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Oh, I see!

Throughout history, countless examples of this have been made!

He Jingyu smiled and said, "That's good. Soldiers want to go to the battlefield. They can't stand this kind of mundane life in Qijia Village."

“Maybe so,” He Tiantian said. “I saw that Grandpa Bai’s eyes were bright and he was more energetic than usual, so I knew that he still longed for the battlefield and power.”

“Yes, if we can’t let go, then we should try to seize the opportunity,” He Jingyu said. “Now that we have this chance, of course we can’t let it go.”

"Thinking about it now, Grandpa Qi, you really can let go of things. Not many people can do that," He Tiantian said, her admiration for Grandpa Qi growing even stronger.

"Everyone has their own ambitions and experiences, and only they can truly understand them." He Jingyu admired Old Man Qi, but also appreciated Old Man Bai.

Wang Shuping got up early and made a small bowl of soft scallion pancakes. She wrapped them in oil paper, tied them with hemp rope, and said, "Tian Tian, ​​we don't have anything good to give the three elders as they leave. I made some scallion pancakes and boiled ten eggs. Please take them to them so they can eat them on their way."

"Okay!" He Tiantian carried the oil paper bag and a small net bag of eggs to the livestock team.

Old Man Bai and his entourage, fully prepared, sat on the oxcart.

"Grandpa Bai, Uncle Zuo, Uncle Xiang, these are scallion pancakes and boiled eggs that my mom made. Take them with you and eat them on the road," He Tiantian said with a smile as she bid them farewell.

During their year in Qijia Village, the three of them received help from many people, with He Tiantian offering the most thoughtful assistance.

"We've already had breakfast. We can eat in the county town for lunch. You can keep these things for yourselves." Old Bai refused, thinking that these good things should be left for He Tiantian.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "Grandpa Bai, please take it. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and there will be enough food to eat."

"Take it, this is a token of Tianya's affection." Zuo Li reached out to take it, he really missed the taste of He's scallion pancakes.

Old Man Bai was touched and nodded, saying, "Thank you very much, Sweetie. We'll meet again someday if fate allows."

After exchanging pleasantries with everyone for a while, Secretary Qi drove the oxcart, carrying Old Man Bai, Zuo Li, and others to the county town.

With three people missing, the livestock team seemed much quieter than usual, as if many people were gone.

Meanwhile, He Tiantian and others had an even heavier workload.

The autumn harvest is just around the corner. In the livestock pens of the livestock team, there are so many animals that need to eat a lot of green grass every day, and at the same time, they also need to store hay to feed them for the winter.

Secretary Qi waved his hand and asked Wang Lei, Zhang Qingshan, and Ye Xiaofan to come and help as well, offering them work points, which the educated youth were happy to do.

As for Sister Wu, the reason she couldn't come was because she was pregnant.

The two of them would soon become a family of three, so Wang Lei needed to work harder and earn more work points so he could receive a larger share of the New Year's money. Ye Xiaofan and Zhang Qingshan had been saving every penny for the betrothal gifts, and now that they had the opportunity to earn more work points, they were very happy to oblige!

"Brother Wang, Brother Zhang, Sister Xiaofan, thank goodness you came to help. Otherwise, Aunt Liu and I wouldn't have been able to do so much work at all," He Tiantian said with a smile. Secretary Qi said that winter fodder must be prepared before the autumn harvest.

Because after the autumn harvest, we still had to go to dig the river, and by the time we got back, it was already late autumn and too late.

To complete the task, Aunt Liu from the livestock team led eight people, including He Tiantian, Wang Lei, Zhang Qingshan, Ye Xiaofan, and Professor Gu, to cut grass, working enthusiastically.

Because of the heavy workload, He Tiantian has lost some weight compared to before.

Seeing this, Wang Shuping felt heartbroken and tried various ways to prepare delicious food to nourish her daughter.

Wang Shuping and He Jingyu are agricultural experts supporting Huai City. Together, they earn more than 100 yuan a month, plus some food coupons and subsidies, so the family of four lives a prosperous life.

Since He Jingyu and his wife came, Grandma Qi has been all smiles and full of energy.

After a busy two weeks, the golden autumn harvest season has finally arrived, the time to harvest rice.

Looking out, the flat land and terraced fields are a sea of ​​gold, with heavy ears of rice bowing low.

This is our food supply for the second half of the year!

After Secretary Qi convened a mobilization meeting, the autumn harvest began.

Because of the harvest, the villagers could receive grain, so everyone's face was full of smiles.

This time, He Tiantian didn't need to secretly remind Secretary Qi whenever it was about to rain!

He Jingyu took on this job.

"Sweetie, your dad is amazing! He said it would rain today, and it really did!" Aunt Liu, who was working at the livestock team, asked with a smile. "How does your dad have such supernatural powers?"

"Haha, my dad does agricultural research. He pays close attention to the weather and knows a lot about meteorology. He can make fairly accurate judgments based on the weather, air, trees, and other surrounding environment," He Tiantian said proudly. Her dad is the best.

"I see!" Ye Xiaofan nodded. "It's good to have knowledge! Alas, there are no universities now, so even if we want to study, we don't have the means!"

“As long as you want to learn, you can always learn,” He Tiantian said. “Brother Wang Lei, you graduated from high school, right? You can study with him when you have free time. If one day you can take the college entrance exam, or if colleges recruit people, you can take the exam anytime.”

Wang Lei sighed and said, "Alas, I was born at the right time. I've forgotten most of what I learned over the years. If I had textbooks, I might be able to remember it."

He Tiantian smiled. This Wang Lei is a top student; he got first place in Taoyuan County!

“I have textbooks, but I can’t lend them to you. If you come to my house, I can give them to you to look at. You can copy them down and study on your own. If you don’t understand something, you can ask Professor Gu and Professor Wang,” He Tiantian suggested, hoping that they could persevere in studying and that they could take the college entrance examination in a little over five years.

Unexpectedly, the most enthusiastic one was Ye Xiaofan: "Okay, Tiantian, I'll come to your place to read books and copy the questions."

"Sister Xiaofan, why do you want to study?" He Tiantian asked, somewhat surprised.

Ye Xiaofan was also a generous girl. She said earnestly, "Our generation didn't live in a good era, but my child might. If I learn it, I can teach my child in the future. When he grows up and becomes successful, it will be just like my own success."

Zhang Qingshan smiled and continued, "I'll learn too, I can't let the child's mother outdo me."

"Haha!" Wang Lei laughed. "Then I'll definitely learn from him. My child was born during the Chinese New Year."

After half a month of intensive labor, the autumn harvest was finally completed, and winter wheat was planted in the fields.

Next, it's time to hand over the grain tax. (To be continued.)