Chapter 386 Shocking

  Welcome to Jiupin Literature, you can quickly enter this site by searching "Jiupin Literature" in any search engine. This site permanently provides free downloads of high-quality and txt format services without pop-up windows! My familiar hometown is right in front of me, the village is at the forefront with a long dike, on which stands an old row of trees, the oldest tree needs three adults to hug it around, now it's late summer, the old trees on the dike are lush and green, making people feel joyful at first sight, naturally becoming a paradise for children, when I was young, I often came here to play hide-and-seek in the evening.

  Outside the long dike is a large pond in the village, where fish are raised. This is the annual goods for the villagers to celebrate the New Year, and each family can get two or three fish, which is the best delicacy. Inside the long dike is a large drying field, every time during the busy farming season, the rice piles up like mountains on the drying field, people are busy as hot fire, with joyful smiles on their faces.

  My home is at the east end of the village, a bungalow with green bricks and black tiles. At that time, houses basically only used green bricks on the front wall and back wall, while the side walls and inner walls were made of earth bricks dried in the sun from their own farmland. This combination was called beautiful and cost-effective, but in fact, it was just because they didn't have enough money, and it was already good to be able to build a house like this.

  In front of the house, there is a small yard. It's not really a yard because it doesn't have walls, but rather trees planted on both sides that naturally formed a courtyard. It's said to be the big brother's idea, which is both cost-effective and aesthetically pleasing. Now these trees have grown very tall, with straight and upright cypress trees, interspersed with several different fruit trees - one pear tree, two orange trees, and also a persimmon tree. These fruit trees should have been planted recently, so they haven't borne fruit yet.

  This was the place I used to love staying, on summer nights, moving the bamboo bed out, lying on it while watching the stars in the sky and listening to the radio singing songs, that was the most comfortable thing back then.

  "Cloud, I'm going back. Collecting things at home this afternoon." Qiao Hui waved goodbye and walked towards the back of my house, her old house was in the middle of the village. I came to myself, huh? Where's that guy? Why is he gone? Oh, I remembered, his sister lives on the west side of the village, we just parted ways at the village entrance, it seemed like she said something, but I didn't hear clearly.

  Forget it, I'll go home first. I wonder if anyone is at home? As I walked into the gate, hmm, quiet, where are the people? Looking up, I only saw Chairman Mao on the wall smiling at me, I quickly bowed to him, "Ah, Chairman Mao, is it okay for me to come back dressed like this? Will it affect my family? And how about my husband and son?" I muttered to myself.

  Looking at the familiar furnishings in the house, I became more and more confused. Which one is a dream? Which one is reality? Am I still me? How old am I now? Chairman Mao was still smiling at me. Sigh, forget it, I shook my head and walked to the back.

  There were sounds coming from the kitchen. That must be mom cooking. I'm finally going to see my mom from 20 years ago, my heart is racing, will mom think I've changed? Lost in thought, I arrived at the kitchen door.

  "Xiao Yun is back, let's get ready for dinner." Mom glanced at me and continued to be busy, "Today it's just the two of us at home, your dad took your second brother to school." Second brother going to school? I furrowed my brow in thought, remembering that when I was in junior high, my second brother should have been in senior high.

  "I know, Second Brother went to Xingqiao High School, right?" I exclaimed excitedly. Mom said strangely, "Didn't you already know that? He's been there for two years now." Oh, I was so scared that my tongue stretched out, good thing, I'd better not say anything else. Luckily, Mom didn't say anything else either.

  Eating the fragrant and delicious meal with mom, this is truly pure green food! And it's made by a youthful mom, even if it's all vegetarian dishes, I eat with relish. Looking at the energetic and spirited old mom now, despite working hard every day, she's still in good shape. Who would have thought that the elderly mom would be plagued by illnesses?

  Yes, I remember now. It was during the summer vacation two years ago that my mom fell from the rooftop and got seriously injured, hurting her waist and legs, which led to many illnesses afterwards. No way, since I've been sent back in time, I must prevent the accident from happening and keep my mom's body healthy.

  "Xiao Yun, tomorrow you'll be going to school again, and it's already your third year in junior high. You must study hard. Look at the girls in our village who are around your age, they're all staying home to do chores. Their parents can't bear to let them go to school, but I can. As long as you kids are willing to learn, no matter how difficult it is, I'll make sure you get an education." Mom said with a heavy heart: "Our generation suffered because we didn't get an education, and could only do farm work in the countryside. You kids are different, now that life is slowly getting better, you have to go out into the world."

  To be honest, my mom is really different from other rural women. She's in charge of both the family and outside work, and she has a lot of insight. All four of my siblings and I have gone to school, without any distinction between boys and girls. Unlike some families that only let boys go to school and not girls, with their typical preference for sons over daughters. I'm really grateful to have such an open-minded mom.

  "Afternoon, you clean up tomorrow's things at home, I've put away your clothes and quilt in your room. Bring a week's worth of food with you. I'll come back to help you prepare after finishing work in the fields." Mom said after eating, "First time boarding school, be more careful, take good care of yourself, steam more rice in your lunchbox every day, there aren't many good dishes, but make sure to eat enough."

  "Don't worry, I'm not a kid anymore, I can take care of myself." I said nonchalantly, finishing my meal in a few bites and helping to clear the dishes. My mom smiled and said, "Yes, you're much more sensible now."

  I almost forgot, nowadays middle school students bring their own rice from home and steam it in a lunchbox to eat, as for dishes, they are just canned pickled vegetables that can last for a week. Wow, what a tough time! No wonder I'm so petite, eating only pickled vegetables during puberty is definitely not enough, and we could only have green vegetables once or twice a meal. This problem must be improved somehow.

  Cleaning the kitchen with my mom, maybe I've never been so capable before. My mom is delighted and can't close her mouth. Thinking about it, my original self wouldn't have known how to care for my parents so early on. During holidays, all I knew was to hold onto novels and read them all day long. Now, I feel a bit guilty, my mom has worked too hard, when she was young she didn't think much of it, but now that she's old, illnesses have come. I secretly vowed: I must change the fate of my original self, including my family.