Grandma Han goes to the fields to help with the work every day, but she usually leaves work half an hour early to go home and cook. She is not a member of the production team, and the village cadres cannot require her to complete a fixed amount of tasks according to the membership, so she is free to leave early.
When the Han family's grandparents and grandson returned home from work, the meal was already prepared. Grandma Han had cooked a pot of red date and egg soup. As soon as her grandson came back, she instructed, "Zhengzi, wash your hands and bring a bowl of soup to Huaying."
When Han Zheng came down with the soup, he saw Lin Shan and the other girl picking vegetables in the kitchen. He asked, "Lin Shan, where's Hua Ying?"
"Hua Ying wasn't feeling well, so she went to bed right after she got home."
Upon hearing that she was not feeling well, Han Zheng immediately turned around with the bowl in hand, placed the soup on the table, and went to the bedroom and knocked on the door, "Huaying, can I come in?"
Yun Huaying had just dozed off for a few minutes, and now her dizziness was gone. She slowly stood up and replied, "Come in."
Han Zheng pushed open the door and strode into the room. He saw her frowning and rubbing her temples with her hands. "Your head hurts again. Do you have a fever?"
"No fever."
Han Zheng reached out and felt the temperature of her forehead. It felt normal. He squatted in front of her, his eyes full of worry. "Don't go to work this afternoon. Rest at home. You can take some more medicine."
"I'm fine now. The headache is from the noise."
Yun Huaying pressed hard on her temples and between her eyebrows again, sighed, and rarely complained to him: "That new female educated youth, Zhong Furong, talks too much. She's like a sparrow, chirping in my ear all morning. My head is buzzing with her noise, and it's very uncomfortable."
Han Zheng was helping her with work in the morning and knew that Zhong Furong was talking all the time. At that time, the two female educated youth were together and he didn't want to go over and disturb them. He had no idea that she was so uncomfortable with the noise.
"Huaying, avoid her next time. If you don't like her, you can just reject her directly."
Han Zheng sat down beside the bed as he spoke, and reached out to massage her temples. "Huaying, lie back, I'll give you a massage."
Yun Huaying didn't act pretentiously. She leaned back on the quilt, letting him massage her. She also told him the truth: "Han Zheng, I can't explain why, but I always feel that Zhong Furong is weird. I let her chatter non-stop this morning because I actually wanted to confirm her weirdness."
Han Zheng simply greeted the other person and didn't pay much attention to him. Instead, he spoke a few more words to the new male educated youth Ge Yuanjun.
"Huaying, what do you think is strange about her?" Han Zheng trusted her intuition.
"I can't really explain it. I just have this intuition that something's not right about her appearance. I always feel like her true self isn't like that. There's this inexplicable feeling of dissonance."
Yun Huaying had looked at the other person subtly in the morning. The more closely she looked, the stronger this feeling became, but she couldn't determine why something was wrong with her.
Han Zheng had a brief chat with the team leader before and learned that the Red Star Commune had only sent two new educated youth recently, and both were assigned to the Dongjiang Brigade.
The two of them arrived at this critical moment.
Yun Huaying also had a hunch that something was wrong, and Han Zheng instinctively became alert. "Huaying, I'm going to check the background of these two new educated youth. You should have less contact with them for the time being and try to avoid them."
"There's something wrong with Ge Yuanjun too?" Yun Huaying caught the words.
"His behavior was completely different from Zhong Furong's. He spoke very little and worked silently. Apart from simple exchanges, he never took the initiative to talk to anyone. I chatted with him for a few minutes this morning, and when I got close to him, I smelled a very faint but familiar scent on him."
Yun Huaying was curious, so she sat up straight and asked in a low voice, "What does it smell like?"
Han Zheng didn't answer her, but patted his waist with his right hand.
Yun Huaying fixed her gaze on the place where he took the photo. She knew what was there. Her beautiful eyes narrowed instantly and her expression became solemn.
"Huaying, you'd better be careful recently. I will check their information this afternoon." Han Zheng intuitively felt that they were coming for her.
Yun Huaying nodded and also reminded him: "You should be careful too. Go back and remind Grandpa Han and Grandma Han to be alert."
It is impossible to confirm whether they are coming for her, so it is better for everyone to be cautious.
Han Zheng massaged her for four or five minutes. After she felt better, he stood up and brought in the soup that was outside. "Huaying, grandma made this for you. The temperature is just right. Drink it up."
Being cared for and looked after by the elders, Yun Huaying felt warm in her heart. She took a sip of the drink, which was just the right amount of sweetness, and curled her lips slightly, "Go back and eat quickly. Don't keep the elders waiting for too long."
"Okay, drink slowly and take a nap at noon."
Han Zheng looked back as he spoke, and after confirming that there was no one at the door, he boldly stepped forward, held her face, and kissed her pink and moist lips.
Although the two have been together these days, it is not convenient to kiss each other outside. Having tasted her fragrance and sweetness, Han Zheng deeply remembers the smell that makes him obsessed, and he wishes he could immerse himself in it forever.
"Stop it."
Yun Huaying felt a little embarrassed, and the tips of her ears were already blushing.
Han Zheng chuckled softly. Knowing that she was shy, he stopped teasing her and stood up with a smile on his face. "Huaying, take your time eating. I'm going back now."
Yun Huaying nodded and said, "I'll bring the bowl up later."
"I'll come get it later."
When he returned home, the two old people were already sitting at the table waiting for him. The food was served on the table, one meat dish and two vegetables. The meat dishes were small fish, shrimps and river crabs caught from the river, which were stir-fried with chili peppers, ginger and garlic and were quite delicious with rice.
Before Han Zheng could tell the two elders about the new educated youth, Grandma Han mentioned Zhang Lin to him. "Zhengzi, don't be alone with Zhang Lin, the educated youth who spoke to you this morning. She's a wicked woman with ulterior motives. She does disgusting things. If you get entangled with her, it will have a very negative impact on you."
Han Zheng had never had a good impression of Zhang Lin. He had heard some of the gossipy women in the team say this before, but he hadn't listened carefully. He asked, "Grandma, I remember Zhang Lin seemed to have gone to the Nanwan Brigade. How did she transfer to the Dongjiang Brigade?"
After Grandma finished speaking, Han Zheng's expression was strange for a moment. "For a second-hand rice mill, Zhao Xuelin brought such a weirdo into the team. Is he crazy?"
"It was arranged by the Youth League Office. He probably couldn't do anything about it."
Grandma Han had a good impression of the young team leader. She had witnessed his efforts to develop the team firsthand and offered her analysis: "Dongjiang Brigade was originally the weakest of the five brigades in Red Star Commune, but after two or three months of hard work, they've built a rice mill and an oil press, a school, and are planning a soy products factory. This pace of development has aroused envy. Now that the commune leaders are very optimistic about the Dongjiang Brigade, the other production teams are jealous but can't do anything openly. Instead, they resort to scheming behind the scenes and sending people to annoy them."
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