Chapter 28 - 028 Deliver Meat
Tian Bajin patted Zhong Boqiang's shoulder, comforting him: "Don't overthink it, you need to look forward when living life. If your parents knew from the underworld that you've had so many sons, they would definitely be thrilled."
Tian Bajin spoke these words not without reason. Zhong Boqiang could be considered Yuequan Village's professional son-producer, having fathered six sons and two daughters. His eldest son is about the same age as Tian Aiguo, and his youngest son is the same age as Tian Shouhua. The youngest son and nephew in his family are about the same age and they look so alike that people mistake them for twins, which has led to quite a few hilarious incidents.
A sense of pride appeared on Zhong Boqiang's face - Other things he might not compare to Bajin, but when it comes to fathering sons in Yuequan Village, if he claimed to be the second best, no one would dare to claim to be the first. Seeing the expression on Zhong Boqiang's face, Tian Bajin laughed and scolded him a few times before beginning to work.
Although Tian Xinhua was young, his height had already reached 170 cm, so riding Tian Manjin's bicycle was quite effortless and steady. Tian Sisi comfortably sat on the back seat, this time learning from past lessons, she took a cotton cushion to pad the seat, feeling no pain at all in her buttocks.
They planned to go to the town first, to deliver items to Tian Mantong, Tian Manlian, and Tian Manju first, and on the return trip, they would deliver to Tian Manlan, Tian Manju, and Tian Mantao. Although they had to visit six families, since it was all along the route, it wouldn't take much time, and they could manage it in one afternoon.
"Brother Hua, whose house are we going to first?" Tian Sisi, sitting idly, chatted with Tian Xinhua sporadically.
"Let's go to Auntie at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative first. If Uncle Wang Baishan (Tian Manlian's husband) is also there, we can give it to him as well. If he's not around, then we'll go to the town school to find my fourth aunt, then to fifth aunt's (Tian Manju), then to the eldest aunt's (Tian Mantao), followed by second aunt (Tian Manju), and finally to youngest aunt's (Tian Manlan) home. This way, it's all along a straight path, and we won't need to make detours."
Tian Xinhua arranged everything in an orderly manner, while Tian Sisi listened until her head spun. First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth – so many aunts, she definitely shouldn't get confused later. Seeing Tian Sisi's baffled expression, Tian Xinhua couldn't help but laugh - Ah Nan must be confused again; she had always mixed up the names of the aunts in the past and caused quite a few laughs. Thinking of this, he cautioned: "Ah Nan, later on, make sure you don't call anyone the wrong name. Follow my lead, call whoever I call, understand?"
"Oh, I get it." Tian Sisi was worried about this very thing, but upon hearing Tian Xinhua's words, she immediately obediently complied, which made Tian Xinhua look back at her suspiciously several times. Ah Nan seemed to have changed so much; if it had been before, she would definitely have argued with him.
Realizing this, Tian Sisi knew she must have acted differently from the original protagonist. She was too lazy to correct it, rationalizing that she was still young and could use the excuse of growing up to understand better. However, after Tian Xinhua looked back at her several times, she couldn't help but yell: "Focus! If you let me fall and see if I don't complain to great-grandpa, he'll definitely spank you."
Tian Xinhua chuckled and began to focus on cycling. It must have been his illusion - Ah Nan was still the capricious and unreasonable Ah Nan. They quickly arrived at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, where Auntie and Uncle Wang Baishan were both conveniently there. Tian Xinhua took out two halves of a rabbit from the bicycle basket and handed them over. Wang Qiuyang and Wang Baishan looked at the plump rabbits in surprise, questioning them with their eyes.
Tian Xinhua didn't elaborate much, vaguely stating it was great-grandpa who had hunted them on the mountain and asked him to deliver them. Wang Qiuyang and Wang Baishan hurriedly placed the rabbits in a basket, covered them with dry grass, and hid them in a secret place, to avoid others seeing them and asking too many questions. In these times, having something good to eat still needed to be hidden, as there were too many people with jealousy.