"It should be possible, otherwise the village chief wouldn't dare to make such a big fuss."
"It seems that this workshop is a joint effort of the entire brigade, not just Xujia Village, but Xujia Village accounts for the majority of it."
Xu Weiguo was walking along when he suddenly stopped.
Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang were not paying attention and bumped into it directly.
Bang!
"Hey, why did you suddenly stop? We're not there yet!"
Xu Weiguo turned around, pointed ahead and asked, "Look, aren't those two Xu Jingui's two children?"
Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang looked at them carefully. Xu Fang said uncertainly, "I can't recognize them. I've forgotten what they look like."
Zhang Yumei did remember what Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao looked like, and she said hesitantly, "They do look somewhat alike to me."
"But I remember the last time I saw them, they weren't this thin..."
It's impossible that Lin Chunyan and Grandma Xu didn't even have the money to raise their child; they sold their house in the village for a considerable amount of money.
However, Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao looked like they hadn't eaten in a long time.
After observing them carefully for a while, Zhang Yumei also noticed that they seemed to be working.
Xu Weiguo felt very heavy-hearted when he saw how much weight they had lost.
Yesterday, Village Chief Xu called and said that Xu Dabao and the others almost starved to death.
Furthermore, Xu Dabao also mentioned that Lin Chunyan and the others received a letter from Xu Weimin, saying that they would make Xu Weiguo pay the price.
To be honest, Xu Weiguo didn't believe it at the time.
Xu Weimin is in a labor camp, Xu Jingui is no longer alive, and Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao are Xu Jingui's last remaining bloodline.
Xu Weiguo felt that Lin Chunyan and Grandma Xu would never mistreat them.
Moreover, he didn't think Xu Dabao would be so kind as to inform on him.
But when he saw the state of his two children now, he was somewhat alarmed.
If Xu Dabao and his group were on the verge of starvation at home and wanted to rely on informing on others to beg for their rescue, then that would make sense.
When they walked up to Xu Dabao and his family, Zhang Yumei was certain that these really were Xu Jingui's two children.
When they arrived, Xu Dabao was leading Xu Xiaobao in carrying bamboo.
A few days ago, after Lin Chunyan and the others received Xu Weimin's letter, they started leaving early and returning late the very next day.
Every day when Xu Dabao and the others woke up, only Grandma Xu and Chen Ermei were left at home.
Then, Lin Chunyan and the others didn't return home until they went to sleep that night.
After discovering that Lin Chunyan and the others had been missing for almost the entire day, Chen Ermei stopped feeding Xu Dabao and the others.
After two days of starvation, Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao immediately lost a lot of weight, and they were so hungry they couldn't stand it anymore.
So yesterday, while Chen Ermei was at work, they went to find Village Chief Xu and asked him to help tell Xu Weiguo about the matter.
When Xu Dabao saw Xu Weiguo and the others approaching, he greeted them somewhat awkwardly: "Hello, Grandpa! Hello, Grandma! Hello, Auntie!"
Because he didn't know Xu Fang, Xu Dabao called her "Auntie".
After he finished calling out to people, he pulled out Xu Xiaobao, who was hiding behind him, and patiently taught him how to call out to people.
"Xiao Bao, quickly say hello to your great-grandfather, great-grandmother, and aunt."
Xu Xiaobao didn't remember any of them, but when his brother told him to greet them, he obediently did so.
"Hello, Grandpa! Hello, Grandma! Hello, Auntie!"
After calling for help, Xu Xiaobao immediately shrank back behind Xu Dabao.
Seeing Xu Xiaobao like this, Zhang Yumei felt a pang of sadness.
Xu Xiaobao used to be so lively when he lived in the city. Look at him now, he's become so shy.
"Hello, Da Bao, hello, Xiao Bao, why have you both lost so much weight? Have you been skipping meals? Where's your grandma?"
Before Xu Dabao could answer, Xu Xiaobao muttered, "That bad woman won't give us any food..."
"What bad woman?"
Seeing them like this, Zhang Yumei disregarded the adults' past grievances.
She rummaged through her bag, took out a few candies, and handed them to them: "Here, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, have a candy."
When Xu Xiaobao heard there was candy, his eyes immediately lit up, but he restrained himself and didn't immediately reach out to grab the candy.
Instead, she tugged at Xu Dabao's sleeve and asked expectantly, "Brother~ Grandma has candy, can I have some?"
Since they returned to Xujia Village, they haven't eaten candy for a long time.
It's not that Lin Chunyan and her friends can't afford it; it's just that they don't go to department stores or supply and marketing cooperatives anymore.
The family had money, but Lin Chunyan was very frugal. She basically avoided spending money whenever possible.
Because no one in the family earns a salary anymore, she always says that the family savings are all for their future marriages.
However, Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao did not understand what getting a wife had to do with not spending money.
They might even start to think that getting married is not a good thing because they hear it so often.
Xu Dabao and his friends felt that the reason they were not eating well and could not afford to spend money was because they were going to get married in the future.
If they had a choice, they wouldn't want to get married; they just wanted to be able to eat their fill every day, and have candy and pastries every day, just like before.
Having not eaten candy for months, Xu Dabao couldn't help but swallow hard when he saw it.
"Yes, Grandma is not a stranger. You can eat the candy she gives you. Thank you, Grandma."
After Xu Dabao accepted the candy with both hands, he didn't keep the first piece for himself, but gave it to Xu Xiaobao instead.
After eating the candy, Xu Xiaobao said in a soft voice, "Thank you, brother~ Thank you, grandma~"
Zhang Yumei looked at the two children, her feelings were actually quite complicated.
I don't know if it's because bad bamboo produces good shoots, or if Da Bao and Xiao Bao just take after their mother, but the two children's personalities are nothing like Xu Jingui's.
They used to be a little willful, probably because their family was well-off, but now they've become so sensible that it's almost heartbreaking.
Xu Dabao's only rebellious period was when Xu Xiaobao was just born.
He felt that Xu Xiaobao's appearance had drawn away the elders' attention, so for a while, he didn't really like Xiaobao.
But after Chen Ermei entered the family, he began to protect Xu Xiaobao.
Xu Dabao didn't know what Xu Weiguo and the others were planning to do, but he had something he wanted to ask them.
He mustered his courage and asked Xu Weiguo, "Grandpa, can my brother and I stay at your house?"
"We don't need to eat much, and we can help you with the work. Can we go with you?"
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