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Zhou Lanfang received the letter on May 15th.
In that era when transportation was slow, a letter sent from Hongsheng Brigade would take about ten days for Zhou Lanfang to receive it.
During this period, the Hongsheng Brigade also launched the summer harvest operation in full swing.
Since the end of last year, when it came to paying public grain, the Hongsheng Brigade had handed in more grain than the Hongri Brigade. In order to become the "advanced brigade" of Heqin Commune, Zhou Aiguo was ambitious and wanted to lead the brigade members to keep the title of advanced brigade all year round.
Qiao Qingqing was already in the late stages of her pregnancy at this time last year, and was not far from giving birth. With the support of her military advisor, she could openly "slack off."
But there is no such excuse now. As the director of the Youth League Office, Qiao Qingqing must set an example herself so that she can have more say in front of the educated youth who have gone to the countryside.
The children at home also need someone to look after them!
So the old man, Tan Xian'e, and other people with weaker physical strength in the team were sent by the team to look after the children.
Qiao Qingqing looked at this scene, thinking deeply.
However, she doesn't want to bring it up for the time being, because not everyone will be willing to accept it in the short term.
She picked up the sickle, turned and walked into the rice field.
The golden ears of rice sway gently in the hot breeze under the sun, and the plump grains symbolize the joy of the harvest.
At a command from the team leader standing on the edge of the field, the team members bent down with sickles in hand and began to cut the rice skillfully.
Handfuls of rice seedlings were cut and neatly piled aside. The smiles on the faces of the hardworking people mixed with sweat dripped onto the land that had worked so hard to produce food.
Qiao Qingqing, Yao Xiaoman, Zhao Zhiqing and others were grouped together again. As for Lu Zhenfeng and Shi Meijun, they were in another field, where there was a tall and agile figure.
From time to time, you can hear the conversations between the villagers and the Lu family.
——Ever since Liao Yifan specially organized a dinner to recall the past, the people who have listened to Grandpa Lu’s stories have completely changed their views of the Lu family. They no longer regard them as a scourge, nor do they discriminate against or alienate them.
During these days of working together, we were all comrades and comrades-in-arms, chatting and laughing, and getting along very harmoniously.
Therefore, no one would say anything even if they saw Qiao Qingqing going to help the Lu family in the fields after leading the educated youth team to complete their mission.
Instead, she would say to Lu Zhenfeng and Shi Meiyun with envy: "You are so lucky. Qiao Zhiqing is so filial. She treats you better than her two parents."
After the Lu family was demoted, the secret support from Qiao Qingqing could not be discussed openly. Lu Zhenfeng could only resist the urge to praise his daughter-in-law and was forced to keep a low profile.
Shi Meiyun said with pity on her face: "It's not that Qingqing doesn't want to be nice to them, it's that she doesn't dare anymore. Qingqing has always been a very filial child, but some people are not worthy of her sincerity. Qingqing was hurt badly, so she put away her sincerity."
After she reminded everyone, they also remembered what the Qiao and Shi families had done to her.
"Too……"
"No wonder Qiao Zhiqing would rather treat her parents-in-law as her own parents than to bother with the Qiao family. They don't care about Qiao Zhiqing as much as you two do!"
Shi Meiyun had a faint smile on her face, gentle and happy, "Qingqing, this child, as long as others treat her well, she will remember it for a long time and repay it tenfold or a hundredfold. I just made a bowl of longevity noodles for Qingqing, and she remembered it all the time. She treated me better than her own son! Speaking of which, this is God's blessing on our Lu family..."
"Brother and sister-in-law of the Lu family, what kind of life did you city people live in the past? Did you farm in the past?"
"What a stupid question! City people don't need to farm, right, Lu brother and sister?"
"We don't have to farm, but we have to go to work, and we can't just sit there and enjoy ourselves every day. Sometimes we have to work overtime to catch up on tasks assigned by our superiors, just like you guys rushing to harvest. We can only rest for four or five hours a day..."
Qiao Qingqing listened to them talking more and more excitedly and secretly exchanged a glance with Lu Heng.
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