Lin Nianhe's letter didn't contain much nonsense. Apart from explaining Xie Yufei's situation to reassure Guan Manling, the rest was to ask her for help and take care of Sun Yafei within a reasonable range.
She did not specify Sun Yafei's life experience. It was better for her to decide whether to tell others about this sensitive issue.
After reading the letter, Guan Manling had an idea.
She closed the letter with a smile, reached out and patted Sun Yafei on the shoulder and said, "Nianhe is a fellow countryman of mine. She asked me to take care of you."
Sun Yafei was startled, and her eye circles turned red again.
She suddenly felt that all the suffering she had experienced might have been in order to meet her, meet them, and meet the simplest kindness and beauty in the world.
"Stop crying," Guan Manling pulled her over like a big sister, "When we get here, we are a family. There is still hot water in the pot. You can soak your feet and then go to bed early. We have to get up early tomorrow."
That night, Sun Yafei slept on the Datong bunk bed, with the scent of soap locust from the bedding still lingering in her nose.
It's the smell of Aunt Wang's soap locust.
She had a dream. In the dream, she was still in the Shili Brigade.
…
Seven days passed in a flash, and it was time to hand over food.
On this day, the village's oxcarts, handcarts, and wooden carts were dispatched, carrying bags after bags of corn grains to the commune.
The sky is clear and the sun is just right.
There are long queues on the roads in the countryside, filled with trucks and people delivering food.
The production team didn't have that many vehicles, so the young guys carried or carried grain bags and walked over to deliver the grain bags to Uncle Guan at the front, and then quickly turned back.
In the middle of the motorcade, Lin Nianhe was pulling at the front and Wang Shumei was pushing at the back. The two of them were tugging on a trolley, their faces were turning red and they didn't even want to say a word.
Next to them, Wen Lan passed by pushing a trolley.
She still had time to glance at the two of them, curled her lips, smacked her tongue, and said in disgust: "Melon girl."
Lin Nianhe didn't answer.
Wang Shumei remained silent.
Both of them were afraid that as soon as they opened their mouths, their strength would be exhausted and they would no longer be able to move.
Wen Lan stopped, and she pulled a hemp rope from the car: "Come here, tie it up for me, I'll pull it, and you two push it."
Lin Nianhe held his breath, gritted his teeth, and shook his head: "Forget it, leave quickly."
Wen Lan frowned and questioned: "Can you two do it?"
"It can be done, it's almost there." Wang Shumei gritted her teeth and said something.
Wen Lan looked back at the big tree at the entrance of the village, which was only about thirty meters away from them, and was speechless.
She thought for a while, didn't insist, and pushed the car away quickly.
She'd better send the car over quickly, and then come back and take care of these two useless people!
After Wen Lan left, Aunt Li took the encouraging stick and said to Lin Nianhe and Wang Shumei: "Girl, hold on, you can't stop. Stopping will take more effort."
"Um!"
Aunt Li continued: "After today's work, we will distribute the food, so we can rest and work harder. After today, we will be done!"
"Um!"
When she thought about the long vacation after getting through today, Wang Shumei's desperate heart was filled with blood again.
Then she heard Lin Nianhe in front of her say quietly: "But we still have to go to class."
Wang Shumei: "..."
Is it scary to work all the time? No, that's not scary, because it's the same for everyone.
The scary thing is that you still have to work when others are on holiday!
Just when Wang Shumei was so desperate that she wanted to kick Lin Nianhe into the ditch, a man hurried up from the road next to him carrying four sacks of grain.
"Teacher Lin, please rest, I'll come!"
The person coming is Yang Daniu.
Without saying much, he put the grain bags on his pole on the cart, then pushed Wang Shumei aside, and pushed the cart while gritting his teeth.
"Ah? This..." Lin Nianhe was stunned for a long time, and quickly caught up and said, "Brother Yang, please be busy, we can do it ourselves."
Yang Daniu grinned innocently: "It's okay, I can do it. You just need to follow me. You will have to wait in line for the food inspection after it is delivered. When the time comes, you will wait, and I will have to go back."
As far as Yang Daniu is concerned, Lin Nianhe is the benefactor of their family.
He had nothing to give in return, except to pay back the money quickly, which was all he had.
Yang Daniu was afraid of delaying things, so he used a lot of strength and walked very fast, surpassing Wen Lan in a short while.
Wen Lan looked at the trolley passing by, and then at the two familiar women trotting behind. She was stunned for a long time, looked down at her arms and sighed: "I still can't do it."
After Yang Daniu sent Lin Nianhe's cart to the place, he trotted back and pushed the Wen sisters' cart over. After finishing the work, he grinned, pulled out his pole and said, "My wife asked me to follow you He said, "You can rest when the autumn harvest is over, and I will trim the wooden branches for you."
Lin Nianhe hurriedly said: "Brother Yang, you don't have to worry. We all made the firewood for the educated youths together. Just take care of your family and don't worry about us."
Wen Qingqing also joined in: "Yes, yes, we all have our own division of labor, don't do this."
Yang Daniu just laughed, scratched his head and said nothing.
Wang Shumei handed him a bottle of soda and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, drink some water."
Yang Daniu immediately took a step back, waving his hands and saying, "No, no, you just wait, I'll go back first."
After saying that, he turned around and ran faster than before.
Several girls were a little helpless.
They guessed that Yang Daniu wouldn't ask for soda, and originally wanted to use the child as an excuse, but he didn't give them a chance to speak!
Wang Shumei handed the soda bottle to Lin Nianhe: "Now, take it back."
Lin Nianhe was indifferent to the soda at the moment and shook his head: "I won't drink it, it's too sweet."
"Your little cow doesn't drink?"
"Oh, you guys wait, I'll buy a few more bottles."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Looking at Lin Nianhe's back, Wang Shumei couldn't help but ask the Wen sisters: "Did Nianhe never have a brother in his eight lifetimes?"
She had wanted to ask this question for a long time.
Wen Ruanruan is a melon lover. She tilted her chin and rolled her big eyes: "Yes, I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't tell me. Nianhe is really nice to Niuwa, so nice that it's ridiculous - —I guess Brother Su usually suffers from pantothenic acid."
Wang Shumei thought for a while and curled her lips: "That's not necessarily true, Niu Wa is smart."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Niu Wa's familiar voice:
"Brother-in-law, do you want to drink water?"
"Brother-in-law, you are so awesome."
"Brother-in-law, where is Sister Hehe? She shouldn't be leaving so fast, right?"
The three girls turned their heads together and saw Su Yuncheng, who was lost in the shouts of "brother-in-law", and Niu Wa who was following him.
Wen Qingqing was dumbfounded: "This is the first time I have seen Brother Su smile so...kindly to others."
Wen Ruoruan swallowed: "Didn't the captain say this morning that children under the age of fourteen are not allowed to leave the village today? Why did he bring Niuwa out?"
Wang Shumei sighed sincerely: "A hero comes from a young man."
(End of chapter)
