Tian Tian has been here for such a long time, almost a year and a half, and it seems that their family has only used a flashlight twice, and they go to bed as soon as it gets dark.
"Sister! I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?" Tian Zhuo came over and asked.
The two of them didn't go home that night and went straight to Team 5 to reserve seats after school.
It was originally planned that Tian Tian and her friends would bring some delicious food there in the evening, but Tian Tian didn't find them late at night, so the two brothers had to eat fruits and chestnuts, which didn't satisfy their hunger.
Tian Tian didn't bring any real dry food or biscuits. "Here are some roasted sweet potatoes. Have some. I didn't cook tonight, so you won't have anything to eat when you get home."
Tian Tian took out two sweet potatoes from her bag and handed them to Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo. They were both really hungry, so they took the sweet potatoes and started to eat them voraciously.
When they got home in the evening, it was already past eight o'clock and it was completely dark.
Tian Lisong heated the kang in everyone's room, and there was hot water on the brazier.
Everyone hurriedly soaked their feet to relieve fatigue, and then went to sleep.
The next day, everyone got up late, which was unusual for them. Tian Lisong went to bed early the night before, so he got up quite early and prepared breakfast.
After finishing her breakfast, Tian Tian took some dry food and went up the mountain. She planned to stay on the mountain all day and pick more chestnuts and hazelnuts.
Tian Tian stayed in the mountains for a day. At noon, she picked up some firewood, shelled it, heated up some dry biscuits, and had a meal.
As it was getting dark in the evening, Tian Tian packed the hazelnuts and chestnuts for Li Jiuniang and went to the grove where they had agreed to meet.
There is a duo act performance by Team Five tonight, and everyone has gone to listen to it. There is no one in the main team, so they don't have to worry about being discovered by others.
"These are what I picked up in the mountains. These are all I have. They should be enough for you to eat." Tian Tian said, pointing to the chestnuts and hazelnuts on the ground.
There were a total of ten kilograms of chestnuts and hazelnuts, which were carried by Tian Tian.
"Okay!" Li Jiuniang took out a small bag from her pocket. It contained saccharin. She went to the county town yesterday to get it back. She handed it to Tian Tian, "This is for you!"
Tian Tian took the saccharin and opened it to have a look. Inside were crystals that looked like granulated sugar, but they were a little bigger than granulated sugar.
"This is very sweet. Put a little bit in it when you use it. If you put too much, it will become bitter." Li Jiuniang instructed.
"I understand. I'll leave first then." After saying that, Tian Tian wrapped up the saccharin, put it in her pocket, and then prepared to go to Team 6 to find Old Lady Tian to watch a show.
She had told Old Lady Tian before that she might arrive late in the evening, and told Old Lady Tian and the others not to wait for her, but just go there in advance to save a seat for her.
Tian Tian took two steps forward and suddenly thought of something. She turned around and asked Li Jiuniang, "Do you want to go to Team Five to watch the Errenzhuan?"
Li Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, then smiled at Tian Tian, "You go first, I'll go later."
After hearing what Li Jiuniang said, Tian Tian didn't say anything else and turned to go to Team Six.
There were also quite a few people from Team Six, but Tian Tian came earlier today than yesterday, so there weren't as many people as there were in Team Five, so it was still easy to find some people.
"Tiantian! Stay here!" Lin Meiyu saw her eldest daughter at a glance and raised her hand to call Tian Tian over.
"Mom!" Tian Tian sat on the small stool next to Lin Meiyu and looked around curiously. They were sitting at the back, but there were empty seats in the front two rows.
"Mom! Isn't there a seat in the front? Why don't you sit forward?"
"The places in the front are reserved for Liu'er's team. After all, they are performing in front of the main team. We can't let them take up all the seats and leave them with no place to sit. This position is pretty good. It's close to the stage in front and we can see clearly." Lin Meiyu said.
There are unwritten rules for watching plays here. One row is reserved for children. Children are small and will not be able to see if they don't sit in the front.
The last few rows are reserved for people from this brigade. If people from other brigade arrived earlier, they should bring their own small stools to the back so as not to disturb others from watching the show.
Tian Tian nodded in understanding. They should give each other convenience. The other team didn't stop them from coming to watch, and they couldn't hinder the people in their team.
"What about my brother? Isn't he coming over tonight?" Tian Tian asked curiously when she saw that her brother Tian Yuan didn't come over.
Tian Yuan went with them last night, but when they got there he was nowhere to be seen. However, Tian Tian felt that Tian Yuan might not have seen anything, after all, there were so many people there.
When Tian Yuan was mentioned, Lin Meiyu sighed, "Isn't your brother leaving tomorrow? He's packing his luggage at home today! I asked him to come over but he said he wouldn't come. This kid is so stubborn."
During the day today, she helped Tian Yuan pack his luggage at home, thinking of coming over in the evening to let Tian Yuan relax. Tian Yuan would not be able to hear the opera that their team would perform tomorrow night, so Tian Yuan refused to come and said that he would stay at home to look after the house and asked Tian Lisong to come over.
Lin Meiyu couldn't persuade Tian Yuan, so she let him stay at home.
Tian Tian nodded slightly. There was no one in the stands yet. There were a few people in Zhongshan suits busying around below the stands. Their spirit and energy were different from those of the rural people who had just experienced the autumn harvest. They must have come here to sing Errenzhuan.
They are good-looking, with neat and handsome features, but I don't know how they will sound when singing.
Tian Tian grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the bag that Lin Meiyu brought, turned around and tried to look for Shen Lingling, but she didn't find Shen Lingling. Instead, she saw Tian Lili, who had just got married this year.
"Mom! Look! Isn't that Sister Lili?" Tian Tian reached out and patted Lin Meiyu, pointing to a place and said.
Lin Meiyu turned her head and looked in the direction Tian Tian pointed, and sure enough, she saw Tian Lili talking to her mother.
"That's right! Lili is back. I'm going to talk to them. Do you want to go?" Lin Meiyu asked.
Tian Tian nodded slightly. She had a good impression of Tian Lili. Although she had not met Tian Lili many times, she liked this gentle and generous cousin very much.
Moreover, she hadn't seen Tian Lili since her last wedding, and she was very concerned about how her cousin was doing after marriage.
Lin Meiyu told Old Lady Tian and Chen Guihua next to her, and Chen Guihua also wanted to go with Lin Meiyu, so the three of them went to look for Tian Lili and Second Aunt together.
"Second sister-in-law! Lili! Are you here to listen to the Errenzhuan too?" Lin Meiyu said with a smile.
"Meiyu! Guihua! Tiantian! You are here too?" Second Aunt took Tian Lili and smiled at the three of them.
"Fourth Aunt! Fifth Aunt! Tian Tian!" Tian Lili also smiled at the three of them.
"I haven't seen Lili for a long time. I think Lili looks beautiful again!" Lin Meiyu said with a smile.
This is not to be polite to Tian Lili and the others, but Tian Lili does look better now than before she got married. Her face is rosy, her skin is translucent, her eyes are sparkling, and she looks radiant. You can tell at a glance that her married life is pretty good.
"She's not pretty at all. I think she looks almost the same as before she got married. She's not as pretty as your Tiantian, who is so fair and delicate." The second aunt said with a smile while holding Tian Tian's hand.
Tian Tian didn't take it seriously. He was just being polite, not really praising your beauty.
The second aunt chatted with Chen Guihua and Lin Meiyu for a while, then turned to look in the direction where Chen Guihua and the others had come from, and asked Lin Meiyu, "Didn't your Tian Yuan come out with you today?"
Lin Meiyu pulled the second aunt to sit down at their seat, and then said, "Tian Yuan will leave tomorrow, and he is packing his luggage at home tonight."
When these words were spoken, Second Aunt and Tian Lili were both stunned. They looked at each other, and Tian Lili reached out and pushed Second Aunt.
The second aunt smiled and reached out to hold Lin Meiyu's hand, "Why is he leaving so early? Why not spend the New Year at home? It's been a long time since Tian Yuan spent the New Year at home, right?"
Lin Meiyu sighed, "That's right. If you count this year, he hasn't spent the New Year at home for three years. This year is not bad. He stayed at home for at least a month. In the past, there were only letters, but no one could see him in person."
When Tian Lili heard Lin Meiyu say this, the smile on her face suddenly became a little forced.
When Tian Tian saw the two of them like this, she knew that they must have something to say, and it might be related to her brother Tian Yuan.
As expected, the next second, the second aunt sighed and said, "It's not easy. It's not easy to make money outside, especially being a soldier. It's even more dangerous. I don't know what happened to my son-in-law, but he suddenly wanted to join the army. My Lili said that she discussed with her yesterday that if the army comes to recruit soldiers next year, my son-in-law will sign up."
Here we come!
Tian Tian muttered to herself.
The second aunt on the side continued, "When I heard Tian Lili say this, I remembered that your eldest son is serving in the army. I wanted to come over to ask you how you were recruited? Do you need to practice anything? For example, running. I was thinking of going to your house tomorrow to ask Tian Yuan, and I just happened to run into you here today. What a coincidence."
"Yes! Joining the army is a good thing!" Lin Meiyu agreed.
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