Wen Yun went to school, queued up to register, submitted materials, processed various income and paid tuition and miscellaneous fees, and checked into the dormitory with certificates.
Before coming here, she had already learned a lot of information on the school forum, and knew where daily necessities were sold cheaply and where to buy what.
She first bypassed the supermarket in the school and went to the street diagonally opposite the school to buy quilts and mats. The things there were of good quality and affordable.
Instead of her roommate carrying large and small bags, she took a suitcase, which only contained a few clothes and some daily necessities for her part-time job, and it was mostly empty.
You have to buy quilts, pillows, daily necessities, and other odds and ends.
It was already afternoon when I got to school, and it was evening after I finished all my work. The roommate who slept across from her came. Through a simple conversation, she learned that her name was Feng Shuli and that she was a local. We were not familiar with her and didn't talk much.
At night, after washing, she lay on the bed and chatted with Ji Huai while typing.
Two days and two nights of running around made her extremely tired, and they didn't chat for long. Ji Huai had to get up early the next day, and went to bed after saying good night to each other.
The next day.
Ji Huai still got up early to catch fish to sell. He was a little unfamiliar yesterday, but he caught fish much faster today, catching more than thirty kilograms.
When setting up the stall, he wanted Wang Xiufen to sit down and kill the fish himself.
"How could you? Don't cause trouble!" Wang Xiufen pushed him aside and continued to kill fish.
"Pay attention to your waist." Ji Huai warned, pulling a stool to the side and sitting on it.
Wang Xiufen said while killing fish, "My hands and feet used to be sore and numb when I slept, but today they seem to be better."
Ji Huai: "That means it works. I have to finish buying the fish quickly and go home for a meal. Go early today and come back early."
After all, it takes three hours to go back and forth, plus the time for diagnosis and treatment. It will be dark when we come back to feed the chickens and ducks.
Wang Xiufen felt that her grandson was really filial. He sent her there specially because he was so far away, so her love for him was not in vain. I don’t regret spending most of my savings to buy him a car.
She killed another fish, and there were no customers in the stall for the time being. She seemed to have thought of something and said in frustration, "I'm of no use when I get old, and I'm still hurting you. I don't know how many more years I can live. If you weren't still young and hadn't gotten married and had children, If I die, why should I be treated?"
"How many years to live? Try to live to be 110 years old." Ji Huai said seriously.
She lived a hundred and one years in her previous life. She could still thread a needle and thread at the age of ninety. She could no longer lift a hoe at the age of ninety-five, but she could dig the soil with a shovel and grow vegetables. She could still do it at the age of ninety-eight. I was walking in the village on crutches.
Where is this
Wang Xiufen was so amused by him that she couldn't close her mouth, "Does that mean you're not a good person?"
She is sixty-eight years old this year.
Ji Huai: "Old man?"
She laughed loudly, "You little brat, you know how to talk to fool me."
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Wen Yun took a nap in the morning and continued to clean up after waking up.
They lived in a four-person dormitory, and in addition to Feng Shuli, the other two roommates also came one after another. A short man with a lively temperament named Shi Jing, who is also a local.
She was also sent here by her parents, who brought several packed cardboard boxes and three suitcases.
The other one is called Li Ru, who coincidentally lives in the same province and city as her.
The four-person dormitory is a bunk bed with a lower table. There is a lot of space for everyone to use. There is a place for luggage on the side, but it is already full of Feng Shuli and Shi Jing's suitcases and packed clothes.
They have too many things, bookshelves and tables are filled with bottles and cans, and clothes are filled with wardrobes and cupboards.
Li Ru doesn't have many things, but she goes to supermarkets and shopping malls to buy some intermittently. In comparison, Wen Yun is the most "shabby" one.
Her bookshelf and desktop were very empty, even a little "bleak", with only a water glass, toothpaste and toothbrush placed there. There was a bottle of very affordable sunscreen and facial cleanser in the corner, but she was reluctant to buy it because she was afraid of getting tanned during military training. Since falling in love, she has paid special attention to these things.
Although there are not many things, it is time-consuming to tidy up, clean, and take a lunch break when you are tired. In the afternoon, they did a group cleaning and went to buy common supplies for the dormitory. The four of them didn't finish cleaning up until the evening.
Everyone went to the cafeteria to have a meal together and came back to eat. Wen Yun was the first to take a shower. She also washed her own clothes and put them on the balcony to dry.
The three people in the dormitory were chatting. Li Ru asked them about interesting places and delicious food in the local area, and then talked about the situation at home. The three people kept talking and laughing.
Shi Jing talks more and is willing to talk about her family conditions. It sounds like her family situation is relatively good. She has several apartments at home and her grandparents have retired from public service.
Feng Shuli is neither lively nor quiet. She has an older brother who is addicted to watching dramas and variety shows and interrupts from time to time. Li Ru somewhat echoed Shi Jing. She is also an only child. Her father is a teacher. It is said that her family also has two small houses.
Wen Yun seemed to be at the "lowest level". She was also clumsy in interpersonal communication and did not join in. She sat in her seat and did some accounting with a pen.
In the past two days, I have bought the things I need to buy one after another, and I don’t have to spend any money except for food.
She saved a total of 5,600 from her summer job, and received 1,000 from the provincial scholarship, for a total of 6,500. In addition to the 500 RMB train ticket, a low-end smartphone that comes with 300 RMB phone credit, 4300 RMB for tuition and fees, 300 RMB for daily necessities, and RMB 100 for each person to buy a dormitory room. Supplies and drinking fountains and water stamps, plus the three hundred for food for half a month of military training... She still had seven hundred left in her hand.
Wen Yun took her phone over, opened the chat window with Ji Huai, and sent him five hundred.
After a while, he replied: "?"
Wen Yun: "I will pay you back five hundred yuan first, and I will pay you back the remaining five hundred yuan later. I will also remember the two hundred yuan for volunteering."
Before the college entrance examination, he lent her 500 yuan. At that time, he agreed to pay him back 1000 yuan after graduation and work to earn money. He took her to inquire about the college entrance examination application and spent 200 yuan. Before, it was because he didn't know how much it would cost to come to school, and he didn't know. Do you have enough money
Ji Huai clicked on the refund transfer, "We are all related, and you still think so clearly with me? There is no need to pay it back."
Wen Yun turned back and said again with a persistent look on her face: "I said I borrowed it from the beginning, and I also issued an IOU. Once I said I borrowed it, I had to pay it back. It has nothing to do with our identities."
Ji Huai replied with a cute emoticon of a cute baby looking up at the sky, feeling a little helpless.
She urged again: "Hurry up."
Ji Huai made no move, and she frowned.
After a while, he clicked on the payment, "You don't have to pay back the remaining five hundred, and you're going to double the payment in just a few months? The interest rates on loan sharks are not that high, so don't make trouble."
Wen Yun didn't force the topic with him. When she saved up the money, she would pay it back. Even if he didn't want it, she could still buy him things.
She changed the subject and asked him what he was doing.
Ji Huai called right away via video call.
Wen Yun looked at the roommates chatting behind her. Feng Shuli had plugged in her earphones and was staring at the computer to watch a variety show. The other two were chatting, and she also climbed into bed with her earphones.
After lying on the quilt, she looked at the camera. He seemed to be outside, and the camera was full of trees.
Ji Huai's voice came, "How was it at school?"
"Fortunately, the school is big and beautiful." She lowered her voice and replied.
"That's good. When will the military training be?"
"I will attend the opening ceremony tomorrow morning and go to the army for military training the day after tomorrow. You are not allowed to bring your mobile phone." After Wen Yun finished speaking, she asked, "What are you doing? Why didn't I see you?"
The camera turned, and Ji Huai's face appeared in her sight. He was wearing a black peaked cap, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he looked at the camera, "What do you think I am doing?"
Wen Yun observed carefully and saw small trees and weeds behind him, and hesitated, "Are you working outside?"
"Why are you so smart?" Ji Huai showed his neat white teeth, sat down on the ground, tapped his finger on his phone, and changed the camera behind him.
Wen Yun saw clearly that he was in the field.
Ji Huai lowered his cell phone and reached out to pull out the peanut leaves on the ground. With a strong force, the peanuts on the ground were uprooted, and the peanuts covered with soil were exposed to the ground. They were plump and abundant.
His voice was helpless, "I got up early this morning to catch and sell fish, and sent my grandma to Dacheng Town for treatment at noon. When I came back, she said she was much better, and insisted on coming to pull out the peanuts. She was not allowed to come, so I came by myself."
In the camera, she saw two large baskets of already eaten peanuts. The peanut leaves had been cut, and the peanuts and roots were put in the baskets. She went back and picked them one by one.
"It's almost seven o'clock and it's getting dark. Are you hungry?" She felt a little distressed.
"I'm hungry." Ji Huai sighed again, pointed in the distance, and patted his forehead with the heel of his hand, "There are still three acres of land left to be plowed. I don't know how many days it will take. If I don't finish it, , Grandma is crawling all the time, the doctor said she should work less these days."
After finishing speaking, Ji Huai looked up at the almost dark sky and stood up, "I can't stand it anymore. There are too many mosquitoes. I'm going back now."
He took the pole, hooked the two baskets of peanuts to the left and right, squatted and put the pole on his shoulders, and easily picked up the two baskets of peanuts and walked towards the roadside.
"How far is it from home? Are you walking back?" Wen Yun asked.
"I'm not stupid, I drove here." As he spoke, he had already picked up the car, opened the trunk, and put two baskets of peanuts covered with mud in.
When Ji Huai got in the car, she looked at his slightly dirty clothes and his hands and feet were stained with a lot of mud. She smiled and said, "Don't you feel bad sitting in such a dirty new car?"
Most men like cars. His car is still new and it was precious before. He repeatedly told her to close the door softly. Now there are peanuts and fish, which is dirty and fishy. He just said he bought two bags of chicken feed.
Ji Huai shook his head while driving forward. During this period, he took the time to look at the camera. He turned his dark and bright eyes towards her and raised his lips, "I don't care about that much now. It's hard to be miserable and dirty to be dirty. The only thing is to make money." Wang Dao. I have a mission now. I have to make money to support you and save money to marry you after you graduate."
"I don't need you to support me." Wen Yun's eyes turned into crescents unconsciously, and the corners of her mouth were smiling. She was afraid that her roommate would hear her and hid in bed chatting with him.
She will make money to support herself, and when the military training is over, she will find a part-time job.
Peanut Field is not far from Ji's house. Ji Huai arrived home within a few minutes of driving. He still had a lot of things to do, so the two of them hung up the phone.
Wen Yun felt a little hot while hiding under the quilt. She lifted the quilt to calm down and prepared to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. The sweetness in her heart still lingered for a long time. Just as I was about to get out of bed, the sound of money being thrown out came again from my phone.
Her Alipay received a transfer of 520 yuan, and she was confused when she saw it.
Because she had just opened Alipay not long ago, she had never used it. Looking at the name and avatar, she found that it had the same name as Ji Huai's WeChat account, so she matched the account.
Before she could ask, he sent a message: "I wish Wen a smooth arrival at school and a happy start to school."
The reason was far-fetched, and at the end he posted an emoticon of a cute cat winking.
"That's the money I paid back to you." She frowned. If she kept returning it, wouldn't it mean that she hadn't paid it back
"You misunderstood. This is the money I paid to buy snacks for my children." After sending it, he sent another one, "You can't revert it back. I will feel that you are resisting my emotional expression. It is difficult to maintain a relationship after such a distance." Easy, there is a saying: Where the heart is, the money is.”
Wen Yun was typing when she saw the last sentence he sent and stopped and deleted the words she typed before.
If you take it too seriously, will it hurt your feelings? She doesn't have to worry about figuring it out clearly now.
Before Wen Yun could think of what to reply, Ji Huai said that he had gone to eat.
She couldn't bear to waste his time and ended the chat. She sat on the bed and thought about it again. She looked at his profile picture and the chat history between the two of them. It took a while before she got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
As soon as Wen Yun entered the bathroom, Shi Jing and Li Ru looked at each other with curiosity on their faces.
When the two of them are not chatting, they will hear Wen Yun talking intermittently. It is obviously not with family members or ordinary friends. In addition, she talks about picking, working, carrying, getting dirty... it is easy to think of some scenes. The two of them were sure that she must be in love, and her boyfriend was probably not a good person either.
Wen Yun's desk is really shabby. Just by looking at her clothes and shoes, you can tell that her family must be poor. A rural person from a mountain valley
The four of them had never met each other before. Although they were in the same dormitory, their relationship was very delicate. No one wanted to be the weakest one, but someone had to be the weakest.
Feng Shuli and Shi Jing are locals and have a natural advantage. Li Ru has a good eye and is more in line with Shi Jing's family preference. She is the one who most wants to put Wen Yun in the most vulnerable position.
Poor is the label everyone puts on her now.
When Ji Huai came back, Wang Xiufen had already cooked. He ate two large bowls and drank a bowl of pork rib soup.
After Wang Xiufen finished eating, she was already sitting in the yard picking peanuts, pulling them off the roots one by one with her hands. Although her movements were fast, there were two big baskets, so she had to work for a long time.
Ji Huai also brought a stool and sat beside her to pick together.
"Xiaoyun only went to college this year? Where?" Wang Xiufen asked about Wen Yun.
Ji Huai put the picked peanuts in a basket aside, "Yes. At Anji Normal University, in Dongji Province."
Wang Xiufen asked again: "How many years will it take?"
"Four years." He replied.
"So long?" Wang Xiufen paused in her hand movements.
There are no college students in their family, and they have no education materials. Going to college for four years soon means coming back after four years? It's so far apart, so suspended.
"Isn't this true for all universities? If you take the postgraduate entrance examination, you have to study for three years." Ji Huai also looked up at her.
"You are so far apart, and we are just talking now, oh." Wang Xiufen's rising thoughts stopped for the most part, and she lowered her head to pick peanuts by herself. There was still a long way to go, and she couldn't achieve too much in the end.
He was very dissatisfied: "What's wrong with being so far away? Even though we're so close, we can't even see them."
Wang Xiufen: "You haven't studied yet. Maybe you will change when you get out of society. Our family is still so poor. People who study and become teachers may not look down on you."
She grew up living in poverty. Even though her house was built and she had a car, she still felt very poor. Being able to go to college was considered a scholar in her eyes.
Many scholars look down upon people like them who do agricultural work.
"Change is something that will happen in the future. Who can guarantee who? Now that we have a relationship, I will be nicer to her, work hard to make money, and get married as soon as she graduates." Ji Huai pursed his lips and smiled, boasting, "She just I tie people up when I go out into society, and she likes me, doesn't it make it a success? Besides, Xiaoyun may think that I am handsome, hard-working, down-to-earth and willing to work, so she won't marry anyone but me."
Wang Xiufen laughed and scolded him, "There is no formality."
Ji Huai didn't refute either.
She thought about it and felt that what Ji Huai said was right, "To live as a couple, you have to find someone who cares about you. The two of you can live together. Stop being so careless. Since you are with that girl, it's right. People are nicer.”
After all, he is his grandson, who he knows more or less, and is smooth-tongued. She used to think that Ji Huai's nature was unstable, but through observation during this period, he could endure hardships and be filial, so he wouldn't be bad at all.
"I even want to marry her. It must be good for her. It's not just for fun." Ji Huai emphasized.
Although Wang Xiufen felt that four years later would be full of unknowns, she didn't express much opinion. Young people would handle their own affairs.
After the two of them picked the two large baskets of peanuts, Wang Xiufen brought the large bucket and asked Ji Huai to pour the peanuts into it and wash them under the faucet in the yard.
Seeing Ji Huai squatting down to wash with his hands, Wang Xiufen pulled him up and said, "How long will it take to wash like this? Stand in the slippers and wash with your feet."
"Oh." Ji Huai rolled up his pants, stood in the bucket and started washing while holding on to the wall.
Bucket after bucket, they were taken out and washed again.
Ji Huai's hands and feet were sore and he was ordered to take the peanuts and dump them in the corridor. These peanuts need to be left in the sun for a few days to dry them so they can be stored longer.
After Wen Yun attended the opening ceremony, she was ready to go to military training.
For half a month, the two could not contact each other.
Ji Huai videotaped with her for a long time that night and didn't go to bed until early in the morning. Both of them were reluctant to leave. He gave many instructions and asked her to take good care of herself.
Wen Yun had insomnia that night and tossed and turned.
During this period, the two chatted every day. If she didn't look for him, he would look for her. She used to see each other every day when she was working during the summer vacation, but she suddenly lost contact for such a long time and felt very disappointed.
She always knew that she liked him, she liked him very much, she could even say she loved him.
For the first time, someone cared about her so much and walked into her world. She even felt that she could share things with him that she didn't want to tell others. He would not be impatient and would stay with her.
The school and environment were unfamiliar, and all kinds of unknowns made her panic. Only he could give her a sense of security.
She is shy and reserved, while Ji Huai is outgoing and humorous, and is very popular with the opposite sex. When they were in the same class in junior high school, many girls in the class liked him, including those in the class next door.
In this relationship, she knew that she had sacrificed a lot, and it might be difficult to keep him in the end. Now it's a long-distance relationship again. She doesn't know how far it can go, but she doesn't want to and doesn't dare to think about it. She is greedy for the present.
At dawn, she thought he had woken up, so she sent him a message.
Ji Huai replied instantly, "Daughter-in-law, I didn't sleep all night!!!"
Wen Yun paused, "What's wrong?"
"My mind is full of you. I'm afraid I'll wake you up by sending a message."
She looked at that line, her heartbeat quickened, and she responded with a shy expression of a cute cat with blushing cheeks, "I didn't sleep either..."
"Huh? Why didn't you call me? You're stupid."
Her uneasiness from a sleepless night seemed to suddenly subside at that moment.
The environment she grew up in made her too pessimistic, always thinking about the worst, feeling that she was terrible and didn't deserve anything.
They had a good relationship, and he didn't become indifferent to her just because they were so far apart.
Wen Yun was in a much more relaxed mood before the military training, and she even deliberately told him, "Stand by yourself."
Ji Huai: "Be safe and be safe. I have made arrangements for myself. I will spend six days pulling peanuts, and then three days cleaning the warehouse and duck sheds, and preparing to buy two thousand white ducks and one thousand egg-laying ducks to raise. , very busy.”
“…”
Wen Yun didn't worry, thinking he was joking.
As soon as she went to the military training, Ji Huai was really busy.
Wang Xiufen felt sorry for her grandson at first, but later found out that it was very useful. I got up early in the morning, made breakfast, and shouted at the top of my lungs, "Get up, have breakfast, and go catch fish!"
"Huh." Ji Huai walked downstairs with his head on his head, wearing flip-flops and large bell-bottom pants, narrowing his eyes.
He caught and sold fish, and then sent Wang Xiufen to Dacheng Town for treatment. When she came back, she went to feed the chickens and ducks, and he went to clean the warehouse and duck shed to prepare for raising ducks.
After cleaning, we prepared for disinfection. We had to disinfect the duck shed and the surrounding areas. When the sun went down and the sun was no longer so strong, Wang Xiufen shouted again: "Go to the field to pull peanuts."
"Go, go, go now." Ji Huai picked up his clothes and wiped the sweat from his face, then took the keys and drove.
Wang Xiufen has a bad waist and cannot bend over all the time. When Ji Huai was pulling out the seeds, she sat on the bank to pick them, which saved her the time of going back to pick them.
After pulling it out for a few days, peanuts were drying everywhere on the cement floor in Ji's yard. The cement floor couldn't finish drying, so she pulled out a piece of cloth and asked Ji Huai to take it to the fish pond and spread it on the ground.
There are more than 20 acres of land behind their house, but they still have no place to dry it
During this time, Ji Huai was tanned. He was turning over peanuts while talking to her, "Can you take a break? Just plant a little. I plant three acres of peanuts. If I want to exhaust your grandson to death, just tell me."
"Are you tired now?" Wang Xiufen held the eggs she had just picked up in her hand and pointed to the warehouse and said to him, "The ducklings you ordered will be delivered soon. I will buy feed tomorrow. I can't carry it anymore. You put the feed Carry it and pile it inside. Just buy thirty bags this time."
Ji Huai looked up at the warehouse next to the fish pond and asked her, "How much does a bag of feed cost? How much does it cost?"
As long as it is a large-scale breeding, the investment cost is not small. In the later stage, you have to eat several bags of feed a day, and the feed cost is nearly one thousand a day.
Wang Xiufen snorted: "I have spent all my money to buy you a car. A little duck costs three or four yuan, and three thousand ducks cost ten thousand. That is my coffin book. How can I still have money to buy feed?" ? Then you go to the credit store, and after you sell the duck, you go to the feed store to settle the bill."
She has been a major farmer for decades, and she still has the ability to go to the feed store and buy dozens of bags of feed on credit. She still has tens of thousands of yuan left in her hand, but she can't invest all of it. I was afraid that Ji Huai would shrink back and leave the mess and run away, so I had to give him some pressure and responsibility.
"Okay." Ji Huai said nothing.
As long as you buy ten bags of feed, the store will deliver it for free, but they will not help with transportation.
Ji Huai looked at the yellow bags of feed in the car. Each bag weighed a full 120 kilograms.
He walked to the back of the truck and leaned against it.
"Young man, are you okay?" the master asked, standing in the car with a cigarette in his mouth.
He looks young and has a handsome face. Usually middle-aged people or above do this kind of hard work. Nowadays, young people are very playful, so who are willing to do this kind of hard work
Ji Huai: "Okay."
The master walked in, pulled out a bag of feed, and placed it next to the car. Ji Huai squatted down slightly, held the feed with both hands, and put it on his back. He felt the weight on his back, took a deep breath, and carried it steadily towards the car. Go to the warehouse.
Wang Xiufen held the chicken feeding basin and looked at him from a distance. Her eyes flashed slightly. She couldn't bear to look anymore. She turned around and walked to the chicken shed on the side, calling to the chickens, "Cuckoo Cuckoo~~~"
One package after another, the sweat on Ji Huai's forehead was slowly soaked with sweat, and the sweat slid down his cheeks and dripped on the ground.
The moving movements became more and more skillful. His back was numb, his feet were weak, and his hands were shaking slightly. He gritted his teeth and continued to move.
When Ji Huai moved the last bag of feed into the warehouse, he almost tripped. After putting it down, he looked around the small warehouse made of cement. There were only two small windows, which were sealed with feed bags.
In my childhood memories, this place was filled with feed. Thirty bags were just piled in a small corner.
"Your grandson?"
"Not bad, this young man is good."
"Blessed, the young man is very good and handsome."
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The master's praise and Wang Xiufen's joyful laughter came from outside.
The next day, a carload of ducklings was delivered. They were placed in bamboo cages. The duck feathers had not grown much and were only half the size of a hand.
One cage after another was placed in the enclosure. Ji Huai had no experience. Wang Xiufen stepped forward to help, busy with one after another.
When the three thousand little ducks were put in, looking around, they saw a patch of yellow fur and the sound of "quacking, quacking, quacking" echoing everywhere.
Ji Huai looked at them with a smile on his lips.
The place had returned to the vibrant life he remembered.