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In our place, when someone has a joyous occasion, they invite close friends and neighbors to join in the celebration. If it’s a funeral, unless there’s a special circumstance preventing someone from attending, everyone shows up without needing to be called or constrained. This practice has been passed down through the years.
Thus, the Hu Family's mill and feed processing machines came to a halt.
The next day, Father Hu Qihua and Second Uncle Hu Zhenhua were busy helping at the Wu Family. Upon learning that Hu Ruoyun had returned, Second Aunt approached them without asking how Hu Ruoyun had been doing at school. Instead, like Mother, she was more concerned about Mao Na: “It’s getting chilly; does Mao Na have warm clothes? How is she eating? Has she gained or lost weight?”
Hu Ruoyun felt that since Mao Na first came, her presence in the family had diminished significantly. It was clear that having a daughter-in-law meant forgetting about the son.
Not only Mother acted this way; even her sister Xiao Feng and brother Xiao Hu were the same. The first question they asked was, “Why didn’t Sister Mona come back with you this time?”
The mill and feed processing business were jointly invested in by four families. At present, it wasn’t making a fortune, but it was certainly more profitable than hauling bricks for the Village Brick Factory, and it was much easier work (though a bit dirty).
Now, it wasn’t just people from Hu Family Village coming to grind flour and haul corn; nearby villages were also willing to come here. The prices were similar to those at the Village Flour Mill, but here there were no long lines and no need to deal with the attitudes of those who worked at the Country Flour Mill.
Initially, there were few people processing feed, but recently grain production had hit a bottleneck, and prices remained low. More families were starting to raise pigs and sheep as the weather turned cooler and grass disappeared outside. Trucks laden with Peanut Stalks and Corn Stalks came continuously for feed processing.
Hu Qihua and Hu Zhenhua had delivered bricks to the Village Brick Factory for some time now. They had seen a bit of the world beyond farming and didn’t find the new business particularly surprising. However, both families' children’s uncles remained optimistic: with elderly parents and young children at home, going far away for work wasn’t realistic. Working locally offered lower income, but they both had “shares” in these two businesses. Although they hadn’t received any dividends yet by year-end, they calculated that making money was definitely possible. After some quiet calculations, their overall income was quite satisfactory.
After farming for half a lifetime, they were now running their own business—it felt uplifting just thinking about it.
In rural areas, children get engaged and married early. With fewer girls around now, this line of work could significantly help their children find partners!
The large house of Brother Qihua with its “bright three dark five” layout made them envious; currently, both families’ uncles aimed to “match Brother Qihua!”
Since she took leave to come home, Hu Ruoyun stayed overnight. The next morning, she packed a large bag of food prepared for her “daughter-in-law” and hurried back to Annan. At the long-distance station, she bought a ticket back to Jiangcheng.
First, she went to Jiangbei Postal and Telecommunications School to deliver the food to Mao Na before sharing a dinner together and enjoying each other’s company for a while.
Mao Na was reluctant to let Hu Ruoyun leave; she pulled her around the school playground again and again while gossiping about Lu Meixin’s infidelity from last year: “She has completely let herself go now; she doesn’t attend classes anymore and goes to nightclubs every evening… She often brags in the dorm about how this guy bought her a bag and that guy got her a watch… Staying out all night has become routine for her.
One evening, Di Rong went to mail a letter at the mailbox by the school gate and happened to see Lu Meixin getting out of a car with someone who drove her there; they were hugging and kissing…”
Ah, the world is so vast and ever-changing.
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