"Gou Wa, you can call me sister, but I'm not a fairy." Shen Qingli was amused by Gou Wa. Looking at this poor child, she couldn't help but soften her heart.
In the last days, children are also their primary concern.
No matter what era, children are hope.
Gou Wa laughed in a daze. Although the poison had been removed and his bones had healed, his injuries were too severe after all. He fell asleep while talking.
"Brother!" Niu Niu called out worriedly.
"It's okay, Niuniu, you were just too tired and fell asleep." The barefoot doctor explained hurriedly.
Niu Niu covered her mouth, afraid that she would wake her brother.
Shen Qingli and Zhou Yubai exchanged glances, "Let's send the two children home."
"Yes." The team leader responded and asked the villagers to carry Gou Wa home. He also reminded the barefoot doctor to go and see Gou Wa again tomorrow. After all, it was too difficult for a three-year-old to take care of a nine-year-old.
The barefoot doctor sighed and nodded.
Gou Wa’s home.
They only had a shabby thatched hut with only a bed in it and no other furniture, not even normal kitchen utensils such as pots, pans, and bowls.
The two children usually ate their meals in bamboo tubes, and their chopsticks were peeled branches they picked up at random.
There was a small earthen stove in the yard, and some uneven firewood was placed not far away.
"Captain, doesn't the commune have any policy to take care of children like this? Doesn't the Women's Federation care?" Shen Qingli waited until all the villagers had left before asking the captain.
"Well, you have to have the ability to manage it. Now everyone is hungry and there are too many poor people to take care of them all. The care our team can provide is also limited." The team leader's old face was full of helplessness.
This feeling of helplessness is the hardest to bear.
It's not that I don't want to, it's that I really have no choice.
Their own children can’t even get enough to eat, and those with parents can starve to death, let alone these two orphans.
Shen Qingli looked at them and said after a while, "I'll take care of them for the next two days."
"This..." The captain looked at Zhou Yubai, and seeing that Zhou Yubai had no objection, he nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. The brick factory will need people to work in a few days. If the Zhou family boy goes there, these two children can also accompany you."
"I'm not going this year." Zhou Yubai said. The brick factory was far from the village and he couldn't go home for lunch. He felt uneasy leaving Shen Qingli alone at home all day.
After all, there are too many unstable factors in the village.
"Boy from the Zhou family, this won't do. You are the main force every year. You can't shirk your responsibility to win glory for the team." The captain said hurriedly.
"Is his ability the reason why you bully him every year?" Shen Qingli frowned. She was pretty, and even if her words were a bit impolite, they were not annoying.
"Yu Bai's wife, that's not what I meant. This is all for the collective." The captain struggled to find excuses for himself.
Logically speaking, the young and strong ones should take turns to go to the brick factory, and the others did take turns going there, but Zhou Yubai was the only one who was selected every year.
The captain certainly didn't do this to bully people, but because Zhou Yubai was very capable and had great adaptability, and when he was around, no one could bully the people in Kaoshantun, and other people couldn't handle it.
"For the sake of the collective, we can't just fleece one sheep." Shen Qingli was still dissatisfied.
Zhou Yubai stood beside Shen Qingli. He didn't say anything, but his meaning was very clear: whatever my wife says is what it is. If she supports me not going, then I won't go, and no one else can stop me.
The captain felt that he was so worried that he had two more wrinkles on his face.
"How about this? If you go to the brick factory again this year, I'll give you double the work points," the team leader compromised.
"It will be like this every year from now on. You will get double the work points as long as you go to the brick factory." Seeing that the two men were not willing to give in, the team leader gritted his teeth and added.
In fact, Shen Qingli didn't want Zhou Yubai to work hard, but the captain had made such a big concession. If she insisted, she would offend the captain. In this era, offending the captain is not a wise choice.
"Uncle Captain, since you said so, our Yu Bai has no choice but to sacrifice. However, you have to explain clearly to the people in the village why Yu Bai was given double work points. If anyone is not satisfied, it would be best if we don't go." Shen Qingli said.
When it comes to offending people, it is most appropriate for the captain to do it.
Her Yu Bai is a screw-in character.
Zhou Yubai nodded, "Listen to Qingli."
The captain looked at Shen Qingli. He never expected that Shen Qingli could be so cunning.
That’s good, Zhou Yubai now has someone to protect him.
The captain gave a few more instructions before turning around and leaving.
It was not yet time to get off work, but Zhou Yubai went back to work.
Shen Qingli told Niuniu to stay at home and not wander around, then she went back home, made a big pot of dumpling soup, and brought the basin to Gou Wa's house.
Xiao Hei followed Shen Qingli throughout the whole process.
Xiao Hei wagged his tail. Although he really wanted to catch pheasants, rabbits, and dig holes for bamboo rats, he also liked the fact that his master's wife was so pretty and there were delicious foods to be had by her side.
As the man and the dog arrived at the door of Gou Wa's house, they heard shouting and cursing and Niu Niu's crying coming from inside.
"What are you doing? This is the medicine my sister gave us." Niu Niu cried until she was hoarse.
"What do I have for you, you two losers? Your brother won't die. The barefoot doctor said this medicine is good. I'm going to give it back to your uncle. He has a cut on his arm from working."
"You are such a loser, and you still dare to stand by me. You unfilial dog, you should have thrown both of you into the urinal and drowned when you were born."
The sharp-tongued old woman was very good at scolding. She was Gou Wa's grandmother, the old lady of the Li family.
Woof woof!
Xiao Hei rushed in and stood in front of Niu Niu, who was holding the herbs tightly in her hands.
"Oh my God!" Mrs. Li screamed, took several steps back, fell on her butt, and retreated back in horror. Looking at the tall and ferocious Xiao Hei with his teeth bared, she was scared to death.
Shen Qingli frowned in disgust and placed the basin in her hand on the stove.
"What do you want to do?" Shen Qingli asked.
When Mrs. Li saw Shen Qingli, it took her a long time to find her voice again.
"You little bitch, you don't need to worry about our family affairs!" Mrs. Li scolded with a guilty conscience.
"Haven't you separated? If you have, how dare you come and snatch the medicine from the two orphans?" Shen Qingli was not polite. She had recovered now, so if they really had to fight, she wouldn't panic.
What's more, she has three supernatural powers at her disposal, so she can punish this old woman at any time.
"Whether to divide the family is our Li family's business. It is not something you, a shrew, can control. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you married that wolf cub Zhou Yubai. I tell you..."
Woof woof!
Xiao Hei saw Mrs. Li getting up and trying to get close to Shen Qingli, so he threw Mrs. Li to the ground.
Mrs. Li was so frightened that she screamed, "Help! Help!"
"Xiao Hei, come here." Xiao Hei obediently ran to Shen Qingli's feet and glared at Mrs. Li with bared teeth.
Mrs. Li dared not do anything rash. This was the southernmost part of the village, not very close to the neighbors. If the big black dog really wanted to bite her to death, she would not be able to run away...
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