Seeing that her son's face was distorted with pain but he still didn't change his tone, Guihua realized that he was probably not lying, so she let go.
Li Weimin quickly ran out with his hat. When Tian Xiaolan came out of the house, only Aunt Guihua was left in the main room. The house was not soundproof, so she could not help but hear the quarrel outside while taking a shower in the inner room.
Guihua looked at Tian Xiaolan who was leaving and waited for her explanation.
"Auntie, why are you looking at me?" Tian Xiaolan scratched her head pretending to be stupid.
Aunt Guihua handed the water cup on the table to Tian Xiaolan and suddenly asked, "How did you and Xing Yifei get together?"
Tian Xiaolan held the water cup and drank a sip with a normal expression: "Do you believe me when I say I don't know him? I really just met him by chance in the mountains."
"Did he do anything out of the ordinary to you? Come here and let me see."
"Don't worry, I'm not the one who got hurt. You can ask Brother Wei Min, Xing Yifei fell really badly!" Tian Xiaolan answered with a smile. She looked around but couldn't find Brother Wei Min. Only Uncle Wei Guo was sitting in the kitchen warming himself by the fire.
"Really? What happened?"
"Today I went up the mountain to look for food. I found a mushroom on a tree, but Xing Yifei suddenly jumped out and said it was his. I lost my balance and kicked a rock, and rolled into the mud pit at the bottom of the slope."
Tian Xiaolan subconsciously did not dare to say that the place was a swamp, for fear that Aunt Guihua would not let her go to the mountain again after hearing it.
Guihua listened carefully, patted her chest in fear, and warned Tian Xiaolan: "I heard from the older generation that there are monsters in the back mountain. Usually, few people dare to go there. I think you are so brave that you dare to go up the mountain alone. From now on, you can't go up the mountain again unless Wei Min accompanies you."
Li Weiguo watched from the kitchen and shook his head. If Tian Xiaolan was a boy, she would have taken out a feather duster to greet him long ago.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Tian Xiaolan curled her lips and took her hand. Her stomach growled at an inopportune moment. She hadn't eaten for two meals. "Auntie, I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?"
"Oh, look at my memory. I forgot you haven't eaten yet." Aunt Guihua heard it and then she remembered that the child hadn't eaten dinner yet. She was so busy figuring out what happened that she forgot to put two sweet potatoes in the stove for her, so she asked Li Weiguo to pick them out with tongs.
Li Weiguo reluctantly put the book away, picked up the tongs leaning against the wall and reached into the stove hole. With one hand, he pulled the large sticks of firewood to both sides of the inner wall, then picked out the sweet potatoes buried in the ashes and put them in a bowl.
He put the bowl on the stove and picked up the book to read without even glancing at Tian Xiaolan.
"You must be hungry. You didn't eat lunch. Come and eat." Guihua peeled the sweet potato skin bit by bit. After peeling half of it, she called Tian Xiaolan over and handed the sweet potato in her hand to her mouth, asking her to eat it.
Tian Xiaolan took a few sips of the still steaming orange potato flesh, then took a big bite. It tasted sweet and spread out on the tip of her tongue. She squinted her eyes happily. It was pure natural and additive-free, so it was delicious.
Seeing his wife feeding Tian Xiaolan lovingly, he couldn't even read a single word in the book. He put down the book in annoyance and interrupted them.
"Fang Guihua, she's not without hands, let her eat it herself."
Aunt Guihua's original name was Fang Guihua. She was from the neighboring Xinghua Village. Her parents were still alive, and she had two older brothers. Li Weiguo's home was in Wangjia Village. He was the only person in the village who went to high school. The village primary school was short of students, so Li Weiguo, with his solid knowledge, entered the school as a teacher to teach and educate students.
Li Weiguo and Fang Guihua met through a blind date. After marrying Li Weiguo, Fang Guihua gave birth to two sons for him.
"No, why are you butting in while I'm feeding the baby? Read your book." Fang Guihua retorted impatiently.
Tian Xiaolan sensed that something was amiss in the atmosphere, so she took the half-eaten sweet potato from Aunt Guihua and said, "It's so delicious! I've swept away my hunger and started to be myself again. You guys should eat it too!"
She swallowed the sweet potato in her hand in a few bites, picked up the remaining one, handed it to Aunt Guihua, and retreated into the room.
"Come, you've been looking for Lan Zi for so long, have something to eat." Fang Guihua broke the sweet potato into two pieces and gave the piece with more flesh to Li Weiguo.
Looking at the fragrant sweet potato in front of me, I took a big bite without hesitation. It was simply a delicacy!
On the other side, Xing Yifei just returned to the educated youth site. With the help of the daylight, Xing Yifei identified that the figure walking under the eaves was not his father, and he felt relieved.
"Oh my god, you still remember to come back. You went out to play without even calling me. You're not a good person at all." Chen Shaohui took a few steps forward and punched Xing Yifei in the chest. He angrily pulled him aside and explained to Xing Yifei, "Also, your father has fallen asleep. I told him that you were going to the city to do business. Don't let it slip."
Xing Yifei promised: "Okay, thank you, brother! I will definitely take you with me next time."
He rubbed his chest silently. The kid had really shown no mercy with that punch just now. Fortunately, Chen Shaohui helped him cover up. Dad's body couldn't withstand any more disturbance now.
"Emma, don't come over here. You stink. Did you fall into the toilet?" Chen Shaohui covered his nose, lit the kerosene lamp, and walked around him jokingly.
"Hmm?" Xing Yifei glanced at Chen Shaohui sideways, his voice barely audible.
It was strange, how could he still feel a hint of chill in such a hot day.
Chen Shaohui glanced down and was surprised to find that there was a big hole in his pants, his right knee was bloody, and the back of his clothes was covered in black mud, which was still leaking water and smelled terrible.
"Wow, how did it become like this? How am I supposed to explain this to my uncle?" Xing Yifei had a sad face, as if he was the one who got hurt. Now he wished he was the one who got hurt.
When Xing Yifei came back with a stick, he just thought that Xing Yifei had picked up some firewood and didn't think much about it.
Fu Xingyi flew to the simple kitchen against the wall and sat down. They had thatched roofs covering their heads so no water could seep through. Chen Shaohui went into the house to find medicine for him.
He rummaged through the drawers and cabinets in the house, feeling puzzled because he clearly remembered that his mother had brought him medicine for his injuries when he went to the countryside.
While Chen Shaohui was looking for medicine, Xing Yifei had already washed the mud and sand out of the wound himself. There was a dent in his knee.
He gave in. After searching for a long time, he only found a roll of gauze. He had no choice but to hand the roll of gauze to Xing Yifei, extremely sad and angry: "Yifei, I was robbed, ah ah ah! Who is so blind to steal my things? When I find out who it is, I will chop off his hands!"
"I'll help you find it. I hope you'll be able to do it when the time comes."
Chen Shaohui laughed and said, "Of course, I will do what I say."
After wrapping the wound with gauze, he returned to the house and changed his clothes quietly. There were only three rooms in the educated youth residence. Many educated youth had left after the resumption of the college entrance examination two years ago. Now the innermost room was occupied by two girls, Zhang Lei and Xiang Hongmei. The larger room was a large bunk bed about two meters long where four men slept. Chen Dong and Sikong Haoqiang were sitting by the window, followed by Chen Shaohui, Xing Yifei and Xing Jianjun.
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