"I guessed you wouldn't go back."
Xiao Jing dusted off the snow flakes, rubbed her hands and sat down on the edge of the kang:
"Why don't you miss home? Did you have a conflict with your family before you came out?"
Xu Yin shook her head: "No. It's just that the journey is far away and it's too troublesome to go back and forth. I can catch a ride back, but what about coming back? What if I can't buy a train ticket and miss the spring plowing?"
"That's true." Xiao Jing nodded. After the cold air on her body subsided, she sat cross-legged on the kang and held her chin in her hands. "But I really miss home. I want to go back."
The winter in Beiguan is long, and it is impossible to work in the fields for three or four months. The team members have nothing to do, and they inevitably miss home when they are quiet. Many people like Xiao Jing want to go back.
But the truck was loaded with goods, so there were not many empty seats for them to take the ride. Only five places were allowed at most.
So Captain Fu asked the team members who wanted to go home to draw lots.
Xiao Jing and Huang Xiaohong were lucky enough to get the ride.
Xu Xiali didn't get it, but she persuaded a male compatriot who got the lot and exchanged her place with him for five kilograms of cornmeal.
As a result, Xu Yin was the only one left in the dormitory to spend the New Year.
When Captain Fu saw this, he couldn't bear it: "Xiao Xu, do you want to go home? If so, I'll think of a way... By the way! Dachun has also been caught, I asked him to stay, you go back?"
"No, no, no!" Xu Yin waved her hands hurriedly, "If I wanted to go home, I would have participated in the lottery long ago. Don't worry about it. Let Brother Da Chun go home in peace and celebrate the New Year. It is rare to have such a long holiday in a year. .”
"Okay, there are a lot of people staying anyway, let's have a lively New Year's Eve dinner." Captain Fu said, "You just sleep alone at night, won't you be scared?"
"Won't."
To be honest, it was too late for her to be happy when she was alone in a room! Finally I can start a small stove for myself.
"Then Xu Yin, let's go! We'll be back after the Chinese New Year. Please pay attention to your own safety."
Xiao Jing and the others packed their luggage and reluctantly said goodbye to Xu Yin.
"Xu Yin, my family has a Chinese New Year party to fry mahua. I will bring it to you."
"I'll bring you something delicious too."
Xu Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved to them: "Okay, hurry up and gather! Don't let the driver wait too long."
After Xiao Jing and others left, she was the only one left in the dormitory.
First, he put on a scarf and did some general cleaning, then heated up the kang fire, took out a sashimi platter of salmon, snapper and geoduck from the system warehouse, squeezed a small strip of mustard on it, and poured another small cup. Sake, enjoy this simple seafood meal, and treat yourself.
The main thing is that the sashimi type is not as rich as hot pot or soup, and you can eat as much as you want without having to wash the pot or bowl.
The winter in the north is very long, and it is so icy and snowy outdoors that people can freeze into popsicles as soon as they go out, so they can't go anywhere. Xu Yin is happy to stay in the house, taking out some food to feed herself from time to time, and lying on the kang after eating and drinking. Read a book online, and if that doesn't work, put away the stockpiles in the system warehouse.
With all the supplies she had accumulated in so many small worlds, if she had to organize them all over again, no matter how much time she had, it wouldn't be enough. How could she be bored?
But Captain Fu didn't know. He was worried that she would be lonely alone, so he came over from time to time to ask, and even asked the lesbian next door to come to her to chat and keep company.
Xu Yin: How can this be done? Free time is gone.
Xu Xiaoxu Xiaogui Yin came up with an idea: every time someone came to the door, she would hold up the popular science book that could improve crop yields and tell them about retting, fertilizing, thinning, grafting...
After a few times, no one came to knock on the door.
It's like a student on winter vacation who just wants to eat melon seeds and chat, but is dragged to attend lectures. Who can listen?
"Captain, Xu Yin is busy. She is reading, studying and taking notes. We are just going to disturb her."
"..."
Captain Fu didn't believe it, walked from the front yard to the backyard with his hands behind his back, and knocked on Xu Yin's door.
I saw that this girl was actually reading a book. There was a rough kraft paper notebook spread out on her knees, and she was taking notes seriously.
Captain Fu was full of emotions: No wonder she knows so much. It turns out that she has been studying while others are resting!
What a spirit worth learning and promoting!
Captain Fu was so moved that tears filled his eyes. He held Xu Yin's hand and solemnly expressed his stance:
"Comrade Xiao Xu, if our team can get an advanced spot next year, I will definitely recommend you!"
Xu Yin: "???"
Accidentally overdo it?
But no matter what, I finally secured for myself a life of undisturbed cat winter.
Just when she was happy, the old Xu family in Yuanshan County was having trouble——
Xu Cui left a letter and went into the city without leaving her triplets.
How can I raise a child if I have no money? She wants to be an independent woman and go to work in the city.
This sounds right at first glance. She is a divorced woman with no money and no food. How can she raise three children?
But think about it more deeply: Which rural family does not raise their children while working in the fields? If you don’t want to work in farming, of course you will have no money or food. Besides, you have given up your burden and left immediately, leaving the three children at your parents' house. Who are you going to ask to take care of the children for you?
Xu's mother was so angry that she wiped her tears: "This damn girl Cui'er left as soon as she asked without saying hello. Have you ever thought about us? With all three boys staying at our house, how can we work? No." Do you listen to what the boss’s wife says? If we dare to raise them, she won’t care whether we live or die when we are old! Old man, what can we do? There are three mouths waiting to be eaten! "
What can Old Man Xu do? He knocked on his pipe and sighed: "What can we do? We can't give them up for adoption, right?"
Speaking of putting her up for adoption, Xu's mother burst into tears. After all, she was her direct biological grandson. How could she be willing to put him up for adoption until the end of time.
At this time, she thought of her little daughter: "It would be great if Yin'er was at home. Even if she wants to give it away, she will give it to someone to raise. There is no aunt for outsiders. Old man, why don't you go to the city and ask around? Didn't she say to sign up? Have you joined the National Reclamation Team? Let's find people from the organization and ask them to send an urgent telegram to Yin'er, telling her that something happened at home and asking her to come back."
Old man Xu has never had any say at home. He will do whatever his wife says.
Besides, he also felt that his youngest daughter should be brought back.
Just hearing this name makes the reclamation team extremely difficult. How can it be better than home?
So, the next day he went to the city to inquire about it.
Don't tell me, Old Man Xu's luck is much better than Xu Cui's.
When Xu Cui came to the city to inquire, all she found was false news spread by her ex-husband.
Old man Xu was lucky, and when he asked, he happened to ask Huang Xiaohong, who was riding a truck home for the New Year.
"Reclamation team? You have asked the right person, I am from the Reclamation team!"
Huang Xiaohong saved some rations and took them home. She was praised by her parents and was in a good mood. When she went out for a walk, she was stopped by someone to ask about the reclamation team. Not only was she not angry, but she also asked enthusiastically: "Uncle, are you looking for someone?" , or do you want to send your children to join the reclamation team?"
"I'm looking for someone, looking for someone."
(End of chapter)
