Qian Duoduo watched as Qian Mao and Qian Rao searched for razor blades to dig for wild vegetables. She could only stand there and wait. Qian Mao had said that sharpening razor blades was something only boys should do, so as not to hurt his little sister's hands. Seeing that he had wrapped her little hands so tightly with rags that she could barely hold them, she finally said, "Third brother, you've wrapped them so thickly that I can't hold them at all. Isn't it more dangerous?"
Qian Mao looked at the handle, which was as thick as the stick next to it, and then at Qian Duoduo's little hands. He could only chuckle and remove the cloth strip.
Looking at the three siblings of the Qian family, Guo Ni found them all quite amusing, especially Qian Duoduo. Her brothers doted on her, but she also cared deeply for them. That's why Guo Ni thought that marrying Qian Xiang might not be a bad idea. It would be a family that loved their daughter, didn't favor sons over daughters, and whose head of the household had very sound values. Such a family would be very harmonious, and only a harmonious family could work together and make a good life!
Qian Xiang was very kind to her. Even if she found delicious fruit or hunted wild animals on the mountain, she would always save some for herself. Aunt Qian would also praise her to everyone she met, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
When Qian Duoduo came home from school, she saw Qian Xiangge at home. Just as she was about to greet him, she noticed his gloomy face and that she didn't see Sister Xiao Guo. Her little head started to wonder what was happening in the book at this time.
Qian Xiang glanced at Guo Ni and, seeing that she hadn't come out yet, said to Qian Duoduo, "Duoduo, can you go in and check on your little sister Guo for me?"
Qian Duoduo nodded, walked to his side, and asked, "What happened, Sister Guo?"
Qian Xiang opened his mouth, but then thought that this matter itself was not good for Guo Ni's reputation, especially since Duo Duo was still a child. It was better not to let the child know about this.
When Qian Duoduo saw Qian Xiang open his mouth and then close it again, she knew he couldn't smell it, so she went straight back to her room. She pushed the door open, and when she saw it was closed inside, she called out, "Sister Xiao Guo, it's me, Duoduo."
Perhaps hearing Qian Duoduo's voice, Guo Ni opened the door from the inside, then quickly closed it, and said to Qian Duoduo, "Duoduo, can you help your sister apply some medicine to the injury on her back?"
Qian Duoduo's gaze lingered on Guo Ni's shoulder, where there was a reddish-blue mark that looked like it had been made with a wooden stick. She reached out and took the medicine, noticing a small piece of cloth on it. As she helped Guo Ni apply the medicine, she asked, "Sister Guo, do you know who it was?"
Guo Ni laughed and said, "Of course I know who it is, and he's in a worse situation than me right now. Once I'm better, I'll make him suffer terribly."
Qian Duoduo nodded and whispered, "Sister Guo, it's already summer, I wonder if the composting of the farmyard manure over at the pigsty is finished?"
Guo Ni's eyes lit up when she heard Qian Duoduo's question. Yes, this place really is a great place!
After applying the medicine, Qian Duoduo said to Guo Ni, "Sister Guo, you're injured. My brother is very worried about you. I'll go out and tell her."
Guo Ni nodded.
A few days later, while at school, Qian Duoduo overheard some classmates saying that Zhang Ergou, the village's notorious hooligan, had been beaten unconscious with a sack over his head and thrown into the manure pit near the pigsty. Qian Duoduo smiled. Guo Ni was certainly a woman of action; she acted as soon as her injury healed. But when did she leave? How come she didn't know?
Not long after Zhang Ergou's incident, he was found again at the cesspool. This time, however, Zhang Ergou's face was covered in bruises, and he was being pointed at and talked about. This was also the second time he had taken a bath in the river this year.
Qian Duoduo was also a little confused when he heard about this. If it was Sister Guo who did it the first time, who did it the second time? His gaze seemed to drift towards Qian Xiang, who was talking to Guo Ni. It was probably the work of these two people who made Zhang Er Gou fall into the cesspool. He just didn't know who did it first.
Jiang Caiqin naturally heard about this, but she cursed Zhang Ergou in her heart. He was a good-for-nothing who fell into the same pit twice. He was nothing, ptooey!
When Feng Niaoniao saw Jiang Caiqin's gloomy eyes, she unconsciously moved to the side, away from the woman.
She decided to go with Yunyi tonight to see the brigade leader and see if they could get approval for the homestead.
When Qian Duoduo got home, he saw Feng Niaoniao and Yun Yi standing at his door. What were the male and female protagonists of the novel doing here? Thinking of typical educated youth novels, some educated youth had more money and didn't want to squeeze into the dormitory, so they would renovate their mud-brick houses. Could it be that these two people also had such thoughts?
Feng Niaoniao turned her head and saw Qian Duoduo looking at them with her head tilted to the side. She took out a White Rabbit milk candy from her pocket and handed it to Qian Duoduo: "Duoduo, is your dad home?"
Qian Duoduo looked at the White Rabbit candy in front of her and sighed, "Are there so many White Rabbit candies now? Sister Guo gave me one, and the female lead gave me one too. It's putting a lot of pressure on me, an insignificant supporting character!"
Qian Duoduo did not take the candy from Feng Niaoniao's hand. She said, "I just got back from school. My dad is probably still at the brigade headquarters at this time. If you want to find him, you'll have to wait until after dinner."
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Feng Niaoniao put her candy into Qian Duoduo's little backpack and said, "Duoduo, you are the smartest child I've ever met."
Qian Duoduo responded that such flattery was useless to her. She was no longer a three or four-year-old child; she was already nine years old and had passed the age where she needed to be praised. Moreover, she was a nearly forty-year-old woman.
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