"There's nothing we can do. Life is difficult for every family, especially Wang Cui'er's family. I heard that Wang Cui has already agreed to the matchmaker in the county. I'll go with her to see the girl when the time comes." Shen Lingling said.
For Wang Cui, marrying into the county town was definitely worth it in order to make a living for her family.
Anyway, she will get married sooner or later. Instead of marrying a hardworking and simple rural man, but her family will get nothing, it is better to marry a man from the county town whose background she doesn’t know. At least her family can get a lot of money.
After hearing this, Tian Tian sighed sadly. In Wang Cui's eyes, family is more important than herself.
If it were in her previous life, Tian Tian would definitely scoff at such an idea. Perhaps children who grew up in an orphanage are more selfish, and Tian Tian is no exception. She always considers herself the most important.
But if she grew up in her current family, with parents and family members who loved her, maybe family would be more important to her.
"Don't worry. In fact, Zhou Ni and Wang Cui are both very capable. They are not the kind of people who can be bullied. Besides, they are both smart. They will live a good life even in the county town." Shen Lingling said as she lowered her head to mend the clothes in her hands.
Although Shen Lingling is usually careless, she is active and likes to run around. She knows more about people than Tian Tian and understands their personalities better. Tian Tian still believes what Shen Lingling says.
Tian Tian glanced at the clothes Shen Lingling was mending and asked, "Why do you need to sew so many clothes?"
Ever since Shen Lingling came here, she has been busy mending clothes one after another.
"It's my two younger brothers! They are like naughty monkeys every day, and their clothes are torn every two days. My mother is busy all day long, and I couldn't bear to let her have a chance to rest and sew clothes again, so I took them over and sewed them!" Shen Lingling said.
Not every sister-in-law gets along as well as the Tian family does. There is some grudge between Shen Lingling's mother and her aunt. It's not a big deal after all. Sometimes people will care about whether you do more work and I do less work.
If they keep fussing about everything, their work efficiency will not be very high. Besides, each family does their own work at home, unlike Tian Tian's family where Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua will do any work together.
Moreover, Tian Tian's family conditions are better than Shen Lingling's. Old Mrs. Tian doesn't have to work in the fields all the time and can do some housework.
Compared to Shen Lingling, Tian Tian is actually more comfortable. At least she doesn't have to do so much work. When she has free time, she can lie on the kang all day and Old Mrs. Tian won't say anything.
Of course, it is a different story during the busy farming season. If you are lazy during that time, you will be grabbed and spanked by Old Lady Tian.
Tian Tian looked at the basket that Shen Lingling had brought from and saw that there were still several pieces of clothes that had not been sewn. She cried out in pain and sat up, "Let me help you sew. Two people can make it faster!"
Her skill in mending clothes has now reached perfection, and a small hole is no problem for her.
Shen Lingling didn't bother to be polite with Tian Tian. She took a pair of pants and threw it to Shen Lingling.
The entire buttocks of the trousers were torn apart. Tian Tian really didn't know how to tear the buttocks in half. And it wasn't torn horizontally, but vertically from the buttocks crack.
But it was just a tear, which was not very difficult. Tian Tian threaded the needle and sewed the pants quickly.
She also helped Shen Lingling mend the other clothes.
Seeing that the work was done, Shen Lingling asked, "Shall we go out to play in the afternoon?"
Tian Tian felt pain all over her body and didn't want to move. "Where are we going to play?"
"Go catch crickets, which one is fat at this time? Or go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables? Won't you be bored staying at home every day?" Shen Lingling said.
Crickets are thin at the beginning of spring, but now that the weather is getting warmer, they can eat more and more and have become fatter.
The wild vegetables nowadays are a bit old, and since all the vegetables grown at home have grown, few people go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables.
Tian Tian was reluctant to go after hearing this. Her muscles were still sore and climbing the mountain was tiring. She just wanted to lie on the kang at home.
Although Tian Tian didn't say anything, Shen Lingling could tell from Tian Tian's expression that she was unhappy. She sighed, feeling a little helpless. She liked to run around the team whenever she had nothing to do, so she really didn't understand why Tian Tian could stay at home for so long.
Tian Tian saw that Shen Lingling looked unhappy. She thought that she had not played with Shen Lingling for a long time and had neglected her. She was about to tell Shen Lingling that she wanted to go to the river to pick up crickets when Tian Baobao and the others came running back from outside, shouting, "Grandma! Someone is coming from the county town!"
Tian Tian and Shen Lingling sat up and looked at Tian Baobao through the window.
"Why are you howling? Can't you just tell me what's going on slowly? Who's coming? Why are you running like this?" Old Mrs. Tian threw open the door curtain and came out shouting.
Tian Baobao was used to being yelled at by Old Lady Tian, so he wasn't scared. He said breathlessly, "A lot of people came from the county, with red armbands on their arms! They also tied up two people!"
"What did you say?" Old Mrs. Tian's voice suddenly became serious.
Tian Tian also realized who these people Tian Baobao was talking about. She turned around and looked at Shen Lingling with a serious expression.
"My uncle told you all to hurry over there. He said no one is allowed to stay at home. Gather at the brigade headquarters. Someone will come over to check in a while!"
Tian Tian reacted very quickly and immediately began to search her room to see if there were any prohibited items.
Shen Lingling didn't even bother to go out and play with Tian Tian. She just grabbed her clothes and ran home to report the news.
Although Tian Tian has been here for quite some time, she is usually quite cautious. She will put whatever she takes out of the shell back into the shell immediately after using it. Books and notebooks that may cause controversy are also put away immediately after use and are never left outside.
Now Tian Tian made another rough check and found that nothing was missing, so she went out to find Old Mrs. Tian.
Old Lady Tian and Lin Meiyu also checked whether the valuables in the house were hidden properly. After that, they pulled down the mugwort hanging on the door for the Dragon Boat Festival and threw it into the stove to burn. Then they closed the door and took Tian Tian, Tian Baobao, and Chen Guihua to the brigade headquarters.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, quite a few people had already arrived. This family did not squeeze to the front, but stood at the back waiting to see what was going on.
Not long after, Shen Lingling and the others came over. Shen Lingling stood beside Tian Tian, bumped into her, and gestured to the right, "Look! That's Zhou Nier, and the one next to her is Wang Cui, but why are they standing together? Aren't they unfamiliar with each other?"
After hearing this, Tian Tian looked over there in confusion. There were two people standing there. Their clothes were all patched up, and the patches had turned white due to washing.
Both of them have slender builds, and one of them is particularly thin.
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