This year Mom made a new cotton-padded jacket. I didn’t have the heart to wear it at ho, but now that I’m back at school, I finally put it on. New clothes are indeed warr.
During the New Year, the adults in their family still wore old clothes with new cotton, while the children wore old clothes with new cotton before the New Year and changed into new clothes with new cotton on Chinese New Year’s Day. After all, they weren’t the only family in the village who dressed their children in new clothes, so it was very satisfying as long as it didn’t look out of place.
In the graduating class, there’s only half a sester left. The studying state isn’t what it used to be, but she doesn’t feel any pressure at all, because it’s really far from what it was in her previous life. To make greater progress and maintain a good state, to go to First High School in Luoyang, she must find more exercises.
Mr. Wang has provided her with trendous help in this regard. Because she is a teacher and knows many people, she got hold of a lot of exercise books from key high schools in Luoyang. Basically, this sester, she’ll have to rely on doing exercises to pass the days.
Ye Huan goes ho once a week. On one hand, it’s to bring nutritious things to her pregnant mom, and of course, these good things will also be shared a little with Grandpa and Grandma, uncles, aunts, and Uncle and Aunt, giving more to her own mom while just a token amount to the others, since her ability is limited!
It’s one thing for them not to allow her to spend money recklessly, and it’s another whether she buys or not. After all, everyone is still eating from the sa pot, and now that her mother is pregnant and doing less work, although her father voluntarily reduced his share, Uncle and the others felt it was her idea and shouldn’t be concerned about such things, so the reduced share was left unsettled.
After entering March, the weather gradually ward up, and what brought incredible joy to the Ye family was that the Third Brother, who had been gone for seven or eight years, actually returned ho.
In the original’s mory, it still stayed at the last ti she saw the Third Brother when she was seven or eight years old. As for the Eldest and Second Brothers, she didn’t even know what they looked like anymore, nor did she know when or where the Third Brother died.
It was when she returned ho in mid-March that she saw a tall young man in a military uniform standing in the yard.
At first, she couldn’t recognize who it was until he turned around, saw her, and bead, calling out to her: "Little sister, is it you, little sister?"
At that ti, Ye Huan only thought it was her brother, but she dared not recognize which one until Grandma ca out and smiled at her saying.
"Huanhuan, haven’t you always thought about your Third Brother? Now that he’s back, you don’t recognize him?"
Mr. Ye actually had four sons, all nad with a the of "national strength and wealth". The eldest uncle was called Ye Guosheng, her dad was actually nad Ye Ziqiang, and now the youngest uncle was ranked Fourth, nad Ye Kangfu, while her Third Uncle was called Ye Weimin but suffocated on peanuts when he was six.
The eldest among the Ye family’s grandchildren was called Ye Jia Bin, the second was Jia Hui, the third Jia Zhe, the fourth Jia Hao, the fifth Jia Yu, the sixth Jia Kai, the seventh Jia Bo, the eighth Jia Chao, the ninth Jia Tao, and the tenth Jia Bing.
Grandpa said their nas didn’t have any special aning, they were given by literate old gentlen in the village as long as they didn’t clash with the nas of ancestors within three generations. As for her and Ye Yu’s nas, they were even more random. Originally, they wanted to na the two sisters sothing joyful, with her being Huanhuan and her little sister Lele, but the na Lele was taken by a neighbor’s granddaughter, and it rained the day Ye Yu was born, so they nad her Ye Yu.
So, the one standing in front of her now, is he her Third Brother Ye Jiazhe?
"Th-third Brother?"
When Ye Huan enthusiastically ran towards him, she was surprised to find that he was actually hanging an arm, her eyes suddenly widened.
"You’re injured?"
Ye Jiazhe had thick eyebrows and big eyes, resembling their father, and was also quite tall, about 1.8 ters. Wearing a military uniform, he looked exceptionally handso.
Ye Jiazhe gently patted her head with his right hand and nodded slightly: "Yes, my hand was blown off, and now... it might be disabled."
In the original’s previous life, Ye Jiazhe sacrificed himself, and she didn’t know which year it was. She didn’t know why he survived and was discharged this ti, but now she didn’t feel sorry about the injury to Third Brother’s arm at all. Because with an arm injury, he wouldn’t have to wield a gun, and without a gun, wouldn’t that an he wouldn’t have to go to the battlefield?
Thinking of this, she really did ask this aloud. Ye Jiazhe took a deep breath, looked regretfully at the sky, and nodded his head.
"Yes, I was sent back this ti, and indeed, I won’t be going to the battlefield again. Why, Huanhuan, do you look so happy? Why are you still crying?"
Ye Huan didn’t expect to be moved to tears herself. Just at this ti, Grandpa and Dad ca out. Seeing her reaction, they imdiately understood.
"You silly little sister is, of course, happy. She’s been hoping for you to co back for so many years. Now that you’re back, and you won’t leave again, how can she not be moved to tears of joy?"
Not leaving ans no sacrifice, as long as he’s alive, what’s an injury compared to that?
Ye Ziqiang rembers how long the Eldest Uncle and Aunt held him and cried when the Third Brother returned. They were thinking of the Eldest and Second Brothers!
Even though their son lost a hand, at least he was alive, which was already a huge blessing for them.
"To be honest, Huanhuan, brother is actually not happy, because my comrades who fought alongside are still on the front line. Originally, I wanted to stay and be a cook, even with just one hand. As long as I can move, I want to contribute, but the Company Commander tricked into returning. He said during the Famine Era, they could only watch their holand suffer and were helpless, with his entire family dying while fleeing. He didn’t want to die without seeing my family, so he forcibly sent back. Huanhuan, do you know? This parting may well be forever. I can’t bear to leave them!"
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