Liu Cuiying did not go to the fields today. Guan Yurong said she would mail her medicine. Today was already the first day, and the postman still hadn't delivered the package slip. She was getting a little anxious and planned to go to the county post office to check.
So after dinner, she sat on a stool in the yard without moving.
Fang Suyun called her, "Mom, it's time to go to work."
"I'm not going."
"The captain has asked you to work here, and if you don't go, what are you going to do?"
Liu Cuiying still had two boxes of biscuits in her bag, enough for her to eat for at least one day.
"I'm not going. I won't eat your food today."
Fang Suyun and Xu Zhenqing didn't say anything else. They knew that the old woman was lazy and must be tired after working for two days, so she didn't want to go to the fields.
"It's okay for you not to go to the fields, but you can't stay at home either," said Xu Zhenqing.
"That's no problem." She was just about to go out, and there was no point in staying home anyway.
The four of them went out of the door together. Xu Zhenqing locked the door. He, Fang Suyun and Mo Wuwei went to the field together, no matter where Liu Cuiying would go.
Not long after the three of them left, Liu Cuiying went to the county town alone.
It is now the autumn harvest season, and the oxen in the brigade are busy pulling grain in the fields. There are no ready-made ox carts, so Liu Cuiying can only walk to the county town.
Fortunately, they arrived at the county town before noon. She was so tired that her legs were weak and her whole body was exhausted.
After asking at the post office window, she found out that there were no packages or letters for her. She called Guan Yurong's office using the post office landline, but no one answered after two or three calls. She became very nervous.
Could something have happened to her daughter? Not only could she not get medicine, she hadn't written to her, and now she couldn't even get through on the phone.
She did not give up. She waited for half an hour and called again. This time the call was connected, but it was not her daughter who answered the phone. She told her that Guan Yurong was not there.
She asked the other party when Guan Yurong would be able to answer the phone, but the other party said he didn't know, which made her even more worried about Guan Yurong's safety.
"Yurong, something happened? Yurong, what happened to you?" She didn't understand what was going on and was very scared.
What should she do if something happens to Guan Yurong?
He staggered out of the post office in a daze, and walked into the team in a daze.
After Guan Yurong got into trouble, her only relative left was Lin Ruyan.
By the way, she could go and ask Lin Ruyan, maybe Lin Ruyan knew what happened.
If Lin Ruyan didn't know, she would tell Lin Ruyan about it so that Lin Ruyan could be mentally prepared.
She went to the fields to look for Lin Ruyan, but found a strange young man beside Lin Ruyan. The first thought in her mind was that Lin Ruyan had found a partner, but when she looked closely, the man looked a bit like a member of the Guan family, so he should be one of the children of the Guan family.
Besides, Lin Ruyan was surrounded by other villagers and educated youth, so she had calmed down. Guan Yurong's situation was unclear, and she couldn't expose her relationship with Lin Ruyan now.
It’s better to be patient for now. Maybe there will be news about Guan Yurong in a couple of days.
Today, Guan Xingyao basically did all of Lin Rongyan's work. She was either resting or playing beside her, which was much more relaxing than her usual work.
The educated youth who worked with her all envied her.
Zhang Jianjun was not idle either. He was working with the Jiang family and Xu Nuannuan.
Jiang Ye was a little absent-minded at work. He had no idea how many times his eyes had circled on Xu Nuannuan's lips throughout the whole day.
The little girl said she would kiss him on the lips today. When will she kiss him?
He was both excited and nervous.
As soon as work was over, Guan Xingyao came to find Zhang Jianjun and talked to him alone.
"Jianjun, where do you eat all the time? Your sister's house? Or her boyfriend's house?"
"Her boyfriend's family."
"Who cooks in their family? Did you eat the rice your sister cooked for you?"
He has never forgotten Xu Nuannuan's craftsmanship. Thinking of the things Xu Nuannuan made, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Zhang Jianjun glanced at him sideways. "Why are you asking about this? Where do I eat? Do I eat the food my sister cooks? What does it have to do with you? If I don't eat, it's none of your business, right?"
Guan Xingyao's expression was embarrassed for a moment: "Well, we are comrades, isn't it normal for comrades to care about each other?"
"Then why don't you care if I pooped, how many times I pooped, and where I pooped? Aren't we comrades? Why don't you care about this?"
"Jianjun, if you want me to care about you, that's fine. I'll ask you in front of your sister and her mother-in-law's family later and take good care of you."
"Forget it, forget it. I don't need your concern anymore. But I know what you're thinking. I've been eating at Nuannuan's boyfriend's house since yesterday. But Nuannuan is tired from work, so I can't let her cook anymore."
"Then won't we be able to eat her cooking before we leave?"
Zhang Jianjun laughed out loud, "Look at you, you're so greedy. If you want to eat, ask your sister to make it for you. It's not like you don't have a sister."
"But Ruyan doesn't know how to do anything." Guan Xingyao began to envy Zhang Jianjun again, and said pitifully, "Jianjun, you have such a good sister, you don't mind letting me take some credit for it. Well, I'll go to your place tomorrow and help her with the work, I'll pay for her shopping, and I'll have to trouble her with the cooking."
"Okay, go ahead and tell her."
"Me?" Guan Xingyao was embarrassed. "What should I say? After all, we're not that familiar with each other. How can you say it's appropriate?"
Zhang Jianjun looked at Guan Xingyao, who was about to drool on the ground, and nodded in agreement, "Okay, you pay for the shopping, and you also have to go help Nuannuan with the work. I'll tell her that you want to eat her cooking."
"Yeah, okay." Guan Xingyao nodded, feeling happy. But then he thought about it and felt something was wrong. "Jianjun, I'm not the only one eating this. Don't you want to eat it too? I'm not familiar with Xu Zhiqing. You can't just say I want to eat it."
Zhang Jianjun smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I said we both want to eat."
"That's more like it. You're her brother, she'll definitely give you face."
Guan Xingyao looked aggrieved again and envied Zhang Jianjun again.
Xu Nuannuan noticed that the two men looked at her from time to time while talking, so she walked over and said, "Brother Jianjun, Comrade Guan, what are you talking about? Can I know?"
As she looked at Guan Xingyao, she felt more and more that his eyes were very similar to her mother's.