Qian Shulan took advantage of the early hours and went to the commune.
The current commune has changed its name to township government.
Director Zhou is the township head, and Secretary Chen is still the secretary. As for Director Ma, he has been transferred to the county. Of course, his job is very leisurely, and he doesn't have to worry about anything.
Qian Shulan was a little disappointed that she couldn't meet Director Ma.
Director Zhou and Secretary Chen kept asking her about things in Shenzhen.
They went to the meeting and naturally knew what the people in the county committee were arguing about.
"My nephew came to ask me yesterday. I guess we will soon implement the household contract responsibility system here." Qian Shulan thought of County Magistrate Jiang's attitude yesterday and gave the two of them a clear answer.
Director Zhou and Secretary Chen's faces were full of surprise. They kept rubbing their fingers together, very excited.
Qian Shulan exchanged pleasantries with the two for a while and then left. Before leaving, she left behind many things produced by her factory.
A few days later, Zhuzi and Xiaomin finally came back from vacation.
There was also a pretty young girl with them. The way she looked at Zhuzi made Qian Shulan feel that the relationship between the two was not simple.
"You?" Qian Shulan was about to speak when she saw someone rushing out from the village. Qian Shulan looked closely and found that it was Shen Yanhong.
"Zhu Zi, what's going on with this girl? Where is Kong Qiuyun?" Shen Yanhong was furious.
She took the exam several times but failed to get into university, so she gradually gave up the idea of returning to the city. Although in May, the country had proposed to stop sending people to the countryside, and these educated youth could also return to the city.
But she had already given birth to two children here. She was also living a good life. So she did not abandon her husband and children. Instead, she took her husband and children back to the city in October to meet her family. After returning, she stayed here.
This time, her father-in-law has agreed to let her and her husband go to Shenzhen with her aunt to work hard. He will take care of the child.
She was very grateful to her aunt, but that didn't mean she had forgotten her good friend.
Zhuzi felt helpless and scratched his head. "Kong Qiuyun rejected me. I'm old now. I can't stay single forever, right?"
He pursued Kong Qiuyun for several years, but she didn't agree to be with him, so he gradually gave up. When Mu Xiulan confessed her love to him, he was moved.
Shen Yanhong was a little skeptical when she heard him say that. In her opinion, Zhuzi was a handsome man with a good temper, and he was a student at Kyoto University, so he had a bright future.
Why did Kong Qiuyun refuse
She turned her gaze to Xiao Min, who nodded affirmatively, "It's true. Sister Kong also has a boyfriend. He's her teacher's grandson, a student who studied abroad." She lowered her voice and said, "He's much more handsome than my fourth brother."
Zhuzi pursed his lips and looked at Xiaomin sadly.
Xiao Min turned her head away feeling a little guilty. She was telling the truth.
Shen Yanhong narrowed her eyes happily when she heard this, "I knew Qiuyun would definitely stick to her own ideas."
"Zhu Zi, you're back! Let mother see you!" Li Chunhua's voice was heard from a distance, followed by Zhou Xuemei and two children.
Paopao and Dandan came back a day earlier than them because they were studying at the provincial university.
Li Chunhua looked the pillar up and down, touched his face and kept saying "good".
Being touched by his mother in public, Zhuzi felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed lightly, took his mother's hand and introduced her, "Mom, this is Xiulan, my girlfriend. She is also a student at Kyoto University."
Li Chunhua smiled from ear to ear. Her son was really great. He knew she wanted to have a grandchild, so he brought a girl back this time. She took Mu Xiulan's hand and asked gently, "Miss Xiulan, how old are you this year?"
There were people all around her, and Mu Xiulan's face turned red with embarrassment.
Qian Shulan coughed twice and said, "Let's talk about it when we get home."
The big boss had spoken, so Li Chunhua naturally couldn't object, but she still held Mu Xiulan's hand and chatted with her. Zhuzi smiled faintly beside her.
Xiao Min took her grandmother's arm and asked about the food factory.
Because they only started school in the spring of 1978 and missed a whole semester, they did not have a holiday during the summer vacation and stayed in school to make up for the lessons, so Xiao Min naturally could not come back.
Xiao Min leaned close to Qian Shulan's ear and asked mysteriously, "Grandma, our leader told me to stay and work at the Beijing Museum. What do you think?"
Qian Shulan was happy, "Not bad."
She secretly thought that since she had so many antiques in her collection, she might be able to ask Xiaomin to help run a museum in the future. Once this idea came up, she couldn't stop herself.
When they arrived at the old house, Li Chunhua had already asked about Mu Xiulan's ancestors for eighteen generations.
She shouted to Qian Shulan in surprise, "Mom, this girl's father is the mayor?"
Qian Shulan glanced at her, not quite understanding why she was so excited.
"My father had been in a labor camp before, and my mother broke off relations with him because of me. This time I came out, I also wanted to ease their relationship a little." Mu Xiulan is a very honest person.
Qian Shulan was stunned for a moment, "Didn't your mother remarry?"
"No! She feels very sorry for her father." Mu Xiulan shook her head.
Between her daughter and her husband, her mother chose her. Although her father could understand her mother, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Qian Shulan felt very fond of Mu Xiulan's mother after hearing this. It is definitely not easy for a daughter to live alone with a child. Who knows, those bad guys might target her. It was not easy for Mu Xiulan's mother to raise her daughter.
Qian Shulan glanced at Li Chunhua and saw that her face had turned pale. After a little thought, she understood what she was thinking. She was worried that Mu Xiulan's father would be demoted again.
"If it's a blessing, it won't be a disaster. If it's a disaster, it can't be avoided." Qian Shulan looked at her meaningfully.
Li Chunhua forced herself to greet them. Qian Shulan winked at Zhuzi, who understood immediately and took his mother inside to chat.
Zhou Xuemei was worried that Mu Xiulan would notice her third sister-in-law's abnormality, so she praised her very enthusiastically, "Zhu Zi has really good taste, and the person he found is really pretty."
As he said this, he brought out the snacks from home for her to eat.
Mu Xiulan didn't have time to notice where Li Chunhua and Zhuzi had gone.
When Xiao Min heard that the snack was brought back by her grandma, her face turned red with excitement. Her grandma was so amazing that she could even make such delicious candy.
"Is this apple flavored?" Xiao Min pinched a green gummy candy and put it in her mouth. It had a full taste of green apple.
"Yes. Green tastes like apple, orange tastes like tangerine, and purple tastes like grape." Qian Shulan helped explain.
Xiao Min ate the candy with a smile on her face, and suddenly leaned over to Qian Shulan's ear and whispered, "Grandma, Ma Yunhao has gone abroad."
Qian Shulan opened her mouth in surprise, "Why did he go abroad? Isn't he in the army?" Qian Shulan remembered that soldiers rarely went abroad unless there were special circumstances. With Ma Yunhao's rank, it was unlikely that he would go on a business trip.
Xiao Min sighed heavily, "He had been writing to me before, but we lost contact for a while. In August this year, I received his letters again and found out that he had been on the battlefield. Maybe he didn't do well in the army, so he went abroad."
"His personality is really not suitable for being a soldier." Ma Yunhao has a lively personality and is not suitable for a place like the army with strict military discipline. But Director Ma is determined to polish his personality. He had no way to resist before, but now it is different. The country has abolished the letter of introduction, and everyone can move around freely.
"Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma once came to my school to find me and asked me if I knew anything about Ma Yunhao, but I only knew that he went abroad. I didn't know where he went." In fact, Ma Yunhao wrote a breakup letter. Xiao Min was in a very bad mood at that time. She showed the letter to Director Ma and others directly, and did not accompany them to look for someone. Thinking about it now, she seems a little too ruthless.
Qian Shulan patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't be sad. He is an adult now. He must know what he is doing."
Xiao Min nodded, hoping that Ma Yunhao would remember to write a letter to his parents.
"Mom, it's time to go home!" The family was chatting when Shen Yanhong's son shouted at the door.
Qian Shulan was slightly startled. The name had actually changed? Not calling her mother anymore
Seeing her aunt's dazed look, Shen Yanhong hurriedly said with a smile, "Now in school, you are only allowed to call your parents mom and dad, not dad and mom. My son also learned to call them that from his friends in the village."
“That’s good!”
After Shen Yanhong left, two more people came in from outside.
Qian Shulan hurriedly invited the person in and said, "I went to the township government to look for you a few days ago, but I found out that you were no longer there."
Director Ma sat down on the chair, put down the things he had brought, and said with a sad face, "I have been transferred to the post office."
It's a pity for Qian Shulan, Director Ma is quite capable and not too old, but it's a pity that his status makes it impossible for him to move up.
"I came here this time to ask Xiaomin if she knows the whereabouts of my son." Guo Mingxia couldn't hold it in anymore when she saw her husband chatting with Aunt Qian.
Xiao Min was stunned for a moment and shook her head, "I don't know. I showed you the letter when you came to see me before."
Director Ma and Guo Mingxia felt a little uncomfortable when they talked about this. Their son just ran away without saying a word. And he dumped the girl. It was a bit unkind. But they were really anxious.
"Why does Ma Yunhao want to go abroad?" Qian Shulan looked at Director Ma.
Director Ma’s father has been rehabilitated, and I heard that he is a military man. It should be easy for him to know about Ma Yunhao’s affairs, right
Director Ma scowled, a little helpless, "When he was on the battlefield, he had a conflict with his comrades, and was afraid that I would blame him, so he withdrew from the army. Then he disappeared."
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "I think he is afraid that you will blame him. After a while, he will realize that he is wrong."
Guo Mingxia was so anxious that her eyes were blaming her husband. "It's all his fault. If he hadn't insisted on sending our son to the army, he wouldn't have gone abroad. He didn't know where he could go."
Qian Shulan could understand her very well. After thinking for a while, she said, "Why don't I help you find out. I'll let you know when I have any news."
As far as she knew, Ma Yunhao had never learned English. As for going abroad, he could probably only go to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Taiwan can be ruled out first. Ma Yunhao is a soldier after all, and cross-strait relations are so bad. He can't go there.
As for Macau, it was unlikely. The only possible place was Hong Kong. She was going to Hong Kong in the spring, and she might run into him.
"Really? Thank you!" Guo Mingxia immediately thanked her when she saw that she was willing to help.