Chapter 81 The Village Chief Delivers Meat

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"Come on, come in."

Sister Ding and Sister Miao each carried a basket and came into the house. Lin Cuicui went out to greet them.

"Hey, Cuicui, please don't come out. Let's go see how the two children are doing."

When Lin Cuicui mentioned this, tears started to fall again.

"I fell asleep the moment I got home. I felt unwell and rested for a while. When I called the two children to eat, they could hardly move."

Aunt Ding and Aunt Miao looked distressed as they followed Lin Cuicui into the couple's room. They frowned as they saw their faces were swollen like pigs' heads and their features were unrecognizable.

Ding Lingzi couldn't hold back her words. "This is too cruel! The child is so young, how could they beat him like this?"

Sister Miao was also very angry, "Li Qingzhu is becoming more and more outrageous."

As he spoke, he handed the basket to Lin Cuicui, "My family has saved a few eggs, not many, so I'll cook them for the child to nourish him. This child has really suffered a lot."

Ding Lingzi also pushed forward, "My family is the same. We only have two chickens. We really can't have more even if we want to."

Lin Cuicui wanted to refuse, but seeing the miserable state of her two sons, she couldn't refuse.

She reached out and wiped away her tears. "My sisters-in-law, this is too precious. I know how much you care about me. Since we came here, both of your families have helped us a lot. I'll buy these eggs with my own money."

Don't say it's impossible. These days, life is hard for everyone. Eating an egg can cost a lot of needles and thread."

Aunt Miao pushed the basket aside and said, "Cuicui, what are you talking about? Isn't it being too formal for you to say that? Who wants something like this to happen to their child? Forget about all that nonsense. We can only help so much. If you don't accept it, we'll just pretend we don't know each other."

"Yes, just like what Sister Miao said."

Ding Lingzi also glared at Lin Cuicui. Finally, Lin Cuicui couldn't argue and accepted everything. She was also thinking about how to return the gift. She couldn't always take other people's things.

Mrs. Miao lifted Tang Dong's clothes and looked at his bruised stomach and back, and couldn't help but gasp.

Ding Lingzi looked at Tang Dong and opened Tang Nan's as well. Tang Dong and Tang Nan didn't want them to see it at all, but they didn't have the strength to do so.

Lin Cuicui hadn't seen what was happening to the two of them yet, and she nearly fainted when she saw this. A hint of anger rose in her heart.

Tang Yue quickly tried to persuade him, "Mom, my second and third brothers are really fine. And have you forgotten the situation of Li Qingzhu and the others? They are not much better off than my second and third brothers."

Lin Cuicui's anger subsided a little after hearing this, but she was still angry. So what if they were seriously injured? Why did they harm her child like this?

"Dad, you and Tang Bei should go to the army tomorrow. We absolutely cannot let this matter go. I won't accept it."

Tang Dong struggled to hold Lin Cuicui's hand, and the pain made big beads of sweat appear on his forehead. He gasped for breath and prayed with difficulty.

"Mom, mom, you don't have to go. My second brother and I can handle it ourselves, okay?"

Lin Cuicui wanted to say no, but looking at Tang Dong's expression, she couldn't say a word of objection. In the end, she could only choke up and slowly put Tang Dong's hand back into the quilt, and said "hmm" twice.

Sister Miao sighed, "Ah, I heard those guys were pretty badly injured too. Three of them fainted before they even got home. They were sent straight to the hospital after they got down the mountain."

Ding Lingzi angrily spat, "Serves them right! They deserve to be punished for bullying other people's children.

Old Mrs. Zhou wanted to come over and cause trouble, but the village chief said that if she didn't go see her son, she might end up in jail, so she didn't come over to cause trouble.

Lin Cuicui's eyes grew even colder. "If she wants to come, then come. Last time she came to my house to cause trouble, we gave her face. This time, her son hurt my sons so badly. If she dares to come, I will make her suffer what my son suffered."

Ding Lingzi shuddered. Cuicui, who usually seemed quite calm, seemed to be completely invulnerable when she got really angry.

Sister Miao patted Lin Cuicui's back gently and said, "Okay, don't worry. Take care of it slowly. Children recover quickly and will be fine in a few days. Just relax."

Lin Cuicui nodded.

"Don't worry, sisters-in-law, I'm fine. You just got back from work, so go home and cook."

Ding Lingzi continued, "We were supposed to go up the mountain together today, but we had a lot of work this morning, so your brother and the others went up, and we didn't. We didn't expect it to be so serious. If we had known, we would have returned earlier."

Is there anything I can help you with at home? Just tell me what you need, don’t be polite to us.”

"Well, don't worry, sisters-in-law. I'm not being polite with you. It's really nothing. I will definitely come to you if I need help."

After the two left, several sisters-in-law and grandmothers from the village came one after another to see the children. Your family gave half a bowl of noodles, and her family gave two eggs. By dark, Lin Cuicui had collected a lot of things.

"Dabei, please write down all these gifts. We will have to repay them later."

Tang Bei had already started memorizing it, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to remember it by then.

It was already dark when the village chief arrived with his wife.

The village head's wife handed a basket to Lin Cuicui. "Hey, Cuicui, I'm so sorry. We didn't come to see the child when there were so many people at home. Don't mind."

Lin Cuicui nodded. She knew what the village chief's wife meant. If Old Zhou's family knew about this, who knows how much trouble they would cause the village chief's family and how much benefit they would take from them.

"Auntie, I know everything. I appreciate your kindness. You can take the things back. It's not easy at home either."

The village head's wife waved her hand and said, "Well, I have a big family, so I can earn more work points every day. I don't have many eggs at home, so I gave you six. The rest..."

The village chief's wife understood even without him saying anything.

The village head's wife continued, "There's a pound of meat at home. I brought it to you. The children are seriously injured. Give them some good food to nourish them."

Lin Cuicui couldn't accept it anymore. The village chief's family was probably the poorest among the nearby villages. How hard could it be for them to come up with just a pound of meat? She understood that they felt sorry.

But what does this actually have to do with them?

"Uncle, aunt, please stop this. I really can't take this meat. Everyone's life is not easy. If I take this meat, I will feel uneasy."

The village chief's wife hid behind and the village chief stood in front.

"Take it. This isn't for you to eat. It's my fault for not managing them well. The children have suffered. They deserve to be fed."

Lin Cuicui was about to refuse, but Tang Yue spoke up.

"Mom, please take it."

Then she looked up at the village chief and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, your family isn't very wealthy. How about this, we exchange this meat for something else, okay?"

"ah?"

"What?"

The village chief's wife thought the little girl was funny, "Little girl, it's yours now, what else do you want to exchange for it?"

Tang Yue nodded firmly, "Exchange! Tomorrow I'll go hunting in the mountains and exchange the meat I bring back with the village head."

The village chief's wife smiled and didn't take it seriously. "Okay, if you come back, I'll trade you with the wet nurse. But it's dangerous in the mountains, so don't scare her away."

Tang Yue nodded obediently.

It was getting late, and the village chief and his wife were about to leave, but Tang Yue stopped them.

"Grandpa Village Chief, if we go to the mountains and hunt, can we bring some back and eat it ourselves?"

The village chief looked at her and said, "It's the same as before. One rabbit or one pheasant is fine. No one will care. But don't let others see it. If there are more, you must hand it over to the production team. You will hand in half and half."

Tang Yue thought it was feasible. Otherwise, she couldn't accept having to eat meat secretly every day.

"Okay, then we'll go hunting tomorrow."

The village chief saw that Tang Yue was serious and hurried to dissuade her.

"Child, you are too young to go into the mountains. We can eat less meat for a few meals, but don't go. It's too dangerous."

Tang Yue was speechless. How could the village chief not trust her? But considering her own small stature, she really didn't have the capital to make others trust her.

Tang Yue looked at Old Li, who smiled at the village chief. "It's okay, village chief. When we were in the village, we went to the mountains every day. I won't go in, so it should be fine."

The village chief wanted to persuade Old Li because of his age, but thinking of the two injured children, he never said anything.

At night, when the whole family was asleep, Tang Yue's consciousness inadvertently swept around the courtyard, and then she saw a small figure twitching.