Chapter 16: Passers-by in the Seventies 8

"I can contribute money to build a school with you, but there is a condition."

Li Chaoyang had no choice but to accept Zhu Minghua's conspiracy.

Even if he didn't pay, Zhu Minghua would not let him go. It would be better for him to pay and find a way to get a good outcome.

"What conditions? You don't want me to stay away from Xiao Xia, do you? No, I can't agree to this condition."

Li Chaoyang glanced at Zhu Minghua coldly and said, "Don't slander me in front of her in the future."

"How could that be?" Zhu Minghua pretended to be innocent: "I have never said anything bad about you in front of Sister Xiao Xia, please don't slander me."

Li Chaoyang sneered and said nothing more.

Zhu Minghua shrugged and went into the house.

The issue of building a school was soon put on the agenda. Although everyone in the team was surprised, they were not too excited.

After all, at this time, the most important thing is the crops in the fields.

As time gets hotter, it's time to harvest the crops in the fields.

During the double harvest season, everyone has to go to the fields, even the seven or eight-year-old children in the family have to go to the fields and follow behind to pick up the leftover crops. They can earn two or three work points at the end of the day.

Ke Xiaoxia was assigned the task of picking peanuts. The picked peanuts were placed in a row, and soon someone took the peanuts away for people in the square to throw.

This is to separate the peanuts from the vines, leaving only the peanuts.

These jobs are done by elderly people who are skilled and fall quickly.

Everyone is very tired during the double harvest season, so Zhu Minghua can't be lazy.

But he would still find opportunities to get close to Ke Xiaoxia.

Zhu Minghua still wanted to work with Ke Xiaoxia, but thinking about his lagging work status, he gave up.

In addition to Zhu Minghua, Li Chaoyang was not to be outdone. He gave Ke Xiaoxia a can of malted milk, stuffed the thing into Ke Xiaoxia's hands and left. He was very quick and efficient.

If Ke Xiaoxia hadn't stuffed the things into the space in time, it would have almost been discovered.

Ke Xiaoxia was a little speechless.

Fortunately, Li Chaoyang only had that one crazy attack.

The double harvest period is not too long.

After the double harvest, Ke Xiaoxia was so tired that she collapsed on the bed and didn't want to do anything.

At this time, I miss the good times of my previous life.

Thinking about how she spent all her time thinking about random things and indulging in sentimental literature in her previous life, Ke Xiaoxia now feels that that was definitely a waste of time.

Nowadays, I don’t have time to think about those things.

I just think about how to eat and drink well.

After the double harvest, grain will be distributed after the public grain is paid. Because the double harvest is hard, the stingy Grandma Ke will also cut a pound of meat to make it.

Thinking of meat, Ke Xiaoxia swallowed.

She's craving meat again.

Ke Xiaoxia, who was craving for meat, went to the mountain the next day.

Now that the wheat seeds have been planted, everyone in the team is relatively free.

The situation is relatively quiet, and there are many people coming to the mountain to stroll around.

With so many people trying their luck, it is basically hopeless to eat meat.

Ke Xiaoxia sighed, but continued to move to a place with fewer people without giving up.

Otherwise, persistence is still useful.

She didn't find any pheasants or rabbits, but she met Zhou Yang.

This place is a bit inside, but maybe because there are so many people, there is no danger.

Ke Xiaoxia and Zhou Yang stared at each other.

Finally, Zhou Yang spoke first: "Want to eat meat?"

How should Ke Xiaoxia respond to this straightforward question?

Ke Xiaoxia was silent for a moment and nodded honestly.

Having seen how powerful Zhou Yang was, Ke Xiaoxia had no doubt that he could kill a wild boar by himself.

So it's okay for her to hug his thigh, right?

"Come with me."

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he walked away first, and Ke Xiaoxia followed silently behind him.

Ke Xiaoxia admitted that she was indeed taking advantage of that inexplicable goodwill to gain benefits.

It's a bit shameless, but when it comes to eating meat, shamelessness doesn't matter.

On the way, Zhou Yang caught two rabbits.

Ke Xiaoxia was clearly following him, but she had no idea what he was doing. She only saw him suddenly stop, pick up a stone on the ground, and throw it somewhere.

After doing this twice, you get two rabbits.

After returning to the same cave as last time, we harvested another snake in the cave.

Snakes may look a little scary, but they are still meat, right?

Ke Xiaoxia has eaten snake meat in this life.

When she was eight years old, her brother Ke Xiaoshu caught a snake and the two of them roasted it and ate it.

Ke Xiaoxia was a little scared before eating.

After eating it, Ke Xiaoxia just wanted to have another one.

In the cave, Zhou Yang skillfully dealt with the two rabbits and the snake.

Ke Xiaoxia didn't ask any more questions, nor did she think too much that Zhou Yang would roast them all.

But what was unexpected was that Zhou Yang actually roasted them all.

While grilling, Zhou Yang asked, "Xiao Xia, you are 15 this year, right?"

Ke Xiaoxia let out an "ah" and said nothing.

According to her lunar age, she is indeed 15.

"After two years, your family should have seen you off, right?"

Ke Xiaoxia didn't know how to respond to this.

She could only vaguely say, "I think so. I have older brothers and sisters."

After Ke Xiaoxia finished speaking, Zhou Yang didn't say anything else.

After a long silence, Zhou Yang suddenly said something irrelevant: "I will join the army next year."

Ke Xiaoxia looked up at Zhou Yang in surprise.

Zhou Yang has already graduated from high school, but I have never heard that he is going to join the army.

But why was he suddenly telling her this now?

Ke Xiaoxia said tentatively: "Congratulations, you are so talented, you will definitely develop well."

Zhou Yang suddenly laughed.

His smile was silent, just a smile.

Ke Xiaoxia felt puzzled by the laughter.

Maybe he had laughed enough, so he returned to his normal state.

He also cut a piece of meat and handed it to Ke Xiaoxia, saying, "Try it?"

There were seasonings in the cave, and Zhou Yang was a good cook, so the rabbit meat naturally tasted very good.

After seeing Ke Xiaoxia eating the meat, Zhou Yang said, "I'm going to the army, so we won't see each other for a few years. After a few years, when you're old enough, why don't you consider me?"

Ke Xiaoxia: “…cough cough cough.” Fortunately, the meat has already entered the stomach.

Zhou Yang continued, "These few years are enough for me to work hard to climb up. If you decide to marry me, you can definitely join the army."

"When the time comes, I will give you all my wages. You don't have to work so hard anymore. You can eat meat whenever you want, even every meal. What do you think, Xiao Xia? Do you want to consider me?"

Zhou Yang knew that Zhou Rong also liked Ke Xiaoxia. His age was closer to Ke Xiaoxia, so the two of them had a better chance.

But Zhou Yang didn't think he was any worse than Zhou Rong. Even though he was a little older, he didn't have to meet her right now.

Even though Zhou Rong was his cousin, Zhou Yang never considered him a strong competitor.

So at the beginning Zhou Yang had no intention of speaking at all.

But unfortunately, Zhu Minghua is too high-profile and his presence is too strong to be ignored.

Even though there were no rumors in the village because of Zhu Minghua's generosity, everyone could see how good Zhu Minghua was to Ke Xiaoxia.

They used to not allow their children to come into contact with the educated youth, but that was because the educated youth could not carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands. Some spendthrifts would even give their own things to the educated youth.

If there was an educated youth as generous as Zhu Minghua, how could they be unwilling?

Now some people in the team basically assume that Zhu Minghua and Ke Xiaoxia are dating. That is to say, Ke Xiaoxia is young now, but if they were older, they might have been married.

They wanted to be jealous, but after being jealous, they could forget about taking advantage of Zhu Minghua.

Zhu Minghua is a person who holds grudges. Who would dare to say nonsense just for a little gain?

The Ke family had no comment on this.

Ke Xiaoxia did not resist Zhu Minghua's approach.

Zhou Yang couldn't sit still anymore.