Chapter 920: Returning to the Village

Old Master Xiao stood up, his face looking very grim: "There are some matters I wish to ask about clearly in person."

Liu Chuxue took the bus to the fork outside the commune, then walked a bit further inside, where she saw the village's ox cart at the commune: "Uncle Lao Wu."

Uncle Lao Wu, who was driving the cart, looked up: "Girl Chuxue, are you heading back to the village?"

"Yes, isn't the New Year coming soon? I'm returning to the village for a visit, and just in time to air out the house."

"Oh my, Secretary Zhiyuan and Zhijun from the Secretary's family go over every few days; I even saw them helping to harvest all the radishes and cabbages in the vegetable patch behind your house into the cellar."

Hearing these words, Liu Chuxue felt a surge of emotion in her heart.

While they were speaking, someone shouted from far away: "Brother Lao Wu, come help quickly."

Liu Chuxue turned around and saw Aunt Liangzi walking over carrying a backpack basket; thinking of Uncle Lao Wu's lame foot, Liu Chuxue quickly spoke up: "Uncle Lao Wu, I can do it, you sit."

After Aunt Liangzi clearly saw who had run over to receive her: "Chuxue, are you heading back to the village?"

"Yes, I just happened to get a few days off; the New Year is coming in a few days, so I'm returning to the village for a visit."

Looking down at the backpack basket she was holding: "Why are you carrying a backpack basket?"

Just as the question was asked, she then saw that the carrying strap on the backpack basket had come dislocated, so she quickly reached out to help lift it and place it onto the ox cart.

Aunt Liangzi patted her hands and said jokingly: "I didn't notice when I left, just grabbed the backpack basket and went; I didn't expect it to give up on me halfway after I finished buying things."

After settling the backpack basket properly, she then pulled the person aside to talk: "You probably don't know yet that Zhiyuan has also set a wedding date, right?"

"I indeed didn't know; before, I only knew the family had introduced a match for her, I didn't expect it to be settled so quickly."

"The groom's family is pressing hard; Zhiyuan's parents felt that since that young man is good and the two of them have taken a liking to each other, a day sooner or later makes no difference, so they settled on it."

"Which day is it set for?"

"The third day of the first lunar month."

"That's only a few days away."

"Exactly, these past few days Zhiyuan's mother has taken leave, just busy preparing the dowry for her daughter."

"Luckily I came back, otherwise I wouldn't have known about this matter."

While they were talking, other aunts and grandmas who had come to buy New Year goods also returned; upon seeing Liu Chuxue, they all greeted her: "Oh my Chuxue, why didn't your parents come back?"

"Aunt Huaiming, my father couldn't take leave from work; my mother, as you know, is pregnant, so we didn't dare let her take the bus again, mainly because the weather is too cold."

"Your father is working?"

"Where is he working?"

"When did he find the job?"

"My father is a railway red road worker at the train station; he just started work not long ago, and doesn't have much leave."

"What does that do?"

"Is it tiring?"

"How much money can you earn?"

"So you've started eating from the public bowl?"

"Inspecting and repairing the tracks, that is, rectifying railway track diseases to ensure trains run smoothly and safely; every day we come in the wind and go out in the rain."

"That's still better than facing the yellow earth with your back to the sky in the village; in the future, if there's a chance, you must help pull up the villagers."

Uncle Lao Wu really couldn't bear listening anymore: "Alright, alright, has everyone returned? The time is about right; get on the cart, it's time to return to the village."

Everyone headed towards the cart; someone saw Liu Chuxue carrying a large cloth bag: "Chuxue, what are you carrying?"

Liu Chuxue did not hide it: "Since we've been away, Secretary Ye's family has helped take care of the house no end; my father asked me to come back and deliver some New Year goods to Secretary Ye's family."

She said this on purpose, to save people from saying all sorts of things behind her back.

Now everyone in their hearts felt that envy.