In the following days, Lin Wan only made more than twenty, going to villages a little farther away.
Almost a week later, their family’s glutinous rice was finished, so she and her mom didn’t make any more.
Li Fugui had been quite honest for a while, doing many practical things for the village. According to Uncle, he was applying to the town for wiring these days.
Lin Wan didn’t care about these things. Today, she deliberately got up early and went to the county to buy two spring outfits for her brother and sent him twenty yuan.
Passing by Huai Town, Lin Wan went to the military camp again.
This time, as always, she lingered outside for a long time, and no one paid attention to her. Just as she was disappointed and about to leave, someone called out to her.
"Comrade from Mrs Lin’s Dumpling House?"
Lin Wan turned around joyfully at the sound, seeing the same soldier from last time. He was sitting in a vehicle, seemingly about to leave.
"Are you here to deliver things to Han Yi again?"
"He hasn’t returned since he went to the front last time. Oh, wait a moment," the soldier said, calling to another soldier at the gate. Whatever he said, the soldier at the gate quickly ran back into the camp.
Soon he came out with a sweater.
"Comrade, our leader kept the other one; you can take this back."
"Has your leader returned? Can I meet him?... I want to ask about Han Yi’s situation."
"Our leader was transferred; he left just a few days ago. If you had come a few days earlier, you could have met him."
"I have something to do; I’ll leave first. Comrade, you should hurry back too."
Lin Wan watched their vehicle go far away, holding the sweater in disappointment, not even knowing how she walked back home.
Will they be together in this life? Without Han Yi’s whereabouts and not going to university herself, how would they meet?
The more Lin Wan thought about it, the more she felt lost. She returned home without wanting to eat and went back to her room.
Ye Qing’s family did business for a month and stopped early before the villagers noticed.
It must be said, Ye Qing was very clever. In this month, they probably earned dozens of yuan.
In her previous life, she and Han Yi met during the summer vacation next year in S City. Lin Wan had thought for a long time these days, deciding to go to S City to wait for Han Yi.
Her brother was studying in S City, and she and her mom could do some business there. Doing business in the big city was surely more profitable than in a small country town. In her previous life, she stayed in S City for several years and was familiar with it there. They now had several hundred yuan in savings, enough to start a small business there.
After making her decision, Lin Wan told her mom about her thoughts.
At first, Liang Hongmei had many concerns, but after considering it for a few days, she agreed with her daughter. They had skills, and venturing into the big city might lead to success.
She felt a lot of pressure now, with two children to educate, and she couldn’t care about any gossip from others.
After the mother and daughter discussed, Lin Wan wrote a letter to her brother, sharing their plan and asking him to find a place for them to live first in S City.
The times were changing, and most people in the city went to work in factories owned by the state.
If any family had a factory job, many people would envy them to death. That was a secure job, whether in the city or the countryside, and everyone was eager to get into factories. Working in a factory then was a very decent job. Families would be extremely envious of even one position.