Chapter 299: Chapter 298: Seriously Eliminating Harm for the People
Su Yuncheng let go of her hand and glanced at Sun Yafei behind her, asking, “Where are you going?”
Lin Nianhe blinked and playfully retorted, “Is it Brother Yuncheng who’s asking , or is it a comrade from the Public Security?”
Su Yuncheng couldn’t help but chuckle: “Is there any difference?”
“Of course there is.” Lin Nianhe said, chin up, her dark bright eyes fixed on him.
“What if I asked you as a mber of the Public Security?” Su Yuncheng went along with her.
Lin Nianhe replied righteously: “She’s a capitalist’s daughter, surely her thinking must be flawed. I’ll go and hold a re-education session for her!”
Sun Yafei’s shoulders trembled, burying her head even lower.
Su Yuncheng didn’t notice her reaction, only looking at Lin Nianhe: “And what if I asked as just myself?”
Lin Nianhe quite honestly replied: “She seems to have not eaten all day; I’ll take her for a al.”
Hearing her say this, Su Yuncheng wasn’t the least bit surprised, but Sun Yafei lifted her head in shock, disbelievingly staring at Lin Nianhe’s back.
What did she hear?
Taking her… to eat?
But it’s work hours! And they were discovered by the Public Security Comrade!
Sun Yafei’s face turned pale, she pulled back her hand, whispering, “Comrade, it’s… it’s not proper to go eat during work hours…”
Lin Nianhe held on to her wrist and did not let go, looking cheerfully at Su Yuncheng, asked him, “Comrade Su, can we go eat?”
Su Yuncheng glanced at the panic-stricken Sun Yafei and nodded, “Let’s go, I’ll join you.”
Sun Yafei: “…?”
She was completely befuddled.
Since her parents were taken away, and she was arranged to leave Shanghai, no one had ever proactively asked whether she had eaten or if she knew how to work.
No one cared what she thought; she only had the role of passively accepting arrangents.
Although going for this al was also managed passively, her heart felt warm, a long-missed sensation of being cared for.
With Su Yuncheng accompanying, Lin Nianhe directly took Sun Yafei to the Educated Youth Corps.
Lin Nianhe gave her a small stool, letting her sit in the yard first; she poured her a cup of water, explaining, “My house is small, making food fills it with smoke, it’s better sitting outside.”
Sun Yafei, flattered, took the enal bowl with both hands, softly said, “Thank you.”
Su Yuncheng washed his hands by the water trough, scooped a ladle of water, and told Lin Nianhe, “Nianhe, co wash your hands first.”
“Oh, coming.”
Lin Nianhe responded, removing her labor gloves, revealing a scarf wrapped around her palms.
Su Yuncheng looked puzzled.
Lin Nianhe, while taking off the scarf, explained, “I sneaked back earlier, hehe, the scarf is soft, so I wrapped it around to prevent chafing.”
Sun Yafei was dumbfounded next to them.
She knew quality – those scarves casually tossed on the window sill by Lin Nianhe were much better than those in the Cooperative Society, probably not common items.
Wrapping hands in scarves just because she worried about the sickle handle chafing her palms?
This delicate gesture made her, the capitalist’s daughter, feel inferior.
Yet the Public Security comrade nodded with a look of satisfaction: “That’s good.”
Sun Yafei dumbly watched the two, forgetting even to drink her water.
Lin Nianhe washed her hands with the water Su Yuncheng scooped, then invited Sun Yafei to wash her hands and face.
Sun Yafei, bewildered, listened to her instructions, still too shocked to react.
After washing her hands, Lin Nianhe told Su Yuncheng, “Brother Yuncheng, you rest a bit too; I’ll go heat up so buns.”
“I’ll do it; you rest.”
How could Su Yuncheng stand by and watch Lin Nianhe work?
He had co over specifically to… help with the autumn harvest.
Lin Nianhe, retrieving the buns she had set aside especially that morning from the cupboard, said, “I haven’t done much work today, but you’ve been working non-stop…”
She turned around with the bowl, catching Su Yuncheng lighting the fire.
Well, unstoppable.
Su Yuncheng started the fire and scooped water into the pot, asking her, “Will you eat sothing?”
“I’m not hungry,” Lin Nianhe said. “Have two yourself?”
“I’m also not hungry. Let’s eat at lunch.”
It’s neither too early nor too late; if we eat now, we surely won’t be able to eat much at noon, and we’ll definitely be hungry in the afternoon when we work.
Lin Nianhe didn’t persuade him, she ward up four big stead buns, and made three cups of milk powder mix.
She handed Sun Yafei the milk mix, saying, “I was too lazy to cook porridge for you, just drink this for now.”
Slling the milky aroma, Sun Yafei was pleasantly surprised.
This, this…
Lin Nianhe didn’t say much, seeing Su Yuncheng tending to the fire, she went inside to rummage around.
She took out a brand new kettle and carried it out to the yard.
Lin Nianhe sat next to Sun Yafei, rubbing the kettle against the wall until its exterior was patchy, then washed it clean with water.
Sun Yafei watched from the side, not understanding why she would make a perfectly new kettle look like that. She wanted to ask but swallowed her words subconsciously, not daring to speak.
Lin Nianhe filled the kettle with water, tightened the lid tightly, and handed it to her, “I’ve never used this kettle before. You can use it, now that it looks old, it won’t attract attention.”
Sun Yafei’s eyes suddenly reddened.
She pursed her lips, looked at Lin Nianhe without speaking, and tears fell just like that.
“Don’t cry,” Lin Nianhe sat next to her and said softly, “It will all pass.”
Wiping her tears, Sun Yafei asked quietly, “Why are you all so nice to ?”
“People can’t choose their own background, and having one isn’t wrong,” Lin Nianhe comforted, “Don’t be scared, the leaders and villagers of our brigade are all kind, they won’t make things difficult for you.”
Holding the kettle, Sun Yafei’s tears fell even faster.
She cried for a while, and when her emotions had stabilized a bit, she spoke softly, “I can’t stay here long… I’m supposed to go to the farm… After the autumn harvest, I have to leave…”
If possible, how much she wished to stay here.
Lin Nianhe was taken aback.
Farm?
What had her family done to offend soone so badly that even a young girl like her couldn’t be spared?
She wanted to ask, but just as she opened her mouth, Su Yuncheng ca out with the stead buns.
Lin Nianhe could only say, “Don’t think about these things for now, eat first, and try my cooking.”
Perhaps because Sun Yafei was very hungry, her eyes still red, she bit into the buns voraciously.
The at buns were fragrant, spreading throughout the yard.
Lin Nianhe leaned against the wall, slowly sipping the milk powder from her cup.
Su Yuncheng brought a little stool and sat down next to her, asking, “Are you okay?”
“I’m okay,” Lin Nianhe nodded, then turned to ask him, “Brother Yuncheng, have you also fard before?”
“I have, I did it when I was in the army,” Su Yuncheng replied, “So don’t push yourself, I’ll do it for you.”
“Hmm… Thank you!”
Lin Nianhe’s gaze was intense as she looked at him.
Su Yuncheng frowned slightly, finally asked, “Nianhe, why are you being so polite to today?”
She kept thanking him… Could it be that she didn’t want him to wait for her to grow up?
A sudden anxiety clenched Su Yuncheng’s heart, his brows tightening further.
“Because of the cow…”
Lin Nianhe was just about to ask for a little money, when suddenly the sound of footsteps ca from the front yard.
Su Yuncheng heard it too.
It was the busy harvest ti, and there were almost no people in the village, who would co back at this ti?
What surprised him more was that Lin Nianhe seed to have heard that tiny sound too.
He looked at Lin Nianhe, but she turned her head towards the east wall.
Li Dahe, with hands behind his back, walked around the yard, saw the three people sitting in the backyard, then looked at Sun Yafei holding a big at bun and gnawing on it, his head showing two fewer hairs.
Biting his back teeth, he asked, “Miss Lin, what are you doing?”
Sun Yafei was already frightened stiff, holding the bun motionless, even afraid to swallow what was in her mouth.
Lin Nianhe licked her lips, “I… I heard she was a capitalist’s daughter who was sent here, I thought… thought… of eliminating a scourge for the people.”
Li Dahe laughed it off in annoyance, “This is your eliminating a scourge?”
at buns ah!
He too wanted to be ‘eliminated’ by her!
Lin Nianhe: “Hmm… I wanted to see if I could stuff her to death…”
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