After the tragic death of his daughter, the honest father of the age awakened

Chapter 269 Is Anyone Home?

Aunt Cai didn't care about Xu Shuyu's attitude, so she changed the subject again, "Girl Yu, look, I've apologized to you too. Can you tell me what kind of skin you used to have such good skin?"

Xu Shuyu: "Aunt Cai, do you also want to make your skin whiter?"

Although Aunt Cai is not from the country and does not have to experience the sun and rain, her skin is not very white, at most it is slightly whiter than that of country women.

"How come you still love beauty at your age?" Xu Shuyu didn't understand.

At this moment, Xu Shuyu seems to have forgotten that when Xu Shurou said that she hoped to remain so good-looking when she gets older, she also said the same thing.

I hope that I will still be beautiful and elegant when I grow old.

"Hey, I don't want it for myself. I'm already at my age, so what's the use of being pretty? I want it for my niece. She's getting married. I'm not thinking that if she can If I become fairer, I can choose someone with good conditions when we get married."

She was also thinking of introducing a commune to her niece.

However, her hopes were dashed. Xu Shuyu told her that she had not eaten anything good.

"Everything I say is true. It's all thanks to my mother that my skin is so good. We sisters are all like her and don't tan. But we usually don't use anything at all. We just use the clam oil sold by the supply and marketing cooperative."

"That's it..." Aunt Cai was a little disappointed, but quickly put the matter behind her.

After all, she was just a niece, so she wasn't worth the trouble.

However, after this incident, the relationship between Aunt Cai and Xu Shuyu improved by leaps and bounds. Whenever they had free time, they would get together and chatter. Aunt Cai told Xu Shuyu all the gossip she heard in the commune, and Xu Shuyu also told Xu Shuyu what she knew. The gossip was shared with Aunt Cai.

Cui Lanhua and Xu Shuxin still don't know that there was an argument the day before, but today her daughter/sister/sister is mingling with them.

Ergouniang and Genzi Niang finally came to Xu's house once, and they were not in a hurry to leave. After talking about Xu Shuyu's going to work in the commune and Old Man Xu's search, they shared a lot of gossip about the brigade with Cui Lanhua.

For example, Qiu Gu, she has started to act crazy now, and she even cannot recognize people.

For example, Mrs. Wang, her two daughters-in-law got into a fight over some trivial matter, and then broke up with Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang disagreed, and during the push, Mrs. Wang was pushed to the ground. Although it was nothing serious, there was the example of Mrs. Xu before. Mrs. Wang was worried that she was also paralyzed, so she asked her two sons to carry her to the commune to see a doctor.

Another example is Mrs. Wang’s grandson Tongzhu. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he went to fry cow dung. As a result, he accidentally fell into a mud pit while trying to avoid it. He became a clay figure and could not climb out. If an adult hadn’t passed by and picked him up. , he was afraid of freezing.

Also, the chickens from this house were stolen, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from that house had another fight...

Trivial things like this, although they are trivial, are full of human fireworks.

Xu Shuxin listened with great interest and could not even read the book.

At eleven o'clock, Kong Zhiqing and Fang Zhiqing also came over.

Xu Shuyan was very happy and ran towards the two of them, "Sister Kong, Sister Fang, you are back!"

"Happy New Year, Xiaoyan." The two said in unison.

After entering the main room, the two of them paid New Year's greetings to Cui Lanhua and Xu Shuxin, and did not forget Ergouniang and Genzi Niang.

Ergouniang looked at the two female educated youths and said, "Kong Zhiqing, Fang Zhiqing, you two go home to celebrate the New Year and become beautiful again."

Kong Zhiqing and Fang Zhiqing both smiled and narrowed their eyes after hearing this.

No matter what age women are, they all like to hear others compliment them on their beauty.

The two of them put the gifts they were holding on the dining table, pulled stools and sat by the fire. Their postures and movements were extremely skillful.

Ergouniang and Genzi Niang looked at the things on the table with hot eyes, but they were also very measured and looked away after just two glances.Cui Lanhua looked at the things they brought and didn't say that they had spent money. After all, it was the two of them's wishes, and they would also eat here in the future. She would just do something nice to entertain them then.

Cui Lanhua began to care about the two people's back and forth journey, whether they met bad people, whether they were tired, when they would arrive at the brigade, etc.

"I didn't meet any bad people, and I wasn't very tired. We bought a sleeper berth, so you can lie down when you're tired. There weren't many people, and it wasn't as crowded as the seated carriage, so it was okay."

"We returned to the brigade last evening. We thought it was getting late, so we didn't come here yesterday."

The speaker was Kong Zhiqing.

Compared with Fang Zhiqing, Kong Zhiqing is more outgoing, and can even be said to be very outgoing. He can talk to everyone and take care of everything he sees, otherwise he will not be disliked by the members of the brigade when he first comes here. .

"Have all of you educated youths come back?" Xu Shuxin asked.

Previously, the branch secretary said that he would hold a general meeting after all the educated youth came back.

The soap she soaked later was also made into soap, and it has taken shape now, but it's just not hard enough.

As for the soap she had made from plant ash, although she felt it was not hard enough, it could still be used to fool people.

Kong Zhiqing said: "Everyone has returned. Just now Qin Zhiqing also returned to the educated youth point. He was the last one to return."

Because Qin Zhiqing was from the capital and was far away, he came back the latest.

"Why are you asking this?" Kong Zhiqing asked.

Xu Shuxin told the truth, "The branch secretary said before that he would hold a meeting when the educated youths come back, so I asked casually."

"Is there such a thing?" Ergouniang looked surprised, "Why is the party secretary holding a meeting? Is it necessary to change the captain? But we haven't heard any news."

The current captain is getting older and wants to retire, but he has not said when he will retire, let alone this year.

Her man is the fourth brother of the party secretary, and she hasn't heard the news either.

Ergouniang immediately realized that this was not the case. Although the change of captain had something to do with the educated youth, it did not matter much. Their presence or absence did not matter.

That's something else.

She asked Xu Shuxin, "Qi Yatou, do you know what is going on?"

Xu Shuxin: "I heard it's some kind of side job in the brigade. I don't know the details. Don't you know about it too, Auntie?"

Ergouniang shook her head, "I haven't heard of it, but our team wants to develop a sideline business? Can this be done?"

Xu Shuxin: "Whether it succeeds or not, we have to give it a try. If it succeeds, our brigade will have an extra income. Maybe we can live better than Shanglin brigade, and even be among the top three in the commune."

Then, Kong Zhiqing also joined in, and several people began to express their thoughts on the development of the brigade's sideline business.

While they were chatting enthusiastically, they heard two voices coming from outside the door.

"Xinxin, Aunt Xu, are you at your home?"

"Is anyone home?"

(End of this chapter)