Training the Heavens

Chapter 211 Returning to Mother’s Home

"I won't go to primary school anymore, for fear of disturbing other children. I'd rather continue herding."

Director Dong looked up at Xu Lingjun, thinking he was still worried about the hat issue. "It's all clearly stated in the documents. Now that you've taken off your hat, you're no different from anyone else. There's no problem teaching."

"Forget it. I'm used to life on the ranch." Being a teacher is a good thing for other people, but it's different for Xu Lingjun. He wants to do something big, and it will be inconvenient if he leaves the ranch.

Moreover, whether the children on the ranch will have the opportunity to enter higher-level schools in the future does not depend on the teacher. How many students can he teach as a teacher?
If he takes Guo Chenzi, Dong Kuan, Haisheng and others to develop the local economy and issue more subsidies, there will be many teachers willing to come and teach students. When the students' families have money, they will naturally be willing to send them to better schools. This is much better than him becoming a teacher.

After persuading him for a few times, seeing that Xu Lingjun was determined, Director Dong was too lazy to talk nonsense. It would be better if he didn't go. He could give this opportunity to others and do them a favor, so he sent Xu Lingjun away.

After receiving the money and returning to the production team, Li Xiuzhi was not too excited to see the 500 yuan, because their current savings had far exceeded this number, and 500 yuan was nothing to their family.

The biggest benefit of taking off the hat wasn't the five hundred yuan, nor was it the opportunity to become a teacher at a school, but that he could finally wander around. "I'll pack up today and ask for leave. Then I'll go to the county town and see if I can buy a train ticket to Jiangyou. Qingqing is already one and a half years old, and you've been away from home for several years. It's time to take him back to see his grandparents."

"Okay, I'll clean it up right away." Li Xiuzhi's eyes turned red and tears started to flow uncontrollably.

Life on the ranch is better than back home, but she hasn't seen her parents and family for so many years, and she misses them very much. Now that she hears that she can go home, how can she not be excited?

Now Guo Chenzi had become the leader of their production team. When he approached him about the trip, he immediately agreed. "Not only do you need to go to Jiangyou, you also need to return to the capital. You've been away from home for so many years. Now that you've taken off your hat, it's a good time to go back and take a look. Leave the leave to me. I'll find a way to get you a month's leave. Oh, and you'll also need a letter of introduction. I'll get that for you, too. Just get ready."

After dinner, people from the production team came over one after another. When they heard that Xu Lingjun was going to take Xiuzhi back to visit relatives, they all brought local specialties to him and said, "Sichuan definitely doesn't have these things. Bring them back so your father-in-law and mother-in-law can try them too."

"No need, I have these at home." Xu Lingjun declined repeatedly.

However, he still did not refuse. The gifts sent by each household piled up in a huge pile and he could not take them all away. Xu Lingjun and Li Xiuzhi could only pick out the good ones to take away, and pile the rest in the warehouse.

In addition to local specialties, they also sent a lot of national food coupons and other bills. These were exactly what Xu Lingjun needed most. When he went out, he had to have some national food coupons on him.

After packing up his things, he went to the train station and spent a little more money to get two hard sleeper tickets. Before leaving, he gave the keys to his house to Guo Zizi and asked him to help take care of the horses, mushrooms, chickens, ducks, and rabbits while he was away.
This was the second time that Li Xiuzhi had taken a train in her life. The last time she left her hometown, her heart was full of worries about the future and she had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery outside the window. Now it was different. She had a happy family and abundant material resources, so she listened with great interest to Xu Lingjun's stories about the customs and historical stories of the places he visited.

The train stopped in Xi'an, and the family of three got off. They walked around the city for a day and bought some Xi'an specialties. They got on the train again the next day, and traveled through mountains and rivers, passing Baoji and Hanzhong before entering Sichuan. They passed Guangyuan before finally arriving in Jiangyou.

After leaving the train station, I went to the bus station to buy a ticket for the township bus. It took more than two hours to get to Li Xiuzhi's hometown after winding around on the mountain road.

As soon as they got off the car, Li Xiuzhi excitedly pointed to a house on the mountainside and said to the child, "Qingqing, look, that's your grandfather's house, the one with a big walnut tree at the door." "Walnut! Walnut!" Qingqing can now say some simple words.

A few locals were working in the fields nearby. When they saw the stylishly dressed family get out of the car, they were a little hesitant to recognize them. Only after hearing Li Xiuzhi speak did one of the women hesitantly ask, "Are you Xiuzhi?"

"It's me. You are Sister Xiulan, right? And Uncle Shaoan, Brother Renwu, and Brother Renbin. I haven't seen you for many years." Li Xiuzhi greeted the villagers happily and spoke Sichuan dialect excitedly.

"Is this your boss? He looks elegant and dressed in fancy clothes. He must be a high-ranking official. Come on, let me take you back. You haven't been back for so many years. Do you still recognize the way?" Li Xiulan stopped working, washed her hands in the stream twice, and came over to help them carry things.

"What kind of cadre? He works just like us! How can he not recognize the road? I can walk back with my eyes closed." Li Xiuzhi talked and laughed all the way as she walked towards the village with Xu Lingjun and Qingqing.

Just when we were halfway there, my mother-in-law came running to meet us, wiping her tears. When the mother and daughter met, they hugged each other and cried.

The father-in-law persuaded him, "Youngest sister is back, this is a great thing, why are you crying?"

The mother-in-law wiped her tears and said to Xu Lingjun embarrassedly, "I haven't seen my little sister for many years. I miss her very much. Thank you for taking care of her all these years."

"We are all family, it's really strange for you to say that."

"Let's go, let's go. What does it look like standing on the road?" The elder brother-in-law and the younger brother-in-law took the things from Xu Lingjun and took them back to the house.

When Li Xiuzhi left, the family still had only two houses. In recent years, the eldest son, Li Ren'an, has married, so his father-in-law built another house next door. Speaking of this house, he was also grateful repeatedly, "If you hadn't taught us how to raise chickens and grow wood ear mushrooms in your letters, we wouldn't have been able to build a house there."

"This time we come here, we plan to stay for a few more days and take a look at what's suitable for you here. Once it's done, we'll find a good wife for Renli." Xu Lingjun responded with a smile.

The elder brother-in-law is already married, but the younger brother-in-law is not yet. When he heard this, his face immediately blushed.

The family had just reunited, and before they had time to say a few words, the mother-in-law and sister-in-law had already prepared the dishes and brought them up. The father-in-law held a jar and said, "This is homemade corn wine. Don't be disgusted. Let's drink a few cups today!"

Xu Lingjun looked around and was shocked. It was three against one. He immediately felt a huge pressure.

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