"Sister, have you become rich? Why are you buying so many things?"
"I heard that you went to town for something this time and would be gone for several days. I was so worried about you."
While helping Song Shishi carry her things into the house, Xu Li told her about her concerns for her these days.
Song Shishi smiled and recounted what had happened in the past few days, and Xu Li stared with eyes wide open.
"Sister, I really don't know how to describe you. Should I say you are lucky or unlucky?"
"Anyway, the final result is good, isn't it? But don't show your wealth to others. If others ask you, just say that I am a spendthrift and spent all the little money I have, okay?"
Xu Li nodded, looking at a sack of broken glass, and asked in confusion: "Sister, what are these used for?"
"We are two girls living alone now, and I was afraid that there would be bad people in the village targeting us. On the way back, I happened to see a lot of empty bottles, so I smashed them all.
After dinner, you and I will put the broken glass on the wall. If someone tries to climb over the wall at night, they will suffer. "
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Song Shishi said, and then asked: "By the way, I also want to get a dog. I remember that Jiang Shan's dog seems to be giving birth. You can go and ask in a few days."
Xu Li was stunned when she heard this, "Sister, how do you know everything?"
She just experienced it.
Song Shishi smiled, touched her head, and went into the kitchen carrying the meat and seasonings.
Xu Li was not idle either. There was a chicken fence in the yard. After putting two chickens into the fence, she went to the river to pick up mud.
The wall of their house is made of earth, so if they want to push the glass shards up there, they can only add some mud to fix it.
After the glass shards are dried in the sun tomorrow, they will be put to use.
Besides, there are a lot of people during the day, so doing these things would be too conspicuous.
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At daybreak, Song Shishi wanted to check on her private plot. If the soil was dry enough, she would start sowing seeds.
And the plastic shed has not been built yet, there is still a lot of work to be done.
But as soon as she went out, Yang Huifang came running.
She panted and said, "I knew you would get up early and go to the fields as soon as you came back."
"Is there something?" Song Shishi waved at her, wanting to call her into the house to talk.
But Yang Huifang waved her hand and said, "I'm not going in. I'm here to deliver a letter to you.
The letter was delivered the day before yesterday. I saw it was from Beijing, and I guessed it might be a letter from your family.
I was afraid I would forget it when I got busy, so I got up early to bring it to you."
Song Shishi would naturally keep Yang Huifang's affection in mind.
She took the letter and took out a handful of candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Yang Huifang's pocket.
Yang Huifang didn't say anything polite. She just said thank you and ran away.
Song Shishi turned back to the house and looked at the envelope. It was a letter from her mother.
“Dear Daughter,
It’s nice to see you in person!
Counting the days, you have been in Huaiqing Brigade for almost a month. Have you gotten used to the life during this period?
Mom has read the letter you left for your dad.
I have started taking medication on the advice of my doctor, and as long as my emotions are stable, there won't be any problem.
I was afraid that you might be worried about me, so I thought of writing to let you know that I am safe.
I don’t know if the money and tickets I left for you before are enough, so I sent you some more.
Hope you are well and looking forward to your reply!
Love your mother.
Zheng Peilan.
Before she saw the letter from her mother, Song Shishi didn't think anything.
But when she looked at the letter written by her mother, she couldn't control her tears.
Taking out paper and pen, Song Shishi wrote a reply.
In the letter, she roughly described what happened to her in Huaiqing Brigade. She was afraid that her mother would always be worried about her, so she omitted all the bad things that might be involved and only talked about the good parts.
She is now an educated youth sent to the countryside, and her mother always sends her money and bills like this. It would be bad if she was targeted by someone with ulterior motives.
So she told her mother about her work as a translator at the town library and asked her mother not to send her any more money or tickets.
After writing the letter and affixing a stamp, Song Shishi asked Xu Li to help her deliver the letter to the postal worker.
She also had to rush to her private plot to get her seeds and plastic tent.
Song Shishi was so busy that she forgot about time.
Only when she realized her back couldn't take it anymore did she sit down to rest and drink some water.
But as soon as she looked up, she saw a familiar figure coming from a distance.
She stood up and the person who came quickened his pace.
Meng Xunzhou's face gradually became clear, and the sunlight shone on the tips of his hair.
He came against the light, and in Song Shishi's eyes, he seemed different in his military uniform.
But Song Shishi couldn't say what it was exactly.
Perhaps it was his eyes that sparkled with joy yet contained a hint of forbearance.
Or maybe it was his aura that made her feel safe.
"I just went to the educated youth site to look for you, and I found out that you had moved to Xu Li's house. She said you were here, so I came straight here."
"How can I help you?"
All in all, they hadn't seen each other for half a month, but Meng Xunzhou felt as comfortable as if he saw her every day.
Without any formalities, he skillfully picked up the hoe beside her and began to loosen the soil.
"Have you just returned from a mission?"
"Um."
He had just returned from a mission and came straight to her.
She is no longer the little girl who knew nothing.
After she was reborn, she vaguely felt that Meng Xunzhou's attitude towards her was different.
It's just that she didn't want to believe that all this was true, so she always avoided it deliberately.
Even though Xu Li explained it so clearly in the hospital that day, she just pretended that she didn't know it.
But just now, she saw the look in Meng Xunzhou's eyes when he looked at her, and she actually understood the emotions in his eyes.
You can't avoid it, and you can't escape it.
At first, she was very disgusted with the way her family arranged marriages for children.
She always thought Meng Xunzhou thought so too.
"Meng Xunzhou."
For some reason, she called out his name.
"Hmm?" Meng Xunzhou stopped what he was doing, stood up and looked at her. "What's wrong?"
But Song Shishi didn't know what to say.
"Well... you came at the right time. I was just wondering what to do with this plastic tent."
Meng Xunzhou smiled faintly, "Okay, I'll fix it for you today before I leave."
Seeing Meng Xunzhou busy alone, Song Shishi felt a little embarrassed.
Meng Xunzhou loosened the soil, and she followed behind him and sowed the seeds.
At noon, because Meng Xunzhou came, she felt embarrassed to take him to eat cake together.
Thinking that I had not finished eating the pork I bought yesterday, I said hello to Meng Xunzhou and went back to cook.
When Song Shishi returned home, Xu Li was not at home.
She went to work today and probably brought some dry food to eat in the fields.
Since she bought a lot of meat yesterday, Song Shishi simply made a plate of braised pork and fried some bok choy and potatoes.
The bok choy and potatoes are grown by Xu Li in the yard and they are delicious.
She’s tired of eating corn and sweet potatoes every day, so today she simply steamed the rice she bought yesterday.
She packed the food into two large portions and headed towards the threshing ground.
Before she got close, Song Shishi saw Xu Li, Yang Huifang and others talking together.
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