novelraw Chapter 96 If the harvest is bad, I'll compensate you.
Chapter 96 If the harvest is bad, I'll compensate you.
Seeing her confused and thoughtful expression, Liu Fengyi didn't stop. He continued to recount some past events between the two of them:
"When you were five years old, you went back to your hometown with your grandma. She had just adopted me. When we were playing on the mountain, you scratched your leg with a tree branch, and I carried you down the mountain on my back. You were so tiny then, and you cried and said you wanted to marry me when you grew up."
When you first started junior high school for girls, you were younger than all the girls in your class. There were always naughty boys from the neighboring boys' school whistling at you, and I would chase them away whenever I saw them. Once, I hit a policeman's son, and his father almost used a gun. In the end, his grandmother had to pay him some money.
Later, I dropped out of school to join the army and fight against the Japanese. You cried all night, and the next day you gave me a blue cloth handbag that wasn't very well embroidered, and said...
"Brother, I'll wait for you to come home alive!" Tong Jiahui's lips trembled as she uttered the words she had once said to Tong Linsheng, tears streaming down her face.
It really is her brother Lin Sheng back! He's back! He must have been worried about her and her daughters!
She burst into tears, filled with grievance. For nearly a year, she had been tormented by longing, pain, fear, and confusion every day, with no one to confide in.
She thought she would never see the person who shouldered everything and shielded her again. Sometimes she resented him for being so brave, abandoning them and leaving her alone to face so much cruelty and scheming. It was so hard!
Tong Jiahui cried very sadly, but she did not choose to rush into Liu Fengyi's arms. She was really not used to that unfamiliar face, and she could not get close to him physically.
Tong Yuheng heard his mother crying and waited for her to vent before entering the house. To calm her down, he handed her a cup of spiritual spring water.
Tong Jiahui looked at her daughter and said, "Yuheng, you already know, don't you? You know he is...
"Mom, the day Fan Eryong drugged you in your office, Wu Zhigang knocked me unconscious. You know about that. In the time after I passed out, I had a strange encounter!" Tong Yuheng embellished her past life experiences and told a white lie.
"My soul went to another world, where I served as a soldier for nearly ten years and saw many things more advanced than what we have now. But I missed home and had a strong desire to come back, so I did!"
In that world, I felt like I truly lived for over a decade; everything felt so real, and I brought back all the skills I learned there. But when I returned, I realized only a mere ten minutes had passed, like a dream. Therefore, I can accept what happened to my dad more easily.
"Silly child, you've suffered! Don't carry everything on your own in the future, tell your mother." Tong Jiahui accepted her daughter's strange encounter well and didn't feel awkward at all, probably because her body hadn't changed.
Liu Fengyi no longer doubted that she was not his daughter, because she remembered everything about her interactions with her family.
Tong Yuheng: Who knows why the original owner of your body didn't leave any information? Did he disappear completely? Then why did the original owner of my body leave behind all her memories? She's really something!
"Okay, I understand. Mom, don't cry yet. Talk to Dad about what to do next. How about you two get a marriage certificate first?" Tong Yuheng joked, flashing a set of white teeth.
"I can submit a report to get married at any time, and I meet all the conditions that Yuheng put forward!" Liu Fengyi knew that his daughter's conditions were based on his situation.
"Well, let's wait a bit! Your father's death anniversary hasn't passed yet, would it be inappropriate for me to remarry so soon?" Tong Jiahui was still concerned about what others would think.
"Oh right! We can't explain why my dad's spirit has been reincarnated!"
"This is something only the three of us should know. We can't tell your sisters or your grandfather. So, it will take time for your sisters to accept him as their father," Tong Jiahui instructed.
"Okay, I'll experience what it's like to celebrate my own death anniversary. Jia Hui, as long as you can accept it, that's fine with me!"
"Although this face is a bit rougher than before, it's in no way worse than my old self, and I even look several years younger!" Liu Fengyi said to her half-jokingly, just like before.
"Oh, so I'm the one who got the better deal? But what if I just like that old face more?" Tong Jiahui laughed, tears welling up in her eyes, finally feeling relieved.
Thank God, no matter what form it takes, as long as he's back, that's all that matters!
After discussing their plans, Liu Fengyi ate breakfast and rode off on his bike. When the children returned, they washed their hands and ate breakfast.
Sixth and seventh graders still have to go to school for one more day. They have classes on Saturdays, and Yu-Han plans to ride her bike to take them.
Everyone else in the family had to go to work, so Tong Jiahui and her four daughters locked the door and went out after hearing the announcement about starting work. Tong Yuheng went directly to find the team leader.
"Yuheng, you're back! Did you buy the superior seeds?" Chen Hongxiang asked her the most important question as soon as he saw her.
"You bought it? It weighs about 100 jin (50 kg), enough to fertilize about 20 mu (1.3 hectares) of land. But they wouldn't give you more. Is that enough?"
"That's enough, more than enough! We only have a little over 100 mu of land in the flood control area, most of which is for planting beans and corn, so this is more than enough."
"When I came back yesterday, I dug a seedbed in the backyard. You can bring the accountant over to weigh it and record it in the books. You can pay me for the seeds after the harvest this fall!" Tong Yuheng was very generous; she had earned over ten thousand yuan in cash this time.
"How can I ask you to pay for this yourself? You're doing this all for the team!" Accountant Zhang said, feeling embarrassed.
"Uncle Chen, Uncle Zhang, this is the time when our team is most short of money. We need money to buy fertilizer and pesticides. Besides, we don't even know if this rice seed will produce a good harvest. If the harvest is bad, I'll compensate you. That way, some of the gossipy people in the village won't have anything to say about it!"
"Hehe, you're such a considerate child. Your mother has really raised you well!" Accountant Zhang couldn't help but exclaim.
If only my own little daughter were this sensible, but she insists on dating some scoundrel from the county town. It's driving me crazy!
"Uncle Zhang, actually your child is quite good too. Where in the village is there a girl as skillful and educated as your Xiuyu?" Tong Yuheng quickly flattered her.
Accountant Zhang has two sons and a daughter. Her younger daughter is only half a year older than her and graduated from high school last year. Her family spoils her and basically doesn't let her work in the fields. She spends most of her time at home cooking and doing crafts.
The baskets and hampers she wove were of various shapes and sizes, sturdy, dense, and beautiful, and were often praised by others.