The rain in June comes suddenly. When people are still busy working in the fields, the clear sky is suddenly covered with dark clouds.

The heavy rain poured down on Qin Yao, who was weeding in the vegetable garden, and was caught off guard and got soaked. She quickly dropped the sickle in her hand and ran home.

The two newly built brick houses in the backyard have been roofed and covered with tiles, and the workers completed the work and left yesterday evening.

The big raindrops hit the newly covered green tiles with a crackling sound, and then formed lines and fell along the eaves.

Li brought a dry cloth, glanced at the new house in the backyard, and said jokingly, "This rain comes at the right time. It's a good opportunity to test the bricklayer's skills."

Qin Yao took the handkerchief and wiped the rain off her head and shoulders. She told Li to wait until the rain stopped and then go check if there was any leak in the newly built house. She returned to the bedroom and took advantage of the rain to lie down for a while.

The work in the vegetable garden is the easiest, but for Qin Yao, it is only slightly better than farming in the fields.

Unfortunately, she had promised Awang to take good care of his vegetable garden and to be honest, so she had to go even if she didn't want to.

However, Qin Yao's level of cooking was so poor that even Li, who had hardly worked in the fields, couldn't stand it.

Fortunately, the vegetables in those acres of vegetable fields are very tenacious and are even taller than the grass. They will have no problem surviving until housekeeper Awang returns.

This morning Liu Zhong came back from the county and brought back a letter from Liu Ji sent from the provincial capital.

Qin Yao had just sent the children to school and was busy tidying up Awang's precious vegetable garden when she came back, so she didn't have time to take a look.

Anyway, the letter came, which means both of them are fine.

Now that she had some free time and it was past nap time, Qin Yao took the letter in her hand, lay on the bed, and read the letter while listening to the sound of rain drops outside the window.

The content of the letter was unexpectedly concise. Liu Ji only said that the two of them had successfully arrived at the provincial capital and reunited with Qi Xianguan and others. Everything went well, so he told her not to worry.

The letter was written in Liu Ji's handwriting, but there was a darker water mark in the corner of the envelope.

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows, remembered something, stood up and walked to the candlestick, lit the candle, and placed the envelope over the flame to toast it.

Soon, a line of black writing appeared.

It was Awang's handwriting, and it said: Everything went well, and there was no spies following.

etc!

There is one more sentence.

[Madam, please remember to fertilize cucumber seedlings once a month. Too much fertilizer will damage the seedlings.]

"Hiss~" Qin Yao took a deep breath and looked towards the vegetable garden in the backyard. She had already watered it twice in the past half month. What should she do?

Serve cold!

Qin Yao pretended nothing had happened, put away the letter paper and envelope, put them in the drawer and locked it.

The heavy rain came and went quickly. Now that the rain has stopped, I rolled up my sleeves and continued weeding.

She said, why did the grass in the vegetable field grow so fast? It turned out that it was because the grass was fertilized along with the vegetable seedlings.

She had to go to town to pick up the children from home soon, so she didn't have much time left to mow the lawn.

Qin Yao swung the sickle with great force, and she couldn't tell whether there were more innocent seedlings or weeds in the pile of weeds at her feet.

The sun shone down again, baking the rain on the ground, and a unique earthy smell spread in the air.

The stationery factory cafeteria had closed for business. Yin Le took a deep breath of air. She liked the earthy smell after the rain; it made her feel particularly at ease.

After taking two deep breaths of the air, Yin Le changed into old clothes and walked towards the small courtyard on the other side of the river.

At the bridge, I unexpectedly saw a unfamiliar figure.

"Liu Yang?" Yin Le called out uncertainly.

Liu Yang, holding something in his hand, turned around and saw that it was Yin Le. He nodded at her slightly embarrassedly.

"Are you going to Master's house too?" Yin Le asked curiously.

Liu Yang nodded and raised the notebook in his hand, "Yes, I have something to say to the village chief."

Yin Le gestured for the two to go together.

Liu Yang let her go first, and he fell behind by about fifty meters, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yin Le looked back at him and felt that this man was as dumb as a piece of wood. He was too lazy to be polite with him, so he hurried to his master's house, said hello to Li in the same courtyard, and spontaneously went to the firewood shed to start today's firewood chopping work.

After she had chopped several pieces of firewood, Liu Yang came to the door, knocked on it, and asked loudly, "Is the village chief home?"

Mrs. Li, who was hanging clothes to dry, quickly put down her work and came out to greet him. Seeing that it was Liu Yang, she invited him to sit in the main room and said:

"Madam has gone to town to pick up the young master and young lady, but she will be back soon. If you are not in a hurry, I will make a cup of tea. Can you wait here for a while?"

Liu Yang nodded, and uncomfortably found a seat in the main room and sat down to wait.

Li brought some cold tea and a plate of snacks before going back to work.

The yard was very quiet, and the sound of chopping wood was particularly clear. Liu Yang looked towards the source of the sound curiously. The woodshed was half blocked by the kitchen, and he could only see a pair of hands with sleeves rolled up high, revealing two sections of white arms. They were holding an axe, raising it high, and then chopping it down fiercely!

The force caused the muscles on the two white arms to tense instantly, showing a surging sense of power.

Liu Yang picked up the teacup and swallowed a sip of tea, and suddenly an old saying came to his mind - don't judge a book by its cover; don't judge the depth of the sea by its depth.

The sound of chopping wood in the woodshed lasted for a full quarter of an hour before it stopped.

Yin Le put down the axe, looked at the shadow of the tree cast on the wall, and estimated the time he had spent today.

He smiled in surprise, "It's half an incense stick faster than yesterday!"

He clapped his hands, informed Li, and strode towards the main room.

There was a teapot on the table. He picked up the teapot, filled it with water, drank a bowl of it, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and ran out of the door with a smile.

There is still a five-kilometer jog to do, and I will try to have dinner on the table today.

Liu Yang sat silently by the door of the main room the whole time, until the figure ran out with a smile, then he came back to his senses.

He frowned in some surprise and asked Li: "What is she going to do?"

"Ah?" Mrs. Li, who was busy steaming buns, didn't realize who he was asking. When she saw Liu Yang pointing outside the door, she smiled and said, "Oh, Miss Le. She went out for a run. As long as it doesn't rain, she can run five miles a day."

"What?" Five miles? Liu Yang thought of her small body, "Can she run five miles?"

Li said with a smile: "What's the big deal? If I practice every day, I can run too. It's a pity that Madam doesn't accept disciples anymore."

Li sighed regretfully. If she were ten years younger, she would still give it a try even if her Madam said she would not accept any more disciples.

Feeling the envy in Li's tone, Liu Yang was stunned for a long time. It turned out that both men and women yearned for power.

He had thought that they only liked embroidering, cooking, doing housework and taking care of children, but now it seemed that he was too narrow-minded.

No wonder his father kept nagging him to learn more from the village chief.

There was a sound of a carriage at the gate. Li looked out and said happily, "It's the Madam who is back!"

Liu Yang hurriedly stood up to greet her, and after Qin Yao had parked the carriage and horses, he immediately handed over the notebook in his hand.

"Village Chief, I have completed the task you assigned to me. I have recorded the household registration information of the migrant workers in this book."