Chapter 45

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Xu Nannan felt that among so many people who helped her, the one she was most ashamed of was He Qiusheng. Whether it is Xu Gensheng or Song Guihua, she can always return their favor slowly. But He Qiusheng is different. His identity is too sensitive in this era. She can’t even communicate with He Qiusheng honestly. Not to mention helping He Qiusheng.

She knew that what He Qiusheng needed most was never material help. What he wants most is to leave here.

People like him care about freedom most, from physical to spiritual freedom.

But she can only do nothing.

“Nannan, you’re back.”

He Qiusheng turned around and saw Xu Nannan. He immediately dropped the wooden barrel in his hand, walked out of the pigpen with a smile, and patted his clothes, seeming to want to disperse the smell.

Xu Nannan held back the emotions in her heart and said with a little nasal voice, “Teacher He, why did you live up to the mountain? It’s very cold, it’s cold on the mountain.” At this time, it was very cold for the Chinese New Year. She and Xiaoman are now wearing down jackets. Looking at the clothes He Qiusheng wore, although they were made of cotton, they were also very thin.

He Qiusheng smiled and said, “Cold is cold.” He looked at Xu Nannan again, “Why are you here, don’t let people see it.”

“It’s okay if they see it, this one for the Chinese New Year, I will give you something to eat.” Xu Nannan carried the basket to He Qiusheng, “Teacher He, I also brought some old white wine. You can drink it for some warmth.”

He Qiusheng’s eyes brightened when he heard the wine.

There is a shortage of food these days, and there is even less liquor. He Qiusheng hasn’t smelled wine for several years.

“Then I am going to have a drink.”

When Xu Nannan saw that he was happy, she was also happy in her heart. When she first went up the mountain, she thought about this big Chinese New Year, other things cannot be given, but she can let Uncle He drink some. Drinks can drive away the cold, so it’s better to leave it to Uncle He for a sip when it’s cold.

Moving the small stool to the door, Xu Nannan arranges the food.

Covered with cotton cloth, this meeting is still hot.

“It’s too much, I can’t eat it. I already ate at noon.” He Qiusheng said as he took the wine bottle and opened the lid.

“If you can’t eat it, save it for the evening. It’s also convenient on the mountain. You can live with hot meals.” Xu Nannan resolutely said.

He Qiusheng took a sip of wine and felt his whole spirit refreshed. He took the wine bottle and smelled it, “This wine is good. It tastes really good.”

“Teacher He, if you like it, I will send more wine back in the future.” Xu Nannan smiled. As long as He Qiusheng is happy, she will definitely spare no effort.

“Occasionally, it’s enough to drink, we can’t be greedy for a cup.” He Qiusheng said seriously. After drinking a small cup and eating a few mouthfuls of meat dishes delivered by Xu Nannan, he asked about Xu Nannan’s situation in the city.

Xu Nannan said happily, “I have obtained the accounting technical secondary school diploma, and I am waiting for the next year’s mine recruitment.”

“How have you gotten your diploma so soon?” He Qiusheng asked in surprise.

“That’s not it, Teacher He, haven’t you said that I’m a young genius? Our accounting teacher also said that I am talented. Otherwise, they would not allow me to take the graduation exam in advance.” Xu Nannan boasted. No way, after all, this thing is really rare, she must package herself as a very talented genius.

“Okay, okay!” He Qiusheng seemed very excited. He poured a glass of wine and drank it in one sip. He looked at Xu Nannan with admiration, “I didn’t expect to be able to teach such a talented student at the end of my life. This luck is not bad. Hahaha.”

Xu Nannan was a little embarrassed to hear him so much, and could only hide it with a smile.

He Qiusheng was overjoyed and encouraged, “Nannan, you have such a talent, you must insist on studying, if you can enter a university, you can be a college student. People nowadays think that secondary school and high school are enough. Anyway, those units in the city also have these requirements, but Nannan, you have to know that no matter what time, knowledge is never too much. Others are high school students, technical secondary school students, and you must be college students. In this way you have a higher starting point than the rest.”

As a university teacher, He Qiusheng thinks university students are the best. Most of his former students are now working as backbones all over the country. Even Li Chengwen, who had mediocre performance at the beginning, is now the deputy head of the mine. This is the power of knowledge.

Xu Nannan knew that He Qiusheng’s point of view was okay. But knowing the future direction, she also knows that this view will not work for some time in the future.

“Well, I still have to take care of Xiaoman. The college entrance examination is not in a hurry. Anyway, I am still young. I heard that many of those who enter college are almost 20.”

Xu Nannan said with sloppy eyes.

Thinking of Xu Nannan’s current situation, He Qiusheng really think she couldn’t go to university as he pleased. After all, she still takes care of a younger sister.

He Qiusheng felt a little disappointed in his heart, thinking that if he didn’t suffer from this, he might be able to help the child.

It’s just that if he didn’t suffer like this, and maybe he won’t be able to touch this child.

Fate is such an unclear thing.

He Qiusheng only ate a few vegetables, and didn’t eat any more. He is not in good health, and he does not have much pursuit of food. Xu Nannan didn’t force him to finish the meal, so he helped him into the house, covered it with a lid, and prepared to keep it for the night to eat.

When she is about to go out, she suddenly found a pair of gloves on He Qiusheng’s table.

And it’s still a newly bought pair of leather gloves.

When Xu Nannan came out of the house, He Qiusheng went to work again.

“Teacher He, I will go back first, and I will come to see you tomorrow.”

“Go back, don’t come again if it’s not okay, it’s inconvenient.” He Qiusheng said, turning around and starting to work again.

Xu Nannan took a few steps, then looked back at He Qiusheng. She sighed and left.

Forget it, everyone has their own secrets. Anyway, she only knew that Teacher He had indeed helped her a lot.

Back at Song Guihua’s house, Song Guihua didn’t ask where she goes and doing. She just arranged a place for her and Xiaoman to stay. There are two main rooms in the house, one is for Grandma Chen and her two grandsons, and the other is for Song Guihua and her husband.

This time Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman are back, so they cannot be allowed to live outside. Song Guihua asked her two sons to stay with them and the two children to stay in Grandma Chen’s room.

Grandma Chen is now more cordial to the two sisters Xu Nannan.

Knowing that the two children slept in their own house, they deliberately took out the new sheets and put them on so that they could sleep comfortably.

In the evening Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman slept, and Grandma Chen stayed up while lighting the oil lamp.

If this were in the past, Grandma Chen wouldn’t be willing to light the oil lamp at night, and she would have fallen asleep early. But in order to make a handful of new clothes at the beginning of the new year, she insists. She also gritted her teeth while she works.

After a while, Song Guihua also came over with needles, threads and cloth.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat together making new clothes.

Seeing the two of them like this, Xu Nannan suddenly felt that she should just buy a ready-made garment…

New Year’s Eve, the next day.

The family has already prepared almost everything, and there is no need for Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman to do anything. Xu Nannan gave He Qiusheng some snacks, and bought orchid beans and fried peanuts from Taobao, and put them in the house as snacks. .

In fact, if possible, she wants to buy a radio for He Qiusheng. But still held back.

On New Year’s Eve, Song Guihua’s family started making dumplings after eating.

This is a day that hasn’t been for many years.

In the past, the most was to eat meat and vegetables on the New Year’s Day and eat a full meal. How dare you even want to eat dumplings at night?

This time, because of the meat and flour Xu Nannan bought, the family finally had a prosperous new year.

“New Years! Eat dumplings. After eating dumplings, the coming year will be safe and prosperous.” Grandma Chen carried the dumplings into the hall and shouted in the yard. The voice is loud and full of breath.

This is also what everyone likes to do most these days, showing off that they have meat and white noodles.

Xu Nannan has long been used to it.

When she was still in Old Xu family, she hadn’t seen those aunt and uncle eat meat at home with oily lips. She was still reluctant to wipe her mouth and walked around the village deliberately. She wants to let everyone in the village know that their family eats meat.

Auntie Guihua even told her in private that some people didn’t actually eat meat and just put some lard on their mouths deliberately. This village is so big, anyone who wants to really eat meat already smells the smell of meat.

Even so, everyone seems to be enjoying it.

It was still very quiet at night, and many people heard Grandma Chen’s voice.

In the old Xu’s house in the back house, the family gathered in the east room and had dinner with Mrs. Xu. There are very few people in this village who have two meals at night, but the old Xu’s is an exception. In the past, the family income was good, and Xu Jiansheng was in the city, and he would always add meals during the New Year. This has become a habit. So this year, even if the situation is not as good as before, he still add meals.

According to Mrs. Xu, the worse the life is, the more people should see the prosperity of their home. Don’t let people think that the old Xu’s family is really bad, and they will look down on the old Xu’s more in the future.

Naturally, no dumplings are made at home, but gnocchi was cooked. This is the big white noodles Xu Jiansheng brought back from the city. It is the New Year’s goods issued by the mine.

The meat is reluctant to cut, and there are no vegetables in this season, and you can’t even find wild vegetables, so you can only eat gnocchi. But Mrs. Xu cut a few pieces of bacon and boiled them together. When they came out of the pot, they still smelled of aroma.

Not everyone can eat it yet. The three brothers Xu had half a bowl, the old lady had half a bowl, Old Man Xu had a big bowl, and the other two grandsons each had a bowl. There is no bowl for the daughter-in-laws, but Liu Qiao also divided the soup for the sake of helping Granny Xu with cooking.

Xu Hong and Xu Meizi each received some soup and three meat bumps. Xu Ling was holding a small bowl, filled with some soup, and sipped it next to her. Seeing that there was nothing in her bowl, Xu Jiansheng grabbed a few meat and gave it to her. She immediately started eating happily with the bowl in her hands.

Zhang Cuiqin was still sitting with her son, pulling some pieces of meat into her mouth from time to time.

Li Jing sat behind the old lady, hugged the stove with her head down, and dared not say a word. Mrs. Xu said that she had made a big mistake this year and had no grain, so she didn’t need to eat this meal at night.

Xu Jiansheng didn’t dare to say anything when Mrs. Xu spoke. Li Jing couldn’t save her face. She had to see everyone eat in front of her.

Suddenly, Mrs. Chen yelled cheerfully from the front house, “Eating dumplings…”

Everyone paused for the chopsticks.

Old man Xu looked up and glanced around, “What are you doing, eat or don’t eat, what do you want to do?”

Hearing old man Xu’s scolding, no one dared to say anything. It is Xu Long and Xu Lei who want to eat dumplings, but they dare not say anything.

Only the old lady Xu whispered, “Two yuan, if you cut the meat, you can also eat dumplings.”

She looked at her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, and suddenly felt that there was no smell in her mouth.

On the first day of the new year, it started to snow. The entire Xujiacun Village is a vast expanse of whiteness. Even so, it did not stop everyone’s enthusiasm for the New Year.

When the door was opened, people from all walks of life came to visit each other homes in the New Year’s Day.

The elders basically don’t go out. Most of them are young men with new daughters-in-law, or unmarried young men, and girls with younger brothers and sisters come to say auspicious words.

Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman were also arranged to go out for New Year’s greetings. Shitou and Mutou have also came with them.

Regardless of those who are usually unfamiliar, as long as you get to the door, you have to go into the house and say a few auspicious words. Whenever you have a better family background, you can get some dried fruits and the like.

Although there are not many good families in the village, after a lap, a few children have lots of snacks bulging in their pockets.

Most of them are sunflower seeds.

Xu Nannan didn’t like to eat, so she gave it to Shitou and Mutou. By the way, she grabbed some candies from her pocket and stuffed them into the pockets of the two children. The toothy smile of Shitou and Mutou are visible to see.

“Sister, will you come back next year for the New Year?” Shitou said with a candy lumps in his mouth.

Xu Nannan said, “Of course I will come back for the New Year. As long as I have time, I will come back for the New Year.” No matter what, Xujiacun Village is her root here.

Having been an orphan for a lifetime, she doesn’t want to be floating duckweed anymore in this lifetime. She is also a person with roots. No matter what the old Xu family is, this Xujiacun Village as her root anyway.

On the way, she also met Xu Hong and Xu Meizi from the old Xu family who came out for New Year’s greetings, with two younger brothers and Xu Ling.

When the two sides met, Xu Hong gritted her teeth and stared at this side.

Shitou made a face and stuck his tongue out, “What are you staring at?”

When Xu Hong was about to make a fuss, Xu Meizi pulled her, “For the New Year, forget it. Looking back, I’m not happy again.”

Remembering how Mrs. Xu was upset and the whole family suffered, Xu Hong froze and endured it abruptly.

“Hmph, let’s go, not with this mourning star.” She strode forward as she said.

Xu Long and Xu Lei still had lingering fears about what happened yesterday, and they didn’t dare to confront Shitou and Mutou. They sneered to them and followed.

Xu Meizi shook her head, “Wuya, hurry up.”

When everyone left, Xu Ling turned around and smiled at them. Immediately ran to follow them.

Seeing Xu Ling smiling at them, Xu Xiaoman was very happy, and pulled Xu Nannan away, “Sister, Wuya said she will go to school next year. It seems that I can still see her at school.”

Xu Nannan smiled and nodded, “Yes, Xiaoman will have to study hard in the future, but Xiaoling will not be able to do so in the future. You, her big sister, must guide her.”

Xu Xiaoman smiled and nodded, “Well, I must study hard. I have scored more than 90 points in the test this time, and the teacher said that I can skip the grade.”

Shitou next to him pulled Mutou, “Xiaoman is better than you in grades. You get seventy points every time you take the exam. Why do you keep saying your grades are good?”

Mutou squinted at him, “It’s better than 30 points every time you take the exam.”

Xu Nannan couldn’t help covering her mouth and laughing after hearing the words of the two brothers. The two look alike, but their temperaments are so different. The temperament of Shitou will be controlled strictly by his brother in the future.

When the children returned home, Grandma Chen and Song Guihua were not at home either.

Seeing Xu Gui was cleaning the yard, he ran over and asked, “Dad, where are my mom and grandma?”

“They went to visit someone.”

Xu Gui said depressedly. His mother and wife went out after breakfast. For the New Years Day, he was left alone at home.

You don’t need to ask to know that they must have gone to show off their new clothes.

Grandma Chen and Song Guihua wore new clothes and strolled around the village. Soon someone knew that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were making new clothes this year.

And Xu Nannan bought this fabric.

This matter provoked a lot of people behind the discussion.

After knowing this, Mrs. Xu spit blood in the snow. In the afternoon, when the family surrounded the fire, the look towards Li Jing’s was even worse.

Li Jing has been awkward after these two days, and it is New Years Day, and she is still involved. She hated the two unfilial daughters she had given birth to death in her heart.

Seeing Xu Ling eating sunflower seeds next to her, she pursed her mouth and said to the old lady, “Mom, I wanted to buy it this year, but Xiaoling will be studying next year, and the family will provide more for a child to study. There is no spare money to buy clothes.”

When Xu Ling heard this, the melon seeds stopped chatting, and her eyes were staring at her mother Li Jing.

Li Jing was uncomfortable being stared by Mrs. Xu, the old lady is frowning and staring at her.

The old lady was angry, and when she heard Xu Ling was about to read, her anger stopped all of a sudden.

Pointing at Xu Ling with a walking stick, “How old is a girl who still studies? What kind of book have I read in my life, isn’t it good?”

Xu Jiansheng frowned, “Mom, it’s different now from the past, and the girl also has to study. Didn’t Hong Hong and Mei Zi also study?” When the two nieces went to the city to study, he didn’t say a word of objection. For now.

The old lady changed her face when she heard this, “What’s wrong, are you regretting it? Don’t think about who will take care of your parents when you are not at home. You are the eldest son, and it is logical that you are to provide care for the elderly. But you went to enjoy the blessing in the city, and your two brothers helped you raise it. What if you let your children study?”

In fact, Mrs. Xu didn’t want to send her two granddaughters to study. But with the eldest granddaughter Xu Hong’s big round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, her skin is also white, and her face looks blessed. Her second son, Xu Jianhai, said that if this girl is well raised, it will be easy to say that she will find a good husband in the future, and she can also help her Old Xu family. The key is that the money does not need to be taken from the village, and the old lady agreed. As for the third son’s daughter, Xu Meizi, this child is sensible. She can write before she goes to school. The Old Xu’s ancestors have not had a college student for generations. If this child can really pass the exam, it is a matter of time and glory. And Liu Qiao, the third daughter-in-law, is also attractive, and she can’t let this daughter-in-law be wronged, so she naturally takes care of it.

In the final analysis, the money was not taken by the Old Xu family, and she didn’t feel any pain.

But now Xu Ling wants to study, and that is absolutely impossible. Her two elder sisters are white-eyed wolves, and this child will not be a good thing in the future. After reading a book, she has nothing to do with the Old Xu family.

Moreover, the family situation is not as good as before, and additional money has to be taken out, which is to dig her heart and liver.

When the old lady said something, Xu Jiansheng’s face was green and white.

When the old lady went to the mine, she also said this. So he honestly took the children back to the village with the old lady, and took over raising his nephew and niece by himself.

Now the old lady said this again, which made him feel a little helpless.

Looking at the little girl Xu Ling, Xu Ling stood on the side with her mouth flat, looking extremely aggrieved.

“Mom, let the child study, I can still afford it. I only have one girl left. Let her study some books.”

“What do you mean, you are left with such a girl? Who is to blame? It’s not that you don’t teach children yourself. I taught a bunch of white-eyed wolves. Besides, she’s just a girl, even if you have no girl, you are not afraid. From now on, can other children give you care?”

“Mom, this is not an old-age care thing…” Xu Jiansheng panicked a little. He never counted on anyone to support him. At any rate, he is a cadre in the mine, and he will be subsidized when he comes down.

“I said, eldest brother, you don’t worry about old-age care. Why do you let a girl read a book? This child is so young, how many years will it take to read out and how much will it cost? To make clothes for our mother, I can do a lot.” Zhang Cuiqin said to the side to help.

She didn’t want to provide for another child to study. Isn’t this robbing her children?

Xu Jiansheng ignored her, and just looked at the old lady, “Mom, let Xiaoling study, I promised her.”

This time Xu Jiansheng’s showed firmness.

Even the old lady didn’t expect Xu Jiansheng to be so resolute this time. She said so much but he still insisted on sending this girl to school.

What does he picture?

Xu Jiansheng himself didn’t know what he pictured. In fact, he didn’t show the child to read it to make a face, but sometimes he looked at the child and felt a little uncomfortable.

Of the three children, there is only one left. He always felt that he had many children before, and the children were not that important.

But looking back, when there is only such a child left, he sometimes feels empty.

Seeing the stalemate between the old lady and Xu Jiansheng, Liu Qiao said hurriedly, “Mom, so it wouldn’t cost much to study in the village, let Wuya come back here to study.”

Xu Meizi glanced at her mother, and her mouth bends slightly.

Xu Ling stared at everyone, then put her arms around Xu Jiansheng’s arm, “Dad, I don’t want to leave you!”

Before Xu Jiansheng spoke, the old lady said, “Okay, let this child come back here to study. It happens that there are five children in the family, and you can’t bring them all.”

“Mom…” Xu Jiansheng was a little unhappy.

“Jiansheng, don’t be too twisted. When you come back this year during the Chinese New Year, you listened to me a few times. You don’t agree with asking your wife to go back to the village to earn work points. You don’t agree to let Wuya study here in the village. And now, I want to let Wuya return here to help me and you still don’t agree. You don’t think of me as your mother, do you?”

The old lady’s remarks were kind of digging.

Li Jing secretly pulled Xu Jiansheng, “Jiansheng, don’t annoy mom.”

Xu Jianhai said, “Brother, Mom is looking forward to your coming back every day. That’s how you do to mom when you come back? We are a family and we will take care of the child. Are you not at ease? If it wasn’t because of supporting you, I would have been in junior high school for many years ago, and I will definitely let them come back in your position.”

Xu Jiansheng looked at his mother and his brother again, and it was a little uncomfortable to breathe in his heart.

After a long time, he breathed a sigh of boredom, “… okay.”

Xu Ling let go, lowered her head and continued to eat melon seeds.

With this distraction, the old lady is no longer upset about the new clothes of Mrs. Chen and Song Guihua. She also talked about the glorious deeds of how she protected the Red Army, got shots, and how to provide soles to the Red Army.

Everyone has been listening to this story for more than ten years, and every time they hear it, they are still excited.

It seemed that if you listened too much, that glorious period could stay in the Old Xu’s house.

They even forgot that Mrs. Xu is now a bad element undergoing labor reform.

In the dead of night, Xu Jiansheng leaned on the side of the bed and couldn’t sleep for a long time.

Li Jing stretched out her hand to help him to undress, but was pushed away by him.

“What’s wrong?” Li Jing said with a guilty heart.

Xu Jiansheng looked back at her, “You still asked me what’s wrong? When you were in the East Room before, why did you mention Xiaoling’s schooling? Don’t think I believe what you say, Xiaoling’s schooling can still affect you. Making mom clothes?”

When Li Jing heard this, she cried aggrievedly, “Can you blame me? Mom jealous when looking at other people’s clothes, and it’s the dead girl Nannan’s fault who is making troubles. Why do you want to make clothes for outsiders to make mom angry? With that being said, doesn’t Mom still have to make trouble?”

“Then what are you doing to mention Xiaoling’s school?” Xu Jiansheng was angry about this.

When Li Jing said the first sentence, he knew that Li Jing wanted to change the subject, but she was Xiaoling’s mother. Knowing that the old lady was angry at that time, she also mentioned Xiaoling. This was intentional for her, is she angry with Xiaoling?

Originally, he was ready to send Xiaoling to school first, instead of telling the family. Because when they find out Xiaoling had gone to school, what else could the family say?

But now?

Xu Jiansheng suddenly discovered that Li Jing, the person next to the pillow who had been virtuous for many years, made him feel more and more unfamiliar.

The New Year time is always the fastest, and in the blink of an eye, it’s the third day. Xu Nannan was not prepared to be the head off early from the Village. She has to go back to the city to prepare for the recruitment exam.

Moreover, she stays in Song Guihua’s house, so it’s not good to be crowded. Before deciding to leave, Xu Nannan went to see He Qiusheng again and assured him that she would come back to announce the good news when she was admitted.

When Xu Nannan wants to return to the city, Song Guihua definitely disagrees, and wants to keep her living in the village before going back to the City.

Hearing Xu Nannan said that there was something in the mine, she agreed for her to go back to the city. She also deliberately asked Xu Gui to send the two children to the bus.

After returning to the mine, Xu Nannan was not idle, holding some manuals from the mine to study. As a former test tyrant, she still knows the key points.

After she asked Zhu Fang about what was tested in the exam that year she took them, she also guessed what the recruitment exam would normally take.

On this day, Xu Nannan was memorizing the manual, and suddenly a notification sound came from her head.

The voice is a bit familiar.

She closed her eyes subconsciously and entered the Taobao store.

What appeared in front of her eyes was a chat interface, Taobao chat interface…

“Hello there, why are there some things in your store that are not priced, are they still in stock? How much do you sell for that book?”

TL Note: That end of chapter 45

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