After returning home, Grandma Tian and the others picked out all the mushrooms and placed them on the covered curtain, preparing to dry them and store them for eating in the winter.
I also picked out all the yellow mud balls inside and prepared to stir-fry them with chili peppers for lunch.
I didn’t pick many yellow mud dumplings, but they are enough to fry into a plate.
"Grandma! I'm going out for a while!" Tian Tian changed her clothes and combed her hair again, but she didn't change her shoes. Her shoes were already dirty, so there was no need to change into a clean pair.
"Go!" Old Mrs. Tian said casually while picking mushrooms.
Tian Tian saw many people carrying baskets full of mushrooms on the road. At this time, mushrooms were popping out like crazy, and everyone went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.
Tian Tian also saw Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo cutting grass for pigs.
"Sister!" Tian Zhuo saw Tian Tian from afar, hurriedly put away the pig feed, and ran towards Tian Tian excitedly.
"Where have you been? My brother and I didn't see you when we woke up this morning!"
"Don't jump on me!" Tian Tian saw that the two of them were covered in mud without knowing how, as if they had rolled in a mud pit. She took a step back vigilantly, afraid that they would jump on her.
Seeing Tian Zhuo and Tian Baobao stopped, Tian Tian answered Tian Zhuo's question, "We went up the mountain to pick mushrooms. You can eat mushrooms when you go home at noon."
"Go to the mountain? Why don't you call us two? We two want to go too!" Tian Baobao said dissatisfiedly.
He really wanted to go up the mountain to play, but the older old lady Yamada didn't let them go. If he had followed Tian Tian and the others this morning, he would have been able to go up the mountain.
"We got up very early. We went up the mountain before dawn. You were all still sleepy!" said Tian Tian.
"You didn't call me! Otherwise I would have gotten up!"
"Hurry up and collect grass for the pigs. After that, go back and eat. I'm going to look for your sister Yunyun." After Tian Tian said that, she looked at their clothes, which were all covered in mud. Their shoes were also soaked in mud, and you couldn't even tell what the shoes originally looked like.
"Clean up yourselves when you two go back, otherwise you will be beaten!" Tian Tian gave them a few specific instructions and turned away.
It rained yesterday and the road was very muddy. Tian Tian stepped carefully on the areas with vegetation along the way, but her feet were inevitably covered with mud. Two of her feet even sank directly into the mud. It took a lot of effort for Tian Tian to pull them out.
Tian Tian couldn't stand the mud on her feet, so she went to the river to wash it off with water and then went to find Tian Yun.
Some time ago, Tian Yun came to borrow junior high school textbooks from Tian Tian. She wanted to continue going to school, but she only attended elementary school and not junior high school.
I also wanted to borrow her junior high school textbooks to see if she could understand them, and also to copy a copy of the textbooks so that I wouldn't have to pay for them when I went to school. It had been three days since I borrowed them, and Tian Yun hadn't said he would return the textbooks to her.
Tian Tian is now reviewing the math, physics and chemistry content of junior high school. The elementary school knowledge is very simple for Tian Tian, and she can master it almost completely by going through the textbook once.
But it wasn’t the same in junior high school, and she had to start all over again. She felt a little nervous after not studying for such a long time.
I thought of taking back the textbook that Tian Yun had copied so that I could read it more at home.
When Tian Tian went to the team leader's house, she passed by the cowshed and saw from afar the new educated youth Gu Zhao helping Li Zhenwei and Gu Xingshu with work in the cowshed.
Gu Xingshu and Li Zhenwei, who were originally supposed to do these jobs, were sitting leisurely on the side.
"Gu? Gu!" Tian Tian kept muttering the surnames of Gu Zhao and Gu Xingshu, and understood their relationship in an instant.
No wonder Gu Zhao didn't want to live with the educated youth but wanted to move out alone, and he chose such a shabby and deserted yard. It turned out that Gu Xingshu was a relative of him, and according to their ages, they should be grandfather and grandson.
Tian Tian suddenly discovered a huge secret, but she had no intention of exposing it. Instead, she secretly admired Gu Zhao for his courage.
As far as she knew, it was not easy to get the position before. It required three generations of good family background. If Gu Xingshu was really Gu Zhao's grandfather, then Gu Xingshu would never have gone to the countryside as an educated youth, especially since he was in the same production team as his grandfather.
She didn't know how Gu Zhao had hidden it from others, but since he had come to the production team and wanted to take care of Gu Xingshu, he shouldn't be so bold. He should work quietly and earn more food, and then help Gu Xingshu when necessary. This would be good for both Gu Xingshu and Gu Zhao.
You are openly helping Gu Xingshu with work in the cowshed like this. Isn't this telling others that they are related?
Tian Tian also didn't want anything to really happen to Gu Xingshu. She was still very respectful of the professor at this time. Even if she disagreed with Gu Zhao's current behavior, she couldn't just go in and persuade him. If she really did that, she would probably be on Gu Zhao's assassination list.
Tian Tian originally wanted to pretend she didn't know and quietly slipped past, but after passing the cowshed and turning a corner, she saw two people walking towards her, talking and laughing, carrying small earthen baskets on ropes.
Tian Tian was shocked. She recognized one of the aunts as Zhao Erniang, the wife of Sun the Butcher. The cowshed and pigpen of their brigade were very close to each other. Sun the Butcher's family was in charge of taking care of the pigs. On his way home, he would definitely pass by the cowshed and would run into Gu Zhao helping them with their work.
Tian Tian retreated before the aunts noticed him, picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into the yard of the cowshed.
Gu Zhao was concentrating on helping his grandfather shovel out cow dung and was not paying any attention to the situation outside the yard. Suddenly, a stone hit the pile of cow dung in front of him. He was startled and looked outside the yard.
The wall of the cowshed was about 1.7 meters high. Tian Tian was short, and she squatted down quickly after throwing the stones inside. Gu Zhao did not notice Tian Tian. Even the two aunts who were walking towards this side from a distance were blocked by the wall.
Although he couldn't see anyone, Gu Zhao reacted quickly and hid in the cowshed.
When Gu Xingshu, Li Zhenwei and others saw Gu Zhao like this, they realized that someone had come, so they quickly stood up and continued to do the unfinished work of Gu Zhao.
Tian Tian threw a stone inside and heard the sound of scooping cow dung stop for a while. She knew that Gu Zhao had hidden himself, so she walked out with peace of mind.
After taking only two steps, he ran into Zhang Erniang and her partner who were just walking over.
"Auntie Zhang! Auntie Sun, have you just come down from the mountain after picking mushrooms?" Tian Tian greeted them with a smile.
"Tian Tian! Where are you going?" Aunt Zhang and her family often dealt with the Tian family and were quite familiar with them.
"I'm going to my sister Yunyun's house to find her." Tian Tian said with a smile.
"You go quickly, we will go back now."
After waiting for Zhang Erniang and the others to leave, Tian Tian breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head to look at the cowshed, and went towards Tian Yun's house.
When Gu Zhao heard voices coming from outside the courtyard wall, he felt a little scared.
He originally saw that everyone went to the mountain to pick mushrooms today, and there were not many people in the team, so he bravely came over to help his grandfather with the work. He didn't expect that he was almost discovered. If someone hadn't reminded him, his current situation would be very dangerous.
"Tian Tian?" The person who threw the stone to remind him just now should be Tian Tian.
Gu Zhao has been here for nearly a month, but apart from a few cadres in the brigade, he still doesn't recognize everyone else. Moreover, there are many people with the surname Tian in the brigade, and he can't find out who they are just by relying on the surname.
Since Tian Tian would remind him, it seems that she has no hostility towards him.
But even so, Gu Zhao did not let down his guard against Tian Tian.
When the sounds outside the courtyard wall gradually died down, Gu Xingshu put down the shovel in his hand and went into the cowshed to find Gu Zhao.
Li Zhenwei knew that the grandfather and grandson had something to say, so he did not follow them in. Instead, he just sat outside picking up cow dung as if nothing had happened.
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