The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 134 Despicable Heart_1

Chapter 134: Chapter 134 Despicable Heart_1

Sister Wu said this, laughing all the while.

But it wasn’t a laugh of mockery; it was one of admiration and envy. He Tiantian, such a young girl, was doing better than those older educated youth, which really surprised them!

Compared to Lin Xiaoru and Huang Jingli, He Tiantian had much better people skills.

"You’re laughing at me!" He Tiantian scolded playfully, "All right, enough of that. When are you leaving? Have you bought your train tickets?"

Sister Wu’s face fell as she said, "We’ve already issued the certifications. Tomorrow morning, Wang Lei and Zhang Qingshan will go to buy tickets, but who knows if we’ll be able to get any."

He Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "How about this, if possible, you can try the post office and see if you can meet Niu Dajun. If you run into him, he might be able to help you buy the tickets."

Overhearing this outside, Wang Lei said, "Right, we even had dinner together last time, and we talked a bit."

Wang Lei was a lively fellow, sensible in speech and action, and had hit it off with Niu Dajun. Asking Niu Dajun to help buy tickets should work out.

"Okay, we’ll first see if we can get tickets tomorrow, and if not, then we’ll look for help. After all, Niu Dajun has his job to do. If we can avoid bothering him, we will," Zhang Qingshan said. After all, it was the New Year period, and there were many letters to deliver; they felt guilty for any delays they might cause to Niu Dajun’s work.

"Well, it’s up to you then. I wish you a century of happiness and to grow old together," said He Tiantian sincerely. Finding like-minded, loving partners during those difficult times was truly not easy.

With scant material wealth and rich spirits, one could still lead a somewhat happy life.

After chatting with He Tiantian for a while, the four said their goodbyes and left, not wanting to disturb He Tiantian’s rest.

He Tiantian had Third Grandma Qi pack some pine nuts for them to eat on the train as a return gift.

After they left, He Tiantian and Third Grandma Qi had lunch, and then Third Grandma Qi shut her in the room to lie down, insisting she wasn’t allowed to go out!

In the afternoon, Niu Dajun came to deliver mail.

Qi Shuli wanted to withhold the letter, but Niu Dajun had already told Qi Xiaoyan to get He Tiantian to take it.

Knowing that He Tiantian was lying down to rest, Qi Xiaoyan then came over and said, "Second Uncle Qi, Sister Tiantian hasn’t been well for the past couple of days and can’t come over. She asked me to come and get the mail for her, just give it to me."

Qi Shuli forced a smile, clearly very unhappy inside. He felt guilty for not having been able to help his nephew before.

"Hehe, technically, I could give it to you. However, there is a rule that the mail must be delivered directly into the hands of the recipient. Since Comrade He Tiantian is not feeling well, let’s wait until she gets better, and then she can come over to get it," Village Chief Qi said with a chuckle, acting as if it was all perfectly reasonable, thinking that Qi Xiaoyan was being impolite.

Hearing this, Qi Xiaoyan knew that Qi Shuli was harboring ill will, and without showing any surprise, she said, "Sister Tiantian will definitely want to see her letter as soon as she knows it has arrived. Since Sister Tiantian is unwell, how about we bring the letter to her together?"

This little girl was trying to show attitude in front of him.

If he couldn’t deal with her father, it would be a poor show if he couldn’t handle this little girl as well, after all his years of experience.

"Xiao Yan, it’s not that your Second Uncle is unwilling to deliver it!" Qi Shuli said with a pained expression, sighing, "You see, I have so many accounts on this table, how could I find the time to deliver it personally? And with the end of the year approaching, there are grain distributions and Grain Coupons to sort out for each family. Moreover, if you look at this letter, you would know it’s from the army; it must be collected in person."

The more Qi Xiaoyan listened, the more frustrated she became; Qi Shuli was indeed as crafty as her parents had said, full of schemes!

Qi Shuli was right, his words reasonable, even though Niu Dajun knew in his heart that Qi Shuli was doing it on purpose, but he couldn’t speak up for Qi Xiaoyan.

"Alright then, Brother Dajun, you wait here for a bit, I’ll go call Sister Tiantian to get the letter. To prevent Second Uncle Qi from being so busy he forgets someone else’s letter again," Qi Xiaoyan said angrily and turned to leave.

Qi Shuli was embarrassed by Qi Xiaoyan’s public rebuke, but since Qi Xiaoyan was the daughter of Village Chief Qi and his junior, it wouldn’t be right to stoop to such childish bickering.

"Ah, the girl is mad now." In front of Niu Dajun, Qi Shuli held back his frustration and forced a smile, "It’s tough for me too, official business has to be done impartially even if it offends people. Dajun, you see, I’m genuinely busy, I don’t mean to not deliver it!"

Qijia Village was just a tiny place, one could deliver a letter on the way home for a meal.

It was clearly an excuse.

"Hehe, yes, it’s busy at the end of the year," Niu Dajun said with a chuckle, as if he hadn’t detected Qi Shuli’s malicious intent at all.

Since Niu Dajun didn’t give the letter to him, Qi Shuli couldn’t just reach out and ask for it.

When Qi Xiaoyan went to find He Tiantian in a huff, He Tiantian had just woken up.

"Sister Tiantian, hurry up and get dressed, you’ve got a letter, from the person who sent the previous one," said Qi Xiaoyan. "I told Qi Shuli that you’re not feeling well, and I’d collect it on your behalf, but he just refused to give it to me. When I suggested he could deliver it, he said he was too busy checking the accounts to do so and told you to get the letter yourself when you’re better. Worried he might lose the letter, I asked Brother Dajun to wait there while I came to call you."

As soon as He Tiantian heard there was a letter, she knew it must be from Huo Yingjie and hurriedly got dressed.

Actually, He Tiantian had already recovered today, but Third Grandma Qi was worried about He Tiantian and had insisted she not get up.

Seeing that He Tiantian wanted to go get the letter, Third Grandma Qi couldn’t stop her and told her to go and come back quickly.

In front of Qi Shuli, He Tiantian took the letter from Niu Dajun and walked away with a swagger.

The sun was almost setting, and Niu Dajun was going to stay at Qi Xiaoyan’s place today and return home early the next morning.

He Tiantian had wanted to ask about train tickets, but then she thought better of it and decided to let Wu Lei and Zhang Qingshan handle it, as buying train tickets would require an introduction letter from the village anyway.

He Tiantian also made a trip to the city lodge to inform them that Niu Dajun had arrived and was staying at Village Chief Qi’s house—if there was anything they needed, they could ask him about it.

Upon hearing this, Wu Lei and Zhang Qingshan hurried to Village Chief Qi’s house.

After chatting with Sister Wu and Ye Xiaofan for a while, He Tiantian went back to her own room.

He Tiantian intended to cook for herself, but Third Grandma Qi chased her out, not allowing her to do any work. Having fainted the day before, she was so frail, probably due to overwork recently. Third Grandma Qi was adamant in her belief.

He Tiantian read the letter inside her room and received many Grain Coupons. How afraid Huo Yingjie must have been that she wouldn’t have enough to eat!

In her previous life, Huo Yingjie must also have sent Grain Coupons, or money orders, which must have been misappropriated by Qi Jianguo and Qi Shuli, leaving her with nothing.

Thinking of the abundant pine nuts at home, He Tiantian wrote a reply to Huo Yingjie. There weren’t many roasted pine nuts at home at the moment, but once she caught a wild rabbit and made dried rabbit meat, she would roast more pine nuts and mail some meat to her parents and Huo Yingjie.