After the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yu Fang was a little restless, "Hey, Baochai, do you remember what Zhaodi said last time he left? She said she would come back for the New Year, right?"

"Remember."

"It's been more than a year, why don't you have any letters?"

"It's useless for you to be anxious. The child said that he might be in trouble when he comes back during the Chinese New Year? We don't know about her at all. There must be something wrong, otherwise..."

"You'll leave for more than a year, you don't want to!"

Wu Baokun smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Why are you talking about me so much? How do you know I don't want to?"

"Then you can't write a letter to ask? Are you going to come back or not?"

Wu Baokun scoffed, "Now, Is it still too late to go to Yunnan (South) and Inner (Mongolia)?"

Yu Fang thought about it, it was apart from each other, and the letter was not received so quickly. It took a long time to not mention the child’s reply. Forget it, how many days should I wait?

It was the 28th day of the first lunar month, and tomorrow was the 29th day - this year there was no thirty - that is, the last day of the year. It seemed that my daughter could not come back. Yu Fang hid in a place where no one was crying, forced herself to cheer up, prepared dinner for the family, took a few little hedgehogs that had already been cooled, put the little mouse pasta into the steamer, and prepared to heat it before eating. Suddenly, someone smashed the door outside the door, "Mom, mom! Xiaoxiao, are you at home?"

Yu Fang's heart trembled. It was clearly Zhaodi's voice! He made a mistake in his busy schedule, even knocked the steamer over, snatched it in one step, opened the door, and the mother and daughter met, and at the same time burst into tears, "Mom!"

Zhao Di looked like he was fleeing, wearing a large velvet-sheared hat on his head, an old sheepskin coat with fur that was longer than the knees, and a pair of high-waisted thick-soled cotton boots on his feet. His face was dark and red, his cheeks and lips were cracked. He looked at her with tears in his eyes, "Zhao Di, Zhao Di!" Yu Fang could not help crying again when she saw her daughter's miserable face clearly.

"Sister...Sister?" Luli heard the voice, hugged the little sister and came out of the room, "Sister?"

"Xiaoxiao?" Wu Zhaodi rushed over and hugged the two children together. Before Lu Li could say a word, Wu Ting in his arms started to cry first. In her little heart, she only knew that there was a grandfather, father, mother and brother in her family. Suddenly, a stranger came, covered in the smell of earthy smell, and the child was scared, "Stinky girl, is this your sister crying?"

Yu Fang carried her daughter's luggage and followed into the yard, "Go into the house quickly and warm up warmly, Xiaoxiao, put down your sister and help your sister get things."

After a lot of trouble, the family entered the room and went out to call Wu Baokun back. They hadn't seen each other for many days. Although they were a father pretending to be strong, their eyes turned red. They wiped them quietly while others were not paying attention, "Brother Zhao, tell me about it quickly, how about it over there...?"

Wu Zhaodi smiled bitterly, why bother to say more? How hard is life in the Northeast?! Living in the city as soon as he was born, a group of young people who grew up have infinite enthusiasm for the call from the great leaders and have extremely strong confidence and heroism for rooting in the countryside and building the motherland, but the cruel environment in the local area gave these young people a blow! Confidence is like the crushed ice on the surface of the Liaohe River, and the blood in their chest has long turned into scattered snow powder in the "white hair wind", which is unbearable.

When she heard her mother ask, she lowered her head and thought about it, and when she looked up, she had a pair of bright eyes, "It's great! It's good. We educated youths live together every day, talk, sing, learn Maoxuan, listen to local farmers telling about the history of revolutionaries, and are educated and learned. They are all...it's great. Dad and Mom, don't worry, right?"

"It's good, it's good." Yu Fang burst into tears again, "Look at your face, how did this happen?"

"The northeast is hard and windy!" Wu Baokun explained on behalf of his daughter: "Zhao, please pay more attention to your health."

"I know, don't worry."

"By the way, are all the people who went with you back? Will you still leave in the future?"

"Not everyone can come back." Wu Zhaodi said proudly: "Only experts in the production team can go home for the New Year! No one else can come back."

"Then, are you a good person?" Wu Baokun seemed a little unbelievable about his daughter's words, "By the way, what are you doing there?"

"That is, the farm work in the field, when the farm is slack, picking rivers, digging ditches, removing blanks, building houses, and placing kangs, doing everything, and doing whatever you have."

It was fine if Lu Li didn't understand, but Wu Baokun frowned deeply. None of the things his daughter said casually was easy to do! They all had to work hard to complete. Although Zhaodi was not a pretty girl at home, her parents loved her and her sister took care of her, and she had not suffered much. When he arrived in the northeast..., he turned his eyes and suddenly saw his daughter's hand, and he felt aching in his heart: the back of the child's originally tender and smooth hands were full of frostbite! He applied it with adhesive cream, and there was no medicine at all. He entered a warm environment and dripping pus from the wound!

"Brother Zhao, show your hands to dad."

"without……"

"Hurry!" Wu Baokun pulled his daughter's hand without saying a word. Sure enough, he read that he was not wrong, "Yu Fang, hurry up and get the medicine for the child!"

I took the ointment, fed a basin of water for my daughter, and washed my hands. At this time, I found that the child's palms were covered with cracks of calluses, and I don't know how much bitterness I suffered in the Northeast!

While applying medicine to the child, the couple burst into tears, "Dad, don't cry," Wu Zhaodi's eyes were filled with tears, and he forced himself to comfort him, "When winter comes to the northeast, the ground is frozen. In fact, there are not many days to work. This is my first time, I have no experience, and I will be fine in the future."

Yu Fang looked up at her daughter in tears, "Brother Zhao, can we not go? Mom raises you, and I will call your elder sister back, mom raises you two for the rest of your life! Baochai, can you?"

How could Wu Baokun bear to see his daughter go back and suffer? But this is not an isolated case for their sisters. How can the country open such a door for these two people? Not to go? Not to mention the relationship between food, there are two people missing out of thin air. Can you ignore it? A document is sent to Tianjin (Tianjin), and people will definitely be taken back and not talk about it, but also have to be punished. That would be troublesome! "Don't talk nonsense, everyone goes, why don't you go? And what if you can't come back during the Chinese New Year? So what should you say?"

Yu Fang knew that her husband was right. When she asked just now, she was just a lucky person. Seeing that her daughter was suffering, the mother could not help at all, so she stomped her feet with hatred, "If I had known this, I would have learned from her and would not leave anyway. In the end, wouldn't she arrange a job?"

"Okay! Why are you talking to your child about this? Go and cook quickly!"

Yu Fang hurriedly agreed and went out to prepare dinner. Wu Zhaodi turned to look at his younger brother, and he also sat in his arms, staring at his younger sister with big eyes timidly, "Xiaoxiao, Xiaoting, do you miss your sister?"

Luli nodded, and his heart was filled with great joy of meeting his relatives, "Little Xiaoxiao... Ting, call... call people."

Wu Ting looked at the strange sister in front of her and smiled embarrassedly, "Sister, sister..."

"Eh?" Wu Zhaodi was stunned, "Dad, why did Xiaoting stutter? Xiaoxiao, did you learn from you?"

Lu Li smiled embarrassedly, there was no way to do this. Wu Ting was with him as soon as she was born. The brother and sister ate together and slept together - it was too dangerous to let the child climb the ladder at night - and they played together. He stuttered, and Wu Ting naturally was not much better. "Sister..." He looked at his sister's hands and face, "Does it hurt... it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt very much," said Wu Zhaodi, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, are you good at home?"

Luli naturally nodded vigorously, "Be good!"

"Just be good. In the future, listen to your parents and help them take care of their younger sisters. Don't be so naughty, do you know?"

After the family had dinner, Yu Fang took out his handkerchief and counted the money in it, "Brother Zhao, wait a moment, mom will take you out and take a shower. Change your clothes. By the way, how many days can you stay at home?"

"After fifteen, I have to leave."

"Okay." Yu Fang was happy and asked again, "By the way, has your elder sister sent you a letter recently?"

"I came here when I first arrived, but it disappeared. Where is the house?"

"The same is true at home. I sent a letter at the end of June and there was no news again."

"Maybe it's too far, it's inconvenient on the road?" Wu Zhaodi put down the bowls and chopsticks and wiped the corners of his mouth, "It's still comfortable to eat at home."

Yu Fang's heart thrust, "Why, can't you eat enough there?"

"You can eat enough, but you can't eat the food you make at home. "

Seeing that his daughter was tired, Wu Baokun said to his wife: "Let's take the child to take a shower tomorrow, let her take a day off today."

"That's fine, brother Zhao, you go up and go to bed by yourself, I'll call you tomorrow."

After taking the train for two days and one night, Wu Zhaodi was really exhausted. He forced himself to nod and climbed up the ladder. After a while, he heard a calm breathing sound.
Chapter completed!