It was only three o'clock when Tian Cai returned to the village today, and it was not time for Mimi to come back yet.
When she was about to push open the gate, she saw a crooked stone on the wall, so she turned her head and reached out to straighten it, just in time to see a little girl wiping her tears and running by in the distance.
Tian Cai looked over and thought that the girl looked a bit like Tingting. She was running towards the cowshed. The little girl must have suffered some injustice. She was probably bullied by the children in the village again.
Most of the children heard it from their elders at home. They all said that the people living in the cowshed were not good people, and the children in the cowshed were also bad children. They bullied Tingting more than once, pulling her hair, pushing her to make her fall, or making snowballs and throwing them at her.
None of the problems were big, but when they piled up together, the already sensitive girl became like a frightened bird.
She also told Zhang Defa about this matter. After he specifically emphasized it at several production team meetings, the situation improved a little, but some people still did the same thing. However, this kind of thing could not be criticized or educated. According to the current national conditions, it was right for them to do so. Tingting could only try to avoid the children of those families.
After all, Tingting is only an eight or nine-year-old girl, at the age when she loves to play. The cowshed is full of adults, so she stays alone most of the time, or helps Grandpa Ju with work. Sometimes when she really wants to go out and play, she will take a walk around the village.
Seeing that she went to the cowshed, Tian Cai didn't take it seriously and opened the door to go home. She had to finish the deer penis wine today and then planned to take a shower and go to bed early.
Tingting ran towards the cowshed crying. When she was almost there, a man came from the opposite direction. She slowed down for fear of bumping into him.
She had seen this uncle in the village before, and he had given her a piece of candy crumbs, but she didn't get to eat it in the end because it was snatched away by another child.
Tingting thought that she was a good child. If she behaved better in front of the uncles, aunts, uncles and women in the village, would they let their children stop bullying her because she was still well-behaved? So she wiped the tears from her face and mustered up the courage to whisper, "Uncle, hello."
The middle-aged man smiled when he saw Tingting, then noticed that there were traces of tears on her fair little face and her eyes were red, so he half squatted down and stretched out his big, black hand to stroke Tingting's face.
Tingting was so scared that she hid back.
The man was also stunned for a moment, but soon he regained his smile and said, "Uncle will wipe your tears. You look so ugly crying like a little cat."
"Yes, I'm sorry." Tingting felt that she had misunderstood the uncle and was very sorry, so she obediently let the rough fingers rub her face several times. When she felt some pain and asked if he was ok, the uncle took his hand back.
The man rubbed his fingers, the slippery feeling still lingering on his fingertips. His eyes swept over Tingting, and a thought flashed through his mind.
He looked around and saw that no one was around, so he continued to coax her, "Why don't you go back with your uncle and wash your face? Grandpa will be worried if you go back like this."
Tingting bit her lip, a little hesitant, but then she remembered her grandfather's advice not to go with strangers. Even though this uncle had given her candy scraps, he probably didn't know her. So she shook her head and said, "No, thank you, uncle. Grandpa is still waiting for me. I have to go back."
Just as Tingting was about to leave, the man grabbed her arm and said, "Uncle hasn't finished what he's saying yet. Do you want your sister to play with you? I have a sister at home who is only a few years older than you. If you want to play with her, you can come find me!"
Tingting's eyes lit up and her heart was moved. She wanted a friend so much. Since she came to Kaoshan Village, she had not felt much kindness. This uncle did not look like a bad person. His sister must be a very good person too. So she nodded vigorously and said, "Then I will go to play with my sister next time."
The man patted her face and let go of his arm.
After Tingting's petite figure disappeared in the cowshed, he couldn't help licking his lips and turned away.
After giving Commander Yu acupuncture for three consecutive days, he could sleep through the night. The swelling of the wound had completely subsided, leaving a large patch of green and yellow skin on his waist. It looked completely different from the surrounding area and felt very rough.
If people sleep well, they will naturally feel energetic. Commander Yu's overall mental state has improved a lot. Tian Cai also likes to listen to him talk while giving acupuncture. They are all about interesting things that happened on the battlefield and in the army.
"...Those Japanese soldiers were so fooled that they thought they really saw a ghost. They almost fell to their knees and shouted 'Grandpa', hahahahahaha--" Commander Yu was telling Tian Cai about the great achievements of his friend. He couldn't help laughing and accidentally pulled the needle in his back.
"Don't move," Tian Cai hurried forward to fix the crooked needle. The needle was inserted shallowly, and the slightest movement could easily cause it to shift. "Let's talk about something less funny, otherwise I'll have to re-insert you."
"Okay, okay," Commander Yu was very regretful. His son and daughter-in-law had no interest in listening to these things. Old Qian was willing to listen, but this old man had participated in several battles, and he would not listen if the exaggeration was too much. It was boring. But it was this Doctor Oda. Talking to her about these things made people unable to resist. The more they talked, the more excited they became!
However, Tian Cai's proposal for him to go to Kaoshan Village for acupuncture never came to a final conclusion, and Tian Cai didn't care.
"Commander Yu, why don't you take this opportunity to recuperate and treat the other hidden injuries on your body!" Tian Cai now quite likes Commander Yu's temperament. Although he is a little impatient, she herself has an impatient temper and can't get along with people who are slow-tempered.
Commander Yu also wanted to be treated. He had personally experienced Dr. Oda's acupuncture technique for three days. Although his waist still hurt, it was much better than before. At least he could get a full night's sleep. Since she said treatment, she must be confident that she could cure him. So he couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, then I'll trouble Dr. Oda!"
"It's not a big deal, just a few more injections each time."
Tian Cai came here more often, and she didn't see Commander Yu's two sons and daughter-in-law every time, but whenever they met, Yu's second sister-in-law would definitely look at her with disgust, and Tian Cai deliberately angered her many times.
I don’t know if I’m sick, but the more I see her angry, the happier I feel.
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