I wonder how she is now, and where she cuts in line.

“Uncle, I’ll go to work with you tomorrow too,” he said to the team leader.

The team leader waved his hand: "You finally have a few days off, and we're all happy to see you here. Just rest at home; you don't need to do any work in the fields."

“I don’t want to stay at home. You’ve all gone to the fields, and I’m bored at home by myself. I train every day in the army, and farm work is like a game to me. I’ll just treat going to the fields as a game.”

The team leader stopped forcing him to go: "Fine, once you get to the fields, you can work if you want, or wander around if you don't."

"Okay, Uncle."

At the educated youth settlement, Gu Mingzhou had been sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed) all afternoon and had already woken up. In order to make things easier these past few days, he had been eating at the educated youth settlement, but he didn't have any food rations himself. So he thought he would eat Lin Sisi's food first and then go buy some food to supplement Lin Sisi's rations.

While working in the fields, Lin Sisi wondered what gift Gu Mingzhou would give her.

People say that the more expensive the gift a man gives to a woman, the more he cares about her.

There were too many people at the educated youth settlement at noon, so it wasn't convenient for him to take it out. She wanted to finish her work quickly and go back early. There were only the two of them left at the educated youth settlement, and she wanted to see how much Gu Mingzhou cared about her.

Because she had something to look forward to, she worked exceptionally fast in the afternoon, working herself to the bone, and finished her daily quota before the end of the workday. She then had the team leader record her work points and returned to the educated youth settlement.

She was indeed the first to return. When she arrived at the educated youth settlement, the door to the female educated youth dormitory was locked. She went to the male educated youth dormitory first and called out, "Brother Mingzhou, you're here. I came back early on purpose."

"Oh," came a reply from inside.

Lin Sisi stood outside the door without going in, her heart filled with excitement. Would Brother Mingzhou just take out the gift and give it to her?

What gift will Mingzhou give her this time?

A women's watch? Clothes? Scarf, neck warmer? Or a radio?

She'd better close her eyes and wait for Mingzhou to give her a surprise.

While she was still immersed in her wonderful imagination, Gu Mingzhou came out of the dormitory and walked up to her.

He noticed that Lin Sisi had her eyes closed. What was she doing?

"Sisi".

Lin Sisi didn't look directly at him, a faint smile playing on her lips, and sweetly said, "Brother Mingzhou." "Hurry up and give me the gift, I'll open my eyes if you do."

Gu Mingzhou didn't understand what she meant, so he explained his own plans.

"Sisi, since I'm staying here for a few days, it will definitely be more convenient for me to eat with you. But it's inconvenient for me to bring food with me, so I'd like to eat yours first. I'll go to the county town tomorrow to buy some food and then return it to you."

Upon hearing his words, Lin Sisi felt a chill run down her spine, and then she abruptly opened her eyes.

Looking down, I saw that Gu Mingzhou's hands were empty. Where was the gift?

Not only did he not give her any gifts, but he also had to eat her food!

Lin Sisi was extremely disappointed.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Gu Mingzhou said, "Sisi, what's wrong? Are you unhappy that I'm eating your food? I know that you educated youth don't have enough food either. I'll go buy some tomorrow."

Lin Sisi quickly realized, "No, Mingzhou, I didn't mean you couldn't eat it. Do we need to be so clear about it?"

Did he buy her a gift or not?

Even after they all went to bed that night, Lin Sisi still hadn't seen her gift.

That means there are no gifts.

Lin Sisi didn't have one, and Lin Guanghui's desire for a gift was even more of a pipe dream.

The next day, after breakfast, Lu Zhengting went to work in the fields with the Li family.

They were going to dig peanuts in the field of the third team. During their midday break, Lu Zhengting wandered around and saw Gu Mingzhou walking out of the educated youth settlement when he arrived at the entrance.

Since the two knew each other, they greeted each other.

"Old Lu." Gu Mingzhou walked up to Lu Zhengting and said, "I didn't expect to run into you while I was visiting relatives here."

Seeing that Lu Zhengting was also dressed casually, he asked, "Old Lu, are you here to visit relatives too?"

"Yes, this is my maternal grandma's house. I've come to visit my grandma and my uncle."

Gu Mingzhou said "Oh," and then told Lu Zhengting, "I'm here to see my girlfriend. By the way, how many days off did you take?"

Lu Zhengting was stunned when he heard him say he was looking for a partner.