sbdcsierra Chapter 173 Winter!
Chapter 173 Winter!
On the day Chen Qingqing left, they all went to see her off. Before the car left, Chen Qingqing, a shy and timid girl, took the initiative to hug him.
"Yuemin, thank you, thank you so much!"
Zhong Yuemin said: "When you get to Shanghai, start over and live a good life. You are still young and there is still time for everything."
"Ok!"
"If you have the chance to come to Shanghai in the future, remember to look for me. I know you are capable. I will treat you to a meal."
"Okay, get in the car."
After waving goodbye, Li Yan came over with a sour tone.
"Yuemin, I think Qingqing is interested in you. If you just ask, she'll definitely be willing to stay."
Zhong Yuemin tilted his head to look at the woman, "Sister Yan, you must have eaten a lot of vinegar this afternoon, right? It smells sour."
The autumn harvest has begun, which is also the busiest time of the year. Today, God has been very kind and there have been no disasters. The crops in the fields can be considered a "good harvest". The wheat is golden, the corn is plump, the yellow sorghum is brown, the buckwheat is white, the red beans are bright red, and the large pumpkins... The hillside, which was originally monotonous in color, is now colorful, like a pattern with a gray background that accidentally spilled all kinds of paint.
Colorful!
With a good harvest, there is no need to go hungry. The members working in the fields have genuine joy on their faces. As the director of the commune, Zhong Yuemin did not rest during this period. He visited the various brigades to see the harvest of each brigade and get a rough idea of the situation. After a busy month, the public grain of each brigade was paid, and the commune reported the full amount to the county, so that they could finally take a break.
Once the crops were harvested, the yellow earth returned to its original dull gray-brown color, like a shy woman in flowery clothes who had shed her gorgeous clothes and transformed into a bearded man.
After a few autumn rains, the cold wind from the north blew from north to south, the temperature dropped sharply, and winter came to northern Shaanxi. First, snow particles fell from the sky, like fine salt sprinkled on the ground, bouncing, and then slowly turned into tiny snowflakes, and then gradually became larger, turning into heavy snow!
The world is vast!
This bearded man from the loess land has once again transformed into an 'ice and snow beauty'!
Zhong Yuemin stood in front of the cliff of the cave dwelling of the educated youth, looking at the beautiful scenery of snow in front of him. Compared with the gentle, shy and soft snow scene in the south of the Yangtze River, the snow scene in northern Shaanxi is more bold, wild and unrestrained. In it, he is just one of the countless snowflakes, dancing in the wind.
"It's really beautiful!"
Suddenly I remembered the song Yi Jian Mei.
"Snowflakes flutter in the north wind, the world is vast and desolate. A plum blossom stands proudly in the snow, spreading its fragrance just for the one I love. I love the one I love without complaint or regret, and this love will remain in my heart forever..."
As I sang, I felt the flavor changed again, and I couldn't help but think of Charlotte's Troubles.
No artistic conception at all!
"Yuemin, what are you doing standing here alone?"
Li Yan came up from behind at this time, holding an umbrella in her hand.
"Hold it yourself. It's so high, I can't cover it!"
Zhong Yuemin took the umbrella, but put it away and said:
"Sister Yan, holding an umbrella on a snowy day is disrespectful to the snow. Look at this magnificent scene before you. What do you feel? Do you feel like writing a poem?"
Li Yan rolled her eyes.
"You're freezing to death, yet you're still writing poetry? I think you're courting death." She brushed the snow off the man's body.
"Go back. No matter how beautiful the snow scene is, it can't be eaten. Here's a letter for you. It's from your partner."
Zhong Yuemin took the letter from the woman's hand. It was from Xiaobai.
"The postman is still delivering mail in this awful weather. He's really dedicated."
He tore it open in front of everyone, took out the letter and read it. When he saw the contents at the back, his brows furrowed slightly.
Li Yan asked, "What's wrong? Is nothing wrong?"
"Something happened to a good buddy!"
"What is it?"
"Read it yourself" and give the letter to the person.
"I won't read it," Li Yan pushed back. "This is something your partner wrote to you. I read it, but it's not a private message."
His eyes were fixed on the letter.
Speechless, "I allow you to watch it", directly put it into the person's hand, and walked back,
Back in the cave, Zheng Tong, Ermao and a few others were playing cards around the table. They were very excited and the people watching were even more excited, shouting and yelling. In winter, which was the most idle time of the brigade, there was no work in the fields and it was freezing cold outside. They could only hide at home to kill time. In the past, they made babies at night, but now they made babies earlier and started in broad daylight.
"Zheng Tong, Jianguo, Ermao... take a break. Something happened to Yuan Jun and he's in the hospital."
"what?"
Several people stopped and turned around. Zheng Tong said, "Yuemin, what's going on? Is there any danger?"
"The person has been rescued. Xiaobai wrote me a letter saying so. It seems that they were digging a tunnel and the detonator they buried didn't explode. Yuan Jun went in to check and accidentally set it off. The injuries were pretty serious. He should be fine now, but he won't be released from the hospital for another month or so."
Several people breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Luo Jianguo said:
"I've always said Yuan Jun was lucky, a thousand-year-old turtle. How could he die like this? But Yuemin, I remember Yuan Jun wasn't a tank soldier, so why is he digging a tunnel? Isn't this just like us working at the reservoir, blasting rocks?"
Zhong Yuemin shook his head and said:
"I'm planning to go see Xiaobai this Spring Festival and won't be returning to the capital. What about you guys?"
Zheng Tong said: "I'm not going back. Jiang Biyun is not going back, so I'll stay here and celebrate the New Year together."
Li Kuiyong said: "I won't go back either. I may have to go to Xi'an."
"Kui Yong, you're so efficient! You're meeting the girl's parents so soon? Aren't you two going to get married next year?"
Li Kuiyong scratched his head. "Yuemin, it's not that I want to go. I just feel the conditions are not ripe yet. It's Xiaoxia's parents who want to see me. To be honest, I have no idea. With my conditions..."
"Kui Yong, don't underestimate yourself!"
Zhong Yuemin interrupted,
"You are not bad at all, a Beijing educated youth. Just based on this one factor, you are better than 90% of the people."
I have a house in the second ring of Beijing. As a capital city resident, the conditions are quite good.
"Be more confident. Maybe your father-in-law and mother-in-law will be happy too. Their daughter has found a rich husband from the capital."
"What kind of rich son-in-law am I?"
Ning Qun said:
"My brother and I won't be going back. My parents are gone, and the capital is probably pretty chaotic. We'd better stay in the countryside."
It's a bit sad.
Zhong Yuemin patted the man's shoulder.
"Ning Qun, it's better for you to stay. Everyone is here, and we can celebrate the New Year happily together."
Luo Jianguo said, "If none of you go back, it's pointless for us to go back. We've been sitting on the fire for two days and two nights, with no one to talk to. My father hasn't come out either, and I'm spending the New Year alone in the capital. I'm not going back."
Ermao and a few others also echoed this.
"Then don't all of you go back. Cao Gang, Dayong, Zhimin... if you can, go back. The brigade can't let all the educated youth go home for the Spring Festival. So, it's better this way. You go back this year, and Zheng Tong, Kuiyong and the others can go back next year."