Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 23 - 22 Hope

Raising insects? Is it necessary to raise those kinds of things?

It’s not that Zhao Xuran is afraid of those things; he just doesn’t see the necessity of raising them.

"Yes, raising insects." Sigh, there’s really no way to communicate with people nowadays; why can’t they understand such a simple truth?

Is this the benefit of being someone from another time? Since that’s the case, Gong Ruini expressed that she would save the hens that lack nourishment.

"I once saw chickens fighting over a worm." Gong Ruini naturally had to find a justification for her actions; otherwise, she would stand out too much.

Gong Ruini wanted to find a way to explain, but her words made Zhao Xuran think this girl must be really bored to watch chickens fight with such interest. It seems he needs to find more things for her to do.

Zhao Xuran was thinking about how to solve Gong Ruini’s boredom but still listened to her explanation.

"I was thinking that for chickens, these worms should be like meat."

"We humans need to eat meat to grow big, so I was thinking maybe these worms are like meat for chickens."

"If worms weren’t tasty, why wouldn’t they eat rice or vegetables but insist on eating worms?"

To show she meant it, Gong Ruini purposely added a lick to her tongue, "Meat is tasty."

This girl must be craving meat. Although they occasionally go up the mountain to check the traps for prey, the quantity isn’t much. With so many people to feed, there isn’t much left when it’s Gong Ruini’s turn.

"If there’s a lot of prey today, we’ll eat meat." It’s not just Gong Ruini craving meat; Zhao Xuran anticipated that his silly younger brother would also want meat.

These days, his silly brother even dreams and shouts about wanting to eat meat. If there’s enough prey today, maybe his silly brother will clamour for meat.

Meat, Gong Ruini saying she doesn’t want it would be a lie, but there’s so little meat. They have to feed the villagers who help, and then there’s Dad and Uncle Zhao doing such heavy labour that they definitely need meat.

"It’s okay; we have eggs to eat." Although eggs aren’t meat, how many people these days can have eggs every day? Not to mention that back home, eating meat was rationed, and even eggs were limited.

Such a sensible girl, Zhao Xuran asked Gong Ruini how often she could eat meat back at home since it’s been so long since they left home that some things are hard to remember.

The frequency of eating meat, how would Gong Ruini, this fake product, know? But luckily, she’s just a child, so it’s normal not to remember; otherwise, it would really raise suspicions, "Very long, very long to eat once."

"When we had meat, we had to send some to grandma." There was already so little, and every time they ate meat, they had to pay respect a little; otherwise, why weren’t she and Gong Ruwen chubby despite being raised?

Gong Ruini thought the reason this body couldn’t be properly nourished must be related to the lack of good food. Not that it has to be very good; being able to eat enough is already nice, but when even getting enough to eat is an issue, recovering health is a problem for Gong Ruini.

Getting enough to eat is an issue? Here, Zhao Xuran has never gone hungry; it’s just about the frequency of meat consumption. Hearing his parents talk about it, Zhao Xuran always thought the situation back home would be better, never imagining it would be that bad.

"Although it’s not as lively here as back home, at least you can eat till you’re full." Occasionally, the parents can find ways to exchange food for ration coupons to mail back to grandma and the others.

Gong Ruini nodded continuously, "Getting enough to eat is the most important, and don’t send food to grandpa and the others."

Gong Ruini expressed gratitude for their unawareness of the situation in the Northeast; otherwise, if they detained her, this little person, Gong Tao and his wife would certainly have to meet all their conditions to prevent her, this little bean, from suffering any grievances.

The money and things Gong Tao’s couple sent back, Gong Ruini could guarantee, would definitely not be used on her, at most just to keep her alive, the rest being so-called emotional neglect.

From the little girl’s strongly dissatisfied tone, Zhao Xuran could hear Gong Ruini’s discontent with the adults on both sides, and indeed, Uncle Gong and the others hadn’t sent a piece of good news back since arriving in the Northeast, indicating their dissatisfaction.

Such a pitiful girl, Zhao Xuran reached out to pat Gong Ruini’s head, "Life will get better."

Gong Ruini shook her head in annoyance to shake Zhao Xuran’s hand off her head; didn’t he know that a girl’s head is important?

And what he said was nonsense; life, of course, needs to get better, "There’s no other choice, Dad said as long as we work hard, we will have food, meat, and earn money."

People, once they have a goal to move towards, become very determined.

No matter what Zhao Gang described in the letter to Gong Tao, Gong Ruini could still see the bewilderment about the future in her parents’ eyes; all they wanted was to take good care of their siblings.

And within this past month, Gong Ruini could see the hope for life rise again in Gong Tao’s and his wife’s expressions. If they knew there would be a day when college entrance exams were reinstated, she didn’t know how excited they would be.

This request really wasn’t too much, but Zhao Xuran was really curious, "Girl, do you even know about money?"

Tch, does he think she’s an idiot? How could she not know about money? This time, Gong Ruini really couldn’t hold it in and directly rolled her eyes at Zhao Xuran, "Money is a good thing, money is a turtle."

Zhao Gang, who got up early to prepare for hunting, saw his son with Gong Ruini feeding the chickens by the chicken coop. He walked over, wanting to hear what these two kids were talking about.

Just happened to hear Gong Ruini say this, which amused Zhao Gang so much that he burst into laughter, "Ni Zi, tell Uncle Zhao, what does that mean?"

Money is a good thing, Zhao Gang could understand that, but why did Gong Ruini say money was a turtle?

Oh my god, how could Zhao Gang overhear this? It’s one thing for Zhao Xuran to hear it, but why is this guy also present? Isn’t this causing her to embarrass herself completely, and how can she live with this?

Gong Ruini kept signalling with her eyes to Zhao Xuran, hoping their leader could rescue a little soldier under his command.

Gong Ruini didn’t want to explain, but Zhao Gang’s constant urging and even Zhao Xuran standing by expecting her answer left her no choice but to explain.

Hmph, those who see others in trouble and do nothing to help, Gong Ruini declared she would remember this huge favour and repay it in the future.

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"My family gave grandpa and the others money, but when something happened, they wouldn’t help. Mom said to consider the money given to turtles, so money is a turtle." Gong Ruini immediately made a quick escape.

Gong Ruini could foresee that Zhao Gang would laugh heartily after hearing this. To prevent them from having the chance to mock her, she naturally had to make a quick getaway.

Just after Gong Ruini left the Zhao father and son, she heard them laughing loudly, which made Gong Ruini very annoyed.

Honestly, so early in the morning, can’t they keep it down a bit? Don’t they know that such noise would prevent Aunt Zhan and the others from resting?

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