good old days

Today, the Wuliqiao brigade has been transformed into a village committee, and the commune has been transformed into a township government.

But all the way back, the crops planted in the fields on the roadside were still the same. The road back to Wuliqiao Village was still surrounded by a river on one side and a forest belt on the other.

I haven't been back for a few years. The most obvious change in the village is that there are more brick and tile houses, but mud houses still account for the majority.

The newly built villa has two floors and an extra large yard. It is now the most impressive house in the village.

Although there are regulations on the area of ​​​​the homestead, the management is not strict at this time. The land resources in the village are not so tight and valuable, so the area of ​​​​the villa has exceeded the stipulated area of ​​​​the homestead.

The family flew back to Henan Province, rented a car in the city and drove back to the village.

When the car entered the village, it didn't attract many people's attention, because it was already mid-afternoon and every household was going to the fields to tend crops.

There are trees planted in the yard, and the saplings are still small. There is no furniture in the house yet, but the water and electricity are connected.

Standing in front of the window on the second floor and looking out, I found that there was an extra pond next to the public house in the village, which should be a fish pond.

When Chen Yi and Wang Sumei came back, they didn't bring Jiang Yan with them. The boy went to school in the compound and was picked up and dropped off by Chen Jinhua every day.

When Jiang Xinyu was not at home, Wang Sumei missed him and went to pick him up. Chen Yi's unit was close to there, so she often visited him.

Jiang Yan no longer remembered that he had been back to the village, and he was curious everywhere he looked.

"Mom, let's go to the pond and have a look. There is a small river pond over there. There must be fish and shrimps in it."

Jiang Yan has been exposed to the world by Chen Jinhua at a young age. He has practiced target shooting, hunted in the mountains, and visited restaurants for special occasions, but he is still very curious about every plant and tree in the village.

The fish pond in the village was indeed newly dug last year. Because the person who contracted the old fish pond made a lot of money in the past two years, the village dug another one and contracted it out.

The contractor is Li Xiuhua, her eldest brother, the son of the former captain.

When Li Xiuhua and his sister-in-law saw Jiang Yan, they said, "This boy is getting more and more handsome as he grows. He looks just like Chen Yi when he was a child. He looks like a little fairy boy."

Jiang Xinyu was talking to her, and soon a bunch of people gathered here.

When everyone saw Jiang Xinyu coming back, they didn't dare to recognize her. They were all so novel. After a while, the second aunt Ma Meili, who came back from the fields with a hoe, also joined the group chat.

Whose family gave birth to a grandson? How much did their son spend to get a wife? Whose son couldn’t afford a wife and became a son-in-law? Whose son broke his leg when he went out to work? How much did his child earn when he went out to work? money…

Some people are not living well, while others are living a better and better life.

As soon as the topic changed, it came to Jiang Laosan's family.

Jiang Laosan has been dead for several years. Although Jiang Yuehua has no future, he is married to a wife and has a son and a daughter. He lives a so-so life farming the land every day. At least he has no worries about food and drink.

The best people in the Jiang family are not the Jiang Zhifei brothers, but Jiang Baoqin, who has not been heard from for four years.

Someone from the village went to Shangdu to work and discovered that there was a clothing store called "Zhuomei" on Beishuncheng Street and Dehua Street in Shangdu, and the boss behind it was suspected to be Jiang Baoqin.

People in the village have seen Jiang Baoqin. Compared with the cowardly look she had before disappearing from the village, she is now dressed fashionably and looks like a boss.

Ma Meili said with displeasure: "I don't know who that girl relied on, and now she is living a good life, but she doesn't go home even if she has money, and she doesn't help her brothers. She is just heartless. Her mother gave birth to her in vain.”

Jiang Xinyu said matter-of-factly: "She doesn't owe her brother anything, so why is she so heartless? Second Aunt, you don't know anything about the situation, how can you say that she is relying on a man again?"

Ma Meili didn't know why she had to speak up for that damn girl Jiang Baoqin. She rolled her eyes and said, "We don't know how capable she is. Can she open two clothing stores by herself?"

Jiang Xinyu: "Times are progressing, and those who set up stalls in the city are making money. Second Aunt should no longer look at people with the same old eyes."

She didn't know what Jiang Baoqin's career was like, but she heard Chen Zhengyu say that she had a miserable life in Yangcheng, but no matter what, she still made money with her own hands.

Anyone who works hard in life deserves a chance to start over.

Ma Meili pouted and closed her mouth, and someone else said: "Xinyu, you don't know, Jiang Baoqin is cruel. Her brother heard a while ago that she opened a clothing store in Shangdu, so he took his wife and children there. Zhifei came back limping within two days and said he was beaten while walking at night. He kept saying that Jiang Baoqin hired someone to beat him. I think so. It shows that Jiang Baoqin is a heartless person. Yes, I have become successful and I don’t see her thinking about her natal brother. She is not young anymore and I haven’t found another one. After earning so much money, do I have to give it to my natal nephew? "

Jiang Xinyu felt that she could no longer talk to them. Why should the money a woman earns have to be given to her nephew because she is not married and has no offspring? Dare a woman fight for her nephew?
"Auntie, what you said is not..."

Before Jiang Xinyu could finish her words, she was interrupted by a voice.

"I don't have to worry about who my money will be given to in the future."

It was Jiang Baoqin who suddenly appeared in the crowd. She was wearing an off-white skirt. The skirt was a bit big and baggy on her body. Her hair was tied behind her head, her face was covered with makeup, but her eyes were very firm. None of the aunts dared to look at her.

Standing next to her was a short man of medium build wearing glasses. The first impression he gave was that he was honest.

After everyone looked at each other for a while, the aunt asked: "Bao Qin, is this your partner?"

Jiang Baoqin nodded, "I'll come back to get the household register and apply for the marriage certificate. The secretary is not in the public house or at home right now. Where is he?"

"Heading towards Guizi Mountain."

After receiving the accurate information, Jiang Baoqin stopped talking to these aunts and ladies who were making trouble over nothing. She nodded to Jiang Xinyu and left with her partner.

Once upon a time, in her previous life, she was also a member of the chat group of aunts and aunts in the village who talked about the East's parents and the West's faults.

It was such a long time ago when I think about it.

Jiang Xinyu felt that she had changed a lot, and that she had gained a sharp energy. The person next to her had no sense of existence at all, and was just a silent foil.

Walking on a country road with her child, Jiang Yan shook her hand and asked, "Did mom and dad both grow up here?"

Jiang Xinyu pointed to the fields and said: "Your father, your grandma and I have all worked in the fields. It was raining heavily, and the whole village was harvesting in the fields. When we got home, we were so tired that we couldn't even lift our arms." leg."

Jiang Yan was taken by Chen Jinhua to pick tea leaves on the tea mountain. He worked hard for a long time but couldn't pick much. Thinking of his parents and grandma working hard in the crop fields, he felt sour in his heart.

"Mom won't work anymore. If she gets tired, she won't work. When I am able, I will support my mother."

Jiang Xinyu said with a smile: "Mom is very difficult to raise."

Jiang Yan asked seriously: "How difficult is it to raise?"

Jiang Xinyu said with a smile: "The skirt on my mother's body costs 500 yuan, and the bag she carries ranges from 2,000 to tens of thousands of dollars, but my monthly salary is only 101 yuan now."

Jiang Yan's eyes widened. His mother's bag could buy many, many of his favorite ice creams and cream cakes.

Too bad, all the New Year's money he had saved in the can over the past few years couldn't even buy his mother's clothes.

"Then why can my mother afford such expensive clothes and bags even though her salary is only over one hundred?"

His expression was so confused.

He knew that his family had opened several dried fruit shops, but he didn't know how much money they made or how many houses his family was collecting rent from.

After struggling for a long time, Jiang Yan affirmed: "Dad must have saved all his salary to buy clothes and bags for mom."

He patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, mom. From now on, I will save all my salary to spend on mom. I will eat less cakes and use the money to buy clothes and bags for mom."

Jiang Xinyu laughed so hard, "What if that's not enough?"

Jiang Yan said tangledly: "Then, then, then, I will sell dried fruits too."

Selling dried fruits seems to be quite profitable. Others don't have cars, but his family has a car.

However, my mother only changes a few bags a year, so it seems that the family is still a bit poor.

(End of this chapter)