Got it!
This, though unspoken, at least made it clear to Yun Duo that Li Bingchen's father was a very, very high-ranking official, so high that it was beyond description.
That makes it very easy to write!
Yun Duo's eyes lit up immediately as she looked at Li Bingchen and asked, "Does your father care a lot about ordinary people and hope that they can live a good life?"
That's for sure.
Li Bingchen nodded and gave a soft "hmm".
Yun Duo nudged Li Bingchen again, looking mysterious, and said in a low voice, "That means your father really wants you to be like him."
"What do you mean?" Li Bingchen asked Yun Duo, feigning confusion, but his heart was pounding. He hoped that Yun Duo's next words would be exactly what he was thinking.
Yun Duo blinked, looked at Li Bingchen, and said, "It's just that your father really hopes you'll be like him." She then leaned closer to Li Bingchen, becoming even more 'mysterious': "Did you know before that ordinary people lived very hard lives?"
"I know," Li Bingchen nodded.
Seeing that Li Bingchen wasn't following her 'script,' Yun Duo instinctively choked, then realized what she was doing and continued, "Isn't it less intuitive than it is now?"
Li Bingchen nodded, still shaken, and said, "I really didn't expect that most of the cornbread they made was bran. I only took a small bite, and I almost..." almost choked to death.
“It’s really awful.” Li Bingchen’s face paled slightly. He continued, “I had no idea they ate those cornbreads for so long every year, and they even said it was considered dry rations, filling, and better than wild vegetables. I’d rather eat wild vegetables…”
At this point, Li Bingchen's gaze towards Yun Duo suddenly turned worried: "Yun Duo, do you also want to eat those cornbread made of bran?"
"I want to eat." Yun Duo nodded, and seeing the worry on Li Bingchen's face, she added, "But we rarely eat it now. Before, because of you, I earned some grain and a little money. Although Grandpa and Grandma were reluctant to part with it, they saw that I really couldn't eat the bran dumplings and didn't want to eat alone, so we basically didn't eat rice bran anymore. We just eat more vegetables, and we get hungry easily."
"But it's okay, I'm lucky, I can catch a pheasant or a rabbit every now and then. I can have a treat, and I won't be hungry after eating meat."
Li Bingchen swallowed hard, almost imperceptibly.
He hadn't eaten meat in a long time. He was even going hungry...
Fortunately, he only needs to hold on for another month before he can go back.
However... thinking that it would be even more inconvenient for him to find Yun Duo after he went back, Li Bingchen felt a little depressed again.
Seeing Li Bingchen's complexion, which had just improved, worsen again, Yun Duo couldn't help but feel guilty. Li Cheng was just a child; it was alright if he went astray, but why did she have to go astray too?
Thinking about it, Yun Duo quickly tugged at Li Bingchen again and continued, "Speaking of which, do you now have a clear understanding of how hard life is for ordinary people?"
"Hmm." Li Bingchen nodded, and said seriously, "It's extremely hard work. The work is plentiful and arduous, exposed to the wind and sun, and we don't even get enough to eat. I heard that in winter, we also suffer from the cold, and many people get chilblains all over their hands and feet." As he said this, Li Bingchen looked at Yun Duo's hands and feet worriedly for a few moments, and then said with a lot of confidence, "Don't worry, I won't let you get cold."
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