Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Don’t Want a Night Full of Dreams Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Don’t Want a Night Full of Dreams The team leader just didn’t want to drag things out, as everyone was clear about what kind of person Gao Suhua was; there was a fear that if things were left overnight, whether the ten pounds of cornal could still be obtained would be up in the air.
Gao Suhua was already feeling extrely down, and now she saw her man coming in with the village’s team leader and Accountant Sun.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, “The team leader and Accountant Sun are here, please co inside and sit down.”
Accountant Sun said, “Never mind sitting, we haven’t had dinner yet. We ca to get the ten pounds of cornal, so as to get things done before it gets completely dark.”
Gao Suhua said with a distressed look, “Can it be a little less? It’s a tough ti right now, and no family is eating well. Xiaoi knows she was wrong now. Can we just forget about the grain?”
The team leader knew that Gao Suhua was one to shirk responsibilities, which was why he had called Accountant Sun over, to quickly settle the matter. Otherwise, his authority as the team leader would an nothing in the future, and he would lose the respect of the people.
Zhao Pulin knew why the team leader and Accountant Sun had co over now, and with a red face from embarrassnt, he bellowed, “Go get it fast, haven’t we lost enough face already?”
Gao Suhua saw that Zhao Pulin was truly angry this ti, and she reluctantly walked inside the house.
When she ca out again, she was holding a small cloth bag and said, “I can’t include this cloth bag in the weight.”
Accountant Sun took the bag and weighed it in his hand, saying, “This is not ten pounds; you’re trying to fool us.”
Zhao Pulin glared fiercely at Gao Suhua, snatched the bag, and strode into the house, with Gao Suhua calling out from behind, “Dad…”
After the team leader and Accountant Sun got what they ca for, they left Zhao’s house and headed towards Lin’s house at the eastern end of the village. Speaking of the Lin family’s couple, they were indeed pitiable people.
When they were young, they worked in a factory in the provincial city, and their two daughters were married locally. Their only son, the year before they returned to Qingshan Village, followed a group of classmates on a big trip and never returned.
The couple spent all their savings looking for him and lost their jobs due to taking leave for too long. Deprived of a source of inco and not wanting to disturb their daughters’ lives,
they asked their daughters to send a telegram imdiately if there was news about their brother, then packed up and returned to Qingshan Village. In the intervening ti, their daughters had only visited a few tis.
In these hard tis, everyone’s life is difficult. The two daughters apparently had many children and were living tightly, so it was understandable that they couldn’t co to see their parents.
Half a year ago, Old Man Lin fell down a slope and injured his back, preventing him from doing heavy work. His wife had been crying daily since their son disappeared, and her health deteriorated; thus, the couple’s life was truly difficult.
With no savings left and still occasionally helping their daughters, Old Man Lin stayed in the commune’s health clinic for over ten days after his injury. After spending the last of their savings, they still owed the team money.
It was said that only the second daughter ca back at the ti and left hastily after a few days. The debts registered in the team’s books remained unpaid, and people in the village didn’t interact much with the Old Couple of the Lin family.
The Lins were originally from outside Qingshan Village and now the old couple was more isolated than ever. A few days ago, Luo Qiao passed by the Lin family’s courtyard on her way to work and overheard the village won gossiping about the Lin family’s situation.
Perhaps because they were both considered outsiders in Qingshan Village, Luo Qiao felt a sense of sympathy. She had planned to find an opportunity to help, and now, coincidentally, the chance had arrived.
Ten pounds of food wasn’t a lot, but it would be enough for the old couple to have a few full als.
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