Chapter 1125: Chapter 1125: Father and Son Heart-to-Heart

Seeing his father come in, he sat up.

"Xiang Dong, do you want to go for a walk with me?"

Xiang Dong nodded, he didn’t say anything.

The father and son walked out the main door, heading towards the east end of the village.

This time of day, they could still run into people, so neither of them said anything, just exchanged smiles and greetings with others.

At the foot of the mountain where there was no one around, "Xiang Dong, have a seat."

"Dad, what’s the matter?"

"Xiang Dong, what’s going on? You didn’t used to be like this. Why do you seem so lifeless now?"

"Dad. I think I’m wrong, I don’t like this kind of work."

"Everyone in the city envies a formal job like yours. When the factory moves to the city, you’ll be working there.

Save money for a couple of years yourself, I’ll add some for you, then you can buy a house in the city and find a working wife. Isn’t this good?

Look at Brother Hong Lin’s family, so worry-free. Guaranteed harvest no matter the weather, gets holidays, and has all sorts of tickets issued.

You might not be used to it since you’ve been traveling outside lately."

"Dad, I understand all of this. It’s just that I don’t like living this repetitive life every day.

I’ve talked to Master Wei, he says to persist in whatever I do.

But I’m really not happy. It’s not just about working all day, but mainly about having no freedom at all."

"Xiang Dong, is there anything more tiring than working in the field?

Do you know how many people envy having this job?

Master Wei is right, you need to persist in everything. If you keep carrying this attitude, leaders won’t like you."

"I want to go outside and do something new."

"Then you should perform better. With your current attitude, if I were the leader, I wouldn’t choose you either."

Xiang Dong fell silent. His father’s words awakened him.

"Dad, I understand now.

Dad, are you upset because you feel no one worries about you?

Actually, she was really worried at first, knowing my uncle and Master Wei were looking for you, she felt relieved."

"It’s okay, I’ve come to terms. When you’re finding a wife, you must choose someone sensible. Look at your aunt and your mother, if you had to choose, which would you choose?"

Xiang Dong didn’t speak. If he had to choose, he definitely wouldn’t choose a wife like his mother.

"Xiang Dong, your mother’s suggestion about the educated youth might seem good, but you don’t stand a chance. Anyone can see that their family must be very well-off, they might be here to avoid trouble.

Our family is just ordinary, they wouldn’t fancy you. And also families like that would have unpredictable issues in the future.

So don’t listen to your mom, you all will soon relocate to the city factory, then you can find someone with a job there."

"Alright, Dad, I understand."

The father and son sat for a while longer before getting up and heading back home.

Liu Cuilan lay on the heated bed platform. Knowing her husband and eldest son had returned, she felt this life was unbearable, too dull, completely different from before.

Why is it like this? What did I do wrong? Simply informing my family, isn’t that what I’m supposed to do? Why are they being so relentless?

The next day, Liu Cuilan noticed her eldest son’s mood improved and thought he agreed to her suggestion about Tao.

"Xiang Dong, come out for a bit when we go to work, this educated youth Tao is really good."

"Mom, whatever good qualities they have are theirs. I’d look for someone educated and with a job."

"What?"

"I mean I’ll find a wife in the city, we’ll both work. Just like Brother Honglin, isn’t that worry-free?"

Liu Cuilan disagreed, thinking city wives are like her former sister-in-law. If it’s really one like that, she’d rather find an ordinary obedient village girl.

"No, I disagree, later you’ll be like your former aunt, always listening to your wife, never coming home. What will happen to me when I’m old?"

Xiang Dong didn’t want to argue with his mom over this matter, so he ran away right after breakfast.

Liu Cuilan was angry. Why isn’t he listening? I just fear he would have such ideas, that’s why I want to find him a village wife, so he’d come home often.

Instead of being like his uncle, having a son that feels like not having one. That would be too frustrating, a son born for nothing.

No way, definitely can’t be like this. But Xiang Dong is stubborn, won’t listen to me at all.

Must find a way. Absolutely can’t find someone from the city; then my son would practically belong to someone else.

She hurried to work without even clearing the table.

The task was still weeding today, but with Li Cunshan at home, no one dared to slack off.

Liu Cuilan approached the Tao Family Brothers and Sisters, observing Tao YanZhen from close by.

Today, Li Yunqiang and the Red Army were still delivering watermelon to the city.

"Red Army, are you afraid?" Li Yungui asked his nephew with a smile.

"What’s there to be afraid of? Nothing happened to me, besides we haven’t lost anything."

Since what happened a couple of days ago, no one blamed Red Army, fearing he’d be scarred by the incident.

Seems like the kid has a big heart, he’s fine.

Carrying a full load of watermelon, the father and son drove away.

Today Jiang Xinyu still didn’t go to work, staying at home because Zhao Xiaoli was really sensitive, couldn’t stand any smell.

So Ah Bao was now with Shi Xian and the others.

"Should I make you some red date porridge?" You can’t skip meals.

"I don’t want to eat."

"Then what do you want to eat? Think about it, I’ll make it for you."

Zhao Xiaoli shook her head "I can’t think of anything."

"Wait, I have an idea; I’ll make something tasteless for you, you can definitely eat it."

Jiang Xinyu hurried to the kitchen, scooped a big bowl of sweet potato starch into a basin, and soaked it in clean water.

Then brushed the pot and boiled water, making tea soup with some brown sugar, so it can be eaten.

With so many children at home, Jiang Xinyu made a lot, boiled half a pound of brown sugar after the water boiled, then poured clear water, leaving the sweet potato starch slurry.

Slowly poured the slurry into the pot, constantly stirring with a spatula to prevent sticking.

In just a couple of minutes, the sweet potato starch slurry turned transparent, indicating it was cooked.

After quickly stirring for a while, it thickened, then served into eight bowls.

Directly carried them out on a tray, calling the children to eat while it’s hot for the best taste.

"Master Shang, here’s the tea soup, I made it thick for a heartier feel, hurry up you and your sons."

Then quickly brought a bowl to Zhao Xiaoli.

"Try it, there’s no distinct taste, I added brown sugar, it’s nutritious."

Zhao Xiaoli took the bowl; there’s no specific taste, and she could tolerate the taste of brown sugar.