Her hands were not as delicate as mutton-fat jade before, but they were also very tender, and her fingers were relatively slender. But now she has done too much work, and her hands have become rough, covered with calluses, and the joints have become somewhat thick.
The house they live in now is an old and dilapidated house in the brigade. The house is not big, with only one room and one dining room. The kang is only big enough for one or two people to sleep. The yard is also pitifully small, and there is no well. She has to fetch all the water from outside in winter, because there are only two people in the family who collect firewood, and the firewood is not enough for them. Shen Lingling is reluctant to use firewood to boil water, and she uses cold water to wash everything. Last winter, Shen Lingling's hands were covered with frostbite.
Although the autumn harvest has just begun this year, the work of harvesting is a race against time and there is not a lot of work to do in a day. In just a few days, Shen Lingling's hands were covered with blisters.
Even though Shen Lingling was very happy when she said these words to Tian Tian, it still couldn't offset the hard work.
Shen Lingling looked up at Tian Tian's white and tender hands. Her fingers were chubby and looked soft. It was obvious that her hands had never done any heavy work. There were only a few calluses on her fingers.
Shen Lingling suddenly felt a little jealous. She was jealous that Tian Tian was only one year younger than her, but she didn't have to shoulder the burden of the family like her. Old Mrs. Tian and her family never let Tian Tian do heavy work, and Tian Tian had never been to the fields to harvest in autumn.
Shen Lingling was even more jealous. It was obvious that she and Tian Tian had been good friends since childhood, and Tian Yun did not have a good relationship with Tian Tian in the beginning, but now it was Tian Yun who had the best relationship with Tian Tian.
Although Shen Lingling did not show it, she could clearly feel that her relationship with Tian Tian and Tian Yun had become distant. Even though she was sitting in front of Tian Tian now, Tian Tian still treated her no differently than before.
But Shen Lingling didn't know what to talk to Tian Tian about. If she told Tian Tian about Fang Siwen, she was worried that Tian Tian would not want to listen, but she had nothing else to tell Tian Tian except Fang Siwen's affairs.
The reason why he chose to talk to Tiantian about these things was because he knew that Tian Yun had been studying with the educated youth recently. She didn't want to disturb Tian Yun and the others, and she had nothing to say to them.
She originally thought that Tian Tian had no intention of going to college. After all, Tian Tian was already in a technical school and was already earning a salary, so there was no need for her to go to college.
But when she just came in, she clearly saw the textbooks on Tian Tian's desk. She felt very sad and always felt that she was getting further and further away from her two friends, but she had no way to narrow the distance between them.
"Then you should be nicer to yourself. You can't always think about Fang Siwen. You must be like this now because your waist is very uncomfortable." Tian Tian listened to Shen Lingling's words. She felt a little sorry for Shen Lingling during the time she was married. She could see that Shen Lingling really liked Fang Siwen. If it wasn't really unbearable, she would probably still endure the pain in her waist to work.
"The waist is really important. You are so old now, but your waist hurts so much. You must take good care of it. What if you end up like Grandpa Sun, with a broken waist, and end up having to lie on the kang for the rest of your life? It's painful to think about it."
Grandpa Sun was the oldest person in the Sun family of their brigade. He accidentally broke his waist while cutting wood in the mountains, and he has been lying on the kang ever since. He passed away two years ago. He was not in pain when he passed away, and he was not young anymore, so it was considered a happy funeral.
When Grandpa Sun passed away, Tian Tian and Shen Lingling went to see him together. Grandpa Sun especially liked children who could read. But his family members were all stupid and could not read, so he would often buy pencils and textbooks for those children who could read. When Tian Tian was a child, she also received a lot of pencils from him.
"If your back hurts so badly, you should go to the hospital right away." Tian Tian felt that if you are sick, you should get treatment. Your disease will definitely not be very serious when it first develops, and it can be cured with little money.
If the disease becomes serious in the future, it will be difficult to cure it no matter how much money you spend, and you will suffer.
But people nowadays don’t have this idea. They think going to the hospital is a waste of money and that if they are sick they can just endure it, but they always miss the best opportunity for treatment.
Shen Lingling also has the same idea now, "How much does it cost to go to the hospital? How can we afford that much money? Besides, if Fang Siwen really goes to college in the future, he will need a lot of travel expenses. I still have to save money for his college education. Besides, my waist has suddenly hurt recently. I just need to bear it. It's not a serious problem."
When they got married, they didn't have much money. Shen Lingling's older brother had just gotten married and his family couldn't afford much money, so they only gave her five dollars.
Fang Siwen's family did give them a lot of money, but that was not enough for the travel expenses to go to college. Shen Lingling felt that now that they were married, she couldn't let Fang Siwen ask his family for money, so she saved money and was reluctant to spend it, thinking about earning more. As a result, their lives became more and more stingy after they got married.
"Why do you worry about his schooling? You're his girlfriend, not his mother. And he, a grown man, doesn't worry about anything. Instead, he leaves you here calculating money every day to make a living." In Tian Tian's opinion, Fang Siwen's going to college is Fang Siwen's own business. It's not Shen Lingling who forced Fang Siwen to go to college. If your travel expenses are not enough, Fang Siwen must find a way himself, or you can go to Fang Siwen's mother.
It's obvious that people in the countryside can't earn much money throughout the year, and they still have to save for travel expenses. They really don't spend a penny all year round, and as a result, Shen Lingling is the only one who suffers.
"We are a couple, there is no need to distinguish between yours and mine. Besides, the hardship will only last for a short period of time. When Fang Siwen goes to college, won't life be better then?" Shen Lingling said virtuously and selflessly.
Tian Tian immediately decided not to talk to Shen Lingling about this matter. "Well, if you think so, then I won't say anything, but you have to give yourself some money. If something happens in the future and Fang Siwen is not with you, you can't be without any money."
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid." Shen Lingling did not refute.
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