Tang Shiyan: "Okay, thank you, Captain."
Jiang Huaan: "You're welcome, girl Tang, where are you going?
Tang Shiyan: Captain uncle, I didn’t go anywhere. I was just planning to go to Uncle Guoqing’s house to see if there are any backpacks for sale. I want to buy one because I need to cut grass for pigs every day, and sometimes I also need to carry back some firewood.
Jiang Hua'an: "Oh, then go ahead. They should be selling some. I need to go back and eat, too. It's been so long and I still haven't had anything to eat. I'm starving."
Tang Shiyan: "Yeah, Captain, then you should go back and eat."
Tang Shiyan continued walking towards Ma Guoqing's house and soon arrived outside. "Uncle Guoqing, are you home? Have you had lunch? I came to see if you have any backpacks for sale. I want to buy one."
Ma Guoqing's wife Zhou Yanhua said: "It's Miss Tang. We've had lunch. Come in and sit for a while. You can buy some backpacks. Your uncle Guoqing has made a few these days. I'll take you to see them and you can pick one you like."
Tang Shiyan: "Okay then, thank you so much, Aunt Zhou."
Zhou Yanhua: "Girl Tang, you spent your own money to buy things for our family and take care of our family business. I didn't give them to you, but you are still so polite to me. If anyone should thank you, it should be me who thanks you."
"This is the place, girl Tang. Pick one you like."
"Okay, Aunt Zhou," Tang Shiyan looked around and saw tables, stools, ladles and the like. She thought that these things were not available in public and they would be useful, so she had to buy some to take back.
After picking for a while, she bought two stools, a table, two buckets, two ladles, several basins, and a backpack. That was about all she needed, because she lived in the space most of the time.
Tang Shiyan: "Aunt Zhou, I've made my selections. Could you please help me calculate the total cost?"
Zhou Yanhua: "Tang girl, we have watched you grow up since you were a child. You are an obedient and sensible child. I just didn't expect your grandma and your mother to treat you like that. They even separated you from everyone else and gave you nothing. It makes us feel so sorry for you when we see this."
"It's not easy for you to separate one person now, so I'll give you a discount. Just give me two dollars. If it were someone else, I would charge six or seven dollars."
"Okay, thank you Aunt Zhou," Tang Shiyan took out two dollars from her pocket and handed it to Zhou Yanhua, then took the things she bought and left.
Zhou Yanhua watched Tang Shiyan leave with a look of pity. "She's such a good girl, but she was treated like that by that family. I don't know what they were thinking. Maybe she's crazy or has a mental problem to do such a thing."
Ma Guoqing: "Don't worry about it. That family has no conscience and does such ruthless things. Someone will deal with them. It's just a matter of time. People should still have a conscience and don't do things that disgust others."
"I just feel sorry for Miss Tang. She's so pretty and polite, but that family treats her like that. They always favor that arrogant and domineering Tang Zhaozhao. She's not good-looking either, she's incredibly ugly."
"Master, is it possible that Miss Tang is not your biological daughter at all? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so cruel to her and separate her from that family."
Ma Guoqing: "You can't talk nonsense without evidence. Just tell me at home. It would be bad if Mrs. Zhou and Feng Lihong heard it."
"Everyone knows that Old Lady Zhou is the most unreasonable person in our village. She's domineering and overbearing. If you mess with her, you won't have a peaceful life. Besides, Miss Tang has been separated and has her own place to live. I believe her life will get better and better in the future."
"You know that these days we can't even get enough to eat. Even if we want to help Miss Tang, we are powerless. We have such a big family to support."
Zhou Yanhua: "I understand what you're saying. I'm just telling you that we have a large family ourselves, and we all rely on working in the fields to earn work points to support ourselves."
"These days, every household in the countryside relies on these few work points to make ends meet. No family lives a good life. Only those who have jobs in the city can possibly live a better life."
Ma Guoqing: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I heard that some educated youth are coming in the next few days. I'd better go make some more useful things and sell some when the time comes. Otherwise, how can I earn enough work points just by working in the fields?"
Zhou Yanhua: "Boss, you should take a rest for a while. Don't be so tired. You have to go to work and do all these things. How can your body bear it? You can earn money slowly. As long as you have a good body, I believe our future will be better."
"Mother, it's okay. I'm just taking a break now anyway, so I'll just sit here and do as much as I can. I'll have to go back to work when it's time to go to work. I don't have much time to make these things in the first place, and by the time someone comes to buy them, I won't have them made yet."
Zhou Yanhua: "Okay then, I can't convince you, so I'll help you do it. This way it will be faster."
Ma Guoqing: "Yeah, I'll make some now while I'm not too busy. Once the food is collected, I won't have time to do this."
Tang Shiyan returned to her room and put the things she had just bought in place, so that they would be in plain sight and would not arouse suspicion.
Otherwise, if someone sees no smoke coming out of your chimney, does that mean you haven't eaten all day? If someone doesn't see a water bucket in your house, does that mean you don't cook or drink water all day?
Just as she put all these things in place, she heard the bell for work ringing. Tang Shiyan carried a basket on her back and took a sickle and walked towards the field. She wanted to collect more pig grass now while there was plenty of it and store it in the space.
When others go around the mountains and fields to pick grass for pigs, she can take it out of the space and save time to do other things.
While working in the fields, Tang Zhaozhao cursed Tang Shiyan in her heart, "You little bitch, how dare you separate from us? Now I have to work in the fields every day, and then go back to do housework, cook, wash dishes, and do clothes."
It's all because of you, little bitch Tang Shiyan. You used to be so honest and obedient. You didn't know how to hide when you were beaten or how to talk back when you were scolded. But now you have grown up and even beat up our whole family. After beating them, you just pat your butt and walk away.
I really don't know why her mother picked her up at that time? She secretly heard her grandparents say that Tang Shiyan was picked up by her mother. Otherwise, they would always bully her like that. Since they raised her since she was a child, what's wrong with letting her do more work?
Not only did he not know how to thank them, but he even beat them up. Now he is living a quiet life alone, while I, Tang Zhaozhao, have to live a miserable life.
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