fruity fragrance

Chapter 233 Back to Modernity and Future Planning

Lin Guoxiang felt as if she had a dream, dreaming that because of a piece of ancient jade soul, she was transported to a dynasty that did not exist in history, where she experienced many things that she had never experienced before, and met many people that she had never met before. , and even stayed there to care for her husband and teach her children.She vaguely remembered that in that dream, she ended up with a house full of children and grandchildren.

What a ridiculous dream.

Probably because I read too many messy novels.

Lin Guoxiang shook her head amusedly, but when she picked up the ancient family heirloom jade that was thrown beside the pillow, her pupils couldn't help constricting, and the familiar feeling in the dream surged up from the bottom of her heart again , all kinds of emotions poured in like a tide and filled her head.

Lin Guoxiang rubbed her swollen temples, got out of bed a little irritable, put on her slippers, went to the window and opened the curtains with a "stab" sound, and the dazzling sunlight shone in, making Lin Guoxiang subconsciously Slightly narrowed his eyes.

"I said girl, why don't you get up at seven o'clock now?" Maybe it was because my granddaughter got a little excited after getting the heirloom jade last night, and she might not be able to sleep well at night, so today It was rare that she hadn't been asked to get up and exercise with him.

"Hurry up, don't you have to go to the supermarket at [-]:[-], and you will be reprimanded if you are late for the roll call later." Grandpa shouted outside the door, "Don't eat breakfast, wait later I'll send it to you, let's go to the supermarket first."

The elders are like this, they always feel that if they can find a job, they should cherish it. That's how Lin Guoxiang's grandfather taught her so often.Although the working hours in the supermarket are long and the wages are low, since you are paid by others, you must do your best to do things for them. The kind of people who spend three days fishing and two days drying the net are the worst.

Maybe it has something to do with grandpa's education, so Lin Guoxiang does her duty every day when she goes to work, doing everything well without arrogance or rashness.

Hearing grandpa's shout, Lin Guoxiang came back to her senses, quickly changed her pajamas, put on her shoes, brushed her teeth, washed her face, said hello to grandpa, and hurriedly ran towards the supermarket.

"This girl, you are still so reckless in doing things, really." The grandfather poked his head out of the kitchen and saw his granddaughter rushing out like a gust of wind, he couldn't help but shook his head and said to himself helplessly, his tone was full of doting .Then he went into the kitchen and beat two eggs skillfully, planning to make fried rice with eggs for his granddaughter.

When Lin Guoxiang was running towards the supermarket, she happened to meet Meizi, who was combing her disheveled hair like a chicken coop with her fingers, while running towards this side with full power.When she saw Lin Guoxiang running towards this direction in the same embarrassment, she was even more surprised: "Guoxiang, why did you go to work so late today?"

In Meizi's perception, although Lin Guoxiang is too lazy to touch her with an awl, she is never late for work, unlike her who stays in bed every morning and waits until the prescribed working time arrives. He hurriedly got up, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and ran to the supermarket as if he was dying.

"Like you, I got up late." Lin Guoxiang suppressed the nostalgia welling up in her heart, subconsciously glanced at the time on the watch, it was already seven twelve.With a groan in her heart, she took Meizi and started running towards the supermarket: "Run quickly, big sister, it's already seven twelve, this time I'm going to die."

When Meizi heard that it was [-]:[-], she let out a miserable howl, and was dragged by Lin Guoxiang to the supermarket.Originally, when Lin Guoxiang woke up in the morning, she still felt that her body was a bit out of place, but this trouble disappeared, and she became familiar again.

After an ordinary day, when Lin Guoxiang bought vegetables from the supermarket and returned home, she saw her grandfather who was supposed to be watching the news in the living room sitting under the big pagoda tree in the yard, smoking a dry cigarette. His expression was also dark and unclear.I don't know what he was thinking, his eyes looked into the distance blankly.

Grandpa's expression like this is rare, that is, every year when grandma's death day is approaching, it's just that it's still early before grandma's death day, why is grandpa suddenly in a bad mood?Lin Guoxiang was a little puzzled, put the dishes in the kitchen, and then came over and asked, "Grandpa, what happened to you today, is there something wrong?"

Otherwise, why was she fine in the morning, but now she's depressed, thinking about things in a daze?
Seeing his granddaughter, Mr. Lin couldn't help sighing: "Your Grandpa Li left this afternoon." There was infinite sadness and helplessness in life, old age, sickness and death in his tone.

Grandpa's words stunned Lin Guoxiang for a moment, and it took a second or two before she finally understood what grandpa meant by "gone".Lin Guoxiang found it unbelievable. Although Grandpa Li was over 70 years old this year, his body was usually very strong, and he was full of energy even when he spoke. How could this mean that he passed away when he passed away?Lin Guoxiang couldn't accept this news for a while, it felt so sudden, it was hard to accept it for a while.

"Grandpa Li seemed to be in good health, why did he suddenly..." Lin Guoxiang looked at his grandfather's side face that had been through vicissitudes, and was suddenly speechless. Thinking that her grandpa might also be in the future...she couldn't stop thinking about it , and suddenly panicked.She was brought up by her grandfather alone, so her feelings are naturally very deep. When she thinks that she left before she had time to let her grandfather enjoy her blessings, she wants to cry very much.

Although grandpa is still sitting next to him right now, but the kind of son who wants to support him but does not want to be loved but has no choice but to regret it is a real experience, and his heart feels sore and uncomfortable for a while.

"Hey." Grandpa sighed again, with infinite sadness in his tone, "Old man Li and his daughter-in-law asked him to go down to the field to weed at noon. It was so hot at noon, and even young and strong laborers would not dare to go to the field at that time." He was working, but an old man in his 70s was asked to weed the fields. He was suffering from heatstroke, and he went home and lay down after two o'clock when he couldn't bear it anymore. I didn’t buy it, so I let him carry it so hard, and it turned out that I couldn’t do it in the afternoon.”

After Lin Guoxiang listened to it, she also fell silent with her grandfather. She knew the situation of Grandpa Li's house. Grandpa Li's son would come back during the busy farming season and Chinese New Year. Grandpa Li's daughter-in-law is farming at home while watching the children go to school.Grandpa Li's daughter-in-law is usually quite mean, plus Grandpa Li's son is not at home, so he would find fault with Grandpa Li and vent his anger on Grandpa Li. These are common things in the village, but Lin Guoxiang never thought of it. That woman's heart is so hard, she treats an old man like that.

It's just that she feels relieved now, and there is no such thing as an eyesore at home, but has she ever thought about how her son and daughter-in-law will treat her when she gets old?What she is doing now is not pleasant to say the least. Although the child is silent, she is actually watching her.

It's just that it's someone else's housework after all, and Lin Guoxiang couldn't say much, so she persuaded her grandfather: "Grandpa, don't think too much, after all, there are still very few people like Grandpa Li and his daughter-in-law in this world." .”

As she said that, Lin Guoxiang was not afraid of the heat, she went to her grandfather and knelt down and hugged her grandfather's neck like an octopus and said in a coquettish tone: "And now my grandfather still has me, don't think too much, even if It is because I want to be in good health, and I will definitely live to be more than 100 years old in the future and become the oldest birthday person in our village."

Grandpa Lin was amused by his granddaughter's words: "I don't want to live like an old monster. Grandpa will be satisfied as long as he can see that you will get married and have a grandson-in-law who loves you." He said with a smile and reached out to pat Lin Guoxiang's hand , pretending to chase people away, "Go to the side on a hot day, don't hang on to me because it's hot."

"No, I don't feel hot." Lin Guoxiang felt sore and uncomfortable when she heard her grandfather's words, so she began to change the subject nonsense.

Grandpa Lin scolded with a smile: "You don't feel hot, but Grandpa does. Hurry up and go to the other side."

Lin Guoxiang refused, and continued to act coquettishly: "I don't think Grandpa Hot is definitely not hot either."

Grandpa was in a much better mood after being harassed by her like this: "Hungry, I'll cook for you." As he said that, he was about to get up and go to the kitchen to make dinner for Lin Guoxiang, but Lin Guoxiang stopped him. "Grandpa, don't get up and I'll do it myself. Now that it's hot, I'll cook two bowls of tomato and egg noodles."

"It's up to you, just watch and do it yourself."

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After taking a bath in the evening, Lin Guoxiang sat cross-legged on her little bed in her pajamas, blowing directly on the electric fan.She didn't bother to take care of her half-dry hair that was blown into a mess by the electric fan, but she couldn't stop thinking about what grandpa told her tonight.Suddenly her life was so impermanent and so fragile that she actually died as soon as she said she was going to die.To be honest, Grandpa Li's death touched a sensitive nerve deep in Lin Guoxiang's heart, and the whole person fell into an inexplicable panic.

She didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to leave her in the future, just thinking about it in that direction made her feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry.

Lin Guoxiang was really stimulated by this incident, and had to start to reflect, is this also considered to be doing nothing all day long?It is said that it is because of grandpa that he is willing to nest in a small village, but in the final analysis, the biggest reason is because he is unwilling to face the unknown future and challenges, right?Just like going to school, she was admitted to a second-tier university but secretly tore up the admission letter behind her grandfather's back. One reason was that she had no money to pay the tuition fees, and the other reason was that she was afraid of accepting new things and living environments.

Just like that dream, when she just arrived in a strange world, she was actually very panicked in her heart at that time, but she didn't dare to show it.

that dream?Lin Guoxiang was stunned for a moment, not sure whether it was a dream or it happened in real life, there was always a feeling of unreality in a trance, but it seemed like a personal experience, Lin Guoxiang was a little confused.

Confused for a while, Lin Guoxiang thumped her head a little irritably, and said to herself: "It must be because I have read too many time-travel novels, and this is all a demonic obstacle." Then she lay down on the bed and looked at the beam with her eyes. She slowly made up her mind that she could no longer just muddle through like this, she had to find a way to do something.Even if it is for grandpa, she has to fight for it, and grandpa is getting old, and he will definitely need to see a doctor and take medicine in the future. She should earn back for grandpa for the medical expenses alone.

With this idea in mind, Lin Guoxiang began to think about it. Although going out to work is a shortcut to making money, it can't be a job for a lifetime, right?Some family members of four went out to work for five or six years before saving [-] yuan. Such a small amount of money is not much money at all in this era of rapid price rise. The flowers are gone.

No, this road cannot be taken, at least it is unrealistic to work for someone for a lifetime.

Then the second idea is to start a business by yourself, but she has no capital and is not good at socializing, so Lin Guoxiang passed this idea as soon as it came to her mind.

Then the third way is to go to school, and then go out of this village. Isn’t there a famous saying that knowledge is power, and of course it can be converted into wealth.

"Yes, go to school!" Thinking of this, Lin Guoxiang got excited and sat up on the bed again, crossing her legs and facing the electric fan again.She has passed the exam, has a high school diploma, and has also been admitted to two universities. Although she hasn't read a book for a year and a half, she still has a good foundation. Take advantage of it now and take a good look. It is not difficult to find an evening school. .

There is an agricultural university in the city, so she just went there to sign up. She planned to go to learn forestry management, and then go out to work for a few years in the future to save some money and come back to contract a piece of wasteland with the village to plant fruit trees, such as As for peaches, as long as the fruit grows well, it is not afraid that they will not be sold.

She still remembered that there was a man in another village who had been working outside for a few years and came back to contract a piece of wasteland to grow soybeans and wheat at home, and then sold it to a grain and oil company in the city. The net income was not small after labor costs and other expenses were removed every year. .Although he was a little tired, and he didn't sound more respectable than that OL white-collar worker, but after all, it was good to take care of the family and take care of the family.

As for some difficulties and so on, if others can overcome them, so can she. At most, it is because the first few years are a bit tiring and there is no income.

Having made up her mind, Lin Guoxiang told her grandpa what she was thinking the next day, and grandpa laughed after hearing her plan: "It should have been like this a long time ago, you are a child who doesn't go to school but stays at home What can the small supermarket do for you?" He turned and entered the room, and when he came out after a while, he had an extra passbook in his hand, "This is the tuition fee saved by grandpa. Although it is only 5 yuan, it should be That's enough, as for the rest, grandpa will figure out a way later."

"Grandpa..." Lin Guoxiang's eyes turned red when she looked at the passbook, and she didn't know what to say.

"Damn girl, why are you crying in the morning? It's unlucky." Grandpa said angrily, "Since you've made up your mind, talk to the proprietress when you go to work in the supermarket today, and don't go after this month. Take out the previous books and take a good look at it, and don’t delay the exam when the time comes."

In fact, Grandpa Lin knew about it when Lin Guoxiang got the admission notice, but she was so single-minded and unwilling to go to school at that time, he couldn't force him, lest it backfired and made this girl feel rebellious, and that would be Oh no.So while silently saving money for her tuition, while waiting for her to open up.

This time old man Li's death probably stimulated her, and now she is finally enlightened, and a stone in Grandpa Lin's heart finally fell to the ground.If the child is delayed because of him, then he will not be able to rest in peace even if he dies.

"Grandpa..." Lin Guoxiang wanted to say something, but was pushed outside like a chick by her grandfather, "Hurry up and go to work, what time is it, I'm still moaning, I have to wait a while late."

"Understood." Lin Guoxiang pouted, and went to the kitchen to wash her face before going to work. At the same time, she made up her mind that she must let grandpa live a good life in the future.

(End of this chapter)