Chapter 2 I Have to Pack up And Leave

Chapter two has to pack up and leave.

Jiang Chuheng frowned slightly. It was the end of the 1980s. The country's economy was developing very fast and the living standard of the people had improved a lot. Even if the farmers didn't have much surplus food, they wouldn't starve. But the doctor clearly told him that the reason for her fainting today was mostly due to heatstroke and injuries, and the other part was due to hunger.

When he couldn't figure it out, Dr. Tang walked in again and looked at the yellow-skinned Li Haitang. As a doctor, he couldn't help but remind him, "Li Haitang, your stomach is not good. You should eat three meals a day evenly. You are now fourteen or fifteen years old, and it is time for you to grow up. Long-term malnutrition is very bad for your health. If it is still the case, you will suffer when you get older."

Li Haitang swallowed the bun in his mouth and nodded slightly.

Dr. Tang knew about her family and stopped talking about it. He asked, "I heard from your homeroom teacher that your grades are not bad. It's not a problem to get into a good high school, but... Hey, it's only a month before the middle school exam. Do you have any plans?"

Li Haitang didn't even think about it, so he answered firmly, "High school entrance examination." Looking at Dr. Tang's concerned expression, she tugged at the corner of her mouth. "The school's dean said that as long as you enter the top three grades, the County one middle school will be able to waive high school tuition and accommodation fees for three years."

Dr. Tang saw her eyes sparkle with confidence and determination when she talked about this. He smiled lovingly and said, "It seems that you are very confident of getting into the top three?"

Li Haitang didn't answer but smiled. Of course, she was confident. With the experience of her past life and the memories of this life, if she still didn't make it to the top three, she could really hit the wall.

"Since you are confident, tuition and accommodation are not a problem, but what about living expenses? Your head teacher's eldest daughter is studying at the County one middle school. I heard that she spends nearly fifteen yuan a month on living expenses." Dr. Tang sat on the other side of the bed and chatted with her with a glass of water.

Fifteen yuan a month, the living expenses of the first semester of high school must be prepared for around 80 yuan, which is really an astronomical figure for her now. She pondered for a while and decided, "When the exam is over, I will find something to do. If I really can't find it, I will cut the pig grass and sell it to the pig farm of wang li's family."

"Hey, your parents..." Dr. Tang was very sympathetic to what happened to her, but he was not very talkative about other people's family matters. Remembering an acquaintance he met this morning, he couldn't help but remind him, "This morning, I saw your aunt and father of Aunt come back."

Li Haitang was stunned, then smiled bitterly and said to himself, "It looks like I'll have to pack up and leave today."

In Dr. Tang's memory, Li Haitang always walked with his head down, didn't talk much and didn't like to laugh. It was rare to see her smile today, but the smile was very sad and bitter. He was a big man and felt a little sorry.

Jiang Chuheng, with his hands on his knees, sat upright and listened to their small talk. From their words, he had a little understanding of the girl's family. Seeing the bitter smile on the corner of her mouth, he was touched.

Such a smile really shouldn't appear on the face of a little girl as old as a flower. It's too sad and too vicissitudes of life. Thinking about his cousin's innocent and pure smiling face, he superimposed it on Li Haitang's face and suddenly felt no sense of conflict.

Li Haitang did not know that the two men in the room were disturbed by her smile. She finished the meat bag in a few mouthfuls. She knew that there would definitely be a fight without gunpowder when she got home later, and only when she was full could she have the strength to deal with it.

After the drip was finished, she rested in the clinic for more than ten minutes, then Dr. Tang gave her some medicine, and she left the clinic with Jiang Chuheng.

When they parted, jiang chuheng forced thirty yuan into her hands, saying that he was giving her some nutrition as compensation. Li Haitang was naturally unwilling to accept so much money and wanted to return it to him, but he could not catch up with his long legs and could only watch him jump onto the bus leaving town.

Li Haitang held three brand new reunion banknotes in his hand, and his mouth twitched slightly. Thirty yuan was quite a lot, which was worth nearly a month's salary for others.

She knew that Jiang Chuheng was helping herself in disguises. This was a good person. His money was a silver lining. It was just enough to relieve her anxiety. She sighed, "There are still many good people in this world. If there is a chance to meet again in the future, you should repay him."

It was four o' clock in the afternoon, and the sun was still very strong. The leaves of the rice seedlings on both sides of the road were curled up in the sun. They had lost their green luster and there was no wind.

From afar, one of the three simple houses was used to raise pigs, and the other was a kitchen. The other half was used to hold firewood and sundries, and the other half was a thatched cottage.

Houses made of earth bricks were common in the countryside. Over the years, some young Man had gone out to work and earned some money. A few wealthy families in the village had also built red brick buildings.

As she got closer and closer, she saw two bicycles parked in the sun valley terrace in front of the house. She knew that they belonged to big aunt and big father of Aunt. She took a deep breath and walked in with her schoolbag on her back when she heard the sounds of conversation coming from the hall.

A ceiling fan was installed in the middle of the hall. Everyone in the room was sitting under the ceiling fan and chatting with melon seeds. When they heard footsteps at the door, everyone turned to look at her.

The two fat women sitting in the back saw that Li Haitang was back, and their smiling faces darkened. The other men's faces did not change much. They looked at her and turned to drink water.

The two people sitting at the top were Li Haitang's adoptive father, Li Jianguo, and adoptive mother, Deng Wenfang. Li Jianguo was a dull person. He couldn't beat up a person with eight sticks. He usually worked in the granary of the town, and all the family matters were left to Deng Wenfang.

Deng Wenfang was a super shrewd and stingy woman, and her ability to stir up trouble was well known. In addition, her mouth was fond of gossiping and taking advantage of small gains. The villagers didn't like her very much. However, because her cousin worked in the county government office and was a public servant, everyone turned a blind eye and ignored her on many things.

On their right sat their eldest aunt Li Jianhong and father of Aunt Zhou Yu. The eldest father of Aunt's house was in the next town, and the family conditions were not bad. They opened two shops above their town. Eldest aunt ran a tailor's shop, and big father of Aunt ran a grocery store.

The reason why aunt Li Jianhong disliked Li Haitang was very bloodthirsty. Li Haitang's biological mother, Li Xiaoqin, was also from Lee ka tsuen. Li Jianhong had spent some time with her biological uncle when they were young. When it came to marriage, Li Xiaoqin, the younger sister, was adamant that the other party would not enter the house to be her sister-in-law, or even force her to die. At that time, things were very noisy, and in the end, the marriage was over. From then on, Li Jianhong hated Li Xiaoqin, and even hated Li Haitang, Li Xiaoqin's abandoned daughter.

There were four siblings in the li family. Li Jianguo was the boss, Li Jianhong was the second, and there were two younger brothers, Li Jiangang and Li Jianhua. The conditions of the li jianhong family were the best. She also took good care of the three brothers in the family and brought some good things back to their families from time to time, so the three sisters-in-law of the li family liked this aunt and uncle to come back. As for the reason why Li Jianhong disliked Li Haitang, they naturally knew that in order to have more good things next time, every time she came back, the three sisters-in-law rarely put aside their usual prejudice and fired at Li Haitang together.

On the way back, Li Haitang had already recalled all the past experiences and naturally understood the reason why the original owner became more and more silent, more and more self-abased and cowardly.

She glanced at the people in the hall and saw that all the four siblings of the li family were here, and all the cousins of Li Haitang's generation were there, roughly a dozen or so, as well as a few neighbors in the village. Fortunately, the hall was relatively large, and so many people did not feel crowded sitting together.

She knew her manners, and she didn't want to be caught by others. She called out one by one in the order of parents and children.

When she finished shouting one by one, Deng Wenfang couldn't wait to fire the cannon. "Where did you bitch die again? Ting' er, she's already back. Do you want to be lazy again?"

Li Haitang frowned slightly when she heard the "Cheap hooves" in her mouth. Deng Wenfang used to scold her like that. She didn't want to talk back to her, and she didn't dare. If she did, she would probably starve for another day. But the core of this body had been changed, and from the moment she came back to life, she decided that she would never be weak again, and that she would live a strong life.

So, she straightened her back, raised her head and looked into each other's eyes, and replied calmly, "School is over at 3: 50. It's almost 4: 30 now. I came back ten minutes later than usual. In these ten minutes, I went to the town to beg, and someone kindly rewarded me with a bun. As for why Li Ting came back early, I don't know. I saw her classmates, zhou fen and Yang Lu, behind me."

"What do you mean? Begging, you're shameless. Have you eaten or drunk too much?"

"My aunt and father of Aunt came back today. I asked the class teacher for leave."

Deng Wenfang and Li Ting lost their temper at the same time. Both of them had the same vicious expression on their faces.

Li Haitang looked at them very calmly. His eyes were cold and his tone was calm. He said half-truthfully, "I know you haven't taken me short to eat and drink. Yesterday morning, you drank half a bowl of porridge. Last night, you said that two baskets of pig grass were cut short, so no dinner was allowed. This morning, I came back from cutting two baskets of pig grass. I didn't leave a bowl of rice soup for me. Even raw sweet potatoes were locked in the firewood room by you. The bowl I brought for lunch was smashed by Li Tao five days ago. You can't tell if I used the bowl at home to bring food, and you didn't give me money to buy food. I haven't had lunch for five days. I was so hungry today that I fainted from hunger on the road. It was Dr. Tang who kindly sent me a bowl of sugar water and asked the kind person for a bun to eat before he had the strength to walk back."