a panic, "What?" Questions? ”

Ma Xiaotian lowered his head, pretended to be annoyed, and jokingly said: "If you leave, I will have one less companion, and I haven't eaten enough of my sister-in-law's noodles!" ”

Cheng Jia'an relieved his head and scolded with a smile: "You, you are shocked, scared to death!" Turn around and let your sister-in-law do it, eat you to death! ”

These two brothers and sisters who have come from the era of hardship are not only roommates in the same room, but also comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe. Hearing that Cheng Jia'an had the idea of returning home, Ma Xiaotian's heart was both a blessing and a sadness.

Cheng Jia'an's departure may be the day when the sky is separated, and there will never be a day of goodbye.