Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 195 Redemption
After the postgraduate examination, Fang Shujun became a member of the farm and came to report on time every day.In the winter and summer vacations of the past few years, he has learned a lot from Liu Xiaonan, and he also wants to use what he has learned to further train himself.

In April, sea cucumbers began to be harvested in large quantities, made into ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, and sold both online and offline.The arrival of Fang Shujun relieved part of Liu Xiaonan's work pressure, handing it over to Sun Yuxiu online and to Fang Shujun offline.He just leads people to fish and make fresh sea cucumbers into finished products.

Longwangtang Farm has entered the busiest season.Ready-to-eat sea cucumber is the main industry, and the fishing and sales of other seafood cannot be ignored. At the same time, sea cucumber seedlings and river crab seedlings must be put in. Everyone's work intensity is not easy.

Every morning, after breakfast, Liu Xiaonan and Sun Yuxiu hurried out to Longwangtang Farm to start a new day of work.After more than half a year of exploration and training, Sun Yuxiu has become Liu Xiaonan's right-hand man, able to afford and let go of many tasks.

Liu Xiaonan once lamented to Meng Xiangxiang in private: "The child of the poor has long been in charge of the family. Sun Yuxiu is very flexible and willing to do it. He receives customers politely and does online sales well. A little training may change her life." destiny."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "If this is the case, then don't let her work as a part-time nanny. I leave work early, hire a part-time worker to come back to clean the sanitation, and let her concentrate on learning business from you. Creating a person is more important than giving her double salary. "

As Liu Xiaonan's assistant, Sun Yuxiu officially appeared in the public eye.The change of identity brought about a change of mentality. She began to pay attention to clothing and image, deliberately imitating Meng Xiangxiang's speech and behavior.After living in Liu's family for more than three years, she has been influenced by her ears and eyes. She hopes that her temperament will change.

Although she is no longer a nanny, she still has a room at home.For more than half a year, she took Liu Xiaonan's car, leaving early and returning late to work together.Uncles and aunts regard her as a member of the family, and she herself regards herself as a member of the family, even during the New Year and holidays, she does not want to go back to her own home.

Every time she returns to her home, her parents either ask her for money, or are busy introducing her to someone.She knew very well that her parents didn't care about her future, but urgently needed a gift money to marry her younger brother.

She is not in a hurry to get married, she feels that her future should not be what it was before.This morning, she and Liu Xiaonan Meng Xiangxiang walked out of the house together. While talking to Meng Xiangxiang, she opened the door of the passenger seat seemingly unintentionally.

Liu Xiaonan had already started the car, saw Sun Yuxiu opened the door on the other side of her car, and stood there embarrassedly, and said, "It doesn't matter where you sit, come up."

Sun Yuxiu sat in the co-pilot's seat, and Liu Xiaonan reminded her to fasten her seat belt.For more than six months, she has been sitting in the back seat of the car.She feels that the distance in the car is equivalent to the distance in identity and psychological distance.Those big bosses who came to the farm, didn't the young women they brought with them all sit beside the boss?

When returning home in the evening, Sun Yuxiu was still sitting in the co-pilot seat as a matter of course.Liu Xiaonan didn't say anything, so Sun Yuxiu occupied that very important position for her with peace of mind.

After putting in the crab seedlings in the farm, Liu Xiaonan decided to return to Liuzi Street and put the crab seedlings in the pond.He handed over the work of the farm to Fang Shujun and asked him to manage it for a few days.Fang Shujun wanted to take this opportunity to visit the place where his mother lived briefly.

Liu Xiaonan agreed, handed over the work of the farm to Sha Wanli and Sun Yuxiu, and asked Fang Shujun to call Gu Yu and tell his mother.

Fang Shujun called Gu Yu: "Mom, Uncle Liu and I will go to Liuzi Street in the afternoon, stay there at night, and won't go home."

Gu Yu said: "You have never been to the countryside, so it's good to go to the countryside to experience it. However, you have to listen to your Uncle Liu. When you meet people in the village, you must be polite, and you can't be arrogant."

Fang Shujun said: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass you."

After lunch, Fang Shujun drove his new car, Liu Xiaonan sat in the passenger seat, and the two went to Liuzi Street together.

The car drove onto the highway and sped forward smoothly.Fang Shujun asked: "Uncle Liu, my mother told me that she suffered a lot in the countryside when she was a child. Your book "Longitude and Latitude" also described the poverty and backwardness in the countryside at that time. is that true?"

Liu Xiaonan showed her left palm to Fang Shujun: "This scar was left when I was eight or nine years old when I used a kitchen knife to cut bean cakes to satisfy my hunger. The kitchen knife cut open the palm of my hand. When your grandfather and his family were sent to the countryside, the conditions were already much better. Yes, at least it can fill your stomach."

Fang Shujun glanced at Liu Xiaonan's palm, and saw a scar about an inch long, running from the root of the palm to the palm.He grinned, as if he could feel Liu Xiaonan's pain at that time.He said: "My mother also said that in winter, she had frostbite on the back of her hands and ears."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "Your mother must not be ashamed to tell you that there were lice on her body and in her hair."

Fang Shujun exclaimed in surprise: "Really! It seems that the sufferings of your generation are beyond our generation's imagination."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Suffering has created the unique characteristics of our generation. They can withstand any hardships and storms. They are not afraid of setbacks and will not be easily defeated when they start from scratch. The biggest wish is that your generation will not suffer from ours again. generations of poverty and misery.”

Fang Shujun sighed: "At school, students all said that the era we live in is an era of fighting for fathers. In fact, we didn't seriously think about what our parents were fighting for."

Liu Xiaonan said: "People of your generation should think about it."

The car went to Liuzi Street, met Jiang Changling, Liu Xiaonan stood in the yard, and explained to Fang Shujun the layout of several households in this small yard, and told some past events between him and Gu Yu when they were young.

He said to Fang Shujun: "I still keep the little book and other books that your mother left me. Qiyu Qimeng destroyed a few books when he was a child, but the rest are intact. Qimeng especially likes those little people. Books, now sometimes I still look through them. I think, when you two get married, if I pass the little book in that wooden box to you two, it will be regarded as returning it to the original owner.”

Fang Shujun looked around at the courtyard without any traces of the past, and said happily: "Okay, uncle. The dream between me and Qi must be preserved, it is the testimony of the pure friendship between you and my mother."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Shujun, you are in love with Qimeng, I might as well tell you something. Your mother and I had a deep friendship and an unforgettable love. After we got married, we couldn't forget it for a while. I still say that Words, I have loved you, and I dare not forget them. However, we all have a sense of responsibility, and we can only transform simple love into a broader love. Your mother regards me as a younger brother, and I regard your mother as a sister. For so many years, Our emotions are back to the original stage in this yard."

Fang Shujun was a little excited. Uncle Liu's words from his heart dispelled the last bit of doubt in his heart, and also treated him as a man.He said frankly: "Uncle Liu, I only now understand why you asked me to be a responsible man."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Since you want to see where your mother lived, you might as well stay a few more days, and I'll show you around."

Fang Shujun lived in Liuzi Street for three days. From Grandma Jiang Changling, he learned more details about the life of his grandfather's family back then, and understood why his mother established such a strong and pure friendship with Uncle Liu.He got to know many people in the village, witnessed Uncle Liu's prestige in the village, and from another aspect, he understood the connotation of the word responsibility.

At night, he and Uncle Liu slept side by side on the heated kang, and he listened to Uncle Liu tell about his childhood and the difficult days of studying from when his mother left to when he reunited with his mother.He has always been in a superior family environment, his heart is shocked again and again, and he has been baptized time and time again.

After returning to his home three days later, facing Tan Xun's parents, he only said one sentence: "I want to learn to be like Uncle Liu."

In June, the results of the postgraduate examination were announced. Fang Shujun got his wish and lived up to everyone's expectations to be admitted to the school's postgraduate.

After the students' summer vacation, under Gu Yu's suggestion and arrangement, the two families formally meet.One is to celebrate Fang Shujun's success in the postgraduate entrance examination, and the other is to maintain the relationship between the two families.It cannot be said that the two children are in love, but the two fathers do not know each other, and are even hostile.

In a high-end restaurant, Liu Xiaonan and Gu Yu's husband, who knew about each other's existence for a long time but had never seen each other and were unwilling to meet, finally held hands for the happiness of their children.

Liu Xiaonan said: "I have to call you brother-in-law, whether you want to accept it or not, I won't call you by your official title."

Gu Yu's husband said: "With a brother-in-law like you, I never expect you to respect my position."

Gu Yu at the side held Meng Xiangxiang's hand and said, "No matter what happens between men, we must always be sisters."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "I agree. As long as our relationship exists, no one can change the world."

Gu Yu's husband said to Liu Xiaonan: "With wives as role models, we also want to be brothers."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Whether you can become a brother or not is up to you. Anyway, I am an ordinary person, and I can call anyone a brother."

Gu Yu's husband said to Gu Yu: "It seems that it is not easy for you to form a young friendship with him."

Gu Yu said: "What do you think? Without that wooden box of books, you would think he would know who I am."

Fang Shujun and Qi Meng greeted the elders to sit down, and toasted each other's elders respectively.Holding a glass of wine, Fang Shujun respected Meng Xiangxiang first, and said, "Auntie, thank you. Without your careful guidance, it would be very difficult for me to be admitted to graduate school."

Meng Xiangxiang clinked glasses with Fang Shujun, took a sip of the wine and said, "That's the result of your own hard work, and you can't relax your studies at the graduate level."

Fang Shujun agreed, and drank it all in one gulp.Qi Meng toasts to Gu Yu, and Gu Yu takes out a beautiful small box, takes out the jade bracelet inside, and puts it on Qi Meng herself.Qi Meng saw that the two bracelets on his wrist were very similar, like a pair, and thanked him quickly.

Gu Yu smiled and said, "To say thank you, I have to thank your father for his foresight. When I was pregnant with Shujun and your mother was pregnant with you two, your father bought three bracelets with his royalties and gave them to me. He said it was a girl as a dowry and a boy as a gift to his future wife. I was so moved at the time, where can I find such a caring uncle. I kept it for more than 20 years, but it still came back to you. It's like your father gave me an empty favor back then."

Amidst the laughter, Liu Xiaonan said to Gu Yu: "Sister, don't complain. I made an agreement with Shu Jun. When the two children get married, I will pass on the little book you left to me in the wooden box. The two of them. That is a valuable spiritual wealth."

Gu Yu deliberately understated: "Look at what you said, they are just some old books, not much spiritual wealth. As long as Qimeng likes it, you can give it to the two of them if you want."

Qimeng said: "Auntie, I like those comic books very much. The paintings and printing are very exquisite, and they are worth collecting."

Gu Yu held Qimeng's hand and said, "Keep it if you like, there are also some memories of my aunt's childhood in it."

Fang Shujun came over to pour wine for Liu Xiaonan.Liu Xiaonan took the bottle and told Fang Shujun to go back and sit down.He personally poured wine for Gu Yu's husband, held up the glass and said, "Brother-in-law, you have a good son who is not impetuous and can do things in a down-to-earth manner. Let's go one brother."

Gu Yu's husband clinked glasses with Liu Xiaonan: "Brother, you also have a good daughter, and Gu Yu and I like it very much. Don't worry, Gu Yu and I will treat her dream as our own daughter in the future."

"If you have time, come and visit my farm with my sister. Don't let me think that you are the leader and look down on me, a commoner."

"You misunderstood. I wanted to visit your place for a long time and meet you. It's just to avoid suspicion. You know this. Please forgive me."

After drinking for three rounds, Hu Liwen stood up holding the wine glass and said: "Qiyu will drive later, he can't drink. On behalf of the two of us, I wish Shujun a successful postgraduate entrance examination, and wish Shujun and Qimeng a sweet love."

Liu Qiyu replaced wine with tea, and the four young men clinked glasses.Qi Meng stretched out her hand to Hu Liwen and said, "Sister-in-law, you said you would give me your bracelet, so it's time to honor it."

Hu Liwen hid her hands behind her back and retorted: "Sister-in-law, you are too greedy, you already have a pair, and you still want to ask me."

The four young people talked and laughed together, and the four parents toasted frequently.After the party, still at Gu Yu's suggestion, she took a vacation and went on a trip with Meng Xiangxiang and their four children.

In the huge villa, only Liu Xiaonan and Sun Yuxiu were left, and it seemed more and more empty and silent.The two of them only had one breakfast at home, lunch and dinner at the farm, and drove home after a day's work.

After returning home, Sun Yuxiu contacted the part-time worker to come to clean up and give instructions and supervision, which was much stricter than Meng Xiangxiang.After the hourly worker left, she went into the bathroom to take a shower to wash away the sweat and fatigue of the day.

She likes to look in the mirror and admire her body for a long time, which is youthful and elastic, full of charming charm.Such a good body, no worse than anyone else, destined to be a nanny or assistant?In the future, find a little security guard or a courier brother to marry, and this life will be like that?

She felt that she was not much worse than those women who followed the boss. What was missing was her life and her courage to dare to use her youth to gamble on the future.She changed into a thin pajamas, and went to pour tea for Liu Xiaonan who was in the study, faintly and tremblingly.

Liu Xiaonan was studying, looked up at Sun Yuxiu, and said, "It's been a busy day, go and rest, you don't have to take care of me."

Sun Yuxiu looked at Liu Xiaonan timidly and said, "I'm not tired, I should take care of my uncle."

Liu Xiaonan said: "When I read, I don't like to be disturbed by others."

Sun Yuxiu walked out of the study, sat in the living room and watched TV for a while, feeling like ants were crawling in her heart.In this villa, there will be only the two of them in the next half a month, and I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity in the future.After watching TV nervously for a while, she walked into the study again.

Sun Yuxiu was pouring tea with slightly trembling hands, Liu Xiaonan saw it, put down the book, smiled and said, "It's okay anyway, just sit down and chat."

Sun Yuxiu sat down opposite Liu Xiaonan, not daring to look directly at Liu Xiaonan, and lowered her head slightly.For some reason, Liu Xiaonan's smile made her feel unfathomable, and made her feel guilty.

Liu Xiaonan still smiled and asked: "Xiao Sun, you have been working in the farm for a year, and you have come into contact with all kinds of people. What do you think of those women who are treated as mistresses?"

Hit directly at the fatal point.Sun Yuxiu didn't dare to answer directly, she couldn't figure out what was hidden in Liu Xiaonan's smile, she said, "Everyone has his own way of life."

Liu Xiaonan put away his smile and said, "Xiao Sun, you have been working in my family for four years, and your aunt and I have always treated you as a child. The reason why we let you work in the farm is to train you and give you a skill. You can't always be a babysitter. Now it seems that this is harming you."

Sun Yuxiu begged in a hurry, "Uncle, I like my current job. I know that Uncle and Auntie are doing it for my own good. How could Uncle and Auntie harm me?"

Liu Xiaonan said sternly: "If you were my daughter, dressed like you are now, with ulterior motives, I would give you a big slap in the face. Of course, I can also fire you. The reason is very simple. If you don't It is worth your aunt and me spending energy to cultivate."

Sun Yuxiu cried bitterly: "Uncle, I was wrong, please don't fire me, and please don't tell auntie."

Liu Xiaonan sighed lightly: "Everyone makes mistakes, especially when they are young. Uncle also makes mistakes."

(End of this chapter)