124, Educated Youth 27

Ji Lan's raising of chickens was like a joke, attracting attention and ridiculing from the whole village. Xu Xiangqian was the one mainly responsible for raising those chickens, but at first some people laughed at Xu Xiangqian for being a coward who was afraid of his wife, but later everyone changed their view of Xu Xiangqian. Because Xu Xiangqian was too serious, he would write down whatever everyone casually said about raising chickens and read it over and over again when he went back.

He had just graduated from elementary school. He couldn't remember many words in the past so many years, but he wanted to do this thing well. Everyone found that Xu Xiangqian was such a person. He would do anything he was asked to do seriously, otherwise he would not have become the best in the village in growing crops over the years.

It's just that raising chickens is different from growing crops. The whole village has little experience. After all, each family was allowed to raise two in the past. Who knows why so many chickens die so often? So Xu Xiangqian couldn't learn, he should study on his own, he wasn't that smart either. As a result, the whole village watched helplessly as so many chicks in the chicken coop died before they could grow up, and only a dozen of them were left.

Many people comforted Xu Qianqian, saying that if he couldn't raise chickens well, he wouldn't know what to do with so many chickens anyway. He also has a strong point in farming. If he works hard in the spring, he will definitely have a good harvest on the twenty acres of land. Xu Xiangqian watched the chickens he raised die one by one, feeling inevitably disappointed, but he felt faintly relieved. At least the matter of raising chickens was finally settled and he could turn a page.

Xu Xiangdong went home to clean the chicken coop with him and comforted him. Xu Xiangqian shook his head and said, "I'm fine. This is good. Ji Lan won't force me to raise chickens in the future."

Xu Xiangdong glanced at him and whispered: "I heard the news in the county. Free trading will begin soon. The black market can be used as an upright hawker street."

Xu Xiangqian was startled, "It turns out 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 can't do anything except farming. Even if I had believed it earlier I can't seize this opportunity without Ji Lan, but you, Dongzi, have a quick mind, do you have any ideas?"

Xu Xiangdong smiled and nodded, "I happened to be driving in the factory and planned to resell some things. I can make money while working, and we'll see how it develops later."

"That's good. If we can develop well and my mother will follow you, I can rest assured. I have Ji Lan here, and I don't expect her to be able to honor my mother."

Xu Xiangdong didn't say anything else. He felt that Xu Xiangqian was very good like this. He was very clear-headed and knew what he was good at. He didn't think about those vanity and flashy things, and he would definitely be able to live a good life down to earth. Of course, the premise is that Ji Lan doesn't do anything wrong.

Before he left, he looked back at Xu Xiangqian. He always felt that Xu Xiangqian looked a little older and his back was not so straight. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but said: "Brother, the outside world will become a lot more different. Divorced women will also If you can't live your own life, just get divorced."

Xu Qianqian lowered his head and smiled, "Let's wait until there are more people getting divorced. Now I'm hurting her by divorcing her. Forget it, we are farming at home anyway, how can she get into trouble."

In this era, divorce is the same as divorce. There are indeed women who commit suicide after divorce because they can't stand the gossip. Although Xu Xiangdong knew that Ji Lan was definitely not that kind of person, he could not explain this to Xu Xiangqian, and he did not force his brother to divorce. Everyone chose their own life, and they had to be responsible for their own success.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Xu Qianqian had finally raised a dozen 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. Not only him, but Ji Lan also dislikes him more and more, dislikes that he smells like chicken shit, dislikes that he doesn't cook for his wife like Xu Xiangdong, dislikes that he hasn't learned how to raise chickens after studying for so long, anyway, they met again in the previous life The little bit of throbbing was all wiped out by these disgusts.

The atmosphere in the first room was a bit tense, but the second room was more festive. Because she had received another two hundred yuan in royalties, Liu Shuying asked her to buy two pieces of good fabric and made a full set of clothes for Su Yuanyuan's grandparents with her own hands. New clothes. Su Yuanyuan also used the rabbit skins that Su Yuanyuan saved from hunting hares before to sew knee pads and hand pads for the second elder. The other gifts to be brought are left to the young couple to prepare. Now Liu Shuying doesn't need any money they earn, and they can buy a lot of good things.

These things were brought home little by little and piled up, which really stung Ji Lan's eyes!

Ji Lan started making arrangements again for Xu Xiangqian to plant fruit trees, but this time, not to mention Xu Xiangqian's dissatisfaction, they had no place to make money. The captain and his wife said they wouldn't help her at all. They had lost all the 100 yuan they spent raising chickens. Who could afford to cause such trouble to her? The captain and his wife had saved only coffins, and they didn't panic when they had money in their hands. So Ji Lan was left alone in the village. She just felt that they were all a bunch of stupid old haters, short-sighted and unable to spot any business opportunities. will 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 was firmly unwilling to do this. Before Ji Lan could think of how to speak, Su Yuanyuan and Xu Xiangdong opened letters of introduction and boarded the train to the farm with large and small packages of gifts 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 once had his own research laboratory and his own team, and he is an expert in this field. A few years ago, a student in his team grabbed him and asked him to report it. The words were reported. Chen Xiuqin is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages. She speaks four languages. She has studied abroad, translated many foreign books, knows many foreigners, and has a wide network of contacts. Now these have become reasons to attack her.

When Su Yuanyuan saw them, their faces were weathered, their hair was almost completely white, their backs were slightly hunched, and they lost the tall image in their memory, but they still had loving smiles on their faces.

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm here to see you!" Su Yuanyuan dropped her bag on the ground, ran over and hugged the two old people, "You have suffered!"

The eyes of the two old men instantly turned red. They patted her back together, smiling with tears in their eyes. "It's not hard, it's not hard. We are all fine. I can see you again and see that you are doing well. We two old people are nothing." 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 yet. How can you not have regrets? As the saying goes, an old man in a family is like a treasure. You have to take good care of it in the future. Hold me."

"Okay, okay, look at you."

Su Yuanyuan turned around and pulled the handsome and tall Xu Xiangdong, and said with a smile: "This is my lover Xu Xiangdong. He is now a driver in a textile factory and is a regular worker."

Xu Xiangdong showed a friendly and polite smile and bowed slightly, "Hello grandpa, hello grandma. It's our first time meeting you. Just call me Dongzi. I think the two elders have been waiting here for a long time. How about we go back first? It's cold today. It won’t be good if it’s frozen.”

The two old men looked at him nonchalantly and nodded after listening to his words. Seeing that they had taken so many things, they quickly said to Su Yuanyuan: "It's not easy for you, so don't give it to us in the future. What are we doing?" There is no shortage of them, they are all there.”

Xu Xiangdong immediately said: "Of course it's good to have grandpa and grandma. These are our little thoughts as juniors. We don't have the opportunity to show filial piety to our two elders here. At least this thing can show our filial piety. I hope my grandpa and grandma can live a better life. The two elders Don’t worry, I have everything at home, I won’t let Yuanyuan be wronged.”

Gao Dongguo nodded with satisfaction and led them with his hands behind his back. The farm mainly raises pigs, cattle, chickens, ducks and geese, and also raises a small amount of sheep and horses. The land cultivated is much less than that of the Harvest Brigade.

When they arrived at the house where the two elders lived, Su Yuanyuan looked around. It was an adobe house, but it didn't leak either from wind or rain. It was very clean inside and out. Chen Xiuqin said with a smile: "Since the two of us became primary school teachers, many students have come over after school to help weed the grass, clear the snow, and clean the yard. I want to give them some food, but they refuse to accept anything I say. , on the contrary, they would come over from time to time and stuff us two eggs and a small bowl of vegetables. They said, if you don’t have anything good to thank us for, just help us with more work. Just like the disciples in the past, they were all good children. ”

Su Yuanyuan could tell that her grandmother liked teaching again. After all, she had spent her whole life teaching and educating people, and it was also a kind of comfort to be able to teach these children knowledge when she was old. They went to the vegetable patch behind the house to pick some vegetables and came back. In the house, Gao Dongguo had already taken the exam and Xu Xiangdong came.

Chen Xiuqin was stunned, shook his head and said with a smile: "This old guy can't change his habit of being a college student. You can go back and talk to Xiangdong and tell him not to mind."

Su Yuanyuan glanced at it with a smile, then took Chen Xiuqin's arm to the kitchen to pick vegetables, "Grandma, don't worry, Dongzi will not fail the exam. He used to be the first in the exam when he was in school. Even if he doesn't study due to family circumstances, He is also studying on his own when he has the opportunity. You and grandpa are so capable, how can I, as your granddaughter, find someone who is ignorant?"

"real?"

"of course it's true!"

Chen Xiuqin was really surprised this time, her face was full of joy, she clapped Su Yuanyuan's hand, she was much happier than before, "Okay, okay! I knew you wouldn't marry me casually, now I feel more relieved. There have been many changes in this policy, and it is a good sign that we can be teachers. Maybe one day we will return to the capital, and we will be able to help you at that time. It’s a good thing to study more. You and Xiang Dong should continue to study when they go back. If you live and learn, you won’t be abandoned by society. "

"Well, don't worry, grandma, I won't waste my time. By the way, I brought the book I wrote. Grandma, would you like to take a look?"

"Hey! If you want to read it, let's check out the book written by my granddaughter!"

Su Yuanyuan took out the book and showed it to her two elders. Listening to their compliments, she could feel their loving hearts. Such two good old people were deceived by Ji Lan and took advantage of them in the original text. For the first time, she felt that Ji Lan was really annoying.

The author has something to say: The third update is here, good night everyone, see you tomorrow!

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