1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 1015 Return to the Village
The day before the Qiu family's full moon celebration, Xiao's father and Chu Xue took leave and returned to Willow Tree Village.

As Xiao's mother was far along in her pregnancy, she stayed at home and asked the Cheng family next door to help take care of her, since Dujuan was also going to attend her cousin's one-month celebration with the Xiao family.

As for Chunxiao, she had to attend classes, and since the full moon banquet was on a Tuesday, she waited to go directly to the Qiu family's house on the actual day with the Xiao family's main group.

Xiao's father and Chu Xue, carrying the prepared items, hitched a ride on a meat processing plant's truck to the intersection. As soon as they entered the village on foot, someone called out to them: "Shan, oh, no, Changsheng is back?"

Mr. Xiao stopped and handed him a cigarette with a smile: "Uncle Wu, what have you been doing?"

Uncle Wu carried a bundle of firewood on his back: "We don't have much firewood left at home. I went up the ridge and was lucky today. I found a dead tree. I was just thinking of coming back to call Wen Yang and the others to go and get it."

Taking advantage of his pause, Chu Xue called out, "Grandpa Wu."

"Oh my, things are so different now that we're in the city. Not only are we fairer, but we seem to have grown taller too."

"It's not just a feeling, you've definitely grown taller."

She's grown a few centimeters taller than when she first transmigrated, and she's quite satisfied with her current height of 1.68 meters.

"You're getting prettier and prettier. By the way, Changsheng, your Chuxue has been engaged for a while now. When are you getting married?"

When Mr. Xiao heard the question, he smiled and said, "It was decided before the new year, and we'll get married on May Day."

"Today is February 15th, it's already mid-March, so the wedding date will be soon."

"Yes, it'll be soon. I'll go with my Party Secretary and the others to have a drink at the wedding."

"Will we still go back to the village to handle it then?"

Before Xiao's father could answer, Chu Xue chimed in, "Grandpa Wu, we won't be holding it in the village. But my girlfriend will be coming back in a car to pick everyone up. If you have time, you must come."

"Going to the city? Are there cars to pick up the villagers and take them to the city?" "Yes, they'll come to pick everyone up and take them to the city for a feast."

"That's great! I went to the city once when I was young, with a cart driver. So many years have passed, I don't know what the city is like now."

"Then we definitely have to go. We can go and see if there have been any changes."

"Alright, alright, alright, go ahead, by the way, why did you and your daughter come back together today?"

Thinking of his little grandson, Mr. Xiao's face crinkled with laughter: "Today is the fifteenth of the lunar month, so it's a good time to light the house tonight. Also, Xia Qiu's son is having his full-moon banquet tomorrow, so we came back a day early so we can go earlier tomorrow."

"Oh, Xia Qiu's son is already a month old?"

"That's right, today marks the forty-twoth day since the baby was born. We'll have a full moon celebration tomorrow."

"Oh my, you've become a grandfather now. Time really flies."

Chu Xue still wanted to go into the mountains, so the father and daughter didn't delay any longer.

Mr. Xiao picked up his things: "Uncle Wu, we're going back now. We still need to tidy up the house."

"Hey, go back now. Come visit me at home sometime."

After entering the village, they took the path along the drying yard and went straight home.

When they left, they covered the kang (a heated brick bed) and cabinets with plastic sheets, so it didn't take much effort. The father and daughter divided the work: one tidied the house, and the other went to the kitchen to light a fire. The cold air in the house was driven away through the pipes in the wall.

After everything was packed up, Chu Xue took a basket, threw a rope into it, and picked up a machete to go up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)