Liang Guiying rushed into the house, locked the door behind her, and told Zhang Fenglian, "Keep your voice down!"
Zhang Fenglian's tears fell in a steady stream, and she was trembling. She kept calling out "Yingzi" in a low voice, but Chen Yingzi did not respond and continued to recite her lessons.
This is madness.
Liang Guiying had never dealt with this kind of thing before, so she braced herself and went ahead. She called out several times but received no response, so she asked Zhang Fenglian to take out Chen Yingzi's schoolbag.
She grabbed a book and waved it in front of Chen Yingzi: "Yingzi, have you finished your Chinese workbook?"
Chen Yingzi shifted her gaze over: "...I did it."
Having successfully drawn her attention, Liang Guiying quickly picked up another book: "Where's the math book?"
"...did it."
What about English?
"I did it."
Did physics do it?
"I did it."
"What about chemistry?"
"I did it."
"politics?"
"I did it."
"history?"
"I did it."
"What about labor?"
"..."
"You didn't do it, right?"
Chen Yingzi looked at the two books, her eyes somewhat unfocused: "...I didn't do it."
"If you haven't done any work yet, then go do some work now!"
Liang Guiying put on a straw hat, and Chen Yingzi followed suit. Zhang Fenglian then realized what was happening and quickly said, "Go to the back hill to turn over the tobacco fields. We're going to plant tobacco in a couple of days! And cassava! We need to weed the cassava field!"
The three of them quietly went to the back mountain to scavenge the tobacco fields. Liang Guiying kept an eye on Chen Yingzi while scaffolding. After scaffolding for more than half an hour, Chen Yingzi suddenly said, "Mom, I'm so tired."
"If you're tired, sit down and rest."
"Mom, I want to drink water."
Zhang Fenglian quickly handed over some water.
After drinking the water, Chen Yingzi sat there with her legs drawn up, lost in thought, and soon fell asleep.
How tired this child must be.
Zhang Fenglian wiped away her tears.
Liang Guiying and Zhang Fenglian pulled them aside: "I'm going back to the city tomorrow. Why don't you take Yingzi to the hospital with you? I heard that the hospital has doctors who provide psychological counseling."
Zhang Fenglian was completely disoriented and did whatever Liang Guiying said.
Chen Yingzi couldn't sleep soundly; she only dozed off for a short while before waking up. Once awake, she continued to turn over the floor. After more than half an hour, she seemed like a different person, taking the initiative to tell Zhang Fenglian many interesting stories from school.
Zhang Fenglian then said, "Guiying is going to the city tomorrow. She has a lot of things and can't carry them far by herself. Let's help her deliver them to the city. I've never been to the city before, so I'll take this opportunity to go and have a look around."
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