"If you walk around, it's impossible that there are no people in the village." Li Tingyun had heard from the old branch secretary that they lived at the entrance of the village.
So the two of them continued walking forward for a while, but still didn't meet anyone.
Li Tingyun heard the system waiter's voice: "Go forward and turn left. There is an old man knocking on the pipe at the door."
Li Tingyun had no doubts and pulled Xu Erhua in that direction. Sure enough, they saw an old man sitting on a stone by the door.
"Thanks a lot, Gouzi!" she said casually.
"Host, you can call me Tongzi, don't call me Gouzi." The system waiter expressed dissatisfaction.
"Okay, doggie!"
Li Tingyun didn't pay any attention to it. He just walked over when he saw someone jogging.
"Uncle, I would like to ask you how to get to the brigade? We are new educated youth and want to go there to get food." Xu Erhua asked politely.
The old man raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them. He snorted coldly and uttered three words: "I don't know."
The uncle is a real uncle!
Li Tingyun was a little angry. They were just little girls. Why make things difficult for them?
At this time, a grandmother came out of the house. She glared at the old man and then smiled and pointed the way for them: "Two young comrades, do you see that small mound? The team leader is in the house on that mound."
"Thank you grandma, thank you grandpa!" Xu Erhua thanked politely.
A four-year-old child came out and immediately hugged his grandmother's legs: "Grandma, Brother Erpang has candy, I want some candy too."
"Eat, eat, eat. All he does is eat. Uncle Erpang works in the county's machinery factory and gets a salary every month. How can we compare with him?" Grandma frowned and looked at her grandson.
Li Tingyun took out a rabbit candy from her pocket and gave it to the child: "Sister, can I treat you to some candy?"
The children's eyes lit up when they saw the bunny candy. They usually only had small candies and had never seen such beautiful bunny candy. They opened their little hands and didn't close them for a long time.
Seeing how generous the little comrade was, grandma smiled and said, "This is our Xiaozhuang. Why don't you thank your sister?"
"Thank you, sister." Xiao Zhuang thanked her obediently and stuffed the rabbit candy into his grandmother's pocket: "Grandma, have this. I had candy two days ago."
"My precious grandson is so sensible. His sisters want to go find the captain. Please take them with you!" Grandma was so happy that she shook her head and refused.
Yeah yeah yeah!
Xiao Zhuang nodded and stuffed the candy into his grandfather's pocket: "This is for Grandpa. Get well soon, Grandpa."
Seeing how sensible the child was, Xu Erhua stuffed a piece of the rabbit candy that Li Tingyun had given her to Xiaozhuang and said, "You are a good child. Sister will treat you to one."
"Wow, I have two rabbit candies. Thank you, sisters. I will lead the way for you." Xiao Zhuang finally got his own rabbit candy and ran happily in front.
Xu Erhua and Li Tingyun said goodbye to grandpa and grandma, and jogged after the little guy.
After they left, Xiao Zhuang's grandfather complained, "How could you let Xiao Zhuang lead them? What if they are bad guys?"
"You old man, that little comrade is probably only fifteen or sixteen years old. He is just a child. How bad can he be?" Xiaozhuang's grandmother retorted and went to the yard to collect the dried mushrooms.
The two elders would never have thought that their good deed today would become a life-saving straw for their precious grandson in the future.
Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua walked along the way, asking the little guy about the situation in the village.
Although the little guy is only four years old, he is a child with very good logic.
"Xiao Zhuang, does your grandfather dislike us educated youth?" Li Tingyun saw that the child was smart and asked directly.
Xu Erhua also wanted to know, so she pricked up her ears and waited for the answer.
Xiao Zhuang licked the rabbit candy and wrapped it with paper. It was obvious that he cherished it very much because in addition to the taste of sugar, it also had a milky aroma. It was much more delicious than the one Er Pang gave him.
After putting the rabbit candy away, he replied, "The brothers and sisters who came last time not only didn't do their farm work properly, but they also got into a fight with people from the next village. The team leader was punished for that."
"Is it just because of this?" Li Tingyun felt that it couldn't be that simple.
"And...and..." Xiao Zhuang was a little scared and didn't continue.
Xu Erhua picked up Xiao Zhuang and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, your sister is here with you!"
Xiao Zhuang lowered his voice and said, "Also, some time ago...someone died."
Seeing that Xiaozhuang was so scared, Xu Erhua didn't dare to ask any more questions and asked him to show her the way.
Li Tingyun thought of the shadow he had seen before and couldn't help but frown.
Ten minutes later, Xiaozhuang brought them to the brigade yard.
The yard is not big. There is an office in it, and the other rooms are used to store the brigade's things. It is actually a warehouse.
The captain had just received a call from his superiors and was thinking about something. He looked up when he heard footsteps.
"Uncle Captain!" Xiao Zhuang rushed to the captain.
"Oh, it's Xiaozhuang, why are you here? Is grandpa's leg better?" The team leader picked up Xiaozhuang and asked about his grandfather's injury.
"You can walk a few steps with the help of a stick today." Xiao Zhuang replied.
The team leader then saw clearly that there were two more people following in. Xu Erhua didn't have a deep impression of him, but Li Tingyun remembered him. He was Douyacai, the smallest among the new educated youth.
"Hello, Captain!" Xu Erhua and Li Tingyun stood up and greeted him.
"You can rest for three days and don't need to report here for the time being." The captain said.
"Captain, we are here to collect food." Xu Erhua stated her purpose.
"Let Tang Cheng take your food back this morning. You can go there to get it when they get off work." After the team leader said this, he put Xiao Zhuang down.
"Thank you, Captain. We are sorry to trouble you." Li Tingyun expressed his gratitude.
She hadn't figured out what to give the captain yet, so she decided to try and get in touch with him.
Xu Erhua originally wanted to say a few words to the team leader, but someone came in hurriedly and called the person away.
The two had no choice but to leave first. After leaving the team, they sent Xiaozhuang home.
Grandma Xiaozhuang was a very nice person and gave them a big cabbage.
Seeing that no villagers had returned yet, they had no choice but to return to their residence first.
Xu Erhua didn't plan to wait for Tang Cheng to come back to cook. She took out a small bag of rice from her bag, added some cabbage, and there was firewood in the yard, so she had dinner.
Li Tingyun knew that Erhua was married off by her family, and guessed that Erhua must not have much money.
She also took out a small bag of rice, a small bottle of oil, and a bag of salt from the space. She couldn't let Erhua suffer any loss.
"Tingyun, you are so awesome. You even brought oil and salt." Xu Erhua even forgot to bring salt. The oil at home was locked in the cabinet by her mother, so she didn't have to think about it.
Li Tingyun made some cabbage fried rice and waited for the two to eat. Then they heard footsteps outside the yard and decided to get the food back.
As soon as I went out, I saw several people hiding stealthily behind some big trees.
A woman wearing a scarf stood behind a big tree. Her eyes fell on Xu Erhua and Li Tingyun with a hint of hatred in them.
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