He smiled simply.
"No need for that. My home is all prepared. You go ahead with your work. I'll be there on time tomorrow."
With children around, Jian Dan didn't plan to be overly affectionate with them. Besides, she was planning to take the opportunity to cook more delicious food for the children.
Wang Jiancheng didn't try to persuade him much. He understood this time and time again. With just simple skills, people living well didn't need to think too much about it; that was their strength.
Putting everything else aside, the meat they got was all thanks to someone else; naturally, that person had plenty of food for the New Year.
It's often said that the New Year is easy, but life is tough; this is the norm for ordinary people.
However, the New Year is the anticipation of a year's work, especially in the north and in rural areas, it is the most important festival of the year. Whether it is three generations of poor farmers or eight generations of destitute farmers, the New Year is special for them.
After a year of hard work, my biggest hope is to ensure that my family, especially my parents, wife, and children, can have enough to eat, eat more meat, and have a good New Year.
This year is a relatively prosperous year for Liujiatun. People of all ages are beaming with joy, and you can feel the festive atmosphere as you walk through the village.
Early in the morning, the sisters got up and ate breakfast. They quickly prepared lunch, while the two children used freshly made paste to paste "Fu" (good fortune) characters inside and outside the house, as well as paper-cut window decorations. They even put a big "Fu" character on their dog's nest.
"Haha, sis, look, Jixiang and the others are celebrating the New Year too."
I peeked out briefly and couldn't help but feel sorry for the dogs. The two kids had somehow found some strips of cloth and tied them to the dogs' ears. I couldn't even see what kind of knots they used, but they looked loose and slouchy.
Yes, it's still red.
"Sis, is it pretty?"
Simply lying through one's teeth.
"Yes, it looks good."
That's really an eyesore.
I prepared a table full of dishes for the children and then quickly went to the educated youth area to make my rounds.
Although they were all sent-down youth, regardless of how well they knew each other or what kind of relationship they had before, anyone who had started a family would only be a guest here, sitting for a short while as a formality.
Those with families have already shifted their focus; who would want to spend their time on unrelated people during the Lunar New Year?
However, there are only three couples who got married in the educated youth settlement now: Li Yan and Chen Jianguo, Lin Zhaodi, and Mingzhu and Lin Dongfang.
Li Yan and her husband were recovering from a serious illness. Lin Zhaodi was married to someone from the village, meaning she didn't have in-laws; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to be so carefree.
Needless to say, Mingzhu and her husband, after getting married, stayed home and lived their own little life. The only people they usually interacted with were Tan Yajun and a few male educated youths. Now that they had a child, they were even more focused on living their lives.
Add to that the already detached Jian Dan, and this meal can only be described as very calm. There was no particularly strong emotion involved, but for the time being, no major conflicts were apparent, and the gathering was relatively harmonious.
However, Jian Dan was unaware that she also played a part in this.
Through word of mouth among the older educated youth, the gun incident, along with the wild boar incident a few days ago, even the last two batches of educated youth who came had thoroughly seen through Simple Force. Their eyes were full of fear when they looked at her, and they were all on guard against her suddenly throwing a tantrum and overturning the table. There were some who didn't understand and some who were not convinced, but who dared to say anything?
Jian Dan had no idea about this, but Tan Yajun did. When she visited Jian Dan in the second year of junior high and the topic came up, Mingzhu burst out laughing.
"Haha, look at you, you've become a guardian beast for the house!"
Simplicity is also a kind of helplessness.
"Then I really am quite wronged. I have hunted wild boars, and I would even admit to hunting wolves if you said I did, but I really didn't overturn this table. Isn't this a rumor?"
Tanya shook her head.
"I don't know what these people are thinking all day long. Who would flip a table for no reason?"
"Sigh, just you wait and see, this former youth settlement is going to be bustling with activity again, all that farming."
Mingzhu and Jian Dan exchanged a glance.
"Sister Yajun, we haven't had a proper chat with you yet. What are your plans for the future?"
"Yes, there will definitely be follow-up to that matter. Have you thought it through?"
Although Tan Yajun repeatedly claims that her family sold her out, the evidence depends on the confessions of the human traffickers. Moreover, even if it was indeed Tan's family who used this method, once they know she has been rescued, they will definitely try every means to plead with her and ask for her forgiveness. At that point, Tan Yajun will be in a dilemma.
In the eyes of relatives and friends, being harsh on one's parents is considered unfilial. In particular, some people who do not understand the law will shout that their children are their parents' children and that parents have the final say. There are too many self-righteous and domineering elders like this.
Talking to them about the law is like casting pearls before swine.
Tan Yajun had clearly anticipated this situation, and the smile on her face faded slightly.
“I know, I know I have no chance against them in combat, so I wrote a letter and asked Ling Weidong to mail it for me,”
Jian Dan and Mingzhu stared at her blankly.
When?
Tanya Jun's lips curled into a bitter smile.
"I just handed it to Ling Weidong before I came here. They were going to pick up the package, so I asked them to mail it for me."
One letter was sent to my dad's workplace, and another was sent to my brother's girlfriend's workplace.
"You have a brother?"
Jian Dan and Mingzhu said in unison, "I've never heard you mention that before?"
Tanya Jun crunched the pine nut in her mouth with a "crunch."
"Of course I have an older brother and a younger brother, otherwise why would I be the one sent to the countryside?"
"Would it do any good if you mailed it to your sister-in-law's workplace? Could she help you?"
“I didn’t expect her to help me. I just asked in the letter how much dowry she asked for, which put my parents, who have worked for so many years, in such a difficult position, having to sell their daughter to afford a wife for their son?”
The two of them were immediately dumbfounded.
"You really are my sister!"
Are you afraid your brother's marriage will actually happen?
"Could it be that she said the same thing in her letter to your father?" Mingzhu guessed.
Tanya Jun shook her head.
"No, he's so shameless that he wouldn't be afraid of me asking him this. He's willing to sell his daughter, so he probably has no problem with it."
I asked him if he still dreams about the person he killed a few years ago.
"What?"
The two men instantly felt their hair stand on end.
Hundreds of miles away, Mr. Tan suddenly shivered, but then resumed his cheerful conversation with the person in front of him.
“In-laws, just tell me your requirements. Zhenzhen is already marrying down to my silly boy. Although our Tan family is not a wealthy or powerful family, we still have to observe proper etiquette.”
Tan Ya-Chun also spoke softly of something she thought would remain buried in the past until it was forgotten.
"A few years ago, my brother graduated from high school. Just then, a factory opened up recruitment. Many people went to take the exam. Some were internal applicants, relatives of the leaders, children of various workers, and so on. Others came because they saw the job posting."
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