Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 7 Short-term Goals
Wang Chunhua took out a few potatoes and slowly peeled them with a kitchen knife. She was lazy and slow at doing things, so to outsiders it looked like she was reluctant.

"Why worry about how other people live? Just live your own life well."

Chen Meidi retorted to her daughter in a bad mood. She was also full of doubts, but she felt that judging from the results, there didn't seem to be any problem.

The points were still distributed.

Without these people holding her back, as long as she worked harder, the family would definitely be able to live a good life and there would be no problem in saving up a fortune for her son.

"If they can't make ends meet, they will just come to us for support," Wang Chunhua said heartlessly.

"Huh, he can come whenever he wants?"

"If they come, can my uncle still chase them away? Forget about the two little ones. Qiutang is my uncle's biological son. Even if I don't like him, I can't just watch him starve to death, right?"

"If Yu Dejin dares to do that, I will never forgive him," Chen Meidi snorted coldly. Seeing Wang Chunhua's slowness, she felt even more annoyed. "If you are quick, someone will die. Are you embroidering?"

"Oh." Wang Chunhua was neither hurried nor slow, still maintaining the same pace, "Mom, do you think Chunmei can find a partner?"

"I'm peeling potatoes for you. You're really busy with so many things. Which of them are you worried about?"

"Oh," Wang Chunhua smiled, "I'm just curious. I'm a healthy person like me but I'm bullied. How can a man stand a disabled person like her? I think no one will want her for the rest of her life."

"What are you talking about my third sister?" Yu Qiushi came over and asked curiously.

Chen Meidi didn't answer and threw the broom on the kang. "Stay away from them in the future. After the separation, don't get together all day long. Do you hear me... Especially you, Yu Qiushi, have some backbone and don't get close to them for no reason!"

"Can't we even play together?"

"no!"

"Just play for a short while every day?"

"No means no, your butt is itchy, isn't it?"

"Oh." Seeing his mother's face turn dark, Yu Qiushi did not insist, but he did not understand what the family division was about.

Yu Qiutang came in carrying a whole layer of white flour buns. The three people who were waiting anxiously were immediately surprised. They saw Yu Qiutang put it on the railing and just stared at the buns for a while, not daring to move.

"Come, eat some steamed buns to fill your stomach first." Yu Qiutang called everyone to come and eat, but the three of them came over and still stared at the steamed buns nervously.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you eating?" Yu Qiutang was puzzled. "We won't serve any food at noon. Just eat something and get some water later."

Yu Qiutang naturally thought of the way they ate steamed buns in the past. If they ate steamed buns without any vegetables, the children and grandchildren at home would definitely not be able to eat them. They had to eat them with vegetables. He thought these people were thinking about this.

"Tangtang, why did you bring the white flour steamed buns over here?" Yu Chunmei asked nervously.

"Bring it here and eat it."

"But white flour buns are only eaten by uncle, mom and Qiushi. We eat corn flour and sorghum steamed buns."

"Yeah~" Yu Xiaowei and Yu Xiaoyun nodded in unison.

"Huh?" Yu Qiutang suddenly remembered that at this time in his previous life, marginalized people like them could not eat white flour buns.

Every time after steaming the buns, Chen Meidi would put them in a basin, bring it to their room, and secretly give them to her children to eat.

Gradually, everyone got used to it.

"Eat. From now on we will eat white flour buns for every meal. No, we will not only eat white flour buns, we will also eat meat." Yu Qiutang picked up a steamed bun and handed it to Yu Xiaoyun, saying with great pride.

Yu Chunmei and the other two looked at him anxiously.

Especially Yu Xiaoyun, who didn't know what to do with the steamed bun in her hand.

"Uncle, you should send it back. If you eat this, I will definitely beat you." Yu Xiaowei took the steamed bun from his sister and put it back into the steamer. He was sensible beyond his age. "What are you afraid of? No one can beat me in the future, and no one dares to touch you," Yu Qiutang recalled the strength he had when he held his father's arm before, and said with a smile, "I will protect you. Come, eat!"

He handed the steamed bun back to Yu Xiaoyun, took one for himself, bit off half of it, and started chewing it in big mouthfuls.

"Then I ate?"

Yu Xiaoyun actually wanted to eat steamed buns. She was hungry, and the hot buns were still steaming from the steamer, which tempted her so much that her mouth was watering.

"Eat with confidence." Yu Qiutang continued to encourage.

Yu Xiaoyun then tore off a small piece and put it into her mouth, feeling the sweetness of the steamed bun. She was reluctant to chew it and almost dissolved it into her stomach with her saliva.

"Is it delicious?" Yu Qiutang asked.

"Yeah, delicious!"

"Then eat more and eat your fill. Grow up quickly and I'll find you a good partner."

"uncle……!!"

Yu Xiaoyun turned her face away from Yu Qiutang, her ears red.

"You guys eat too, eat quickly because you still have work to do."

Yu Xiaowei and Yu Chunmei then started eating. Soon each of them finished two. Actually, they were not full, but they were unwilling to eat any more.

"Save it for lunch after dinner." Yu Xiaowei said sensibly.

"Weiwei is right. I'll be full after eating two of these big steamed buns." Yu Chunmei looked much better after replenishing her energy. "Tangtang, you said we still have work to do. What are we going to do?"

Yu Qiutang saw that no one was willing to eat more, so he didn't force them. As their lives got better later, they had more than enough white flour buns to eat, so they all ate their fill.

He asked Yu Chunmei to put the steamed buns in the basin, and then the four of them gathered on the kang and started the first meeting to separate the family.

"Third sister, Xiaowei, Yunyun, we are now separated. You all know what separation means, right?"

All three nodded.

Yu Xiaoyun is younger than Yu Qiushi, but as she lives under someone else's roof, she is much more sensible than Yu Qiushi.

"Okay, then starting today, the four of us will form a new family. Since it's a family, there must be a head of household. Third sister, you are not in good health, and Weiwei and Yunyun are both young, so I will be the head of household. Do you agree?"

"agree!"

"agree!"

The two children naturally followed Yu Qiutang's lead. Yu Chunmei smiled gently and said, "Tangtang, Third Sister will follow your arrangements."

"Okay, you all believe me, I will definitely not let you down," Yu Qiutang sat cross-legged, full of fighting spirit, "Now let me tell you about our family's long-term and short-term goals..."

"Uncle, what is the goal?" Yunyun asked in a low voice.

“The goal is what we are going to do in the future.”

"Ah."

Yu Xiaoyun nodded. Her action once again made Yu Qiutang determined to send them to school. If they didn't study, she wouldn't even understand such a simple word as "goal".

"Let's talk about the short term first. If we want to live a good life, we must first have enough to eat, warm clothes, and a comfortable place to live, right?"

(End of this chapter)