Chapter 248

The Mid-Autumn festival came and went in the blink of an eye.

Mother Tong dreamed about Tong Zhenzhen suffering at the farm and woke up feeling awful. She kept thinking about her dream while she was at work that day. As such, she phoned the farm during her break. Even though Tong Zhenzhen had shown her mother that she was humbly and voluntarily staying at the farm, she, of course, did not mean that. Who would want to stay at an awful place like the farm?Never mind that she was always exhausted from work every day, she would also not have enough to eat or get enough sleep. What was even worse was that she would be lectured from time to time. She thought that even if her parents couldn’t get her out of there, they would at least do something to improve her current situation.Lo and behold, they didn’t do a thing!She couldn’t believe it!As such, she did not sound pleasant at all when she answered Mother Tong’s call. “Why are you calling me at this hour? I still have work to do on the farm.”Mother Tong felt even worse when she heard about farm work. “How have you been, Zhizhi? Are you well? Do you have enough to eat?”Mother Tong had planned to have someone drop some supplies off at the farm during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Women’s Association had an event during the festival that had her running around like a chicken with its head cut off. By the time she recalled her intentions later that day, it was already too late. Tong Zhenzhen rolled her eyes. “How could anything be good at this ungodly place? The food is long gone!”Mother Tong said quickly, “I’ll send you some. What would you like?”Tong Zhenzhen felt better when she heard that. “Mom, I am also out of money. Can you send some over to me?”Mother Tong quickly agreed to her request. Then she lowered her voice and gave Tong Zhenzhen some good news. She told her that the political atmosphere had been getting better and they might be able to get her out sooner. Tong Zhenzhen was not pleasantly surprised at all when she heard that. She knew better than anyone else that the political atmosphere would only improve from this point forward. Except that there were still 9 months left in her sentence. She wasn’t sure she was going to last that long!Mother Tong had no idea what was going through Tong Zhenzhen’s head and continued to yak. Tong Zhenzhen was in no mood to listen to her chatter. As such, she cut her off abruptly and said, “Have you visited my siblings on the other side yet?”Mother Tong’s hand tightened, and after a short pause, she said, “Yes, I have. And they had already forgiven you.”For the first time after she picked up the call, a smile finally appeared on Tong Zhenzhen’s face. “Mom, do visit them often for me. My adoptive parents are gone, and it’s sad that they are all orphaned.”Mother Tong promised her that she would, but she stuck her lips out after she hung up on the phone. There was no way she would go and visit those kids!Mainly she did not want to see Tong Xuelu. After all, she had raised a white-eyed wolf all these years. Never mind that she hadn’t visited them regularly. She didn’t even come over for the Mid-Autumn Festival. What an ungrateful thing!***Tong Xuelu sneezed in the kitchen. She wondered if Wen Rugui was thinking about her. The day and age that they were living in was really very inconvenient. There was no phone or cellphone, and they were not so far apart in distance to write letters to each other. As such, all they could do was think about each other. Tong Xuelu stopped Guo Weiping, who was walking past her, and said to him, “Xiao Guo, you are going to start learning how to cook from me today.”Guo Weiping’s eyes widened in surprise. He shook his hands incessantly when he recollected himself. “Oh no, I can’t. I haven’t even mastered chopping vegetables yet!”Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes. “You have lots of time to perfect that. I’ll teach you a few simple stir-fries. They are easy.”Chef Meng was the kind who would spend ten years grinding a piece of metal down to a needle. That was too long. She was the only chef at the restaurant right now, so she couldn’t even take any time off. That was too inconvenient. Mainly, she would not be able to take time off to go on dates if she didn’t train Guo Weiping. Many others would take any opportunity there was to learn sneakily. Low and behold, Guo Weiping wouldn’t even do it when the opportunity presented itself in front of him. Tong Xuelu spent a long time trying to convince him. It was very bizarre.