Lin Yuxi had almost finished drinking the mung bean soup by now.

In the time it takes to drink a bowl of mung bean soup, Gu Chen had already harvested one-fifth of a row of wheat. That was incredibly fast.

Helping with the wheat harvest was compliant with regulations, and the people gathered around the two rows of wheat quickly dispersed.

She also went to He Meifang to get a sickle, and cut crops with Gu Chen.

As the sun slowly descends, its intense heat gradually transforms into a warm, yellowish light.

By 3 p.m., Lin Yuxi had finished harvesting all five rows of wheat.

"Gu Chen, let's invite Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu over for dinner tonight." She was wearing a straw hat. It had been sunny all day, but luckily she had collected all sorts of junk before the apocalypse, so she still had a lot of sunscreen in her space. She had applied it all over her body before coming out today.

Gu Chen nodded and agreed.

"Then let's go back first."

Lin Yuxi walked on the soil, her clothes damp with sweat, and a faint fragrance wafted from her body.

As he brushed past Gu Chen, he happened to smell something fragrant.

Gu Chen held the sickle that Lin Yuxi had used. Unlike others whose hands were covered in sweat and whose sickle handles were sticky, Gu Chen's hands were covered in sweat. Even the smell of Lin Yuxi's sickle wafted into his nostrils, mingling with the smell of his sweat.

The others wanted to harvest more wheat in the field, but Lin Yuxi didn't want to anymore; she felt aches and pains in her back.

She might as well go back and make some mung bean soup.

After all, it's the height of summer, and having some chilled mung bean soup is the perfect thing to do when you get home.

Lin Yuxi decided to go back and wash up first. It was too hot outside, and she felt stuffy wearing long pants and long sleeves.

After parting ways with Gu Chen on the road, she returned to the adobe house. In the summer, the adobe house was much cooler than other houses. She was alone at home at the time. She took out an electric kettle from her space and boiled four or five kettles of water. In order to save water, she could only use less.

I took out a dress, quickly took a shower, then washed my hair, dried it with a towel, and more than half an hour had passed.

I had arranged to meet Gu Chen an hour later, as we all need some privacy. However, as soon as I opened the door, Gu Chen was already standing outside waiting.

The moment he opened the door, a faint fragrance wafted over again. He looked up and saw that Lin Yuxi had changed into a bright green plaid dress. He didn't know much about the style, but he knew that it made her skin look fair and that she looked quite good.

Lin Yuxi looked at his still dripping hair and asked in a clear voice, "Do you want to dry your hair?"

"No need. Yesterday I thought the edge of this yard should be reinforced. Give me a knife, I'll go to the back and cut two bamboo stalks. I'll just stand outside and not go in." Gu Chen kept his distance, after all, there was no one else in the mud-brick house now, and if he went in directly, it might ruin her reputation.

Lin Yuxi looked up at him and suddenly asked, "Gu Chen, is this how you usually help others?"

Gu Chen stared at her, startled. The only intimate contact they had just had was when she put her arm around his waist.

“My second uncle told me to help you out more,” he explained, then took a jar out of his pocket. “This is some ointment I brought back from the army. It can reduce swelling and bruising. I’ll go inside after my aunt and the others come back.”

The ointment was what he had left over, but there was still some left. In the afternoon, he noticed that her hands were red and swollen.

Lin Yuxi lowered her head, a smile playing on her lips. She hadn't expected Gu Chen to be a man with a cold exterior but a warm heart.

"Then I'll bring you a stool so you can rest and stop whittling bamboo."

After Lin Yuxi took the ointment, she turned around and went inside, brought him a stool, and then took a bottle of soda from the water tank and handed it to him.