Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"Congcong, go home." At some point, the sun quietly climbed up to the sky. Tiezhu also climbed up the dam from the field, calling out to Yu Congcong to go home. Zhang Yun heard Tiezhu's call and also climbed up the dam from the field, waiting quietly on the road they had to take to go home.

"Oh, here I come." Yu Congcong stood up, walked towards the iron pillar and met him.

After Tiezhu said hello to Fu Wu and the others, the three of them walked towards home together.

"Zhang Xiaobao, why do you want to exchange the frogs for money? Wouldn't it be better to save them and eat them?" Tiezhu asked curiously.

"Tiezhu, don't call me Zhang Xiaobao from now on. My name is Zhang Yun. This is the name my mother gave me." Zhang Yun explained.

"Okay! I'll talk to the villagers and ask them to call everyone Zhang Yun." Tiezhu said readily.

"I want to make money. With money, I can bring my sister back home to raise her." Zhang Yun replied.

"Is your sister not doing well?" Yu Congcong interrupted.

"I don't know. I asked Section Chief Yang, and the man in that family didn't seem to be very willing to adopt my sister. He was forced by the woman. Besides, there are very few families who adopt daughters, and they must have something that they can't say out loud. I'm afraid my sister will get hurt." Zhang Yun's tone revealed a hint of worry.

"Then you can't make the decision either? You still have to look at Scar's wife's mood." Tiezhu stabbed.

"Yes, where are you taking your sister? To Scar's wife's hometown?" Yu Congcong also chimed in.

Zhang Yun was silent. He had no money and didn't know the way. He originally wanted to go to Scar's wife's hometown to be closer to his sister. Now, he just wanted to bring his sister back and live on his own like Xixi. But he was only 14 and couldn't be a guardian yet. He asked Section Chief Yang and asked him to find a substitute guardian. He talked to the team leader, who agreed to help him with guardianship until he was 18 years old and could be his own guardian, but he had to negotiate to bring his sister back. Scar's wife had been getting more and more excessive towards him recently, and he had endured it all, hoping that she could take him to find his sister, but now it seemed that this path was not feasible.

"If my sister is brought back, I won't go to Scar's hometown with my wife." Zhang Yun said.

Yu Congcong was a little dumbfounded. She didn't know whether this condition was good or bad. She originally thought that as long as she spoke ill of Scar's wife and persuaded Zhang Yun, he would stay. But now she wanted to bring his sister back.

"Box, quickly check what's going on with his sister?" Yu Congcong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Host, please ask clearly first, whether you have understood it wrongly." The voice of the system came.

"His sister cannot be found and is not in the database." The system's helpless voice came again.

"How do you answer it? Do you know the specific address?" Tiezhu asked.

"Yes, I know. I want to save more money first, and then go back to my hometown with my wife with scar on her face, and come back after I find my sister." A hint of determination flashed in Zhang Yun's eyes.

"Ah, this won't work. If you go with Scar's Wife, it's fine for a short time, but if you don't come back for a long time, Scar's Wife will transfer your household registration. You will lose your house and land. Section Chief Yang can't keep your household registration for you." Yu Congcong said. She thought to herself, Zhang Yun is smart, but he has too little experience. In this era, as long as you make a little arrangement, someone can register him in the other party's household registration.

Zhang Yun remained silent. He knew very well that Section Chief Yang had reminded him before that if he went back to his hometown with Scar's wife and did not come back within three months, she would not be able to help him keep his household registration from being relocated.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about making money." Tiezhu quickly changed the subject.

"We are going to the county the day after tomorrow, you can come with us. Tiezhu, has grandpa's mule cart been repaired? Can we sit on it?" Yu Congcong said happily.

"Grandpa said he won't go and will go next time. Let Uncle Dazhuang take us this time. Uncle Dazhuang and I won't take a car. The mule cart is too slow, not even as fast as us walking. With Zhang Yun added, there will be only two of you. If you can carry some things along the way, there will definitely be room for you." Tiezhu responded.

"I don't want to take a ride, just help me pull some things. I can walk by myself." Zhang Yun said quickly.

"Zhang Yun, this is very far, can you really do it?" Tiezhu looked at Zhang Yun and started to wonder in his heart. Zhang Yun was older than him, but not as tall or strong as him.

"Sure, I go up the mountain several times every day! I can walk." Zhang Yun answered confidently.

"Okay then! If you can't leave, you can take over driving the car. Go home and prepare the things today and tomorrow. If it's not safe, send them all to my house." Tiezhu whispered to Zhang Yun.

"Okay, I understand." The three of them parted ways when they reached a fork in the road.

"Tiezhu, let's keep the frogs we caught today and sell them! We also need to earn some money. Money makes things easier. I'll go home and see if the soy sauce grandma made is ready. If it's ready, I'll take some to sell. Let's keep the prey dad hunted these days and sell it. We won't eat it for now." Yu Congcong said excitedly.

"Congcong, keep the prey for yourself. I'll catch some more frogs to sell this afternoon and tomorrow," said Tiezhu.

"It's okay. If you want to eat it, Dad will go catch more. It's rare for us to go to the county." Yu Congcong insisted on his own idea.

"Okay!" Seeing that his persuasion was futile, Tiezhu stopped trying to persuade her. He could only think of secretly going to the mountains to catch some prey when he had time and bringing it back for Yu Congcong to nourish his body.

"Tiezhu, do you think Zhang Yun will still go with his wife with scar on her back?" Yu Congcong was unsure and couldn't help but ask.

"No, Zhang Yun will go back today and pack up his things, and he will definitely quarrel with Scar's wife." Tiezhu answered with certainty. Zhang Yun asked his uncle to be his substitute guardian. Tiezhu knew that his uncle asked his grandfather about how to deal with this matter. His grandfather asked his uncle to agree, and he also said that the village has a small population, and if it wants to develop, it cannot develop without population.

"How do you know?" Yu Congcong asked curiously.

"I once saw Scar's wife killing frogs and eating them," said Tiezhu.

"What's so strange about this? Every household in the village has been eating frogs recently." Yu Congcong said disapprovingly.

"Congcong, you don't know this! Where did the frogs that Scar's wife ate come from? They were stolen from Zhang Yun." Tiezhu explained.

"Oh, Zhang Yun is reluctant to eat it and wants to sell it for money. He must have an idea in his mind." Yu Congcong suddenly realized.

"That's right." Tiezhu praised.

"Why is this wife with scar like this?" Yu Congcong said angrily.

"Okay, we're home. You go in! I'm not going in. I'll go back and tidy up." Tiezhu sent Yu Congcong to the door of his house.

"Okay. You go back!" After saying goodbye, the two went home.