In the afternoon, however, the sky cleared.

Xiaoyu sat in front of the small stool with the child in her arms, and the fire was burned with bud rice stalks, ready to make dinner, poured water and brushed the pot, cooked rice, boiled rice paste (for small potatoes, a kind of food where rice is soaked in water and then ground into a fine powder to cook), stir-fry, she made a scrambled egg, a green vegetable.

As soon as the meal was ready, Jiang Zhidong came back from the field, and his tall body went into the kitchen to pick up the child.

Xiao Yu glanced at him, no matter what kind of work this man does, his hands and feet will always be washed clean when he goes home, and he looks much more refreshing than other men who have finished their work.

She followed him to the hall with the food, put the food on the table in the hall, went back to the kitchen again, and went back to the hall to eat.

In this era of poverty, it is already good to have scrambled eggs and rice.

Xiaoyu eats with the vegetables, Jiang Zhidong feeds the children eggs, eats rice, and eats food from time to time.

The family ate without speaking, quietly.

After eating, Xiaoyu put away the dishes and chopsticks, went to the kitchen to wash, boiled a pot of hot water, mixed hot water with cold water and took it to the hall, Jiang Zhidong saw it, washed the child, and went to the room to coax him to sleep with the child.

Xiao Yu looked at his tall back, her heart was a little complicated, she always felt sour, this man made himself love for a lifetime, and he also made himself inferior for a lifetime.

She reached out and touched the corners of her eyes, there were no tears, and suddenly she felt a little funny about herself, and she went out with the dirty warm water and poured it out.

She went to the kitchen to fetch water and washed herself, and when she was done, she went to the room, where the child was already asleep.

There was an oil lamp lit at home, Jiang Zhidong saw her come in, he went to the kitchen to fetch water and wash up, and when he came back, he saw that Xiaoyu was sitting at his desk before he got on the kang, and he was a little puzzled.

"Why don't you sleep yet?"

His voice was low, and it was especially nice under such an oil lamp.

"I have something I want to tell you, so let's go out and talk about it first. Xiao Yu glanced at the sleeping child on the bed.

"Good. ”

The two walked into the hall one after the other.

The door of the hall was wide open, and in the dark of night, the whole village looked gloomy in the late summer night, with the occasional breeze blowing in the twilight, and from time to time a few dog barks could be heard, and the chirping of frogs, and every now and then one or two fireflies flew outside the house.

Xiao Yu sat on the wooden bench in the hall, looked at her husband, and finally spoke.

"The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination has come out, I know that you want to take the college entrance examination in your heart, and I support you very much. ”

Jiang Zhidong was a little surprised when he saw her say this, but seeing that the expression on her face was very serious, his heart improved, and there seemed to be a little starlight shining in his eyes.

He had wanted to talk to Xiao Yu for a long time, but he didn't know if Xiao Yu would disagree, so he never said it.

"But can you promise me one thing?"

"I also want to take the college entrance examination, can I lend me your books?"

There is a reed bush at the head of the village, and their house is right at the head of the village, and there is a small river with living water next to the reeds.

Occasionally, the evening breeze blew in the hall, and it was very comfortable, and it blew on her, and raised a small handful of hair, and she was beautiful, with big eyes, very bright, and yellowish skin, not pretty, but not ugly.

Jiang Zhidong was stunned, but he was extremely happy after reacting, he didn't expect his wife to be so thoughtful?

He sat down, sat beside her and looked at her and smiled, "As long as you want, let's work hard as a husband and wife, come and ask me if you don't understand, you can read my books if you want, don't borrow any words, do you still need to borrow my things?"

"When the time comes, the notice will be sent above, the college entrance examination will be resumed, and we will go to the college entrance examination together as a husband and wife, as long as one of us is admitted, we can leave like this, and then our family's life should be better than now, and there is no need to suffer so much." ”

Xiaoyu nodded, "Thank you." ”

Jiang Zhidong smiled, he hadn't smiled so happily for a long time, since he came to the countryside at the age of 18 seven years ago, thinking that his life would be like this, he was already used to it in despair, but he didn't expect that now there is a turnaround! .

He still remembers seven years ago, he had just graduated from high school.

He looked at his wife and thought in his heart that he must make the most of this opportunity.

"But you also know, I only went to elementary school before, I guess I may not be able to pass the exam the first time, so I will try the water, even if it is two more exams, it doesn't matter, but there is one thing you have to promise me. ”

"What's the matter?"

"If I don't get in this time, you have to take me and Little Potato with you if you do. ”

"Don't worry, even if I am an accompaniment at that time, I will also... I can study by your side, you can teach me on vacation, and I can see the prosperity of the city and see it for a long time. ”

Jiang Zhidong was a little surprised, what if she didn't get in?

If he is admitted alone, he will go to study, and he may not be able to take care of the two of them, but the family is different, and her family is there......

"Don't worry, when the time comes, we won't drag you down, I can do some small business, I really can't help other people's laundry and earn money, I just want to go." ”

When Jiang Zhidong saw her say this, his heart was a little sour, and he wanted to persuade her to be unhappy at home.

"Think about it, even if I stay at home, but you are not at home, at home...... I'm a woman, my own man is not at home, it's always bad ......"

Although she has given birth to a child, her figure is similar to when she was not married to him, not fat or thin, just right. In addition, she was born beautifully, and she looked better than ordinary girls in the village.

He thought about it, what she said was reasonable, and he understood what he didn't finish, he thought about it, nodded, and agreed.

The husband and wife said so, Xiaoyu was happy, and simply discussed cleaning up the miscellaneous house next door to make a study, so that reading and discussing in it would not disturb the children's sleep, and they could watch it as late as they wanted.

Just do it, the two of them went to the miscellaneous house to clean it with the help of the oil lamp, the things inside were neatly placed, it was very convenient to clean, after cleaning, I went to get the desk over, and brought the books over, so I got it very late, Xiaoyu was sweating all over her body, and she couldn't stand it, so she took the oil lamp to the kitchen to fetch water and prepared to go to the bathhouse to rinse herself, she rinsed it clean, her body was refreshing and comfortable.

Jiang Zhidong took advantage of the gap between her baths and read a book by himself with an oil lamp.

Seeing that she had washed up, he put down his books and went to the study to fetch water, and then went to the bathhouse to rinse up, and when he came out, it was almost 12 o'clock in the evening.

He still has to work tomorrow morning, he went back to the room to see that the child was sleeping soundly, and when he saw that Xiaoyu had already fallen asleep, he smiled on his face, reached out and touched the child's face, and by the way, he took away a strand of hair on Xiaoyu's face.