Chapter 005: The Despairing New Name, Tuni
His elder brother and sister-in-law were incredibly efficient, they must have been eager to hurry them back, the next day they found a donkey cart, they didn't bring much stuff when they came, so they packed up and got on the donkey cart ready to leave.
Only his father came to see him off, and his elder brother and sister-in-law didn't even show their faces. His mother also didn't come out. Zhong Gensheng couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart, it was very complicated.
His father sighed and said: "You don't have to suffer either, your mother and I followed your elder brother, you... also be considerate of us..."
"Dad, I'm not blaming you... " Zhong Gensheng said with a bitter face: "In theory, as a son, I should support you until old age, but I don't have the ability for now. Later... You and mom can follow big brother, when life gets better, I will come to visit you, and also send money for your old-age care through someone, although it's not much, Dad, you and mom can bear with me a little bit..."
He cleared his throat, even a rustic laborer would feel a little guilty, after all, he was old and didn't say anything.
Zhong Gen Sheng no longer hesitated, took his wife and children onto the donkey cart, and drove towards the city gate.
Shen Sisi sighed as she listened, it's all because of poverty... even if people say that the poor will fight over a small piece of land, but... if conditions were slightly better, they wouldn't be looked down upon like this, especially not by their own parents...
The atmosphere on the donkey cart was a bit heavy, He Ahxiu but Zhong Gensheng's mood wasn't good, he forced a smile and said: "Dad, the little girl hasn't been named yet..."
Shen Sisi's heart skipped a beat, and she wailed repeatedly, "No, no, no! Don't give me a name that's going to explode!"
Unfortunately, Zhong Gensheng couldn't hear her inner monologue and only murmured: "Let's just call her Tuni. We farmers spend our whole lives digging for food in the earth, hoping that there won't be any natural disasters in the future and that the land won't disappoint us, so we can make a living..."
What's wrong with you?
"Ah......" Shen Sisi clenched her fists and burst into loud sobs, this name... was just too, too despairing, I'm going crazy...
Tuni is eight years old, oh, never mention this name again. If you were called this name for a whole eight years, what would it feel like? It's... just hearing it makes me tremble with fear, I'd rather glare to death the person who calls out this name...
So she strongly protested and demanded a name change as soon as she could speak, but unfortunately the protest was ineffective. To this day, she is still called Tuni.
What kind of days have these eight years been?! Shen Sisi wept uncontrollably.
The Zhong family was really too poor, they had been renting the landlord's land for eight years and paying 60% of their income as rent. The remaining amount had to support six mouths in the household, it was really tough. As for meat... that was even more out of the question. Occasionally when Zhong Genshen caught some game, he would absolutely sell it to exchange for oil and salt. They could only eat meat during Chinese New Year or festivals. Shen Sisi, who didn't usually eat fatty meat, now salivated at the sight of it...
Clothes, let alone, she is eight years old and has always worn the old clothes of her three older brothers. So now she really can't tell whether she's a boy or a girl. The village children who play with her all subconsciously think she's a boy, only when they call out her name Tuni do they suddenly realize she's a girl... but this realization is not very high.
Poor, really poor, too poor...
She sighed, at the age of eight, looking at her small arms, a bit speechless. Although she had a modern soul, she didn't have the wisdom to live in ancient times, especially under such poor living conditions.
