After Tian Haiying led the two into the house, she discovered that they were carrying things in their baskets.
Tian Haiying was stunned when she saw the two women taking things out of their baskets and preparing to put them on her kang table.
"Two former educated youths, what brings you here?"
Zhu Qing looked at her with a smile and explained softly:
“Auntie, we’ve caused the brigade leader a lot of trouble since we came here. We feel bad seeing him running around for us in this cold weather.”
"Since we're here, we'll be troubling you and Uncle the brigade leader quite a bit in the future. These little things are a token of our respect for you, and we hope you won't refuse!"
Tian Haiying's smile faded, replaced by a look of disapproval.
"No, no, how can you be like this? He wants to be the captain, those are things he should be doing anyway."
Moreover, what he did wasn't just for you; he did the same for every educated youth who came.
"Don't blame me for talking too much, but it's already tough enough that you've left your hometown at such a young age. So don't think about sending us things yet; making a good life for yourselves is the most important thing, understand?"
Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian had anticipated this situation on their way here, so they had already discussed and devised a plan.
Seeing that Zhu Qinghao's words were rejected by Tian Haiying, Si Tian immediately moved closer and hugged Tian Haiying's arm with both hands.
"Oh, Auntie, we've already brought it all, so please accept it."
Haohao and I had never been to the countryside before, so we really didn't know anything here. If you don't accept our gifts, we won't dare to ask you for help if we ever need anything in the future.
Then we'll have to ask other people for help, but we don't know anyone in the village. Auntie, can you really rest easy?"
Upon hearing this, Tian Haiying paused.
That makes some sense. The villagers of Hongshan Brigade are generally quite simple and honest, but that doesn't mean there aren't any bad ones among them.
Moreover, in Tian Haiying's view, many people in the team were only "kind" to the team members. They might not have been so friendly to outsiders like the educated youth.
There are also some educated youths at the educated youth settlement who have been there for several years, but they still haven't been able to integrate into the village. Some people in the village, such as Xu Fengxian, have also cheated them openly or secretly.
Thinking about all this, Tian Haiying softened her attitude.
Zhu Qing saw the change in her attitude clearly and quickly seized the opportunity to stuff all those things into her hands.
"Auntie, please keep it. It's nothing much, just some everyday necessities."
Tian Haiying took the items and saw that they were indeed everyday necessities, but each one was quite expensive.
Especially that canned fruit, as far as she knew, it cost seven or eight cents a piece in the city, which was about the same price as a pound of pork. In fact, if it was leaner pork, it wouldn't even cost that much per pound.
For a moment, she looked at the gift with some hesitation.
The youngest daughter-in-law is pregnant and will give birth soon, so this brown sugar was a perfect gift for her.
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