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Chapter 4 Name change.

Mrs. Zhao put the rice cake bowl on the table. Tian Sisi looked at the big bowl of rice cakes and smiled bitterly. Mrs. Zhao really wanted her granddaughter to gain weight. Not even adults can eat this big bowl, right? She then saw that everyone on the table was using sea bowls, and only the two younger brothers were using normal rice bowls. Don't they have small bowls at home?(Actually, what Tian Sisi doesn’t know is that because people in the 1970s had less oil and water, both men and women used sea bowls as the unit of measurement when eating, and everyone was super good at eating)

Tian Sisi looked at her two younger brothers. They were all looking at the rice cakes in front of her eagerly. Although the Tian family was in good condition, they did not often eat such a bowl of rice cakes. Seeing this, Tian Sisi took the bowls of the two younger brothers and each took a bowl for them to eat. The two little ones were very happy. Today's sister is so generous. In the past, she would not share the delicious food with them.

"Eat quickly! I don't have enough left in this bowl." Tian Sisi whispered to the two younger brothers. From the memory of the original owner, she knew that the original owner was not particularly kind to the two younger brothers. When he was a child, he liked to eat alone. When he grew up, he didn't help his younger brothers much when he got rich. He was a ruthless person.

"Auntie, if you give all the rice cakes to Donghua and the others, how can you still have enough? Why don't I burn some more for you." Mrs. Zhao said as she stood up to burn the rice cakes.

Tian Sisi hurriedly held down Mrs. Zhao, "Mother, you cooked too much. How can I finish such a big bowl? Besides, I still have to eat the glutinous rice balls you made!"

"Okay, I will make glutinous rice dumplings for you after breakfast. You should eat more during the Lantern Festival today. May my grandma have a safe and successful year."

"Well, I also wish my grandpa, mother, father, mother, Donghua, Qinghua, uncle, aunt, two aunts, and the whole family to be safe, prosperous, and have a long life." Tian Sisi seemed to be telling a tongue twister, which made everyone in the family laugh. They felt that Zhaodi's temperament had indeed changed a lot after she fell into the water. Now she also knows how to share the delicious food with her brother. She is becoming more and more likeable. Mr. Tian looked at Tian Sisi with more loving eyes.

It is certainly not without reason that the original owner received so much favor as an adopted daughter in this family. First of all, it was because the original owner was beautiful, and good-looking children were always favored. Secondly, of course, Zhu Aiqing gave birth to two sons as soon as she came. You must know that Zhu Aiqing's stomach has not moved after five years of marriage. The original owner got the news as soon as he came, so the Tian family all believed that these two grandsons were brought in by the original owner.

Then there is the fact that the Tian family was originally just above the average level in the village, but since the original owner came, Tian Aiguo has risen rapidly in the army, getting green lights all the way, and getting promoted faster than a rocket. Another thing is that Tian Mantong was originally assigned to teach in a school, but for some reason, an old driver of the county transportation team quit early, and Tian Mantong took over.

The 1970s was not the future. Teachers were still a relatively sensitive profession. Although the salary was not low, about 30 yuan, drivers were more popular. Although the salary was not high, it was a lot of extra money. Basically, what Tian Sisi is wearing now came from this uncle. He dressed fashionably for the original owner, and with naturally curly black hair, the original owner had a very nice nickname in Yuequan Village, called "Miss Shanghai."

Of course, this nickname has no discriminatory meaning. In the minds of people across the country at that time, Shanghai was synonymous with fashion, style, and wealth. Young people, whether they were men or women, would wear something made in Shanghai, such as a watch., then he (she) would be the collective envy of the whole village. He or she would be much more dazzling than today’s people who carry an LV bag and wear a Rolex watch. Therefore, when the villagers called the original owner “Miss Shanghai”, they were really sincerely complimenting them, and of course they were also a little jealous.

Then, the life of the eldest aunt and the second aunt's family also became prosperous after the original owner came. The children they gave birth to later were all born in the same family, which made their backs in the husband's family harder and harder. Although the life of the younger aunt Tian Manlan's family was not good, she was still very successful. She gave birth to three boys in a row, all born after the original owner came. The Tian family believed that these were blessings brought by the original owner, so they doted on the original owner.

Tian Sisi saw that her eldest brother Donghua seemed to be not full after finishing the rice cakes in his bowl, so she gave him more rice cakes from her own bowl, which earned Mrs. Zhao an angry look, "How can you only eat so little? You need to eat more glutinous rice balls later."

Donghua smiled gratefully at Tian Sisi. He didn't want to eat alone. He tried to mark his younger brother Qinghua's rice cake with the rice cake in the bowl, but Tian Sisi stopped him. "Don't give it to Qinghua. He has a small belly. If he eats too much rice cake, he won't be able to digest it. Just finish it by yourself."

"Oh, how can my sweet girl be so sensible? She also knows that eating rice cakes will cause swelling. She is such a smart girl." Mrs. Zhao looked at Tian Sisi in surprise, as if she knew that it was a big deal for children not to eat rice cakes.

Tian Sisi rolled her eyes secretly. Anyone in Suicheng would know if eating too much rice cake is indigestible. However, she still smiled sweetly at Mrs. Zhao and said, "I heard it from my empress before." Mrs. Zhao narrowed her eyes with joy.

Tian Sisi tried her best to finish half a bowl of rice cake, which made her burp three times in a row. Seeing Zhu Aiqing preparing to clear the table, she remembered the most important thing, "Grandpa, mother, father, mother, I want to change my name."

"What name should I change?" Zhu Aiqing stopped collecting the dishes and asked.

"I want to change it to Tian Sisi. Tian Zhaodi is too popular. Five out of ten female classmates in school are named Zhaodi. Every time someone calls me Zhaodi, I respond. It's so embarrassing." Tian Sisi pouted and acted coquettishly.

She didn't tell lies, she was just exaggerating. Tian Donghua raised his head and said that there were only five people named Zhaodi in the school.

"What's wrong with Zhaodi? It sounds nice and brings blessings. What's good about Sisi? It's hard to pronounce." Mrs. Zhao disagreed at the first place. In her opinion, Zhaodi sounds much better than Sisi.

The empress had no chance here, so Tian Sisi turned to act coquettishly towards Mr. Tian, the most authoritative person in the family. She ran to Mr. Tian, pinched his shoulders and hit his back. Finally, she squeezed into the old man's arms like a candy cane and said, "I don't care, I just want to be called Tian Sisi. Tian Lili always laughs at my name, so I also want to be called by the same name."

The original owner and Tian Lili never dealt with each other. Tian Lili always bullied the original owner because of her height and length, so the responsibility was put on Tian Lili, and Tian Sisi didn't bear any burden at all. Mr. Tian enjoyed his granddaughter's coquettishness very much. He looked at the envious expression on his second son's face, not to mention how proud he was. The cheerful Mr. Tian actually had already agreed in his heart, but he wanted to tease his granddaughter and would not let go.

"Tian Zhaodi, what do you look like? You haven't gotten off grandpa yet." Zhu Aiqing was so angry with her daughter that she knew how to act, and lectured her with a straight face.

"Okay, okay, grandpa is already dizzy from you. While the team is not working these days, let your second uncle open the letter of introduction. Your father will take the household registration book to the town to change it. From now on, you will be called Tian Sisi, but you will still be called Anan at home." The old man finally relented. The second uncle is Mr. Tian's younger brother, named Tian Bajin, and is the secretary of Yuequan Village.

The old man has always had the final say in the family, so although Mrs. Zhao was dissatisfied, she didn't say much. Tian Manyin, who has always been the eldest daughter, listened to the old man's arrangement and comforted Tian Sisi, "Dad will go to your second uncle later. I will go to town tomorrow."

"Don't worry, let's wait until the sun dries up the road before we go, otherwise we will fall down while riding." Tian Sisi didn't care about this moment.

The old man always sticks to his word, and he won't change what he said. Moreover, the snow has just melted outside and the road is muddy. It's easy to fall while riding a bicycle. She doesn't want something to happen to Tian Satisfied on the road. Tian Sisi, who didn't receive the care of her father in her previous life, accepted Tian Manyin as her daughter's slave father without any obstacles.