The next day.
At dawn, the village party secretary Lao Wang and Guo Qizi took advantage of the morning light to drive the donkey cart to the field.
This time, their purchasing budget was sufficient.
We just took the opportunity to welcome the elder 'Xiao Gao' to hold a bonfire party.
The bonfire party is the highest etiquette for entertaining guests here, and at the same time, it is also a carnival within their village.
In fact, last year, someone in the village proposed to hold a bonfire party to celebrate last year's good harvest.
Xifeng Village now has a total of 118 households (after the merger). The total number of villagers, men, women, old and young, is less than 500.
By raising sheep, their village's per capita income exceeded 100 last year.
One hundred dollars!
In the past, this was an unimaginable amount of money. A few years ago, they worked hard all year round and could only earn a few dozen yuan at most.
It is difficult to make money, but it is easy to spend it. A family of four or five can eat cleanly with the little money they earn.
Applying the concept of later generations, the Engel coefficient of Xifeng Village is also above 70%.
Food consumption expenditure accounts for 70% of total income. Is it possible to live a life without hardship?
But now, the good days of Xifeng Village are coming.
In the past, when people heard about "Brigade 4", girls from outside didn't want to marry here at all. Now when people hear that it's from "Xifeng Village", they rush to join.
However, Xu Lingjun is a special case.
There's nothing I can do about it, he's carrying something different. As soon as others find out about his past, the marriage will probably fall through.
Xu Lingjun insisted on telling others about the situation.
After going back and forth like this, his marriage became a big problem.
the other side.
Qin Nan has been particularly lethargic since she became pregnant. She wakes up very late every morning and can hardly get up before eight or nine o'clock.
No, when she woke up and looked to the side, it was already empty.
Then, she slowly got up from the bed and walked outside with her big belly. Before she even walked out of the door, she smelled an alluring aroma.
That's the aroma of wheat.
When she stepped out of the room, she saw Li Xiuzhi at a glance. She saw Xiuzhi walking towards her, holding a bowl of wide noodles in her hand.
"Sister Nan, are you awake?"
Li Xiuzhi said with a smile: "This side has just been made, so it's time to eat it while it's hot. By the way, Aunt Wang made this side. She has something to do at home, so she went home first."
After a night together, Li Xiuzhi became obviously more lively, especially when she and Qin Nan were alone.
"Sorry to trouble you."
Qin Nan was not too polite, smiled and thanked him, and then came to the table with Li Xiuzhi.
The two had breakfast together, and Qin Nan took the initiative to take Li Xiuzhi out for a walk.
She was very optimistic about Li Xiuzhi and Xu Lingjun's affairs, so she was ready to help Li Xiuzhi integrate into the village as soon as possible.
Because of Li Jie, Qin Nan is very popular in the village. From the moment she goes out, everyone she meets on the road will take the initiative to chat with her.
During this period, someone also asked about Li Xiuzhi’s identity.
Qin Nan did not explain directly, but just smiled and said that this was the sister she had just recognized.
As the saying goes, love the house and the bird. After learning that Li Xiuzhi and Qin Nan had a good relationship, the villagers' attitude towards Li Xiuzhi became much kinder.
The two walked and chatted all the way. After a while, they arrived at the door of Lao Xu's house.
Lao Xu's house also has a small courtyard. However, the courtyard wall of Lao Xu's house is not very high, about a little more than one meter. An ordinary adult standing outside can see the situation inside the courtyard at a glance.
As soon as Qin Nan and Li Xiuzhi arrived at the scene, they saw a pile of things in the yard.
At the same time, there were sounds from time to time in the house on the right.
Just at this moment, Xu Lingjun walked out of the house carrying a small box.
Although the weather was cool in the morning, Xu Lingjun was already sweating profusely, and his clothes had already been soaked with sweat.
"Teacher Qin?"
"Xiuzhi?"
"Why are you here?"
Seeing the two figures, Xu Lingjun hurriedly walked slowly and put the box on his shoulder into the open space in the yard.
Then, he picked up a towel and wiped his sweat.
"Old Xu, why don't you ask anyone for help?"
When Qin Nan saw Xu Lingjun who was sweating profusely, he couldn't help but said: "You can't handle so many things by yourself."
"In this case, I'll find someone to come and help."
"Need not!"
Seeing Qin Nan preparing to leave, Xu Lingjun shouted quickly.
"Teacher Qin, you don't need to find anyone, I can do it by myself."
Xu Lingjun is a person who is very reluctant to trouble others. In fact, with his relationship with the villagers, finding a few helpers is not a problem at all.
But in his opinion, he can do the cleaning of the house alone.
It just makes people a little tired.
However, it is better to be tired than to trouble others.
What he did was actually a manifestation of his lack of security. Deep in his heart, he was afraid that one day his life would go back to the past.
If that's the case, whoever has a good relationship with him will probably be in trouble as well.
Therefore, since he has taken off his hat now, he will also control the intersection range.
As for Li Jie and his family, Xu Lingjun also mentioned it to Li Jie and Qin Nan, but neither Li Jie nor Qin Nan took it seriously.
Li Jie didn't take it seriously because he knew those days had passed and would never come back.
Chile River is far away in the northwest, and it is almost difficult for the disturbances from the outside world to reach here.
Just like when he brought his elders here this time, Li Jie also planned to let them stay here for a while.
If you stay here for a year and a half and then go back, what has to be done will be over.
Hearing the voice coming from behind, Qin Nan turned around and glanced at Xu Lingjun helplessly.
This old Xu is always like this.
"I'm here to help."
On the side, Li Xiuzhi weakly raised her hand and volunteered.
"I can do this alone."
Xu Lingjun also declined Li Xiuzhi's proposal. He refused to let Li Xiuzhi help, not because he was out of touch, but because he thought Li Xiuzhi was too thin.
He was afraid of hurting Li Xiuzhi when doing heavy work such as moving furniture.
Although Xu Lingjun is only a veterinarian, he still knows some common medical knowledge.
If a thin girl like Li Xiuzhi insists on doing such heavy work, she will easily suffer muscle strain.
Muscle strain can be a major or minor problem.
However, Li Xiuzhi did not obey and rolled up her sleeves and walked into the house.
"Forehead."
Xu Lingjun was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses and was about to step forward to stop him, Qin Nan's voice reached his ears.
"Old Xu, just let Xiuzhi help."
"After all, she will live in this house from now on. If you feel sorry for her, don't let her move those heavy things."
"well."
Lao Xu didn't insist anymore, just glanced into the room and sighed softly.
(End of chapter)
