Chapter 81: The Heroine of the Period Literature

"Yes, yes! The person who picked this melon is really not a good person. Come on, stop crying, stop crying."

Several people coaxed Lu Miao out of the vegetable field.

Lu Miao was still angry. "I don't care about other things. From now on, anyone who wants to pick the cucumbers in the vegetable garden in front of the door must get my permission first!"

Geng Xiaoyun was amused by her childish protective nature and readily agreed:

"Okay, as you say, we all do as you say!"

Lu Miao finally felt a little less angry. She walked around surrounded by several people, pouting and humming.

On the way, I met my uncle He Laosi who was going to the threshing ground with me. We greeted each other familiarly:

"Uncle."

Lu Miao had just finished acting like a spoiled child and was still a bit reserved. She couldn't call him enthusiastically, but it would be impolite not to. She bit her lips and hesitated for a while, then awkwardly called out "Uncle" in a low voice.

"Haha, good!" He Lao Si responded with a smile. The atmosphere between Lu Miao and the others was tense, and he saw something was wrong. "Hey, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Geng Xiaoyun glanced at Lu Miao and teased him half-seriously:

"The cucumbers in the vegetable garden were pecked by birds. I didn't get to eat the cucumbers, so I'm angry with the birds!"

"Hahaha, kids, you are still kids!"

Children from the city are fair-skinned. Even if they get tanned from working in the fields for a month or two, they are still fairer than children born and raised in the countryside, and look much younger at first glance.

In He Laosi's eyes, Lu Miao and the others were little girls who had not yet grown up.

The villagers are honest and sincere. They treat adults as adults and children as children. He Lao Si said happily:

"Cucumbers aren't worth much. There are plenty in the fields this season. I'll pick some for you tomorrow... But the sun has been so strong these past few days that the pomegranates in front of my house are cracking. It's still a while until nightfall, so there's no urgent need for help at the threshing floor."

[Dialect: wo wu li, meaning "my home".]

"Comrade educated youth, if you don't mind, please go to my room and pick some pomegranates to eat!"

He Laosi raised his chin towards the production team's home and said, "It will ripen quickly in hot weather. If this person doesn't eat it, it will be given to the sparrow for free."

"this……"

"Okay, uncle, I won't be polite. I'll pick two."

Ren Bingxin and Gu Ying looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.

Geng Xiaoyun was a frank and honest person. Seeing that Lu Miao was still pouting, she wanted to make this spoiled little sister Lu Miao happy, so she responded directly and openly.

He Laosi was also happy. He chatted for a while before waving goodbye and leaving.

Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Geng Xiaoyun and the others to take it slow and not to rush.

After seeing He Lao Si off, Geng Xiaoyun couldn't stop smiling. "You guys go ahead. I'll go pick some pomegranates and come back in a bit."

Ren Bingxin asked, "Can you do it alone? How about I go with you? It's getting dark, and we can keep each other company."

"How can picking pomegranates be such a small undertaking? It doesn't require two people. It's even easier after dark. I know the route well! Just go ahead and leave me alone."

"Oh well."

Ren Bingxin had no choice but to give up and went to the threshing ground with Lu Miao and Gu Ying.

The eastern threshing ground that Lu Miao arranged for night watch was the one next to the Fu family.

Fu Jingyou was nearby, so naturally he also participated in the night watch mission. He was never a talkative person, and had even less to say to the people in the production team.

Before Lu Miao came, he always used a fork to spread the rice ears on the field as evenly and flatly as possible.

He Laosi and two other women were working and chatting next to him, but he didn't say a word. He was so silent that he seemed like an invisible man.

The voice of a young girl is always easy to recognize. Fu Jingyou looked up and the moment he saw Lu Miao, he stopped what he was doing. He just stood there, holding the wooden fork as a farm tool, and looked at her from a distance.

"Hey, the educated youth comrade is here."

Noticing the arrival of the female educated youth, He Hongjin turned around and looked at Fu Jingyou, "Xiao Liu, go get some grass and help the female comrades prepare a place to sleep at night. Be careful, as girls are delicate. Otherwise, they will get sick from the dew tomorrow morning."

Fu Jingyou didn't say anything, put down the wooden fork and responded with practical action.

However, before building a place to sleep, he thought about it and went home to move the old bamboo bed out of the house and placed it on the edge of the threshing ground.

The female educated youth had just arrived and were closest to that place. Lu Miao was familiar with him, so of course he was not polite and just took off his shoes and climbed up to sit.

Gu Ying was embarrassed to pull Lu Miao, but Lu Miao broke free, looking puzzled. "The bamboo bed was brought out to be sat on. Why are you being so shy?"

After saying that, she turned her head to look at Fu Jingyou, and asked with a smile, "Really? Comrade Fu?"

Fu Jingyou hummed in a low voice.

Seeing this, Gu Ying hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Comrade Fu."

"Need not."

Fu Jingyou responded coldly.

"Hmph." Lu Miao secretly curled his lips, muttering in his heart that Fu Jingyou was not smart enough.

After all, Gu Ying is the heroine and his future benefactor!

This attitude is too distant and cold!

Pulling Ren Bingxin and Gu Ying to sit beside him, Lu Miao said:

"Never mind him, let's sit down first... I'm sweating all over after walking all the way."

The East Threshing Ground is divided into three parts, each of which has spread out rice ears and piles of rice formed into small hills.

Excluding Geng Xiaoyun and Ren Bingxin, there were a total of six people assigned to keep watch, including Lu Miao and Gu Ying, Fu Jingyou, and the uncles and aunts who had asked them to pick pomegranates on the way.

There were also two other female comrades. Judging from their ages, Lu Miao was right to call them aunt.

So many people are arranged not only to keep watch, but also to keep each other company and supervise each other.

There were many times when we were hungry. Now that the harvest was good, so much grain was piled up in the threshing ground in the dark. Not only was we afraid of outsiders stealing it, we also had to be on guard against our own people stealing it.

Gu Ying was not as content as Lu Miao. In addition, she had come to Dahe Village a few years earlier than Lu Miao and had already adapted to the local customs. When others around her were busy, her hands would also be busy.

After sitting with Lu Miao for a while at the edge of the threshing floor, Gu Ying rolled up her sleeves and was about to join the busy team. Lu Miao couldn't understand and pulled her wrist and said:

"I just took a shower. Don't go in. You'll be sweaty and itchy soon."

"It's okay. I'm just sitting anyway, so I can do as much as I can."

Gu Ying smiled and stroked Lu Miao's hand.

Fu Jingyou was the only young and strong man present. Gu Ying deliberately avoided him and went to the side of He Laosi and the two aunts.

Seeing her busy at work while chatting and laughing with her uncles and aunts, Lu Miao felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

Otherwise, how could she be set as the heroine of a period novel?

Look at this array of people with good moral character, so many good roots!

Lu Miao is completely convinced by this kind of "female protagonist". Then he looks back at Chen Miaomiao?

Lu Miao rolled his eyes speechlessly to the sky and said nothing more. Let them understand each other.