Chapter 15 Chapter 15 (Xiao Xiu) "You...

"You...your button fell off." Cheng Xin bent down to look for the button, and Geng Yunye suddenly grabbed her wrist.

He said hoarsely: "Don't bother looking for it. I'll sew another one later."

Cheng Xin stood up, not daring to look him in the face: "Are you born in the Year of the Cat? You always have holes in your clothes, and your sewing skills are terrible. I had to mend your coat for you."

Geng Yunye smiled and let go of her hand: "You have good skills, I'll trouble you to help sew buttons again."

Cheng Xin grabbed the fish basket and squatted down to pick up the scattered snails: "I didn't say I would help you sew buttons."

Geng Yunye drooped his shoulders and sighed, "Tomorrow there will be a meeting at the commune. My ragged clothes..." He tugged at his open shirt, "I will only be laughed at."

Cheng Xin looked up and glared at him: "If you find the button, I'll sew it for you."

Geng Yunye squatted down to look for a button, and his back was left with dark sweat marks.

The fish basket was filled with snails. Cheng Xin placed the basket firmly on the edge of the field, making sure it could not be knocked over again.

It’s not that people in the countryside don’t eat snails and loaches, it’s just that they take a lot of oil and salt to prepare them, so gradually no one is willing to go through the trouble.

Cheng Xin wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned to look for her brother, but Cheng Lei had already run to the other side of the ditch to catch loaches.

When she turned back, her eyes fell on Geng Yunye. His sweaty shirt clung to his spine, leaving dark marks on his shoulder blades. He had just helped her block the water diversion canal.

"Forget it if you can't find it." Cheng Xin stared at the new stubble on the back of his head. "I have a spare button in my room."

Geng Yunye suddenly stood up, and the button covered with mud lay in his palm.

Cheng Xin felt that he was setting a trap on purpose. Maybe he had hidden the button in his hand and was waiting for her to give it up. She was immediately embarrassed and angry: "If you want to sew it, get all five!"

"Four buttons missing?" Geng Yunye smiled, "How about I pull out the remaining buttons?" He pretended to pull the collar of his shirt, revealing a large bronzed collarbone.

The tips of Cheng Xin's ears felt hot: "If you dare to pull it, I'll chase you away with a shovel. Don't expect me to fix it if it's torn!" Before her glaring eyes could become fierce, her bangs were messed up by the wind, which deflated her momentum.

She reached out to grab the button from Geng Yunye's hand, but was caught by him. His big palm wrapped around her small hand, and the button fell into the mud again, this time rolling between the two of them.

The wind swept through the rice fields, creating ripples and rustling the rice ears. His shadow completely enveloped her, and the scent of soapberries mixed with the aroma of hot rice flowers hit her in the face.

Geng Yunye took a half step forward, and the hot air from his clothes blew onto Cheng Xin's face. The two of them were very close to each other.

"Comrade Cheng Xin, you have to compensate me for the buttons."

"How...how do I compensate?" Cheng Xin's throat tightened as she stared at his rolling Adam's apple. Beads of sweat slid down her neck into his open collar. She could hear the sound of herself swallowing.

"Sister! Sister! Come here quickly!" Cheng Lei's voice came from a distance, and the atmosphere suddenly dispersed.

"Help me carry the fish basket, I'm going to go see Xiaolei." Cheng Xin turned around and ran away with a red face.

Cheng Lei caught a big eel, which looked 70% similar to a snake, and held it up excitedly in his hand.

Cheng Xin retreated to the edge of the field, her hair standing on end. If she had known this would happen, she would have followed Geng Yunye. She regretted that she should not have shaken off Geng Yunye and left him to block this slippery and disgusting thing.

Seeing that she was not happy, Cheng Lei grabbed the eel by the inch and brought it to Cheng Xin. His fingers were covered with mucus, "Sister, this is an eel, not a snake."

Cheng Xin retreated to the side of the water diversion channel, with a look of disgust on her face: "Take it away quickly."

Cheng Lei was not giving up: "Is it really impossible to cook eels?"

Cheng Xin firmly objected: "You can ask Dad to roast it for you. Anyway, it is not allowed to enter our pot."

Geng Yunye came over slowly, carrying a shovel and a fish basket. "Xiao Lei, it's amazing that you caught such a big eel."

Cheng Lei puffed out his chest and said, "Yeah, I tried so hard, but it's a pity that my sister won't let me do it, so I'll just let her go."

As he was about to throw the eel into the ditch, the eel twisted into a dough stick in the air.

"Take it away!"

Cheng Xin's short scream was still stuck in her throat as she shrank behind Geng Yunye. Her nose rubbed against the sweaty fabric on his back, and Geng Yunye's muscles suddenly tensed.

Cheng Xin was unaware. She grabbed his shirt from the back and leaned her head out from the side to glare at her brother, "Cheng Lei, do you deserve a beating?"

Cheng Lei was frightened by her fierce look.

Geng Yunye moved sideways to block Cheng Xin and raised his eyebrows at Cheng Lei, "Prepare it up, I'll roast it for you."

Cheng Lei's eyes lit up and he swallowed his saliva: "Can you cook eel?"

"Eels are most delicious when wrapped in lemongrass and grilled." Geng Yunye's Adam's apple trembled as he laughed softly. "I'm not good at cooking, but I'm good at grilling. When I'm on a mission, I often use local ingredients in the wild."

Cheng Xin grabbed a handful of dogtail grass and threw it to him, "Just spoil him! Spoil him until he's crawling on the roof and tearing down the tiles!"

Geng Yunye raised the corner of his lips and leaned close to her ear: "If you want to pursue his sister, you have to bribe his brother-in-law first?" His low laugh made tiny goose bumps appear on her neck.

Cheng Xin covered her ears: "You're so annoying!" The blush spread from the tips of her ears to her cheeks.

Cheng Lei rarely saw his sister blushing, so he jumped in front of Cheng Xin and tilted his head to look at her, poking her ear with his dirty fingers, grinning.

"Sis, your face is as red as a monkey's butt."

Cheng Xin grabbed him by the collar and dragged him towards the water channel, then pushed him down. Cheng Lei stepped into the mud pit with his feet and was still grinning.

"You're wrong, it's not a monkey's butt, it's an opera singer!"

I really want to shut this guy's mouth right there and then.

Three people covered in mud were walking home playfully, and they saw their aunt lying by the fence from afar.

When I got closer, I heard her gesturing to Xu Fengxia: "It's a blessing to be able to come back safe and sound! The team leader picked up the broom and swung it at Wang Jiangang. His wife rushed over to protect her son, crying and cursing that the team leader was going to cut off the lifeline of the Wang family!"

Most of the production team's people surrounded the threshing ground. Wang Jiangang and the other three were covered in mud and blood. The most eye-catching thing was the sow's body, with wounds all over its back, obviously having been through a fierce fight.

The old bachelor spitted and gestured: "It was thanks to me that I tripped the wild boar's hind legs at the critical moment..."

According to Wang Jiangang, they had originally gone up the mountain to hunt pheasants and rabbits, but accidentally entered the territory of wild boars. The mad wild boars attacked crazily, but fortunately he borrowed a hunting rifle for self-defense before setting out for safety reasons, so no one was killed.

The brigade's respected old accountant explained while smoking his pipe that they most likely encountered a sow that had just given birth. The animal was so protective of its calves that it risked its life. Fortunately, it did not bring back the wild boar cubs.

Cheng Lei grabbed his aunt's arm and asked, "What would happen if you touch the piglets?"

The eldest aunt shook her head and said, "No, but you can't mess with a wild boar that has just given birth, and you can't take the piglets away, or you'll get into trouble."

Cheng Lei was very disappointed that he didn't hear the ending.

Geng Yunye stroked the thin calluses on his knuckles and glanced at the mushrooms drying under the eaves.

Xu Fengxia stopped rubbing the clothes and felt a little scared: "Fortunately, our family didn't get into this bad luck."

She suddenly gasped: "Oh no! Yingying went into the mountains to pick mushrooms at noon!"

Wang Xiuping had seen Chen Ying: "Your cousin's daughter? I guess nothing happened to her. She's very smart. She's just wandering around the foot of the mountain. Wang Jiangang and his men have gone deep into the mountains. No matter how brave the girl is, she wouldn't dare to run that far."