Chapter 049: [Brother Zheng's Secret]
When they came to the field, the two families had already harvested more than half of the wheat.
"Everyone have a rest, have a meal." Gao Xiulan gently placed the basket in the lane and shouted loudly at the front.
Hearing the sound there, he didn't hesitate, and threw down his sickle and walked over.
"What are you doing?" Old Master Jiang sat cross-legged on the covered mat, grabbed the teapot next to him with a big mouthful of cow and drank it.
"Two vegetarian dishes, two meat dishes, and one cold tofu." Gao Xiulan said while pouring out the food, "Chunhua, eat quickly."
Xie Zheng sat outside, with most of his back exposed to the scorching sun. After seeing this, Xu Ning moved inside silently and patted the seat beside him.
Xie Zheng knew it, pursed his lips and chuckled, moved to Xu Ning twice, then took the chopsticks from his grandmother's hand, sighed at the food in front of him.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing at a young age?" Gao Xiulan looked at her grandson with laughter and cry.
"I can't eat it." Xie Zheng poured a cup of herbal tea, "I'll eat it later."
Mr. Jiang looked at him and said, "Let's lie down for a while at noon, and you will be able to finish the cutting soon in the afternoon."
The adults of the two families worked together to cut all the two acres of wheat today, and to go to another piece of land tomorrow morning to harvest the remaining one acre of wheat. Even if the Jiang family has finished cleaning up, the remaining two days will be the Xu family’s wheat.
Xu Ning naturally couldn't come to the field with the adults throughout the whole process. Although she didn't care, the day after tomorrow, she might have to follow her grandmother to watch the threshing machine in the village branch compound at home.
When she returned home that night, Xu Ning was so tired that her legs were trembling. This was the first time she had done such high-intensity physical labor when she returned. No one else was in such a state of mind.
"Aunt Jiang and I will cook tonight." Qin Xuejuan rolled up her sleeves and walked into the kitchen, saying to Xu Ning, who was sitting on the stool in the yard: "Don't sleep now, wait until the dinner is over before going to bed."
Xu Ning nodded and his spirit was obviously a little listless.
It was already the moon on the branches when they came back from the wheat field. In the afternoon, she did not slacken at all. The movements of bundling wheat became more and more skillful. The adults from both families praised Xu Ning for being able, but she felt that her performance today was just ordinary, and that her body was too tender.
Xie Zheng saw Xu Ning leaning against Xu Jianjun next to him. He knew that she was very tired today and said, "Let's go to my house for a while, and I will call you when I eat."
Xu Ning responded half a beat slow to understand the other person's words, shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid I can't wake up from sleep, so I'll go home to sleep after dinner."
She insisted, but Xie Zheng did not continue to persuade him. Anyway, he was not the one who was uncomfortable.
In the kitchen, Gao Xiulan was stewing fish, and while she was free, she sat on a small stool and chatted with Yu Chunhua.
"Ningning is a big girl in a blink of an eye. She followed her to the field last year and was able to work this year. I saw that this little girl was skillful and the wheat tied is better than ours."
Qin Xuejuan felt both distressed and relieved when she heard it, but she heard her mother-in-law saying, "Every child is like this, who knows what it will be like in a few days."
Qin Xuejuan was originally a little uncomfortable, but when she saw her mother-in-law's rare and gentle expression, she suddenly wanted to laugh.
I guess my mother-in-law was very proud, but she kept this kind of complacency in her heart.
Yu Chunhua is naturally happy. Can she still be angry if others praise her granddaughter?
Although she also knew that she had a bad personality and had a temper that was like rain, she was not less loving to her only granddaughter than her parents. During this period, she was the one who touched her the deepest feelings.
In the past, the child was so spoiled that she couldn't stand it. She also liked to be fake and clean. She thought about dressing every day but never washed clothes, let alone went to work in the fields. Now she was happy with such a change.
Gao Xiulan, who has been an old neighbor with Yu Chunhua for decades, couldn't tell what the old sister was thinking. She couldn't help laughing: "You are just a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart. Do you think I can't tell what you are happy about?"
"Then what else are you talking about?" Yu Chunhua glared at the other party with a angrily look, "That's my granddaughter. How can I not know when I become sensible?"
"Okay, okay, just do whatever you say." Gao Xiulan was so happy that she couldn't stop talking about it. "But I feel sorry for looking at it. This white and tender and delicate little girl has become a hot girl after one day. I will go back tonight and say that she won't let her go tomorrow, stay at home."
"Who cares about her?" Yu Chunhua didn't say that she would agree, nor did she say that she would not agree. She bent down and added firewood into the stove.
In the courtyard, the evening breeze was cool, and Xu Ning leaned on his father's shoulder and narrowed over.
"Oh my eldest daughter..." Xu Jianjun turned his head and looked at his confused daughter, feeling extremely distressed. He had never seen Xu Ning who was tired and fell asleep.
But now she is about to have supper, so she must not be able to sleep like this, and she still has to wake her up.
"Dad, don't pinch my face." Xu Ning muttered and opened his eyes when he noticed Xu Jianjun's palm resting on her face.
Xu Jianjun laughed, "Are you not asleep?"
"I'm not so tired yet." After sitting up, she thought for a while, she stood up with her knees, "I'll go home first."
"What are you doing? You'll have dinner right away."
"Come back in ten minutes."
When she got home, she found two clothes and entered a small house next to the kitchen. It was the place where their house took a bath. Although there was no solar energy, Xu Jianjun placed a black plastic bucket on the roof. He could take a shower one night after sunbathing during the day. Although the water temperature was a little hot, it was not very hot.
Although I had washed one before, I quickly sweated and my arms were itchy.
This situation can only be endured and it will recover naturally after a few days.
When Xie Zheng came in, he saw Xu Ning wearing a white short-sleeved top and combing her long wet hair in front of the main hall. To be honest, it was a bit tempting.
"Super is coming soon," he said.
Xu Ning lifted his hair and looked at him, "I'll go there right away."
While talking, he lifted his long hair behind his back, and didn't care whether he would wet his clothes later. He followed Xie Zheng over while walking on his slippers.
A rich fragrance was blown into Xie Zheng's nose by the evening breeze, which was sweet and itchy, but it didn't make people feel sick.
That night, Xie Zheng almost suffered from insomnia without any accidents. He woke up in the morning and found an unspeakable secret.
Gao Xiulan, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, looked at her grandson's insane appearance and smiled and said, "Didn't sleep well? Was she exhausted yesterday? You and Ningning will just watch the thresher at home tomorrow."
"...I know." That little bit of physical work is not tiring, and the reason is not this at all, but how could he say it?
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What secret is like a real thing, but nothing but a dream.
Xie Zheng: Fuck you shut up.
Chapter completed!