Chen Yingzi hesitated. She was going back to school the next night. If she went to the city and rushed back, she would definitely be late if she went back to the school in the town.
Liang Guiying's face darkened: "You, Chen Yingzi, when you were little, your mother was in poor health, and I carried you up the mountain and down to the fields every day. Now you won't even help me carry some things to the city? I've really spoiled you for nothing!"
Chen Yingzi immediately agreed: "Auntie, don't be angry, I'll help you pick some tomorrow. How long are you going to the city? You can't keep the vegetables at your house, pick some from my place instead..."
After the three of them went down the mountain, they went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. After picking the vegetables, Zhang Fenglian took Chen Yingzi home to cook dinner.
Liang Guiying then went to the village office to call Uncle Zhong. She first told him that she was going back to the city early the next morning, and then asked him about the psychologist.
Just then, Dr. Zhong, Uncle Zhong's son, happened to be at the department store. After asking a few questions, Liang Guiying only said that she had been reading a lot these days and even dreamed about taking the college entrance exam. She was a little obsessed and felt uncomfortable.
Reading books, taking the college entrance exam—these few words together gave Dr. Zhong a clue. He told Liang Guiying that he would make arrangements for her to take the person back to the airport living area tomorrow.
Liang Guiying expressed her gratitude.
Dr. Zhong said, "My mother has been sleeping very well these past few nights after taking the oral liquid you gave her. She hasn't been getting up at night anymore. Our whole family should thank you."
"Let's not talk about these things since we're all family. Oh, and please tell Zhou Yue for me."
After hanging up the phone, Liang Guiying saw Secretary Wu come out and mentioned to him that she was going back to the city: "I'll probably be staying for a few months this time. Could you please keep an eye on my in-laws?"
Before Secretary Wu could speak, his wife said, "If you're going to take care of your granddaughter, then take good care of her. Your in-laws are only in their sixties, they're still young, what can't they do? Wenqing and Wenyong are already teenagers, in the past, a thirteen-year-old boy would be worth a work point! Don't worry, we would never call you unless someone dies or a house collapses."
Liang Guiying used to be a skilled worker in the village. In the past, the neighboring production teams would hold skills competitions every year, and she would always win first place in any project she participated in, which brought a lot of honor to the production team and Secretary Wu.
After the land was distributed to individual households, Secretary Wu and his wife were always too busy with farming, so Liang Guiying would always help them and lead them in doing other farming tasks.
She had a fierce face and a sharp tongue, but she was also efficient and warm-hearted. Most people in the village had been kind to her, and except for a few who went against their conscience, they all remembered Liang Guiying's kindness.
Knowing that she was going to the city to take care of her granddaughter the next day, everyone came to visit her, bringing her preserved fish, dried green beans, dried cassava, dried radish, and so on, and told her not to worry.
Everyone chimed in with their own comment, creating a lively atmosphere:
"We'll bring the child back to visit when they're older. City children are too delicate; they can't come to our rural area at such a young age."
"Do you have a lot of stuff? I'll just take you to the dock tomorrow!"
"I was just about to speak when you spoke, so I won't hold back!"
"You're too kind. Next time you come back, bring me those cookies. I'm over fifty and I've never tasted anything like them."
Not far away, watching Liang Guiying surrounded by the crowd, Old Man Zheng felt very uncomfortable.
With our most capable daughter-in-law gone, who will do the farm work? Who will do the housework? What will the two old folks do?
Grandma Zheng whispered, "Wenqing and Wenyong are getting older. If they don't get into high school, they'll have to go to the city to find work. We'll still have to rely on Fang Shu."
The next day, Liang Guiying got up at the crack of dawn.
It's really rare to see her in-laws at this hour.
Old Mrs. Zheng was boiling water in the kitchen with a lamp on. Old Mr. Zheng said, "Fang Shu is from the village. It might not be so easy for him to get promoted. You need to build a good relationship with their leaders so that they will remember Fang Shu."
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Liang Guiying responded and took out one hundred yuan: "This is the money from selling the pigs. Don't ask about the rest; I have other uses for it. In short, if you don't want to be worked to death, let Wenyong and the others do more work."
The Zheng couple had many flaws and were always biased, but Liang Guiying had lost her parents at a young age, so after marrying into the family, she treated them as her own parents. Over the years, she couldn't tell whether she was willing or not, but in any case, they had never harmed her.
Therefore, Liang Guiying was willing to give them a few pointers, as she had fulfilled her duty. Whether they listened or not was their own business.
The three of them ate a simple bowl of porridge by daylight.
Before long, Zhang Fenglian arrived with Chen Yingzi. The Wang couple from the end of the village also pushed a cart over. Liang Guiying put the chicken coop, rice, bran, and other heavy items on the cart, and the rest of the cart was carried by each of them before they went out.
The group chatted and laughed all the way, and soon arrived at the dock.
Zhang Fenglian followed Liang Guiying onto the ferry under the pretext of buying review materials for Chen Yingzi, while the Wang couple pushed their cart back the way they came.
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