Chapter 14: Entering the City as You Wish
After eating at noon, Tian Xiuyun went out into the mountains to chop firewood with a firewood knife and rope as usual. As for the rest of the Tian family, they also went back to the house and nested, Tian Xiuyun didn't care about this, anyway, it was ready before the firewood in the afternoon, and she went out to study with the three old men, and the Tian family stayed at home and didn't go out, but it was more convenient for her to act privately.
"I may go into the city tomorrow, do you have anything to bring?" After the afternoon class was over, Tian Xiuyun asked the three old men before leaving.
"Why are you suddenly going into the city?" asked Old Man Li sensitively.
"Well, I'm probably going to deliver something to my uncle. Tian Xiuyun didn't say the real reason, mainly because she was afraid that the three old men would worry about her, after all, it was not easy to go to the town with food.
"If you can go to the city, go to the waste collection station to see if you can find a complete set of learning materials, preferably from elementary school to high school, so that you and your grandfather Qian can also sort out your knowledge. Old Man Li thought for a while and said.
"Buy some fabric and cotton, we have cloth tickets and cotton wool tickets here, we have saved for more than a year, enough to make four sets of cotton clothes, you look at the buy back, let's make new cotton clothes to wear." Old Man Qian took out a handful of bills from the kang hole, and handed it to Tian Xiuyun with neatly stacked change.
"I don't need it, and it's hard to find a reason to do it, I'll take these first, and tomorrow I'll go to the city to buy cloth and cotton for you, and I'll make you cotton clothes and pants when I come back." Tian Xiuyun put away the bills and change, but it was still the kindness of the old man who refused, it was not that she didn't want to wear new clothes, it was really difficult to explain when she took it back, maybe it would be snatched away, so it was better not to prepare it from the beginning.
"Then you can buy some food yourself, if you can't put it here, you can get it if you want to eat it." Old Man Li also knows the temperament of those people in the Tian family, and he can't figure out that Tian Xiuyun has just made cotton clothes, and she can be taken away by the Tian family when she turns around, so he handed Tian Xiuyun some change and asked her to go into the city to buy delicious food.
"Well, when I look back, I have saved some money myself. Tian Xiuyun didn't take the money this time, and the money she received before was because they asked for more cloth and cotton, so she knew that the old man would not let her pay, but she would not ask the old man for the snacks she bought.
"Okay, you can do it yourself, but you can take so many things, if you can catch up with the ox cart in the village, you can take the car back, and we don't care about the car money." "Old man Hua thought of these fabrics, cotton, and books, and felt that it would not be too easy, and it was quite a long way back from the city, so he couldn't help but regret letting the girl bring things.
"Don't worry, I'm sure I can't get tired of myself, I'll go back first, or it's too late. Tian Xiuyun waved her hand, indicating that she would pay attention, and left with firewood on her back.
As for the three old men in the yard, they didn't worry about giving those bills and change, after all, they had seen Tian Xiuyun's ability to hide things, and the hidden pockets in the clothes were not visible to ordinary people, Tian Xiuyun's sewing skills were quite fake, at least judging from the clothes that Tian Xiuyun sewed for the three old men, there were no traces of patches at all.
At the dinner table of the Tian family in the evening, after dinner, Grandma Tian left everyone behind and instructed the matter of sending food to the youngest son's family tomorrow.
"Tomorrow morning, the three of you brothers will go to send some food to Xuewen's house, it has been more than two months since the last time food was delivered. Grandma Tian sat on the kang and looked at the three sons below with a calm expression.
"Just let the third brother go, I have something to do with the second-hand man, and besides, this thing has never been done by the third brother. Tian Xuede said indifferently, he would not go by himself, the second brother had a good relationship with him in private, and he also helped him talk about it.
"Third child, what do you say?" Grandma Tian's eyes locked on Tian Xueren.
"I'll go tomorrow. "I have to ask every two months, which time he goes, Tian Xueren is angry, but he doesn't dare to say it.
"Mother, the child's father flashed to his waist some time ago, this snowy land, what if he falls again?" Zhao Chunmei said hesitantly, scared and worried in her heart, but her own man didn't stand up to it, and she couldn't help but feel distressed.
"What's the matter, you don't go one by one, can you ask an old woman to send me?" Grandma Tian glanced at Zhao Chunmei fiercely.
"Mother, I'll just go. Tian Xueren was also afraid that the old lady would be angry, so he hurriedly responded.
"Dad, what should you do with your waist, the heavy work at home is still done by the eldest sister for you these days. Tian Xiuru had a worried expression and muttered quietly, but everyone present could basically hear what she said.
"Yes, the child's father is really uncomfortable, otherwise let Xiuyun go for her father!" Zhao Chunmei's eyes lit up after hearing the words of the second daughter, and she immediately proposed, completely ignoring that the eldest daughter in her mouth was just a girl.
"Fart, she's so thin that she can carry it? Grandma Tian's eyes widened, not that she felt sorry for her granddaughter, but that she was worried that Tian Xiuyun would not be able to carry the burden and spill the grain again.
"Milk, what are you worried about, Sister Xiuyun comes back with firewood all day and night, and at first glance, she has great strength, and it is also appropriate to let her send food for the third uncle. Sure enough, Tian Xiufang continued the topic.
Grandma Tian didn't speak again after hearing this, and the room was quiet for a while, everyone seemed to be waiting for Grandma Tian to make a decision, and at the same time looked at several older grandchildren, as if they were thinking about something.
Grandma Tian's move frightened the two cousins-in-law into nervousness, and even the older cousins also moved a little uneasily.
However, during this period, Zhao Chunmei squeezed her eyebrows at Tian Xiuyun more than once, suggesting that she should hurry up and agree.
"Grandma, let me go tomorrow, I can carry it. Tian Xiuyun saw that the time was ripe, and directly opened her mouth to accept it, so she wouldn't really carry the food to the town tomorrow, there was a ready-made space, she was not stupid, she left a little earlier, avoided the crowd, and put the food in the space to get on the road empty-handed.
When everyone heard that Tian Xiuyun took the initiative to send food, Gu Du secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, since you're going to replace your father, then you can deliver it tomorrow, remember not to spill the food on the way. Seeing that Tian Xiuyun also agreed to deliver food tomorrow, Grandma Tian withdrew her eyes from looking at her grandson. Thinking about this period of time, she did go out every day to be firewood and come back, and she also knew that she had strength, so she no longer bothered to let her third son run to the town all the time. Although she is not very proud of this son, the weight in her heart is still higher than that of these granddaughters, and she is even more reluctant to let several eldest grandsons suffer from the cold.
The task of delivering food came to an end, and the families packed up and went back to their houses. In the room of the three sisters of Tian Xiuyun, the atmosphere is a little unusual.
"Eldest sister, I'm too worried about our father, I didn't expect Sister Xiufang to say that. Tian Xiuru licked her lips and walked in front of Tian Xiuyun, showing an expression of surprise on her face.
"Hehe, you're telling the truth. Tian Xiuyun spread out her braids, took off her coat and went directly into the bed. I was surprised by what happened tonight, but I wasn't surprised. During this time, Tian Xiuyun found that her second sister was a little resentful of her, and as for Tian Xiufang, it was completely not too much to watch the excitement.
And then there is also because the granddaughters of the Tian family are very ordinary, only the three daughters of Tian Laosan's family look like Zhao Chunmei, and they are also among the best in the village in terms of appearance, especially Tian Xiuyun, who is the best-looking. So Tian Xiufang has always disliked the three sisters of the third uncle's family very much, and she is also the most jealous of Tian Xiuyun.
However, with the divine assistance of these two people tonight, it saves Tian Xiuyun a lot of things, otherwise she will have to find a way to propose to send food to Tian's father, although it seems reasonable, it should not be what a girl would be willing to do, but it is different if she is semi-forced to do it now.
Tian Xiuru on the side of the kang stood for a while, seeing that the eldest sister didn't continue to speak, she didn't mind, turned around and took off her clothes and went to sleep on the kang, so she had achieved her goal tonight, what Tian Xiuyun thought in her heart, she didn't care, anyway, it wasn't her who was unlucky.
Tonight's words, she originally said it on purpose, every day she saw that Tian Xiuyun could go out in the morning and afternoon, although it was chopping wood, but she had observed, Tian Xiuyun did not look tired at all, she must be very relaxed. But she couldn't say it, after all, no one else in the family wanted to go out to chop wood, let alone herself, it was so cold outside, and she didn't want to go out at all.