Chapter 36 Admiration
Su Tong noticed that Lao Qi's expression was not right, and knew that he must be overthinking, so he sighed.
"Okay! It doesn't matter what you study, just wait until the afternoon..."
Su Tong whispered something in his ear, and Lao Qi's expression changed again and again. Then he looked up at the roof of the shack and said hesitantly:
"Is this okay?"
"Just listen to me."
Su Tong smiled, turned around and walked away. After walking a few steps, he turned back and raised his right arm, swung it downwards, and shouted:
"Come on, old man!"
So Lao Qi showed that stunned expression again and stood at the door for a long time.
When Su Tong returned to the courtyard, he saw Shitou peeking out of the gate.
"Shitou, what are you doing?"
Shitou turned around and saw Su Tong, and said in surprise: "Sister Tong, you really live here! Old Wu's house is so scary, they said that at night..."
Halfway through his words, he felt something was wrong and scratched his head, "Um... Brother Xing asked me to come over and tell you to wait for the bus under the big locust tree in half an hour."
Su Tong reached out and pushed open the gate, then nodded to indicate that he understood.
Shitou stretched his neck and looked around. The yard was empty and he couldn't see anything.
After thinking about it, she lowered her voice and said, "Sister Tongya, my mother cooked some pheasant eggs for us to eat! They are so delicious! When are you going to the mountain again?"
This kid probably still remembers Su Tong teaching him how to catch pheasants.
"Oh! It seems like you're not happy about not getting beaten last night!"
Su Tong said as he walked into the yard.
"Hehe! I followed your instructions and said that pheasant eggs were picked up from the front mountain. My mother even praised me for my good eyesight!"
Shitou followed him into the yard and said, "Sister Tongya, when will you teach me how to catch pheasants?"
Su Tong picked up the backpack and threw the two bundles into it. He also stuffed a few fruit candies into Shitou's hand. These were stuffed by the nurse when he came back from the hospital.
"I'm going shopping today. You see I have nothing here. I can't live without buying something. I'll go up the mountain after I've put this house in order."
Shitou was attracted by the fruit candy in his hand. He stared at it again and again, "Sister Tongya, you are amazing! How come you always have delicious food here?"
Shitou put the candy in his pocket, thought for a while and asked, "Sister Tongya, you want to make some furniture for your room. Do you want wooden or bamboo furniture? Or you can just use bamboo furniture."
"Oh! Why?"
"I can help you cut bamboo! There are a lot of bamboos on the mountain. It's free, you can cut as much as you want. If you cut down trees, you have to pay the team."
"Yeah?"
Su Tong hasn't inquired about this issue yet.
"Yes! Then you can ask Brother Liangping to help you. He can make tables, chairs, boxes and cabinets. Just pay him for his work. It's much cheaper than making wooden furniture."
What Shitou said was true. In those days, there were no finished furniture for sale. People had to prepare the materials and ask others to make them at home. There were carpenters and bamboo craftsmen in the village, and they were paid by the working hour. However, some furniture could be made of bamboo, but some could not, such as beds.
She had already chopped Old Wu's bed into firewood, and she had no plans to use it or make a new one.
She wanted to hire someone to build a kang for her, which would be warm in winter and cool in summer and practical.
Brother Liangping?
Zheng Liangping?
Su Tong had an impression of this person, and it seemed that he was the original owner's junior high school classmate.
Su Tong stood at the gate of the yard while thinking, waiting for it to close. "Okay! Come out! I have to wait for the bus!"
"oh!"
Shitou walked out while explaining, "Sister Tongya, if you need bamboo, just tell me and I'll chop it for you!"
"Okay! Got it! Go back now!"
Su Tong closed the yard door. There was a chain on the door, which locked the door when it was chained.
Shitou is not yet thirteen, but he is in the first grade of junior high school in town. It is winter vacation now, and it is the slack season for farmers, so he doesn't have much work to do, so he just wanders around the mountains when he has nothing to do.
I was thinking about bringing back some pheasant or wild rabbit, but I never succeeded. However, Sister Tongya did it easily.
Moreover, his father said that Sister Tongya was a "hero" and saved a child from the bad guys.
His admiration for her became even more endless.
Grandma kept nagging them to stay away from Tong Ya, and he rarely interacted with Tong Ya before. But after meeting her in the mountains, he found that she was not like what others said. He just thought she was powerful, generous, and... cool.
Shitou touched the candy in his pocket, thinking about what he could do to help Sister Tongya...
After thinking about it, he turned and ran towards Zheng Liangping's home.
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The locust tree is very big, and I don’t know how old it is. It has a thick trunk and strong branches.
Legend has it that the locust tree is spiritual. In the early years, many people would offer sacrifices and worship under the tree during festivals. Later, as feudal superstition was cracked down on, the number of people offering sacrifices gradually decreased.
Behind the big locust tree is the main road. All the ox carts, horse carts and tractors in the village have to take the main road to go out, so the big locust tree has become the waiting point for the buses.
When Su Tong arrived, there were already two people standing under the tree, an aunt, and a young woman who seemed to be someone's daughter-in-law. They both looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who they were for a moment.
As soon as Su Tong stood under the tree, the two people panicked. After whispering for a few words, the aunt said, "Hongping! I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home. I won't go today. I'll go back first!"
Hong Ping was stunned for a moment, then followed closely, "Aunt Zheng, wait for me, I'm not in a hurry to go."
They both ran away one after the other.
Su Tong felt amused. Well, it seemed that today was a reserved seat again and no one would fight for it.
Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the rumbling sound of a tractor. Xing Dongyang was driving the tractor and waving at her from afar.
When the tractor stopped in front of them, they found that there were two people sitting on it, one was Secretary Wu, and the other was Tian Qingrong.
Secretary Wu saw the two people running away from afar and raised his hand to shout.
He turned around and saw Su Tong. He was silent for a moment, then put his hand down again, with a smile on his face:
"Tongya! Let's go to town! Today is great...Is it okay?"
"Much better! I just checked it this morning and gave it something to drink. I've told Lao Qi and Lao Lin about it, they're keeping an eye on it!"
Su Tong answered as she climbed into the truck bed. Tian Qingrong greeted her warmly and took her arm and sat down with her.
Secretary Wu felt a little relieved and didn't think much about the meaning of "much better". He just thought it was a casual response from Su Tong.
After everyone was seated and the tractor started moving again, Secretary Wu spoke:
"The town has hired a technician from the County Animal Husbandry Bureau. He is a college student and was specially hired to look after our cattle. I went to the town to pick him up. Tongya, if you can buy things quickly, we can come back together and you can listen to what the technician says."
Su Tong agreed readily and thought to himself that the two old men were quite lucky. With the help of a technician coming down from above, the new house would probably be built more solidly.
Secretary Wu was satisfied to see Su Tong was well behaved, and then he said:
"The county will commend you in the next few days, and I heard that reporters will come. You have brought honor to our Yunshan Village this time, so you must perform well when the time comes."
Before Su Tong could reply, Tian Qingrong excitedly said:
"Oh my! There really are reporters here to interview us! Now our Wu Tong has become a celebrity! Yunshan Village will also be famous!"
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