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Liang Hongyu knew the gravity of the situation, but she just couldn't swallow her anger; it made her chest ache. In the end, not wanting to embarrass her son, she swallowed her anger, packed her things, and sent them to the matchmaker.
The matchmaker was initially very curious, but after hearing what Liang Hongyu said, she didn't dare to persuade her anymore and quickly took her things to Guojia Village to retrieve the groom's belongings.
If it were anything else, there might still be room for maneuver, but with something like this happening, no family could tolerate it, let alone Secretary Qi's family. Moreover, Qi Rongjun is a company commander, and after he gets married, he won't be home most of the time. If he marries a woman like this, he'll be cuckolded sooner or later.
After receiving instructions from his father, Qi Rongmin obtained the necessary documents and went to Niu Dajun to buy a ticket to Qi Rongjun's unit so he could discuss the matter with Qi Rongjun in person.
It's too early to talk about feelings after only meeting once; it's just that I'm too embarrassed to admit it.
This way, only his own family knows about it; Qi Rongjun's colleagues in the army don't know, so it's not considered a loss of face.
The matchmaker retrieved the groom's belongings from Guojia Village and delivered them all to Secretary Qi's house. Feeling ashamed, the matchmaker didn't want to stay any longer.
With spring planting just around the corner, Secretary Qi didn't have time to think about these messy things.
Because of Secretary Qi's magnanimity, there was no fighting or any accountability for Secretary Guo, and the matter was discussed for a few days before it was forgotten.
Secretary Guo felt regretful that they didn't become in-laws this time, but he was also grateful to Secretary Qi for his righteousness and kindness, and he remembered this favor.
The happiest person in this whole affair was Niu Lili. She got Qi Rongjun's address from her cousin and, after the matter was resolved, took the initiative to write to him. Since Qi Rongjun only comes home once a year and they can't meet in person, this was the only way they could get to know each other and gradually understand each other.
Only He Tiantian and Qi Dajun knew about this; no one else knew.
When He Tiantian woke up in the morning, she found her mouth dry, there was blood in her nose when she blew her nose, and her throat was a little dry.
Grandma Qi poured herself a cup of chrysanthemum tea and said, "Have a sip of chrysanthemum tea. The weather is so dry and unusual!"
He Tiantian took a sip of water and felt a little better. She asked, puzzled, "Grandma, what do you mean?"
Her mouth is dry now. Could it be related to the weather? Or is it because she has a cold?
“It hasn’t rained since the Lunar New Year, the ground is very dry, and people have become restless,” said Grandma Qi. “I also felt a bit hot today, so I made some chrysanthemum tea as soon as I got up this morning.”
"It's alright, it doesn't seem like a drought! There's still water in the pond in our village!" He Tiantian said, not in a hurry, slowly washing up and brushing her teeth.
Grandma Qi sighed, "Then you haven't been to the fields to see! We can't eat dry food every day. Starting today, we'll have porridge for breakfast and dinner, and some dry food for lunch. It's not that I'm not giving you food, sweet girl, you don't know how pitiful we were during the ************. We ate tree bark and anything else edible, but many people still starved to death. Now we still have grain in our hands, a little less won't kill us."
Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure!
Especially in these times, the elderly rely on their own experience to deal with the difficulties that lie ahead.
“Okay!” He Tiantian said, “Grandma, you can arrange things at home as you please, but you can’t starve yourself, your health is important.”
"I'm getting old, as long as I have something to eat, I can survive," Grandma Qi said with a heavy heart.
When He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan went to the livestock team, they found that it was indeed very dry outside.
The snow on the mountain has melted, and the mountain is now lush and green.
This year, the livestock team has increased its livestock numbers, as Director Chen promised Secretary Qi last year, and they are now gradually arriving. He Tiantian has resumed her work of cutting grass and cleaning.
In addition to the mission, we also hunted a few sika deer in the mountains last year.
Secretary Qi inquired and found out that deer antlers were very valuable, and selling them after cutting them was more profitable than selling the meat directly, so the livestock team added this item to their offerings. This was also a preferential treatment given to Qijia Village by the commune after Secretary Qi made a compromise with it last year.
The people living in the livestock team each had their own jobs.
Qian Shikun, Sun Sihao, Zuo Li, Xiang Rongtong, He Tiantian, and Aunt Liu were in charge of fodder and sometimes led the cattle out to graze.
Old Qi, Professor Gu, Professor Wang, and Old Bai don't need to go up the mountain to cut grass and herd cattle; they only need to keep the livestock team clean.
He Tiantian led the group up the mountain. Although it was lush and green, it felt lifeless.
"It's so hot this year!" Aunt Liu muttered, wiping her sweat. "It's unbelievable!"
"Yes, it shouldn't be this hot!" Zuo Li said, taking out a towel to wipe his sweat.
Xiang Rong looked at the grass and trees on the ground and said, "I always feel that the grass and trees on the mountain are listless, as if they have been dried out."
While working, Aunt Liu said, "You know what, I felt it too. I remember when I first got married here, it was like this when the three years of famine started. The trees and weeds were all wilted, not to mention the delicate crops."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zuo Li exclaimed, "It hasn't rained since the Lunar New Year, this is not normal. Spring rain is as precious as oil, and not a single drop has fallen. It's as hot as summer now, this is too abnormal."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu also did the calculations carefully. Her face turned pale, and she stammered, "No...no, could this be another disaster?"
"Who knows!" Zuo Li said. "If it doesn't rain again, this year will be tough!"
Aunt Liu stopped cutting grass and squatted down to carefully look for wild vegetables, saying, "You guys, when you're cutting grass, dig up some wild vegetables too. If there's a drought, you can at least have some dried wild vegetables to eat."
Seeing what Aunt Liu said, everyone started looking for wild vegetables after completing their task.
These wild vegetables are always tastier than grass!
He Tiantian was anxious. In her previous life, this year was a year of severe drought!
How could she forget something so important!
In my previous life, there was a severe drought in 1971, resulting in a complete crop failure. After eating all of last year's grain, we could only eat wild vegetables and tree bark.
He Tiantian was in a gloomy mood, and when it was time to go down the mountain, she also picked a lot of wild vegetables.
Many people in Qijia Village realized that disaster might be imminent, so during the spring planting season, the adults would send their children to the mountains to dig up wild vegetables, as many as they could. They would then scald them with hot water when they got home, take them out, dry them in the sun, and store them for a long time.
He Tiantian tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Late at night, she took advantage of Grandma Qi San's sleep to go to her secret base.
She hasn't been here for a long time, so she doesn't know how it is inside.
The Snake King sensed a familiar aura and emerged from the barrier on He Tiantian's left foot without her noticing.
In the blink of an eye, the Snake King leaped into the pool. (To be continued.)
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