| Chapter 33 The Suffering Cousin. | |
| At that moment, Tian Sisi decided to take the Jianguo trio home and let them take a good rest for a while, so as to avoid the root cause of the disease. As for her sister-in-law, she did not dare to take them back because she was afraid that the old man would get angry and collapse his body. She had to slowly convince the old man in the future. Besides the three children were not around, the food was enough for the little sister to eat for a few months. And with Shou Yaowu's guarantee, she thought her life in Huangkeng Village would not be too sad. | |
| After making a decision, Tian Sisi went out and pulled Tian Xinhua in, letting him see the situation in the kitchen, and then letting him touch Jianguo's clothes. Tian Xinhua's face was not good-looking. He really didn't expect that his sister-in-law's life would be so miserable, three points worse than the most miserable family in Yuequan Village. Without saying a word, he agreed to Tian Sisi's suggestion. He would take Jianguo and the others back first, and then scold him if he wanted to. | |
| Tian Sisi asked them to go out first. She quietly added about ten kilograms of rice to the rice vat, half a bowl of salt to the salt bowl, and half a pot of oil to the oil pot. She didn't dare to do more. Tian Manlan would not doubt this, and would only think that Mrs. Zhao asked her and Tian Xinhua to bring it. | |
| Tian Xinhua had made an agreement with her sister-in-law outside to take the three Jianguo brothers back to live for a while. Tian Manlan wanted to refuse. Her father had never let their mother into the house before. She was worried that the three children would be rejected by her father this time. But seeing the expectations on the faces of the three Jianguo brothers, she couldn't say no. Maybe with A'nan and Xinhua, her father would not turn away the three children, right? | |
| The sun outside had already hung halfway up the mountain, and it was about three or four o'clock. Tian Xinhua didn't say much, so Jianguo and the others didn't need to pack their things, and left directly. But how to get back became a problem. There was only one bicycle, and it couldn't carry four people anyway. Tian Manlan hesitated for a while, and then said, "Why don't we go today, and we'll go back next time?" | |
| "No, we must go today. The clothes Jianguo and the others are wearing are too thin and they will wear down their bodies." Tian Sisi insisted. Her words also made Tian Manlan blush. Tian Xinhua, who was hesitant at first, became determined. It was too cold in the mountains. It would have been fine if he didn't know, but now he knew. If he was asked to ignore it, he couldn't do it. | |
| "Let's do this, brother Xinhua, you take Weiguo and Baoguo back first, Jianguo and I will follow slowly on foot. When you get home, let dad pick us up." | |
| "Can you bear to walk?" Tian Xinhua looked at Tian Sisi with doubts in his eyes. A'nan hated walking the most, so he asked her to walk dozens of miles, so as not to make her sick from exhaustion. He meant that A'nan and Bao Guo should take the car, and Jianguo and Wei Guo should follow slowly behind, and then come back to pick up the two brothers. | |
| "Sister Sisi, my eldest brother and I are leaving together. You and your younger brother should go together first." Weiguo was a somewhat sensitive child. He was a little panicked when he saw that he had taken his cousin's place, so he offered not to make a car. | |
| "No, I'm a sister. I can't let you walk. Just do it. Your elder brother and I will walk behind for a while and then rest for a while. You won't get tired." Tian Sisi assured her, patting her chest. Although she really hated walking, she couldn't let a six-year-old walk dozens of miles. | |
| Tian Xinhua didn't insist anymore. A-nan's arrangement was the best, but it was just that A-nan had to suffer. Forget it, he would ride faster later and asked his fourth uncle to seize the time to pick up A-nan and Jianguo. He put the youngest Baoguo in the basket., let Weiguo sit on the horizontal bar in front. Seeing their thin clothes, Tian Sisi hurriedly took off the cotton-padded jackets on their bodies and put them on Baoguo in the basket. It was very windy to ride the bicycle, so Xiao Baoguo should not freeze. | |
| "Auntie, put it on quickly. Baoguo is used to the cold. It'll be fine." Tian Manlan hurriedly asked Tian Sisi to put on the cotton-padded jacket. This niece's health is not very good. What if she gets sick from the cold? | |
| "It's okay. I'll definitely be getting hotter as I walk. Besides, the sun is still shining brightly now, so it's not cold." | |
| Tian Xinhua also took off his cotton-padded jacket and put it on Wei Guo, letting Tian Sisi and Jianguo walk slowly behind. He asked his fourth uncle to pick him up as soon as possible. Tian Sisi waved his hand to tell him to stop talking. He had already ridden a mile before he started talking nonsense. Tian Xinhua choked with anger for a while, muttered "I don't know what to do!" and walked away in a hurry. | |
| Tian Manlan sent Tian Sisi and Shou Jianguo to the entrance of the village, and gave Shou Jianguo some words before watching them leave. Tian Sisi took Shou Jianguo's hand, took out a few biscuits from his trouser pocket, and handed them to Jianguo to eat. Jianguo thanked Sister Sisi gratefully and ate heartily. He was really hungry. He had rice soup for lunch, and he saved a few grains of rice for his two brothers. He only drank two bowls of water, and his stomach was already empty. | |
| Tian Sisi looked at the cotton shoes on her feet. Fortunately, she didn't wear those leather shoes, otherwise her two tender feet would have suffered. She was really foresight. Tian Sisi couldn't help but feel proud. She hummed and picked some unknown weeds from the roadside to make weed rings. She was very happy. Jianguo was infected by her, and his face showed the innocence he should have at his age. | |
| However, Tian Sisi's joy only lasted for ten minutes. Her feet, which had never walked a long distance, protested. After walking only two or three miles, Tian Sisi felt as if her legs were filled with lead and she couldn't even lift them up. On the contrary, it was Jianguo's kid who walked like a tiger. Tian Sisi gritted her teeth, no, how could she not even compare to a nine-year-old kid? | |
| In this way, Tian Sisi relied on the energy that could not be lost to a little kid, which allowed her to walk halfway. The two of them had already gone down the mountain and came to the road. However, the sky also darkened, and the moon slowly rose, making it appear that the road was foggy. There were no street lights at this time, and there were no villages on the roadside. They relied on the hazy moonlight to guide the way. | |
| "Jianguo, is there someone in front of you?" | |
| "No, that's the shadow of a tree." | |
| "Jianguo, is there a snake lying there?" Tian Sisi's voice trembled. She was most afraid of snakes. | |
| "Sister Sisi, haven't the snakes come out of their holes yet? Those are also tree shadows." Jianguo rolled his eyes. Sister Sisi had never stopped asking questions along the way. Either there was a person in front, a dog, or a snake. Thanks to Sister Sisi's rich imagination, she could see these tree shadows as so many things. | |
| Tian Sisi also knew that she was a little too excited, but those tree shadows were really scary and strange, especially in this dark night. It was already very dark at this time. Tian Sisi held Jianguo's hand tightly, sweat dripping from her palms. A gust of mountain wind blew by, and she couldn't help but shudder. | |
| Tian Xinhua really wanted to ride faster, but the descent was steep. He didn't dare to ride fast at all, so he could only go downhill slowly. Although he was anxious, he knew that the faster he hurried, the easier it would be to get into trouble, so he had to hold back his temper. After finally going down the mountain, Tian Xinhua rode the bike very fast, stepping on the pedals with both feet, and the white breath from his mouth blurred his eyebrows. | |
| Finally riding home, Tian Manyin was looking around at the entrance of the village. When he saw Tian Xinhua, he rushed to greet her with a smile, but he didn't see his precious daughter, only his two sons. His expression suddenly changed, "Xinhua, where is grandma? What happened?" | |
| "It's okay, Fourth Uncle, you can quickly ride the bike to pick up A'nan and Jianguo. They are still walking behind. I'll ride here with Weiguo and Baoguo first." Tian Xinhua was also very tired and finished the sentence while panting. | |
| When Tian Manyin heard that his precious daughter had walked dozens of miles of mountain roads, his heart ached. However, he also knew that he could not blame Xinhua. The two in the car were younger, and Grandma was leaving the two younger brothers. Tian Manyin felt sorry for his daughter, and felt sorry for her. He was so happy that he hurriedly took off the cotton-padded jackets from Weiguo and Baoguo, put them into the basket, and let Tian Xinhua take them home. He then got on the car and drove away quickly. It was almost dark, but Grandma was most afraid of the dark. She didn't know how scared she was! | |
| Tian Sisi couldn't walk anymore. She sat down on the ground. Her legs were so painful that she couldn't feel anything. She didn't know if her legs were broken? Tian Sisi thought about it carefully and found that she had never heard of walking too much and damaging her legs. Then she felt relieved. Tian Sisi whispered to Jianguo: "Jianguo, let's wait for my dad here. I really can't walk." | |
| Jianguo was also very tired, but he could persist because he had been doing farm work since he was a child. He immediately pulled Tian Sisi up and said, "Sister Sisi, I'm pulling you away. You just sweated. You can't rest, otherwise you will get frostbite." | |
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