| Chapter 44 Zhong Shouliang. | |
| "Don't worry, our whole family will not tell outsiders." Zhong Juying promised seriously. She also knew that given the status of her family, if people knew that the Tian Sisi brothers and sisters sent things to her family, it would be a lot of trouble. | |
| Tian Xinhua looked around smartly, and when he saw Tian Sisi taking the furoshiki, he quickly pulled him away. Zhong Juying bowed to the backs of Tian Sisi and Tian Xinhua, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, closed the door quickly, and closed the door. | |
| "Juying, who's here?" A hoarse voice came from the back room, and then an old-looking woman walked out with a slight stoop. This person was Zhao Manxiu, Mrs. Zhao's cousin. Due to overwork and malnutrition, she was already covered with gray hair under the age of forty, and the wrinkles on her face were as much as those of her cousin, Mrs. Zhao. | |
| "Mom, it was Tian Sisi from Uncle Tian's family who brought these to us." Zhong Juying pointed to a pile of clothes, a dozen eggs, a bag of sugar, and a dozen rice cakes on the table, and said in a low voice. | |
| "Tian Sisi? Isn't it Zhaodi from the Tian family? How could she send so many things? No one saw it just now, right?" Zhao Manxiu became nervous. No matter how difficult her life was in the past few years, she never asked her cousin Mrs. Zhao for help, just because she was afraid of bringing trouble to her cousin's family. She didn't expect that her cousin would send her granddaughter to bring so many things. She is really... | |
| Zhao Manxiu was touched and worried at the same time, fearing that her little daughter would find out about this because she was unaware of her power. When Zhong Juying saw her mother being so anxious, she hurriedly comforted her in a low voice: "No one has seen it, I have looked carefully." | |
| "That's good! That's good!" Zhao Manxiu felt relieved. She looked at the pile of things on the table, her eyes were red, but she still took out a cotton-padded jacket from Tian Sisi and asked her little daughter to put it on quickly. She has been so busy these years that she didn't even have time to make clothes for her children. Besides, there was no extra cloth and cotton at home. Several children were neither warm nor well-fed, especially Juying, who had never worn a cotton-padded jacket since she was born. She was such a useless mother! | |
| Zhong Juying rarely put on a small floral cotton-padded jacket. The warm and soft cotton-padded jacket covered her whole body with warmth. Zhong Juying sighed with satisfaction, "Mom, this is the feeling of wearing a cotton-padded jacket. It's so comfortable!" | |
| Tears flowed down Zhao Manxiu's face, but she had always been a strong woman. She wiped the tears on her face with her hands, and then took out cotton pants and cotton shoes for her daughter to put on. Her cousin's aunt prepared them very well, and everyone in the family had a set. Zhong Juying happily put on warm clothes and shoes, and ran to the back room to show her father Zhong Shigen. | |
| Zhong Shouliang came back covered in cold weather, carrying a fish basket in his hand. He poured the eels inside into the bucket to raise. There were about ten eels, each as thick as a thumb. When Zhong Shouliang was not working at night, he would go to the field to catch eels or fish in the Weinnan River. In recent years, thanks to his subsidies, the family would not starve to death. | |
| Zhong Shouliang is a tall young man with a straight high nose, clear lines on his face and two slightly downward curved lips, showing the strength of a young man. It can be seen from his eyes that he is already a man with some life experience. Although he is only sixteen years old, he has taken on the responsibility of the family prematurely. | |
| When Zhao Manxiu saw her son, she felt like she had a backbone. She turned over the things on the table to her son and explained that they were sent by Tian Sisi from the Tian family. "Shou Liang, you said we just accepted these things. Will it bring trouble to your cousin's family?" | |
| "Did anyone see that Sisi sent it here?" Zhong Shouliang asked calmly. | |
| "Juying collected the things. She said she didn't have them. She had looked at them carefully." | |
| "Then it's okay, just accept the things. Just keep my cousin's love in mind. I will pay it back when I have the opportunity in the future, but I must say to the outside world that it was sent from my grandma's house. Don't let it slip." Zhong Shouliang arranged it in a clear and logical manner, and Zhao Manxiu nodded repeatedly. | |
| Zhong Juying happily ran out of the back room with a smile on her face. Just now her father said that she looked very handsome in these clothes. Little girls love beauty, but the hardship of life meant that she had no beautiful clothes to wear, and her hair was always messy, making her look sloppy and ugly. In fact, as long as Zhong Juying tidies up, her appearance is no worse than Zhong Yuying. | |
| Seeing the happy Zhong Juying, Zhao Manxiu and Zhong Shouliang also smiled, adding a touch of warmth to this cold home, "Juying, my mother will cook rice cakes for you tomorrow morning." Zhao Manxiu said with a bright smile. | |
| "No, I won't eat it. The rice cakes are for my father, mother, and eldest brother. Sweet potato porridge is enough for me." Zhong Juying looked at the white rice cakes on the table, swallowed her saliva, and firmly rejected Zhao Manxiu's proposal. Her father was not in good health, and her eldest brother and mother had to work in the fields, so they needed to eat rice cakes even more. | |
| "We'll all eat tomorrow, Juying. If someone asks where the clothes come from tomorrow, just say it's from grandma. Do you understand?" Zhong Shouliang warned the little girl. Zhong Juying nodded seriously, saying that she would not go out and talk nonsense. | |
| Tian Xinhua pulled Tian Sisi and walked one foot deep and one foot shallow. Because it was a cloudy day, the moon was hidden, and they relied on the dim lights of the people on the roadside for illumination. Therefore, Tian Sisi walked with great difficulty, and even stirred a few times. Tian Xinhua couldn't stand it, so he just carried her on his back and left. | |
| "Brother Xinhua, do you want to make money?" | |
| "Of course I have." Tian Xinhua dreams of making money to get out of the current predicament. Although his family has enough food and clothing, it is limited to this. He is not satisfied with the current situation. He wants to earn more money, and he wants to get out of Yuequan Village and visit big cities like Suicheng and Shanghai. Be a city dweller and eat national food. | |
| Considering that Tian Xinhua is currently 13 years old, his highest ideal is limited to this. Being a city dweller and eating the national food is his biggest life goal now. | |
| "I also want to make money, Brother Xinhua, shall we make money together?" Tian Sisi said while lying on Tian Xinhua's back. | |
| Tian Xinhua turned around and sneered, "How do you earn it? Besides, don't you have enough money to spend? Could it be that you were deceived by Zhong Yuying again?" | |
| "No, I still have all the money. I just want to earn money to buy a camera and take photos of myself. A beautiful girl like me must take more photos as souvenirs. When I grow up, I can take them out and look at them often." | |
| Tian Xinhua was amused by Tian Sisi's serious tone. Grandma really dared to think that a camera was said to cost more than a hundred. She was just a little yellow-haired girl. She still wanted to earn money to buy a camera by herself? What a daydream! | |
| Tian Sisi was so angry that she twisted his neck several times and said angrily: "I'm serious, I have already planned. We will make wine together, and let my uncle sell the wine for us. The three of us will share the money equally, so we can make money." | |
| "Brewing? Do you know how to make wine? Besides, even if you know how to make wine, do you have food?" Tian Xinhua didn't care. In his opinion, A'nan was daydreaming again. Last year, she was clamoring to go to Xiaobaihua to learn opera. | |
| "Of course I can." Tian Sisi arrogantly lowered her head, biting Tian Xinhua's ear and whispered: "Not only can I make wine, but I also have many wine recipes and a lot of food. You will find out when you come home with me later. I have already brewed a bottle of wine for grandpa to drink! If I hadn't been weak, I wouldn't have asked you to help me!" | |
| Tian Xinhua then became serious. It looked like Grandma was not lying, "Where did the recipe and food come from?" | |
| "Grandpa got it. Alas, just come home with me and you'll find out." Tian Sisi twisted around pretending to be impatient. | |
| Tian Xinhua steadied himself, thinking that the eldest lady always sent some meat and grain and oil over the past few days, and the food at home had also gone up to several levels. It seemed that the grandfather and the grandmother had some secrets. Tian Xinhua did not intend to pursue the question, nor did he intend to tell the rest of the family. He knew that these secrets must be very important. If they were leaked, it might hurt the grandfather or the grandmother. He did not want to see either of them hurt. | |
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