Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Yu Dazhuang quickly agreed: "I will, Mom, don't worry. I will take good care of her."

"Yaya, do you know me?" Yu Congcong took Yaya's little hand with a smile and asked softly.

"I know you. You always let Brother Tiezhu hold you." Yaya blinked her big, bright eyes and said in a baby voice. Yu Congcong felt a little embarrassed when she heard that, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

"Do you miss your brother?" Yu Congcong quickly changed the subject.

"Where is my brother going? Why didn't he come to pick me up?" Yaya looked up at Yu Congcong with a puzzled look on her face.

"Your brother went to harvest beans, and he doesn't know you'll be back today. You wait at my house, he will be back in the afternoon." Yu Congcong explained patiently.

"Oh, then I'll wait for my brother to pick me up." Yaya said obediently.

"Yaya, are you hungry?" Yu Congcong asked.

“I’m not hungry.” Before she could finish her words, her stomach made a “gurgling… gurgling” sound.

"Yaya, you are not being good. You are lying." Yu Congcong covered her mouth and laughed.

"I...I..." Yaya lowered her head in shame.

"Well, she is not lying, she is..." The girl brought back by Yu Dazhuang was about to explain.

"I know, I was just teasing her. What's your name? How old are you? You look so small?" Yu Congcong looked at her with clear eyes and continued to ask.

"I...my name is Liu Dani, I'm 15 years old." Liu Dani nervously clutched the corner of her clothes and replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito.

Why does this Liu Dani feel like she is the same kind as me? "Host, she is a little socially anxious like you, but not as serious as you." The system suddenly popped up and said.

"I'm fine now." Yu Congcong secretly encouraged herself in her heart.

"You must be hungry too! Wait, I'll get you something to eat." Yu Congcong turned and ran into the room, took out the rice cakes Tiezhu had bought for her, and handed one to Yaya first, and then to Liu Dani. Liu Dani nervously clasped her fingers, pushing her hands away while stammering, "I don't want to eat it, I'm an adult, this is for children. You...you keep it for yourself."

"The onion is for you, just take it! You are in a hurry and eat early in the morning. It's normal to be hungry now. Don't be embarrassed." Yu Dazhuang persuaded in a soft voice.

After hearing this, Liu Dani gently stretched out her hand, carefully took the thing, and whispered, "Thank you!" The voice was so faint that it seemed almost imperceptible if you didn't listen carefully.

"Dad, are you going to marry Sister Liu? She's so young!" Yu Congcong was worried. It must be dangerous to have a baby at such a young age! She's not even an adult yet!

Yu Dazhuang found it a little funny and said, "Girl, you always worry about different things than others. You are not worried that your father will not love you anymore, but you are worried about your sister Liu's age."

"Grandma Jinhua told grandma that her daughter-in-law is too young to give birth. If you wait a few years to give birth, you will be old and other people's children will be already born while yours is still in the belly." Yu Congcong vividly imitated what the scholar's daughter-in-law Jinhua said to her grandma when she gossiped.

"What you learned is all nonsense." When the grandmother heard this, she pretended to hit Yu Congcong. Yu Congcong cleverly ran to hide behind Liu Dani.

Xiaocao's eyes followed lush figure and unexpectedly met Liu Dani's eyes. Xiaocao felt embarrassed, and Liu Dani was even more uncomfortable. She lowered her head and stared at the ground, as if she wished there was a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"Hmph, Da Zhuang, go clean up the utility room, and then go to your third uncle's house to see if there is a ready-made bed. If not, just make one for yourself! Dani will have to squeeze in with me and Cong Cong first." Xiao Cao quickly changed the subject and instructed Yu Da Zhuang.

"Okay, I'll go clean up first." Yu Dazhuang responded gently.

"Okay, I'll go cook. Congcong, you should entertain your sister Liu and Yaya." After saying that, Xiaocao hurried away as if she was escaping. She had never felt so embarrassed in front of a younger generation.

"Look at you. I'll send you to school after the autumn harvest." Yu Dazhuang said, gently tapping Yu Congcong's forehead.

Yu Congcong was anxious when she heard this. Her business plan hadn't been sorted out yet! How could she go to school? Besides, it didn't make sense to go to school in the middle of a semester. If she went to the first grade at her age, wouldn't she have to recite the Three Character Classic with a bunch of little kids?

"Dad, the semester is already halfway over. The school won't accept you." Yu Congcong said anxiously behind Yu Dazhuang.

"Please take it. Dad has already told the principal that you can recognize 100 words at the age of four. Now you understand everything. Don't worry about falling behind." Yu Dazhuang said, blocking Yu Congcong at the door of the utility room. "Your grandma wants you to accompany your sister Liu and Yaya." Yu Dazhuang said with a smile. Yu Congcong's little face wrinkled into a ball. In desperation, he could only return to the yard with a dejected look and asked Liu Dani and Yaya to sit in the main hall.

Yaya looked at Yu Congcong and asked with concern: "Sister Congcong, are you very busy? Go and do your work. You don't have to accompany Yaya. Yaya can stay alone."

"Yes, you...you go and do your work, I...I can also stay alone, or...let me go sweep the yard." Liu Dani spoke anxiously and incoherently.

"I'm not busy. After the autumn harvest, I will go to school. Alas..." Yu Congcong sighed helplessly.

"Isn't it good to go to school?" Yaya asked naively.

"Going to school is good!" Of course going to school is good, and going to school is a good thing in any era. But she is different from others, how can this be explained?

"Sister Liu, has the water receded over there?" Yu Congcong quickly changed the subject and asked about the flood.

The water in Changlin County has receded, and the government has asked the low-lying villages to relocate. The villages that were flooded this time were basically destroyed, and they were rebuilt wherever they were. The government was very tolerant and they could choose where to settle down. There were several families in Liu Dani's village who had no relatives and didn't know where to settle down. Captain Huang heard this and suggested that Lihua Village had a sparse population. The government decided to arrange some honest people who had nowhere to go, no ideas, and no relatives to Lihua Village. If you want to ask why Changlin County is willing to let the population move to other counties, of course, resettlement costs money. Huaiyang County agreed to accept them and didn't ask for resettlement fees, so both parties were satisfied.

Section Chief Yang was discussing with the team leader how to accept these villagers. The team leader meant to rent the vacant houses to them first. If they wanted houses, they would not have to pay for the land, but only had to pay the cost of building the houses to the village, which was half-sale and half-giveaway. Yu Congcong didn't care much about these things.