In the room, Wang Fengmei looked at her son's injured leg with red eyes.

My youngest son has been away from home all year round, and when he came back his legs were like this. As a mother, how could I not feel heartbroken?

I felt even more distressed when I saw him being silent.

His own son knows him well and he clearly cannot bear to leave the army.

It's just that my leg injury is so serious that I had to come back.

But secretly, Wang Fengmei was more grateful that at least she came back alive.

Suddenly, she remembered the rumors she had heard in the team a while ago. After a pause, Wang Fengmei said:

"She is young and naive. It's just right that you're back. Once she becomes a mother, things will be settled down."

Hearing this, Qin Shuo frowned, and the disgusted face from his previous life flashed through his mind.

How dare you, a cripple, be worthy of this?

Gu Zhiqing can play the harmonica and write poems. What can you do?

But this scene soon turned into another shy and embarrassed face.

They have exactly the same facial features, but they look like two different people.

"Don't listen to the nonsense the team members say. This kid has a good heart."

Wang Fengmei feels somewhat guilty towards Xu Jiaojiao because her son is away from home all year round.

"I know what's going on." Qin Shuo didn't want to say more.

Seeing that his face looked bad, Wang Fengmei sighed and said nothing more.

The young couple has to work out their own affairs.

Outside the house, Xu Jiaojiao only listened to two sentences and prepared to leave.

But as soon as she turned around, she ran into someone.

She was already feeling guilty, and she was so frightened that she almost jumped up.

But Ding Xiujing didn't care at all.

That look seemed to be mocking her for being so useless.

Xu Jiaojiao: ...

You are brave, but I am not as good as you, right?

The coward Xu Jiaojiao picked up the broom and was about to leave, but the next moment, the door creaked open.

The tall figure of a man walked out from the narrow door frame.

Their eyes met and the air became stagnant again.

"Um... let me get the broom."

As Xu Jiaojiao spoke, she raised the broom in her hand awkwardly to show that she was not eavesdropping on purpose.

There was someone else eavesdropping.

But when I looked sideways, there was no sign of Ding Xiujing next to him.

Xu Jiaojiao: ...

What a rip off! Run so fast!

Qin Shuo didn't say anything, but his face didn't look very good. He walked towards the kitchen.

Xu Jiaojiao felt helpless as she didn't expect that she would offend someone just by holding a broom.

After a pause, she turned and walked towards her room.

The large items in the house have been cleared out, and only some garbage is left, which just needs to be swept away.

Without hesitation, Xu Jiaojiao picked up the broom and prepared to start.

But before he could sweep down, he heard Qin Shuo's voice.

"etc."

Xu Jiaojiao:?

She turned to look at him with a puzzled look.

But I saw him carrying a bucket and pouring water into the house.

…

Xu Jiaojiao then remembered that she had to sprinkle water before sweeping the floor.

Otherwise, the compacted earth floor would fill the house with dust when you swept it.

Qin Shuo moved very skillfully and sprayed the whole house in just a few strokes.

This strange couple, one sweeps the floor while the other takes out the trash.

The atmosphere was indescribably depressing.

The movements were surprisingly coordinated.

Xu Jiaojiao is an orphan and has been independent since childhood, so these tasks are no problem at all for her.

Before long, the whole room became spacious and tidy.

Looking around, Xu Jiaojiao's eyes were shining and she was extremely satisfied with the results of her work.

But before he could appreciate it for a while, he heard Wang Fengmei's fierce and urging voice coming from outside.

"Hurry up, don't be late!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao quickly picked up her kettle and walked out the door.

The man in the room had been completely ignored by her on her own accord.

As for the mission, let’s talk about it when I come back.

The yard was bustling with activity, and the children were all staring at the kitchen door.

In the kitchen, Wang Fengmei had already divided the sweet potato porridge into two portions.

One large pot and one small pot.

The porridge in the big pot is thicker, while the porridge in the small pot is thinner.

It is called sweet potato porridge, but it contains more sweet potatoes and not many rice grains.

The workers carried the large portion up the mountain, and Wang Fengmei and her children ate the small portion at home.

The people here have a hard time. Even the Qin family can barely eat half full.

You can imagine what kind of life others are living.

There are few flat areas in the Hongqi Brigade. As soon as you go out, you will see either hills or mountains.

Xu Jiaojiao followed Ding Xiujing carrying a backpack, while Liu Zhaodi walked in front carrying porridge.

The tea picking place is a bit far away and the mountain road is not easy to walk on, so everyone basically brought food with them.

It also saves me from having to run back at noon.

The entire mountain road was bustling with people.

Although this was not Xu Jiaojiao's first time to participate in collective labor, it was her first time to pick tea.

However, this rugged mountain road did not pose any problem for her.

As I walked, I looked at the surrounding scenery with great interest.

I have to say that although the Hongqi Brigade is a bit poor, the scenery is still quite beautiful.

The stacked terraces, like thousands of silver stairs, follow the terrain and extend from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

I don’t know how long it took before we reached the tea garden.

What comes into view is a large expanse of green, and the rows of tea leaves look like green ribbons.

The girls picking tea were chattering away, and it looked quite lively.

"I'm telling you, you should be quicker later. You can't even compare to Dani in terms of the work points you earn each time. How dare you do that?"

As soon as he entered the tea garden, Ding Xiujing started working with both hands at the same time, and his movements were extremely skillful.

Seeing Xu Jiaojiao still standing there motionless, he couldn't help but glare at her.

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao couldn't help but be silent, and remembered that the original owner only earned four or five work points each time.

It’s not that the original owner’s family conditions were so good that she didn’t have to work.

On the contrary, the Xu family has been living in great difficulty since Grandpa Xu passed away.

And Father Xu had the worst life among the brothers because he had five daughters.

Who wouldn't laugh at him for being a nobody?

The original owner was the youngest in the family, with many older sisters and did more work.

She is small and shrewd, and has been used to pretending since she was young.

She didn't suffer much in her parents' home, and after marrying into the Qin family, Wang Fengmei never made things difficult for her.

It can be said that life is really good.

As long as she doesn't act up, she can live here well for ten years.

"...It'll be faster this way, okay?" Seeing her in a daze again, Ding Xiujing suddenly became furious.

I don't know what got me thinking today that I said so much to her.

In the end, they didn't appreciate it.

"I see. Is that so?"

As Xu Jiaojiao spoke, she reached out and pinched the internode of the new shoot she wanted to pick, and lifted it up.

He alternated between his hands, and his moves were surprisingly fast and neat.

Ding Xiujing, who was standing by, almost popped her eyes out of her head.

"Good job Xu Jiaojiao, I knew you were lazy before!"

Ding Xiujing was so angry that she almost died. This lazy woman had been cheating on him for four years.

"Tsk! You just found out about this? She was very efficient when she was helping our comrade Gu with his work!"

Suddenly, a sarcastic female voice was heard from outside the tea garden.