The person who came to pick up Tingting in the afternoon was the burly man in the cowshed. Tian Cai remembered that his name seemed to be Gao Lin. His skin color seemed to be darker than when he first came, but he didn't look like a businessman at all. I really don't know what he did before he was sent down.
This man looks fierce, but he is actually a nice person. Tian Cai has dealt with him several times, and at least he is very nice to his cousin who was also sent down.
When Tingting saw that it was him, she immediately smiled and said, "Third Uncle."
Gao Lin's brows softened slightly, and he said to Tian Cai, "Sorry for disturbing you today."
Tian Cai shook his head and said, "Tingting is very good and helped me with a lot of work today!"
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Gao Lin led Tingting away. The little girl, holding her hand, did not forget to turn around and wave goodbye to Tian Cai.
Tian Cai sent the two men to the door, watched them go to the cowshed, and then went back to the house to read.
Outside, two people, one big and one small, were talking about her.
Gao Lin briefly asked Tingting what she had done today. She said that she helped Doctor Tian grind medicine, drank sweet honey water, and ate delicious egg cake.
Finally, Tingting waved her little fist and vowed, "Third Uncle, Sister Tian and I are good friends. From now on, I will share my delicious food with her. When I grow up and can earn work points, I will also buy delicious candy for Sister Tian!"
Gao Lin didn't know why, but when he heard this, he felt a tightness in his chest. He rubbed Tingting's hair and agreed in a hoarse voice, "Okay, then you must eat well, otherwise you won't grow up."
Although the child's life before was not one of eating all kinds of delicacies, it was almost good. There was no dish she didn't like on the table. Ever since the Ju family fell, the good days in the past have become a death warrant now, and the grandfather and grandson have never had a good meal again.
During the days when they were criticized and denounced every day in the city, the food distributed to them was moldy and spoiled, or wheat soaked in rainwater. How could the dry food made from it taste good? Even an adult like Old Man Ju couldn't swallow it, let alone Tingting, a little girl who grew up in love and pampering.
So before long, the little girl's originally round face became thinner.
When they arrived at Kaoshan Village, the captain did not torture them. They were given the same food as other families, which was considered a normal meal. However, none of the grown men were good at cooking, and the only woman, Wu Deying, had never cooked before, so the food in the cowshed was not very delicious.
However, a few of them were still content. After experiencing a series of mental and physical tortures in the city, they now felt that such a stable life was not easy to come by. At least they could barely eat their fill, which was already very good.
Tingting wrinkled her nose, but finally felt that she should keep her word and nodded reluctantly, "I will eat well in the future."
She wanted to earn work points and exchange them for money when she grew up, and then buy lots of candies and egg cakes to share with her grandfather, the uncles and aunts in the cowshed, and Sister Tian. She was her good friend, so she must have her share!
Well, by then, Grandpa will have the largest share, and Sister Tian will have the second largest share! Tingting couldn't help but smile when she thought of this.
Seeing her bright eyes full of anticipation for the future, Gao Lin felt relieved and thought that it was good not to know anything, at least it would reduce a lot of worries.
The two of them soon arrived at the cowshed. As soon as they reached the door, Tingting let go of Gao Lin's hand and happily ran over to push the door open, shouting, "Grandpa, I'm back——"
The people in the room who had originally had gloomy faces immediately changed their expressions when they heard her voice. Wu Deying was really in no mood, so he just turned his head away quietly so that Tingting wouldn't see.
Grandpa Ju stood up with a smile, "Tingting is back, did you have fun today?"
The little girl nodded vigorously, "Yeah, yeah, I'm so happy!"
"As long as you're happy," Old Master Ju looked her up and down, then said, "Go wash your hands and go cook with grandpa later!"
"Okay!" Tingting responded and quickly went to get some water to wash her hands.
As soon as she left, the smile on Mr. Ju's face fell. After a long while, he sighed and said, "No matter what, people should know how to be content."
Wu Deying thought of the vulgar words the women had said today, his expression twisted for a moment, and he pounded the bed with his fist, lowering his voice and shouting, "I've had enough of being humiliated at will like this!"
Yue Changming held his wife in his arms. He could understand her feelings. They had heard the most vicious words, and there was nothing he could do except try to adapt. However, his wife was sensitive, and she would be sad for a long time every time she heard them.
"I said, Kaoshan Village is already very good, we should be content!" Old Master Ju's eyes swept across the faces of several people in the room. He was old and had experienced all kinds of storms. Ever since he was labeled a capitalist, he had heard even more unpleasant words.
That's true. Kaoshan Village is already pretty good. At least the two team leaders are not interested in criticism and struggle. Every time, it is the people from the commune who make them hang up the sign and accept criticism from the villagers. Normally, they just go to work and are no different from ordinary villagers.
Unlike the old guys he had heard of, who had become the villagers' punching bags and could be beaten and scolded by anyone. They were clearly venting their daily unhappiness on these people, but they had to do it under the guise of rejecting capitalism. It could be said that those people were truly living without dignity.
Even in the current situation, what else can Wu Deying not bear? He has been living a comfortable life for too long and doesn't know why he came here. He still asks for this and that.
An Chongwen listened without saying anything. He was a little darker than when he first arrived. With his darker skin, the frail aura on his body was much weaker. Now he looked like a handsome young man.
Old Master Ju asked Yue Changming to enlighten his wife and he went out first because he had to prepare dinner for Tingting.
Gao Lin followed closely behind and glanced at An Chongwen before leaving.
An Chongwen blinked. He didn't understand what his cousin's look meant. He turned his head to look at the couple in the room, and then he realized that he had accidentally become a light bulb. He quickly got up and followed him out.
The two brothers had a clear division of labor, one carried firewood and the other carried straw.
"Brother, I have to go to Doctor Tian tomorrow. Do you have anything to bring him?" An Chongwen kicked the straw on the ground aside and grabbed a handful of it.
"Have you finished your medicine?"
An Chongwen scratched his head embarrassedly, "Well, I was thinking of stopping eating when I felt better, but Doctor Tian disagreed and insisted that I take this opportunity to recuperate."
He was really a little embarrassed. He had been in poor health to begin with, but he didn't expect that his health would improve after being sent down to the countryside for over half a year. No one would believe it if he told others about it.
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