Erdan blushed when he heard Lin Xuanjiao's praise. He had already received many compliments from Lin Xuanjiao, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Feeling that he had helped Lin Xuanjiao, Erdan quickly moved away from Lin Xuanjiao and ran to pick wild sweet potatoes.
Lin Xuanjiao watched Erdan fleeing, and her mood wasn't as bad as it had been when she first arrived. Everyone in this world will always encounter some bad people, but correspondingly, they'll also encounter some lovely people, right? At least now, these children of Lin Xuanjiao's are particularly adorable.
Lin Xuanjiao, in a good mood, felt that her feet were not so painful anymore. She squatted down and picked the wild sweet potatoes with all her strength. She had to pick more, after all, she paid such a great price. Lin Xuanjiao, who was working hard, completely forgot that she had warned herself to be vigilant before.
Lin Xuanjiao patted her muddy hands, feeling she had picked enough. This was enough! She had already picked five large leaves, and she wouldn't be able to eat them all by herself.
As for why Lin Xuanjiao didn't share her potatoes with others, that's nonsense! She herself suffered so much to obtain these wild sweet potatoes. It's wishful thinking for those people who didn't suffer at all to eat the wild sweet potatoes she had picked with so much difficulty.
Lin Xuanjiao didn't want to continue picking and was about to stand up, but she found that her legs were numb from squatting. Her legs were completely out of her control and she fell backwards.
Lin Xuanjiao felt that she was going to fall this time and was prepared for the pain. But just when she was about to fall, a hand suddenly grabbed her tightly and stopped her from falling.
Lin Xuanjiao just breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't help but feel alert. She was very sure that the person behind her was not one of these children, so who could it be?
The owner of the hand dragged Lin Xuanjiao to her feet, and only withdrew his hand when he was sure that she would not fall again.
Lin Xuanjiao, who had just stood still, immediately turned around and looked over. As soon as she turned around, she saw a man about 1.9 meters tall standing in front of her. As for why he didn't say the gender for sure, it was because the man was wrapped up tightly, not even a hair was exposed, and even his eyes could not be seen at all. Lin Xuanjiao was even curious whether this man could breathe through his nose.
All in all, Lin Xuanjiao's first impression of the man in front of her could be described in one word: weird. He was really a man whose whole body exuded weirdness. Not to mention whether he would get heatstroke by wearing so much in such hot weather, how could this man get so much cloth to wrap himself tightly when cloth was so rare?
Although Lin Xuanjiao felt that the person in front of her was very strange, she did not feel that the other party had any ill will towards her. On the contrary, if this person had not held her back in time, she would have fallen to the ground long ago.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuanjiao sincerely thanked the person in front of her: "Thank you so much for what happened just now. If you hadn't been there just now, I would have fallen to the ground."
As she spoke, she picked up a bag of wild sweet potatoes that she had wrapped herself and handed it to the person in front of her. There was no other way, she had nothing on her now, so she could only make do with this.
"This is for you, you..."
Before Lin Xuanjiao could finish her words, the person in front of her ran away like the wind, without even hearing what Lin Xuanjiao said.
Lin Xuanjiao looked at the man's back as he walked away. This man was really strange. Why did he run away without even listening to what others said? He did a good deed without even listening to the thanks and just ran away. Was he learning from Lei Feng?
Erdan had come up to Lin Xuanjiao at some point, and seeing her staring in the direction the person had left, he immediately spoke up, "Sister Lin, do you know who that person was just now?"
Lin Xuanjiao came back to her senses after hearing Erdan's voice. "Do you know who that person is?"
Hearing Lin Xuanjiao's question, Erdan's face revealed a disdain that was unbecoming of his age. "I know, of course I don't know. I don't know why this monster followed us up the mountain today."
Hearing Erdan's disgust towards that man, Lin Xuanjiao couldn't help but frown. After all, the monster Erdan was talking about had just saved her.
Erdan noticed Lin Xuanjiao's frown and quickly explained, "I'm not the only one shouting that. Everyone in the village is shouting that. His family used to be a well-known and wealthy landowner. The fact that he's still alive is a testament to the kindness of our villagers."
Hearing the word "landlord" was like a thunderbolt striking Lin Xuanjiao's mind. The word "landlord" was not an easy thing to live with in that era. Not only were people trampled upon by others, but they could not resist. If they resisted, they would be subjected to even more severe criticism. During that period, many people died from criticism.
Lin Xuanjiao had a deep impression of these things because her grandmother lived in that era. When she told her about these things, she was filled with sadness and said that several of her good friends unfortunately lost their lives during the Cultural Revolution. Among them, some of her friends had wealthy families and often helped people in need, but they were still reported.
The reason why her grandmother is still alive and in high spirits is that her family heard the news in advance and fled abroad with the family assets. Otherwise, they would not even know whether she was still alive.
Perhaps because of what her grandmother said, Lin Xuanjiao didn't feel anything about the man being a descendant of a big landlord. Instead, she felt a little pity for him. She knew how the man was doing in the village from the children's attitude towards him. Even the children could treat him like that, not to mention the adults.
"Then why do you call him a monster?"
Lin Xuanjiao tried hard not to show any strange expression. After all, in this era, being associated with a big landlord would really get her into big trouble. Even though she was very dissatisfied with Erdan's attitude towards that person, Lin Xuanjiao could not show it.
Erdan glanced at Lin Xuanjiao's face. He had a feeling she was a little unhappy, but why? Hadn't she been fine before? Was it because of the "monster" he mentioned? But everyone in the village called him that? Sister Lin, a city dweller at heart, even considered the word "monster" an insult. So was she so unhappy because she thought he was being uncultured?
Erdan, who felt he was right, thought about what the villagers had said and explained, "It's because the uncles and aunts in the village said his hair and eyes are different from ours."
As he was talking, Erdan came close to Lin Xuanjiao and motioned her to lower her head so that he could tell her something in private. Lin Xuanjiao cooperated by lowering her head. She was actually very curious about that person's experience.
Seeing that Lin Xuanjiao was still very cooperative, Erdan tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were curled up. He knew that Sister Lin was not angry with him. Look how much Sister Lin cooperated with him! Hehehe! Another day that made me like Sister Lin even more!
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