The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

The two men did not get on the car. Zhu Xiaomin was finally relieved and leaned against Lu Mingzheng and let out a long sigh.

Lu Mingzheng was helpless: "I haven't even bought the fabric yet."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Don't worry, I'll just buy it before I go back to the village next time."

Lu Mingzheng said "hmm" and looked at her. Seeing that she was not interested in talking about her family, he stopped asking.

Zhu Xiaomin quickly put the incident behind her and went back to work as usual the next day. Lu Mingzheng only stayed at home for three days before packing his luggage and rushing to Jinshi to report.

Zhu Xiaomin went to the countryside for a month. When she came back, several people from the department greeted her warmly and asked about her experience in the countryside.

Hearing the hustle and bustle here, Guo Hongtao poked her head in from outside the door. Seeing that it was her who came back, the first thing she said was, "Xiaomin, you guys came back the day before yesterday. How come Xiaohe came to work yesterday but you didn't?"

Zhu Xiaomin responded: "Well, I'm too tired. Let's take a day off."

Guo Hongtao immediately seemed to have caught something: "Look at you, you are young and still tired from work. You are the youngest in our unit."

Xiao He said dissatisfiedly: "Sister Guo, Xiaomin is with the child, and Comrade Lu was coming back yesterday."

Guo Hongtao said "Oh", "It turns out it was Comrade Lu who came back, so Xiaomin didn't come to work." As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zhuangzhi.

Liu Zhuangzhi frowned and didn't look at her.

Zhu Xiaomin said indifferently: "Yes, a long separation is better than a new marriage. You can't envy it."

Who told you not to get married?

"Pfft!" A few men could still hold back, but Jiao Xianglan couldn't help laughing out loud. Even He Lanfang blushed a little, and looked up at her with a smile.

Guo Hongtao choked and stopped talking in dismay, but she didn't leave. She quickly changed the subject: "Xiaomin is still good. She has her own place to live in the countryside. No wonder she was away for a month."

Everyone else couldn't help but frown, but Zhu Xiaomin herself said, "Well, I'm lucky. I can't envy you."

At this time, even a few men couldn't help but smile.

This Zhu Xiaomin knows how to make people angry.

Guo Hongtao was choked by two sentences in a row and was a little annoyed, but she still didn't leave. She said, "Xiaomin, I heard that this is the time when the fruits in your mountains are ripe. Why didn't you bring some back for us to taste? This is not very considerate."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "Sister Guo, that's collective property, isn't that bad?"

The fact is, the educated youth had originally prepared a basket, but with three women and a child, they had no way of taking it away, and in the end they could only scoop up a dozen or so in a net bag.

Guo Hongtao originally wanted to pick an argument and gain the upper hand, but she blocked everything he said. If he wanted to fall out, but didn't want to appear stingy, he could only say, "I didn't ask for it for free, and it's not like we can't afford it."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "It will take a while for the fruits to be harvested. Otherwise, if Sister Guo goes, I will tell the team and only buy two baskets for her at the purchase price."

She has to be able to pick it up!

Guo Hongtao felt even more heartbroken when she heard her generous words.

Jiao Xianglan heard it funny. At this time, she smoothed things over and said, "Xiao Guo, look at her walking away for a month. We heard from Xiao He yesterday that she ran to those dozen brigades and to the food factory again. , I have to worry about recruiting workers for the food factory, and I even have to worry about the village primary school teachers, which is not as easy as us."

Guo Hongtao seemed to have found something wrong: "We are only responsible for production, why is Xiaomin also in charge of the primary school?"

Jiao Xianglan said helplessly: "You know that Xiaomin founded the primary school in the first brigade. If they need help, she can't just ignore it."

He Lanfang couldn't help but say: "The food factory is recruiting workers. After that, a large number of educated youth will be busy with factory work and can no longer attend classes as before, so I want to fix the teachers."

Guo Hongtao heard that everyone was speaking for Zhu Xiaomin, so she had to say "Oh" and explained to herself, "I just asked out of curiosity." After a while, she saw that no one paid attention to her, and she couldn't get any benefits, so she wandered around. go out.

In the next few days, Zhu Xiaomin wrote down the information about going to the countryside and handed it in. She was just waiting for reports from the village brigades and food factories, planning to go back after the autumn harvest.

But just one week later, I suddenly received a telegram from Chen Xudong: Your brother came yesterday and left today.

Zhu Xiaofeng went to the village?

Zhu Xiaomin was stunned for a moment, and his eyes moved down, landing on the date below.

It was on the same day. It should have been taken when Chen Xudong went to the county to deliver fruits in the morning. Since he sent her a telegram, he probably didn't bring Zhu Xiaofeng into the city with him.

So……

Zhu Xiaomin glanced at the office door, feeling a little upset for a moment.

Zhu Xiaofeng didn't know that she had returned to the city to work, so he went to the village to look for her. However, even if the people at the educated youth site could realize that something was wrong with her and her family and didn't tell him anything, who in the entire Cijiaokou Commune didn't know about her?

It's only a matter of time before I come here.

Judging by the time, Zhu Xiaofeng entered the county town in the morning yesterday. Without being familiar with the road, it was already the afternoon when he found the first team. When he knew that she had returned to the city, he immediately returned to the county town. He should have returned to Pingcheng at noon today.

But now it's past four o'clock in the afternoon. He didn't come here. He probably didn't get on the morning train. Does that mean that he didn't go back to the county yesterday, but stayed in the village.

As of this morning, Chen Xudong did not take him into the county. Instead, he rushed into the county to take the telegram. When Zhu Xiaofeng took a ride into the county, he would not be able to catch the long-distance bus in the morning, so he could only take the afternoon bus. So... now Zhu Xiaofeng should already be on his way to Pingcheng.

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a while, stuffed the telegram into his pocket, and asked Liu Zhuangzhi for leave: "I want to go see Comrade Meng about the corn experimental field."

The corn would be harvested in less than a month. Liu Zhuangzhi was not surprised and nodded in agreement.

When I got off work, I went out with He Lanfang. I pulled her and said with a smile, "Let's buy some groceries today. You come home with me to stay."

"Okay!" Since Lu Mingzheng was not there, He Lanfang readily agreed. She didn't even need to go back to the dormitory and just followed her.

The two went to the farmer's market to buy vegetables first, and then went straight home. He Lanfang went to play with little Lu Yi, while Zhu Xiaomin and Jiang Sao started to prepare a table of delicious food.

After the dishes were ready, Sister Jiang served two bowls of stewed meat and vegetables and sent them to Sister He and Sister Yue's homes. Then she locked the iron door and the three of them started eating around the table.

He Lanfang held little Lu Yi in the baby chair between her and Zhu Xiaomin, broke off a piece of steamed bun for him to chew, and then asked Zhu Xiaomin: "We're going to Comrade Meng's place tomorrow. Aren't we going to contact people in the countryside?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled at her and shook his head: "We took a look when we came back. The corn in the experimental field is growing very well. We don't have to follow it next month. We can just ask Captain Xia to report the yield."

He Lanfang didn't understand: "Then, what are you going to do tomorrow? Do you need me to go with you?"