Volume 1 Chapter 0028: The haggard face of spring breeze
After watching the movie with Xu Qian, there was no fundamental change in their relationship.
Then, both of them were busy reviewing before the exam.
Just a few days before New Year's Eve, students from the University of Tokyo welcomed their winter vacation.
In 1978, the freshman year courses had to be completed within half a year, the study schedule was very tight, and the summer vacation was only a few days long, so most of the students who lived far away did not go home.
Even during the current winter vacation, there are still many people who do not plan to go back home for the New Year.
After buying twenty yuan worth of New Year's goods and delivering them to the Nan family in the staff quarters of the Second Chemical Plant, Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin boarded a plane to Guangzhou.
Unlike Nan Yi, although Liu Zhen was not welcome at home, she still stayed in the capital and planned to go back to celebrate the New Year on New Year's Eve.
The Liu family seemed to have their daughter and sister in their arms. Liu Zhen had to return eight yuan of her monthly scholarship of 15.5 yuan to her family. This was mandatory.
According to Liu Zhen's mother, Lv Bifang, she raised her and got her into university. She also has two unemployed older brothers, so it's time for her to pay money back to the family.
Nan Yi had no opinion on Liu Zhen giving money to the family. The Liu family was really in trouble, and it was only natural for Liu Zhen to help the family.
Nan Yi was worried that there would be some unexpected things in the future, such as her particularly powerful sister-in-law Hei Mu'er.
Don’t be surprised by this name. I heard that her father especially likes to eat black fungus, and this good thing is not often available. His surname is Hei, so he simply gave his daughter this name.
Hei Mu'er has a younger brother, Hei Muyu, who works as a temporary worker at a coal station. Nan Yi heard from Liu Zhen that Hei Mu'er once "accidentally" proposed to marry Liu Zhen to Hei Muyu, so that the Liu and Hei families could become closer.
However, this proposal was unanimously opposed by the Liu family.
It’s not that the Liu family felt sorry for their daughter and sister, but they thought that Liu Zhen should marry into a better family and be sold for a higher price; since the Hei family was able to marry their daughter to the Liu family, it was conceivable that the Hei family’s conditions were not much better.
The four words "equal status" have been a wise saying since ancient times.
In the words of Liu Zhen's elder brother Liu Qinglong: "Don't you see how beautiful Liu Zhen is now? She's still a college student. How can your Mu Yu be worthy of her?"
Nan Yi watched coldly as the Liu family's misfortunes happened.
Liu Zhen is not completely disappointed with the Liu family yet, so it is not the right time for him to take action.
As we entered Shajiaotou, it was drizzling and the mechanized farming road connecting to Wenchangwei was full of potholes and mud.
Nan Yi handed the umbrella to Nan Ruoyin and asked her to hold it for him. He bent down, took off his Liberation shoes, tied the laces together, and hung the shoes on his belt.
He picked up Nan Ruoyin again and walked towards Wenchangwei with unsteady steps.
Once we entered the Wenchangwei area, the road conditions were much better. The road connecting to the mechanized farming road was paved with bluestone slabs. Although it was uneven, it allowed Nan Yi to get out of the mud.
Just as he was about to take a shortcut to his home, Xian Yaodong and Xian Yaohua came .
"Nan Yi, why didn't you call me when you came back so that I could pick you up." Xian Yaodong said with a smile as soon as he saw Nan Yi.
"What's the point of not accepting it? I'm not old. Uncle Xian, where are you two going?"
"I was just about to send a telegram. I wanted you to come back during the first month of the year. I didn't expect you to come back now. That's perfect. I don't have to go to the city anymore."
"In a hurry?"
“No, in the past, we would eat Poon Choi in Wenchangwei during Chinese New Year or other festive occasions. In the past few years, life was not easy for everyone, so we haven’t had Poon Choi for a long time.
Since life is better this year, everyone decided to pick up this tradition again.
Originally, we wanted to take your time into consideration and hold it in the first month of the lunar year. Now that you are back, we will hold it as scheduled. The day after tomorrow, we will worship our ancestors in the morning and eat a hot pot at noon."
"That's good, but the storm hasn't completely died down yet, so don't make the ancestor worship too high-profile."
"I know, let the ancestors bear with it for now, and do a small job this year. When this storm passes in the future, we must do it properly."
"Yes!" Nan Yi nodded , pointed at Nan Ruoyin and said, "Let me introduce you to my daughter Nan Ruoyin... Ruoyin, call Grandpa Yaodong and Grandpa Yaohua."
Nan Ruoyin spoke in a baby voice, with clear pronunciation: "Grandpa Yaodong, Grandpa Yaohua."
"Hey, be good, be good."
Although Xian Yaodong and Xian Yaohua were curious about when Nan Yi had a daughter, they did not show it and just stayed intimate with Nan Ruoyin for a while.
"I'll go back first. I won't move today. Uncle Xian, please broadcast a notice and ask every household to return the tables and chairs that were moved from that house. Don't let them give them away for free. I'll buy new ones or pay for them."
"Why bother talking about money? If everyone knows it's what you wanted, they'll definitely be happy to return it to you."
"I still need money. I can't just take everyone's things for free."
After talking to the two of them, Nan Yi returned to Nan’s house.
I walked around the front yard and it was quite clean everywhere. It must have been cleaned by Xian Yaodong.
After going to the backyard and checking the secret marks on the doors and window frames, Nan Yi confirmed that no one had entered the room .
"Ruoyin, are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry, Dad. This is our home too?"
"Yes, this is our real home. The capital is just our temporary home. Tomorrow, I will clean up your room."
"No, I want to sleep with Daddy."
"Okay, okay, sleep with daddy. But you still need to have your own room. When you grow up, you can't sleep with daddy anymore."
"oh."
"Come on, let's go to the kitchen with Dad to see if our smoked fish has been eaten by mice."
Nan Yi held Nan Ruoyin's hand, pushed open the kitchen door and walked in. Looking up, he saw two hooks extending from the beams, with a rope in the middle, and they were hung with smoked fish.
When the smoked fish were first hung, they seemed to be arranged at equal distances from each other, but in fact there were slight differences in the distance between each fish. If you don't pay close attention, you won't be able to discover this secret.
He used his hands to measure the distance between each fish, and then carefully checked whether there were any damaged parts on the fish.
Fortunately, the fish had not been touched by anyone and had not been visited by mice.
"Dad, how many fish?"
"No, not just, it's so, so many fish."
"oh."
"There's no fresh food tonight, so Dad will make you some steamed smoked fish and bacon fried with dried lettuce. Go to the yard and see if there are any turtles in the pond."
"Okay."
Nan Ruoyin responded and ran to the yard, then ran back excitedly after a while.
"Dad, yes, there are quite a few. These turtles are so strange. Their shells are not round and have no patterns on them."
"It's not strange. You've seen Pekingese and German Shepherds before. Turtles and tortoises are the same as them. They are also of the same kind without blood relationship."
“I see.”
"Come, Dad will teach you how to make a fire."
"Uh-huh."
