Winter here is full of snow, and the weather is much colder than in Xinjiang, with two hours of dawn and two hours of darkness. Wang Chu followed his father to Xinjiang at the age of eight, and he grew up in Xinjiang since he was a child, and he was not at all suitable for the environment and time of his hometown.

In this village, there are hundreds of families living in the intricacies, listening to Li Xiangyang's introduction, this is basically the Li family's family, and his family has a very thick family tree, which records all the family members in detail for a hundred years.

"I'm going to have to rewrite my family tree in my lifetime." The father-in-law held the red family tree book in his hand, and said to Li Xiangyang while flipping through it, "Since your uncle made this family tree ten years ago, no one has ever worried about this, and our entire family of nearly 3,000 people, such as those who married in like Chu Chu, and those who were born like Xiaobao, have to be written into the family tree." ”

"Dad, there's a lot of work on this family tree." Li Xiangyang explained, "You have to find a few prestigious people in the family to help you do it. ”

"Hmm." The father-in-law pursed his lips in agreement, "I have considered it, I have to call your uncle and uncle to make a family tree together." ”

Not to mention, Li Xiangyang's family is not to mention, the popularity is also quite good, since Li Xiangyang went home, there have been several waves of people in the family every day, and neighbors and relatives from the left and right have flocked to visit the first college student who walked out of the countryside.

"Look at this child, he brought his daughter-in-law home, and we villagers don't know about it." An aunt in her fifties said, "You are the only college student in our village, so you have to bring the object first and let us check it for you." ”

"Not really." Another aunt interjected, "You didn't do it right, you should criticize it, I will say how much you have to prosper, just give your life's events so hastily, what does your daughter-in-law do?" ”

"My daughter-in-law is at home and has nothing to do." Li Xiangyang explained.

"I didn't do anything, that's a blessed person, is she highly educated?"

"My daughter-in-law graduated from high school."

"High school graduates." The aunt gave an indescribable expression, which made Wang Chuji uncomfortable, "It's okay to look at, small and exquisite, Si Swenwen." ”

"His aunt." The mother-in-law interjected and said, "My Li Xiangyang is assertive, my daughter-in-law is well-behaved and sensible, and the important thing is filial piety, so this is it." ”

Wang Chu was complacent about his mother-in-law's words, an old man came over with a crutch, he was wearing a plain linen cotton jacket, with an army green hat, and his granddaughter in her thirties was supporting him, it is said that the uncle was the oldest person in the village, over 95 years old, not deaf, not blind, "Xiangyang, I heard that you work in Xinjiang, yo, Xinjiang is far away, how many years have you not been home?" The old man hunched his waist, he was short, and he could only see Li Xiangyang when he raised his head.

"It's a distant uncle, I haven't been home for four years." Li Xiangyang explained in a loud voice.

"What do you do?" Uncle asked again.

"I work at the livestock station and am now the deputy station director."

"Oh." The uncle nodded, "The job is very good, worthy of being a college student, having a stable job, and being able to support the family, it will be." ”

Li Xiangyang's face was filled with confidence, Wang Chu felt that his self-esteem had been greatly satisfied, and the uncle didn't understand the difference between the deputy stationmaster and the stationmaster, and only felt that it was great to have a job.

A forty-year-old pulled his son, who was a head taller than him, over, "Look at your Uncle Xiangyang, you will find an iron job when you come out of college, you can't go to school well for a day, and there are still two and a half years, and you can't get into college, so you can come back and herd sheep." ”

"Sheep herding." The little guy exited, "Freedom doesn't care yet." ”

The man kicked the child's buttocks, "That's all you need, can't you look at your Uncle Xiangyang?" ”

"Don't hit the kid, Uncle Li." Li Xiangyang persuaded.

"You have to persuade the child for me, you are not obedient at all." This is called Uncle Li's stomach with bitter water.

"My dad knows how to do it." The young man said, "He never chatters about things that can be solved." ”

"Your dad also hates iron and steel." Li Xiangyang explained, "I have to give you a good talk about my school history, although I was naughty when I was a child, and asked the teacher to call my parents every day, and then the teacher found out that although I was playful, my grades were very good, and the teacher didn't care about me anymore." Since high school, I have known that if I don't work hard, I can't learn the knowledge in the textbook, except for taking notes, the knowledge points of the day, which can be memorized in my head, I will never put it on the next day. Indeed, the college entrance examination almost cost me half my life, I often study late at night, and I fainted several times, don't believe it, you ask your aunt. He pointed to his mother and said to the boy.

"Uncle, but what should I do if I can't study now?" The guy said.

"There is nothing that you can't study, you have just entered high school now, and you still have time, after going to college, you have countless paths to choose from, you can be a soldier, you can participate in work, you can also start a business and become a boss, if you can't go to college, you can only go home to herd sheep."

"Uncle, I listen to you, study hard in the future."

"That's right." Li Xiangyang slapped the guy on the arm.

"This college student is a college student." Uncle Li said gratefully, "I've said a few baskets of good things, but he can't listen to them." ”

"This kid has to be persuaded by outsiders, and he just won't listen to you if you nag too much." Li Xiangyang explained.

"Dad, I'm looking for a classmate to play, don't wait for me to eat at night." After saying that, the guy slipped away.

"If you dare to go to me, I'll break your legs." Uncle Li shouted.

"I've promised to study hard, so don't use force to solve it again." After saying that, the little one has already run a long way.

At this time, an aunt in her sixties asked, "Li Xiangyang, do you go to work in Xinjiang to catch a carriage?" ”

"Aunt Zhang." Li Xiangyang knew the person in front of him, "We have Uyghurs there who drive carriages, I ride a motorcycle to work, and our roads there are all parking roads, which are easier to walk than the roads in our hometown." ”

"That's good, I thought Xinjiang was all the Gobi Desert, and I heard that people in Xinjiang ride horses and camels to work!"

"Riding a horse and riding a camel? It's all about time. Li Xiangyang smiled, and Wang Chu laughed out loud when he heard it. There are all kinds of questions, even some weird, Li Xiangyang, who can answer, tries his best to answer, and what he can't answer is just replaced by a smile and a nod.

Li Xiangyang coped with the problems of those neighbors for several days, and his relatives had enough relatives, and his uncle was eighty-two years old, and he had never had any serious illness in his life, and his body was quite strong. My aunt is eighty-six years old, and she has suffered from a strange disease for so many years, she often feels like a fire, often fidgeting, unable to sleep, and basically unable to take care of herself. For more than ten years, the three daughters and daughters-in-law have taken turns to take care of them, one son is busy with work, and the other son has contracted all the farm work in the field, and basically has no time to take care of his mother. Uncle and aunt can be regarded as relatively blessed people, their children are filial, their daughters-in-law are virtuous, the eldest grandson has become a family, the youngest is only able to walk, and the great-grandchildren are already three years old.

Li Xiangyang's second uncle worked as a teacher in the village school, his second mother did some farm work at home, and his two sons participated in the work, and the family lived a high life all their lives.

Aunt Li Xiangyang can be regarded as the hardest one, married to the most honest person in the village, has six acres of land at home, and the two grow vegetables and sell vegetables for their two children to go to college. Basically get up early and be greedy all year round, digging money in the field, and the two old people look at it from the side, they are people who have suffered all their lives. It was difficult for Wang Chu to see the old age and wrinkles on his aunt and uncle's faces, and what kind of life they had gone through to experience those uneven wrinkles and dry and rough skin.

According to Li Xiangyang, the third uncle works in the city, lives in a building, has three children in the family, two daughters and two sons have jobs and jobs, and they are doing big business without jobs, and all of them have a profit. My sister-in-law was far away, married to a distant mountain village to work as a farmer, and lived a relatively poor life all her life.

Li Xiangyang's father's family is the youngest, his grandparents have nearly six brothers, this data is not clear, just from Li Xiangyang's father's generation, there are three brothers and two younger sisters, and the children in the family are basically more than three or less than six. After the children grew up and got married, they gave birth to two or more than two, Li Xiangyang's eldest brother is already in his fifties, and there are two children around him, all of whom are married and have children, and even his grandsons have gone to college, Wang Chu calculated carefully, it is equivalent to six brothers in the grandfather's generation, five boys in the father's generation, and in the past 100 years, he has bred nearly 3,000 huge families, this surprising data is rare in this era.

Wang Chu also calculated his family by the way, the grandfather died early, and the grandfather was a lone seedling. 's father is also the youngest in the family, with three older brothers and two younger sisters, and the total number of relatives is less than 100. The reason for the decline in the population of Wang Chu's family is that there was family planning when his father got married, Wang Chu's generation, his cousin and cousin are only daughters, and they will have two at most, and the youngest cousin is still in school, and the two have not yet started a family, which is pitiful compared to Li Xiangyang's family.

The family is huge, in fact, it is also a puzzling thing, since Li Xiangyang and Wang Chu came back, they have not been idle for a day, and there are more than a dozen relatives in the village alone, including the grandmother's family, and the Li and the two have basically not been idle. Every relative's house has to go once, and it's not happy not to go. She can finally understand why he hasn't come home for four years, not only because he hasn't mixed well, but also because it's a headache to buy gifts and visit relatives.

The half-month vacation ended soon, and my mother-in-law had already started to prepare several bags of things two days ago, such as noodles, vermicelli, turmeric, fragrant beans, and hot pot base.

"Hey, Mom, these things are available in Xinjiang, so you don't need to bring them." Li Xiangyang looked at the things in his bag and said, "It's such a long way, why do you want me to take these things?" Weird heavy. ”

Li Xiangxia looked at it and smiled, "Mom can't wait to bring you all the specialties in my hometown." ”

"Mom, in fact, you really don't need to prepare these things, we have everything over there, and we don't lack anything." Wang Chu explained.

"Yes, it's from Xinjiang, and the taste is different." The mother-in-law stubbornly said, "It took me a long time to prepare it for the two of you, and you two have to find a way to bring it." ”

Li Xiangyang only shook his head, he couldn't resist his mother, so he had to take it and spend more than 200 yuan at the post office to send it back to Xinjiang.

Two days before leaving, Wang Chu and Li Xiangyang took the initiative to say, "Let's take our parents to Xinjiang as soon as possible to live together, they have nothing to hope here, and if they leave here, the two old people will be in a better mood. ”

Wang Chu's words touched Li Xiangyang, "Chu Chu, thank you for thinking so, I am also thinking about this matter, take them to Xinjiang as soon as possible, my sister is far away from home, and people have to take care of her family, and it is impossible to take care of everything, but I know that if you want the two old people to go to Xinjiang, there must be a reason." ”

"What reason?"

"Giving birth to a child."

Wang Chu frowned and furrowed.

Later, when Li Xiangyang told his mother-in-law about this idea, her mother-in-law agreed, "As long as my family is pregnant, your father and I will sell all the things in the family, settle down in Xinjiang, and take our grandchildren." ”

"I don't have to guess." Li Xiangxia showed an envious smile, "As long as you say that you have a child, your mother will definitely respond." ”

"Of course." The mother-in-law smiled with a smile on her face, "I look forward to bringing a child to Xiangyang in this life." ”

The mother-in-law's statement was finally not opposed by her father-in-law, and although the father-in-law was silent, it was not difficult to see the joy in his heart.

On the day of leaving, the neighbors of the village all came to see him off, and his sister-in-law was also in the crowd, his eyes never left Wang Chu, Li Xiangyang was surrounded by a group of people, subtle and warm, and tried his best to flatter, and he didn't notice his sister-in-law at all. At this time, the sense of honor of college students is vividly reflected in him, and it is no wonder that his mother-in-law smashed pots and sold iron to borrow money everywhere for her son to go to college. At this moment, she really has to admit that the title of college student is a social phenomenon that everyone expects, and it is the most direct standard for measuring a person, and a certificate is more important than verbal praise.

Mother-in-law and father-in-law, as well as Li Xiangxia sent Wang Chu and Li Xiangyang into the train station, all the way, mother-in-law took Wang Chu's hand and never let go, when entering the station, Wang Chu said, "Mom, you and my dad went to Xinjiang early, even if I am not pregnant and have no children, you can also go to Xinjiang and live with us." "Actually, there is a reason why Wang Chu asked his father-in-law and mother-in-law to go to Xinjiang early, with them, maybe Li Xiangyang would not nag her after drinking, nor would he make noise in front of his parents.

"Hey, your dad and I are idle people, we went to have an idle meal, and we couldn't stay."

"There is a vegetable field in the backyard of the house, you can grow vegetables when you are free, but it is really not good, Xinjiang is full of cotton, and you can still go to earn money." Li Xiangyang explained.

When it comes to growing vegetables and making money, my mother-in-law became interested, "Your father is an expert in growing vegetables, picking cotton to make money, I can do this." ”

Li Xiangyang and Wang Chu should enter the station, Wang Chu thought that her mother-in-law would cry, all the way, she looked back at her mother-in-law several times, and her mother-in-law kept smiling, her father-in-law and Li Xiangxia kept wrapping their hands, and her mother-in-law kept instructing, "Chu Chu, call home when you have time, Li Xiangyang, be kind to Chu Chu." ”

"Got it, Mom, go back quickly." Li Xiangyang and Wang Chu waved goodbye around their hands, and it was not until they entered the station that they couldn't see anyone, and she saw Li Xiangxia wiping her tears for her mother-in-law while waving goodbye.