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At the dinner table, Dabao and Xiaobao had a discussion about who resembled Uncle San and Lin Dong more.

Dabao said, "My thoughts are as big as the house. The whole house is filled with my thoughts."

Xiaobao immediately responded, "I think I miss you as much as 24 hours a day. Whether I am awake or asleep every day, I miss you."

After Xu Yan cleaned up the dishes, she just watched quietly from the side. When these two kids became mushy, she really had nothing to do with it. At least she had never said such words before.

Even the simple words "I miss you" are not easy to say.

The debate was still going on. The two kids were about to rip the roof off. Li Aihua kept shouting from the front door to the kitchen before Xu Yan heard her.

"Oh, your family is so lively," Li Aihua walked in with a smile. Seeing that Dabao and Xiaobao were still talking, she touched each of them on the head.

The two kids jumped up at once, "Aunt Li, you can't touch my head, or I won't grow taller."

Then, without waiting for Li Aihua to say anything, he ran outside to play.

"You've been a lot more naughty lately," Xu Yan smiled as he watched their backs as they ran away.

"Boys are like this," Li Aihua said. "My little Shuan jumps up and down all day long, like a monkey. Your two are the best."

Xu Yan still smiled, "I hope they can be like Xiao Shuanzi."

"Well, if that really happens, you'll have a headache," Li Aihua said, and then changed the subject, "Did you know that the brigade was about to explode today?"

"Got it," Xu Yan nodded.

Although she came back from the city quite late, she still heard a few things on the way from the bus stop to her home.

It would be strange if such a big thing as the resumption of the college entrance examination did not cause a big stir.

"Hey, let me tell you, you really lost a lot by not being here this afternoon," Li Aihua said, "You didn't see a lot of excitement. There was almost a fight at the captain's house again today."

"Ah?" Xu Yan was a little surprised, "Their family, who are they?"

"It's Yan Yuhong and the team leader and his wife," Li Aihua gossiped, "Yan Yuhong said that the team leader and his wife were partial and didn't give her little girl eggs to eat, and then they had a quarrel, and now they want a divorce!"

"But the captain disagreed, saying that she wanted to take the college entrance examination and run away, so she made up this excuse to get a divorce."

"There are several more families," Li Aihua said, "whose educated youth wanted to sign up for the college entrance examination but whose families did not agree."

"I heard that there was a commotion at Sun Guoan's house, but they did it behind closed doors. Except for a few people, no one else was willing to climb over the wall, so we don't know the details."

Xu Yan was stunned after hearing this.

She didn't expect that so many things could happen in just one afternoon.

"Hey, Xu Yan," Li Aihua called Xu Yan. When Xu Yan looked at her, she paused before continuing, "You and Xie Zhuo...you two..."

Li Aihua asked hesitantly, and felt awkward after she said it, so she gritted her teeth and asked directly, "You will also sign up for the college entrance examination, right?"

"Yeah," Xu Yan thought she was going to ask something, but it was so difficult for her to open her mouth, so she nodded.

"Then, then," Li Aihua stuttered again, "What about Xie Zhuo? What about Dabao and Xiaobao? You guys are not going to...get a divorce too?"

"Of course not," Xu Yan replied quickly.

After she said it, she felt that her reaction was a bit too much.

After slowing down his tone, he continued, "Xie Zhuo will take the college entrance examination with me. When you are admitted to university, you will come back to my home with me."

In fact, Xie Zhuo didn't say that. When she asked him in the hospital, he didn't give a direct answer, but he said that he would follow her wherever she went.

He also said that he and his two kids were very happy and that he would depend on her for the rest of his life.

"That's good, that's good," Li Aihua breathed a sigh of relief, "I've seen too many quarrels and fights today, and my heart has been in my throat, fearing that you two will have some more troubles."

Xu Yan laughed, "Sister-in-law is more worried than us."

"What are you saying?" Li Aihua gave her a reproachful look. "I was the one who arranged your wedding banquet. Of course I hope you two will be together forever."

The two chatted about other things, and then Li Aihua began to worry again, "There is only one month left for the college entrance examination, and Xie Zhuo has gone to the city. How will he review?"

More than half a month ago, everyone in the team knew that Xie Zhuo brought a child back from outside.

Nowadays, people still gossip about it after dinner.

Especially Mrs. Tian. Ever since Xie Zhuo talked about Tian Fang in the field, she hated Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan even more, and would gossip about them whenever she had the chance.

After knowing that Xie Zhuo had brought a child to the city hospital, she started to make up stories with others every day, saying that the child was the son of Xie Zhuo and a woman from another village.

"Huh, he's not your own son, how can you be so nice to him?"

"If he wasn't his son, he would be willing to spend money to have him treated in the city hospital. But I heard that the city hospital eats people, and a dose of medicine can cost the family several months' food rations."

This gossip spread for a long time, and some people actually asked Xu Yan privately and even tried to comfort her.

After hearing this, Xu Yan laughed out loud.

But she didn't say much, just said that the child was a classmate of Dabao and Xiaobao, and there was no one to take care of him at home, so they wanted to take care of him.

A few old women still didn't believe it, but Xu Yan didn't pay much attention to their thoughts. After all, she and Xie Zhuo treated Lin Dong like this not for the praise of others for being caring or anything. What they cared about from beginning to end were Dabao and Xiaobao.

If the two kids hadn't been nagging in their ears all day long, they probably wouldn't have spent the time and energy to look for it.

So...it seems that they are not that kind.

Xu Yan thought to himself.

"You two are just soft-hearted and good people," Li Aihua did not wait for Xu Yan's answer, nor did she think there was anything wrong, and continued to speak.

"I heard that the child is seriously ill. Even his family members may not be able to do what you did. He has to stay in the city hospital for nearly half a month. Not to mention the cost, just looking at the effort you put into serving him in the ward every day, I think it's almost impossible to say that this is not your biological child."

"When the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out today, which student in the entire Qingshan Brigade was not excited? Who didn't look for textbooks everywhere?"

"Only your Xie Zhuo would go to the city to take his child to see a doctor..."

Li Aihua kept on talking and praising Xu Yan, and at the end, she even said that she could tell he was a good person just by looking at his face.

Xu Yan laughed when he heard this, "Sister-in-law is so good at praising."

"As the old saying goes, appearance is determined by the heart," Li Aihua said, "You are so handsome, so you must have a bad heart."

On the third day after Xie Zhuo went to the city, he went home. Not only did he come back, he also brought a set of review outlines that he got from somewhere.

After dinner in the evening, Xu Yan and he sat in the room together, marking and writing down the questions and reciting the text.

Dabao and Xiaobao were sitting opposite each other doing their homework.

The two kids would look up at their uncle and aunt from time to time. There were only three of them at home these days, and they felt very uncomfortable. They always missed the feeling of sitting together as a group of four.

Time passed quickly as he was reviewing against the clock. After half a month, Lin Dong was awake longer and longer during the day and spoke more and more.

When Xu Yan appeared in the ward with Dabao and Xiaobao, he was stunned at first, and then burst into tears.

During the time when he was unconscious, he could always hear a gentle female voice calling his name, and sometimes telling him stories.

Although he couldn't remember clearly what the story was about, as his health improved, he almost regarded these things as hallucinations.

Now he heard the same sound again.

Those are all true.

"Third Aunt," Lin Dong called Xu Yan.

Because when he first followed Xie Zhan and Xie Jingyi to their home, they told him that all the other children in the brigade called them aunt, so he just needed to call them aunt too.

But he didn't. He followed them and called her "Third Aunt". This way, he felt like he also temporarily owned this warm family.

Although it was short, the night left a deep impression on him.

"Oh, why are you crying?"

Xu Yan hurried over, but before she reached the bed, Dabao and Xiaobao rushed over first.