In the evening, the farm blew the whistle to call time for work, and Yun Shaofan and his colleagues dragged their tired bodies back to the simple wooden shed living area.
Li Shutong was injured in the first half of the year and her health is not very good. She can no longer do heavy physical work. During this period, she was assigned to do the dirtiest but lightest work of cleaning the pigsty and cattle pens. She came home a little earlier than her husband and children, and had already taken a shower and cooked a simple dinner.
Seeing that her husband, daughter, and youngest son had returned together, but her eldest son had not, Li Shutong hurriedly asked, "Shao Fan, where is Jing Mo?"
"Going to the bathroom."
Yun Shaofan had been doing heavy physical work all day and was extremely tired. When he got home, he collapsed on a bench and gasped for breath.
Li Shutong quickly poured him some boiled water. Seeing her daughter with her head down, her face filled with despair and pain, she felt so distressed that she went forward to hug her and comfort her: "Zhaoyan, don't be afraid. Mom and Dad will protect you and won't let that devil succeed. Mom and Dad will protect you even if it costs their lives."
"Mom." Yun Chaoyan's eyes turned red, and tears of anger and frustration fell.
Li Shutong was about to say something when Yun Jingmo hurried back, holding his leg that had been beaten today. When he reached the door, he looked around vigilantly and pulled his mother who was standing at the door: "Mom, Zhaoyan, come in, I have something to tell you."
"Jing Mo, what's the matter?" Yun Shaofan looked up at him.
Yun Jingmo pulled his mother and sister into the house, closed the worn and mottled wooden door, and waved to the others: "Come inside and talk."
The family lived in a very simple wooden house with three wooden beds placed side by side. There was no wardrobe or other furniture. There was only a small table and a few homemade wooden benches in the room. The corner space on the other side was used for a stove for cooking.
The wooden shed had basically no soundproofing, and the slightest noise could be heard clearly by the neighbors, so when they talked about important things, they all tacitly spoke as quietly as possible.
In fact, the people living next door are all intellectuals who were sent down from the countryside. They have to be on guard against others and always try to be as cautious as possible in everything they do.
"Dad, look."
Yun Jingmo had just gone to the toilet and had just come out when a small stone hit him from behind, hitting his back.
There was a piece of paper tied to the pebble. He picked it up and saw the content and signature on it. He was so scared that he immediately stuffed the note into his trouser pocket. After looking around vigilantly, he immediately ran back.
"Jacaranda!"
After reading the contents of the note, Yun Shaofan jumped up in shock. His face showed no joy at all, but instead was filled with worry: "Why did Huaying come here? This is not a place for her to come."
Li Shutong took the note and saw only one line of words on it, saying that she would meet them there after dark. She hurriedly pulled her eldest son and asked, "Jingmo, did you see Huaying just now?"
"No, she just threw a stone at me. I didn't see her."
"Could this be a trap set by someone?" Yunnan Xing said cautiously.
"No, this is Huaying's handwriting."
Yun Shaofan was certain of this. He had recently received a letter and money from his niece, as well as food and medicine they urgently needed. He carefully burned the note and said, "She must have received my letter and was very worried about our situation here. She ignored my repeated warnings and came here alone."
"Jing Mo, go to the toilet again and see if you can see her. If you do, persuade her to leave here immediately and not take the risk of sneaking into the farm."
Yun Shaofan actually wanted to go and see his niece himself, but there were many people outside watching their family, and if he went, it would bring trouble to his niece.
"Okay." Yun Jingmo went out without saying anything.
Yun Huaying was hiding not far from the toilet at this time. She asked the magic vine to help pass the note over. The magic vine also passed back to her what her uncle and the others said. Seeing her cousin coming to find her, she immediately took out paper and pen and wrote a piece of paper in a flourish and passed it to him.
Yun Jingmo had just walked to the place where he had picked up stones before when another stone fell at his feet. He quickly bent down to pick it up, hid in the toilet to read a letter, and ran back immediately after finishing reading it.
This time, there was more content on the paper. After reading it, Yun Shaofan learned that his niece did not come alone. She came here for an important matter and she had to see him. Thinking that this child had been extremely intelligent since childhood and was the chosen one of this generation of the Yun family, and thinking of what his father had said to him when he was alive, his heart slowly settled down.
"Shutong, get ready for dinner. After dinner, everyone should quickly get ready and wait for Huaying to come over inside." After Yun Shaofan finished speaking, he handed the note to his son and asked him to burn it in the stove.
There is a shortage of food here, so they only eat two meals a day. They often skip breakfast, eat a little more at noon, and have a simple dinner.
Tonight they had wild vegetable and sweet potato porridge again. The family of five had one bowl each. There was also glutinous rice cake frying in the pot on the stove. These were some that Han Zheng's comrades brought over when they came to visit them last time. There were only a few left.
Yun Shaofan had just put down his bowl and chopsticks and was about to get up to take a shower when he suddenly heard screams and noises coming from the mud brick house opposite where the farm staff lived.
Everyone immediately got up and went out. People in the wooden houses on both sides also came out. They all stood at the door of each house. No one rushed over, but all stretched their necks and stood on tiptoe to watch the fun.
The farm cadres who lived in the adobe house opposite had just returned from the canteen with their meals. Five or six men gathered at a table to eat and drink, talking nonsense as usual. When they were drinking hard, the roof suddenly collapsed, and tiles and large beams of wood all fell down.
They happened to be sitting in the middle of the room, and a table of people was hit directly. Almost everyone was injured. One of them, who had the highest position, was injured the most seriously. His head was hit by the beam, and blood splattered everywhere on the spot. He was only breathing his last.
When this accident happened suddenly, the farm urgently arranged a large truck to rush the injured people to the hospital.
After the car took the people away, the security personnel from the farm immediately came over to check the situation. They finally confirmed that it was an accident and determined that it was an accident caused by the disrepair of the house.
After the excitement outside died down, Yun Shaofan and his family returned to the room. He sat back in his original seat, lowered his head and thought about something.
Yun Shaofan had just noticed that the people who had been attacked were all cadres planted by the Revolutionary Committee on the farm. They were all former gangsters, second-generation prodigies, who, relying on their family's power and status, were constantly looking for trouble and speaking in a rather rude manner. Last night, they had come to their place and made all sorts of threats, their words implicitly trying to force their daughter to submit. To put it bluntly, they were all lackeys of the Tian family.
As soon as the niece arrived, their roof suddenly collapsed and everyone was hit and injured. Is it really such a coincidence?
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