"Xueyi and the others want to go, just let them go. Why are they stopping us?"
Wu Qianli walked downstairs slowly on crutches: "Isn't it a good thing that the Wu family's granddaughter-in-law is interested in the countryside?"
Shu Xueqing frowned: "What a good thing! I have suffered half a life with you in the countryside. Is it a good thing? You are suffering in the army, but I am not suffering in the countryside?"
"We didn't have the family business we have now!" After hearing Shu Xueqing talk about the past years, a touch of tenderness appeared on Wu Qianli's wasted face, "It's different now. My son has the ability to build such a huge family business." ...Xueyi wants to go to the countryside to see it, but that’s okay.”
Shu Xueqing stopped talking, and Wu Jiale knew that she acquiesced.
"Jia Le, when you go back this time, go and burn some on the grave of your old lady and grandma. Introduce your fiancée to them," Wu Qianli said.
Wu Jiale nodded: "I understand, grandpa."
Chen Xueyi looked at the old man with some curiosity, and then at Wu Jiale. She was a little curious, but did not ask.
"This is the key to my old home. Xiaobao's family often cleans it, so it should still be liveable. By the way, there should be the dragon-phoenix quilt from when your parents got married in the closet on the second floor. You can go back and sleep on it for a few days. "Wu Qianli handed a key to Wu Jiale.
Wu Jiale took it solemnly: "Yes, I understand, grandpa."
We had lunch at Wu’s house, that is, four people.
Chen Xueyi learned that Wu Xianghua and Aileen had gone to work and could only come back at night.
After eating, Wu Jiale took her straight to the countryside.
I passed by a paper flower shop on the way and bought a trunk full of paper money and gold ingots.
"Underworld coins?" Chen Xueyi asked.
Wu Jiale nodded and said with a smile: "Grandpa, didn't you ask me to introduce you to the late grandpa, grandpa, and third grandpa? I'll burn more for them this time."
Chen Xueyi smiled and nodded.
From the city to the countryside, the scenery on both sides of the road has changed.
The steel and concrete city has transformed into small three- and four-story houses and large tracts of groves.
Full of greenery and vitality.
Occasionally, one or two cement factories and brick factories fell into it, adding a bit of dust.
"Is this the countryside?" Chen Xueyi asked with curiosity.
"This is a town, also called a street or a market." Wu Jiale shook his head and said.
Chen Xueyi was a little confused: "Is there any difference?"
"Well, there's actually no difference. It's just that the town is more prosperous. It's like a street. You have to buy everything here. Except for small shops, there are no products for sale in the countryside."
"That's it...that is to say, people usually come here to buy daily necessities, just like we go to the mall."
"Yes, but it's different from us. They used to have to walk a long way to buy things here, but now they have transportation, which is great." Wu Jiale pointed to the exaggerated number of pedestrians riding electric bicycles.
Chen Xueyi happily looked at the people coming and going: "Yes, there are a lot of small electric donkeys. But look at these small electric donkeys, they are quite old! I have obviously seen a shop selling electric vehicles, won't they change them?"
Wu Jiale shook his head: "They probably don't want to change. For them, as long as it can be used, there is no need to change. Unless it can't run at all, they won't change."
"That's it..." Chen Xueyi quickly thought of the reason why they didn't change.
She was born into a wealthy family, and since she had no financial anxiety, she naturally felt that things were about to break or didn't look good, so she could just buy new ones.
But these rural people, or farmers, don’t have much money.
He has lived by farming all his life, but he can only make ends meet.
The car drove slowly towards a white cement road. On both sides of the road, Chen Xueyi saw the crop fields she had longed for.
The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the wheat fields are like patches of golden ocean.
Their waists are very curved, and their heavy heads are full of harvest fruits.
This was Chen Xueyi's first close contact with a real wheat field, and her eyes sparkled.
"What a nice view……"
The golden ocean is rippling with fruit and the rolling waves are blown by the breeze, which is the most certain recognition of the farmers.
The corners of Wu Jiale's mouth raised slightly: "It looks like this year will be another good harvest year."
Chen Xueyi turned to him and asked: "Does your family...our family have land?"
"Of course. My grandparents used to take care of our land, but after we moved, it was handed over to our neighbors. Grandpa will pay them a maintenance fee every year."
Chen Xueyi nodded: "So, are your grandfather and grandmother buried in your own land?"
"Of course, our family has quite a lot of land." Wu Jiale smiled, "Well, isn't this enough?"
The Land Rover slowly stopped at the edge of several fields. The waist-high wheat was suddenly bent by a gust of wind, revealing several graves at the end of the field.
"reached?"
"Well, we're here. I'm going to burn some paper for Taiye Tainai and the others...are you coming?"
"Hmph, as your future wife, I will definitely go!"
Chen Xueyi patted her chest and followed him out of the car, holding the paper ingot.
Wu Jiale was in front, walking on the field ridge, and Chen Xueyi followed his footsteps and tried to keep up step by step.
"Don't fall. The soil on the ridge is not particularly strong."
"Well, I just need to follow in your footsteps." Chen Xueyi replied with a smile.
Wu Jiale, who was walking in front, also chuckled: "My grandpa left when I was five years old. I have lived a very long life."
"My grandpa doted on me very much when I was a child. Unfortunately, he passed away after a few years of not doting on me. Xueyi."
"Um?"
"We can't let such regrets extend to our children, right?" Wu Jiale smiled.
Chen Xueyi immediately understood what he was thinking, and a blush appeared on her face: "Hate! When did I stop you?"
Wu Jiale looked back at her belly with some worry: "But you haven't moved for a long time..."
Chen Xueyi rolled her eyes at him, looked at the field and said, "Look at how good this land is! How beautiful the food grows! It must be very fertile. But if the seeds are not good next year, the harvest may not be so good!"
Wu Jiale's face froze, he was secretly poking at himself...
He did not immediately refute, because the lonely grave in front of him was already close in front of him.
…………
Today is New Year’s Eve. In fact, 2023 has brought me almost all suffering. It was not until the past few months that I discovered that it has been kind to me.
Forget it, let’s not care about the past anymore. It’s too late to lament. 2023 has gone, and what comes next is 2024!
Bros! Congratulate me, I’m another year older...
