Chapter 11 (Catching Bugs)
"Second brother, Third sister is back, Third sister is back!"
Not long after entering the village, Yu Yao saw from a distance his thin second brother and his younger brothers coming towards him, and his heart softened.
Yu Yao thought of the two ginsengs she had just dug up. Maybe she should find a way to take the ginseng back home, but she had no knowledge of medicine and knew nothing. She also understood that not all diseases could be treated with ginseng.
"Second brother, I am your younger brother." Putting those thoughts aside, Yu Yao walked over with the things in his hand.
Apart from the things given by her eldest brother and sister-in-law, these were also prepared by her for the family. She didn't dare prepare too much, for fear that if her eldest brother contacted home, it would be troublesome to wear them.
Yu Yao felt that her sister-in-law's family was pretty good, and that the two families would be able to reconcile sooner or later.
"Third sister, have you seen big brother? Isn't big brother very, very tall!" The younger brother raised his hand to signal, but his hand could not reach Yu Yao's head. That silly look made Yu Yao burst out laughing.
It was obvious that the child had been staring at the thing in her hand since the moment they met, but he didn't make a fuss and ask for it, which showed that he was a sensible child.
Yu Yao quickly took out a few White Rabbit milk candies from her bag and handed them to the child, which made the child's eyes almost turn into stars. After taking the candies, the child hurriedly helped Yu Yao get things.
"Second brother, you eat too."
"Second brother doesn't want to eat, so you eat." Yu Sheng was obviously not in a good mood. After a while, he asked, "Have you seen eldest brother? Is he okay?"
After staying in the city for two days, I should be able to meet someone.
Yu Sheng thought he was talking nonsense.
However, Yu Yao did not care about his slight misstep, but answered his questions seriously.
"Yes, I did. My eldest brother was very nice. He also asked me if my second brother was in good health. My eldest sister-in-law was also very nice. She was especially good to me and asked me to bring back a lot of things..." Yu Yao kept muttering to herself, trying her best to act like a country girl who had never seen the world.
Yu Sheng didn't think she was noisy and just listened quietly. On the contrary, his little brother got the candy and was jumping around happily in front. No one knew what he was thinking about. He was so cute.
At that moment, Yu Yao felt that life in the countryside seemed pretty good. She would occasionally hunt and make some money, and in her spare time she would chat and enjoy the countryside with her family.
However, imagination is beautiful, but reality is often not so smooth.
Yu Sheng's illness was a huge problem in the family. Although his family never felt that he was a burden, he did make life difficult for the family.
The only way now is to make more money, wait until life gets better, and let my second brother go to a big city for treatment.
Another problem is their worrying marriage.
"A Yao, what happened? You've been gone for two days. What did you find out?" As soon as Yu Yao got home, Jiang Limei blocked her in the kitchen before she could even sit down and take a breath.
Yu Yao took a bowl and filled it with cool rice soup, then he started talking about what he had seen and heard over the past two days.
Knowing what Jiang Limei wanted to know most, Yu Yao did not beat around the bush and talked about her eldest brother T's current life and the interactions between her eldest brother and his wife.
Although Yu Yao has not married yet, it can be seen that the relationship between the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law is very good. The eldest brother has a cold personality, but he is more tender when facing the eldest sister-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law is even more dependent on the eldest brother.
Jiang Limei naturally listened with great interest. After Yu Yao finished speaking, she asked cautiously while leaning on the corner of the bench, "Is your sister-in-law... pregnant?"
Yu Yao paused, seemingly not.
Speaking of which, my eldest brother and sister-in-law have been married for several years, how come they don’t have any children yet?
Thinking about her elder sister-in-law's health and the reason why her elder brother married into the family, Yu Yao had some guesses in her mind. She was afraid that her elder sister-in-law was in poor health, and she didn't know whether she had difficulty in giving birth or was completely infertile.
If she really can't have children, then Yu Ping's sacrifice is indeed too great.
Seeing that Yu Yao didn't say anything, Jiang Limei's face turned pale, and she couldn't hide her loneliness. She coughed lightly and changed the subject, "How did you find out about the commune?"
Yu Yao couldn't help laughing. This showed how much he disliked Liu Yang that he didn't even want to say his name.
"Mom, my eldest brother and the others all said that it's not very good, they all know each other..."
Yu Yao half-truthfully told the news he had heard, mainly talking about his eldest brother's family's evaluation of the Liu family and how he was inexplicably harassed at the gate of the textile factory. Of course, he did not mention that he had fought back, and he sounded so aggrieved.
"What? She doesn't like you, but I don't like her either."
Jiang Limei looked furious.
Normally, she has the hottest temper in the village and is rude to everyone. Except for the second child, she is the frequent target of scolding among the children in the family. But don't be fooled by her fierce roar. If anyone dares to bully the children in the family, she will definitely fight with them.
Yu Yao's heart was slightly moved.
Seeing her expression, Jiang Limei thought she was sad because she didn't have that marriage.
In his heart, he blamed the Liuyang family. What kind of look did they have? It was a pity that his daughter didn't get married.
"Don't worry, you are my Jiang Limei's only daughter, I will find a good marriage for you no matter what."
"Mom... no need." Yu Yao thought for a moment, met Jiang Limei's somewhat vicious gaze, and said, "You don't have to worry about me for the time being. My eldest brother and his wife said they would keep an eye on me and asked me to go to the city more often recently."
Using them as an excuse, she could go to Daqingshan more often. She had to save more money so that her family could live a good life, so that she could have the capital to rest and relax.
Yu Yao has never been a very ambitious person, but she has always been very clear that if she wants to get what she wants, she can only rely on her own efforts and nothing else.
There are still a few years before the college entrance examination is resumed. If she makes some money, she can do business while studying, keep up with the trend of the times and make a fortune, then retire early, or do some small research. Life will be so comfortable then.
However, before her beautiful dream could be realized, something unexpected happened.
"Yu Yao, Aunt Jiang." The voice outside the yard came from Xu Lin next door.
Xu Lin is Xu Ying's older brother and works in the supply and marketing cooperative in the town.
Although Yu Yao often gave some mountain products to the other party to ask for his help in the past few months, and the two gradually became familiar with each other, they rarely interacted with each other on the surface, because the relationship between the two parents was not very good.
Yu Yao hurriedly opened the gate and saw a tall and strong figure. She leaned over and said, "Brother Xu, come in and sit down."
Xu Lin smiled in a simple and honest way, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "I won't sit down. I just came to tell you that Brother Yu Ping called and asked you to call him at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. He said he wants to talk to you about something."
As he spoke, he handed Yu Yao a cigarette case with a string of numbers written on it in pen.
Yu Yao was a little confused. Could it be that she really found a partner?
At this time Jiang Limei also came over. She actually had a very good impression of Xu Lin. In fact, in her impression, Xu Lin was a good guy and worthy of her girl. If it weren't for his confused parents, she would have been able to bring them together.
Now that she saw Xu Lin, she was in a good mood, "Linzi, what's going on? Did my Yu Ping tell me what it is?"
Xu Lin comforted her, "Don't worry, auntie. I heard that his tone was good, so it shouldn't be anything bad."
Hearing him say this, Yu Yao and his friend felt relieved, but even so, they were still curious.
After sending Xu Lin away, Jiang Limei asked in confusion: "What's going on? Why did you call me again when you just came back? Did you forget to take something?"
Seeing that she was really worried, Yu Yao couldn't bear it, but she didn't dare to persuade her to make a phone call. If Jiang Limei knew that she had stayed out alone all night, she might break her legs.
Thinking about that scene, Yu Yao felt a chill all over his body. This was the blood pressure suppression from his mother.
"Maybe. Don't worry, Mom. I think my eldest brother's family is doing well. I'll go check it out tomorrow."
Jiang Limei's lips moved slightly, but she didn't say much.
"Okay, I'll go tell your aunt now. She's been here several times in the past two days."
Yu Yao probably guessed what she wanted to say. She probably wanted to get in touch with her eldest brother as well. Yu Yao decided to help mend the relationship. Since they were all nice and cared about each other, why would they keep estrangement from each other?
After running around outside for two days, Yu Yao really missed her doghouse. She slept very well at night.
The next morning, she and Xu Ying made an appointment to go to the town together.
There is no electricity in the village yet, so most of the communication here is still through letters. If they want to make a phone call or send a telegram, they have to go to the town. But both phone calls and telegrams are quite expensive. I think what Yu Ping wants to say is more important, so Yu Yao doesn't dare to delay.
Yu Yao arrived at the post office at 8:30. In this day and age, it is not always possible to get through on the phone, so making an appointment is the best way.
At nine o'clock, Yu Yao dialed the phone number and the call was soon answered by Yu Ping.
"Third sister, is that you?"
This inexplicably hit Yu Yao's funny spot, she smiled and said, "It's me, big brother, what can I do for you?"
"Third sister, do you know a gay man named Gu Qing?"
Gu Qing?
Yu Yao searched his mind but could not find any memory of this person. Instead, he remembered that there seemed to be such a person in the book, but he certainly could not say it out loud at this time, so he said, "I don't know him. Who is he?"
There was silence for two seconds before Yu Ping said, "It's like this. I've shown you a potential partner. She's not bad, and she works in the western army. Go back and think about it, and discuss it with mom and the others. If you marry her, you may need to follow the army. You don't have to worry about her character or family background. She's the younger generation of your uncle Zhao's family, so it depends on whether you can accept marrying far away. If you're willing, you can go to the city tomorrow to meet her. If you don't agree, just let your brother Xu tell me."
Yu Yao was almost stunned by this long paragraph.
Following the army and marrying far away, I am a little tempted.
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