"Aunt Fengying, are you here to call my Uncle Deming back to bed?"
In the shack by the mountain, Zheng Sinian, Zheng Lao's grandson, saw Qin Fengying push open the straw curtain of the shack and come in, and greeted her with a smile.
He hadn't visited his grandparents for two months.
I heard that two months ago, my grandfather had a high fever and was seriously ill; he almost didn't make it.
Fortunately, a former student of Aunt Fengying brought her fever-reducing medicine, which helped her pull through.
In the past month or two, my grandparents have benefited even more from Aunt Fengying, and have been able to eat some egg and white flour steamed buns from time to time.
I heard that they even got to eat meat.
When Zheng Sinian saw his grandmother crying and expressing her gratitude, he vaguely felt that his grandmother was exaggerating.
After all, these days, people don't even have enough meat to eat themselves, so who would give it away to others?
However, none of this diminishes his gratitude towards the person who helped his grandparents.
She felt grateful to the woman named Ruan Miaomiao, and even more grateful to Sun Deming and his wife.
They were much more enthusiastic towards the two of them than before.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw someone, he greeted them warmly.
Qin Fengying did not reply to Zheng Sinian. Instead, she lifted the curtain and came in, then looked outside warily.
Upon seeing this, the people in the shack immediately realized what was happening and tacitly got up to check their surroundings.
Zheng Sinian keenly sensed the tacit cooperation among the group, but he didn't know why.
Seeing his bewildered expression, Sun Deming nodded, and Qin Fengying then placed the pottery jar wrapped in her clothes on the ground.
“Si Nian, you’ve come at just the right time. That girl just happened to bring me something.”
Once she relaxed, Qin Fengying smiled and replied to Zheng Sinian.
Zheng Sinian only realized after observing the other person's actions that he had stumbled upon the cowshed's extra meal time.
The earthenware jar was opened, and inside were five boiled eggs, half a smoked chicken, a palm-sized piece of cured meat, a fist-sized piece of brown sugar, about two ounces of salt, and three rice balls shaped like fists.
Instantly, Zheng Sinian swallowed hard.
It turned out that Grandma wasn't exaggerating; the girl named Ruan Miaomiao often brought meat to the cowshed.
When Grandma Zheng heard her grandson swallowing, she felt terrible: How long has it been since he ate meat? He's actually swallowing his saliva just seeing meat!
During this time, she and her husband benefited from Fengying's kindness, occasionally indulging in some treats, and even their mouths watered at the sight of meat.
The others also heard Zheng Sinian swallowing, but instead of laughing at him, they felt extremely sad: how refined and elegant Zheng Sinian used to be, picking and choosing even when presented with delicacies.
Unlike now, people drool over the sight of meat.
Qin Fengying brought so many things over tonight mainly to curry favor with Zheng Sinian.
She took two eggs directly from the earthenware jar and handed them to Zheng Sinian:
“Si Nian, your uncle and I just ate eggs at the beginning of the month, so you can take these back and eat them.”
While speaking, Qin Fengying even tore off half of a smoked chicken leg and handed it directly to Zheng Sinian, vividly portraying the image of an elder who cares for the younger generation.
"No, Aunt Fengying, no, you and Uncle Deming eat..."
When someone stuffed something into his hands, Zheng Sinian was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears, and he quickly pushed the things back.
However, Qin Fengying was only there to do favors, so why would she accept them?
Not only did she refuse to accept it, but even Sun Deming urged Zheng Sinian to eat more.
Old Zheng was heartbroken to see his grandson was so dark and thin, and had long wanted to give him some financial assistance.
However, considering that everything he had was given to him by Old Sun and his wife, he dared not take it out.
Now, seeing what this couple did, I was deeply moved and choked up as I tried to comfort Zheng Sinian:
“Si Nian, just accept it. Anyway, our Zheng family owes your Aunt Fengying and the others far more than this.”
Remember, if you have the chance in the future, take good care of your Aunt Fengying and the others!
Grandma Zheng was already sobbing uncontrollably, urging her beloved grandson to eat quickly.
The other couple also urged Zheng Sinian to eat more, after all, Zheng Sinian had helped them a lot before.
So, under the urging of the six people, Zheng Sinian ate three eggs, a chicken leg, five slices of cured meat, and half a rice ball.
In the previous two years, he hadn't eaten this much meat in total.
He was so moved that when he left the cowshed late at night, he still had the three eggs left in his pocket.
As soon as he stepped out of the cowshed, he could no longer hold back and began to sob. Eventually, he squatted down on the ground, buried his head in his hands, and began to whimper softly...
There hasn't been much work to do in the fields lately.
However, in order to earn work points, Zhao Xiuyun still went to work every day, carrying a hoe and following the production team to plant radish seeds in the fields.
If we plant these radish seeds now, we can harvest them in winter when it's harder to gather pig feed to feed the pigs and cattle.
Radish leaves and radishes can be used to feed pigs, and radishes can also be eaten by humans. Even in snow and ice, there is no need to worry about them freezing.
It is considered one of the common winter foods in Jianshan Brigade.
However, planting radishes was an easy job, and the daily work points were not many. Zhao Xiuyun was worried that she wouldn't get much grain when it was distributed later, so she thought she should take this opportunity to coax Zhou Weijie.
That's why I wanted to take advantage of the dark night and good weather to coax that kid Zhou Weijie.
However, not far from the educated youth settlement, before they reached the place on the mountain where they had agreed to meet Zhou Weijie, they heard a low sobbing sound.
The sobbing sound was like a lament, and in the dead of night it sounded like a female ghost.
Suddenly, Zhao Xiuyun was startled.
However, once she calmed down, she discovered that it was actually a man crouching behind some bushes in the distance, crying.
In the middle of the night, a man cried!
What else could it be but being dumped by a woman and suffering heartbreak?
Zhao Xiuyun thought about how most of the benefits she had gotten from Zhou Weijie had been snatched away by that bastard Er Laizi, and that she was living a miserable life.
Sometimes, she would think to herself, "If only other men besides Zhou Weijie would give me things."
Now, isn't this the opportunity?
A man who has suffered heartbreak is at his most vulnerable. If you go up to him and offer him some gentle comfort, you will surely be able to win over his fragile heart.
At that time, wouldn't they send me all sorts of nice things?
This time, she absolutely must not be found out by that bastard Er Laizi.
Perhaps she could even instigate this man in the shadows to take revenge on Er Laizi.
Thinking this way, Zhao Xiuyun felt that her future was bright, and she walked towards the man with great joy.
The moment he heard footsteps, Zheng Sinian immediately suppressed his grief, wiped away his tears, quietly hid the eggs, and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
Zhao Xiuyun had already suppressed her excitement and put on a concerned expression, but she saw the man walk over with a blank face.
Knowing that men are all concerned about their image, she didn't mind and asked in a high-pitched, affected voice:
"Comrade, were you crying just now?"
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