Chapter 19 Chapter 19 (Minor Repair) Cheng Xin pushes...

Cheng Xin pushed open the gate of the captain's house and saw Wang Jiangang sitting in a rattan chair with his legs crossed. A pillowcase with "Serve the People" printed on it was pressed against his head, with melon seeds at his side and a grass root in his mouth swaying up and down to the tune he was humming.

A Dacron shirt was fluttering in the wind on the clothesline. This was the most popular style of shirt at the time, costing ten yuan each, but few people in the entire team wore it.

He didn't even raise his eyelids. The yellowed old man's vest was rolled up to his chest, revealing his sagging belly. A thin gold chain dangled around his sweaty neck. That was the dowry that he had secretly hidden from his ex-wife before she left.

It was not until he caught a glimpse of a section of Cheng Xin's slender calf exposed from under her cropped trousers that he jumped up.

"What a rare guest!" He smiled flatteringly, hurriedly pulled down the hem of his vest, stood up and patted the empty seat with a palm-leaf fan covered with melon seed shells, but his eyes were glancing at the collar of the waist-length shirt Chen Ying was wearing. Chen Ying was young and well-developed, and the collar of this little girl was really low-cut. The child's food rations would be well-stocked in the future.

Wang Jiangang and his brothers had evaluated the figures of the women in the brigade. Widow Xue had a round and plump figure, which was the best. Chen Ying, the unmarried girl, was not much worse, her shirt was tight on her chest and her waist was thin. In his eyes, Cheng Xin was good-looking, but she was wrapped tightly in clothes and there was nothing to see.

A guilty look flashed in his eyes, thinking that Chen Ying had informed her family.

Cheng Xin stated her purpose straight away, "Wang Jiangang, my sister wants to take your ox cart to the market to sell mushrooms."

Wang Jiangang rubbed the gold chain around his neck and smiled awkwardly. He glanced at the scabs on Chen Ying's hands and remembered the two pounds of hind leg meat he had taken away when the meat was divided. His voice suddenly rose, as if to cover up his guilty conscience.

"Sure, there's plenty of room in the oxcart, she can lie down there."

Chen Ying pretended to be unfamiliar with Wang Jiangang in front of Cheng Xin and did not arouse Cheng Xin's suspicion at all.

Wang Jiangang moved aside the rattan chair: "Cheng Xin, sit down and chat for a while."

Cheng Xin thought that she had asked someone to do something for her, so it would be inappropriate for her to just leave.

She moved the small stool in the yard herself and did not sit on Wang Jiangang's hot bench.

"How did you encounter the wild boar?" She and Geng Yunye climbed two mountains but didn't see any trace of the wild boar.

Wang Jiangang spitted, "We were chasing a pheasant, thinking we could find a pheasant nest, but we ran deeper and deeper, and by the time we reacted, we had already seen a wild boar nest." They had already prepared a story to ensure that no one would let anything slip.

He boasted about it in the brigade for the whole afternoon yesterday, and he even believed the nonsense they made up.

Chen Ying sat in Wang Jiangang's seat, and she suddenly bent down to tie her trouser legs. Wang Jiangang put one hand on the back of the rattan chair, and inadvertently glanced down at her collar, which was as high as a mountain and as white as lard.

Wang Jiangang's Adam's apple rolled, his eyes glued to the undulating arc, and the second half of his words were stuck in his throat and kept spinning.

He had no interest in little girls, but Chen Ying always seduced him. He wanted to chat with Cheng Xin and let her see how powerful he was, but in the end, all his attention was on Chen Ying.

He gestured absentmindedly, "The wild boar's tusks must be this long..."

Cheng Xin questioned: "You guys are carrying a hunting rifle when you're catching pheasants?"

She felt that Wang Jiangang was just bragging, like he was making up a story. But considering his cowardly character, it didn't seem strange to bring a shotgun to catch pheasants.

Wang Jiangang said with a jocular smile: "Fortunately, I had foresight, so I showed leadership style and prepared for a rainy day!"

Cheng Xin resisted the urge to roll her eyes. It seemed that Wang Jiangang was determined to inherit his father's position.

Since they were not on the same page, Cheng Xin couldn't stay any longer. Chen Ying said she wanted to stay to discuss the departure time, so Cheng Xin went home by herself.

Chen Ying didn't mind being stared at by Wang Jiangang's fiery eyes. What she wanted was to be a popular figure wherever she went and to gain convenience for herself. In her previous life, she was too dependent on the useless system.

Chen Ying deliberately stretched, revealing her slender waist, "You have to give me a share of the money from selling the wild boar cub, right?"

Wang Jiangang rubbed his palms and said, "Of course, but you don't get a share of the wild boar. You have to pay the money to the brigade. You have to understand."

Chen Ying's voice softened a little, her fingers twirling around the ends of her pigtails, and her slender waist wrapped in a tight shirt leaned against the rattan chair: "Brother Jiangang, what are you talking about? I'm not a member of your brigade, and the money distribution has nothing to do with me."

Wang Jiangang raised his lips, this girl was so tactful that he felt comfortable all over. Although her face was not as beautiful as his ex-wife's, she had such a curvy figure that there was probably no other girl as attractive in the entire brigade.

There was a bamboo plate in the yard. Cheng Xin, wearing a straw hat, was turning over and drying mushrooms. She opened the cap of each porcini mushroom with her fingertips to check if there were any bugs that had crawled inside. In a few days, she would be able to sell the dried mushrooms.

From the team came the sound of "bang bang" gongs, and the hunting team was about to enter the mountains.

Cheng Xin came to the cornfield carrying a kettle and an enamel pot to bring water to her mother. She lifted the corn leaves and saw her brother squatting on the ground, craning his neck to look up the mountain.

The corn will not be harvested until next month. I haven't weeded it in just a few days, but the weeds are already half a person tall.

Cheng Lei's eyes never left the road up the mountain, full of desire.

Although Wang Jiangang and his crew were frightened when they encountered the wild boar, the income from selling the wild boar meat was overwhelming.

What's more, picking mushrooms is the women's job, and the hunting team selected are all strong men, so there is no reason why they cannot defeat the wild boar.

In short, the opportunities outweigh the risks, and everyone wants to give it a try.

Cheng Xin threw dirt at his feet: "Are your eyes glued to the mountain? Finish your work early and go home to rest. Aren't you too hot?"

Cheng Lei was unhappy: "I want to go into the mountains too."

If Cheng's father signs up, Cheng Lei will have a spot on the mountain. After all, he is only a 14 or 15-year-old kid, and there will be risks no matter which family he is assigned to. Everyone has their own tasks, so how can they take care of him?

Cheng Xin knew that he wanted to join in the fun, "Don't think about sneaking up the mountain. Wait for Dad to finish the injection and go to the hospital for a checkup. Then I'll take you to the county town."

When he heard that he was going to be taken to the county town, Cheng Lei instantly became full of energy. He worked hard with his head down, and soon the ridges of the fields were full of weeds he had pulled out.

Xu Fengxia poured out some cold water from the kettle to quench her thirst and said worriedly, "Why take him to the city? He's greedy and will definitely pester you to buy him snacks."

Cheng Xin smiled confidently: "Mom, I still have some chocolates from him. I'll tell him to give them back to him when the time comes. I think the chocolate is not heat-resistant and it seems to be melting."

Xu Fengxia's brows relaxed: "You still have a way to cure him."

Chen Ying came to the threshing ground carrying a bamboo basket on her back. The basket was half her height, and the straw rope had rubbed her shoulders, leaving red marks.

Seeing her staggering figure, Wang Jiangang jumped off the ox cart and reached out to take off the backpack.

"Why don't you ask someone to help you carry it?" Wang Jiangang put the backpack in the corner of the ox cart.

The car was piled with wild boar meat and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

Chen Ying fanned herself with her straw hat, her sweaty hair sticking to her temples: "My cousin is taking a nap at home..." When she lowered her head, her two pigtails dangled in front of her chest.

Wang Jiangang rubbed his itchy nose, hesitated for a moment and said, "Just say that I am your adopted brother. Anyway, we will be a family in the future."

Chen Ying bit her lower lip. The sun made her neck hot, and the sweat slid into her collar, making her uncomfortable. Why can Cheng Xin be liked by others without doing anything, but she has to sell her body to get preferential treatment?

"No, my cousin doesn't like this." She looked aggrieved. "Last time I handed Comrade Geng a water scoop, my cousin didn't talk to him for two days."

Wang Jiangang got in the car, used a grass stem to clean his ears, and grinned: "Comrade Cheng loves you. A grown-up girl shouldn't be with a stinky man."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but stare at Chen Ying's collar, where half of her sunburned collarbone was exposed. Even he couldn't help but keep looking at her chest, and the old bachelors looked at her with eyes that were not concealed.