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 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 do nothing.

"Nan Nan is back."

He Qiusheng turned around and saw Xu Nannan, 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 his 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. Look 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, clean." He looked at Xu Nandao again, "Why are you here, don't let people see it."

"It's okay if you 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 stems. You can drink 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, he was also happy in his heart. When she first went up the mountain, she thought about this big Chinese New Year, other things can not be given, the wine can still 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.

Move 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 ate it 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 good."

"Teacher He, if you like it, I will send more points 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 admissions."

"Have you got 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. Tao. 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 There is a higher starting point."

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. Just 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 couldn't go to university as he pleased. After all, she still took 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 he doesn't suffer 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.

Just about to go out, I suddenly found a pair of gloves on He Qiusheng's table.

And it's still a pair of leather gloves, new.

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 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. He 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 her what she was doing. Just arranged a place for her and Xiaoman to live. 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 son.

This time Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman are back, so they cannot be allowed to live outside. Song Guihua asked her two sons to live with Xu Gui and the two children to live 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, she would have fallen asleep early. But in order to make a handful of new clothes at the beginning of the new year. She also gritted her teeth.

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 he 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 year.

"New Year! Eating 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 Xujiacun, she hadn't seen those daughters-in-laws who ate meat at home with oily lips. She was still reluctant to wipe her mouth and walked around the village deliberately. I want to let everyone in the village know that their family eats meat.

Aunt Osmanthus 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 room, 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, I 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 Jiansheng 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 daughter-in-law, 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 chopsticks 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 a gag in her mouth from time to time.

Li Jing sat behind the old lady, hugged the stove with her head down, dare 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 face. She had to eat in front of so many people.

Suddenly, Mrs. Chen yelled cheerfully from the front room, "Eating dumplings..."

Everyone paused for the chopsticks.

Old man Xu looked up and glanced around, "What are you doing, eat, don't eat what you don't want."

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 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 the New Year's Eve.

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. Stone and wood have also kept up.

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 are bulging in their pockets.

Most of them are sunflower seeds.

Xu Nannan didn't like to eat, so he gave it to wood and stone. By the way, he grabbed some candies from his pocket and stuffed them into the pockets of the two children. The teeth of the wood and the stone smile are invisible.

"Sister, will you come back next year for the New Year?" The stone said with a candy lumps in it.

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 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 Xu family village is her root anyway.

On the way, I 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 his teeth and stared at this side.

Stone 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."

First, when 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." He strode forward as he said.

Xu Long and Xu Lei still had lingering fears about what happened yesterday, and they didn't dare to confront the rocks and woods. They took a bite to a few people and followed.

Xu Meizi shook her head, "Wu Ya, hurry up."

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

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, a 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."

The stone next to him pulled the wood, "Xiaoman is better than your grades. You get seventy points every time you take the exam. Why do you keep saying your grades are good?"

Mu Mu squinted at him, "It's better than 30 points every time you take the exam."

Xu Nannan couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing after hearing the words of the two brothers. The two look alike, and their temperaments are so different. The temperament of stone 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 my milk?"

"Go to visit."

Xu Gui said depressedly. My mother and daughter-in-law went out after breakfast. For the New Year's Eve, 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 in the snow. In the afternoon, when the family surrounded the fire, the look in Li Jing's eyes was even worse.

Li Jing has been awkwardly after these two days, and it is New Year's Day, and she is still involved. I hated the two unfilial daughters I had given birth to death in my 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, her eyes were staring at her mother Li Jing.

Li Jing was uncomfortable staring at her, 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. I haven't 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 the elderly care provider. 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 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 is 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 hometown, and the old lady agreed. As for the three daughters, Xu Meizi, this child is sensible. He can write before he 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 Guangzong Yaozu. And Liu Qiao, the third daughter-in-law, is also attractive, and she can't let this daughter-in-law chill, 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, 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 the book, it 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 child back to the country with the old lady, and took over 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 have only 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, let alone you are 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 child?

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

This time Xu Jiansheng's rare firmness.

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

What does he picture?

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

Of the three children, there is only one left. I always felt that I 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, or else, it doesn't cost much to study in the village, let Wuya come back to study."

Xu Meizi glanced at her mother, 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 to study. It happens that there are five children in the family, and you can't bring them."

"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 countryside to earn work points. If you don't let Wuya study, you don't agree. Now let Wuya return to her hometown. Next, 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 take care of a child. You are not at ease? If it wasn't because Da Ya Leizi read this I have been in junior high school for many years, and I will definitely let them come back."

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, "... OK."

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 Po Chen and Song Guihua. I also talked about the glorious deeds of how I 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 I 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 wait for 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. Mom makes 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 Nan Nan who is making troubles. Why do you want to make clothes for outsiders to make mom angry? With that said, doesn't Mom still have to make trouble?"

"Then what are you doing to mention Xiaoling's school?" Xu Jian 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 not intentional for her Are you angry with Xiaoling?

Originally, he was ready, and sent Xiaoling to school first, instead of telling the family, when he knew, Xiaoling had gone to school, what else could the family say.

But now?

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

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

Moreover, I live 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 he would come back to announce the good news when he was admitted.

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

Hearing Xu Nannan said that there was something in the mine, he agreed to go back to the city. Xu Gui also deliberately asked Xu Gui to send the two children to the car.

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

On this day, Xu Nannan was memorizing the manual, and suddenly a ding-ding sound came from his head.

The voice is a bit familiar.

She closed her eyes subconsciously and entered the Taobao store.

What appeared in front of my eyes was a chat interface, Wangwang chat interface...

"Hi, dear, why are there some things in your store that are not priced, are they in stock? How do you sell that stone book?"