Chapter 122: What a Big Face
"How long does it take to roast a whole lamb?" Tiedan also came over and asked.
Jing Xian said: "Three to four hours."
"Ah, it takes so long?" Fusheng was suddenly frustrated.
Jing Xian felt that the kids were simply too naive. If they agreed to the whole roast lamb, would Comrade Jing Feng be so enthusiastic? Of course not.
"Who of you will go back and ask your uncle to come over for dinner?" Jing Xian asked the kids.
Tiedan said, "I'll go!"
"I'll go with you!" Damao came out of the kitchen just in time. Hearing this, he took the initiative to say, "I'm worried about you going alone. It's just right for the two of us to go together."
"Okay, you guys go over now. If possible, remember to go in through the back door." Jing Xian did not forget to remind the two kids.
Damao found a shabby but clean bicycle with a seat cover still on it, and his eyes were filled with sadness.
Tiedan came over and found that Damao was in a bad mood. He looked at the bicycle in the shed, and then at the pitiful amount of firewood and coal inside, and he knew why Damao was like that.
He shouted back to Jing Xian: "Got it, Mom!"
"Come on, brother, take me with you!"
Tiedan urged Damao to hurry up.
"knew."
Damao calmed himself down, pushed his bike and came to the gate.
After he got on the bike, he said to Tiedan, "Okay, you can get on now."
"Okay, you ride."
After Tiedan finished speaking, Damao rode his bicycle forward, and Tiedan trotted over and sat on it.
Da Mao waited until he sat down firmly and then sped up.
"Brother, now that we are back, our future will be better. Didn't mom say that you would take the college entrance exam this year? After you are admitted, you will receive a subsidy every month. If you are admitted to the best university, you can receive a subsidy of more than ten or twenty yuan a month." Although Tiedan is young, he has done his homework.
After he arrived here, he pestered Comrade Jingfeng and asked him many questions about what would happen after taking the college entrance exam.
When it comes to what happens after college, Tiedaner probably knows more than Damao.
When Da Mao heard that there would be financial aid after being admitted to university, he was shocked and asked, "How did you know this?"
"Of course, I'm asking grandma."
Tiedan knew that Damao was feeling stressed. Like Xiaomao, he would always feel stressed no matter what happened.
The psychological burden on both of them is extremely heavy.
Da Mao knew that he was living under someone else's roof, so he rushed to do everything. Xiao Mao said little but did a lot, and he was a quiet person, so it was normal whether he spoke or not.
At least on the surface, he doesn't look like Damao, who is worried all day long.
Da Mao lowered his head and rode his bike slowly.
Tiedan just said it directly.
"I know what you're thinking. Although you live in our house, you don't consider yourself a member of our family. But you've known what kind of people my parents are over the years. They really treat you and Xiao Mao well. Even grandma treats you as her own grandchildren. Even if you don't consider us family members, you should still treat us as relatives, right? Is there anything that cannot be said between relatives?"
"If you think so, and I shamelessly follow my mother to Beijing, do I have to live a cautious life like you in the future? Do you think this is a good thing?"
Tiedan actually wanted this very much, and it would only cause trouble for his family.
But he estimated that Damao's self-esteem would not allow him to say such cruel things.
Damao is smart, not stupid.
"Tiedan, thank you for telling me this." Damao really knew he was wrong.
"It's not too late for you to understand now." After Tiedan talked to Damao, many things became easier to talk about. "Mom will go to college in the future, and it's not easy to take care of us. She doesn't have time to think about what you think. If you have any thoughts or difficulties in your heart, you should tell Mom directly."
"But……"
"No, there's nothing to complain about. You can just say that mom can't solve it, and grandma can help.
I can still call my dad if I want to." Tiedan thought Damao was sometimes timid and unmanly.
He said with disdain: "As a man, why don't you just say what you want to say? Don't you know what kind of personality our mother has? If you don't tell her, what if she finds out about these things in the future? Wouldn't it be obvious that she would be upset?"
Damao said, "You also said that she is very busy and has a hard time. There is no need to tell her specifically about the things happening at my grandparents' home."
"Why is it unnecessary? You call her mom, and she calls your grandmother aunt. From now on, they are relatives. Let alone relatives, even if your neighbors encounter some problems, can you not help them?"
Tiedan gets angry when he looks at Damao.
"Think about the grandmother of Gousheng'er next door. When our mother was in confinement after childbirth, was it them who helped her?"
Damao was unable to overcome the force for a while.
"If you really didn't do well in the exam because of this, you would definitely be very sad in the future. It may seem like a big deal to you, but to my mother, it's nothing at all."
"I know." Da Mao repeated solemnly, "I really know."
"It's good that you know. Remember to tell mom if you have anything to say. Don't keep everything in your heart all day long, thinking that no one knows. If no one tells you, it means they are concerned about your feelings."
Tiedan said in his heart, you are not Xiaomao, Xiaomao is not a simple guy.
Even if Fusheng had eighty tricks, he couldn't beat a tiny thing.
So every time Fusheng volunteered to take care of his younger brother and sister, he would feel especially relieved as long as Xiaomao was around.
If it were just Fu Sheng himself, then forget it.
He was really worried that his silly brother would be cheated by someone.
It’s pretty fast to ride a bicycle from Xie’s house to Jing’s house.
When they arrived at the place, Tiedan asked Damao to wait outside the wall.
"Put the bike here and help me climb up on the bike."
Tiedan said and Damao did as he was told.
Tiedan is a very good climber. Although he is only ten years old, his height has already caught up with that of a fifteen-year-old boy.
He crawled in in a few seconds.
"Wait for me here." Tiedan sat on the wall and gave instructions to Damao before jumping down.
Tiedan walked from the backyard to the front.
As soon as I walked to the front yard, I heard knocks on the main door.
Tong Yan was sitting in the yard at the door, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan. In front of him were two small stools that he had just made.
That was not an ordinary stool, it looked very strange, there was a small table on it.
I don't know who can sit on such a big chair.
"Uncle, what are you doing here?" Tiedan walked over, looked at the two small stools, and asked, "What are these?"
Tong Yan was caught off guard by the smell of corn grits. He opened his eyes and looked at Tiedan's tough face. He smiled and said, "This is for Xiaowu and Xiaoliu. When it's time to eat, let them sit inside. That way, there's no need for adults to watch them. And there's no need to worry about them running around."
Tiedan thinks this is a good thing.
"Why did you think of making this?" Tiedan asked him.
Tong Yan would not treat Tiedan perfunctorily just because he is a child.
"There was an old landlord before, and his young master had this kind of chair. My grandfather was a famous carpenter in our area at that time. The old landlord specially asked my grandfather to make one for him. My father also had this thing when he was young."
Tong Yan pointed to the board in front of the chair and said, "This thing didn't exist originally. My dad added it later. We all used it when we were little. My mom thought it was a good thing. So when I heard you were coming, I brought some wood with me and planned to make two for Xiaowu and Xiaoliu."
Tiedan thinks that Tong Yan is an uncle he can get along with.
"Okay, hurry up and pack up, we're going to go to Damao's house for dinner."
Tiedan urged Tong Yan to wash his face.
Tong Yan said embarrassedly: "You and your family are having dinner, why should I go over? I won't go."
"Uncle, I don't like what you said. What do you mean by your family coming over to eat? Aren't you and I a family? If my big brother heard what you said, he would be very upset."
Tiedan doesn't open his mouth easily, but once he does, he will definitely be killed.
Tong Yan was speechless after hearing what he said. He obediently found a towel to wipe his body, changed into clean clothes, and followed Tiedan to the back.
"What? Are we going to jump over from the back?" Tong Yan asked.
Tiedan said, "How about we go through the front door? Can you close the door?"
"cannot."
"That's it." Tiedan thought of the family outside the door and sneered, "I have seen many shameless people since I was a child. But this is the first time I have seen such thick-skinned and shameless people like this one."
Tong Yan also looked speechless.
"Don't tell me. If you had come back before, I would have pissed you off. My master certainly didn't tell you that Jingwei Bing was much more powerful than his parents."
Tong Yan told Tiedan everything that the Jingwei soldiers had done.
Tiedan sneered: "Inheritance? What era is it now? Why are they still doing this? Are they planning to kick my mother out when my grandmother gets older?"
Tong Yan said: "Isn't that all? What else could it be? Wouldn't it be more legitimate for them to do this?"
“How shameless.”
Tiedan's fists became stiff.
Tong Yan stood at the foot of the wall and stretched out his hand, saying to Tiedan, "Step on my hand and I will help you get up."
Iron Egg waved his hands.
"Uncle, you really look down on us kids who grew up in the mountains."
As he said this, Tiedaner took his hands out of his trouser pockets.
He took a running start and then climbed up the wall easily as if he was flying.
Tiedan squatted on the wall and looked down, and said proudly: "Uncle, do you want me to pull you up?"
Tong Yan: “…”
He can't let a kid look down on him.
I rejected it without saying anything.
"Don't underestimate your uncle. I'm not from the city, I'm from the country."
Although Tong Yan's skills were not as good as Tiedan'er's, he climbed up very easily.
They both jumped at the same time.
"You two came out quite quickly. Let's go." Damao wanted to give the car to Tong Yan.
Tong Yan waved his hand, "You ride back with Tiedan."
"Then how are you going to leave?" asked Damao.
"Of course we'll run. I'm quite fast. You two ride in front and I'll chase you from behind." Tong Yan said as he ran out.
A scorching light burst out from Tiedan's eyes.
"Brother, you ride back first, I'll go catch up with my uncle." After saying that, the little body ran out.
Damao: He wants to run with us too!
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