“Wait, how did this talk suddenly become about me? Su Mian, please spare me. You know that I suffered a lot just to pass junior high exams. Do you want me to die from studying?” Su Jin Long’s face became unhappy. He had already made plans for his life.
He planned to follow his older cousin, Su Jin Biao, and the rest to go hunting for wild chickens and rabbits, and living a free life.
He Qin also nodded, “Xiao Long, your sister is right. You are not a child anymore. You need to start thinking about your future.”
“Let’s talk about it in the future. I still haven’t encountered anything that has motivated me yet!” Su Jin Long hesitated.
Su Jiang Hai was amused at his small adult-ish appearance, “I think that after three more years, you should join the Army. That would be a good way forward.”
Hearing about becoming a soldier, Su Jin Long jumped from his seat, “Father, you’re my father, you should know Qi Xiao Guo from the west of the village who joined the army. He was still the same good-for-nothing when he came back. He only knows how to eat, drink, and gamble. I don’t want to become like him.”
“That’s only a minority. Just look at Wei Zhen Hui. They both joined the army together, but now, he’s already a captain.” Su Jiang Hai had heard about it when he visited the county earlier on.
Su Jin Long did not say anything as he rolled his eyes. Who knew what he was thinking.
“Xiao Long, let me tell you first. Be more well behaved this holiday and don’t go playing around with Su Jin Biao and the others. Our family’s situation isn’t good, and both of us need to help father earn some money.” Su Mian gave Su Jin Long a forewarning, wishing him to stay away from Su Jin Biao.
Su Jin Long pursed his lips and did not say anything. If it were Su Mian of the past, he would have already retorted.
Who knew why, but he felt that Su Mian was different from before.
He Qin and Su Jiang Hai did not take Su Mian’s words to heart. Just what can their children even do to make money?
In this era, their village had no television channels at night. The winter night descended early and the family went to sleep after dinner.
Su Mian’s parents slept in the rightwing building while the leftwing was occupied by the two children. The building was partitioned into two small rooms, and Su Mian had the inner room while Su Jin Long had the outer room.
After turning off the light, Su Mian impatiently entered the tower space.
She had been away from the tower space for three hours, which means nine hours had passed inside the space. Su Mian quickly ran to the medicinal field. She was disappointed to see that not even a single sprout had grown.
However, the medicinal field dried up very fast. She went to get a bucket of water and watered the field.
The tower space once gave her a notice. Physical points increase by 1. Total physical points 18.
Su Mian exited the tower space in a good mood and went to sleep.
On the next day, Su Mian was still asleep when she heard voices outside.
“Aunt He, please accept this. These were laid by our chickens, so it’s not really worth much money. Even the hospital doctors praised Su Mian’s first aid treatment. If not for her, my brother would have lost his life. Aunt, my brother’s life was saved by Su Mian. What’s it worth compared to a few eggs?”
Liu Er placed a basket of eggs on top of the kitchen counter, then left while shouting, “Aunt, my mom says that if you send them back, then she would send it back to you by any means.”
“We really can’t accept this.” He Qin picked up the basket and wanted to run after him, but Su Jiang Hai walked out from the room, “Just keep it. This is part of the Liu Family’s kind intentions. In the future, we can just compensate them in another way. Let’s use them to make some steamed cake for the kids.”
Su Mian was currently listening to what was happening outside when golden words suddenly flashed in front of her.
You have received a positive evaluation from a patient’s family member. Kindness points increase by 1. You have 6 kindness points in total.
Su Mian immediately became excited. This made her even happier than receiving the basket of eggs. It appeared that receiving a positive evaluation from others would also award her with kindness points.
In the morning, He Qin made a bowl of steamed cake and placed it in front of the children. Then, she also placed leftovers from the night before in front of Su Jiang Hai and herself.
Su Mian’s heart ached a little. He Qin and her father would always give her little brother and her the best they had. Why didn’t she cherish such great parents in her previous life?
Su Mian scooped a large portion of steamed cake into He Qin’s bowl, “Mother, you should eat. You’ve recently become thinner.”
He Qin looked at the steamed cake in her bowl, and her eyes reddened. When had Su Mian ever passed food to her? “You and your brother should eat it too. The both of you are still growing. Mother is already very old, so there’s no need.”
