The Yinjiang River is a branch of the Qianjiang River, the largest river in Qianjiang Province, and the only water system in the Yinjiang District, hence the name of the region.

Along the northeast-southwest direction of the Yinjiang River, driving all the way north, you will gradually move away from Ningshan next to the No. 1 Middle School and completely enter the urban-suburban junction.

In fact, twenty or thirty years ago, most of the areas north of Ningshan were urban-suburban areas and were called rural areas by people in the south.

At that time, the Ningshan Tunnel had not yet been opened, and the winding roads on both sides had not been built. Yinjiang District was still called Ningshan County, and this area to the north was not included.

On the north side, there are subordinate collectives based on villages.

During this period, if you want to go from south to north, you have to either take a boat down the Yin River, or you can only go down the expressway leading to Changning City from the southeast.

Then we kept walking along the winding trails and rural dirt roads to reach the northern part of Ningshan.

Until the opening of the Panshan Highway and the opening of the Ningshan Tunnel, the north-south thoroughfare was completely opened and the economic development of the area north of Ningshan was revitalized.

Backed by some local resources in Ningshan and the geographical advantage of being close to the water source of the Yin River, modern factories quickly sprung up from large farmlands in the north of Ningshan.

Some rural people, including Lijiacun, also followed the trend of the times and changed their lives, entering factories and cities, and entering a new stage of life.

At the same time, during the administrative division reform of Yuhang City at the beginning of the century, they also became the lucky ones of this era and directly became members of Yinjiang District of Yuhang City.

Lijia Village, about ten kilometers north of Ningshan, is the hometown of Li Guohong and Ying Zhicheng, where they grew up.

Driving behind Ying Zhicheng's Audi, Li Guohong looked at the newly built roads around him and couldn't help but sigh:

"Li Luo, Xixi, take a look."

"When we took this road last year, it hadn't been widened yet. It was still a gravel road."

"Look at the road now. It's in good shape."

“It’s been a year and a lot has changed.”

Lin Xiuhong looked out the car window and couldn't help but sigh: "Houses have started to be built here? Are there really people living in them?"

"Who says it's not? I don't know who is buying it." Li Guohong clicked his tongue, "But since the service industry was developed around Qianjiang University in the north of Ningshan, a large number of original industrial plants have to be moved north."

"Didn't Li Dao mention it when my brother and his friends came to our house for dinner last time?"

"The factory he is currently renovating has been assigned a new area by the government and requires the entire factory to be relocated. It is probably near this area."

"With factories, there will be workers and there will be a flow of people, and the houses in this area will be easier to sell."

"If the subway can be connected all the way to Qianjiang University by then, maybe in a few years or more, it can be connected all the way here."

Listening to what his father said, Li Luo, who was sitting in the back row, was startled and then laughed. Unexpectedly, his father's sense of smell was quite sensitive.

But if we want to see the subway leading here, it will have to be more than ten years later, and it is still very early.

"It feels like now that the road is open, it will be much faster for us to return to our hometown." Li Guohong drove the car and looked at the time, "It was only around nine o'clock when we set off from home, and we were already here in just ten minutes.

, I guess it only takes about twenty minutes to get to the village."

In the past, it would take thirty or forty minutes to make the bumpy trip back.

Now, as Yinjiang District continues to develop northward along the Yinjiang River, and with the support of transportation-first policies, commuting has become more and more convenient.

Not long after, Li Luo and the others saw the outline of Lijia Village from a distance.

It is said to be Lijia Village, but in fact, there is not much of a "village" left.

Driving from the red-walled and green-tiled gate at the entrance of the village onto the main road, there are two rows of small townhouses along the street, each of which is on the fourth floor.

Since 2007, vigorous rural demolition work has been carried out in the north of Ningshan in response to the country’s call for a beautiful city construction project.

Lijiacun is on the list.

After settling in around 2011, every household has been assigned at least one small villa.

For example, Grandpa Li Luo's family had a large number of children, and they were divided into three households at once.

The grandparents have one set, the uncle's family has another set, and the eldest uncle who married into the Li family also has one set.

The only regret is that when he sent his youngest son to study in the city, Li Luo's grandfather used connections everywhere to move Li Guohong's household registration to Yinjiang District and turn it into an urban household registration.

At that time, urban hukou was much more popular than rural hukou. Lin Xiuhong's family also liked Li Guohong's urban hukou, so they relented and married their daughter into the Li family.

But no one expected later that Qianjiang Province’s rural construction was getting better and better. Against the background of the continuous wave of demolition, rural household registration became more and more popular.

It has to be said that this is also a kind of fate, which made Li Guohong's family pass by this small villa in the countryside.

Fortunately, over the past six months, the family's son has become successful, and Li Guohong has given up his obsession with this small villa.

Otherwise, in the past, every time he drove back to the countryside, Li Guohong would have to nag for a while. When he mentioned this past event, his words were full of regrets.

Grandpa Li Luo's house is located in the 8th row of Lijia Village, a very auspicious number.

And Yingchanxi’s grandfather’s house happened to be right next door, House 8, Row 7.

When the villas were first built here, they were townhouses, with every two households counting as one, and the outdoor corridors to the second floor were all shared.

Go up from the middle, to the left is the second floor of Ying Chanxi's house, and to the right is Li Luo's house.

Looking further to the right, households 9 and 10 in row 8 are the Confucian family of uncle Li Guo and the family of uncle-in-law.

Opposite the narrow street in front of the yard is the home of Grandpa Li Luo's second and third grandfather. There are four or five households in total.

Gathered together, they formed a family environment of their Xiao Li family.

Following Ying Zhicheng's car into the courtyard, after Li Guohong parked the car, Li Luo and Ying Chanxi opened the door and got out of the car.

"Grandpa! Grandma! Hello, Grandpa Ying!"

As soon as he got off the car, Li Luo smiled and said hello to several elderly people.

Ying Chanxi next to him also sent sweet greetings.

Like Ying Chanxi's mother, her grandmother also passed away very early.

And unlike the prosperous Li family, Grandpa Ying only has a son, Ying Zhicheng.

On weekdays, I only receive a lot of care from the Li Luo family, so I can maintain a normal life alone in the village.

This can be regarded as one of the reasons why Ying Zhicheng and Li Guohong have always had a close relationship.

Over there, Ying Zhicheng also got out of the car, said hello to Li Luo's grandparents, opened the trunk of the car, and started dumping New Year's goods outside.

Li Luo glanced at his parents and saw that they had enough manpower, so he took Ying Chanxi to help Ying Zhicheng move things.

When Lin Xiuhong saw this, she immediately laughed and cursed in a low voice: "This kid."

"Hey! Guohong is back?" Chen Hailin, the eldest uncle on the second floor, heard the movement in the yard and poked his head out from the balcony. After seeing Li Guohong's family, he hurried downstairs and helped move things with a smile, "Take a look.

, I bring so many things every time I come back.”

"It's Chinese New Year, let's all have fun together." Lin Xiuhong handed over the things in her hands, and Chen Hailin took them enthusiastically and moved them to the second floor with Li Guohong.

"Qiqi, come down! Come and help your uncle carry the things!" Chen Hailin, the eldest uncle, shouted upstairs while moving. Then he turned to chat with Li Guohong and his wife, "Guoru and his family will be back in the afternoon."

"Xue Feng told Lu Lu that he would be back tomorrow morning."

"Xuemei and Jiajia are going to have a New Year's Eve dinner at Grandpa Jiajia's house in Chenjiacun until tomorrow evening, and then they'll come back after eating."

Li Guohong nodded to express his understanding, and moved the New Year's goods into the living room on the second floor one after another.

At his urging, Chen Yongqi, the eldest uncle's son, also came down from upstairs to help.

After finishing his work, Chen Yongqi caught a glimpse of Li Luo and Ying Chanxi next door, and immediately stepped forward to help them move out all the New Year's goods.

"Come on, give it to me." Chen Yongqi took two large bags of things from Ying Chanxi and carried them up to the second floor very neatly.

I was helping my dad just now, and I had to work hard as a foreigner. After I ran to Yingchan River, I was walking as fast as flying.

Li Luo said hello to his cousin, then noticed his eyes and suddenly laughed.

His cousin is 26 years old this year. He has graduated from college for several years and has been doing some business with Li Dao.

But what outsiders don't know is that Chen Yongqi is actually a two-dimensional otaku behind his back. He often disdains women in real life and refuses to get married despite being urged to get married by his family for a long time.

When he sees Yingchan River during the New Year and festivals, he will be asked to take a few more glances.

However, my cousin has a lustful heart but not a courageous streak. Besides, there is a big age difference between him and Ying Chanxi, so most of the time he can only think about it in his mind.

Later, when I was in my thirties, due to too much pressure from my family, I had no choice but to accept a blind date.

But within two years, she got divorced, and never got married again. She even had a big quarrel with her family, yelling that her wife was all in the computer, and then she remained single until Li Luo came back from rebirth.

Later, Li Luo found out that after his cousin got married, he didn't even touch his wife for two years.

Apart from going to work, when I get home I just sit in the study and play games.

Recalling this, Li Luo's expression was a little helpless, somewhat dumbfounded.

But considering that he had never been married in his thirties and had never been in love once, Li Luo felt embarrassed to laugh at his cousin.

"Xixi is back?" Chen Yongqi had been moving things for a while before he finally managed to hold back a sentence and said hello to Ying Chanxi.

"Well, where's Brother Yongqi?" Ying Chanxi responded politely.

"I came back yesterday." Chen Yongqi responded, but then he didn't know what to say. After helping to move everything up to the second floor, he excused himself amidst Ying Zhicheng's thanks and slipped back next door to continue playing games.

Li Luo ignored his cousin, turned to glance at Ying Chanxi, and then said, "When can you call me brother Li Luo?"

"You want to be pretty." Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at him, "I'm older than you, okay? Why don't you call me Sister Xixi?"
To be continued...