In the countryside at that time, people didn’t have much entertainment at night. After eating and cleaning up, the whole family would sit on the kang and chat, then go into bed.
After Jiang Henian took a shower and finished his studies, he happily followed He Jinshan.
He Jinshan originally wanted to ask Dewang to come down, but the child kept following him after taking a bath, smelling fragrant. So he had no choice but to hold the lamp, close the backyard door, lock the cold wind from the back mountain outside, and carry the child back to the house.
The lights in the room were off, and only dim moonlight streamed in through the front and back windows.
Jiang Henian curled up in his bedding, lying on his side facing He Jinshan, his big eyes shining in the darkness.
"Uncle, how come you are so good at fighting~"
"You alone can fight one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight—"
“Eight people!!”
Finally, he found some free time to chat with He Jinshan, and Jiang Henian kept talking.
She excitedly stretched out her hand from under the quilt and made the sign of the Chinese character "八" (eight) towards He Jinshan. She couldn't see He Jinshan, but she knew he had good eyesight and could see her clearly.
“Is this considered amazing?”
The man had a low, mellow voice and a magnetic, lazy smile.
Then, Jiang Henian felt his fingers being held and squeezed by a warm big hand.
"Put your hands back."
She obediently retracted her hand and covered herself tightly with the quilt.
We didn't heat the kang tonight. After all, it was only late autumn and she had recovered from her illness. It would be a waste of firewood to heat the kang too early.
The dim and quiet environment and the warm and soft quilt make people relax unconsciously, and even their voices become soft and lazy.
"Isn't that amazing? It's super awesome! With you protecting me from now on, I can walk around Huagou Village with my own way!"
Jiang Henian rested his chin on the quilt, talking non-stop, even kicking his feet in the quilt when he got excited. When he thought about having such a strong backer in the future, he felt elated.
"If someone bullies me, little uncle, you will help me beat him up!"
This made He Jinshan laugh silently.
He put his arms behind his head and lay on his side, looking at Jiang Henian's exposed head, his expression very vivid.
The same thing happened when she rushed in at noon with a shovel in hand to protect him. Her peach blossom eyes, which usually had no intimidating power, were now pressed down at the corners, her face was solemn, and she looked quite fierce.
"You're not bad either."
Jiang Henian paused his chattering and it took him a while to realize that He Jinshan was talking about the misunderstanding he had at the brick kiln at noon.
Is this a compliment to her or a joke?
Jiang Henian moved his body guiltily and said stubbornly, "Don't laugh at me! I'm worried about you..."
He Jinshan smiled and stroked his fur: "No, thank goodness you came."
Otherwise, those people would not have been injured so lightly.
Of course Jiang Henian didn't know his subtext. He just rolled up his quilt and moved towards He Jinshan like a caterpillar. His voice was soft and contained some negotiation.
"He Jinshan..."
"Um."
"How about you stop working at the brick kiln, okay?"
The man raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why?"
"The brick kiln is so hard, I don't want you to go..."
Jiang Henian lowered his eyes, pinched the corner of the quilt with his fingers, and said what he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Although you get 18 work points a day, you don't even have time to rest and eat at noon. Look, your clothes are soaked today. The weather is getting colder, and it's easy to catch a cold."
"And there's Qian Dahai, who caused trouble today. Everyone says his family has some connections, and he's been acting like a tyrant all day long. After you dealt with him like that, he's sure to cause trouble again."
"Let's just pay for the house repairs and not go to the brick kiln to work, okay? We don't have to wait to catch the wild boar. I still have three ginseng roots. I'll sell them. They'll be worth a lot of money."
There was silence on the other end for a moment.
Jiang Henian wanted to say something else, but He Jinshan spoke up.
"Do you like living in your current house?"
She was stunned for a moment, then said honestly: "I like it...I like it very much."
It is quiet, spacious, and comfortable, much more comfortable than the Jiang family's.
"I cried this morning, not because I wanted to stop you from spending your money. I just...well, I just wanted to save some money for our family."
"Well, of course I'm a little stingy. Money is so hard to earn. Even though it's not mine, it suddenly became so much less. I felt bad all of a sudden..."
Jiang Henian considered and explained slowly.
"I have very few work points now, so I won't get much food at the end of the year. But it doesn't matter. I have some in my space. Once I succeed in learning from Lao Ma Liu, I'll apply to be a barefoot doctor in the team. The work points will be much higher, and we won't be starving."
He Jinshan stared at Jiang Henian silently, with deep emotions in his eyes.
This kid said he wanted to earn work points to support him.
This was the first time in He Jinshan's 28-year-old eventful life.
He was stunned for a long time, so long that Jiang Henian became a little nervous.
She opened her eyes wide in the blurry darkness, trying to see He Jinshan's expression, but she could see nothing.
"He..."
Suddenly, there was a sound of a quilt being lifted in front of me, and a shadow came over me.
Jiang Henian was hugged by someone.
He Jinshan held her head with his big hands and hugged her tightly through the quilt.
The man's scorching body temperature seemed to be able to penetrate the quilt and wrap her tightly.
"Year after year."
He Jinshan's low and hoarse sighing voice came to my ears.
No joking, no teasing, very gentle...
He called her, "Niannian".
In the darkness, Jiang Henian's pupils trembled slightly and his breathing stopped.
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He Jinshan's original shabby thatched house has been transformed into a new one. It now has a yard and two small blue brick houses.
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