Chapter 58 Uninvited Guests
Liu Xuexu rolled and crawled to the side.
Guan Haishan sat up, stroking her chest. She first saw Song Zhi, who was looking at her coldly, then Bai Taotao, who had her big, clear eyes, and then Liu Xuexu, who was huddled aside...
Finally, she looked at Bai Taotao.
"Are you... a fairy?" Guan Haishan asked in a daze.
Taotao: ...
These artists have such sharp eyes!
Taotao, "I am Bai Taotao."
Liu Xuexu asked Guan Haishan cautiously, "Who are you going to marry?"
"Get married? What kind of marriage?" Guan Haishan was stunned for a long time, and finally remembered, "Ah, I... just had a lot of dreams, so many dreams, so chaotic..."
As she said this, she looked at Taotao again.
Taotao asked curiously, "Did you dream about me?" She felt a little guilty.
Kwan Hoi-Shan: “No.”
——She also felt strange. She should have hated Bai Taotao, but for some reason, she actually felt that Bai Taotao was... very friendly?
【Taotao: Nonsense, have you felt my spiritual power? 】
Song Zhi, "Why are you sleeping here?"
Guan Haishan was stunned, "I... don't know, I suddenly felt dizzy and sleepy, and then I lost consciousness."
Song Zhi looked solemn. He turned around and picked up Tao Tao. "Let's get out of here quickly!"
[Taotao: Boss, you are really sensitive to danger! 】
Then the boss threw another sentence, "Xuexu, help Guan Haishan up and catch up quickly!"
Liu Xuexu really wanted to say: How about I hold Taotao and you hold Guan Haishan?
I don't have the courage to do that.
Liu Xuexu had no choice but to sadly help Guan Haishan up and followed behind the boss, but suddenly heard the boss say: "Taotao, look, Xuexu and Guan Haishan are such a good match..."
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Song Zhi took Taotao, Liu Xuexu and Guan Haishan back home, then he took the guard dog Huzi and went to the back mountain again to call everyone back.
After a night of hard work, everyone was exhausted, and they already knew about Guan Haishan and Song Zhi's past...
At that moment, everyone glared at Guan Haishan.
Xingxing also kept staring at Guan Haishan - Xingxing only knew that in her dreams, Song Zhi and Yan Naqian later had a marriage of convenience, but she never knew why Song Zhi was willing to marry such a bad woman.
Now Xing Xing knows that Yan Na Qian is nothing compared to a lunatic like Guan Haishan!
But now Yan Naqian is finished, and the person Song Zhi likes is her fourth sister...
Xing Xing regarded Guan Haishan as a thorn in her side, and said coldly: "If you live under someone else's roof, you should be aware of your status. You went crazy and ran away, not only putting yourself in danger, but also putting others who came to look for you in danger... Hey, Guan Haishan! I'm talking about you! Don't you even have a word of apology or gratitude?"
Guan Haishan didn't even raise her eyelids. "Did I ask you to go out and find me?"
"you!"
Guan Haishan, "Besides...what does it mean to live under someone else's roof? I came here to rely on my brother! What do I owe your family?"
Xing Xing was furious, "How are they the same? Your brother is my sister..."
At this point, Xing Xing suddenly became speechless.
"Your brother is my brother-in-law" was almost said smoothly.
Fortunately, I braked in time.
Song Zhi stared at Xing Xing closely.
Xing Xing thought for a long time, "…your brother is my sister's good friend. He lives in our house and our whole family welcomes him! But you, who can't even say 'thank you' or 'sorry', no one welcomes you!"
Song Zhi could of course hear the word "husband" that Xing Xing hadn't finished saying, and then he remembered Tang Liren's pity for him before...
So, in fact, the Bai family has already recognized him in their hearts?
He pursed his lips slightly, feeling a sense of joy after all the hard work.
Guan Haishan was very angry when faced with Xingxing's accusations.
But inexplicably, she remembered her dream - after she jumped from the top of the snowy peak, all her relatives, friends and acquaintances came to mourn her. Most of them felt relieved, and few felt sad.
so--
Since her death would not make them sad, why did they... go to the forest to save her?
Humph, hypocrisy!
Kwan Hoi-Shan rolled her eyes.
Tao Tao spoke up, "We went to rescue you not because of who you are. Even if our tiger and leopard didn't come back in the middle of the night, we would still be worried and go out to look for them. This is our standard of conduct - we will not and cannot watch our companions fall into danger and turn a blind eye."
Taotao then said to Xingxing, "She doesn't regard us as companions, so you don't have to place any hope on her. It's fine as long as we have a clear conscience."
Guan Haishan was stunned.
She is not stupid and can understand the hidden meaning of Taotao's words.
——The entire Bai family ran out in the middle of the night to look for her because of her danger, and they regarded her as a companion. She was unwilling to thank or apologize to the Bai family because she was unwilling to regard them as companions.
Thinking about the desertion in the dream...
Guan Haishan clenched her teeth and fists.
At this time, Tang Liren was already arranging for everyone to go to bed quickly.
Guan Haishan mustered up her courage and stepped forward to stop Tang Liren, "Wait, wait a minute!"
Tang Liren: ...
Guan Haishan stared at Tang Liren with her big eyes, and after a long pause, she said in a loud voice, "Yes, I'm sorry!"
Tang Liren was stunned. "What?"
"Thank you, thank you!" Guan Haishan said forcefully, suppressing the discomfort in her heart.
She never said "sorry" or "thank you" in her life.
Saying these two words to a peasant woman...
She didn't know why, but she felt like crying.
Song Zhi was also stunned.
Guan Haishan stepped forward again and said to Bai Zhenggan, "I'm sorry, thank you!"
Then he also said it to Tan Fenghui, Bai Taotao and Bai Xingxing.
Next, she looked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi turned and left.
Guan Haishan looked at his resolutely leaving back and murmured, "I'm sorry, thank you..."
Xing Xing was still angry, so she said in a neither loud nor soft voice: "You have hurt others time and again, and imposed your pain on others. Do you really think that you can get away with just saying sorry?"
Shen Zhi's back staggered a little.
Guan Haishan's face was pale.
She ignored Bai Xingxing and turned to Liu Xuexu and said, "I'm sorry, thank you!"
Liu Xuexu was very surprised.
Guan Haishan has always been aloof and arrogant. She never asks for help from others, nor does she agree to any requests from others. She has never been nice to anyone...
But now?
Liu Xuexu smiled and said, "Come on, Haishan! You will get better and better!"
Guan Haishan snorted coldly, left the main room, and returned to the room prepared for her by the Bai family.
But after washing up, she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried.
She remembered the two dreams she had had after falling asleep in the woods.
——After her death, she did not see her father regretting or crying because of her death. Even her brother and Song Zhi looked relaxed and relieved?
——She is alive and has become a teacher at an art academy. Her works have won international awards. Her father praises her and also praises her deceased mother...
Guan Haishan opened her eyes wide in daze.
She couldn't let go, she had gone through so much, she had dragged Song Zhi to death countless times... Wasn't it just to make her father look at her straight in the eye?
If she really died as she dreamed, would her father not even look at her?
Guan Haishan felt like he was falling into an icy cave.
She thought again, what if, just like in her dream, she became a teacher at an art academy?
Yes, it is possible.
——She relies on her own real ability, settles down, and paints down-to-earth and accumulates seriously in this place far away from the hustle and bustle, far away from her stepmother and Guan Haifu... Maybe after a few years, her level will be stable, so that she can return to the Academy of Fine Arts to be a teacher?
Guan Haishan closed her eyes and tried to sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep.
She opened her eyes countless times and closed them countless times...
As soon as I opened my eyes, Bai Taotao's beautiful and pure face seemed to appear in front of me; as soon as I closed my eyes, I remembered the look of disgust in Song Zhi's eyes when he looked at me.
At dawn, Guan Haishan got up with a pair of panda eyes.
Taotao and Xingxing have already cooked breakfast, and the Bai family members are already in their seats, ready to do whatever they need to do after breakfast.
Breakfast is actually very simple: a can of white porridge, a large basket of steamed scallion rolls, and pickled vegetables and stir-fried cucumbers with basil to go with the porridge.
Kwan Hoi-Shan didn't have dinner yesterday.
As soon as she ate a bowl of warm, thick, rice-scented porridge, her stomach started to growl. The crispy and refreshing perilla cucumber paired with the light-flavored white cotton porridge is simply delicious! Then, imitate the red beans and soybeans, break the scallion rolls in half, and put the salty, spicy, sour and refreshing pickled vegetables in the middle...
Why is it so delicious?
Guan Haishan wolfed down two steamed buns in one breath and gulped down two large bowls of white porridge. Only then did she feel refreshed.
Sudden--
Why are everyone staring at her?
Tang Liren said, "Xiaoguan, if you're not full... there's still porridge and steamed buns! You're welcome!"
Only then did Guan Haishan realize that she had eaten in a very ferocious manner just now? ? ?
"That's enough. I'm full."
After a pause, Guan Haishan used the words he learned last night again -
"Thanks!"
Taotao and Xingxing looked at each other.
——Wow, this rich girl actually knows how to say thank you?
Song Zhi also prepared to go to work.
Guan Haishan called him, "Brother, I have something to tell you."
Song Zhi didn't want to pay attention to Guan Haishan or talk to her. But this is Taotao's home, and he can't cause any more trouble for Taotao's family.
"explain."
He spat out a word coldly, and was mentally prepared. If Guan Haishan said she wanted to talk to him privately...
Then he turned around and left immediately.
Guan Haishan said: "I don't want to go back for the time being. I want to stay here... There are no messy people here to disturb my painting. Then, can you help me find an empty house?"
Song Zhi frowned.
Tang Liren, "We won't disturb you from painting!"
Guan Haishan shook her head. "It's not necessarily your fault. It's mainly me. I want to be alone and quiet. I have money, I can pay the rent."
Bai Zhenggan said, "But there are no empty houses in our village."
Tao Tao thought for a moment and said, "Would you like to live with Zhou Xiaoni? She has several rooms at home and lives alone...well, she also has a dog and some ducks."
Guan Haishan was a little unhappy, "Dogs and ducks are also annoying, right?"
Tao Tao, "Then why don't you move in with Sixth Grandma? Xiao Ni and Sixth Grandma are the only ones living alone in our village."
Guan Haishan recalled the Sixth Grandma's house - a small yard with a very tall persimmon tree. The old woman was not talkative, but she was always smiling and it was obvious that she had a good temper.
Guan Haishan nodded.
Tao Tao, "If you live there, you will have to take on the responsibility of taking care of the old man... Of course, everyone in our village will take care of her food, drink, defecation and urination, but if the old man has any problems, you should at least come out and call us."
Guan Haishan hesitated for a while, "Can I just call you if I have any problems?"
Tao Tao smiled, "If it's within your ability, then just help the Sixth Granny yourself!"
Guan Haishan thought for a long time and nodded.
When Liu Xuexu heard Guan Haishan say she wanted to move out?
He hesitated again and again, and said to Guan Haishan: "But I want to live in Taotao's house."
Guan Haishan didn't even look at him, "You can live wherever you want, what does it have to do with me?"
Liu Xuexu: ...
Tang Liren said to Guan Haishan, "If you want to live in Sixth Grandma's house, that's fine! But Grandma doesn't cook at home. She is an old and lonely woman, and is supported by the villagers. The meals are prepared and sent to her by the villagers! Then you can cook at our house!"
This time, Guan Haishan used honorifics, "Thank you."
She suddenly remembered something, glanced at Song Zhi, and asked Tang Liren, "How much does my brother give you for food every month? I will give it to you."
"No, no!" Tang Liren said, "Xuexu's uncle has already given you two 200 yuan, which is enough for you two to eat for a year!"
Liu Xuexu, "That's right! We are friends!"
Guan Haishan said indifferently: "I have nothing to do with you."
Liu Xuexu: ...
Guan Haishan glanced at Liu Xuexu and saw that he looked hurt.
She added, "I mean, I don't want to owe you anything."
Liu Xuexu, "Just owe me the money first, and you can pay me back when you get home later! Anyway, the money was not given by me, but by my mother."
Tang Liren also realized that Guan Haishan didn't understand the ways of the world at all!
Tang Liren also advised, "Yes, at home you rely on your parents and when you go out you rely on your friends... Well, let's not talk about whether you can rely on your parents at home, since you have already gone out, you must rely on your friends. You said you don't have the ability to make money when you are away from home, so why bother? You can pay Xiaoguan back when you go back!"
In the past, Kwan Hoi-Shan would definitely not be willing to listen to other people's opinions.
But Tang Liren's analysis was very reasonable and her tone was kind; look at Liu Xuexu again... Although he ran away from home because of a quarrel with his mother, he was the only one who was willing to accompany her across thousands of mountains and rivers...
Guan Haishan decided to try to accept other people's opinions for once, so she nodded and did not forget to use honorifics, "Well, thank you Tao Ma, thank you...Xuexu."
Tang Liren felt somewhat relieved, thinking that although the child was stubborn, at least he was willing to listen.
Liu Xuexu looked at Guan Haishan as if she had seen a ghost: You actually said thank you to me?
After Taotao cleaned up the house, she took Guan Haishan to Sixth Grandma's house and told Sixth Grandma that Guan Haishan wanted to move in to keep her company and would give Sixth Grandma five dollars a month as accommodation fees.
The Sixth Grandmother looked at Guan Haishan and smiled, "I'll give you a place to stay, no charge."
Guan Haishan was stunned.
——Is the old man so kind-hearted?
Tao Tao said to Grandma Liu, "Grandma, just take the money she gives you and buy whatever you want to eat!"
The Sixth Granny shook her head, "No money!"
After thinking for a while, the old man continued, "I heard that other villages have no food to eat this year. Sister, if you want to give me money, then I will ask for one dollar, Taotao, to donate it for me... God bless, don't let anyone starve to death this year!"
Guan Haishan's eyes suddenly turned red.
Tao Tao, "The village committee is responsible for the donations. We are enough. Grandma, please don't donate."
The Sixth Granny still shook her head. "Sister, you are here to stay with me. You can stay as long as you want. It's free... I am old and can't work anymore. If I could still work, I would donate more."
Guan Haishan stared at the old man closely.
She said to Taotao, "Grandma wants to donate money, so you can donate it for her!" Then she took out a handful of banknotes from her pocket, counted out six pieces, and handed them to Taotao, "Here is 60 yuan. I will pay one year's rent first, and you can donate 5 yuan in the name of Grandma. The rest of the money... let your village committee save it for Grandma. In case she needs to see a doctor or take medicine in the future, she can use this money."
The Sixth Granny was still very persistent, "Little sister, I won't take your money."
Tao Tao smiled at Grandma Liu, took the money from Guan Haishan, and said, "Okay, I'll ask the village committee accountant to write a receipt for you later."
Guan Haishan ignored Taotao. She squatted in front of the Sixth Grandma and asked softly, "Grandma, tell me, why do you want to donate so much money to others? Isn't it better to save it yourself?"
Sixth Grandma looked at her with a smile and stepped on the pedal of the rocking chair.
The rocking chair rocked slowly, and the old man also said slowly: "Humans are not animals who only know how to be well fed and warm! After experiencing birth, old age, sickness and death, people understand joys and sorrows, separations and reunions... Hey, everyone's joys and sorrows are the same... When one side is in trouble, all sides come to help, this is what human beings are like..."
Guan Haishan was stunned.
Taotao quietly observed Guan Haishan - she squatted quietly beside Liu Taipo's recliner, without saying a word or moving, as if she had suddenly been enlightened or realized something?
Taotao turned and left Sixth Grandma's yard.
Song Zhi was standing outside the yard, looking nervous.
Seeing Taotao coming out, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice, "Did she seek death?"
Taotao chuckled, "No!"
She clutched the banknotes and walked toward the village committee, then said to Song Zhi, "Actually, I think... she's not that annoying. Maybe she just lacks love."
Song Zhi hated any topic related to Guan Haishan, so he remained silent.
But Taotao felt that since Taotao had woven a dream for Guan Haishan yesterday, Guan Haishan seemed to have become less difficult to accept.
She said to Song Zhi, "You don't have to be afraid of Guan Haishan anymore. She will get better slowly!"
Song Zhi disagreed.
Seeing that no one was around, he whispered, "There is only one way to make her give up."
Taotao, "What?"
"Marry me." The boss tried hard to pretend to be calm, but even the tips of his ears were pink. "If we get married, Kwan Hoi-Shan will give up..."
Taotao glanced at him and ignored him. She went to the village committee with the banknotes in her hand and told them that Guan Haishan had moved into Sixth Grandma's house and was paying five yuan a month in rent.
The village chief was very happy. He immediately asked the accountant to collect the money and write a receipt. He also went to Sixth Grandma's house to ask Guan Haishan if she needed anything else...
However, I heard that Guan Haishan disliked the village chief's noise and drove him out.
From that day on, Guan Haishan lived in the house of Sixth Grandma.
However, she seldom goes out.
At first, she would come to Taotao's house for three meals a day, but later she even felt annoyed to go out, so she made an agreement with Hongdou to give Hongdou one dollar every month and have Hongdou deliver three meals a day to her at Liu Taipo's house.
Tang Li felt sorry for Grandma Liu, and every time she asked Hongdou to bring food to Guan Haishan, she would fill the lunch box to the brim...
Gradually, everyone in the village knew that a female painter with a shaved head had moved into Sixth Grandma's house.
This female painter painted an oil painting for Grandma Liu?
If you stand close and look at it, it is a piece of cloth stained with dried colored mud, with bumps and pits everywhere and you can't see anything; if you stand a little further away and look at this oil painting again, everyone will exclaim "Wow" to express their admiration.
——It’s so realistic!
It was a painting of Grandma Liu sitting under a persimmon tree. The old woman's wrinkled face showed a simple and kind smile, her eyes sparkled with wisdom and longing, and the big red persimmons behind her were lifelike... Both the old woman and the persimmons were extremely lifelike, giving people a sense of the joy of a good harvest at first sight.
Tao Tao saw such a painting for the first time. She was very curious and liked it very much. She asked Guan Haishan, "Is it difficult to learn this?"
Guan Haishan said proudly: "I started learning to paint when I was three years old..."
She was a little sad after saying only half of the sentence, "It's a pity that my mother will never see the paintings I draw again."
Tao Tao, "I think, before she left, she must have hoped that you and your brother could become the happiest people in the world."
Guan Haishan was silent.
After a long while, she said to Tao Tao: "Learning painting is difficult and hard, so don't learn it... The most important thing is that it will lead to a dead end. It's better to learn culture."
Taotao nodded.
Guan Haishan added: "If you like, I can draw a few for you."
Taotao nodded quickly, "Okay, okay! Well, if you help me draw, then I will... make you a cotton coat as a thank you gift?" The day was getting colder, but Kwan Hoi-shan was still wearing the singlet and ankle-length pants she wore when she first came to her house.
Given Kwan Hoi-Shan's personality, she would never accept it.
But after much hesitation, she nodded.
Taotao smiled, "Let's make it clear first, it's a floral cotton jacket! I can't help it, the only thing left at home is floral fabrics... My mom likes floral fabrics so much that even my dad's cotton jacket is made of floral fabrics this year..."
Thinking about how Taotao’s burly father is also wearing a flowery cotton jacket?
Guan Haishan laughed.
Taotao, "You look so beautiful when you smile! Smile more in the future!"
Guan Haishan couldn't laugh anymore.
——She always knew that she was not beautiful enough, at least not as beautiful as Guan Haifu. In addition, her stepmother and Guan Haifu would publicize her different aesthetic taste... She was often ridiculed and mocked, and with Guan Haifu as a control group, outsiders would only say that she was weird and ugly.
Taotao was the first person to say that she was pretty.
"Shouldn't you think I'm ugly?" Guan Haishan said coldly.
Taotao looked at her gloomy and uncertain expression and found it a little funny.
"You look really good when you smile," Taotao said seriously, "In fact, I think you should buy a big mirror and take a good look at yourself..."
Guan Haishan's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Tao Tao continued, "... you will know how beautiful you are! Especially when you are painting, your expression is so serious, as if you are doing something great. When you stare at the canvas, your eyes are so beautiful, more beautiful than the wild grapes in the mountains in autumn!"
Kwan Hoi-Shan: …
"Shanshan, you are not ugly at all! You are very beautiful!" Taotao said.
Shanshan?
Kwan Hoi Shan bit her lip.
——Since my mother passed away, no one has called her that anymore.
Guan Haishan's eyes were misty and her nose was slightly red, but she tried to hide her mistake and chased Taotao away. Her voice was trembling, "You...you go away! You disturbed me while I was painting! Really, why do you talk so much nonsense... Go away!"
Taotao was pushed by her to the gate of the courtyard. She looked at her in confusion, then looked under the persimmon tree, and was finally ruthlessly driven out by Guan Haishan.
Guan Haishan closed the gate and turned around to see Sixth Granny sitting under a persimmon tree with a few baskets of persimmons at her feet...
She was stunned.
——What kind of painting are you doing! Just now she was clearly peeling persimmons and making persimmon cakes with Liu Taipo and Taotao!
Guan Haishan's face turned red with shame.
However, she still mustered up the courage to walk to the Sixth Grandma, squatted down, and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, do I look...good-looking?"
The grandmother grinned, "Beautiful! Shanshan is the prettiest!"
Well, even grandma followed Taotao and called her Shanshan!
Guan Haishan's tears and sleepiness rushed out of her eyes, "How am I good-looking? I have a shaved head and a bad temper..."
The grandmother smiled and said, "She is kind-hearted and pretty! Shanshan gets up in the middle of the night to cover me with a blanket, shares half of your delicious meals with me, and boils water for me every day... Shanshan is kind-hearted and pretty!"
Guan Haishan lay on her grandmother's lap and cried like a child.
Liu Xuexu also started painting while staying at Taotao's house.
However, he had only been painting for two days... Tang Liren saw through the clues and immediately asked him to go back to the house to paint, and repeatedly reminded him that the paintings must not be seen by outsiders and he was not allowed to take the paintings out of the house.
Because Liu Xuexu painted a picture of Guanyin.
His painting style is completely different from Guan Haishan's.
Guan Haishan's painting style carries extremely strong emotions, with bold and bright colors; Liu Xuecatu's painting style is like a trickle, delicate and complex, ethereal and graceful.
Moreover, Liu Xuexu was very slow. Guan Haishan had already completed a painting of "Sixth Grandma and Her Persimmon Tree", but Liu Xuexu had only finished less than one-fifth of it.
When Liu Xuexu saw the painting "Sixth Grandma and the Persimmon Tree", he was so excited that he was speechless and choked with tears.
"Haishan!" Liu Xuexu cried and laughed, clapping her hands excitedly, "That's great, that's great... Just because we owe this painting, this trip was not in vain! Can I ask my cousin to take this painting back to Beijing to my mother? Let her take a look at it, and if there is any selection activity, I will sign you up."
Guan Haishan only gave him two cold words, "Whatever!"
So, when Section Chief Hao came to Ruyi Village to preside over the grain harvest, Liu Xuexu packed up the painting "Sixth Grandma and Her Persimmon Tree" and carefully handed it to Section Chief Hao.
Section Chief Hao asked Liu Xuexu, "Come with me!"
Liu Xuexu shook her head, "We agreed to leave in Dongyue, so I will leave in Dongyue... You can call my mom and tell her that I won't be angry as long as she stops nagging about that matter. Then when I go back in Dongyue, I will give grandma a gift. I guarantee that grandma will be very happy."
Section Chief Hao could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
Xing Xing hated Yan Naqian, so she chased after Section Chief Hao and asked, "Uncle Hao, what happened to Zhao Zhijun and Yan Naqian?"
Section Chief Hao told everyone——
The working group has already investigated the matter of Zhao Zhijun forging state documents. Zhao Zhijun was expelled, lost his public office, and was sentenced to four years in prison. Yan Naqian was an accomplice, and her attitude towards admitting guilt was particularly bad. She refused to cooperate with the investigation. She was originally given a lighter sentence, but was also sentenced to four years in prison.
In addition, Zhao Zhijun's uncle, Director Wang, was also fired from his public office...
As for the case in which Ruyi Village sued Yan Naqian for a debt of 250 yuan, the court supported Ruyi Village because Yan Naqian was unable to repay the debt. Therefore, the court sent the judgment to Yan Naqian's home in Nandu. In order to avoid any impact, her father and brother immediately sent the 250 yuan to the court.
The court has also handed over the money to the Ruyi Village Committee.
Xingxing is very happy!
——Did Yan Naqian really go to jail?
After that, she will never be able to harm the Bai family again, right?
Section Chief Hao left with Guan Haishan's paintings.
After Ruyi Village paid grain to the country, it welcomed the most important day of the year, grain distribution!
Every household was holding a meeting, holding the family's work points sheet, discussing what to receive.
Taotao's family was also discussing it.
Bai Zhenggan said, "In my opinion, we should still collect some coarse grains and various beans. It would be good to grow some bean sprouts in the winter! We should also collect some bran to feed the chickens and ducks!"
Tang Liren, "We need to get more rice! Nansheng's work points are still there in the first half of this year. If you bring back the rice, we can eat rice for the whole year next year! Red beans and soybeans can help us grow taller!"
Tan Fenghui, "Take some cotton, too. Not too much. We can make some thread and refabricate the old quilt to make it softer and thicker!"
Tao Tao, "Bring back more live ducks, so that everyone in our family can have one duck egg a day soon!"
Xing Xing, "Yes, yes, duck manure can be used as fertilizer for growing vegetables!"
Hongdou, "Grandma, it seems that there is still wild honey available in the production team this year. Can we exchange some for honey?"
Huangdou, "Switch! Peanuts!"
The whole family burst into laughter.
Song Zhi sat aside and felt the happiness of this family and couldn't help but smile.
After a few days, the production team opened the granary and allowed the villagers to come and collect the grain in groups.
Because Taotao's family was hardworking, they earned a lot of work points, and the things they brought home filled up the storage room.
There is enough rice to feed the whole family for a whole year...Okay, that's a bit exaggerated, it's still a bit insufficient, but it will definitely be better than this year. In addition, there were miscellaneous grains that filled half of the warehouse, including various beans, bran, corn and so on.
Then, my family went to the production team and brought back ten ducklings. Together with the four adult ducks we had at home, I believe that after raising them for a few more months, when spring comes tomorrow, the whole family’s wish of eating one duck egg a day will be fulfilled!
Next, Song Zhi started to get busy.
He kept hammering with a hammer, screwdriver, and axe, first making a duck pen, then he kept patching up the two rooms where Taotao's family stored food, until he was sure there were no rat holes at all...
A few days later, Taotao finished making the cotton-padded jacket for Guan Haishan.
This is indeed a flowery cotton jacket with large white flowers on a red background.
Taotao was afraid that Guan Haishan would think the dress was too rustic, so she used knitting needles to weave some white cotton lace and sewed it on the collar, cuffs, front and corners of the floral cotton coat.
In this way, the rustic cotton coat with big red flowers becomes a bit fairy-like.
Taotao also couldn't stand Guan Haishan's pants.
Although Liu Xuexu explained to Taotao that Guan Haishan had deliberately shortened the pants to make them different...
So Taotao also made a pair of pants for Guan Haishan.
But because the fabrics at home were almost all scraps of cloth, and most of them were floral fabrics, it was impossible to make a whole pair of pants. So Taotao used the lace of white cotton yarn to make a pair of floral bloomers for Guan Haishan.
When Guan Haishan got the clothes, she was shocked.
"Did you do this?" Guan Haishan looked Taotao up and down.
Taotao nodded. "Most of the clothes and pants for our family are tailored by me. Don't you... like it?"
——Taotao remembers that Guan Haishan’s aesthetic taste is different from everyone else’s. She likes weird things.
Guan Haishan stroked the thick cotton coat and... the pants that were obviously made of double-layered fabric, and felt warm and sad at the same time...
She had never received such a gift before - this was genuine warmth.
"I don't like it!" Guan Haishan said stiffly, "This dress... is too warm! Once a person eats too much and wears too warmly, his mind will become peaceful, and he will not pursue love or hate, and he will not be able to collide with creative inspiration and sparks! I don't like your gift at all!"
Having said that, Guan Haishan's fingers never left the cotton coat...
Taotao blinked and understood.
Is this tsundere?
"Nonsense! Only when you are full and warmly dressed will you have more energy to think about the next step and know what you like more and what you want more!" Taotao said.
Guan Haishan said softly: "Nonsense!"
I couldn't help but rub the thick cotton coat again.
Tao Tao, "I don't care. Anyway, I have already made this dress, and it is made according to your figure. You must have it! I am leaving now!"
Guan Haishan has been holding it in.
It was not until Taotao left that she hugged the warm and thick clothes tightly and cried.
The Sixth Grandmother smiled and said, "Shanshan, try it on!"
Guan Haishan wiped her tears and whispered, "I don't look good in this."
"You'll know whether it looks good or not only after you try it!" the old man said with a smile.
Guan Haishan put on the clothes carefully.
Regardless of whether it looks good or not, once you put on this new cotton-padded jacket, your body will feel warm immediately. Moreover, the quality of the jacket is very soft, making people feel... as if someone is hugging her very gently!
Since her mother passed away, Guan Haishan has never worn a cotton coat again.
——The family was not short of money, but the stepmother always went out to ask for old, dirty cotton-padded clothes from others for her to wear.
Guan Haishan couldn't say no, so she could only say that she was not cold.
Later, when she grew up and understood a little more, she also learned how to apply eye drops and walked around in front of her father in light clothes in the middle of winter. But her stepmother had already created the impression in her father's mind that "Haishan just doesn't like to wear cotton clothes." Her father only thought that she was weird and pretentious, and that she refused to wear cotton clothes even when she caught a cold. However, he did not think that her stepmother was mistreating her.
This was the first cotton coat that Guan Haishan received.
The Sixth Granny smiled at Guan Haishan, "Shanshan looks so beautiful in her flowery cotton jacket!"
Guan Haishan pursed her lips and smiled secretly.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Someone knocks on the door.
Guan Haishan didn’t think too much about it. She ran over and opened the door, but suddenly saw someone... someone she didn’t want to see in her life? !
The man also stared at Guan Haishan with wide eyes.
After a while, the man burst into laughter, "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..."
Guan Haishan's face suddenly turned blue and red.
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