Siheyuan: The farm in my mind is in your hands.

From Zhaojiazhuang to the town bus station, and then from the bus station to the railway station.

Chen Jianghe finally found the familiar feeling again.

The trip to Zhaojiazhuang is destined to become an indelible mark in his memory.

From ancient times to the present, the prosperity and decline of a country have always been the suffering of the people.

The only difference is the degree of suffering.

Since arriving in the county town, Xiao Duoduo finds everything new and interesting.

Two-wheeled rickshaws, four-wheeled cars... and even later on, there were trains that were so long that you couldn't see the end of them.

After they got on the train, the scenery outside the window rushed backwards at a rapid speed, making their eyes dizzy.

Her uncle told her to look forward so she wouldn't feel dizzy.

What Xiao Duoduo didn't know was that her fate would be rewritten from this moment on.

All those sufferings are like the scenery outside the window, left far behind, and her future will be to move forward.

"Jiang He, when you get back, go to the street office to register and rent a place for Duo Duo and me to live near our home."

Chen's mother knew that her son had already started a family.

Although their house is not small, it is still a bit inconvenient for a family of four to live in.

Besides, when my daughter-in-law has a child in the future, the living space will only become more crowded.

She also didn't want to live with Duoduo in front of her daughter-in-law.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is just one reason. In case her daughter-in-law doesn’t like Duoduo, she doesn’t want little Duoduo to suffer any grievances.

"Mom, I know what's going on."

There was no way Chen Jianghe would kick out his mother and niece.

Although the side room outside his main house is a bit small, it can still be lived in if it is renovated.

I just feel a little unfair to my mom and Duoduo.

Also.

There is also a utility room in the front yard that adjoins his house and is nominally public.

It's just that it has been in disrepair for many years, and you can see the sky from the roof, which is almost impervious to wind and rain.

Others are worried about losing things and don’t like to use them.

When those who rent a house see that they have to redecorate it, no one is willing to spend the money.

All the junk he collected last time was thrown there. He hoped that others would take some away so that he wouldn't have to clean it up himself.

The country currently does not allow the buying and selling of houses, but residents who meet the requirements can apply for housing from the street office.

Chen Jianghe is now a formal worker. Once Duoduo’s household registration is completed, there will be four people in the family.

If we have more children in the future, the demand for housing will only increase.

So, he had good reason to apply for that utility room.

As for the decoration, you can find a carpenter yourself and it will be done in no time.

It was already evening when we returned to Sijiu City.

Coming out of the train station, Chen's mother felt very at home looking at the familiar environment.

Finally back to a familiar place.

After paying 60 cents for the vehicle management fee, Chen Jianghe drove out his 28-inch truck.

"Wow! Is this my uncle's rickshaw?"

Duoduo looked at Chen Jianghe's bicycle with eyes wide open, and thought that her uncle was so amazing that he even had a foreign bicycle!

"Duoduo, call it a bicycle from now on."

The rickshaw is real, but it sounds a bit weird.

This thing was introduced from abroad during the previous dynasty.

After the technology was analyzed domestically, factories were built locally for mass production.

The more famous bicycle brands in the early days included Forever, Golden Deer, and Fei Ge.

Chen Jianghe patted the child on the head and directly hugged the child to sit on the front beam.

He sat astride with one foot on the ground, and then Chen's mother sat on the back rack and started walking.

He did not plan to pick up Lou Xiao'e today, but planned to take her home directly from Fengze Garden tomorrow.

Besides, the living quarters at home also need to be cleaned up.

The family did not go directly back to the courtyard, but found a small restaurant to have dinner.

"Let's just eat something today, and tomorrow uncle will take Duoduo out for a big meal."

"Okay, okay! Duoduo wants to go to a big dinner with her uncle."

The little girl gestured with her hands as she spoke, looking very happy.

Nanluoguxiang.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui was applying tung oil with a bamboo pole.

As the weather was getting warmer, it was time to put his fishing plan back on track.

In those days, fishing rods were usually made by hand. One would simply choose a bamboo pole, heat it with a tung oil lamp, and straighten it while it was still hot.

After the bamboo pole cools down, it will straighten up. Then brush a layer of tung oil on it to prevent insects.

A rod can be used for several years, so you won’t feel bad even if it breaks. There is a bamboo forest outside the eastern suburbs.

He had just put up the bamboo pole when he looked up and saw a little girl of two or three years old running into the yard.

"Hey, whose child is this? Why is he here?"

Yan Bugui shouted and directly called out the three aunts who were watching the children in the house.

Little Yan Jie Di also squeezed out from beside her mother's legs.

There are many children in the yard, but there are not many children who are about the same age as Yan Jiedi.

Bonggeng is a little boy who receives home education from Jia Zhang all day long and basically doesn't play with Yan Jiedi.

At this moment, he saw a little girl standing at the gate of the courtyard and was so excited that he was about to rush over with his short legs.

"younger sister!"

Yan Bugui hugged his child and said, "The situation is unclear, so it's better to be cautious."

Then a bicycle wheel came in from behind the little girl, and the person carrying the bicycle was Chen Jianghe.

"I say, Chen Jianghe, whose child did you bring back?"

Before he could finish his words, another person came in from behind.

It hasn't been long since Chen's mother left the courtyard, but she has changed a lot. When asked, she was obviously hungry.

Yan Bugui and his wife almost didn't recognize her.

"Oh my god! I am not dreaming, isn't this Mrs. Chen?"

Yan Bugui was stunned. How come this person suddenly appeared?

"What nonsense are you talking about, Old Yan, this is the eldest sister-in-law of the Chen family!"

Third aunt Yang Ruihua was even more excited than him. They were old sisters and hadn’t seen each other for such a long time and she missed them very much.

"Uncle and aunt, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are all doing well."

It was very exciting to meet old friends.

but.

Yan Bugui looked at Xiao Duoduo who was living with the fourth child, Yan Jiedi, and wondered if Mrs. Chen had really given Chen Jianghe a half-sister!

"Uncle, please come and chat with my mother later. We just got back."

Chen Jianghe was still pushing a bicycle. He had been running for several days and needed to take a good rest.

"That's right. Well, you guys clean up first and we'll continue later."

Yan Bugui passively made way for him. When Xiao Duoduo saw her uncle and grandma leaving, she hurried to follow them.

In ancient times, the front yard was actually where the gatekeeper lived, making it convenient for guarding the house.

The best position to guard the house now is the house where Yan Bugui's family lives. They basically know who comes into the yard.

At this point, the news that Chen's mother has returned should be considered explosive news for Siheyuan!

The three aunts immediately ran towards the central courtyard, and even crossed the threshold of the corridor by jumping over it.

I have first-hand information, so I have to focus on it!

She was in such a hurry that she didn't even bother to pick up little Yan Jiedi who was lying on the ground.

The central courtyard is where the aunties gather.

At this time, Jia Zhang was threading the needle blindly in the dark.

Although people couldn't see, the speed of his hands sewing the shoe soles was not affected at all, and he would interject from time to time.

At this time, everyone was talking about the gossip about the Xu family in the backyard.

During the days when Chen Jianghe was away, a big thing happened in Siheyuan:

Xu Damao, one of the four great young men, got married!

Moreover, the Xu family is in a different situation from Chen Jianghe's. They are rich, so they have to set up ten or eight tables for the feast.

This should be a happy event, but we are in a planned economy now!

There are calls for saving food everywhere!

Isn't it like walking on the tip of a gun to set up the wine at this time?

Besides, even if the Xu family were allowed to hold a banquet, it would be difficult to get food coupons for more than a dozen tables.

So, the banquet was cancelled and everyone saved their share of money.

It’s just that Xu Damao’s wife is unexpectedly strong.

When the two of them stood together, Damao looked like a little chick.

But he has a good family and both of them are working!

A white face can cover up a hundred flaws. The same principle applies to finding a partner. Hardware determines everything.

It is estimated that now everyone in the Xu family, except Xu Damao himself, is extremely satisfied with the new daughter-in-law.

"Hey, why are you still talking about Old Xu's family? Something big happened in the front yard!"

The three aunts slapped their thighs and successfully attracted everyone's attention.

"Guess who I just saw? Sister Chen!"

"What are you talking about? I've been here all day, but I haven't been to your front yard!"

Mrs. Chen, who lived next door to the old man, thought he was talking about her and quickly retorted.

What if Yang Ruihua said that something was lost in the front yard? I would lose my reputation.

"Oh! I'm not talking about you."

The three aunts also knew that they had caused misunderstandings, so they quickly explained:

"Mother Chen Jianghe! Sister-in-law Chen, she's back!"

"I saw it with my own eyes. He even brought a little girl who was younger than my Jie Di."

As soon as the third aunt said this, everyone was immediately shocked.

"Didn't Sister-in-law Chen go to her daughter's home in another city? Why did she come back so suddenly?"

"Maybe we don't have enough food to eat. Our relatives in the countryside have also written to us to borrow food!"

"I remember when Sister Chen left. I didn't expect she would be gone for more than two years. She is really generous."

"Oh, if he had a little girl outside, I can understand why he hasn't come back yet."

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately shut up.

Some people even wanted to go home quickly, close the door, and pretend that they had never been here today.

Everyone knows that Chen Jianghe is recognized as the bad boy in the hospital.

If you dare to gossip about his family, prepare to be punished by him!

Jia Zhangshi understood this matter very well. She even paid for it with a new pair of shoes!

He was smart for once just now. When he heard that it was about Chen Jianghe's family in the front yard, he didn't say a word.

Moreover, the speed of threading the needle manually is 10% faster.

Turn the desire to complain into motivation!

At this point, the person who said this suddenly realized that he had accidentally spoken out his true feelings, and quickly tried to save face:

"What I mean is that this little girl may not be the child of the eldest sister-in-law of the Chen family. Isn't that the child given to Xiaoman to take care of?"

"Maybe it's Xiaoman's doll."

This guess is not unreasonable. I hope Chen Jianghe didn’t hear what I said before.

"The Chen family will have the same housing environment as the Jia family in the future. I wonder what Chen Jianghe is going to do."

Someone else has put forward a new key point.

"It's different. There are five people in my family and four in Chen Jianghe's family."

Jia Zhang finally found an opportunity to speak without offending Chen Jianghe. She was almost suffocating just now.

"What's the big deal? There are six people in Third Aunt's house. Aren't they living together?"

"According to that, every family in our courtyard has three, four, five or six people. Only Shazhu's family has a bigger house. His father ran away, but he left behind a big house."

"That's true. If He Daqing hadn't run away, he would have brought Widow Bai and her two sons into the family. Then, the He family's housing would not be very good."

A group of middle-aged women were talking at once, and the topic changed from the Chen family to the He family, and so on.

The three aunts have successfully been in the spotlight for a while, although the time was not long, but they are content.

At this time, she also joined in the nonsensical gossip of the crowd.

When China was first founded, its total population was only 5.5 million.

In just ten years, the population reached more than 6.5 million, an increase of million people.

It can be predicted that housing shortage is inevitable in the short term.

Now that the war has finally ended and peaceful life has begun, it is understandable that people want to have more children.

In those days, every family had three or five children.

What's more, it is not uncommon for a family to have eleven or twelve brothers and sisters.

……

Live in this era.

The main task is to give birth to children.

Moreover, she must give birth to a son, otherwise her spine will be bent.

For most people, if they can't give birth to a son, they have no goals to strive for.

Because without a son, there will be no one to take care of the elderly!

As a result, people will take unconventional approaches.

For example, adoption, and marrying into the wife's family.

These are pretty good.

There are even more serious ones, such as raising a third sister and playing moral kidnapping...

Lao Yi is an expert at this. If you don’t believe me, just try it.

When it comes to technology, Jia Dongxu is extremely stupid. Why is Yi Zhonghai willing to accept him as his apprentice?

That is for the purpose of training for elderly care!

He can't control people who are too smart.

Jia Dongxu is clumsy and not very smart.

Yi Zhonghai inputs a wave of morality in the name of love every few days, and even good people can be brainwashed.

So, if nothing unexpected happens, Xiao Jia will be a qualified elderly care provider sooner or later.

Chen Jianghe knew where the plot was going, so he felt very sorry.

He was not sure whether his appearance would cause the Amazon butterfly to flap its wings and ultimately save the lives of the Dongxu brothers.

I can only wish brother Dongxu to live longer and cherish his life.

……

The next day is weekend.

It was also the day that Chen Jianghe and the Lou family had agreed to have a big dinner at Fengze Garden.

According to Chen Jianghe's previous habit, he would sleep until he woke up naturally before going out.

Not today.

There are new members in the family and a lot of things are waiting for him to do.

While he was going out to wash up, holding the washbasin in one hand and the kettle in the other, Chen's mother was already preparing breakfast.

The ingredients are ready-made white flour, eggs and cabbage.

Xiao Duoduo also helped to sweep the floor obediently. He is a diligent child.

Middle courtyard.

"Chen Jianghe, I heard your mother is back?"

Sha Zhu, who was washing clothes by the sink, saw Chen Jianghe coming and asked quickly.

He also heard about this big news when he came back last night, and now he is taking advantage of the appearance of the person involved to quickly confirm its authenticity.

Like everyone else, he didn't dare to come and watch, and he was still counting on Chen Jianghe to help introduce a wife to him!

Don't offend anyone.

Although, Xu Damao didn't like that type of girl at all, Liu Xianglan, whom Chen Jianghe introduced to him.

But between being single and having a heavyweight wife.

As a last resort, he is willing to try the latter.