On the way, we met a lot of people who came out to pick up frogs late at night, and we also ran into several educated youth.
Tian Tian was wearing gloves and was brave enough to catch the toad. She thought there were so many toads and it would be easy to catch one. However, she didn't expect that the toad was quite agile. Every time Tian Tian took a step forward, the toad jumped forward.
Tian Tian took a long time to catch a few toads, and her body was covered with mud.
Tian Tiantian, who originally thought it was fun, suddenly felt it was boring after suffering a few losses. She covered the bucket tightly and carried it home.
After returning to the room, she had to boil a pot of water, soak her feet, and then take off all her dirty clothes before going to bed.
The next morning was a rare sunny day with few dark clouds in the sky, and Mrs. Tian was in a good mood.
After they finished their meal, Old Mrs. Tian took Tian Tian and set off.
After walking for more than two hours, they finally arrived at the county town. Tian Tian was so tired that she couldn't speak. She sat on a stone by the roadside to relax for a while. Then they set out for the supply and marketing cooperative.
Tian Lijuan has worked in the supply and marketing cooperative for twenty years. She is now a director of a moderate position, but she is not always in the cooperative.
Fortunately, Tian Tian and Old Lady Tian were very lucky today. They happened to meet Tian Lijuan who was staying in the supply and marketing cooperative with nothing to do.
"Auntie!" Tian Tian greeted Tian Lijuan, then sat obediently aside and watched Old Lady Tian stuff things into Tian Lijuan's mouth.
Tian Lijuan's small office is not big, only about two or three square meters. Apart from a table and a chair, the rest of the space is just enough for people to walk through.
There are quite a few things on the desk, and it can be seen that Tian Lijuan is quite busy. Most of the things in the pen holder are pencils, with only one pen.
Tian Tian didn't know what brand it was, but Tian Lijuan was also wearing a ladies' watch, and it was obvious that she came from a wealthy family.
Tian Lijuan herself is also a very capable woman. She has a size 5 haircut, wears neatly without a patch on her clothes, wears small leather shoes, and speaks in a strange voice, as if beans are jumping out.
Tian Tian had a very good first impression of Tian Lijuan.
"Mom knows me best. I've been craving for toad these days, and you brought it to me. And the wild vegetables are the tenderest at this time, and the taste is the best. I can eat a whole plate of it just by dipping it in soybean paste." Tian Lijuan said as she looked at the things that Old Lady Tian brought over.
"Tiantian, why did you want to come here with your grandma today?" After Tian Lijuan finished talking to Old Mrs. Tian, she turned and said to Tian Tian.
"I miss my aunt, and I haven't seen sisters Zhizhi and Zhenzhen for a long time. I want to see them too." Tian Tian said.
"Oh! Zhizhi and Zhenzhen are in school today. When they have summer vacation, I will let them go back and stay for a few nights. Then you sisters can have a good time!" Tian Lijuan said.
Tian Tian nodded obediently and took out a small cloth bag from her pocket, "Aunt! This is something I gave to Sister Zhizhi and Sister Zhenzhen. Please help me give it to them!"
This small cloth bag contains two hairpins that she found yesterday. These two strawberry hairpins may be a little childish in her eyes, but Sister Zhizhi and Sister Zhenzhen will definitely like them very much.
"Tiantian still remembers to send gifts to your two sisters? She has really grown up." Tian Lijuan touched Tiantian's head, "Okay, I will give this thing to your two sisters tonight."
After talking to Tian Tian, Tian Lijuan looked up and asked Old Lady Tian, "Tian Tian is sixteen this year, right? Are you still planning to stay in the brigade? Are you not planning to continue your studies? Tian Tian's grades are pretty good, I remember."
"Read! Why don't you continue reading? Tiantian is always thinking about you, but I am worried about her. The world is so chaotic outside, and she is a little girl. I am worried that she will be bullied outside." said Old Mrs. Tian.
"No, it's actually quite safe as long as you don't talk too much. Aren't Zhenzhen and Zhizhi in high school now?"
"How can it be the same? You live in the county town, so you can help if anything happens. The child won't have to deal with it alone. You see, we live in the production team here, and it takes four hours to go back and forth. During the busy farming season, there is even less time. If something really happens, we won't even know it." said Old Mrs. Tian.
She is also worried now. Tian Tian is already sixteen years old, and she will have to get married in three or four years.
But she didn't want Tian Tian to be like them and marry someone from the same brigade, where she would have to serve her parents-in-law and work in the fields after marriage.
It would be fine if she married the right person, but if she married the wrong one, she would have to endure countless grievances, both openly and secretly.
She thought that she had to make sure Tian Tian finished high school so that she could have a higher education. Then she could use her connections to find someone to find a job for Tian Tian in the county town. It would be better than staying in the countryside for the rest of her life.
"Look at what you said. Tiantian still has me, her aunt. I will definitely not ignore her. Are you still worried with me around?" Tian Lijuan said.
"It's not easy for you either. You have to take care of two children and deal with your grandmother's household affairs. Tiantian doesn't mean that a three or four-year-old child cannot be left alone, so you don't have to worry about her so much!"
Don’t be fooled by Tian Lijuan’s glamorous appearance. When she returns to the team, everyone envies her and praises her.
But only Tian Lijuan knew the inner pain. Although the old woman seemed to be very nice to Tian Lijuan on the surface, she made Tian Lijuan angry a lot when they just got married.
Now Tian Lijuan's parents-in-law are old and have difficulty walking. Fang Sheng is their only son, so the responsibility of taking care of the elderly falls entirely on the two of them.
Fang Sheng is now a level 6 fitter and earns more than Tian Lijuan. It is natural for Tian Lijuan to sacrifice her working time to go back and take care of her parents-in-law.
Her parents-in-law were quite reasonable when they were young, but they became more confused as they got older. They either complained that Tian Lijuan did not serve them well or that she did something wrong, which made her anxious and angry all day long, and she felt suffocated in her heart.
Old Mrs. Tian knew about Tian Lijuan's situation at her husband's house, so she didn't bother Tian Lijuan much when there was something going on, and she would send her some food from time to time.
"Oh! What's all this? The workload at Fang Sheng's factory has not been so heavy these days, so he can go home earlier in the evening. He can cook the meals and help with the laundry, so I can relax a little." Tian Lijuan didn't take what she had suffered seriously at all.
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