Chapter 10: Do Not Waste Their Knowledge and Physical Strength

In her past life, she had faced death calmly because she didn't want to live anymore. But having been given a second chance and surrounded by so many loved ones, she certainly didn't want to die young.

So many people had wanted her dead in the past, yet she had survived. Now that there were people wishing for her death, she should live even better. Did every petty person think they could make her die?

"Dad, what are the educated youth sent to the countryside for?"

Captain Fang hadn't expected his daughter to ask this. "To build up the countryside."

"Then let them build the countryside; don't let their knowledge and physical strength go to waste."

Mother Fang, having finished cooking, called out, "Youyou..."

"Mom, I'm coming."

Mother Fang scooped out a bowl of the chestnut-stewed chicken she had made. "Take this to your grandparents, and while you're at it, call the little ones over."

"Where do Grandpa and Grandma live?"

"Forget it, I'll have your father take it."

"Old man, old man..."

Captain Fang also came into the kitchen and saw the chicken and chestnuts. "Did the sons send this?"

"Your daughter brought your grandsons into the mountains to get them. Take a bowl to Mother, and take Youyou with you."

The father and daughter not only went, but they also packed some chestnuts to bring to Uncle Fang's house.

"Why have you two come?" Uncle Fang was a bit surprised to see his second brother and his niece arrive together.

His niece, Youyou, used to say he always had a stern face and was afraid of him; even when she came to the house, she usually avoided him.

"To see Grandma."

Grandma Fang was indeed feeling unwell and was in her room; her meals were being brought to her.

The two Fang brothers had moved their sons out after they got married to avoid conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.

"Why does Youyou look thinner?"

"Auntie, I'm not thin. I actually want to lose weight; everyone says I'm fat."

"You're not fat, not at all. Being plump is a blessing. Whoever says you're fat isn't feeding you their rice, so why worry so much?" Auntie Fang scolded while comforting her.

"Take this to your grandma."

If they kept talking, they would end up eating lunch at the eldest aunt's house.

Fang Youyou carried the bowl of chestnut chicken to Grandma Fang's room.

"Grandma, I've come to see you."

The old lady was eating with the old man when she heard her granddaughter's soft, sweet voice.

"Youyou is here."

The room wasn't very big—just a bed, a cabinet, and two high stools.

"My mom stewed some chestnut chicken, so I brought you a bowl. I heard from my mom that you were sick."

She was very earnest.

Grandpa Fang watched from the side, understanding why his second son suspected his granddaughter had changed.

"I don't remember many things. Should I still go to school?"

Grandpa Fang suddenly felt a toothache. His granddaughter hadn't passed the entrance exam for middle school, and she felt she was too old to study with the younger children.

"If you want to go to school, you can. I'll go have a word with the old principal."

The Qingshi Brigade had its own school, and some of the teachers were educated youth.

"Thank you, Grandpa. I'll head back to eat now; I've been hungry for a while."

Could you say she wasn't like herself?

This appetite was exactly the same.

"Go on back then, don't let my eldest granddaughter go hungry. Once Grandma is better, I'll take you to your youngest uncle's place to eat candy."

The old lady was very fond of her granddaughter, Fang Youyou, and often took her to stay at her youngest son's house for a couple of days to eat meat and candy.

Fang Youyou could feel how frail the old lady was; her hands were so thin that it seemed like only a layer of skin wrapped around her wrinkled hands.

"Grandma, get well soon so we can go to Uncle's house sooner."

Grandma Fang smiled so wide that her teeth showed, revealing several missing ones. "Alright, Grandma will get better soon, and we'll go to your uncle's house to eat meat."