A young educated youth who repays his gratitude

"You have to agree if you don't agree." Yang Cailian slapped Huo Dahong, "I am your mother, so you have to listen to me.

"Be good, Baowa." Bai Lele put him on the kang, pinched his tender little face, "Eat oranges by yourself."

Huo Changqing left before he could eat the oranges he picked apart just now, and Bai Lele gave half of them to Bao Wa'er.

He ate the other half by himself.

Looking at the things on the kang, Bai Lele started to pack up after eating the oranges, and put most of them into mahogany boxes.

The remaining part was sent to the cupboard in the field for storage.

Huo Changqing's house is an east and west house, with a field in the middle. There is a stove in the east and two fire walls connected to each other.

There are five large tile-roofed houses, and the east and west two upper rooms have separate doors. When it was built, even the house where my younger brother would marry was also built.

It is the only one in the Linjiang brigade.

The yard is very big, Huo Changqing said there are six points of land, Bai Lele doesn't understand this, but the front and back yards look spacious and comfortable to live in.

Like a hardworking bee, Bai Lele rolled up her sleeves to tidy up, and checked to see if Huo Changqing had bought anything for the New Year.

He is familiar with this place, and he knows where to put everything, but he only finds a few catties of meat in the big tank in the yard.

The rest of Bai Lele didn't find anything.

Thinking that Huo Changqing's two younger brothers were not at home, there was probably no one to watch Baowa for him, so he couldn't go out to buy new year's goods.

That's good too, Bai Lele thought to himself: If you do it yourself, you can buy more and save Huo Changqing some money.

Bai Lele looked at Bao Wa'er who was obediently sitting on the kang, and felt sorry for Huo Changqing, who now had a heavier burden and had to raise three children.

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When Huo Changqing came back, he saw that the house had been completely tidied up, and all the piles of things on the kang had been put away.

Bai Lele and Bao Wa'er sat in a row against the fire wall, each holding a piece of apple in his hand and eating.

"came back."

Seeing him, Bai Lele hurriedly pulled him onto the kang, "Your ears are red from the cold, so you're not afraid of freezing."

He stretched out his hands to cover Huo Changqing's ears, with a distressed expression on his face, "I'll warm you up."

Huo Changqing's body froze, Bai Lele was very close to him face to face, and his warm breath fell directly on his face.

He lowered his eyebrows and sat still, until Baowa'er came over and stuffed an apple into his mouth, "Dad, eat."

"No need to warm up, I'm fine." Huo Changqing took the opportunity to pull Bai Lele's hand, hugged Bao Wa'er and said, "Daddy won't eat, you can eat by yourself."

"Eat." Baowa'er raised her head, persistently put it into his mouth, and called over and over again crisply: "Daddy, Daddy."

Bai Lele laughed straight at the sight, "I still miss you at such a young age."

"Child." Huo Changqing rubbed Baowa's head, "He will kiss whoever treats him well."

"What happened just now?" After Bai Lele asked, she handed him half an apple, "I left it for you."

Huo Changqing looked at the apple, but didn't pick it up, "Eat more if you like."

"I bought something for you to eat." Bai Lele put the apple to his mouth, "Quick, open your mouth and eat."

Seeing his bright smile, Huo Changqing couldn't help looking at his hand holding the apple, and opened his mouth to take a bite.

After biting it, she felt something was wrong. Feeling her face heat up, she reached out to take the apple that Bai Lele held up to her mouth.

Looking at the things on the kang when he left, Bai Lele had already packed them up, and the corners of his mouth could not help but bend slightly.

"I have to go out for a while." Huo Changqing said suddenly, "Maybe I will come back later."

"Ah?" Bai Lele was taken aback for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Is it what happened just now?"

"Yeah." Huo Changqing's expression was not good, "I'm going to the brigade headquarters, and I won't be back until I've dealt with it."

"Is it difficult?" Bai Lele pursed her lips and said worriedly, "I want to go and see too."

Huo Changqing has a bad temper, and keeps a straight face all day long, making people afraid to get close to him.

But because of his seniority, the Huo family members in the brigade always come to him when they have something to do, and he will do it when he gets angry.

"Go if you want." Huo Changqing saw his eyes full of expectation, and was silent for a moment, "You help me look after Baowa."

"Yeah." Bai Lele nodded happily, and picked up Baowa who was sitting beside her, "I'm holding him."

Huo Changqing took out a small quilt, unfolded it and spread it on the kang, "Come here, baby."

"Father." Bao Wa'er rushed over happily, lying down on the quilt, "Going out to play."

"You just know how to play." Huo Changqing nodded his little nose, and said to Bai Lele: "There are no children at home to play with him, so I look forward to going to someone else's house every day."

"He's too lonely by himself." Bai Lele said with a smile, "There's no child who doesn't like to play."

"He is very obedient. When I am busy, I just stay by myself." Huo Changqing wrapped Baowa well, picked him up and said, "Never cry or make trouble."

Bai Lele could tell that Huo Changqing liked Bao Wa'er very much, and his voice dropped a lot when he spoke.

As if afraid of scaring Baowa.

Bao Wa'er looked up at her fair little face, and looked at him with bright round eyes, Bai Lele's heart suddenly softened.

Who doesn't like such a child.

"Let's go." Huo Changqing greeted, and carried Baowa out, "Put on your scarf, it's windy outside."

"It's okay." Bai Lele didn't cover her face, "I'll be there in a while."

After coming out of Huo Changqing's house, after crossing two houses, it is the main road of the brigade.

Walk east along the dirt road for a few minutes, and you will reach the drying yard in the middle, where the brigade headquarters is.

To the west is a large courtyard with slogans written on the wall, and there are several old brick houses inside.

There were quite a few people around, but no one entered the brigade headquarters. They were all looking at the gate of the yard, obviously to see the heat.

"Uncle Changqing." A ten-year-old boy ran over and said, "You help Dahu and the others, we are bare-backed dolls."

"Why is your face so big?" Huo Changqing said in a bad tone, "I want to see your face, where did you get such a big face?"

"Hi!" The little boy didn't care about Huo Changqing's words at all, and said distressedly: "Our branch has nothing to use except you, so why don't you help?"

Bai Lele couldn't help laughing. This kid didn't look old, but he had a thick skin. He was obviously a hob.

"Little Bai educated youth?" The little boy heard him laugh, and then he noticed Bai Lele, his eyes widened in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Huo Xingrong." Bai Lele smiled, knowing that he was Huo Changqing's cousin's child, "I'm back, so naturally I'm here."

"Don't call me so born, just call me a dick."

"Get out." Huo Changqing watched him talk endlessly, "Stay here."

"Uncle." Erdan continued to say shamelessly: "It's not that you said about the separation of the family, otherwise how would Dahu and the others know, so you can help."

"You still say." Huo Changqing's face turned darker, "Get out immediately, don't let me see you."

After he finished speaking, he strode into the brigade headquarters.Bai Lele hurriedly followed behind, wondering what Erdan had just said.

Obviously now is not the time to ask.

As soon as I entered the brigade headquarters, I went directly to the place where the brigade held a meeting. There were more than [-] people sitting in it.

Most of them are in their 60s and [-]s, and there are very few of them at Huo Changqing's age.

"Sit here." Huo Xingguo, the team leader, greeted, "We're almost here, let's discuss about the children."

Bai Lele followed Huo Changqing, took Bao Wa'er and sat quietly, he was just a spectator.

It was just a few children standing in the middle of the crowd, Bai Lele looked at them with a slight frown, all of them were emaciated and some had injuries on their faces.

The most obvious one was a little girl, Lao Gao's face was swollen from the beating, and one eye was narrowed and she couldn't open it.

The boy next to her also had a badly bruised nose and swollen face, which made people feel distressed.

"Tell me what to do?" Huo Xingguo coughed, "The children are pitiful, with such a pair of parents."

He is in his 40s, his cheeks are thin and weathered, but his eyes are sharp and stern.

"We want to separate." The boy with a bruised nose and a swollen face said directly, "You can't exchange my sister for a bride price. It's not that our family can't afford food, but they just don't treat us as human beings."

"Dahu." The little girl pulled him hastily, looked around in fear, lowered her head and said, "Captain, can you give my dowry money to my younger brother and others, and don't let my parents give it to others."

Huo Dahong looked desperate, and said for his younger siblings: "My younger siblings still have to go to school. I want to use the gift money for them to go to school."

Bai Lele's eyes turned hot, her heart was beyond compare, what a sensible child.

How come there is a pair of confused parents.

He heard from Huo Changqing just now: These parents of these children have some good things at home, one of them picks up some good things from their natal family, and the other sends them to their own parents as a filial son, none of them takes care of the children at home.

"No." Dahu burst into tears, "I don't want my sister's bride price to go to school, my sister also wants to go to school."

As soon as he cried, the other younger ones also cried, and Bai Lele knelt down again when he saw the little boy who was looking for Huo Changqing.

"Captain, please save my sister." He cried loudly, "We won't let her marry, so let's divide the family."

"My mother wants to take the bride price from my sister to celebrate grandma's [-]th birthday and buy a gold ring." Dahu said, "My dad also agrees, saying that he will also buy it for grandma."

Good guy!Bai Lele thought for a while, let such a young girl get married, is this why?

"The money from the family's food sales was also taken away, and they were said to be lent to the second uncle's family as a bride price for their son." Dahu wiped away his tears, "No one cares about us, we will live by ourselves."

His voice fell, but no one spoke. It was obviously not easy to intervene in other people's housework.

After a moment of silence, the brigade leader said with a sullen face, "The brigade can only regulate housework and cannot make decisions for you."

He paused and said, "You can only ask Huo's elders, the brigade to do justice to you."

The captain looked at the Huo family elders who came here again, "You guys discuss it and see what to do?"

Bai Lele saw that those old people were whispering to each other and discussing this matter.

But what I heard was: both parents are present, and it is not in accordance with the rules for such a young child to separate.Some people sympathized with the problem of how to live for the children in the family.

Bai Lele looked at Huo Changqing, only to see that his face was cold, his brows were slightly frowned, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't speak a word.

There's no point in discussing it with anyone else.