Halfway through, I met Li Jingcheng and Sun Yuxiu who had returned from Shanghai.
Thinking about it carefully, it has been more than half a month since Li Jingcheng and his wife left. Li Jingcheng was carrying large and small bags, resisting and lifting them, and by the way, he did not forget to free up a hand to hold Sun Yuxiu's hand.
From afar, Yang Lina recognized the two of them.
The car stopped slowly on the side of the road. Li Jingcheng thought that the car was going to pass by, so he took Sun Yuxiu's hand and stood on the side of the road, thinking of letting the car go first.
Seeing the head sticking out of the passenger window, Sun Yuxiu made sure that she was not dazzled. She felt a little unbelievable and shouted excitedly: "Sister-in-law."
"Brother, sister-in-law."
Li Jingcheng smiled from ear to ear, showing his standard eight teeth, as happy as seeing a life-saving straw.
"Get in the car quickly."
Li Jingming shouted, but before anyone got out of the car, Yang Lina opened the car door first and took a small bag from Sun Yuxiu's hand.
"Why didn't you two call in advance when you came back so that I could pick you up in the county town? Axiu is still pregnant with the child. How could you walk such a long way?"
After not seeing her for half a month, Sun Yuxiu lost a lot of weight, her face was sallow and her muscles were thin, as if she had been hungry for a long time.
"Sister-in-law, we called the village committee once, but no one answered, so we got on the train directly."
After Li Jingcheng finished speaking, he looked at Sun Yuxiu next to him with an apologetic look.
Li Jingming jumped out of the car, opened the trunk, reached out to take Li Jingcheng's backpack, put his things neatly, and jumped into the car.
Yang Lina readjusted her seat. She hadn't chatted with Sun Yuxiu for a long time. Now that they met, she was particularly cordial.
The two women were sitting in the back seat, and Li Jingcheng was sitting in the passenger seat.
This time I went to Shanghai, the happiest people were Sun Yuxiu and Li Jingxuan.
The bustling lights on the Bund in Shanghai are very attractive, and the roads are very spacious. Almost everyone has bicycles and they live in small western-style buildings. It’s so beautiful.
Sun Yuxiu danced excitedly. Now seeing Yang Lina, she couldn't help but start talking about everything she saw.
"Sister-in-law, you know, Shanghai is really big. There is also Jingxuan's school, which is very big and clean, and there are foreigners. The foreigners have blond hair, blue eyes, and tall noses, and they look very good-looking.
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Yang Lina lamented, what was there to see in Shanghai in the 1980s? The Shanghai of the future is more beautiful, with bright lights, green lights, the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Huangpu River on the Bund, and so many interesting places, but what we see now is just the tip of the iceberg.
Li Jingcheng glanced at Sun Yuxiu from time to time through the rearview mirror, and then glanced at his young wife from time to time.
Why doesn’t the little wife look very excited?
"Wow, I'm so envious. I've never been there. My A-xiu is a person who has seen big cities. Please work hard in the future so that the baby in your belly can fly out of the mountains and prosper like my aunt."
Yang Lina stared closely at Sun Yuxiu's belly, which seemed even more eye-catching than in Shanghai.
Yang Lina spoke softly in a soft and childish voice, not forgetting to gently caress Sun Yuxiu's belly.
It was my nephew who was tired after this trip.
Li Jingcheng was a soldier and had known about Shanghai through newspapers and TV before, so he wasn't really looking forward to it when he went there.
"Ah, by the way, sister-in-law, I bought a gift for you and your eldest brother. You must accept it."
It was a watch, and Sun Yuxiu bought two at once.
One piece for Yang Lina and one piece for eldest brother.
If it weren't for the two of them, their lives wouldn't be good, and they wouldn't have the business of selling tofu.
Sun Yuxiu originally planned to pay dividends to Yang Lina, but Yang Lina refused. She was embarrassed to say anything. She just happened to go to Shanghai to take a fancy to this watch and bought it back.
The two lived frugally in Shanghai and spent 400 yuan in ten days.
All the money from selling tofu last month was spent.
Despite this, Sun Yuxiuhua's willingness was worth it.
Yang Lina looked at the watch Sun Yuxiu wore on her wrist, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she was so moved that she wanted to cry.
"Sister-in-law, do you like it?"
Yang Lina held back tears and nodded vigorously.
"I like it, it looks good."
Sun Yuxiu has a clear sense of right and wrong, is very rational, and doesn't like to take advantage of others. According to her character, even if Yang Lina doesn't accept the offer, Sun Yuxiu will still find ways to prepare other gifts.
It just so happened that she had wanted a watch for a long time, so there was no need to buy one.
"Brother, please wear it later and see if it looks good?"
The two grown men in the front row were chatting about other things. Seeing the smiling faces of their women, the two grown men also chatted happily.
The four people chatted together, and then the car drove in front of their house. When the villagers saw the car entering the village, everyone at home ran to the door to look at it, as if they were looking at something strange.
Liu Xiu heard a movement at the door and had not yet put on her cloth shoes. She ran to the door in a panic to see the excitement.
Seeing the two Lao Li brothers and their two daughters-in-law coming out of the car, they snorted coldly, spat on the ground, rolled their eyes, turned around angrily, walked in, and closed the door forcefully.
What a cow, why don't you just drive a broken car?
Yang Lina used to be a bad person and was about to get divorced. During this time, she had bad luck. Not to mention her business was doing well, but now even that cripple is a decent person and even drives a car.
When Wang Ying saw her two sons come back, what made her feel proud was that her Jing Ming came back again. Even though he was a lame man, he was physically disabled and strong in spirit. There were so many strong men in the village. Who was like her son when he came back?
To drive such a decent car.
Wang Ying felt that what Li Jingming brought back was not only the car, but also the face of their old Li family and his own dignity.
Yang Lina stood aside, silently observing Wang Ying's expression, and listening to the discussions of the villagers from time to time.
"What kind of virtues does the old Li family have? Not only does the eldest daughter-in-law seem to be a different person, the second daughter-in-law is pregnant, and the daughter has also gone to Shanghai for the exam. The two sons are even more amazing. One drives a car and the other endures hardships.
, the tofu business is also doing very well, and the family’s life is getting more and more prosperous.”
"Yes, Lao Li's family is kind-hearted and not greedy in business. The tofu they make is really good. I also heard from my wife that Yang Lina sells food in the county town and her business is very good."
"Yes, she even bought a Sanbengzi back."
The two old men on the side were talking mysteriously, but little did they know that all their conversations fell into Yang Lina's ears.
Thinking about it carefully, it is true that Lao Li's family is getting better and better now. Yang Lina feels that these two old people are also sensible people. Before they were proud for three seconds, they were disturbed by another familiar voice.
Liu Cui came out again at some point, stood next to the two old people, and started to add fuel to the fire.
"But, I also heard that their eldest daughter-in-law cheated on her marriage, and she went to find her mother-in-law yesterday."
"It's true. How could you do such an immoral thing? You really can't tell a person's face."