Chapter 5 Grandpa, Go Pick Up the Hare
Aunt Jiang gave birth to four children, but only one son, Jiang Daguo.

Her son is already 35 years old, but his wife has not given birth to a baby yet. This makes Aunt Jiang very anxious, and she has become so worried that most of her hair has turned gray.

When she heard that she could get pregnant after recuperating, Aunt Jiang immediately changed her attitude and waved her hand, saying, "Okay, just take a rest and get pregnant soon. Daguo is already 35 years old. If you don't get pregnant, are you deliberately trying to make our Jiang family extinct?"

After saying that, Aunt Jiang glared at Liu Xihua fiercely, turned around with a stern face, and left the room.

Liu Xihua couldn't help but feel a little surprised, blinking her eyes and thinking to herself: Huh? My mother-in-law didn't ask me to cook anymore?

She touched her belly, sighed, and hoped that she could be pregnant.
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Lunch was ready. Jiang Daguo and his two sisters set the table. Grandpa Jiang returned home from working in the fields.

He was disabled in his left leg and walked with a limp. He could not do the work that required a lot of work in the team, such as digging ditches and carrying loads. He could only do the easy work that women did, such as weeding, fertilizing, and dusting.

The easier the work, the fewer work points you get.

The fewer work points you have, the less money and grain you will get at the end of the year.

Uncle Jiang put down his hoe and casually hung his straw hat on a bamboo nail on the wall.

Jiang Meilan, the youngest daughter of the Jiang family, has always been outspoken. When she saw her father coming back, she immediately couldn't wait to say, "Dad, my sister-in-law picked up a baby girl from the hospital!"

In fact, someone from the same village had already told Uncle Jiang about this when he was on his way home.

Those people made fun of him severely.

Uncle Jiang returned home with a lot of anger in his heart.

Hearing his little daughter's words, Grandpa Jiang's face became extremely cold and gloomy. He walked silently to the dining table and sat down, sitting in the position at the top that was usually occupied by parents or elders.

"What about the child?"

"Dad, the child is here." Liu Xihua came out of the bedroom holding the child. "The child looks healthy and cute. She is not sick and has no physical disabilities. Daguo and I like her very much, so we brought her back."

She glanced at her father-in-law and spoke cautiously.

Jiang Daguo sighed helplessly, "Dad, Xihua's baby was not saved, so... we brought this child back."

Grandpa Jiang glanced at the child expressionlessly and shook his head at Jiang Daguo and his wife. "We don't have many laborers in our family, and you brought back a girl, which means we have one more mouth to feed. Besides, this girl will not be of any help to our family in the future."

Jiang Daguo frowned, "Dad, girls can also earn work points when they grow up. Look at Meihua, isn't she earning work points?"

Jiang Daguo has three younger sisters. The eldest sister, Jiang Meizhi, is married. The second sister, Jiang Meihua, just turned 18 this year and has been working in the production team for several years. The youngest sister, Jiang Meilan, is still in school and is the only child in the family who has reached junior high school.

Jiang Meihua glanced at her eldest brother and handed a wet towel to Uncle Jiang, "Dad, please wipe your hands."

Uncle Jiang took the towel and said sternly, "Meihua has worked in the team for five years, and the work points she earned are less than half of yours. How dare you bring this up!"

Jiang Meihua blushed and dared not say a word.

"When she grows up, she can study and go to college like Meilan." Jiang Daguo looked at his younger sister and said.

Uncle Jiang snorted coldly, "Humph! Meilan's teacher said that Meilan's grades are terrible and there is no way she can get into college! After finishing this semester, she won't have to go to school next semester. She can go to the fields with her sister to earn work points."

Jiang Meilan only scored 13 points in math yesterday, ranking last in the class. Even after being scolded by Uncle Jiang, she didn't dare to say a word. After pushing her bowl and chopsticks to Uncle Jiang, Jiang Meilan took her own bowl and ran to the yard to squat and eat.

Grandpa Jiang looked at the bowl and shook his head, saying, "A girl can't do hard labor, earns few work points, and can't make a name for herself in school. She might even be an ungrateful person in the future. After you raise her, she'll run away. Have you ever thought about this?"

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua looked at each other and shook their heads. "Dad, we are good to her, she won't be ungrateful."

Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed, the original owner didn't remember the favor.

But she will remember the favor. She will not be as stupid as the original owner and run to recognize her biological mother's family who do not like her.

[Xiaoxiao remembers En, Xiaoxiao likes the Jiang family and Grandpa. Grandpa, if you walk along the bridge of Team 3 this afternoon, you can pick up a wild rabbit.]

Uncle Jiang looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao in surprise. He actually heard the little kid’s thoughts?

Can you pick up a hare if you walk from the third team? Is that true?

The Jiang family lived in Team 5, and it was a bit far to go to the fields from Team 3. Uncle Jiang was skeptical.

"Have you named the baby?" Grandpa Jiang pointed at Jiang Xiaoxiao and asked Jiang Daguo.

"Not yet, Dad, please pick one for me." Jiang Daguo said.

"You are the parent, it's your turn to take it." Liu Xihua also said.

"Let's call him Xiaoxiao. I don't know if he can be raised because of his small nose, small face and small stature." Grandpa Jiang said, "Daguo, remember to take some time to register his name with the captain."

[Alas, I don’t want the small of big or small, I want the dawn of knowing, the dawn of knowing, the dawn of knowing. ]

Uncle Jiang added, "It's not the small in size, but the knowing in understanding."

He wondered in his heart, are he and this child connected? Why is he the only one who heard it? No one else in the family reacted.

What Uncle Jiang didn’t know was that only that person could hear Jiang Xiaoxiao’s inner thoughts.

Giving a name is a way of recognizing the child.

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua were both very happy, "I understand, Dad."

Although Uncle Jiang didn't say anything else, his face remained stern. During lunch today, no one dared to talk much and ate in silence.

After lunch, the Jiang family members got busy again.

Old Mrs. Jiang was the daughter of a landlord. She had never done farm work since she was a child. She considered herself of noble status and refused to work in the fields. She could only do housework or needlework at home, such as cooking, boiling water, making shoes, and knitting sweaters.

Liu Xihua is in confinement and has to take care of the baby, so she is resting in the room.

Uncle Jiang picked up a hoe and put on a bamboo hat, and went to the fields with Jiang Daguo and his eldest daughter Jiang Meihua.

The busy spring season does not wait for anyone, so the team leader asked everyone to go to the fields immediately after lunch.

Uncle Jiang remembered what he heard from Jiang Xiaoxiao, and did not take the previous route, but went around to Team Three.

Jiang Daguo and Jiang Meihua asked in confusion, "Dad, what are you doing over there in Team 3?"

Uncle Jiang wanted to verify whether what he heard was accurate, so he waved his hand at Jiang Daguo and Jiang Meihua, "I'm going to ask someone in Team 3 something, you guys go to the field first."

The brother and sister said "oh" and left first, carrying their shovels and hoes.

Uncle Jiang came to the dry bridge leading to the fields of Team 3, stood on the bridge and looked around.

After looking for a long time, I didn't see any hares.

He slapped his forehead, thinking that he must have been hallucinating. How could he hear the little baby's inner voice?
Uncle Jiang snorted glumly and walked across the bridge.

But at this moment, a hare rushed over from the field ahead and jumped into the dry ditch.

boom--

In a panic, he bumped into the pier of a small stone bridge and fell to the ground.

Uncle Jiang opened his eyes wide and there really was a hare!

He walked happily into the ditch and picked up the hare.

At this time, a man from Team 3 came over from the village and saw him standing in the dry ditch. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Isn't this Jiang Fugen from Team 5? What are you doing there?"

Uncle Jiang thought to himself that it was a good thing that he came early and waited, otherwise the hare would have been picked up by the people from Team Three.

"Oh, I picked up a dead hare." Grandpa Jiang proudly picked up the hare, shook it towards the people of Team 3, and said with a laugh, "The silly hare didn't look at the road and hit his head on the bridge pier."

(End of this chapter)