However, as soon as the question left their mouths, the two of them immediately realized: the meat smelled so strong in the village tonight, the whole village must be sharing the meat.
The daughter's arrival at this time is probably to bring food for the two of them.
Sure enough, after their eyes adjusted to the darkness, the couple saw Ruan Miaomiao silently taking something out of her basket.
As soon as the item was taken out, the two of them smelled a rich aroma of meat.
"I brought extra, you can share it."
Ruan Miaomiao put all the meat into the earthenware pot that Sun Deming and his companion used for cooking water and rice, and then explained the process to them.
"You silly girl, you bring us anything good you have, but you keep it for yourself. Look at you, you've gotten so thin!"
Sun Deming hadn't seen Ruan Miaomiao for a while, and subconsciously felt that his daughter had suffered and become thin.
Ruan Miaomiao looked down at her healthy and well-proportioned figure and wondered to herself: I've lost weight? I've lost weight?
She's clearly gained a pound, okay?
However, Sun Deming felt that his daughter had lost weight.
After all, parents will always feel sorry for their children and will always think that their children have lost weight.
Ruan Miaomiao did not refute, but instead asked the two what else they were missing.
Upon hearing this, Sun Deming quickly refused: "Girl, life in the countryside is tough. If you have any good things, keep them for yourself. Don't send them to us. We can manage."
Besides, there's been progress on what you mentioned last time. The higher-ups have exonerated Old Zheng, and someone will probably come to take him back in a few days.
Old Zheng promised that he would make arrangements for me and your Aunt Fengying when he got back.
When we get back, we'll be able to back you up!
Qin Fengying, standing to the side, nodded in agreement with her husband, saying, "Miaomiao, you should live your life well. Your uncle and I will be better off soon."
As she spoke, Qin Fengying pulled out two pairs of insoles from under her pillow and handed them to Ruan Miaomiao: "Miaomiao, these are insoles I embroidered in my spare time. Take them back with you. It's cold here in winter, and shoes get wet easily. Put them in your shoes and take them out to dry over a fire at night so you don't have to wear wet shoes!"
"Um!"
Ruan Miaomiao gave a soft "hmm" and took the insoles from Qin Fengying's hands.
Every stitch on it represents Qin Fengying's longing and love for her.
Holding the insoles, Ruan Miaomiao told the two to eat the meat quickly while it was hot, then turned and left the shack.
Sun Deming and his wife huddled at the entrance of the shack, hiding behind the straw curtain, watching Ruan Miaomiao's figure slowly disappear into the distance.
Once they could no longer see anyone, the two of them, carrying the earthenware jar containing the meat, went to call the other couple, while Qin Fengying went directly to Old Zheng's shack.
It's probably around 4 a.m. now, a good time to go to sleep.
Suddenly awakened and hearing that there was meat to eat, the four of them thought they were dreaming.
He was secretly laughing at himself for dreaming about eating meat.
When they realized there really was meat to eat, the four of them were overjoyed.
The six of them gathered in Old Zheng's shack and shared the meat that Ruan Miaomiao had brought.
Without Qin Fengying and her husband even having to say it, the other four people all knew where the meat came from.
After all, who else but Ruan Miaomiao could deliver meat to them?
Listening to the four people praising Ruan Miaomiao while eating meat, Sun Deming and his wife were overjoyed: it was worth it to bring out all the meat to share.
It wasn't that he and Qin Fengying didn't want to keep it a secret; they were simply afraid of being discovered.
After all, the villagers had just come to the shack looking for someone during the day.
Fortunately, the brown sugar they had hidden earlier had no taste and was hidden in a secluded place.
However, they dared not hide meat at all.
Everyone is short of meat these days, and they're all incredibly sensitive to it. Even the meat they ate in the morning can be smelled when they talk to someone in the evening.
Fearing that the villagers would come to the shack looking for them again, how could Qin Fengying and her husband still dare to hide meat?
"Fengying, Auntie has something I'd like to tell you..."
Grandma Zheng had lost most of her teeth. As she ate the stewed pig's trotters, which were now tender and soft, she thought to herself how thoughtful the young girl who brought them the food was.
Upon hearing what Old Lady Zheng said, Qin Fengying politely asked her what she thought.
Seeing that everyone in the shack was looking at her, Old Lady Zheng mustered her courage and spoke out the thought that had been hidden in her heart for a long time:
"I want to recognize Ruan Yatou as my goddaughter so that I can repay her kindness to us old folks in the future."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the shack showed expressions of shock.
Grandma Zheng assumed that the others thought she was greedy, so she patiently explained: "In the previous situation between you and your Uncle Zheng, if we had recognized someone else's daughter as our goddaughter, it would have been obvious that we wanted to take advantage of her."
But now, as you've heard, your Uncle Zheng might be going back soon. Once we get back and everything's back on track, I want to adopt that girl as my goddaughter and take good care of Ruan Yaya from now on.”
"!!!!"
When Qin Fengying and Sun Deming heard what Old Lady Zheng said, they were overjoyed: they only wanted to help their daughter, but they never expected that their daughter would find such a powerful backer.
Professor Zheng is one of the top researchers in physics in China. When he returns, he will need to be protected by a dedicated person.
How could the couple not be happy that such an important person proposed to adopt their daughter as their goddaughter?
However, Qin Fengying couldn't agree directly, so she started to decline:
"Auntie, that girl helped us out of kindness and didn't expect anything in return."
I don't know if she'd be willing to accept him as her godfather!
Old Mrs. Zheng and Old Mr. Zheng both thought Qin Fengying's words made a lot of sense: after all, they were both stinking intellectuals who had been sent down to the countryside, and others would stay far away from them if they heard about them, so why would they rush to give them things?
Sending them gifts at this time is clearly a losing proposition with no return!
But that girl did it.
Not only did they do it, they also frequently came to deliver things.
Not only did they send gifts, but they also sent really nice things.
How could this not be touching?
The elderly couple were so moved that they couldn't wait to recognize their capable granddaughter and repay her kindness in the future.
However, upon hearing Qin Fengying's words, Old Zheng became somewhat worried: Ruan Yatou is a great philanthropist who gives without expecting anything in return; would she accept his gratitude?
With a sigh, Old Zheng turned to Qin Fengying and said, "Fengying, try to find out what that girl likes. When we get back and everything is back to normal, I'll have your aunt send her some of her favorite things from time to time."
"Like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, given enough time, maybe Ruan will accept us."
Hearing her husband's words, Old Mrs. Zheng slapped her thigh and exclaimed excitedly, "Oh, Old Zheng, you still have some sense! If we do it this way, I'm sure I'll have a precious granddaughter!"
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