Li Shuxian glanced at Huang Yingying sitting in his house, pursed his lips, and turned to leave.

Bai Shiqing really felt unlucky lately. The narrow field ridges hadn't been a problem for just a day or two, and today, for some reason, the cabbages that the brigade had just distributed all ended up overturned in the ditch on the way home.

The cart wheels were stuck in the cracks between the rocks at the bottom of the ditch and couldn't be pushed out. Bai Shiqing didn't dare go back to call for help, afraid that the cabbage would be picked up by someone if no one was watching it. She could only sit by the ditch and wait for someone.

The first person she waited for was Li Shuxian.

Li Shuxian agreed to Bai Shiqing's request, went home to get a small hoe, and then went back.

"Are you going to get sunburned or not? Go wait over there!"

Before Li Shuxian arrived, his voice preceded him. He saw Bai Shiqing sitting by the ditch, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hands, and laughing as if he were there to watch the fun.

While Bai Shiqing waited for Li Shuxian, she had already arranged the scattered cabbages.

She looked at the several cabbages that had been smashed and broken, and the leaves alone were enough to make a whole pot of stew. She felt very down.

"It's okay, I'll go with you."

As Li Shuxian spoke, he jumped into the ditch, saying, "You're really skilled; most people couldn't time it that precisely."

The wheelbarrow's wheels were inflated and elastic, fitting perfectly between the two stones.

This ditch is the outermost drainage ditch of the field, filled with mud accumulated over the years. It hasn't rained for the past two weeks, so it's covered in grass. These two stones, I don't know how long they've been there, are deeply embedded in the mud. Bai Shiqing tried to pry them off with his hands for a long time but couldn't.

"Stop teasing me, my dad will kill me when he gets back."

Bai Shiqing grabbed the handle of the wheelbarrow and waited for Li Shuxian to use a small hoe to hold the stone in place. He then pulled it out, and Bai Shiqing used this opportunity to pull the wheelbarrow out.

"It's that simple."

Li Shuxian gestured with his chin towards Bai Shiqing, and seeing Li Shuxian's arrogant attitude, Bai Shiqing couldn't help but laugh.

Thank you.

When Li Shuxian saw Bai Shiqing smile, he smiled too, and reached out to swat away the mosquito that was biting him: "My mom's family is waiting for me to go back and arrange a marriage. I came over to tow your car. Tell me how much business you've delayed for me!"

Li Shuxian was joking, but Bai Shiqing took it to heart: "Aunt Qing arranged a blind date for you?"

"The person is still at my house." Li Shuxian didn't want to go back, so he plopped down on a rock by the ground and pinched a cross mark on the mosquito bite.

He hadn't thought about finding a wife; he felt it was good for him and his four brothers to be together.

"Really? Which village are you from? What do you look like?"

Bai Shiqing placed cabbages on the car and asked a question.

"They say it's from Jiancheng's sister-in-law's hometown, a poor place. She's just so-so-looking, not even as pretty as you."

Bai Shiqing took it as a compliment from Li Shuxian and felt a little pleased: "Can they all compare to me? How many people in the surrounding area can compare to me?"

"Hey, hey, hey, stop bragging." Li Shuxian said to Bai Shiqing, no longer worried.

He'd rather joke around with Bai Shiqing by the field than go back for a blind date.

Bai Shiqing asked, "So you didn't like her? You only glanced at her, didn't you go back and ask her properly?"

“Anyway, we just don’t click,” Li Shuxian paused, “My mom likes to make decisions, let her make those decisions, I have no objection.”

Li Shuxian genuinely had no objections.

He seemed to be a clueless young man who couldn't understand what was so great about having a wife.

Bai Shiqing, however, believed that Li Shuxian had no objection to the marriage.

For some reason, I felt a pang of jealousy. I couldn't help but laugh at myself when I thought of Deng Min's speculation that Li Shuxian had feelings for her.

"Alright, you should go back to your blind date. Don't blame me if you can't find a wife."

Bai Shiqing pushed the cart away, and Li Shuxian scratched the back of his head.

It's mealtime now, where should he go to visit someone?

Li Shuxian spent the whole morning picking mulberries and dates on the mountain and didn't go back.

Anyway, his mother didn't explicitly say that the girl was there for a blind date. Since she was just visiting, she could just chat with his mother.

Li Shuxian ate mulberries all noon, his lips turning purple from eating so much. He didn't care whether he was hungry or full. When he saw that it was about time, he went down the mountain with a handful of mulberries in his hand.

"Hey, Bai Shiqing!"

As luck would have it, Li Shuxian ran into Bai Shiqing, who was on his way to work, just as he came down the mountain. He went over to her and said, "Want some mulberries? I found a whole patch of them."

The children dared not venture into the deep mountains, and the adults usually did not have time to go, so the mulberries and dates were ripe and deep purple.

"don't want!"

Bai Shiqing didn't even glance at Li Shuxian before carrying her tools and leaving.

"Hey!" Li Shuxian called from behind, but Bai Shiqing ignored him.

Li Shuxian was completely baffled. Wasn't she chatting and laughing with him at noon? What had she done to offend her?

A month later, both sows in the village looked fatter, and much fatter.

Especially the three males, they gained twenty pounds in a month.

To verify that Bai Jiaojiao's method worked, Zheng Xu weighed all the pigs in the village before using it.

This number is astonishing, at least it has never been reached before. With the same cost as before, only a little more labor was put in, and such obvious results were achieved. Zheng Xu became more determined to do a good job in pig farming.

Old Xu followed Bai Jiaojiao's method to feed the pigs. At first, he thought it was just being fussy, but the pigs seemed to be slowly inflated like balloons, and Old Xu became more and more interested in it.

To be honest, Lao Xu knew he hadn't raised them well, and he felt he had let the brigade down when the organization assigned him this task.

Now that he can recover, he's naturally full of energy.

"Yu Wenli, the pigsty wasn't swept properly today. Go and sweep it again!"

Old Xu had to inspect the pigsty eight hundred times a day. Whenever he saw a pile of excrement, he would make Yu Wenli sweep it up. Not only sweep it up, but also pour water on it and scrub it clean with a long brush.

Anyway, he only needs to give orders with his mouth. After a month, the pigsty is spotless, and even the smell of pig manure on Old Xu himself has lessened.

"Don't bully me like that!"

Yu Wenli had endured countless humiliations over the past month. He angrily overturned the broom, exclaiming, "Everyone's off work now, I want to go home too!"

"If you have any complaints, go tell the brigade leader! But even if you do, you'd better clean up that pile of shit before you leave!"

After Old Xu finished speaking, he sat in the yard, took out a cigarette he had rolled himself from his pocket, and ignored Yu Wenli.

He's reluctant to smoke this; he only smokes this one a day, so he has to enjoy it.

Looking at Lao Xu's expression, Yu Wenli knew that he couldn't reason with him.

He had considered raising this issue with Zheng Xu, but Zheng Xu also believed that the pigsty should always be kept clean and pushed him back.

It's not the busy farming season now, so there are plenty of people available. Yu Wenli thought for a moment and realized that Zheng Xu must have whispered in Bai Jiaojiao's ear that he was asked to do this job.

The rule that the pigsty must be swept cleaner than the house was also set by Bai Jiaojiao.

Bai Jiaojiao.

Yu Wenli gripped the broom tightly.

Old Xu watched silently from the side, taking in Yu Wenli's gloomy expression, and shook his head.

Some people have really wasted their education.