Chapter 13 1959
It's 1959.
"Little sister, can you tell me how to pronounce this character?" Gu Meng asked Gu Yihan earnestly, holding up her first-grade textbook.
Gu Yihan glanced at it and said, "This character is pronounced 'tian,' meaning 'to farm.'"
Looking at Gu Meng's serious expression, Gu Yihan knew that Gu Meng had changed.
Ever since the day her adoptive parents argued, she had sensed a change in Gu Meng, hiding the jealousy and resentment in her eyes.
He took the initiative to ask her for the elementary school textbooks that Gu Yihan herself no longer needed, and asked her if she could teach her to read. She said that her parents would not let her study.
Gu Yihan agreed, saying that she was a beneficiary of the family and that it was normal for her to feel envious and jealous.
She could only help her without harming her own interests; as for what path she would take in the future, that was her own choice.
The drought is becoming increasingly apparent; there has been no rain since the beginning of the year.
Grandpa Gu, along with his eldest and second sons, spend every day going between the river and the fields to water the crops, hoping for a bountiful harvest.
The whole family came back to rest at noon.
Grandma Gu: "Eldest daughter-in-law, go cook. Make some sweet potato porridge and wild vegetable cornbread for lunch."
Wang Ni replied, "I understand, Mother."
Gu Yihan was genuinely worried that their family's habit of eating their fill every day might be too conspicuous.
"Grandma, we're always well-fed while others aren't. What if someone borrows our grain?"
Grandma Gu chuckled and said, "Most people in our Gu Family Village share the same surname. Back then, the commune made sure our village had a large canteen."
"The brigade leader, who is also your Uncle Baoqing, didn't pay any attention to us, so our village has surplus grain, and under normal circumstances, no one will starve to death."
"What's more, when the country was first established, the land was distributed to individual families. The harvests were good in those years, and our village didn't have any grain to sell," Grandma Gu said slowly.
Gu Yihan was dumbfounded. She thought to herself, "I remember there was a large canteen around 1958."
There seemed to be no movement in Gujia Village; she even thought it was because the events were happening differently in a parallel universe.
"So at first, you even had your family dig for wild vegetables every day?" Gu Yihan asked疑惑地.
The great-aunt whispered in Gu Yihan's ear, "One reason is to guard against your aunt and your mother, and another is that we are really afraid of being hungry and worried that there won't be enough food. Our family is full now, and we eat dried wild vegetables mixed with steamed cornbread every day. We haven't consumed much grain."
Looking at her granddaughter blinking her big, adoring eyes and gazing at her, Granny Gu felt extremely pleased. Everyone said she was biased.
But out of all the people in the family, this little granddaughter listens very attentively to everything she says and never gives a perfunctory answer.
Gu Aidang: "Brother, you go home first. I'm going to take a bath in the river."
Gu Aiguo: "Okay, if you get back late, I'll have my mother save some food for you."
On her way to take a bath, Gu Aidang ran into Widow Zhao, and the two exchanged a knowing glance.
Widow Zhao followed them at a distance until they reached a secluded spot behind the hill where no one could see them.
Gu Aidang hugged Widow Zhao tightly: "Quick, let me kiss you. I haven't seen you in so long, I've missed you so much."
Widow Zhao hugged Gu Aidang tightly, saying, "Why are you in such a hurry? Be careful someone sees you."
While anxiously kissing Widow Zhao's neck, Gu Aidang said, "Everyone has gone home for dinner at this hour, there's no one here. Hurry up and give it to me, I've missed you so much."
"Don't rush, don't rush," Widow Zhao said coquettishly.
A moment later, groans rose and fell from behind the hill. After the lovemaking.
"Aidang, when are you going to marry me?" Widow Zhao was also anxious. Her mother-in-law disliked her because she was a jinx and kicked her out. She was all alone and couldn't earn many work points. She needed to find someone who could support her.
As Gu Aidang straightened his clothes, he said, "What's the rush? I'll marry you the moment you give me a big, healthy baby boy."
Gu Aidang was thinking that she had been married to the man who died young for several years but had not gotten pregnant, and she had been with him for two years but had not gotten pregnant either. How could she possibly get pregnant?
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