However, no one cared about his reaction now. Xu Yan and the other two quickly caught up with Xie Zhuo. Da Bao and Xiao Bao stayed on the ridge, playing and moving forward with them.

This was the first time Xie Zhuo had been surrounded by so many people.

He is very fast.

His hands seemed to have no feeling; no matter what kind of grass it was, he would grab it and shovel it off in a few strokes, stuffing it into a burlap sack.

When Xu Cangsong saw Xie Zhuo grab a thorny, unidentifiable blade of grass without batting an eye, he felt a slight pain in his palm.

"Xie Zhuo," Xu Cangsong called out to Xie Zhuo.

"What's wrong, Dad?" Xie Zhuo slowed down and glanced at Xu Cangsong.

"It's nothing, just chatting," Xu Cangsong said.

Xie Zhuo looked away and continued weeding.

"When did your parents... pass away?" Xu Cangsong asked while working.

“Three years ago,” Xie Zhuo said, “when I was 21 years old.”

Xu Cangsong nodded, but then, remembering that Xie Zhuo couldn't see, he softly hummed in agreement.

Xie Zhuo is only 24 years old, which is really not old.

But in this era of early marriage and childbirth, especially in the countryside, it seems that one should be married and start a family by the age of 24 and shoulder the burden of family responsibilities.

But no matter what, 21 is still a bit early.

Xu Cangsong sighed.

I don't know if it's for Xie Zhuo, or for someone else.

Four people were doing the work of one person. Before the sun could even fully blaze down, Xie Zhuo had already carried the straw bags out to the field.

Xu Yan followed behind him, and behind them were Xu Cangsong and Chen Lihua, each carrying a sack.

This time, it left the people in the field speechless once again.

It wasn't until Xie Zhuo and the others had walked far away that they came to their senses.

Xie Zhuo put the straw hat that Xu Yan was holding on her head, glanced at her face, and seeing that she was in good spirits, said, "You can take a nap when we get back. I'll take Mom and Dad out for a walk."

His voice wasn't quiet, because he hadn't said anything in particular and had just said it casually.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Chen Lihua, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped talking, turned around and stared at them.

She said that she saw Xu Yan's eyes were a little swollen in the morning, as if he had been crying for a long time, and that she vaguely saw a tooth mark on Xie Zhuo's arm when he was making breakfast.

Could it be that last night, they...