Simple was confused, Mingzhu was stunned.
Lin Dongfang stood to one side, holding his chubby son.
After a while, Jian Dan was the first to react, and immediately let out a wail of embarrassment.
"ah!"
Her image!
It's completely ruined!
The others came to their senses, and Mingzhu quickly reached out to help her up.
"What happened to you two? How could you fall off the kang? Get up quickly, where did you fall? Does it hurt?"
Sitting sideways on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) still caused a little pain; any touch made him grimace.
"I'm still confused. I was sitting there perfectly fine, how did I suddenly fly away?"
"This kid, does he have that much strength?"
"fly!"
This is obvious to everyone; no evidence is needed, it's solid proof.
The child was still playing along, his chubby little hands outstretched, clearly treating the earlier accident as a game, and seemingly enjoying it quite a bit.
"Fly! We want to fly again!"
Lin Dongfang didn't understand either, and weighed it in his hand.
"Son, what's wrong with you? Look, you've knocked your aunt down and made her fall!"
The child blinked, seemingly oblivious to whether he understood a thing or not, but his responses were surprisingly fluent.
After hearing Lin Dongfang's words, she really turned to look at Jian Dan, her big eyes looking quite bewildered.
"Auntie, did you fall? Does it hurt?"
She kicked her little legs, trying to get down, and scurried over to Jian Dan's side. She looked left and right, but couldn't figure out where it hurt. She waved her chubby little hands for a while, then finally placed them on her head.
"Auntie, does it hurt?"
A simple flick on the forehead sent him flying.
"You brat, try falling down and see what happens!"
The child shook his head decisively and started covering his bottom again.
"Don't fall, it hurts!"
The next day, as expected, the pig was slaughtered.
The village office was bustling with activity early in the morning.
Not only in the last few years, but even a few years ago, there was no such extravagant pig slaughtering in the village.
Of course, once you get to the simpler version, you can occasionally kill a wave of wild boars.
This meat was truly an unexpected surprise.
The two pigs had been tied up long ago, and now, seeing the steam rising from the large pot, they knew their lives were numbered and were struggling desperately.
The villagers formed a fairly large circle, almost completely blocking the way, so they weren't worried about the pig escaping.
When Jian Dan and Mingzhu led the children over, the meat was already in the pot, and Hu Zi and his group of children were running wild all over the village.
"Time to eat meat! Time to eat meat!"
Xiao Huizhou broke free from the two people's hands and ran steadily towards Hu Zi.
"Eat, meat!"
"Hey? Right, meat! Come on, brother will take you to eat meat!"
Tiger, who resonated with the situation, immediately took the child away, while Little Huizhou happily followed along without looking back.
Mingzhu sighed, suddenly feeling a little worried.
"This child is so greedy, will he be tricked out of a piece of candy or a piece of meat?"
Jian Dan smiled warmly, about to say something, when suddenly she froze. Mingzhu also sensed something was wrong.
"What's wrong?"
Following the line of sight, Tiger and his group of children encountered two teenagers. The older one was about the same size as Tiger, while the younger one was a bit shorter. Both were thin and small, their clothes jingling on their bodies, and their exposed skin and bones were barely visible.
Being suddenly surrounded by a group of children was clearly unsettling for the little one. Like a frightened bird, the younger one hopped around and hid behind his older brother.
Tiger, the leader of the village children, upon seeing two unfamiliar faces, assumed they were the owners and politely asked,
"Who are you? Are you looking for someone? Who are you looking for? I'll help you find them."
"Brother Tiger, are they hungry?"
"Wow, so thin. Look, it's not even as thick as my arm."
"Oh, are you here to eat meat?"
Xiao Huizhou followed closely, adding a crisp and concise remark.
"Eat meat!"
The two guys opposite clearly took those two words to heart, and even swallowed hard.
The older one still looked at Tiger politely.
"We are the newly arrived educated youth,"
"Sent-down youth?"
The children didn't notice anything amiss; they'd seen plenty of educated youth over the years, so it wasn't strange.
They were already familiar with the basic procedures.
"You educated youth, are you going to find the village chief?"
"us,"
The older child was a little embarrassed.
“When we came last night, the village chief told us to go with the educated youth today, saying that we were going to eat meat.”
The child repeated it again.
"Eat meat!"
Now, while we can't say we can eat our fill every day, we're not starving, so the children aren't as possessive of their food as they were a few years ago, guarding it tightly. Besides, he said the village chief sent them over.
So after staring at the other person for a while, Tiger waved generously.
"Then you can come with us. If you come with us, we'll have meat to eat."
The group of young and old educated youths was quite a large one. After the two children thanked them, they followed behind the group.
A few steps away, Mingzhu exclaimed in surprise.
"Educated youth?"
Are they educated youth sent to the countryside? No, that can't be, right? How old are they? Ten years old?
He was so surprised that his voice was quite loud.
The two children looked over at the sound, and the younger one saw Jian Dan next to Mingzhu. Her eyes lit up, and she grabbed her older brother's hand tightly.
"Brother, it's that sister, that kind sister!"
Simple took a deep breath, trying to make herself look less scary, and forced a smile.
"Da Niu, Er Niu, you two, you really went to the countryside?"
That's right, the two teenagers, the newly arrived educated youth, were the two little brothers who lived next door when I went to the county town to get medicine last time. They were the descendants of martyrs who were abused by their own mother.
She thought Cheng Jin was just saying it casually when he mentioned sending the child to the countryside, since the child was obviously too young.
Yes, a child this young can be equivalent to half a laborer in a rural area, but they have parents and relatives to rely on, so their labor is just icing on the cake.
But Da Niu and Er Niu are different; they are about survival.
Despite the small amount of compensation, the two children will ultimately have to rely on themselves.
"Sister, is it really you? I thought Grandpa Cheng was just teasing us,"
Upon seeing Jian Dan, Da Niu was pleasantly surprised, and also felt a sense of relief that was hard to describe.
“Sister, Uncle Cheng told us that going to the countryside is hard work. We’ve thought about it, and we know that no matter how hard it is, it will only be better than our previous life. We can always persevere.”
He simply reached out and patted Erniu on the head, not wanting to dampen their enthusiasm.
"Yes, you are absolutely right. Things will only get better and better. You will reap what you sow."
Now that we're here, we should do our job well and follow the village's arrangements.
Since your Uncle Cheng has put you here, you can rest assured. The people in this village are all good. As long as you don't cause trouble, there will be very few bullying incidents like those outside.
If you need anything, you can come to me.
As he spoke, he turned back and pointed to the foot of the mountain at the entrance of the village.
"When we first entered the village, wasn't there a courtyard at the foot of the mountain?"
I live there; you can find me there if you need anything.
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