Friday is here again soon, and Friday afternoon is busy and full of anticipation.
Su Tiantian was not surprised to see Lai Leshi appear in her office. She was a frequent visitor to this company. As the daughter of the general manager, she could go anywhere she wanted in the company.
What she found strange was that Lai Leshi said to her, "Auntie Tiantian, I want to go home with you."
Su Tiantian said: "Today is Friday, I have to go back to Zongxiao City after get off work this afternoon."
Lai Leshi said: "I'm going to Zongxiao City too."
Su Tiantian picked up Lai Leshi and looked at Assistant Li. Assistant Li whispered, "Shishi said she wanted to see you. President Lai is in a video conference."
Su Tiantian said, "Shishi, are you leaving school early today?"
It was only four o'clock in the afternoon, not yet the end of school time for the elementary school, and the school was quite a distance away. She was obviously wearing a school uniform.
Lai Leshi said, "The last period is physical education, and my dad asked for leave for me."
Su Tiantian said: "Come, let's sit down and chat."
Su Tiantian and Lai Leshi sat on the sofa on one side, and Assistant Li sat on the single sofa looking at them.
Su Tiantian looked at Lai Leshi carefully: "Shishi, why do I think you are a little darker?"
Lai Lok-shi said, "I'm learning to play basketball. It's fun."
Su Tiantian gave a thumbs up: "Great, I can't play basketball."
Lai Lok-shi said, "My mom said that my dad is tall and she's not tall enough. I hope I can grow taller than her. Playing basketball is good for me."
Su Tiantian said, "Mrs. Lai isn't actually short, but Mr. Lai is really tall. Logically, you shouldn't be short in the future either."
Lai Leshi said, "Auntie Tiantian, is Uncle Jingze picking you up from get off work today?"
Su Tiantian said, "Yes, he will be here at 5:30. By the way, why did you say you wanted to go home with me?"
Lai Leshi said, "Your house is very close to Uncle Yiyi's place. Dad said he would send me to Uncle Yiyi's place to play for two days."
Su Tiantian said, "So that's how it is. Then who will accompany you to Uncle Yiyi's place?"
Lai Leshi said as a matter of course: "You."
Su Tiantian turned her gaze to Assistant Li, who said, "I don't know. Mr. Lai just asked me to pick up Shishi early today."
Su Tiantian didn't dwell on the answer anymore, so she said, "Then ask Mr. Lai later."
Lai Leshi said, "Auntie Tiantian, I want to hear your and your husband's childhood stories. You've known each other and played together since childhood, so what did you play when you were little?"
Su Tiantian said, "Shishi, you've seen fields of golden rice and the rich aroma of rice, but do you know how difficult it is to grow rice? Do you know the process of harvesting and threshing?"
Lai Leshi said, "What does Daogu have to do with you and Uncle Jingze?"
Su Tiantian said: "You were the one who said you wanted to hear my childhood story with him."
Lai Leshi was a little confused: "Then go on."
Su Tiantian took out a photo from her mobile phone album and handed it to Lai Leshi.
Lai Leshi was surprised: "This photo is black and white and looks very old. Is this you and Uncle Jingze?"
Su Tiantian said, "Shishi is really smart. Things were different in the past. When I was a kid, we didn't have cell phones, so we had to go to a photo studio. There was only one photo studio in town back then, and cameras were very expensive. These photos were taken by Uncle Jingze's great uncle, so they're quite commemorative."
Lai Lok-shi looked at the photo, which was a bit faded and blurry, making it difficult to see clearly. She said, "I have many beautiful photos."
Su Tiantian said, "I know that Shishi has a lot of photos, and you've been to many places to take photos. Now that I've looked at the photos, let me tell you about the relationship between Daogu, me, and Uncle Jingze."
Lai Leshi said, "Okay."
Su Tiantian said: "I was born in a peasant family. Ever since I can remember, I have known that my parents have to work in the fields. But Brother Jing, that is, Uncle Jingze you mentioned, has no land at home."
Lai Leshi said, "Why, aren't you from the same village?"
Su Tiantian said: "Because his grandfather was an orphan and came to live in the village, the village land was not allocated to his family. All the children in our village had to do farm work when they were young, but he was the only one who didn't."
Lai Leshi said, "Then what does he do?"
Su Tiantian said, "Sometimes he stays home with his mother. His mother is a tailor and makes beautiful clothes. She has great skills. Sometimes he comes to play with me and helps me with farm work. Have you ever seen rice drying in the sun?"
Lai Leshi shook her head.
Su Tiantian searched on her phone and found a photo to show Lai Leshi: "That's it."
Su Tiantian continued, "Rice farming involves sowing seeds, transplanting rice seedlings, weeding, spraying pesticides, harvesting rice, drying rice, husking rice, and so on. Each step is very tiring."
Assistant Li said, "It's really tiring. I'm older than you and do a lot more farm work than you do."
Su Tiantian said, "Yes, how could children nowadays understand these things? When I was a child, during the busy summer farming season, the children in the village would usually sip rice. The summer weather is like a child's face, changing in an instant. I really wanted to cry then, worried that I would not be able to harvest the rice in time."
Lai Leshi opened her eyes wide: "What will happen if there is no time to collect it?"
Assistant Li said: "This is food for the whole family, it guarantees our livelihood. If we don't have time to collect it and it gets wet, it's really heartbreaking. Some people will even be scolded and beaten."
Su Tiantian said: "My husband, his mother and grandmother often helped me and several nearby families harvest rice. He also accompanied me in pulling peanuts, picking peanuts, digging sweet potatoes, and feeding chickens, ducks and geese."
Lai Leshi said, "Auntie Tiantian, did you have to do so much farm work when you were a child?"
Su Tiantian said, "Yes, Assistant Li is the same. The adjective 'hardworking' is very appropriate for us."
Assistant Li said, "I'm good at most farm work. Shishi, would you like some water?"
Lai Leshi said, "Okay."
Lai Leshi took the kettle handed to her by Assistant Li, took a few sips, and then asked, "So, we still need to grow vegetables, right?"
Su Tiantian said, "I don't know much about growing vegetables. After I started primary school, I did less farm work. Back then, we had to walk to and from school by ourselves, unlike you who have someone to pick you up every day. But my home wasn't far from school."
Lai Leshi said, "What about Uncle Jingze?"
Su Tiantian said: "At that time, he would go to and from school with me almost every day, until he started junior high school and went to a different school than me."
Lai Leshi held her chin with both hands, her eyes sparkling: "It's very romantic."
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