Ji Lan's raising chickens was like a joke, which attracted the attention of the whole village and was ridiculed by the whole village. Xu Xiangqian was mainly responsible for raising those chickens, but except for the fact that some people laughed at Xu Xiangqian as a wimp who was afraid of his wife at first, everyone later changed their views on Xu Xiangqian. Because Xu Xiangqian was too serious, he would write down whatever everyone said casually about raising chickens, and read it over and over again when he went back.
He obviously just graduated from elementary school, and after so many years, he can't remember many words, but he wants to do this thing well. Everyone found that Xu Xiangqian is such a person, he will do everything he is entrusted to him seriously, otherwise the crops grown these years would not have become the best in the village.
It's just that raising chickens is different from growing crops. The whole village has no experience. After all, each family used to raise two. Who knows why so many chickens die every now and then? So Xu Xiangqian couldn't learn, so he studied on his own, he wasn't that smart, and as a result, the whole village watched so many chicks in the chicken coop die before they had time to grow up.
Quite a few people comforted Xu Xiangqian, it’s fine if he can’t raise the chickens well, anyway, he doesn’t know what to do with so many chickens. Another strong point of his is farming. When the spring begins to cultivate the land well, there will definitely be a good harvest for the entire 20 mu of land. Seeing the chickens he raised died one by one, Xu Xiangqian was inevitably disappointed, but faintly, he felt relieved, at least the matter of raising chickens was settled and the story could be turned.
Xu Xiangdong went home to clean the chicken coop with him, and comforted him a few words. Xu Xiangqian shook his head and said, "I'm fine, it's good, Ji Lan won't force me to raise chickens anymore."
Xu Xiangdong glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "I heard the news in the county, and free trading will start immediately, and the black market can be regarded as an open and aboveboard hawker street."
Xu Xiangqian was startled, "So what Ji Lan said is true." He looked at the chicken coop again, and said helplessly, "That has nothing to do with me, you know me, I know nothing but farming. Even if I believed I can't seize this opportunity without Ji Lan's words. It's you, Dongzi, you have a lot of brains, do you have any ideas?"
Xu Xiangdong nodded with a smile, "I happened to be driving in the factory and planned to resell some things. It's not wrong to go to work to earn money, and we'll see the development later."
"That's good. If it can develop well, I can rest assured that my mother will follow you. I have Ji Lan here, and I don't expect her to honor our mother with me."
Xu Xiangdong didn't say anything else, he felt that Xu Xiangqian was so good, he was sober, he knew what he was good at, and he didn't think about those vanity and flashy things, he would definitely be able to live a good life with his feet on the ground. Of course, the premise is that Ji Lan doesn't make any fools.
Before he left, he looked back at Xu Xiangqian. He always felt that Xu Xiangqian looked a little old-fashioned, and his back was not so straight. You can have your own life. If you really can’t, you should get a divorce. "
Xu Xiangqian lowered his head and smiled, "Then let's talk about it when there are more divorced people. Now I'm going to harm her if I divorce her. Forget it, I'm farming at home anyway, so where can she go?"
In this day and age, divorce is the same as giving up. There are really women who can't stand gossip and commit suicide after divorce. Although Xu Xiangdong knew that Ji Lan was definitely not that kind of person, he couldn't explain this to Xu Xiangqian, and he didn't force his brother to divorce. Everyone's life is their own choice, and they have to be responsible for their own well-being.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Xu Xiangqian kept the dozen or so chickens. He took care of those chickens every day, and he and Ji Lan lived together as if they were partners, without any affection between husband and wife at all. Not only him, but Ji Lan also dislikes him more and more, dislikes the smell of chicken feces on his body, dislikes that he does not cook for his wife like Xu Xiangdong, dislikes that he has not learned how to raise chickens after studying for so long, anyway, we met again in the previous life The little throbbing that I had was all dissipated in these dislikes.
The atmosphere in the first room was a bit tense, but the second room was more festive, because she received another two hundred yuan for the manuscript, Liu Shuying asked her to buy two pieces of good fabric and come back to make a complete set for Su Yuanyuan's grandparents. new clothes. He also sewed knee pads and hand pads for the old man with the rabbit skins that Su Yuanyuan saved from beating wild rabbits. The other gifts to be brought are left to the young couple to prepare. Now Liu Shuying doesn't want the money they earn at all, and they can buy a lot of good things.
Taking these things home and piling them up bit by bit, it really hurt Ji Lan's eyes!
Ji Lan started to ask Xu Xiangqian to plant fruit trees again, but this time, let alone Xu Xiangqian was not happy, they had nowhere to spend money. The captain and his wife said that they would do nothing to help her, and they lost all the one hundred yuan for raising chickens. Who has the money to give her such a disaster? The team leader and his wife saved coffin books, so they wouldn't panic when they had money in their hands, so Ji Lan was left helpless in the village, thinking that they were all a bunch of idiots with short-sighted eyes, unable to find any business opportunities, would deny her.
But no matter how she loses her temper at home, she has nothing to do, and no one is willing to cooperate with her. She told Xu Xiangqian several times to ask him to borrow money from the second room, but Xu Xiangqian firmly refused to do this. Before Ji Lan could figure out what to say, Su Yuanyuan and Xu Xiangdong wrote a letter of introduction, took the big and small gifts and boarded the train to the farm to meet their grandparents.
Su Yuanyuan's grandparents are Gao Dongguo and Chen Xiuqin. Gao Dongguo is a professor of chemistry at Huaxia University. He used to have his own research room and his own team. The wording was reported. Chen Xiuqin is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages. She can speak four languages. She has studied abroad, translated many foreign books, and knows many foreigners.
When Su Yuanyuan saw them, their faces were full of wind and frost, their hair was almost completely white, their backs were slightly hunched, and they lost the tall image in memory, but they still had a loving smile on their faces.
"Grandpa, grandma, I'm here to see you!" Su Yuanyuan threw her bag on the ground, trotted over and hugged the two old people, "You have suffered!"
The eyes of the two old people turned red instantly, and they patted her on the back together, with tears in their smiles, "It's not bitter or bitter, we are all fine, if I can see you again and see that you are doing well, what will we two old people do?" There are no regrets."
Su Yuanyuan raised her head and smiled, "Nonsense! You haven't returned to the capital yet, and you haven't seen me live a good life. How can you have no regrets? As the saying goes, an old family is like a treasure, so you have to take a good look at it in the future." Follow me."
"Okay, okay, look at you."
Su Yuanyuan turned her head and pulled the handsome and tall Xu Xiangdong, and said with a smile: "This is my wife Xu Xiangdong, who is now working as a driver in a textile factory and is a regular worker."
Xu Xiangdong showed a friendly and polite smile, and bowed slightly, "Hello, grandpa and grandma, just call me Dongzi when we meet for the first time. I think the two elders have been waiting here for a long time, why don't we go back first? It's cold, It’s not good if it’s cold.”
The two old men looked at him nonchalantly, nodded when they heard what he said, and saw that they had taken so many things, they hurriedly said to Su Yuanyuan: "It's not easy for you to live, don't let us take it in the future, what do we do?" It’s all there, it’s all there.”
Xu Xiangdong immediately said: "It's good for grandpa and grandma to have them. These are a little bit of affection from us as juniors. We don't have the opportunity to show filial piety to the two elders here. Anyway, this thing can show filial piety. I hope grandpa and grandma can live better. The two elders Don't worry, I have everything at home, and I won't let Yuanyuan be wronged."
Gao Dongguo nodded in satisfaction, and led them the way with his hands behind his back. The farm here mainly raises pigs, cattle, chickens, ducks and geese, and also raises a small amount of sheep and horses. The land cultivated is much, much less than that of the Harvest Team.
When they arrived at the house where the second elder lived, Su Yuanyuan looked around. It was an adobe house, but it didn't leak wind or rain, and it was very clean inside and out. Chen Xiuqin said with a smile: "Since the two of us have become primary school teachers, many students have come to help weeding, sweeping snow, and cleaning the yard after school. I want to give them some food, but they will not accept anything." , instead they would come here to stuff us with two eggs and a small bowl of vegetables from time to time. They said, if there is nothing good to thank us for, they should help us with more work. They are good boys just like the disciples respected the master before. .”
Su Yuanyuan can see that grandma likes teaching again. After all, teaching and educating people for a lifetime, and being able to teach these children knowledge when they grow old is also a kind of comfort in adversity. The grandparents and grandchildren went to the vegetable field behind the house to pick and order vegetables and came back. Gao Dongguo had already taken the exam and Xu Xiangdong was in the house.
Chen Xiuqin was taken aback, shook her head and said with a smile: "This old guy, he can't change the problem of people who like to take exams. You can go back and talk to Xiang Dong, so that he doesn't mind."
Su Yuanyuan glanced at it with a smile, and took Chen Xiuqin's arm to pick vegetables in the kitchen, "Don't worry, grandma, Dongzi won't be admitted. He used to come first in the exam when he was in school, even if he didn't study because of his family situation, He is also learning by himself when he has the opportunity. You and grandpa are so capable, how can I, as your granddaughter, find someone who is not learned or skilled?"
"real?"
"of course it's true!"
Chen Xiuqin was really surprised this time, her face was full of joy, she patted Su Yuanyuan's hand, she was much happier than before, "Okay! I knew you wouldn't just marry yourself, now I feel more relieved. There have been many changes in this policy. It is a good sign that we can be teachers. Maybe there will be a day in the future when we return to the capital. At that time, we will be able to help you. No matter when, Reading more is a good thing, you should continue to study with Xiang Dong when you go back, and you will not be abandoned by society until you live and learn."
"Well, grandma, don't worry, I won't waste my time. By the way, I brought the book I wrote. Grandma, can you read it?"
"Hey! If you want to read it, how about a book written by an author like my granddaughter!"
Su Yuanyuan showed the book to the two elders. Hearing their praises, she could fully feel their love. Such two good old people were deceived by Ji Lan in the original text and took advantage of it. For the first time, she felt that Ji Lan was really annoying.