This doubt disappeared after eating a toad. Why care about others? Eating is the most important thing.
Tian Tian immediately started to eat the dish happily. Most of the toads in the pot were packed up by Old Lady Tian and sent to Lin Meiyu and the others. What was left were mostly potatoes. However, the potatoes were very delicious, round and tasty, and tasted no worse than toad meat.
After Tian Baobao picked up the potatoes three times in a row, he pouted in dissatisfaction, "Grandma, why is there no meat in the pot?"
Before he left, his grandmother had clearly promised him that he could eat meat until his belly was full. But when he came back, there was no meat in the pot at all. It would be strange if Tian Baobao was happy.
"Isn't this all meat? I'll give it to you!" Tian Tian picked up some toad meat from the bowl and put it into Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo's bowls, "Eat it quickly!"
“Isn’t there a lot left in the pot? This is enough for the three of you. You just have big eyes and a small stomach. You eat from the bowl while looking at the pot. Don’t you think about how tired your parents are from farm work? How can they survive without eating something good?” Old Mrs. Tian said as she put all the meat in the pot into the bowls of her three grandchildren.
"Grandma! You don't have to pick it up for me, I can do it myself." Tian Tian felt a little embarrassed as she watched Grandma Tian pick up all the meat from the pot and put it into their bowls.
"Eat! We can still catch toads for a while. Grandma will make them for you tomorrow." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Only then did Tian Tian concentrate on eating the toad in the bowl.
After dinner, Old Mrs. Tian took an earthenware jar early, filled it with soybean paste, and gave it to Tian Tian, asking Tian Tian to give it to Li Jiuniang when the time came.
Tian Tian saw that Old Lady Tian seemed to be quite positive about Li Jiuniang coming to exchange things, so she asked, "Grandma, aren't you annoyed by those educated youths?"
"Not annoyed? Why would I be annoyed by the educated youth?" said Mrs. Tian
She didn't interact with the educated youth all day long, and at most she just disliked them for being too troublesome.
What's more, Li Jiuniang even used brown sugar to exchange for soybean paste. It would be stupid not to do so.
After making the soybean paste, Mrs. Tian went to clean up the remaining toads.
Tian Tian sat far away and didn't dare to touch the toad at all.
She watched Old Lady Tian pick up the toads with her skilled movements, "Grandma, are you going to stew toads tonight?"
"What are you eating? Why do you eat so well so late at night when you are not working? Aren't you going blind?" said Old Mrs. Tian.
"Then why did you pick up all these toads?"
"I plan to send these things to your aunt tomorrow. These toads are good things. Your aunt has never dared to deal with these toads since she was a child. So I have to do it." said Mrs. Tian
Tian Tian's eyes lit up. She also wanted to go to the county town and see what her aunt looked like. "Grandma, take me with you! I miss my aunt too. I didn't see her during the Chinese New Year."
"What are you going to do? The city is so chaotic now. Besides, after you leave, there will be no one to cook at home. You can't count on your two younger brothers, can you?" said Old Mrs. Tian.
She thought that when she was not at home, Tian Tian could help with cooking. Otherwise, she would not be able to take care of two children, Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo, by herself, let alone cook for Lin Meiyu and the others.
Tian Tian felt a little dispirited when she heard this. It was true. If she left, there would be no one to cook for Lin Meiyu and the others.
"Tian Baobao can't cook, so we can prepare the meal in the morning and keep the food warm in the pot, and then have Tian Baobao and others deliver it at noon." Tian Tian said.
She wanted to go out and play, she didn't want to stay in the team all day.
Old Mrs. Tian looked at Tian Tian eagerly and said, "Why didn't I realize that you wanted to go out so much before? You are quite adventurous."
Tian Tian smiled ingratiatingly at Old Lady Tian.
"Okay, cook a little more food tomorrow morning, and let Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo deliver it. But I'm telling you in advance, the team will use ox carts these days, and we don't have a car, so we have to walk there, so don't complain about being tired when the time comes!" Old Mrs. Tian made advance arrangements for Tian Tian.
"Thank you, grandma!" Tian Tian happily went back to the house to look for clothes and the small gifts she brought for her two cousins.
There was nothing in her shell that she could give as gifts to others. It was basically just food and daily necessities.
She rummaged for a long time and finally found two pink strawberry hairpins. She didn't know when these two hairpins were put into the shell.
Originally, Tian Tian was thinking of making a small five-pointed star on the hairpin using hot melt glue, but now that she has found these two hairpins, she no longer needs to do it.
In the afternoon, when Tian Baobao and his friends came back from collecting grass for the pigs, Tian Tian told them the news.
Tian Zhuo was still young. He was so happy to hear what Tian Tian said that he asked Tian Tian for candy.
The first two times Tian Tian went to the county town, Tian Zhuo could eat candy every time he came back, so he was quite happy that Tian Tian went to the county town.
Tian Baobao was not very happy, "I want to go to the county town, too! I want to go play, too!"
"We can't take the ox cart to the county town tomorrow. We have to walk there, which will take more than two hours. Grandma also brought things for my aunt. You are too young to walk far, and you can't carry things." Tian Tian said.
Baby Tian is still too young. He might not be able to walk halfway and have to be carried by Old Lady Tian. That doesn't mean he is going to the county town to play with Old Lady Tian. It is clearly because he is holding Old Lady Tian back.
"You think I'm too young again. I'm eight years old now and can go to the fields and earn work points with the others. I'm not young anymore!" Tian Baobao shouted in dissatisfaction.
Tian Tian sighed, turned her head and looked at Tian Baobao helplessly. It was true that Tian Baobao was eight years old, but at that time, supplies were scarce, and he couldn't eat enough. His nutrition was not sufficient, so Tian Baobao grew up thin and small, and did not look like a normal eight-year-old.
With his small body, he helped Old Lady Tian to get things, and Tian Tian was afraid that he would be knocked over by the things.
"You look down on me!" Tian Baobao said dissatisfiedly.
"When did I underestimate you? You are going to school this fall. Are you afraid that you won't have time to go out? Poor sister, I can't go to school. I can only stay at home and take care of this little piece of land!" Tian Tian sighed and said pretentiously.
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