"Baby Tian! Don't you see what time it is now? I asked you to go home early after school, but you still came back at this time. You ignored my words, didn't you?"
"The whole family has prepared dinner and is waiting for you two. We are worried that something might happen to you two. You are always dawdling. I just don't punish you enough, right? I should give you a tight skin!"
"Mom! What are you doing? It's not dark yet, right? And there's only a small bridge between Team Seven and our Team Six. There's nothing to worry about." Tian Baobao had come back happily, but he was scolded as soon as he entered the door. He became unhappy.
"Okay! As long as the children get home safely!" Lin Meiyu advised, "Tian Baobao, Tian Zhuo, you two must be hungry after a day of school. I stewed eggplant and beans for you today. Come wash your hands and come over to eat!"
"Let's go! Go inside, wash your hands and eat!" Tian Lisong parked the cart inside the house and came out, pushing Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo into the house.
"Dad, we didn't stay out of the house because we were playing on the way home. My brother and I picked a lot of pig grass on the way back, and just took it to Second Aunt's house to exchange for work points. We picked two bundles of pig grass and exchanged them for two work points!" Tian Zhuo spoke up for himself and his brother.
"Really? Then you two are awesome!" Tian Lisong praised.
"Hmph!" Tian Baobao snorted unhappily and turned his head away without looking at everyone.
"Baby Tian is angry, but you can't blame your mother. Your mother doesn't know that you two are going to collect grass for the pigs. She is worried that something might happen to you two. It's normal for her to be anxious and in a bad mood. You should go into the house and tell your grandma and your mother about this. They will definitely be happy and praise you!" Tian Lisong comforted the bad-tempered Baby Tian.
After entering the house, Chen Guihua and the others had already brought the dishes and chopsticks to the table, and also helped Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo pour water for washing their hands.
Seeing that Tian Baobao was sulking and didn't say anything, Tian Zhuo opened his mouth and repeated what he had just said.
Although Chen Guihua did not apologize to Tian Baobao, her expression looked much better.
Tian Tian watched Tian Zhuo and Tian Baobao put their schoolbags aside and ran to wash their hands. She smiled and asked, "How was your school day? Did you make any good friends?"
Tian Zhuo just opened his mouth to say something, then turned to look at Tian Baobao, but in the end he didn't say anything and smiled obediently at Tian Tian, "I met a lot of friends from other teams, they are all very interesting! The elder sister also told us what the teacher talked about in class, but it's still very interesting to listen to the teacher's lectures."
When Tian Tian watched the two of them going to school, she felt a bit like herself when she was a kid and had just started school, full of enthusiasm for everything.
"Then you must study hard at school. There are so many people who want to study but don't have the opportunity. Also, you must respect your teachers. Don't learn from other people who don't listen to their teachers and make trouble in class." Tian Tian said.
She selfishly thought that Tian Baobao was the kind of person who could do such a thing, not because he had any bad intentions, he was just being naughty and didn't think much. However, she couldn't just name Tian Baobao, as that wouldn't be nice.
"Don't worry, sister! I won't!" Tian Zhuo said.
After two days of school, Tian Baobao and his classmates have adapted to this situation. They get up early in the morning, pick eggs, go out to cut grass for pigs in exchange for work points, come back to eat, and then walk to school.
After a day's classes at school, I would collect grass for pigs on my way home in the evening. I could collect another bundle when I got to the brigade and exchange it for some work points.
Then we go home for dinner. At this time, the study pressure is not so great, and there are not so many tasks. All the homework can be finished at school, and then we can just have fun when we get home.
When it was getting dark at night, the two of them went home to sleep.
The family members have also become accustomed to their work and rest schedule. There is nothing they can do if they are not used to it. When the autumn harvest begins, everyone in the family is busy. They go out early and come back late every day. It is dark when they get up, and it is also dark when they come back at night. This vividly illustrates what it means to work day and night.
They are now racing against time to harvest all the wheat in the fields. If they are a few days late, the wheat will be too dry and will easily fall to the ground. This is life-saving food and cannot be wasted like this.
They couldn't take care of both the housework and the farm work, so Grandma Tian and Tian Tian had to do the work, including washing clothes, cooking, sweeping the floor, feeding the chickens, and even finding time to go to the mountains to collect firewood.
Old Lady Tian and Tian Tian also played a crucial role in this autumn harvest battle, providing them with solid support.
When the clothes were dirty, Tian Tian and Old Lady Tian washed them.
Even if there is not much food left, Old Mrs. Tian will still cook enough food and not let them go hungry.
Old Mrs. Tian no longer cares about how much oil is used. She uses a small pot of oil for every meal, and the dishes taste delicious when stewed.
Tian Tian gets up early every day, cooks and eats, then delivers the meal to Chen Guihua and others in the field, and takes their empty bowls back. After returning home, she washes the bowls, tidies up the house, and then takes their changed clothes to the river to wash them. After washing, she comes back to cook and deliver the meal. She can take a nap at noon, and after waking up in the afternoon, she goes up the mountain to pick up firewood, chestnuts, and hazelnuts, and then goes down the mountain and goes home to continue working.
This autumn harvest is not only hard for Lin Meiyu and her family, but also for Tian Tian. In just a few days, Tian Tian lost a little weight. Running under the scorching sun every day, Tian Tian also became darker and looked exceptionally healthy.
Old Mrs. Tian saw that her family had lost a lot of weight in just a few days, so she started thinking about where she could get some good food to nourish everyone.
It's a pity that at this time, hunting of prey in the mountains is not allowed, and pork in the city is not affordable for rural people like them. Besides, the family cannot leave Old Lady Tian, and Tian Tian is alone at home, cooking and delivering meals, so she is too busy to go to the county town at this time.
After frying eggs at home for a few days, Old Mrs. Tian began to wonder whether she should kill an old hen that rarely laid eggs and eat its meat.
That day, Tian Tian went to deliver lunch to Lin Meiyu and her family at noon. This time, their family members were spread out more widely, so Tian Tian had to go to each field to find them, and her legs became thinner.
After finally delivering the food to everyone, Tian Tian held the large earthenware jar and went around again, collecting the empty bowls.
Now, harvesting the land is a race against time. Everyone eats very quickly and can finish the food in just a few bites.
Tian Tian was walking home holding a large earthenware jar filled with bowls. There were many people on the road bringing food to their family.
Tian Tian took two steps forward and vaguely heard a commotion ahead, and someone yelled "Wild boar!"
"Wild boar?!" Tian Tian was shocked. She didn't care whether it was true or not. She held the clay pot and tried to find a safe place to hide without thinking.
The sight of wild boars coming down the mountain is not something you can just go and watch. If it's real, your life will be in danger. If it's fake, it would be even worse.
Tian Tian looked around. There were residences on both sides, so she couldn't say that she was hiding in someone else's home!
There is no other way to go except this road. You can either go back or go forward, but there are wild boars in front of you, and going back is a large harvested wheat field, which is spacious and has no shelter.
Tian Tian finally hid between the firewood pile and the wall. The gap between them was very small, and if you didn't pay attention you wouldn't be able to find that there was someone hiding there. If Tian Tian hadn't lost weight recently, it would have been difficult for her to hide in there.
There were shelters on both sides, so she felt safe and started to think about it while holding the clay pot.
Their team hasn't seen wild boars for a long time. Although the autumn crops have been harvested, there are still many edible things in the mountains, such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and various wild fruits. There is no need for the wild boars to come down the mountain to eat their food.
There were wild boars coming down the mountain from their brigade that destroyed the crops in the fields. At that time, there was a famine and everyone valued food more than their lives. In their eyes, this wild boar that came down the mountain was just a walking pig of pork.
It just so happened that their team had a earthenware arsenal at that time, and they killed the wild boar directly.
At that time, no one cared about anything else and just killed the wild boar on the spot and distributed it to other people in the team.
After eating pork, everyone tasted the sweetness, and some people organized themselves to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars. They encountered wild boars, but they only had wooden sticks in their hands, and several people lost their lives.
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