Chen Yuelian sighed. Before she came to Lijiawan, the city was in chaos all the time. Schools were closed, and some young people had nothing to do all day. Many of them went to work.
I heard that there are people behind that organization who no one dares to mess with. If they target you, you will suffer. Oh! Suffering a little is a small matter. I am afraid that they will come every day, beating you up, kicking you, pissing you, and everything else. They have no morals at all.
"We need to go more often. The worst that can happen is that we'll suffer a few days on the road. Compared to what your parents have endured, that's nothing. We'll go when we're almost done with things here, and then go again in the second half of the year. It's bitterly cold there, and I'd be worried if I didn't go there in the winter."
Gu Xingyu's eyes reddened when she heard this. She remembered what her mother had said to her last time in the northwest: "Xingyu, this time when your father and I were in trouble, the one I was most worried about was you. I was afraid that those people would target you and cause trouble for you. But fortunately, there is the Wen family. This family has good character."
Mother Gu wiped the tears from her daughter's face and said, "Don't worry, silly child. Knowing that you are doing well now, we will live well even more. You can see that on the farm, not only your parents have suffered such a thing, but we here will also support each other and work hard to return alive."
Mother Gu looked at Wen Xiao who was busy outside the house: "The boy from the Wen family is also a good child, with a cheerful and kind personality. The most important thing is that he only has you in his eyes. In addition, his family members are all good to you. Wenwen and you are still good friends. When you get married in the future, there won’t be so many family matters, and you won’t be able to cope with those. From what you said, the mother of the Wen family is a kind-hearted person, which is very good." If a woman encounters an evil mother-in-law, it will be a disaster.
She stroked her daughter's hair and said, "I'm afraid mom and dad won't be able to marry you off. In the blink of an eye, my daughter has grown up so much. It would be so nice if we were still in Beijing. We could marry you off in a grand ceremony. In fact, your father and I saved up quite a bit of dowry for you. But now it's all gone to those beasts."
The Gu family was a scholarly family, and most of their remaining collections were paintings and calligraphy, and books. Several of the paintings were authentic and priceless, while most of the books were unique copies. She saw those people tearing up quite a few of them that day.
Gu Xingyu leaned her head on her mother's shoulder. Her once round shoulders were now just bones. She looked at her mother who had been worn out and said, "Mom, I will wait until you go back before I get married."
Wenwen squatted at the kitchen door, not wanting to go in and disturb the future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and just listened to their conversation quietly.
She listened to Gu Xingyu talking about what happened at home. The most valuable things in the family were the rare calligraphy and paintings, which were only possessed by families with a rich scholarly background. However, in an era of food and clothing shortages, rare calligraphy and paintings were not as valuable as a few pounds of grain.
So the most valuable things in the Gu family were torn up in the eyes of those who didn't understand. The final destination of so many books in the Gu family was probably to be sold to the scrap yard. Wenwen shook her head and said it was such a pity.
Thinking of this, Wenwen couldn't help but think of Director Qian who harmed Shi Fuze's grandfather and grandson. This Qian guy is so timid. Why hasn't he made any movement for so long? He wouldn't really think that the Shi family's grandfather and grandson are dead, right? That would be bad news.
Moreover, this Qian is so cruel and ruthless, he must have made a lot of ill-gotten gains. When I watched TV in my previous life, I knew that many people sold antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other valuable things overseas. Now there are no channels to sell them directly overseas, so they have to sell them through Hong Kong.
Many people, because they couldn't get enough food, took out the valuables in their homes to exchange for a few kilograms of life-saving food, or sold them for a few dollars. These were antiques passed down from generations in the family. They were once treasures, but now they were sold at such a low price. But it was understandable that they were almost starving to death. These things, which they couldn't eat or drink, could only be exchanged for a few kilograms of food to keep them alive.
In fact, the most good stuff is not in the hands of second-hand dealers, but in the Dove Tail Club. So...
"Sister Wen, why are you daydreaming here?" Xiao Jiaolan waved her hand in front of her.
Wenwen came back to her senses: "Lanlan is back." She looked behind Lanlan and didn't see the little monkey.
"Where's Cancan? Is he still playing outside?" Doesn't he always go in and out with Lanlan?
"Cancan didn't come to find me!" Lanlan said and went into the kitchen.
Wenwen didn't care about it anymore, who knows where it is running wild.
Wenwen also followed into the kitchen: "It smells so good, what delicious food did mom make today?"
"It will be ready soon. You can eat when your dad and others come back." Chen Yuelian put the cooked dishes into a small aluminum basin. Since there were many people eating, their family now used basins to serve the dishes.
"My aunt's cooking is the best in the world." Xiao Jiaolan likes this gentle aunt the most because she makes new clothes for her every year.
Chen Yuelian happily picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and gave it to her.
Wenwen patted Lanlan's head and said, "You are the best at flattering people. Now that you don't have classes, you must be having fun outside every day. The village primary school is about to be completed. Let's see how you can still act wild." She also wanted to eat meat.
"The village chief said that they need to build a few more houses, but they won't be completed so quickly." Xiao Jiaolan plays outside every day and is very well-informed.
Wenwen patted her, this little kid is so mischievous.
Gu Xingyu asked, "Didn't they say they were going to build three classrooms? How many more were added? Are there so many children attending classes?"
"I told the village chief that all school-age children in Lijiawan will be enrolled in school from now on, and tuition and miscellaneous fees will be free. The pharmaceutical factory is getting better and better, and we will definitely give priority to people from Lijiawan when recruiting employees. How can we survive without learning to read and write? The village chief and I are also planning to open adult classes to help villagers learn to read and write."
Gu Xingyu nodded in agreement: "That's good. Reading more is always beneficial. Reading makes people wiser."
Wenwen looked at her and said, "If you don't like accounting, you can teach instead. I can find someone else to do the accounting."
Gu Xingyu shook his head: "I like teaching and I am also interested in account books. Didn't you say you would open a literacy class? Then I can go and teach the villagers."
"As long as you like it."
Several people brought the food to the table. It was hot now, so dinner was placed in the yard where there was a breeze and it wasn't dry.
When everyone was having dinner together, Wenwen announced to everyone that she had found a new master.
Zhao Jin smiled and said, "From now on, we will be a family."
He Hongchi curled his lips: Shameless.
Wenwen looked at her master, who had been arguing with Zhao Jin for the entire afternoon and still wasn't getting over it. She was just a child.
Although the Wen family was happy, they felt strange: "Little sister, do you want to grow crops?" Wen Xiao asked.
Wenwen shook her head: "Just a nominal disciple."
Wen Xiao was even more confused. Why was he just a nominal disciple?
Zhao Jin smiled and said, "Wen girl will be my deputy in the future." After saying that, he glanced at He Hongchi.
Yu Baitian looked at Zhao Jin, who was trying to be his disciple, and smiled without saying anything.
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