Su Yuanyuan and the others bought a bus ticket and went home when they were in the third grade of junior high school after Chinese New Year. They stayed for five days, plus the time on the way back and forth, which happened to be the time when the village allowed them to visit relatives, and no more was allowed. In the past few days, Xu Xiangdong has built up enough favorability in front of the two elders, which completely overturned the previous impression of him. If the situation did not allow it, Su Yuanyuan felt that they would all accept Xu Xiangdong as a disciple.
No way, when Su Yuanyuan first met Xu Xiangdong, he was a top student, not only a fast learner, but also very fond of learning. Such a person is the teacher's favorite, and Xu Xiangdong succeeded in getting the second elder to recognize him as his grandson-in-law.
Before Su Yuanyuan left, she gave each of the two old people an accessory with the spirit-gathering array she drew on it, which can be used to slightly recuperate the body. The effect is so good that she still doesn't know how to draw, so she can only draw this kind of simple one at present, which can help the two elders maintain their health in such a harsh environment, so as not to damage their foundation and shorten their lifespan.
The two of them sat on hard seats on the train, and they couldn't buy a sleeper berth. It was the farm captain's help to get a hard seat. Su Yuanyuan was eating the egg that Xu Xiangdong peeled for her, and just took a bite when she suddenly found the girl opposite was crying!
She was stunned for a while without making a sound, and silently ate the eggs and drank some water, only to find that the girl was crying more and more sadly! She glanced at Xu Xiangdong, Xu Xiangdong shrugged, he never cared about other people's affairs, and it was a girl of this age who was crying, so he didn't intend to speak.
Su Yuanyuan coughed lightly, handed the handkerchief to the girl opposite, and said softly, "Comrade, are you all right? Did you encounter any difficulties?"
The girl stared blankly at the veil, looked up and saw that everyone around her was looking at her curiously, hurriedly wiped away her tears with both hands, and waved her hands embarrassedly, "No, thank you! I'm fine, it's just my mother Passing away, I feel a little uncomfortable thinking about it, sorry to bother you."
Su Yuanyuan took back the veil knowingly, and persuaded: "Sorrows go hand in hand, people always have to look forward. Where are you going?"
"Go to the Harvest Team." The girl took a careful look at Su Yuanyuan and suddenly smiled, "I recognize you. You came to our farm to visit relatives before, right? They are the relatives of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chen."
Su Yuanyuan and Xu Xiangdong looked at each other in surprise, "Are you from the farm? I haven't seen you these days."
"I just finished the funeral at home, and it happened to be in time for the New Year, so I didn't go out, because I was afraid that everyone would see bad luck."
"Don't say that, no one would think that way. By the way, you are going to the Harvest Brigade? We are from the Harvest Brigade, so we can go together." Su Yuanyuan suddenly remembered the ticket, and suddenly realized, "Your ticket is also the captain of the brigade. Did you help me buy it? No wonder our seats are next to each other, the captain should have said something, so we can have someone to take care of us when we go together."
"I told the captain not to say anything. It always feels bad." The girl smiled, because Su Yuanyuan's kind and enthusiastic attitude relaxed a lot, and said, "I am the only one left in my family. My mother is dying. I said before that I still have a cousin in the Harvest Brigade, let me go to see if I can go to relatives, and in the future, I can count as relatives who can walk around."
"My name is Su Yuanyuan, and this is my lover Xu Xiangdong. I am an educated youth who went to the countryside from the capital, and my lover grew up in the Fengshou brigade." Su Yuanyuan asked curiously, "What is the name of the relative you are going to defect to?" Huh? Maybe we know each other."
The girl smiled and said: "My name is Xiang Yuqing, and my cousin's name is Liu Shuying. My mother said that I haven't contacted her for decades. I don't know if she is still in the Harvest Team. Have you seen her?"
The surprise in Su Yuanyuan's eyes flashed, Xiang Yuqing, this is Xu Xiangqian's original partner in her previous life! Is Xiang Yuqing a relative of Liu Shuying? This was not mentioned in the original text, no wonder she never heard about Xiang Yuqing, it turned out that she was going to the Harvest Brigade just now.
Su Yuanyuan glanced at Xu Xiangdong, and quickly said: "This time is really a coincidence. Liu Shuying is my mother-in-law. Are you really relatives? If it is true, my mother-in-law must be very happy to see you. She has always regretted that there is no one in the village." What about relatives?"
"Really? Such a coincidence?" Xiang Yuqing's eyes widened in surprise, "I have a stone pendant. My mother said that my cousin also has it. It's the same. It was passed down from my grandmother's generation. When the time comes My cousin knew it right away. Then you are my cousin and sister-in-law. I can’t believe such a coincidence.”
Because of the surprise of meeting her relatives by chance, Xiang Yuqing didn't think much about sad things on the train, and kept chatting with Su Yuanyuan about the harvest team and the farm. Xiang Yuqing originally came here to seek refuge with her relatives, but now that her cousin-in-law is so easy to get along with, her heart has been relieved a lot, and she no longer has the uneasy feeling of the unknown. And Su Yuanyuan also found out that Xiang Yuqing is a very good girl during the conversation, kind, strong, and good at reading people's faces, and can pick up other people's words.
No matter in terms of appearance or personality, Xiang Yuqing is that kind of standard good wife and mother. Su Yuanyuan thinks that she understands why Xu Xiangqian can live so well by marrying Xiang Yuqing. His wife is a virtuous husband, and Xu Xiangqian is an honest and responsible man. Of course we can get along happily, the better. Marrying a Ji Lan who can do it, she can only resist silently for the sake of her husband's responsibility, forcing herself to compromise, and living a day-to-day life.
She was suddenly a little thankful that she met Xu Xiangdong at the beginning of her emotional awakening. If she met someone who was not good, she might be like some vixens in the clan who had a heart breakdown and missed the way. She is also thankful that Qi Ling let her know that Xu Xiangdong is not an ordinary person, so that they can become Taoist couples and seek the Dao together without separation. Especially with their cultivation method, it seems that after many lifetimes, there is a feeling of being together for life after life, and they feel inexplicably happy.
The train finally arrived. When getting off the train, Su Yuanyuan realized that Xiang Yuqing had brought two large bags of luggage. She was just about to help when she saw Xiang Yuqing throwing all of them on her back, bending over and pushing forward. . Seeing Su Yuanyuan's surprised face, Xiang Yuqing smiled and said, "I help raise cattle on the farm, and I'm used to it, so I have great strength."
"Oh, I'm also strong, I'll help you get one." Su Yuanyuan glanced at her petite body, grabbed a big bag and carried it away with ease.
Xiang Yuqing was shocked, glanced at Su Yuanyuan's slender figure, and felt admiration spontaneously, "Biao sister-in-law, you are so amazing! If you were on our farm, all the men on the farm would definitely rush to propose to you Seeing Xu Xiangdong glance at her after she finished speaking, she hurriedly changed her words, "It's a good thing you didn't go to our farm, how can those rough guys be as good as my cousin? You two are really a good match."
Su Yuanyuan amused Xu Xiangdong to go ahead, and she and Xiang Yuqing chatted as they walked, introducing her to the situation in the village along the way. The style of the Harvest Brigade and the farm is completely different. You can see black soil everywhere here, while the soil on the farm is khaki. Xiang Yuqing heard that one person here can divide five acres of land, and the harvest in the field is 20% higher than that in other places. She was stunned and envious. She also purposely knelt down and grabbed a handful of black soil, touched it, and said with a smile, "The Harvest Brigade here is well-deserved of its reputation. It would be great if I could stay, so I don't have to worry about being hungry anymore."
"I'm sure I can stay here. It's coming soon. Look, that red brick house is my house." Su Yuanyuan patted her on the shoulder and pointed her to the door of his house.
When Xiang Yuqing walked up to her, she suddenly hesitated. She was only thinking about joining relatives, but she didn't think much about whether relatives would dislike her and was too embarrassed to say so. In her heart, everyone's life is difficult, and her relative's house should be similar to hers. She didn't expect Liu Shuying's house to have such a big yard, with five brick houses in it, and Xu Xiangdong and Su Yuanyuan's clothes and food were pretty good. Doesn't she look like an autumn wind when she comes here like this? Suddenly I feel so embarrassed.
Seeing her stop, Su Yuanyuan looked at her suspiciously, "What's the matter? Come in."
"Dongzi, Yuanyuan, are you back?" Liu Shuying immediately came out of the stove as soon as she heard the sound, still holding a spatula in her hand.
Xu Xiangdong smiled and said, "Mom, we haven't been home for so many days, do you miss us?"
"Go, you brat, who misses you? I think I also want Yuanyuan." Liu Shuying looked Xu Xiangdong up and down, relieved to see that he was fine, and then went to see Su Yuanyuan. A girl carrying a big bag was stunned, "Who is this?"
Su Yuanyuan helped put the big bag on the ground next to her, pulled Xiang Yuqing over and introduced, "Mom, this is a comrade from the same farm as my grandparents, Xiang Yuqing. She is still relative to you, Yuqing, you Quickly take out the token and show it to my mother."
"Relatives?" Liu Shuying couldn't help looking at Xiang Yuqing's face, it seemed that the eyebrows and eyes were so familiar, but she couldn't remember any relatives she had. There was a disaster a few years ago, everyone was hungry, and the only relative she had in the neighboring village was gone. Why did a relative from the farm suddenly appear
Nervously, Xiang Yuqing untied the token from her neck. It was a stone plaque tied with a red string, the size of a thumb's belly, engraved with lotus flowers and small characters. It is said that the small characters were her grandmother's name.
Liu Shuying took the stone tablet in surprise, looked at it, and hurriedly took the same stone tablet from her neck, except that it was engraved with peony, and her mother's name was written in small characters.
"This, this is my godmother's pendant! Girl, are you her junior? How is she like? Where is she?" Liu Shuying excitedly held Xiang Yuqing's hand, her eyes were red, eager to know the old man's information.
Xiang Yuqing's eyes were also red, and she choked up and said, "Grandma died twenty years ago."
"Why is it gone? Godmother, she saved my life, I said I must be filial to her..."
Su Yuanyuan didn't expect that their relationship was still full of kindness. She saw Liu Shuying and Xiang Yuqing both crying, and hurriedly persuaded them to be pulled into the house, "Mom, Yuqing just came. In the past so many years, you two It's a good thing that the two of you can still meet each other, don't cry, go into the room and sit down and have a good talk."
"Yes, Mom, come into the house quickly, the dishes are almost mushy, I will cook this meal." Xu Xiangdong took the spatula, pushed Liu Shuying into the house and started cooking, letting them talk quietly.