After hearing Li Tingyun's words, the old branch secretary and the team leader were so moved that they were speechless for a long time.
They had dinner here, and the braised offal couldn't be taken out, so Li Tingyun asked Xu Erhua to cook half a chicken.
During the meal, the old Party branch secretary talked about his eldest son: "The dam suddenly cracked a few days ago, and they have to repair it before the New Year. I heard from Dagui that Liuli can take care of himself now. Apart from being quiet, he hasn't done anything extreme for the time being.
I'm worried about the other people in the village, so how about I let Daniu move in and take care of them? Is that okay with you?"
Li Tingyun shook his head after saying this: "Brother Erniu is getting married after the New Year, so we can't let any rumors spread. Besides, he's fine for now, so I can take care of him."
The old branch secretary and the team leader naturally knew Erniu's situation, and finally did not force him. After dinner, the two went back.
After they closed the yard door, Xu Erhua started to boil water for everyone to take a bath.
"I'll do it!" Gu Xingwu pushed Xu Erhua away and went to join the fire himself.
Li Tingyun sat by the fire, thinking about what happened today. After waiting for everyone to take a shower, Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua discovered that Gu Xingwu had actually washed his own clothes.
"That's great. He can take care of himself. We will have more labor in the future." Li Tingyun smiled happily and was about to go back to sleep when he heard someone knocking on the yard door again.
Boom boom boom!
The sound was a little soft, but fortunately Li Tingyun had good hearing.
Without waiting for Li Tingyun to open the door, Gu Xingwu opened the yard door.
Xinxin at the door saw a strange man and took a few steps back in fright.
When Li Tingyun saw that it was Xinxin, he hurried over and carried the person in, fearing that passers-by would see him.
"Xinxin, why are you here so late at night?" She felt a little distressed when she saw the child wearing thin clothes.
"Sister, hand." Xinxin pointed at Li Tingyun's hand wrapped in cloth.
"It's okay, I just got some blisters from the burns. Mr. Tang applied some medicine on me and I will be fine soon." Li Tingyun guessed that Grandpa Quan heard about his injury and was told to Grandpa Ma by the little guy.
Whoosh whoosh…
Xinxin blew her sister's mouth carefully.
Xu Erhua heard the noise and came out of the room. Seeing that it was Xinxin, she hurriedly opened the yard door and took a look. After making sure that no one was following her, she went back and closed the yard door.
"No one is following us." She turned around and told Li Tingyun.
Hearing this, Li Tingyun pulled him into the kitchen. She had saved some of the evening's dishes for tomorrow morning, so she heated them up and cooked a handful of noodles, which she brought to Xinxin.
Xinxin swallowed but shook his head.
"Be good and eat quickly. After you finish, I'll take you back. Grandpa will be worried if you stay out too long." Li Tingyun was about to feed Xinxin when she said this, but Gu Xingwu snatched the bowl and chopsticks away.
Xinxin was almost scared to tears and shrank her neck in fear.
"You scared him." Li Tingyun glared at Gu Xingwu, then pulled Xinxin's hand and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, this is Uncle Liuli. He just looks fierce, but he's not a bad person."
Only after listening to her sister's gentle voice did Xinxin slowly relax.
"Eat!" Gu Xingwu lowered his voice for fear of scaring Xinxin again.
"Eat!" Li Tingyun touched Xinxin's head.
Xinxin then started eating obediently. He was afraid that his grandfather would worry, so he ate too quickly.
Gu Xingwu had no choice but to speed up and wait for Xinxin to eat her fill. She then carried some pumpkins and vegetables, as well as half a basket of chestnuts, and sent Xinxin back.
"Tingyun, be careful." Xu Erhua was very worried about Li Tingyun. It would be troublesome if those people caught him at this time.
"I know." Li Tingyun also understood Xu Erhua's worries.
Grandpa Quan found that Xinxin was missing. He guessed that the little guy must have heard his conversation with Lao Ma and probably went to look for Li Tingyun.
He didn't dare go out to see, because he knew that Comrade Li Tingyun might be targeted by people in the village. If he was discovered, Comrade Li Tingyun would be in more trouble.
"Do you want to go and see Xinxin..." Grandpa Ma was worried about Xinxin's health. Will he be able to withstand such a cold weather?
"Wait a minute, we can't cause trouble for the young comrade." Grandpa Quan still did not waver in his thoughts.
After waiting anxiously for more than an hour, they finally heard some noise outside and thought it was Xinxin coming back.
Lao Ma was about to get up and go out to take a look, but he found that it was the scoundrel named Chen again. He quickly sat back down, a little worried that this guy would come in at this time?
Plop!
There was a sound of someone falling, and Lao Chen's cursing voice was heard.
"What kind of bastard, how dare you block my way? I'll kick you to death!" As he said this, he kicked a tree.
Ouch……
He cried out in pain, then stumbled away cursing and laughing.
When the sound faded away, Grandpa Quan and Grandpa Ma went out to take a look and found that Old Chen was still laughing. They didn't know what had happened to this guy?
Li Tingyun and Xinxin had already arrived nearby, but they didn't go closer until they saw Lao Chen appear.
After Lao Chen walked away, she pulled Xinxin over.
"Why are you so disobedient, kid? You will hurt Sister Tingyun." Grandpa Quan raised his hands angrily.
Xinxin hid behind Li Tingyun in fear, but Li Tingyun stopped her.
"Grandpa Quan, don't hit him. Talk to him nicely. He's worried about me too." Li Tingyun squatted down, touched Xinxin's face, and said, "Sister has been in some trouble recently. Don't look for me for now. Wait until I solve the problem, then I'll come to see you, okay?"
Xinxin waited for a while, and probably understood what Sister Tingyun meant, so he nodded.
"See, he understands." Li Tingyun took out the things in the backpack with a smile.
"Comrade Li Tingyun, why did you bring so many things again?" Grandpa Quan said gratefully.
"The chestnuts were picked from the mountains, and the pumpkins and other vegetables were given to us by others. We can't finish them all." Li Tingyun not only took these vegetables, but also took more than ten kilograms of rice and hid the rice under the chestnuts.
After putting down her things, she spoke a few words to Xinxin and asked Grandpa Quan to go out and take a look to make sure there was no one around. Then she quickly left with the backpack on her back.
After leaving here, she went around the mountain road to the bamboo forest, cut some bamboo in the bamboo forest, and then returned home.
Xu Erhua kept looking out through the crack in the door. Finally, when Li Tingyun came home, she went out to take another look before she felt at ease and closed the door to the yard and went in.
"It's okay, go to bed early!" Li Tingyun asked Erhua to rest quickly. She put down the backpack and went back to the room.
Lying in bed, I still feel a little scared thinking about what happened today.
After lying in bed for a long time, she slowly fell asleep.
However, as soon as I fell asleep, I dreamed of that female educated youth again, but this time, the dream was different from the previous one.
The place where he appeared this time was so familiar.
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