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When Grandpa Jiang saw his granddaughter coming back, he hurriedly said to Grandma Jiang in the kitchen, "Old lady, Ranran is back, and she brought a little comrade with her."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Jiang quickly put down the kitchen knife and walked out in big strides. Then she saw a tall and handsome boy standing next to her granddaughter. She smiled and said, "Of course, you're back. Who is this little comrade?"

Su Ran: "Grandma, Grandpa, this is the classmate I told you about who was an educated youth in Qinghe Brigade. His name is He Cheng."

He Cheng: "Grandma, Grandpa, hello."

Grandma Jiang: "Oh, it's Xiao He. Come in quickly. You must be tired after walking all the way. Old man, go and pour some tea."

He Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Grandma Jiang’s enthusiastic attitude. Did she have a good impression of him?

Su Ran pouted, "Grandma, you are too biased. I have walked all the way, why don't you care if I am thirsty or not?"

Grandma Jiang gave her a displeased look and said, "Girl, you still need others to serve you when you go home? Don't you know where the cup is?" Although she was complaining, her tone was full of doting.

Su Ran said in a tender voice: "How can the tea you drink yourself be as fragrant as the tea brewed by grandpa?"

Grandpa Jiang came in with tea and happened to hear his granddaughter's words. He smiled and said, "How could I forget you?" Then he handed over the cup in his left hand.

Su Ran took it with a smile, "Thank you, Grandpa. I knew you were the best to me."

Grandpa Jiang handed the tea in his right hand to He Cheng, who took it with great trepidation. This was the first time an elder personally poured tea for him. He took a sip and found the tea too fragrant.

Su Ran quenched her thirst after drinking the tea, and then suggested: "Grandma, let's go cook together. Two people can cook faster."

Grandma Jiang: “Okay, okay.” In fact, she had almost finished it. She cooked some porridge, two vegetarian dishes and one meat dish, but these were only enough for the three of them. Now that her granddaughter had come back with her friends, those dishes were no longer good enough, so she had to make something else.

Grandma Jiang: "Then Xiao He, you can chat with your grandpa first. Ranran and I will go cook some food and will be back soon."

He Cheng nodded, "Okay, grandma."

After saying that, Grandma Jiang went to the kitchen with Su Ran, leaving He Cheng and Grandpa Jiang alone in the room. Grandpa Jiang was a very outgoing person, and he was very curious about He Cheng, so he didn't hesitate.

Grandpa Jiang: "Xiao He, you have been in our commune for a short time, right?"

He Cheng: "Yes, Grandpa, I came here after I graduated this year, and I've been here for almost a month."

Grandpa Jiang nodded and said, "Are you adapting well? Life as an educated youth must be hard, right?" Xiao He looked and had the temperament of a city dweller. The educated youth in their team had to work in the fields every day, and it was not known whether Xiao He could do it.

He Cheng: "I've adapted quite well. The people here are very simple and honest. Although life here is a little worse than in the city, it's still pretty good. Besides, we educated youth went to the countryside to build the countryside, not to enjoy life. The leaders said, 'Go to the big winds and waves to train yourself', but our place is not really that big."

Grandpa Jiang smiled with satisfaction. He didn't expect that Comrade Xiao He was not only hardworking, but also had such a high level of ideological awareness. Not bad, not bad.

He stroked his beard and praised, "Good, good, good kids. With you, Guo Jia will definitely get better and better."

He Cheng smiled embarrassedly, "I'm still far behind Su Ran. I'll try my best to catch up with her."

No one would dislike others praising their granddaughter, especially such an outstanding teenager. Grandpa Jiang was not modest. He laughed and began to praise Su Ran, "Ran Ran is indeed a good child. She studies well and is smart. She is proficient in both machinery and agronomy. At a young age, she found a job for herself in a machinery factory. Her family doesn't have to worry about her at all, and she even got praise from the number one leader."

He Cheng looked at Grandpa Jiang in confusion. How come he didn't know about this? He asked curiously.

Now, Grandpa Jiang began to talk incessantly about how Su Ran got the words "pillar of the country" like a reservoir that had been opened.

He Cheng listened with great interest.

In the kitchen, Grandma Jiang and Su Ran had already prepared the dishes. Grandma Jiang frowned as she looked at the stir-fried rape, stir-fried shredded potatoes, cold-mixed tomatoes, stir-fried bacon with green peppers, and stewed chicken with potatoes. It seemed a bit crude...

She looked helplessly at her careless granddaughter next to her and said, "Ranran, you too, why didn't you tell us in advance? If we had known you were bringing Xiao He back today, we would have gone to buy some meat. This dish is too simple to entertain guests." Fortunately, there were some bacon and a chicken brought from Hai City at home, otherwise it would have been a vegetarian meal.

Su Ran: "Grandma, this is already very good. He Cheng is not an outsider. Besides, he is very easy-going and will not care about these things."

And most importantly, she really thought these dishes were very rich! ! There were only four of them, how could they finish them...

Su Ran comforted Grandma Jiang for a few more words, and then brought the food to the table. Grandma Jiang also called the two people who were talking in the room to come over for dinner.

After the four of them were done, Grandma Jiang apologized to He Cheng, "Xiao He, I'm sorry, today we only have a home-cooked meal, don't mind, next time you come and tell grandma in advance, grandma will make you some braised pork and stewed pork ribs."

Grandpa Jiang and Su Ran were silent...

This is not a common meal. We don’t often eat stewed chicken.

He Cheng didn't know what they were thinking, he just felt warm in his heart. Looking at the enthusiastic Grandma Jiang and the kind Grandpa Jiang, he thought of his grandparents who were far away in Beijing. He didn't know how they were doing.

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After dinner, He Cheng saw that it was getting late and suggested leaving.

Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang did not try to keep them. After all, they lived nearby and there would be plenty of opportunities to come. Besides, it was really late today and it would take more than half an hour to walk back to Qinghe Brigade. If they left now, they would arrive just in time before dark.

It was He Cheng's first time to come to Jiangshui Brigade and he didn't know the way, so Su Ran naturally took on the task of sending him there. Of course, this meant sending him to the village entrance, as it would be difficult to return if he went any further.

As the sun gradually sank to the west, the clouds in the sky were dyed orange-red, casting a warm and soft light, and the whole village looked peaceful and harmonious.

The two walked side by side, the breeze gently rustled the leaves, and occasionally a few birds landed on the branches nearby, chirping.

Su Ran looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart felt particularly calm and peaceful, as if all his worries were alleviated by this beautiful environment.

He Cheng looked at the quiet and beautiful girl beside him and curled his lips unconsciously.

Both of them were enjoying the beauty of the moment, speaking nothing all the way.