After a simple rebirth

After eating, Fu Ying simply washed the dishes and covered the fire with wet coals, leaving a gap. Their family no longer raises pigs, so there is no need to cook pig food. The stove is only used for cooking and heating water. Usually, they just leave a gap to keep the flame from going out.

There were a few ancient poems that Xiao Heitan was not familiar with by heart, so Fu Ying asked him to mark them out and read them several times individually.

Fu Ying was a little glad that the little boy's aversion to school was not that serious now, and could be improved slowly. Without talking about getting into a good university, he could just regain his mindset and go to high school first.

If he was still in Guangdong Province, he might have already prepared to drop out of school to work. In such an environment, it is inevitable that he would think that it does not matter if he does not study. At most, he can find a job in a factory. If he is in his hometown, people of the same age are all studying. Even if he hates studying, it is okay and he will not be so impulsive.

Yunnan Province has little rain in summer, and there is only a burst of sun shower. Fu Ying looked at the cloudless blue sky and put the clothes under the sun. In fact, the clothes were almost dry yesterday, but due to the influence of living in Guangdong Province for a long time, Fu Ying always felt that they were not dry enough without sun exposure.

Fu's mother came back, and Fu Ying knew that she had come back from helping her second aunt.

"Mom, how long will you help my second aunt's family?" Fu Ying asked.

"It will probably take two days. Her family still has two plots of land that have been confiscated!" Fu's mother answered while squatting under the faucet washing her hands.

"It's been so long! You have to go to school with me on the 25th, remember!" Fu Ying reminded.

In fact, it may not be necessary for Fu Ma to go, but it is better for Fu Ma to go to this kind of occasion, and Fu Ma herself is quite willing to participate in such things, so it would be nice to let her go with her.

"I see. I reserved time in advance. Have you eaten?"

“After eating fried potatoes, we can cook rice in the evening.” Fried potatoes are fried potatoes, and potatoes are called “yangyu” in Yunnan Province.

"Okay, I still won't go home for dinner, you don't have to worry about me. What is Fu Zhe doing at home?" Fu's mother asked Fu Ying. She was not worried about Fu Ying, because she stayed at home to study, but she was afraid that Fu Zhe would run around. Fu Zhe didn't know anyone in his hometown, so he shouldn't run around with people he didn't know. I heard there were human traffickers!

"Fu Zhe recites lessons with me and occasionally goes to my third uncle's house to play. He comes back after a while." Fu Ying replied.

"That's fine, Fu Zhe. You better listen to your second sister and study hard. If you don't obey, I will come back and beat you!" Fu's mother threatened Fu Zhe and prepared to go to his second aunt's house. After dinner, she would come back to see them, and they would go again.

As a result, before she left, her second aunt came.

"Fu Ying, have you eaten? I asked Xiao Cong to come and call you, but you didn't come over to eat!" Second Aunt asked Fu Ying and Fu Zhe directly.

"Aunt, we've eaten it, don't worry." Fu Ying replied.

"That's fine. You don't have to cook tonight. Come to my house to eat. Your second uncle cooks a lot. Let's eat together!" Second Aunt Fu advised.

"Let's wait and see in the evening. Second aunt, you don't have to worry about us." Fu Ying didn't want to push the issue too far, so she didn't answer her directly and would say she had already eaten later.

"Okay, your stove is empty, right? I'll use your stove to cook pig food. My fire has never been used up, and your second uncle was busy cooking and neglected the pigs. Those pigs are still hungry!" said the second aunt anxiously.

Fu Ying: ...I knew that Second Aunt would be unwilling to not order her food. Don't mention that Fu Ying's family didn't raise pigs. In her previous life, Fu Ying raised pigs herself and Second Aunt came to cook them in Fu Ying's stove.

"Second sister, you can use it. This stove is empty except for cooking." Fu's mother couldn't refuse, and since the stove was empty, it wouldn't be a big problem for her family to cook some pig food.

"Then I'll get the pot now. When the water boils, Fu Ying will help me pour the pig food in and stir it." Fu Ergu responded immediately and prepared to go home to get the pot.

Fu Ying was speechless. Even though she had a furnace and coal at home, she still needed someone to help cook?

"Second aunt, you have to ask Xiaocong to come over and watch. Fu Zhe and I need to recite our lessons, and there's no one to watch us by the stove!" Fu Ying also quickly called out to Second Aunt.

"Then why don't you come over and read by the stove? You don't need to do anything. Just boil the water and pour it in." Second Aunt said directly.

Fu Ying was even more speechless! What do you mean you don't need to do anything? If she remembered correctly, it was just that you didn't need to do anything before the water boiled. When the water boiled, you had to pour it in and stir it evenly, especially to make sure the bottom of the pot didn't get mushy. When it boiled again, you had to stir it all the time. Not only would the splashing pig food easily burn your hands, but you also had to carry it away after it was cooked. Fu Ying couldn't do it alone and had to ask Xiao Heitan to help.

"We can't write by the stove. The stove is so hot that the books will be burnt. We have to write in the room. There will be no one by the stove." Fu Ying said directly.

Anyway, she doesn't want to cook for her second aunt's family. She had to help last time, and this time she has to cook pig food. Maybe next time she will be asked to give her grandson extra lessons!

Fu Ying remembers very clearly that the year she lived in her second aunt's house was when she was in the fourth grade of elementary school, which was after Grandma Fu passed away. Fu Ying and Fu Zhe would go back to their own home at night, but they would help their second aunt cook, wash clothes, and take care of her grandson. They would eat together, but their second uncle often didn't look at Fu Ying and Fu Zhe well. Living under someone else's roof was exhausting. This was even when Fu's father and mother sent back living expenses. They still lived like this.

Fu Ying's most vivid memory was one day after school, when Fu Ying and Fu Zhe waited for Fu Ergu's eldest grandson, Wang Cong, to go home together. Wang Cong came out with his classmates, and Fu Ying and Fu Zhe waited for him and then headed home. When they reached the fork in the road, Fu Ying planned to take the main road, which was safer and easier to walk. However, Wang Cong insisted on taking the small road with his classmates. No matter how Fu Ying and Fu Zhe persuaded him, he would not listen and deliberately ran away from the small road with his classmates.

It was called a small path, and students often walked on it. It just passed through someone else's farmland. As more people walked on it, a clear path was trampled out. Fu Ying had also walked on it, but not often.

Fu Ying was in the fourth grade, Fu Zhe was in the second grade, and Wang Cong was already in the first grade, so they were all children. Seeing that he refused to listen and even ran away, Fu Ying and Fu Zhe were so angry that they also took the main road home.

When they returned to the second aunt's house, the second aunt and the second uncle didn't see Wang Cong, so they asked Fu Ying. Fu Ying directly said that he didn't want to go with them, and they couldn't stop him, and he insisted on running to take the small road.

The second aunt didn't say anything, but the second uncle suddenly got angry and said that Fu Ying didn't take good care of his grandson and didn't bring him back.

The second aunt was also worried, but seeing him lose his temper like that, she also scolded him angrily, saying that Wang Cong might go home by himself later, as Wang Cong usually went out to play by himself.

After waiting for half an hour, he still didn't see his beloved grandson. The second uncle-in-law became even angrier and started scolding Fu Ying.

"Why don't you follow him after school? What if he disappears?"

"He won't go with us!" Fu Ying was also frightened by the furious uncle. At that time, Fu Ying was only one meter tall, and the uncle was about 1.8 meters tall. He was strong because he had always eaten well. He stood and scolded Fu Ying, almost scaring her to tears.

Second aunt came over to stop them and said they should go look for him, maybe he was playing at a classmate's house.

The second uncle didn't want to listen at all. He pushed Fu Ergu aside, strode over, grabbed Fu Ying's collar, lifted her up and questioned her.

"I'm asking you where Wang Cong is! Bring him back for my grandson!"

Then he threw Fu Ying to the ground.

At that moment, Fu Ying felt for the first time that the world was turning upside down and she felt dizzy.

Second Aunt Fu was also angry. She was small, so she picked up a stick and hit Second Uncle on the hand. The two of them started fighting while cursing at each other.

When the neighbors heard the noise, they hurried over to stop the fight. They looked at Fu Ying and the two people fighting on the ground. Although they didn't know what happened, they pulled the two people apart. Fu Ergu was so thin, she might get beaten up by Uncle Wang.

Fu Zhe, who had gone out to play, also heard that Fu Ying had been beaten, so he hurried back and was also frightened.

Later, Aunt Fu, Fu Ying and Fu Zhe stayed at home, while several adults from the village and Grandpa Wang went to look for his eldest grandson. When they found Wang Cong on the path, he was playing in the water and mud with his classmates on the side of the road.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Grandpa Wang angrily went over and picked up his eldest grandson and took him home, where he beat him with a bamboo stick.

Later, Fu's father and mother were informed of this matter. Fu's mother must have had a quarrel with her second aunt's family, because Fu Ying and Fu Zhe were sent to Fu's mother's home before they finished the semester.

There are four brothers and sisters in Fu Ma's family. The eldest died and left four children. Only the youngest is still studying, and the older ones have all moved out. The second child has two children studying, and the third is Fu Ma. The youngest has never married and has been single since he was over 30.

Fu Ying's grandmother passed away, but her grandfather is still alive, but he often lives alone. He doesn't care about his grandchildren or grandchildren, and never asks if they have eaten or gone to bed early.

Before sending her there, Fu's mother sighed, knowing that her parents' home was not suitable. But the second brother's family didn't have so many things to do. The second brother was in his hometown, and the second sister-in-law was also working in Guangdong Province. Although the second brother had many children, Fu Ying and her family were the youngest, so it was okay for the older ones to take care of the younger ones.

Later, after grandpa passed away, Fu Ying and Fu Zhe went to Guangdong Province.

Therefore, Fu Ying has always been resistant to her second aunt's family. To be precise, except for her second aunt, Fu Ying is not willing to contact anyone from her second aunt's family.

In her previous life, every time Fu Ying came back to her hometown, she would not go to her second aunt's house except for necessary visits or when the whole family went there for dinner. Of course, Fu Ying would not go to other people's houses either. She would not go out unless it was necessary.

Now seeing Fu Ying's persistence, Fu's mother knew that she didn't want to care about it. In her heart, she didn't want these things to affect Fu Ying's studies. Her second aunt was really good at it, and there might be more trouble next time.

Thinking of this, she quickly spoke up, "Second sister, please ask Xiao Cong to come over and cook. Fu Ying is about to take an exam, and I don't dare to disturb her!"

Second Aunt Fu was unhappy. She felt that Fu Ying was now lazy and rebellious, and not at all as obedient and hardworking as before. Just as she was about to speak, Fu's mother quickly pulled her away.

"Second sister, let's go eat quickly, others are waiting! Ask Xiao Cong to come over and boil some water, and we can cook when the water boils after dinner."

After seeing them leave, Fu Ying went straight back to her room and told Fu Zhe that she was going to sleep. She asked Fu Zhe to finish memorizing the dictation and wake her up after an hour.