Sun Tian led his colleagues from the cookhouse to clear out a piece of land at the back of the mountain so as to grow vegetables and raise livestock. Half a year later, there was enough food for everyone in the troops!
Not long after that, Sun Tian reached the army's retirement age and returned to his hometown. However, his wife fell seriously ill and was bedridden and he needed a lot of money for her treatment. Xia Mao felt that Sun Tian could take up a position at Qiao Mei's company. It would allow Sun Tian to do what he did best and also alleviate the difficult situation that his family was in.
"Auntie Sun, why are you sitting here by yourself? Where's Uncle Sun? Why don't I see him?" Qiao Mei walked into the courtyard with bags of stuff and asked Auntie Sun.
Sun Tian's hometown was very far from the capital. In order to make it easier for him, Qiao Mei had renovated the small house onsite so that his family could live there.
