Zhu Fengru had broken up with Zhao Xiaotong a month ago. At this moment, she stood outside Lin Yuxi's fence, her rough fingers unconsciously rubbing the hem of her clothes.

The morning mist dampened her bangs, and tiny water droplets clung to her eyelashes, reminding her of a month ago.

Both she and Zhao Xiaotong were assigned to carry manure, but Zhao Xiaotong said she wasn't feeling well and her face was pale. She asked if she could go back with her. Zhu Fengru didn't think much of it, put down the manure bucket, and went back with Zhao Xiaotong.

After a long day of physical labor, people are exhausted and hungry, and haven't had any oily or fatty foods for half a month, so they are particularly sensitive to the taste of meat.

After the argument in the mud-brick house, they went back to review the situation and realized something was wrong. The two had a big fight and eventually broke up.

It seems that Lin Yuxi is much easier to get along with than Zhao Xiaotong; at least she won't scheme against her behind her back.

Thinking of this, Zhu Fengru glanced at her and bluntly said, "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. I'm leaving."

She looked at the section of snow-white wrist on Lin Yuxi's sleeve, then looked down at the rough calluses on her own palms from labor. The two were separated by a row of bamboo, yet they seemed quite far apart.

Even without Lin Yuxi saying anything, she had already guessed it. The commune director had come several times, and she had seen it all. Now it seemed that the fact that others were eating meat was a testament to her ability.

Zhu Fengru stood outside the courtyard, then turned and left.

Lin Yuxi watched Zhu Fengru turn and leave, her straight back disappearing. She then carried the vegetables in her hand into the house. Chen Dajiang had given her a day off, so she didn't need to go to the fields to work. While her family members were away at work, she could do some housework at home.

Not long after, Cao Wang came looking for him.

"Lin Yuxi, come here quickly, I need to talk to you."

Cao Wang waved to her from outside the courtyard but didn't go inside.

Lin Yuxi was chopping vegetables at the time and thought it was Gu Chen calling to ask her to pick him up. She looked puzzled and asked, "What's wrong, Secretary Cao?"

"I received a letter from you. I saw it was sent from Shanghai, so I brought it to you right away. Please read it first. I'm going to my office now."

Cao Wang rubbed his rough, yellowed fingers on his pocket and took out the letter. He had left after delivering the letter. Normally, he would just bring such a letter along, but Lin Yuxi was a great contributor to their village, so what was wrong with delivering it?

Lin Yuxi opened the envelope, and the paper seemed to still smell of ink. The contents were revealed, and the envelope was stamped with a bright red seal.

"Comrade Lin Yuxi, we are from Shanghai... We have received your letter... We will thoroughly investigate this matter..."

Lin Yuxi received a reply to the letter she sent earlier, and at the same time as receiving this letter, the recipient probably received another one.

In this time period of the previous life, the original owner jumped into the river and died, his family was sent to the countryside, his two elderly parents fell seriously ill, and his father was exhausted. It was only after being labeled as a criminal for twenty years that the label was finally removed.

Sending letters to Shanghai alone wasn't enough to be safe, so she sent most of them to Beijing. She didn't even dare to imagine what kind of expressions Zhuang Zhenhua and Dong Wei would have when they raided her home.

She doesn't hold grudges at all. She put the letter away, and it was almost noon.

Jiang Shufen knew that Lin Yuxi couldn't cook, so she planned to cook during her lunch break and take the food to the loess slope. However, when she returned, she found her daughter staring blankly at the stove.