Chapter 20

Jiang Chao hadn't recovered from the words "Jiang Zhiqing" when the door of the Lu family was shut tightly. After his brain circuits were reconnected, he muttered to himself: "I can't call you Yaoyao, so why can you? It's inexplicable."

Jiang Yao was confused by Lu Che's anger, but when she understood what was going on, she looked at him calmly and said, "Are you jealous?"

"Yes, I'm jealous." Lu Che didn't say a word of rebuttal, and directly admitted: "This Jiang Chao obviously has evil intentions towards you."

Jiang Yao had the feeling that Jiang Chao was interested in her, but he had never said anything. Helping to carry something was just an act between friends, and she couldn't be overly understanding, especially since he had never crossed that line.

But she could understand Lu Che's feelings. If a girl who was interested in him came to see him today, she would also be angry.

So, she didn't ask him about this issue and changed the subject: "My brother sent me a package, and I haven't opened it yet. Let's take a look at what's inside. If there are seeds, we have to arrange them quickly."

Lu Che was successfully distracted by Jiang Yao and opened the package with her.

In addition to sending some mountain products as usual, Jiang Zhen also sent tomato and cucumber seeds, as well as the agar-agar grass that Jiang Yao specifically requested.

"Why are there only two kinds?" Jiang Yao was a little disappointed.

Lu Che said, "Did your brother send you a letter? If he did, see what it says."

Jiang Yao took out the envelope as instructed, tore it open and saw that there was a letter and some banknotes inside.

She opened the letter and took a long while to say, "My brother said that there are a lot of vegetables over there, but not many are suitable for our province to grow. Tomatoes and cucumbers should be okay, but it's hard to say about the others, so they haven't been sent yet."

"It doesn't matter." Lu Che said, "I've never seen anyone grow tomatoes and cucumbers, especially tomatoes. If my aunt hadn't brought a few back from Hong Kong City once, I wouldn't have tasted what they tasted like. And cucumbers are much crisper than the cucumbers grown by our villagers. They can definitely be sold for a good price."

After hearing what the boss said, Jiang Yao regained his confidence and said, "Then let's hurry up and sow all these seeds before the busy farming season."

"Okay, the well is almost done. I think we'll be able to get water in the next two days."

"Great!" Jiang Yao pushed him out. "To wish our new project a successful outcome, let's go drink bone soup now to celebrate, and then have meat buns tonight."

"What is a new project?" Boss Lu asked when he didn't understand.

Jiang Yao chuckled, "A project is a new task, a new job, do you understand?"

"Understood."

"Any other questions?" Jiang Yao saw that he looked reluctant to leave.

"Yes." Lu Che's eyes fell on the stack of banknotes on her desk and said, "Can you please not ask your brother to send money to me in the future? I can't get the banknotes for now, but I will work hard to earn money and try to give you the best life. If I always ask your brother to support you, I will feel useless."

"..." The boss has a really strong self-esteem. He is indeed someone who will do great things in the future. Jiang Yao smiled and agreed: "No problem, write him a reply in a few days, and I will ask him not to send it."

She has always been independent. If she hadn't just come here and hadn't adapted to the environment yet, she would have stopped Jiang Zhen from sending money.

Although she is still a laborer who works six centimeters a day, she can sell jelly twice a month. If nothing unexpected happens, she will have her first harvest of tomatoes in two months and her first harvest of cucumbers in three months. Without Lu Che, she can easily support herself.

That night, Lu Che dug the well until nine o'clock. After kissing his partner, he went to bed in a happy mood.

The next day, Lu Che got up early. Instead of going to the county town to collect firewood, he stayed at home to continue digging the well.

Jiang Yao didn't slack off either. She got up early in the morning to make breakfast. When she went to the vegetable garden to call Lu Che for breakfast, she saw him smiling at the wellhead.

"Did you dig it up?" In case there were ears on the other side of the wall, Jiang Yao did not dare to speak loudly. She walked to his side in a low voice and looked into the well. Sure enough, she saw the reflection of the blue sky and white clouds.

"You're awesome!" Jiang Yao hugged his arm excitedly and said, "Let's not go to work today. Let's sow tomato and cucumber seeds at home. This month is a good time to sow seeds."

When Lu Che heard this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know how to grow tomatoes and cucumbers?"

"Of course I understand." Jiang Yao's grandmother had grown these two vegetables before. She was curious at the time and followed the whole process. She knew all the steps well.

Moreover, tomatoes and cucumbers have a characteristic that they do not take up much space but can produce a lot of fruits.

"I thought you grew up in the city and wouldn't understand these farm work." Lu Che said with a sigh, "It's good that you understand. I've never farmed before, and I was just trying it out before today."

"Don't worry, my grandma taught me how to grow it before." Jiang Yao assured, patting his chest.

Both of them are quick to act, so they started working after breakfast.

Of course, the hard work of loosening the soil was given to Lu Che, while Jiang Yao followed behind him and used small bamboo poles to build a frame so that the tomato and cucumber vines could climb up.

The tripod formation is the most stable. Jiang Yao inserted three bamboos diagonally into the soil, let them intersect in the middle, and then tied the intersection with a rope.

The sun had already come out. She was sweating profusely after finishing one. When she looked up to wipe the sweat off her face, she saw a man not far away, shirtless, swinging a hoe vigorously, again and again.

The muscles on his body became tighter and more obvious as he moved.

He usually works outside and would never take off his clothes no matter how hot or tired he is, but he took them off now. She had reason to suspect that he was seducing her, and she had evidence.

Whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally, Jiang Yao had to admit that she was hooked.

Although she had never been in love in her previous life and was somewhat averse to marriage, she still longed for love, but she just hadn't met the right person.

Her best friend once said that a workaholic like her would definitely find a workaholic of the same type. She did not deny it at the time, and thought that if they really got married one day in the future, it would be nice for her and her husband to each have a study room and go their own way.

But at this moment, she and her partner were doing farm work, one loosening the soil and the other building a scaffolding. It was very different from what they had originally imagined, but she felt very happy.

She seemed to have suddenly gotten over her parents' divorce.

Perhaps they were attracted to each other and loved each other, but their busy lives left them no time to take care of their children, let alone communicate. Such a marriage seems destined to break up.

Lu Che had already noticed that his partner was looking at him. He endured it for a long time before he said smugly, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"Look how handsome you are." Jiang Yao said with a smile.

Lu Che felt that he was being teased, so he "fought back," "If you had said so earlier, I would have taken it off a long time ago."

"..." Jiang Yao rolled her eyes at him and decided not to let him show off like that. She said, "I don't know. How can I tell you? After all, I used to like men who smelled like books."

After hearing this, Lu Che snorted coldly, ignored her for the time being, and worked hard to loosen the soil.

After a morning of hard work, they finally planted a row of tomatoes and a row of cucumbers in the vegetable garden.

Although it may not look like much, when it comes to harvest, the yield per mu is much more than that of leafy vegetables.

Seeing that Jiang Yao was too busy to cook, Lu Qing cooked her portion. In fact, Lu Qing also wanted to help, but seeing that the couple was so happy, she decided not to disturb them.

After lunch, Jiang Yao went to bed.

Although Lu Che did all the hardest and most tiring work, she still worked for half a day and was indeed overloaded. She asked Lu Che to go to bed, but he said, "No, the firewood of two factories is almost burned out. I will deliver it to them in the afternoon. I have to go to the market in two days, so I don't have time."

"Okay, then you go early and come back early, and eat two more eggs tonight to replenish your body." Jiang Yao knew that the boss was a model worker and there was nothing she could do to persuade him.

Jiang Yao slept until 4:30 in the afternoon.

She wanted to see if Lu Che had come back, but as soon as she walked out of the room, she saw him sitting in front of the tool shed, fiddling with something.

"You're back? What are you doing?" Jiang Yao walked over and saw a chair on the ground, and Lu Che was grinding away the burrs on it.

Only then did she remember that he had been cutting bamboo intermittently for some time, and it turned out that he was making bamboo mats.

Seeing her coming, he did not stop what he was doing, and only said, "It's almost finished. I can lay it on you tonight."

"Is this made for me?" Jiang Yao asked in surprise.

"Yes, you can sleep cool tonight."

At night, after Lu Che took a bath, he took the bamboo mat to Jiang Yao's room and helped her spread it out.

Jiang Yao went up there and it was cool indeed. She couldn't help but sigh, "So comfortable!"

Now there is no air conditioning or fans, so it is really a blessing to be able to sleep on a bamboo mat.

"Lie down if you feel comfortable." Lu Che said, walking to the table and sitting down.

Jiang Yao propped her head up with her hands, lay on her side, and asked the question she hadn't asked in the afternoon: "Didn't you start making this mat a long time ago? We didn't have any relationship at that time."

Lu Che turned his head to look at her and said frankly: "It has nothing to do with anything, but I want to do it for you."

"..." This sentence left Lawyer Jiang speechless, but it also made her feel happy.

"Humph, you have been plotting against me for a long time."

Jiang Yao snorted. Lu Che said nothing, taking it as his agreement. He turned around and opened a mechanical engineering book that Yue Lao had given him.

This was the first time Jiang Yao saw him reading a book. She thought he would pester her for a kiss tonight like he did before. Has the novelty worn off?

Jiang Yao sat up and called out to him, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at the mechanical principles." Lu Che said without turning his head.

"..." He came to find his date late at night not to talk about love but to let his date watch him read. Jiang Yao felt tired of him. When she was about to chase him away, she heard him say, "Didn't you say you like men who smell like books? I can do that too."

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The author has something to say:

I took Zhou Zhou back to his grandmother's house yesterday. I had planned to use his uncle's computer to type. His uncle is a frontline worker in epidemic prevention and cannot go home recently. Who knew that this guy took the computer away...

I coded this chapter with pad, it's short but sweet, I'll try to update more tomorrow...