Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

In rural areas, a child who is given away belongs to someone else's family, and usually even his surname has to be changed. It was because the lame man was kind that he left a descendant for the Guan family.

To be honest, there are actually quite a few people in this team who are descendants of the servants brought by the Guan family back then. It's also because society is different now, otherwise it would be hard to say what Guan Jianguo is like.

Tan Yuan nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Guan Jianguo always gave people a sense of alienation. It turned out that there was such a connection between them.

It has been better in the past two years. It was really better in the past few years. Many families suffered because of a book. There is nothing much to say except sympathy for Tan Yuan.

According to the address Grandma Wang gave, Tan Yuan cut a piece of pork and walked towards Zhao Xiaosi's house.

She was just trying her luck. Everyone was at work at this hour and she didn't know if anyone from the Zhao family was there. If no one was there, she would have to wait until everyone got off work later and come back.

Zhao Xiaosi's home is at the very end of the brigade. There are many children in his family. In Zhao Xiaosi's generation alone, there are eight children, both boys and girls.

But even though there are so many people, the house is not big. The big yard makes the house inside look pitifully small.

Tan Yuan shouted loudly, but no one responded after a long time. She was about to turn around and leave. When she came back later, she saw someone walking out of the house.

"Sister Zhiqing, why is it you? Why are you here?"

It was Zhao Sanni. Zhao Sanni was there when Zhao Xiaosi delivered something to her last time.

When she saw Tan Yuan, her pale little face was filled with surprise. She hurried over and stood on tiptoe to open the door to the yard.

It's only been a few days and the child has become even thinner than before. Zhao Sanni, who was not fat to begin with, has now become as thin as a big-headed doll.

Tan Yuan suddenly felt a little depressed. These days, the more children a family has, the harder life becomes. The Zhao family is a typical example. If you want to survive, you have to try your best. As for whether they can grow up well, that depends on God's will.

"Sanni, where's your brother?"

She looked around but didn't see any sign of Zhao Xiaosi. She thought he must have gone to work. Thinking of this, she took out the things, prepared to give them to Zhao Sanni, and then left.

"My brother went to the mountains to look for cow dung and herbs."

Zhao Sanni's voice is still the same, a timid childish voice that sounds particularly endearing.

But Zhao Xiaosi is looking for cow dung and herbs? Doesn't he have to work?

Children in the brigade can also go to work in the brigade, cutting grass for pigs or pulling grass in the fields, and helping to turn the rice in the threshing ground during this season. Children can do these jobs, and if they are not tired, they can earn four to five work points a day.

Unlike working in the brigade, picking up dry cow dung in the mountains can be taken to the commune to exchange for money.

A piece of cow dung can be exchanged for two cents, but even this cow dung is not that easy to pick up, and you may not earn much in a day. Sometimes it is better to go to work.

So it was for the herbs? What did Zhao Xiaosi want the herbs for?

The brigade's clinic also collects medicinal herbs, but the price is so low that the people in the brigade are unwilling to go to the mountains to collect them, not to mention that if they encounter snakes or wild beasts, they will really lose both the money and the money.

Zhao Sanni was young and couldn't keep secrets, so when Tan Yuan asked her, she spilled the beans like a bamboo tube pouring out.

"Sister Zhiqing, they said my brother...my brother is dying, wuwuwu..."

Tears flowed like a river and could not be stopped.

Zhao Xiaoliu is three years younger than Zhao Sanni. He is only two years old this year and is still a real little kid.

On the day that Tan Yuan and the others disappeared, Zhao Xiaoliu fell ill with a high fever. The adults and boys in the family went out to look for Tan Yuan and the others, leaving only Zhao Sanni and her sister who was not much older than her.

Zhao Xiaosi fell off the bed at home and his head was bleeding. Zhao Erni ran to the clinic and called Grandpa Lin. The bleeding stopped, but Xiaoliu developed a high fever. Later, he took medicine, but the fever kept recurring.

"What did Grandpa Lin say?"

Was it because he went to look for her that no one in the Zhao family was at home that day?

Zhao Xiaoliu... Zhao Xiaoliu, she remembered that the Zhao family only had eight children, and this Xiaoliu...

I probably can't support it, at least I didn't support it in my previous life...

Her heart was heavy and she didn't know what to say.

"Sanni, can you take me to see Xiaoliu?"

I don’t know whether Zhao Xiaoliu had experienced this in her previous life, but no matter whether she did or not, this matter in this life was caused by her, and she couldn’t just stand by and watch.

The boy, who was only two years old, was now lying in a bamboo cradle, with an unhealthy redness on his face and his mouth dry and chapped. Tan Yuan felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

No wonder, no wonder Guan Jianguo asked her to come to the Zhao family. It turned out that it was all because of her that an innocent child became like this.

She washed her hands, picked up the water cup on the table, dipped her finger in it and put it to Zhao Xiaoliu's mouth. She felt his tongue pushing out, as if he wanted to drink water.

"What did Grandpa Lin say? Is there any other solution?"

If there is still hope, then she must do her best. If it is a matter of money, she really has a way.

Zhao Sanni stood on tiptoe and tried to look into the cradle, recalling what Grandpa Lin had said at that time.

"Grandpa asked to take me to the county hospital, but there was no money at home, so my grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters all went out to find ways to make money."

She only hated that she was too young and had no way to make money, so she could only stay at home obediently.

It's all about money...

"Sanni, stay home obediently. If anyone comes back and asks, just say that your sister took your brother to the county hospital."

The child was in such a state, Tan Yuan could not wait any longer. She picked up the child, said a few words to Zhao Sanni, and ran out the door.

Zhao Sanni had short legs and couldn’t catch up with Tan Yuan, so she could only shout from behind.

"Brother... Xiaoliu..."

What if her family knew that she had lost her brother?

Just as she finished her voice, the door next to her house was opened, and Guan Jianguo walked out with a sullen face.

"Sanni, what's going on? What happened to your brother?"

The two families lived next door to each other, and he could hear any movement in the Zhao family, so he was able to arrive so quickly.

Zhao Sanni cried and pointed in the direction where Tan Yuan left: "Brother, the educated youth sister took you away."

Taken away? Guan Jianguo asked a few more questions, then patted Zhao Sanni on the shoulder.

"It's okay, just go back and wait, your brother and sister will bring your brother back."

He didn't expect Tan Yuan to be so quick. He had just told her this morning, and it hadn't been long before she came to him.