The weather is not cold now, Xi Zi doesn't need to worry, and it's not convenient for him to go to Xiaoli's dormitory.

Luo Jinping didn't go back to his own room, but directly brought the dormitory's quilt over and slept in the classroom with everyone.

It was the first time so many people slept together, and everyone was very excited.

No one felt sleepy and they were all whispering.

Usually, when it rained, the next day the kids would go up the mountain to pick mushrooms or wood ears. Now, school was disrupted.

"Alright, no one is allowed to talk, go to sleep quickly. I'll listen to see who's still talking."

Luo Jinping's voice made everyone shut their mouths.

Yang Xiaole felt uncomfortable with the smell of sweat and foot odor in the air. It was inconvenient to take a shower in the rain, so basically no one had taken a shower.

The smell was unbearable.

In a daze, he fell asleep like this.

The next morning, everyone got up as usual and started their repetitive daily routine.

Three days passed.

At noon that day, Yang Xiaole quietly sneaked into the space.

Because the food in the space was ripe, and a piglet was born last night at some point.

A litter of 15, 6 sows, and 9 boars.

Looking at the big boar that hadn't been slaughtered yet, it was already over 400 pounds.

The eggs were collected, and there were already over 800 eggs at this point.

The rabbits had also given birth, with a total of fifty or sixty little rabbits running around in the pen.

He didn't bother with the livestock and just collected the food.

He harvested about 300 pounds of corn on the slope.

The remaining three-fen field yielded 80 pounds of cotton, 600 pounds of sweet potatoes, and about 110 pounds of peanuts and melon seeds.

He cleared away the straw.

To preserve the pasture, corn still needed to be planted on the slope.

He planted two-fen of sweet potatoes and one-fen of wheat.

The sweet potatoes and corn would be sold to the countryside, and the wheat could be sold at a high price to the city.

Yang Xiaole was lost in thought as he worked.

The news had been spread for three days, so why hadn't Dad, Yang Guangzhi, come back yet?

He felt a sense of inexplicable worry.

After all, he often heard about accidents in many coal mines, and many people didn't know about it, only those in nearby areas would know some information.

Thinking about this, he decided to go back and ask.

And staying at school was really boring.

During lunch break, he quietly went to Luo Jinping's dormitory.

The other party had been exhausted these past few days, after all, he was the only one taking care of so many people living in the school, and he had to get up several times at night to check on the kids, for fear that one of them would run away in the middle of the night.

When he arrived, Luo Jinping was writing something with a pen, and he looked surprised when he saw Yang Xiaole standing at the door.

"What's wrong? Come in."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole walked in and said, "Teacher Luo, I want to take a few days off!"

Hearing this, Luo Jinping stopped what he was doing and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well again?"

"A little bit!"

"Alright, then. Why don't you go home and let your family take you to the city to see a doctor? It's not a good idea to drag it out. At least, after you went last time, you came back a different person, which means it was really useful!"

Luo Jinping closed the pen and said quietly to him.

Yang Xiaole nodded. Indeed, in half a month, he had already recovered to the level of a normal person.

It's just that every time he practiced, he would sweat a lot, and his deliberate disguise made people feel that he hadn't fully recovered.

Then he said goodbye to Luo Jinping with a smile.

"Well, Teacher Luo, I'll go back now!"

"Alright, go ahead, be careful!"

Yang Xiaole agreed and went outside, and then went to tell the two little kids.

At this point, he was thinking about how he could avoid coming to school and go out to explore!

It didn't make sense to have such good grades and not go to school.

Before, he even urged his mom to let his big sister go to school!

When he went to Xi Zi's place, he saw that he was playing with his classmates and just said a few words before leaving.

As for Xiaoli, as soon as he arrived, she said with a pout, "Brother, I want to go home! I miss Mom!"

Yang Xiaole rubbed her head and said, "How about we don't go to school? Let's go home? You can go to the kindergarten in the production brigade!"

After hearing this, Xiaoli thought about it for a while.

In the end, she shook her head and said, "I'll stay here. I can go home in a couple of days."

In her mind, her playmates seemed important.

"Okay, then, I won't be at school for the next few days. If you have anything, tell your sister Lamei or find a teacher. Do you understand?"

"Yeah! I know!"

Xiaoli nodded with her head down.

Seeing this scene, Yang Xiaole took her out and gave her a piece of peach pastry as they walked, which immediately made the little kid happy again.

She ate quietly.

"If anyone asks, just say your brother gave you some candy, got it?"

The fragrance of the peach pastry was hard to hide.

You could smell the sweetness as soon as you spoke, but it was good to have candy to cover it up.

"Yeah, got it."

After the little kid finished eating and was sent back, he left.

As soon as he went out, he saw Yang Guangzhi, covered in mud and coal dust.

Seeing that he was okay, Yang Xiaole finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that something had happened.

Yang Guangzhi wiped his face with a black towel, wiping off some sweat, but his face became even blacker.

"Why did you ask Qingwu to tell me to come back? And you said it was something important?"

Yang Xiaole was speechless, "Dad, why... why did you come so late? It's been several days. Aren't you afraid something big happened at home?"Hearing this, Yang Guangzhi also felt a sense of helplessness: "There's nothing I could do! That day, a torrential downpour caused a collapse at the mining area's stockpile site, and we were all there helping out! I was so busy I just forgot. So, what's up?"

Yang Xiaole shook his head, "Let's go, I'm heading home too. We can talk on the way!"

"Aren't you going to school?"

"Of course, I am. You've been missing for a few days, and I was worried about you! I was planning to check on you, I've already asked for leave!"

"Well, now that I'm back, you should go to school!"

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "I've already asked for leave, why go back? Besides, I'm feeling a bit under the weather."

The two chatted as they walked.

When Yang Guangzhi heard that he wasn't feeling well, he frowned: "Did you take your medicine? Didn't it work?"

"I took it! It worked, but I've run out. I need to get some more."

Hearing this, Yang Guangzhi nodded: "Right, what's the matter? You haven't said anything, you're killing me with suspense!"

But he also knew that it probably wasn't anything bad.

Seeing his father's reaction, Yang Xiaole smiled and said: "Dad, Mom is going to work in the city."

"What?"

Yang Guangzhi stopped in his tracks, looking at him in surprise.

"Did Uncle get us all jobs? By the way, what about your elder brother's job?"

Seeing his elated expression, Yang Xiaole didn't want to burst his bubble.

But he still had to tell the truth: "I don't know about my brother's situation, but since he hasn't returned for almost a week, there should be no problem. Mom's job wasn't arranged by Uncle, I found someone to sort it out..."

He then explained the situation about borrowing 400 yuan to secure the job.

He also brought up the issue of the household registration.

Yang Guangzhi's brow furrowed upon hearing this.

"So what you're saying is, you want your mom to take you kids to the city, and I stay here alone? How does that make any sense?"

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Yes, because our household registration follows Mom's. If you go, it's useless; we still won't be able to get a city household registration."

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This needed to be sorted out early. After mother Wang Qiuju went, there would be procedures to handle, and it would take time to arrange for the transfer of several children.

When there's a shortage of food, they definitely won't process it.

Yang Guangzhi pondered for a moment without speaking, smoking his dried tobacco as he walked on the damp earthy path towards the village.

Yang Xiaole followed behind.

Along the way, he pondered the issue, realizing he had only thought about work and forgotten about the national conditions of this world.

In the countryside, it was uncommon for men to stay home while the daughter-in-law took the children to work in the city.

Crossing the river, the two returned to the village.

At that moment, everyone was busy in the fields, with smoke billowing and a bustling atmosphere.

Back home, Yang Guangzhi fetched water while instructing him to find Wang Qiuju.

Yang Xiaole went out to call for her.

Arriving at the fields, in just a few days, more than half of the village's large trees had disappeared.

The Production Team leader, Yang Qingwen, was inspecting the area.

Beside him was the old team leader.

The old leader occasionally checked the crops and said to Yang Qingwen: "It's about time, we'll start harvesting next Monday. We're short on hands this year; we can't delay the wheat planting."

"I know, Dad. We'll definitely get the wheat sown before the frost."

"Mhm, the director has guaranteed our production bonus this time. Once the grain is shipped out, it will definitely be returned to us within a month,"

Yang Qingwen nodded slightly: "I'm aware, we also have sweet potatoes, which can last us a while."

Yang Xiaole listened for a while before leaving.

He found Wang Qiuju in the fields, busy working!

Surprised to see him, she exclaimed: "Xiaole, what brings you here? Oh right, your brother sent a telegram."

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and approached.

After she came over, Yang Xiaole said: "Dad's back, he wants you to come home for a bit!"

Wang Qiuju was taken aback, glanced around, and nodded softly: "Okay, I'll let them know and be right there."

After saying that, she turned to inform the wife of Yang Qingwu and came back.

The two headed home.

On the way, Wang Qiuju asked Yang Xiaole in a low voice: "So, what does your dad mean? Is he letting me go? If he doesn't want me to, you should tell him to go."

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes, what was she thinking!

After spending so much money, why would the whole family end up staying here in the end!

She was overthinking it.

Back at home, Yang Guangzhi was taking a bath.

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju hurriedly went to find clothes for him, waiting quietly inside the house.

When Yang Guangzhi was done and came in, he directly asked Wang Qiuju: "Have you spoken to the Production Team? When are you going over?"

Wang Qiuju was momentarily stunned.

And Yang Xiaole was also surprised.

Huh!

Had Dad come around?

ps: Apologies, after typing this out today, I had a chat with Mint and realized I was also skirting the edge of disaster. Some things are better glossed over, so I urgently revised the main storyline.