Chapter 140 Taking Taotao up the mountain
Shen Shuyu picked up a rabbit leg for Taotao to eat. The little guy was very cute. He called Shen Shuyu "sister" sweetly, moved his butt, nestled in Shen Shuyu's arms, and started to eat the rabbit leg in small bites.
Seeing her grandson shaking his head and gnawing on the rabbit leg with a satisfied look on his face, Liang Jun's eyes were filled with tears. She and her husband were busy with research at the institute all day and had little time to take care of their grandson.
They thought that they could finish the research at hand so that they could go home and spend time with their grandson, but what they received was the news that they were demoted.
The little grandson was only six years old, at the age when he was lively and active, but he had to suffer with them and became a bad kid that everyone avoided.
These are all the children they implicated.
Shen Shuyu didn't know what her grandmother was thinking, but she could feel that she was in a bad mood. She held her hand and comforted her silently.
Afraid that others would come over and see their granddaughter staying with them, Yang Zhen and Liang Jun quickly finished their lunch boxes and urged her to leave.
"We are full and the sun is shining. You can go home and rest."
Knowing that his sister was leaving, Taotao was reluctant to let her go. He tugged at Shen Shuyu's clothes with his little hands, then let go when he thought of something.
Taotao is already six years old. Because he was sent down to the countryside, he is skinny and small, and looks only five years old.
Although he is thin, his eyes are very beautiful. If you look closely, his eyes are 50% similar to Shen Shuyu's.
"Grandpa, Grandma Liang, Taotao is very sunburned here, I will take him to the mountain to play."
Yang Zhen disagreed, "No, what if someone sees us?"
"At this time, everyone is working in the fields, and no one will go up the mountain.
If someone saw me, they would say that it was my second grandfather who asked me to take him up the mountain to cut grass for the pigs, and no one would think much of it. "
Taotao spoke carefully, with longing in his eyes, "Grandpa and grandma, I want to go up the mountain to play for a while."
Liang Jun felt distressed by her grandson's look. She looked at her husband and said, "Why don't we let Taotao and Shuyu go up the mountain to play for a while?"
The granddaughter had already thought of her excuse. Yang Zhen thought about it and agreed. The couple told their granddaughter,
"If you see someone, you must keep your distance from your sister. You can't get close to her, okay?"
Taotao nodded sensibly.
For fear of being seen, Taotao didn't let Shen Shuyu hold hands along the way, and the two kept a certain distance.
When they were far away, Liang Jun and her husband said, "If it weren't for Shu Yu, we wouldn't have survived many more years in the country."
"This child is as kind-hearted as our daughter."
They did not tell her their identities. In the eyes of their granddaughter, they were just the grandfather who taught her skills.
Their current status is that they are despised by everyone, and everyone avoids them.
The first time the granddaughter took the risk to buy something for them, the favor had already been repaid.
She didn't have to take care of them at all, but the children did not ignore them. Instead, they took care of them like their own grandparents and would bring them a portion of any delicious food.
They have to do the hardest and most tiring work every day and eat the worst food. If their granddaughter did not bring them extra food, their bodies would not be able to bear it.
Once he and his old wife are gone, those people will use all means to find the information on their son, daughter-in-law, and grandson...
On the mountain.
Shen Shuyu brought Taotao to the forest where Gu Jiandong usually played.
The little guy had never been to the mountains before, so he was curious about everything in the mountains. His black eyes kept looking around, and when he saw wild fruits, he would run over to pick them and then run back.
"Sister, you eat."
The ripe wild fruits had already been picked by other children, and a few fruits hanging on the roots were raw and could not be eaten at all.
Under the little guy's expectant gaze, Shen Shuyu took the wild fruit he handed over and put it in his pocket.
"Taotao is awesome. I didn't even notice there were wild fruits over there. I'll save these fruits for you to eat at home."
Being praised by his sister, Taotao's pupils lit up. He wanted to continue picking, but Shen Shuyu held him back.
He rummaged through the basket on his back and took out two bunches of grapes. "Eat this first, and then go play."
Every time Shen Shuyu went to the cowshed, she would take out several bunches of grapes from the space. The grapes grown in the space were big and sweet.
Taotao likes to eat grapes very much. When he sees his sister giving him grapes to eat,
He sat obediently next to Shen Shuyu and ate grapes, occasionally feeding Shen Shuyu a few grapes.
After eating half of the skewer, Taotao said he didn't want to eat anymore and wanted to take some back for his grandparents.
Shen Shuyu touched his head and said, "No need to keep it. I still have some in my sister's backpack. I'll bring it to your grandparents to eat in the evening."
Everyone was busy with the autumn harvest, including the children who were studying in the commune, who were called back by their parents to work.
No one would go up the mountain at this time, and there were only Shen Shuyu and Taotao in the forest.
Shen Shuyu took Taotao up the mountain today, firstly to play with him, and secondly to get some advice from the little guy.
Since her grandparents were sent down to the countryside, her uncle shouldn't be doing much better, otherwise Taotao wouldn't be with her grandparents.
Taotao is still so young, so it is naturally better for him to be with his parents, unless his uncle is unable to take care of Taotao.
"Taotao, sister asks you something."
Taotao looked up at his sister and said, "Sister, go ahead."
Shen Shuyu asked him softly, "Why are you here with your grandparents? Where are your parents?"
"A group of bad guys came to my house to search for things and found a letter. My grandparents and I were taken to the countryside by them."
Speaking of his parents, Taotao's eyelashes trembled, and his voice was filled with longing, "I don't know where my parents are."
"Then you didn't ask your grandparents?"
"I asked, but my grandparents didn't know where my parents were. There were times when they cried when they talked about my parents."
Even my grandparents don’t know where my uncle and aunt are. It seems that their situation is as bad as I thought.
Shen Shuyu then asked several more questions, but when he realized he couldn't get any more answers, he stopped asking.
"Taotao, the questions that my sister just asked you are our secrets. Please don't tell grandpa and grandma, okay?"
He and his sister have a secret. Hee hee, so happy. The little guy promised seriously, "This is a secret between Taotao and his sister. Taotao won't tell anyone."
"You are so good. Play here by yourself for a while. I will catch a pheasant and roast it for you."
Shen Shuyu went and came back quickly, carrying two processed pheasants.
Taotao picked up a small pile of firewood, enough for roasting the pheasant. Shen Shuyu made a wooden rack and roasted the pheasant after making a fire.
Taotao had never roasted a pheasant before. The little guy was very excited and turned the pheasant with his hands to make it heat evenly.
He stared at the pheasant without blinking, and asked every few minutes, "Sister, it smells so good, can I eat it now?"
When he asked for the ninetieth time, the pheasant was roasted. Shen Shuyu and Taotao ate half each, and Shen Shuyu packed the other one and put it in the backpack, which was actually put into the space.
"Taotao, we should go back."