It was past ten o'clock in the evening when I got home. When Tong Youyou heard the sound of the car, he immediately put on his cotton-padded jacket and ran over from next door.

"Sister Fuyu, you're finally back. I thought you wouldn't come back at this late hour."

"I was supposed to come back in the afternoon, but I didn't expect them to leave food."

Opening the door, the warm breath that had lasted for a few days hit my face.

"I burned the kang at noon and wiped it twice. You can just lay down the quilt."

"The hot water is still warm in the kitchen, and the water in the kettle is also hot. You go and wash up. I'm going back to sleep."

"Thank you."

"Why are you being polite to me? I'm going back first. Good night."

After Tong Youyou left, Song Fuyu took out the quilt from the cabinet and spread it. She poured out the hot water from the kitchen, but it was of no use. Instead, she went into the space and took a good bath.

It feels so comfortable to feel the warm water wrapping my body. The fatigue of more than ten days has been swept away. I will definitely have a good sleep tonight.

It was already ten o'clock in the morning when I woke up the next day.

Knowing that she had returned, Xia Lan and Wang Menghan both came to talk to her.

"How about Haishi? Is it fun?"

"I didn't go to the city at all. I stayed in a relatively remote place. I was very busy every day and had no time to play."

Before going there, she thought about whether she could take some time to see the sea market in the 70s. Later, she found that this idea was completely unnecessary and she couldn't find the opportunity at all.

"It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future."

"Are you two going home for the Chinese New Year this year?"

"If I don't go back, the round trip fare is too expensive. It would be embarrassing to go back without buying anything. It's better to save the money and send it directly to my parents."

"I won't go back either. Tong Tao and I plan to go back at a time next year and get married."

"congratulations!"

"Thank you, I will follow your lead."

"Speaking of which, you and your partner are going to the capital city to hold a banquet. Will there be food here in the village?"

"I'll still eat, but I'll only invite a few familiar people. When the time comes, you two will have to come over and help me."

"Don't worry, if you need help, I'll be there when you call."

"Sister Xia Lan, what about you? How is the situation?"

"I finally chose to reject Comrade Wang Xiaowen."

"Although I have a good impression of him, I don't think it's enough to support me to stay in the country for him. I want to wait for another chance."

"I heard that each brigade has an opportunity to recommend admission to the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers University. I'm going to go to the brigade captain to fight for it."

She asked Wang Menghan and Tong Tao that there was only one spot in each brigade, and they were already preparing to get married, so naturally they would not fight for it.

Song Fuyu was going to join the army soon. She definitely didn't need this opportunity, so Xia Lan didn't guard against them and said her thoughts directly.

"Do you want to go to the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' University?"

It is indeed possible to return to the city, but it will be seven to five years after the New Year. If you wait for another two years until the college entrance examination resumes, you will not need this quota at all, and you can return to the city.

The students at the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers' University are of varying levels, completely different from the students who will take the college entrance examination and go to university two years later.

"I heard that if you don't get a job assignment after graduation, you still have to go back to your original place."

It is said to be a recommendation, but in fact the water is very deep. Without strong connections, it is difficult to get opportunities.

"That's right, but I still want to fight for it."

As long as there is a chance to return to the city, she doesn't want to give up easily.

Seeing how determined she was, Song Fuyu said no more.

She had said before, intentionally or unintentionally, that they could read the previous textbooks if they had nothing to do. As for whether they would read them or not, it was up to them.

Now even if she directly said that she would wait for another two years and the college entrance examination would be resumed, they would probably think that she was crazy and would not believe her.

..........

After lunch, she was about to start making the coat bought by Andrew, when she suddenly saw a little head looking in at her door.

"Ayuan? Why are you here?"

"Come in first, it's cold outside."

After Gu Yuan entered the room, he kept pinching the corners of his clothes, obviously looking like he had something to say, but he never spoke.

"Are you looking for something to do with me?"

"Come on, there's no one else here."

"Sister Fuyu, I heard that you are going to join the army after the Chinese New Year. Is it true?"

"Yes."

"Can I ask you a favor?"

Gu Yuan hesitated at home for a long time, and finally decided to muster up the courage to come to Song Fuyu.

"You have to say something first, and then I can decide whether to agree to you or not. If I can't do it, even if I agree to you, I'm just coaxing you."

She doesn't like to talk big, and her promises to others must be based on the situation.

"After you go to the army, can you help me find out if my father is still alive?"

"Your father is still alive?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Song Fuyu realized that he had said it wrong.

"Sorry, I thought..."

People in the village rumored that the man of the Gu family had passed away, but she didn't ask Aunt Fang for fear of touching someone's heartache.

"I don't know if he is still alive. I haven't seen him for a long time. He didn't come back when Xiaodie was born."

"The adults in the village say that my father has passed away, but when other people die, they go to the grave, but my father has no grave."

"Your father is a soldier?"

"Yes."

"I think it's better for you to ask your mother about this matter."

"I asked, but every time she said that my father went to a far away place, but she wouldn't say where that place was."

Song Fuyu was deeply touched by this sentence because the original owner often heard it when he was a child.

When the original owner's mother passed away, she was only three years old, and she was still very ignorant about life and death.

At first, when she asked Song Hao, Song Hao would perfunctorily tell her that her mother had gone to a far away place. When Liu Qiaoyu came in later and she asked again, they would be very impatient and directly tell her that her mother was dead.

After asking too many questions, she was not allowed to mention it again, otherwise she would be beaten.

"Ayuan, you will be ten years old after the Chinese New Year. You will be a little adult."

"For life and death..."

"You want to say that my father is dead, right?"

Although Song Fuyu didn't want to be so direct, he still nodded.

"I thought so before, but after I learned how to read, I thought my father might still be alive, because occasionally someone would send money to our family, and I secretly looked at the list."

"My mother would hide the money order every time she received it. At night when we were sleeping, she would hide outside the room and cry secretly."

"I once heard her crying and whispering, why don't you come back."

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