Tian Baobao was used to being beaten and didn't care about Chen Guihua's words. He and Tian Zhuo sipped the snake soup together.
Adults like Tian Lisong began to slurp the soup.
After Tian Tian blew the soup to cool it down, she took a sip out of curiosity.
She originally thought that she would feel sick at the sight of snake meat, but unexpectedly, she felt nothing at all. It might be because she had been simmering the snake soup for an entire afternoon and she was desensitized.
"This snake soup is delicious and has a bright flavor." Tian Lisong said after taking a sip of the snake soup. After drinking the soup, his whole body felt warm and his body seemed to relax a little after a day of hard work.
"How can it not be bright and shiny? This snake is a treasure from head to toe, and the snake soup is very nutritious. It's a pity that this snake is not poisonous, otherwise the snake gall can be used to make wine." Old Mrs. Tian said that dried snake skin and fried eggs can also cure diseases.
She peeled off the snake's skin but did not throw it away. After washing it, Old Mrs. Tian placed it on the windowsill to dry, and put it away after it was dried.
"Tiantian is so lucky. She can even bring back a snake while picking chestnuts in the mountains." After Chen Guihua ate a piece of fragrant snake meat, her good mood reached its peak. The more she looked at Tian Tian, the more she liked her. She wished she could treat her as her own daughter.
"Just shut up and drink your snake soup. What time is it now? Aren't you afraid that saying this will get out and cause trouble for yourself?" After hearing what Chen Guihua said, Old Mrs. Tian glared at her and scolded her.
Feudal superstitions are being eradicated now, and yet Chen Guihua still dares to say such things. If other people hear about it, won't it cause trouble for the Tian family?
Chen Guihua felt a little aggrieved. She felt that she didn't say anything, so why was she scolded by Old Lady Tian? "Mom! I didn't say anything. I just said it in my own home. I won't spread it around outside."
"You say it fluently at home now, but what if you blurt it out when talking to others outside? They are not your family. You have seen what they were like in the past few years. How come you start to act so arrogantly again when we finally have some peace and stability this year?" Old Mrs. Tian glared at Chen Guihua with raised eyebrows.
After hearing what Old Lady Tian said, Chen Guihua shuddered when she thought of the scenes from a few years ago, and she began to get scared. "Mom! I'm sorry, I was wrong. I won't say that carelessly again."
When Mrs. Tian saw that Chen Guihua really knew she was wrong, her expression softened immediately. "Well, hurry up and eat. Be careful with your words in the future. Who knows if the people outside have bad intentions? If they catch you by the hair, I'll see what you'll do."
After this incident, no one spoke at the table and everyone just drank their soup in silence.
After the meal, Chen Guihua volunteered to wash the dishes and pots.
Tian Tian had nothing to do, so she planned to go to Tian Lisong and Lin Meiyu's room.
"Dad, Mom! Are you two asleep?" Tian Tian shouted outside the door.
"I'm not asleep yet! Come in!"
Tian Tian pushed the door open and saw that the quilt had been made out on the kang, and Tian Zhuo was lying in bed with his legs spread out, soundly asleep.
Tian Lisong sat on a stool and washed his feet, while Lin Meiyu sat in bed and made shoes for Tian Zhuo.
Tian Zhuo is young and his feet grow fast, plus he runs around in shoes every day, so a new pair of shoes has to be made for him every month.
The previous pair of shoes were worn out by Tian Zhuo's running. The soles were rotten and could not be worn.
During this period, Lin Meiyu was busy with the autumn harvest, and Tiantian fell ill, so she had no time to make shoes for Tian Zhuo. Tian Zhuo had been running around barefoot these days.
Lin Meiyu has taken some time out these days, thinking of making a pair of shoes for Tian Zhuo as soon as possible.
"Tiantian, it's dark now, why are you here? Aren't you going back to sleep?" Lin Meiyu threw the half-finished pair of shoes in her hand into the sewing basket, and then took away the pillow at the head of the kang to make a place for Tian Tian to sit.
"Dad, Mom! I want to tell you something!" Tian Tian sat at the head of the kang and skillfully buried her head in Lin Meiyu's arms.
"What's the matter? Just tell me directly!" Lin Meiyu said, touching Tian Tian's head.
"I want to continue going to school!" Tian Tian went straight to the point and told Tian Lisong and Lin Meiyu what she was thinking.
Lin Meiyu paused while touching Tian Tian's hand, then looked up and exchanged a glance with Tian Lisong.
"Tiantian, why do you suddenly want to go to school?" Lin Meiyu helped Tian Tian sit up straight and asked, looking into her eyes.
"Mom, I didn't think of this suddenly. I've been thinking about it for a long time. Look at me, I've grown up so big, but I don't know anything about farm work. Who would marry a wife who can't do farm work?"
"Besides, I don't want to live in the countryside all my life." Tian Tian looked at Lin Meiyu and said very seriously, "Mom! I'm only fifteen years old. I still have a long life ahead of me. I want to learn more and see more."
Today's rural life is really not as good as imagined. There are no farming machines like in later generations, rich and diverse fertilizers, and even Grandpa Yuan's hybrid rice is not completely successful.
The farmland here is still collectively managed. A group of people work very hard all year round, but the food they get is just enough to eat. Even having enough to eat becomes a luxury, let alone eating well. It is good enough to save ten yuan in a whole year.
If the Tian family had not been a bit more financially secure and Tian Lisong had not been the accountant in the brigade, earning more work points every year, it would have been difficult for Tian Tian to finish junior high school.
"Tian Tian! It's not that mom doesn't allow you to study. Reading more is a good thing. But the outside world is so chaotic now, and you have seen what the scenes in school are like. Mom is worried about you, a girl, studying outside." Lin Meiyu said.
Li Meiyu is not a traditional woman. She doesn't think that studying is useless. When she was young, her family was poor and they valued boys over girls, so they didn't send her to school.
Tian Lisong was educated and even finished junior high school.
Since she got married, Tian Lisong has been teaching her to read every day. After so many years of marriage, Lin Meiyu is not even worse than the current junior high school students.
She knew the benefits of reading, so naturally she wanted Tian Tian to read more.
But now everything in this world is upside down and chaotic. The identity of scholars has become the original sin, and workers and peasants have become the highest class.
Those people outside have already gone crazy, because they can kill you with just a word or a gesture. Tian Tian is young and still a girl, so she is really worried.
Tian Tian was silent. The original owner was in the second grade of junior high school when this chaos just started.
The factory stopped working and the school was suspended, so the original owner stayed at home for a whole year. She only went back to school when school reopened in 1968.
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