Chapter 69 One Year
On the third day of the first lunar month, Taotao and her family went to town.
On New Year's Eve, Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan gave each person in the family a red envelope of one yuan each...
Nowadays, even red beans and yellow beans are only available to rich people.
So everyone went shopping, bought what they wanted to buy, and were all very happy.
Tang Liren is unhappy.
She called Nansheng's company, trying to find Nansheng, but couldn't find him. Tang Liren changed her mind again and said she wanted to find Nansheng's leader. After a long time, a man with a deep voice answered the phone and told Tang Liren that the entire battalion where Nansheng was located had accepted a mission assigned by the state and left.
Where Nansheng went and what he did is confidential and it is not convenient to disclose it to his family for the time being.
The man comforted Tang Liren on the phone, saying that the army would definitely guarantee Nansheng's safety and asked his family not to worry too much...
The two sides then hung up the phone.
Tang Liren felt even more worried.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Tang Liren and Dongsheng accompanied Lili. The three of them traveled by car for two days and finally arrived at the Municipal Party Committee's Guest House early in the morning on the seventh day.
He Zhaoguo and Dong Mingchun, who was holding Niu Niu, came over to greet Tang Liren and her two children, and gave Lili a blank resume. Lili finished filling it out, and Dong Mingchun was surprised when he saw it. "Lili, do you have a high school education?"
Lili nodded.
"This is a plus point. As long as I don't make any mistakes during the interview later, I'll be a sure winner!" Dong Mingchun said in a low voice.
There are men, women, young and old who come to the Guest House to apply for jobs, but most of the young and beautiful girls like Bai Lili are here for the waitress positions.
I heard that such a pretty and fair girl is actually a chef?
The experts looked down on her, thinking that this girl was so weak that she couldn't even flip a pot.
The laymen were watching the fun and thinking how embarrassing it was for a girl to work together with a bunch of men!
As a result, during the final interview, the judges and competitors were all stunned.
The interview is divided into two rounds, red case and white case.
Hong'an involves the preparation and plating of dishes. Lili was confident, whether she was cutting vegetables, cooking, seasoning or flipping the wok, she did everything as smoothly as flowing water. Her movements were both pleasing to the eye and very skillful.
She made braised pork, and the presentation was very beautiful.
——The square pieces of braised pork were neatly stacked in a large ceramic plate, forming an arch bridge. Two mushrooms, one big and one small, are propped up on the "bridge" with toothpicks. Some white sesame seeds are sprinkled on the mushroom umbrella... From a distance, it looks like a man and a woman are walking on a stone bridge holding an umbrella in the snow!
The whole audience was shocked by the appearance of this dish.
The judges tried the braised pork again - it was pretty good, mainly because the cooking time was very good. The pork skin was soft and chewy, the fat melted in the mouth, and the lean meat was chewy. It was really first-rate!
Then comes the competition of white cases.
Bai'an refers to the preparation of rice and flour-based snacks, which is Lili's forte. She has been practicing hard for more than a month, and now she is confident in making a White Rabbit Hawthorn Cake.
The hawthorn cake available in the restaurant is made with white glutinous rice skin - glutinous rice flour, milk powder and white sugar mixed into a thin layer, steamed in a pot, taken out and placed in cold water together with the bowl to cool. This is the pear, which has been steamed before making the braised pork.
So when other competitors were busy, Bai Lili leisurely took the glutinous rice paste that had already cooled down, first wrapped a piece of hawthorn cake in the glutinous rice paste, then kneaded it into an oval shape, cut out the rabbit's ears with a clean pair of small scissors, and then glued a round tail, and used the bright red hawthorn cake as the rabbit's red eyes...
A round and cute little white rabbit appears!
The hawthorn and white rabbit cake made by Li Li amazed the whole audience!
Several invigilators tried it one by one, even He Zhaoguo, Dong Mingchun and Xiao Niuniu ate it...
When you take a bite, you first taste the delicate, fragrant and slightly sweet glutinous rice skin, and then the sour and sweet hawthorn cake inside. It is sweet but not greasy, nutritious and delicious!
Everyone was full of praise.
In the end, several invigilators discussed for a long time, called Bai Lili away and questioned her for a long time, and finally decided to give Lili a special recruitment quota - not only did they admit Bai Lili on the spot, but they also directly signed a probationary contract with her. As long as she can pass the three-month performance appraisal, she can be directly converted to a full-time employee! Become a regular employee with a latte rice bowl!
What does it mean?
In other words, the restaurant will set a target turnover for her. If the pastries sold by Lili can exceed this target within three months, she can be converted to a full-time employee!
Of course Lili was extremely happy!
Tang Li felt relieved and quickly thanked He Zhaoguo and Dong Mingchun.
The young couple laughed and said, "What does this have to do with us? Auntie, you saw it with your own eyes, and we are not the judges... Sister Lili got the job based on her own ability!"
Having said that, Tang Liren still expressed her gratitude - she gave Dong Mingchun a piece of homemade smoked bacon, and took out a beautiful sweater that Taotao had specially hand-knitted for Xiao Jiaojiao.
Next, Tang Liren asked Dong Mingchun to take good care of Lili.
After I moved Lili into the staff dormitory and helped her buy a complete set of bedding, quilt covers, pillowcases, laundry basin, towels, toothbrushes, cups, etc.
Tang Liren and Dongsheng returned home together.
After arriving home, Taotao and Xingxing rushed to report to their parents that Uncle Qin, Section Chief Feng, Manager Xu and Xu Jianhua had come again. They had stayed at the Youth League Station for one night and had just left yesterday!
Uncle Qin and his men came here specifically to apologize to Lili, and they also told Taotao that Xu Fengjuan had been fired, and Zhang Zhifa had been demoted and transferred to the canteen of a township guesthouse in a neighboring county...
At the same time, they also wanted to bring Lili back to work.
Xu Jianhua looked thinner and more haggard than before the Spring Festival. He sincerely told Bai Zhenggan that he wanted to see Lili again...
Of course Bai Zhenggan disagreed and told them directly that Bai Lili had found a new job and was working far away!
Everyone was surprised!
The Xu father and son were very disappointed.
Manager Xu had told Uncle Qin early in the morning how delicious the dim sum made by Lili was. They had even made a plan. First of all, they had to rectify all the indicators in the restaurant in order to pass the assessment of the municipal party committee working group. Then, relying on Uncle Qin's cooking skills, Lili's dim sum craftsmanship, and paying close attention to service quality and environmental hygiene, their restaurant would be able to make a comeback.
Xu Jianhua felt extremely desperate.
However, he was inclined to believe that the Bai family did not approve of his relationship with Lili, so they hid Lili at a relative's house...
So he repeatedly asked Bai Zhenggan, hoping that Bai Zhenggan could tell him Lili's current address.
Of course Bai Zhenggan wouldn't give it to him.
Xu Jianhua's constant nagging provoked Taotao and Xingxing's anger.
The two sisters' verbal sparring left Xu Jianhua speechless!
At the critical moment, Tan Fenghui came over to hold her waist and persuaded her a few words, and sent Xingxing to call the village head and village cadres to come over to accompany her...
After the village chief and village cadres arrived, they had a pretty good chat with Manager Xu and his team. After all, Manager Xu and the others knew that Ruyi Village would still provide them with a variety of ingredients and herbs for stewing meat as before... This put their minds at ease.
However, due to Xu Jianhua's annoying entanglement, Bai Zhenggan didn't want to entertain Manager Xu and his party. I used the excuse that Tang Liren was not at home this time and there was no one in charge of the housework, so I decided to invite the guests to stay at the Youth League Station!
Xu Jianhua didn't feel anything, but Manager Xu had experienced Bai Zhenggan's two attitudes, feeling both ashamed and regretful... He felt ashamed that when Lili was still alive, he didn't pay enough attention to this girl; he felt regretful that such a good girl was no longer destined to be with his son.
After hearing what Tao Tao and Xing Xing said, Tang Liren spat, "Bah! He thinks we will agree if he keeps pestering us? Humph, wishful thinking! Our Lili will find someone who is ten thousand times better than him in the future! What a disgusting thing..."
Time passed quickly and the first month of the year was over. Brother Dongsheng bid farewell to his parents, wife and children and went to the provincial capital to go to school.
But there is still no news about Nansheng.
Tang Liren mentions Nansheng several times every day.
Life in the countryside was dull and uneventful. In February, the fields were plowed, and in March, rice seedlings were planted. In April, during the Grain Rain season, the production team stopped working because of continuous drizzling rain for several days and nights.
It's fine when I'm busy with farm work, but once I stop...
Tang Liren became even more anxious.
She could still pretend during the day, but at night she would go back to her room and cry. He became thinner and thinner, and his spirit became more and more dazed.
In May, the rain stopped.
The troops have arrived.
The soldier said that Bai Nansheng went to the battlefield and made first-class achievements. But he was seriously injured and had been in the hospital for three months. His health has finally improved recently, so the army sent him here to pick up two family members to visit him.
Tang Liren was stunned and then burst into tears.
The next day, Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren left home with the soldiers and hurried to the unit where Bai Nansheng was.
After several days of travel, the Bai couple finally arrived at the army.
——Bai Nansheng has been picked up by the army from southern Xinjiang and is currently receiving treatment in the army’s hospital. He is now in much better condition.
At that moment, the parents and son met each other and hugged each other in pain.
Tang Liren saw her handsome son had his head shaved and a deep and long scar on his face...
——It was a scar that ran directly from the top of his head to above his right eyebrow. It looked like someone took a machete and tried to chop his head in half!
The wound had been stitched, and the flesh at the wound was rolled up, like a giant skinned centipede, making the originally handsome son look hideous and terrifying.
Tang Liren only took one look at her son, and then her whole body went limp and she lost consciousness.
Nansheng was so anxious that he quickly picked up his mother, and called the doctor and nurse to come over, pinched her Ren Zhong acupoint and fed her a ten-drop water injection. Only then did Tang Liren slowly wake up.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her skinny son, and her eyes involuntarily looked at the scar on his forehead...
Tang Liren was trembling all over.
She stretched out her trembling hand, wanting to touch her son's wound, but she couldn't muster up the courage.
The fear that had been accumulating in my heart all day long finally erupted.
She couldn't utter a word and fainted again.
After being awakened by the doctor for the second time, Nansheng quickly said, "Mom, I'm fine, I'm fine!"
He held his mother's hand tightly.
This time, Tang Liren was finally able to speak, "Son, are you... in pain?"
Nansheng smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't hurt."
Tang Liren burst into tears.
"It really didn't hurt. I just felt... dizzy at the time, but it didn't hurt." Nansheng hurried to comfort his mother.
Tang Liren sobbed, "You, you...if you were still by my side, would I let you suffer like this?"
Nansheng understood.
His mother has always been brave and kind.
She is usually well-received in the village, so it doesn't matter if she suffers a little loss. But she loves her son dearly, and she would fight to the death with anyone who dares to bully her child.
The mother was so sad because she couldn't protect him.
Nansheng smiled, "Mom, I'm a soldier."
"Even if you are an alien, he is still my son!" Tang Liren cried.
Nansheng’s leader stood by and felt both moved and amused.
Next, the man named Political Commissar Chen briefly introduced to Bai Zhenggan and his wife the mission that Bai Nansheng was carrying out, where he was and why he was injured, and explained the cause and effect clearly.
A squad of ten soldiers killed a total of seven enemies, preserved our important facility, the communication tower, and crushed the imperialist enemy's attempt to sabotage!
Unfortunately, squad leader Chen Xiaobao, deputy squad leader Liu Jianguo, and soldiers Lin Aijun, Zhang Jiye, and Wang Cong died heroically. The five survivors are Bai Nansheng, Wang Qingsong, Tao Wei, Zhao Zhuangzhi and Li Xiaomin.
Then Political Commissar Chen said to Bai Zhenggan: "Secretary Bai, Nansheng never said before that his father is a national role model! Look, this is what they call a good father and a good son! Thank you for training such an excellent soldier for our army!"
Bai Zhenggan also felt sorry for his son. His eyes were red and he choked up and said, "No, no, he was so naughty at home. It was only after he joined the army that he became so conscious. This is the education the Party and the country gave him... We, as parents, are holding him back!"
Political Commissar Chen laughed out loud.
Then, he told Bai Nansheng about the organization's commendation to him.
The company where Bai Nansheng served was rated as a heroic company, the five soldiers who died for the country were rated as martyrs, and his family was rated as martyrs' families. In addition to pensions, his immediate family members will enjoy permanent support from the government.
Bai Nansheng was awarded first-class merit and promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. During his recovery, he was sent to military academy and party school to study and became a probationary party member. Tao Wei and Wang Qingsong were awarded second-class merit and promoted to sergeants. Zhao Zhuangzhi and Li Xiaomin were awarded third-class merit and promoted to sergeants.
After saying that, Political Commissar Chen patted Bai Zhenggan on the shoulder and praised him: "Nansheng is a good comrade!"
Political Commissar Chen chatted with the Bai couple in a friendly manner, warmly invited them to stay here for a few more days and spend more time with Nansheng, and then he said goodbye and left.
Tang Liren then grabbed Nansheng's hand and said, "Tell me again, what happened at that time?"
Nansheng said it again with a smile.
Of course, he said it lightly, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Finally, he changed the subject and said, "Mom, do you know? Actually, this time, it was Taotao who saved me! That little girl not only saved me, but also saved my two comrades!"
Tang Liren was stunned, "What do you mean?"
Nansheng said: "Taotao gave me a lucky sachet, saying that there were lucky clover seeds in it. Mom, you don't know, at that time, the three of us...really only had our last breath left. It was early in the morning of New Year's Eve, we chased him out, didn't eat or drink for the whole day, and finally we finished fighting. I woke up the next day..."
"The seeds in the lucky sachet sprouted! Overnight, they grew half a person's height and produced more than a dozen leaves... The three of us survived for three days by chewing those leaves. We were not discovered until the troops came to look for us! According to our comrades, there were three blind bears, one big and two small, about 500 meters away from us. They were waiting to kill us so they could dismember us!"
Tang Liren gasped!
"Then you grown men, can you survive by just eating a few leaves?" Bai Zhenggan asked.
Nansheng gestured and said, "The leaves are this big... just a little smaller than tung leaves. They taste very bitter, but they have a lot of water. Moreover, if we eat a dozen leaves, it will grow another dozen leaves overnight!"
"Tao Wei had a high fever at the time. Wang Qingsong and I took off his clothes, mashed the leaves, squeezed out the water, and applied it all over his body. His fever actually went down!"
"I can say responsibly that I did bring them out of the minefield. But they rushed into the minefield in order to leave me a chance of survival..."
"The most important thing is, if it weren't for Tao Tao's lucky sachet, Tao Wei would have died. Wang Qingsong and I were in trouble too. I didn't have a fatal injury, but I lost too much blood. Wang Qingsong's injuries were not light... If it weren't for those leaves to keep us alive, we would have died of thirst or starvation."
Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren were amazed, "That girl is really smart!"
Tang Liren told him about how Taotao had started a business with someone else and had earned nearly a thousand yuan last year. She also told him about how she was working hard to become an advanced worker-peasant-soldier student.
Nansheng was very surprised and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are good. You are not stupid anymore."
Bai Zhenggan said: "If you didn't say it, I would still feel that, now that I talk about it, it seems that our family started to change when Taotao became smart, and slowly everything got better!"
Tang Liren finally put on a smile.
Bai Nansheng said: "Our family will get better and better in the future."
Tang Liren looked at her son.
——Among all her children, the ones she felt she owed the most were Nansheng and Taotao.
Now Taotao is getting better, and Tang Liren's worries about her are gradually easing.
But Nansheng left her again and had such a bad marriage, which made Tang Liren feel extremely guilty towards him.
——Since childhood, Dongsheng, as the eldest son in the family, has been strictly disciplined by Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren. He must be a responsible person who can take on important responsibilities.
The fact is just as the couple thought, Dongsheng is a good child with a good family background.
When Nansheng was two or three years old, Dongsheng was already seven years old and was sent to elementary school by Bai Zhenggan.
At that time, Tang Liren was pregnant with Lili again, so Nansheng was handed over to Chen Juxiang's care.
By the time Lili was born and weaned, Nansheng was five or six years old, and his personality had been completely distorted - he was stubborn, rebellious, and went against everyone. I long for my parents' love, but I hate their existence. I want to be with my brothers and sisters, but I hate them for taking away my parents' love...
At that time, Bai Zhenggan worked day and night to support his large family.
After Tang Li gave birth to Lili, she became pregnant with Taotao soon after, and later gave birth to Xingxing... Then she noticed that something was wrong with Taotao, and her attention was inevitably attracted to Taotao, and she ignored Nansheng again.
Nansheng's personality grew wildly and freely.
Later, as he grew older, he accepted and loved his family...but his personality could not be changed.
Think again about how nonchalant Nansheng's expressions were when he told Political Commissar Chen about his killing of the enemy.
But Tang Liren knew that he single-handedly knocked down two American soldiers who were covered in various weapons, and that was when all the violence in his body burst out; later, when he was already seriously injured, he drove the remaining American soldier into the minefield... He was determined to die together with them!
Tang Liren couldn't help crying again, "Son, don't do this again, you have a father and a mother..."
At this point, Tang Liren suddenly became worried about her son's life, "...When will you find me a wife? Or should I help you find one back home?"
Bai Nansheng: ...
No, mom, you've changed too quickly, haven't you?
In order to prevent his mother from worrying about it, Bai Nansheng quickly said, "I'll handle this myself! Don't hold me back!"
Tang Liren, "I will definitely not hold you back! What are you looking for?"
In fact, Bai Nansheng doesn't want to find a partner at all.
He said perfunctorily: "Okay! I'll find him as soon as I recover!"
Bai Zhenggan stared at the hideous scar on his son's forehead, a little worried, "You're already married for the second time, and your face is disfigured... Can you find a good one? Or let your mother find you someone who knows you well in your hometown?"
Bai Nansheng was annoyed, "I told you to find it yourself!"
Tang Liren compromised immediately, "Okay, okay, go find it yourself! When you find it, be sure to tell me, and I'll keep an eye on it for you!"
Bai Nansheng said "hmm".
Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan stayed in the company for a few days and saw that their son's health had indeed improved. He had completed the discharge procedures and was ready to pack up and report to the military academy...
Only then did the Bai couple prepare to leave.
So Bai Nansheng took out a hundred yuan and wanted to give it to Tang Liren; but he didn't know that Tang Liren also prepared a hundred yuan to give to Bai Nansheng...
The mother and son looked at the money in each other's hands and were both stunned.
Bai Nansheng, "Mom, this money is my salary that I saved, you can take it back to supplement the family income."
Tang Liren, "Now our family is much better than before. Behind our new home is a bamboo forest. This year, we dug several hundred kilograms of sweet bamboo shoots and exchanged them for fifty yuan! In addition, your brother is studying in the provincial capital and doing odd jobs on weekends. Your third sister works at the Municipal Party Committee Guest House... Now she has been converted to a regular job and has a stable job, with a monthly salary of thirty-nine yuan! And your fourth sister can also earn money now... There is no shortage of money at home! You can take your money, and as for the money mom gave you, you can keep it and spend it slowly! In case you find a partner, you must have money to treat him to a movie and a bottle of soda, right?"
Bai Nansheng: ...
His eyes rolled and he thought that he had grown up and had always been a hindrance to his family, and it was always his family members who had to clean up the mess for him.
It seemed like he hadn't really done anything for this family.
Bai Nansheng took back his own hundred yuan and accepted the hundred yuan given by his mother.
Tang Liren smiled happily.
At that moment, Bai Nansheng said he wanted to take a nap and asked his parents to go back to the guesthouse.
Then he went out with a few of his comrades.
At dinner time, Bai Nansheng hurried back and without saying a word, took his parents to a state-owned restaurant for a good meal. After dinner, he took his parents to see a movie and bought each of them a bottle of orange soda and two cups of spiced melon seeds.
The next day, Bai Nansheng was going to take a ride from the company, so he told his parents in advance that he would leave first, and then Political Commissar Chen would send a car to take Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren to the train station.
With tears in her eyes, Tang Liren sent her son onto the military vehicle and watched him sit in the back of the truck and gradually go away.
Then he and Bai Zhenggan got on the jeep arranged by Political Commissar Chen.
Arriving at the train station, the couple supported each other to get on the bus and thanked the driver repeatedly. The driver handed them a bulging bag and said, "Uncle, aunt, this is what Nansheng asked me to give to you. Nansheng also said that there is a hundred yuan in the innermost bag of the bag, so you must keep it safe!"
Tang Liren was stunned.
Bai Zhenggan, "Little comrade..."
The young driver waved at them, "Uncle, aunt... Goodbye! Come visit us often when you have the chance!" With that, the young driver drove away.
Tang Liren was stunned.
After a long while, he managed to utter, "This brat! He used the tactic of killing first and asking for permission later!"
Then the two opened the bag and checked it.
——The bag was filled with some local specialties, cigarettes, alcohol, handkerchiefs, leather shoes, shirts that were obviously suitable for girls, and pencil cases for children, etc., a lot of things.
Tang Liren also found ten big unity notes in the interlayer of her bag!
Think again...
This kid used his money to buy this bag of things! And then he returned the money she gave him?
Tang Liren felt so distressed, "He didn't leave a penny... What do you think he eats?"
Bai Zhenggan, "Okay, this is the child's filial piety, just accept it! Besides, he is not a fool, even if he goes to the military school to study, he still has a salary...Okay, let's get to the station quickly, I can't walk fast, it will be terrible if we are late."
Tang Liren sighed sadly.
What they didn't know was that Bai Nansheng followed them quietly.
When he saw his mother carrying a big bag on her back, a big bag hanging on her chest, the bag he gave her slung over her arm, and supporting his father with her other hand, she looked particularly embarrassed.
Look at my father again - his back bone is not good. Although he has been recovering for more than a year, he still looks a little hunched over, walks very slowly, and his posture is a little stiff...
He really wanted to go forward and support his father.
But he also knew that if he showed up at this moment... his mother would definitely stuff the money back into his pocket.
He had no choice but to follow not too far away, for fear of being discovered by his parents, of getting lost, and also for fear of being too far away and getting squeezed or bumped into by others and he wouldn't be able to get there in time.
Fortunately, the mother tried her best to protect the father, and the two of them slowly moved into the waiting room.
Bai Nansheng immediately went to buy a platform ticket and followed him into the station.
He was the one who bought his parents' train tickets, and he knew which carriage they were in.
Sure enough, when Bai Nansheng ran to the carriage, Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan had just sat down in their seats and someone opened the window.
Bai Nansheng shouted loudly, "Dad! Mom!"
Bai Zhenggan spotted Nansheng on the platform at a glance, his face full of surprise, "Son! Why are you here?"
Nansheng handed over the net bag of oranges and apples in his hand and said to the big man sitting by the window: "Brother, please pass it to me... Hey, here's my parents' lunch, thank you!"
The big man helped pass the things over.
When Tang Liren saw her son, her eyes lit up instantly, "Nansheng, money!"
Bai Zhenggan turned around and glared at his wife. "You still mentioned this to him! He lied and said he didn't want to be with us because he was afraid you would mention this! Look, he is still worried about us and followed us secretly!"
Tang Liren was speechless and looked at her son through the car window with tears in her eyes.
Bai Nansheng was relieved when he saw that she didn't take out the money. He said loudly, "Dad, Mom! I brought two boxes of lunch for you two. You two can eat one box for lunch. You can cover the remaining box with a towel. There is fried rice with eggs, pickled vegetables and steamed buns in it. You can eat it cold... You two can take the oranges and apples to quench your thirst on the way. Remember to change trains in Lucheng. Don't miss your stop!"
Tang Liren sniffed, "Son, we're leaving... You must take good care of yourself! You must apply the ointment the doctor prescribed every day, and don't do high-intensity training before your injuries are fully healed... And don't drink water right after training, it will give you a stomachache..."
"Don't worry, Mom! I'm not a child anymore." Bai Nansheng said with a smile.
Tang Liren choked up and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? In my heart, you will always be a child!"
Bai Nansheng felt tender in his heart.
The train whistled and started slowly.
Bai Nansheng looked at his father's eyes full of satisfaction and expectation, and at his mother's eyes full of tears of reluctance to let go...
He suppressed his reluctance and waved vigorously towards his parents.
Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren returned to the small mountain village, told their family about Nansheng, and showed photos to their daughters-in-law and daughters.
Taotao, who had been waiting anxiously, saw the photo of Nansheng's brother and exclaimed, "Wow!" She said in horror, "This, this, this... this scar! My brother must have been hit on the head with a knife!"
Xingxing was also extremely surprised.
When I heard my parents talk about how Nansheng's brother got into trouble again -
Even Tan Fenghui was holding her big belly and her face was pale.
Tang Liren sighed, "What a pity for the five soldiers who died. They were all other people's sons!"
Then he praised Taotao, "Your brother said that it was all thanks to you for the lucky sachet! If we had known that this thing could save lives, we should have given one to every soldier in the army!"
Bai Zhenggan, "Give one to each person? You've plucked out all the dirt on the back hill!"
Tang Liren: ...
Song Zhi tried to smooth things over: "These are just luck. I still hope that there will be no war in the future and the whole world will be peaceful and prosperous."
The family was chatting when suddenly someone outside called out, "Is Taotao home?"
Taotao recognized the voice as Guan Haishan's.
She quickly responded, "Hey! I'm here!" She got off the bed, slipped on her shoes and ran out, and sure enough, she saw Guan Haishan standing at the door.
"Shanshan, come in and sit down, let's chat!" Taotao greeted her warmly.
Guan Haishan said calmly: "No, I have to go back to paint... I came to you to ask for your help."
"What do you mean?"
Guan Haishan took out a stack of bills and notes and handed them to Taotao. "I know you have connections in the city. Can you help me get some paint? I have written down the color numbers of the colors I need on the slips... and this list is for the things my grandmother and I need on a daily basis. Please help me buy some. In addition, these are the receipts for the registered letters, which contain my remittance slips. Please find someone to pick up the registered letters for me... Here, here is five dollars."
After a pause, Guan Haishan was a little embarrassed, "Will it be too much trouble for you?"
She added quietly, "I have run out of money. I will go to the savings bank to withdraw the money once the remittance slip arrives. I will then pay you for your hard work."
Tao Tao teased her, "I received a very expensive reward for my hard work!"
Guan Haishan was stunned.
After a while, she asked nervously, "How much is it? This time I won two first prizes, with a total prize of 25 yuan... I have calculated that after deducting the expenses for me and my grandmother for three months, there will be about 8 yuan left..."
Taotao smiled and said, "I want to ask you, you said last year that you would draw a picture for me, how come you haven't finished it yet?"
Guan Haishan looked around and whispered, "I've finished the painting. Do you want to go and see it?"
Seeing her sneaky look, Taotao's curiosity was aroused. She turned around and shouted towards the main hall, "Mom! I'm going to Sixth Grandma's house to play!"
Tang Liren shouted from inside the house, "Bring some green oranges for grandma to taste!"
——The bag of green tangerines was originally bought by Nansheng for Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan to eat on the road. The couple couldn't bear to eat them, so they brought back the whole net bag.
Taotao said to Guan Haishan, "Wait a minute," then ran back to the main room, put down the money and bills Guan Haishan handed to her, took a few green oranges, and followed Guan Haishan away.
When they arrived at Sixth Grandma's house, Taotao gave Sixth Grandma three green oranges and was then pulled into her studio by Guan Haishan.
Guan Haishan opened the window, letting the bright sunlight outside shine into the room, and carefully pulled aside an old bed sheet that was spread over the giant oil painting.
Taotao saw clearly what was on the canvas and was shocked!
Kwan Hoi-Shan's painting style is realistic, with bold and bright colors and strong emotions.
The whole painting is very delicate, with intricate details on almost every inch of the canvas. The overall color is dull and every corner is filled with all kinds of little ghosts, the kind from the eighteen levels of hell.
Right in the center of the canvas, a beautiful fairy with fair skin falls from the sky.
She had an absolutely beautiful appearance, with a ruby between her eyebrows that could condense spiritual energy, which made her snow-white skin appear flawless and translucent. Her figure is charming and graceful, with bracelets inlaid with gems on her plump and beautiful arms, and gorgeous necklaces on her plump chest, giving people an endless desire and imagination.
However, her eyes were pure and clear, and there was a childlike smile on her lips, like a ray of holy light that split this dark world!
Look more carefully, there are so many little ghosts painted on the corners, and each of them looks at the beautiful fairy, and their expressions are so pious and repentant...
Needless to say, the fairy in the painting is indeed Taotao.
And it’s so lifelike!
It made Taotao feel as if she was looking at herself in a mirror in the fairyland.
But what made Taotao feel even more guilty was how did Guan Haishan know that she was dressed like this in the fairyland?
Taotao looked at Guan Haishan.
Little did she know that Guan Haishan was also looking at her in fascination.
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