While her husband was reading the letter, Ye Lifang looked back and forth at the photos.
Sometimes he looks at his son's single photo, sometimes he looks at his daughter-in-law, but most of his eyes fall on the photo of his granddaughter.
It is said that children of another generation are close to each other, and the elderly always have a preference for children of another generation!
No matter whether they are royal family members or ordinary people, whether they are one generation or two generations away, whether they are grandchildren or grandsons, they cannot escape the law of true fragrance.
Ye Lifang's biggest regret in her life was that she could not marry her two sons before the disaster at home.
Especially the eldest son Zhou Ping, who was already 21 years old when he was taken away. Most people at this age have children, but he didn't even have a partner. Thinking about it, he really regrets it.
Of course, the reason why the two sons did not get married was not because there were no girls willing to marry, but because she, the mother, did not make any arrangements.
On the one hand, it is because she is a relatively open-minded mother and does not like to interfere in the emotional life of her sons.
Rather than jumping around setting up connections for her children, she hopes they can find a girl they like and happily get married.
On the other hand, it was because she was not worried that her sons would not be able to find wives, so she was not in a hurry.
You know, their family was considered a famous scholarly family in the capital.
Although her husband Zhou Yawen's position is only a small department chair and he has no real power, there are countless ladies from well-known families vying to have sex with her two sons.
But for thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one thought that in just a few years, their Zhou family would fall to this level.
Looking back again, things have changed!
For the past six years, she and her husband have been sent here to be isolated from the rest of the world, and their two sons have not been heard from.
Ye Lifang has been worried about whether the couple will be able to see their sons again in their lifetime.
Unexpectedly, happiness came so suddenly. Not only did I receive a letter from my son, I also learned that I even had a granddaughter.
The happiest thing in the world is nothing more than this!
After a long time, Zhou Yawen put down the letter in his hand with tearful eyes, and then wiped his eyes with his dirty sleeves, looking a little excited.
"Lao Zhou, please slow down and don't get excited, your blood pressure is not good!" Ye Lifang said hurriedly.
Her husband Zhou Yawen's blood pressure has fluctuated high and low due to high-intensity labor and malnutrition over the years, which made Ye Lifang very worried.
Zhou Yawen also knew his body, so he immediately sat on a dead wood pile to relax.
After a while, he said: "Well, I'm much better!"
Ye Lifang then asked hurriedly: "Lao Zhou, was this letter written by our son and what did it say?"
"It was written by Xiao Yang. He said that he is now married, and his daughter-in-law is the girl in the photo, named Li Youwei, whom he met when he jumped in line. That little girl is their daughter." Zhou Yawen said with a trembling voice.
"She is really our daughter-in-law, so handsome!"
Zhou Yawen said again: "Xiao Yang also said in the letter that the place where he jumped in line is at the Solidarity Commune in Yunshan County next door, which is less than 200 miles away from our Dongquan Farm. He will come when he is not busy for a while. Look at us!”
"Is our son really coming to see us?" Ye Lifang asked excitedly.
"Well, he also said that he would bring his daughter-in-law and Bao'er with him when he comes!"
Then Zhou Yawen explained again: "Bao'er is our eldest granddaughter, her name is Zhou Jiayi!"
"Jianai means good appearance, Yi means suitable, and a good name!" Ye Lifang said happily.
"It is indeed a good name and a blessed child!"
Ye Lifang asked again: "Lao Zhou, did Xiao Yang say how well he is doing now?"
"He said that he is doing well now. He has enough to eat, warm clothes, a harmonious family, loving husband and wife, and he is also a scorekeeper in the production team."
"That's good. We are a big family, and he is the one I'm most worried about!"
Then Ye Lifang continued: "Xiao Yang has never suffered hardship since he was a child. He couldn't even tell the difference between crops and weeds before jumping in line. Suddenly he was sent to the countryside, and it was still winter. No You know how he got through it!”
Zhou Yawen immediately said: "Our son also told us about this. He said that his father-in-law's family helped him through the most difficult days! Our in-laws are locals, and they are very good to our son. They always take care of their little one." Home!"
Ye Lifang suddenly sighed and said, "So our daughter-in-law is not an educated youth from the city, but a girl from the village?"
"What's wrong with the girl in the village? Didn't you see that the girl in the photo only sees our son? As long as they are a loving couple, that's better than anything else!"
Ye Lifang said hurriedly: "You bad old man, I don't mean to look down on our daughter-in-law, but when I first saw her, she looked pretty and dressed in a fashionable style. She didn't look like a girl from the village at all. I thought she was an educated youth from the city!"
"That's good. I thought you looked down on the girls in the village, but you can't have such thoughts!" Zhou Yawen said.
"I don't mean to look down upon him, I just feel aggrieved for our son!" Ye Lifang said.
"What's there to feel aggrieved about?"
"I think back when I was in the capital, how many ladies wanted to have sex with Xiao Yang, but I didn't expect that they ended up marrying a girl from the village!"
"Hmph! The girls in the village may not be bad, there are not so many right and wrongs! The girl from the Shen family really wants to marry our son, but can you let her in?"
"That's definitely not possible. If it weren't for that bastard Shen Zhenguo, we wouldn't be in such a miserable state now. He wants to marry us in the next life!" Ye Lifang said angrily.
"That's it! With our family's current situation, we don't have to think about being a good match!" Zhou's father said calmly.
"You're right, as long as Xiao Yang is living well now, we won't force anything else!"
"We finally have news from Xiao Yang, but we just don't know where Xiao An is now!"
The couple suddenly fell silent when they thought of their eldest son Zhou An!
"Hey, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Let's think about ourselves!" Zhou Yawen sighed and said.
"What happened to us?" Ye Lifang frowned.
"Haven't you seen it yet? A severe drought on the farm this year is a foregone conclusion. If this continues, there will probably be no food harvest in the fall. Let's think about how to survive the winter!" Zhou Yawen said with a frown.
"Don't the people in the management office have a response plan?"
"The shortage of water on the farm has not been a problem for a year or two. We have changed leaders three times and still have not solved it. Although Zhang Hanwu is a good person, it is not easy to solve this problem!"
"Then... what should we do? There won't be anyone who can't survive this winter, right?"
Thinking about the situation in the past few years, Ye Lifang couldn't help but shudder.
"It may be more difficult than in previous years. Judging from the abnormal rainfall now, this winter is likely to be particularly cold!"
Zhou Yawen is an astronomer himself and has done a lot of research on climate. According to his experience, this winter may be really difficult!
"Hey, let's save more wild vegetables, we can't change anything else!" Ye Lifang said helplessly.
"Well, that's all it can do!"
Then the couple stopped talking, and the shack fell into silence again!
