Feng Mingran felt bitter inside. He was so happy when he saw his older brother, but his brother walked up to him and punched him three times. He also said that if it weren't for the fact that he had to go to work in the afternoon, he would have given him a good beating.
Feng Mingran felt that the beating was really not worth it. He had no idea that his sister would find a boyfriend in such a short time after going to the countryside. He didn't see that the two of them were shy. Every time he saw them, they were very open and generous, not at all awkward.
So Feng Mingran felt very wronged. Even though his sisters-in-law made him noodles and ate half a chicken at noon, it couldn't comfort his wounded little heart. Sure enough, when he went to work in the afternoon, the aunties and older women saw him like this and asked him with a smile what was wrong. In fact, some people had already seen him when he finished work in the morning, and they all knew about it. They just wanted to tease the young man.
To the aunts, grandmas, uncles, and elders of Liujia Village, this young man was practically family. After all, he was the son of their aunt's daughter after her marriage, so everyone was very tolerant of Feng Mingran and his sister. When they first arrived in the countryside, they weren't very good at farming, and everyone patiently taught them. Feng Mingran and his sister, being raised by their own family, were not spoiled at all. Even though they were slow at first, they didn't complain but instead asked everyone for help.
Unlike some educated youth who couldn't even do their jobs well and still acted superior to them, whom they disliked at first glance, they would lend a helping hand to Feng Mingran and his sister whenever possible. However, they always had some mixed feelings about Feng Mingran, this carefree young man.
While Mingyue was dating the Tan family boy, this silly boy didn't notice anything amiss. He was all over the Tan family boy, calling him brother. If it weren't for the fact that they all thought the Tan family boy and old man Tan were good people and that Mingyue wouldn't be at a disadvantage marrying the Tan family boy, they, as aunties and grandmothers, would have given this silly boy a good beating.
Now, seeing Mingran get a beating from his older brother, even though he only got a few punches to the face because he had to leave work, everyone is laughing and joking, not caring at all.
At lunchtime, besides Feng Mingran eating half a chicken, Zhao Xiuxiang shared her half with the two children. She originally wanted to give some to Liu Mingfeng and the others, but they stopped her, saying they had already eaten in the morning, and eating more was only because some of them had to work in the afternoon, and the soupy food they had in the morning wasn't very filling. Besides, the weather was very hot now, and if they didn't finish eating at noon, it might spoil by the afternoon. So Zhao Xiuxiang didn't stand on ceremony; after finishing her own portion and sharing with the children, she kept the remaining half chicken and the carcass.
After lunch, Zhao Xiu'en and Feng Mingran went back to their room to rest. They were indeed tired after working all morning. Liu Mingfeng asked Feng Minghao if he had invited Liu Ercheng and Liu Sanqian's families over for dinner that evening. Liu Minghao said he had. In the afternoon, he planned to ride his bicycle to town to see if there was anything he could buy, and he also planned to go to the toll station to see if he could find any textbooks.
After all, they only managed to find two complete sets of textbooks in Beijing and brought them here. They left some incomplete sets there for Feng Ming'an to look for. If they found a complete set, they would mail it over. Now, he wanted to check the toll station to see if they had any. If they did, he wanted to find them. After all, once the official announcement came that the college entrance examination was allowed, textbooks and such would be hard to find. Anyway, if you didn't look for them at the scrap yard, they would just send the books and such to be shredded.
Because getting out of the village to the town required passing through the middle of the village, the workers on their way to work in the afternoon saw Feng Minghao riding his bicycle past quickly, and everyone watched curiously. They wondered why he was rushing around so frantically, having just returned that morning and shouldn't he be resting at home. So they asked Feng Mingran, Feng Mingyue, and even the Liu brothers' families.
From the answers given by the Liu family and Feng Mingran and his sister, everyone learned that Feng Minghao was treating everyone to a meal and asking them to help take care of his wife because he only had less than a month to stay there before joining the army, and his current leave had been too long, making it difficult to get another leave. The villagers, hearing this, all said that Feng Minghao was incredibly kind.
After Feng Minghao left, Liu Mingfeng also carried his basket and headed towards the back mountain. Wu Qiaoqiao had also gone to work, as it was the busy farming season and everyone who could work was out working, even the older children. As for Liu Mingfeng, judging from his appearance alone, he wasn't very healthy, so the village chief, Liu Yougen, told him to rest more and didn't let him do any work in the fields.
This time, Liu Mingfeng didn't go up the mountain specifically to hunt. After all, it's a village, and if you always go up the mountain and hunt some game, the villagers will always be envious and resentful. So Liu Mingfeng didn't plan to hunt anything special this time, but he would take some if he came across any. His main purpose in going up the mountain was to see if there were any dried fruits or nuts he could pick up, such as walnuts or pine nuts.
He was stocking up on snacks for his wife to eat when she was bored at home during the heavy snowfall. In their area, it snows heavily in winter, making it difficult to even leave the village, let alone go to the town's supply and marketing cooperative. So most people can only prepare what they need after the harvest and before the snowfall. If they haven't prepared everything, they can take the village tractor to town to buy things when the snow isn't too deep. But once the snow is heavy and thick, they have to stay home all winter.
Liu Mingyi could only take advantage of his few days of rest at home to run around the back mountain to see if he could find more nuts. After the harvest season, the village women would also go into the mountains to stock up on goods, and at that time, it would truly be a case of "autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves." If you didn't go deep into the mountains, there would be nothing for you.
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