Chapter 87

The time was already around seven thirty in the evening.

However, since it was July summer, the sky darkened relatively slowly.

Even though it was already seven thirty, the sky still had not darkened.

The car drove along the village road.

Jiang Hao had come from another world on a timeline of 21, so truly speaking, he was nine years older than his counterpart in this world.

Although the city's name had changed.

The village was still the same village from his memory.

Of course, it was the old look, meaning the yellow mud road.

Jiang Hao remembered that the village roads would not be paved with cement until 15, and streetlights would not appear until 16.

It was still far from that time.

The current village was still yellow mud ground, and there were no streetlights.

When going out at night, people in the village basically all carried flashlights.

As for mobile phones, that little light was enough to illuminate what?

Moreover, it was only 12 now.

Smartphones were already popular in big cities, but in the countryside, even people with old-style Nokia phones were not many, let alone smartphones.

Yellow mud ground mixed with gravel, the road conditions were not good.

Fortunately, Jiang Hao's driving skills were good, he drove relatively steadily, and did not drive into those potholes.

Only when it was truly unavoidable would he let the car shake a bit.

Sister Qi Lin sat in the passenger seat, looking at the scenery outside the car window.

The village where Jiang Hao's family lived was called Pinghe Village; how it got its name, Jiang Hao had never investigated.

However, the scenery was indeed very nice.

Not far away was a river, the river water was clear to the bottom, and many places had fruit trees planted.

Various vegetables were planted in the fields.

This season was exactly the season for cucumbers, cowpeas, eggplants, tomatoes, and chili peppers.

So basically all these vegetables were planted in the fields.

Besides this, Sister Qi Lin also saw a melon field; in the melon field, someone was picking watermelons.

The car continued to drive.

Suddenly, Sister Qi Lin felt the car stop.

"Arrived?" Sister Qi Lin asked uncertainly.

Mainly because they were still on the road, and there were no houses nearby.

"No, my parents are not at home."

"Ah?"

"There, in that field over there, that's them."

Jiang Hao pointed to a field outside his car window on this side.

Two figures were seen bending over from time to time in the field.

Those were Jiang Hao's parents, father Jiang Chenhao, mother Wang Mei.

They were currently picking eggplants in the field.

It was exactly the season when eggplants ripened; they had planted quite a few eggplants, and if they did not hurry to pick and transport the eggplants to the county town to sell, the eggplants would become old.

By then, they would be even harder to sell.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Hao had expected it long ago.

He knew that even though he had transferred one hundred thousand yuan to them.

They would still work hard in the fields every day.

He did not deny that diligence was good, but as a child, he truly hoped his parents could live a bit better.

After all, raising him had already been hard enough for them.

If it were him when he was still an ordinary person, letting him stand under the scorching sun for half an hour, he would feel uncomfortable.

But parents basically worked a whole day; that kind of hardship was absolutely something children who grew up in the city and had never done farm work could not understand.

The saying "every grain is hard work" only when you truly go down to the field will you understand why it is "every grain is hard work."

After speaking, Jiang Hao opened the car door.

Seeing this, Sister Qi Lin also opened the car door and got out following him.

After all, since Jiang Hao got out of the car, she could not just continue sitting in the car.

Jiang Hao did not go down into the field, after all, he was not alone; there was Sister Qi Lin beside him.

Sister Qi Lin was wearing sandals, and moreover, short high-heeled sandals.

Obviously, it was impossible to go down into the field.

"Dad... Mom..." Jiang Hao shouted loudly.

His voice was very loud; Jiang Mu and Jiang Chenhao working in the field immediately heard it.

"Old Jiang, I seem to hear my son's voice."

"It's not seeming, it is your son's voice," Jiang Chenhao said, straightening his body.

Because he had already seen Jiang Hao and Sister Qi Lin standing on the roadside above.

"Look over there, isn't your precious son back."

"There is also a woman standing beside him."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing that Jiang Hao had brought a woman along, a smile immediately spread across Jiang Mu's face.

Her greatest worry now was her son's marriage.

Although her son had inherited her good genes and was handsome,

their family's financial situation was far too poor.

They were just an ordinary, average family; raising their son through university had basically drained their savings dry.

To put it bluntly, with their family situation, they couldn't even afford to get sick.

In today's social climate, if you want to find a girlfriend and get married, you can't do it without a car or a house.

It was completely different from their era.

Moreover, Jiang Hao had graduated for over a year, and they had never heard that he was dating anyone.

Every time he came back for the New Year, he returned alone.

He was the only child in the family.

Naturally, Jiang Mu hoped Jiang Hao would settle down early.

Seeing him bring a girl home this time, a rare occurrence, how could she not be happy?

She stopped working, stood up, and headed upstairs.

Jiang Fu hesitated for a moment, then followed her.

He had originally not intended to follow.

The work wasn't finished yet; it was 7:30, and it would be truly dark by around 8:00.

He still had half an hour to work.

If he didn't get things done during this time, he wouldn't be able to work once it got dark.

There were many snakes in summer, so generally at night, they never worked.

On the road, they saw Jiang Hao's parents arriving.

Sister Qi Lin immediately ran back to the car to get water for the two of them.

When they had passed through the county town earlier, Jiang Hao and the others had bought water.

Jiang Hao had anticipated that his parents would be working in the fields, so he had bought water for them as well.

"Son, why did you suddenly come back, and who is this person beside you?" As soon as they approached, Wang Mei asked.

After asking, her gaze fell upon Sister Qi Lin.

Sister Qi Lin felt a bit shy, as if she were meeting her future mother-in-law.

"This is Sister Qi Lin, my high school classmate. She is a police officer now. She came with me to visit, and also to see you."

"Uncle, Auntie, hello. I am Sister Qi Lin. Jiang Hao and I are high school classmates. Um, this is the water we bought on the way here. You must be thirsty from working in the fields; have some water."

"Oh, good, thank you." Wang Mei accepted it with a face full of smiles.