Staying up late? No, Mr. Bai isn't home, and neither are her family members. The only person she can play with, Mili, seems to be even busier than her.
Aside from Lao He and Zai Zai keeping her company, she doesn't have many other forms of entertainment.
The key point is that Lao He seemed to have something to do today, so I only spoke to her for a few words before going back.
She played with the baby for a while, then went to sleep.
...
He Wan was having a leisurely time with nothing to do, but this afternoon the Party Secretary found her and took her to meet the people from the commune.
Until last year, she went to Shanghai and brought back a batch of medicine, which successfully brought considerable benefits to the Dali Village Clinic.
People from the surrounding villages almost stopped going to the clinic in the commune and all went to Dali Village instead.
Knowing that she has connections in Haishi, I thought I'd have her go there again this year to get a batch of medicine.
However, the commune was worried that she wouldn't be able to carry back so much medicine by herself, so they wanted two people to go with her.
He Wan was naturally unwilling; how could she make money selling goods with two people following her?
So he looked extremely embarrassed and said he needed to call his aunt first to ask about the situation.
So I rushed to the county town before the post office closed in the afternoon.
I went through the motions at the post office, and then went to see Grandpa Wan and Grandpa He.
One family gave them a bag of flour, a bag of cornmeal, and five pounds of pork.
Grandpa Wan only sold He Wan a watch. In the past two years, she has been sending him grain from time to time, not just five or eight jin, but dozens of jin at a time. He doesn't want money from her, mainly because he doesn't have much money himself.
Feeling truly guilty, he insisted on holding onto He Wan, refusing to let her leave: "Young comrade, I know you have a kind heart, but I feel bad that you never ask for anything in return."
“Uncle Wan, since I’ve come out to do this business, I’m not someone who’s short of food. Just consider me a junior, showing my respect to you.”
Grandpa Wan shook his head, insisting that he not leave. He took out a wooden box from the house and gave it to her, saying with some difficulty, "I have been playing with these two walnuts for nearly twenty years. Although they are not worth much, anyone who has this hobby will treat them as treasures."
He Wan opened the wooden box, and inside were indeed two round walnuts. They must have been handled often, as their surfaces had developed a patina like jade, gleaming with an oily sheen. To be honest, she really didn't know anything about these kinds of antique collectibles.
It was just ordinary walnuts; she could harvest a lot from the back mountain every autumn. She didn't care about the walnuts, but the wooden box was exquisite.
“Uncle Wan, I don’t play with these things. Since you’ve been handling them for twenty years, you must cherish them. I’ll leave the walnuts for you, but I’ll take the box. It looks exquisite.”
Grandpa Wan smiled and shook his head: "I carved these myself, they're not worth much. These two together aren't even worth as much as a bag of flour you have. Don't make this old man regret it, take them quickly."
As he spoke, Grandpa Wan pushed the box towards her.
Seeing that Grandpa Wan insisted on giving it to her, He Wan reluctantly accepted it.
After saying goodbye to Grandpa Wan, the elderly couple, Grandpa He and his wife, were even more welcoming.
It seemed like the two families had agreed on this beforehand. This time, Grandpa He gave her an amber jade pendant, but He Wan refused. He insisted, saying, "This isn't worth much. You can play with it, or give it to your girlfriend to please her. Young girls all like these. Just be careful not to let anyone else see it."
He Wan blinked, touched the hat on her head, and didn't say anything, keeping it.
Well, after all this time, I still haven't realized she's a girl. It seems my disguise is quite effective.
Let's keep it; it's a token of the goodwill of both families.
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