"Okay." Lin Qingyan nodded.
They need someone to watch over the grain. She's not as strong as Lin Zhiheng, so let Lin Zhiheng carry it for a while, and then she can take over later.
Because he had his work points deducted, Lin Guanghui could only borrow 100 jin of grain from the brigade. He ignored Lin Sisi and carried his own grain back to the educated youth settlement.
Lin Si wanted Gu Mingzhou to carry the grain for her, but Gu Mingzhou was looking towards Lin Qingyan.
He said to Lin Sisi, "Sisi, Qingyan's health is not as good as yours, I'll go help him."
"Brother Mingzhou."
Lin Sisi tried to stop Gu Mingzhou, but Gu Mingzhou walked quickly and soon arrived at Lin Qingyan's place.
He walked directly up to Lin Qingyan and said, "Comrade Lin, you definitely can't carry all this grain. Let me help you."
He made a move to grab the grain sack, but Lin Qingyan stopped him.
"No need, Comrade Gu. My younger brother has already carried a bag back to the educated youth settlement. He'll be back in a little while. The two of them can carry it, so there's no need to trouble you."
Gu Mingzhou smiled awkwardly. This girl used to yearn for his love and protection, but now she only showed him indifference and rejection.
Behind him, Lin Sisi's resentful gaze seemed to bore holes through Lin Qingyan.
Lin Qingyan also saw her expression, but didn't care. Her rejection of Gu Mingzhou had nothing to do with Lin Sisi.
Gu Mingzhou paused for a moment, then reached out to the other bags of grain again: "Qingyan, you don't need to be so polite with me. I know you're in trouble, so I'll definitely help you."
This time, he was stopped by a hand again, but this hand was not Lin Qingyan's small and slender hand, but a large hand with distinct knuckles and long, slender fingers.
He looked up along that hand and saw Lu Zhengting's exceptionally handsome face, which he particularly disliked.
This guy is ruining his plans again.
"I'll help Comrade Lin carry it."
A deep, pleasant voice rang out, and Lu Zhengting smiled at Lin Qingyan.
"Comrade Lu."
Gu Mingzhou noticed that not only was Lu Zhengting leering at Lin Qingyan, but Lin Qingyan also seemed happy when she saw Lu Zhengting.
What exactly happened to her?
Has she fallen for Lu Zhengting, or is she deliberately putting on an act in front of Lu Zhengting to annoy herself?
Lu Zhengting grabbed the sack of grain and easily placed it on his shoulder, preparing to deliver it to the educated youth settlement.
Lin Qingyan didn't want to trouble him, but she saw Gu Mingzhou blocking Lu Zhengting's way: "Old Lu, put your bag down, Comrade Lin doesn't need your help at all."
Lu Zhengting looked at Lin Qingyan: "Do you need my help?"
Lin Qingyan, of course, wanted to slap Gu Mingzhou in the face, so she smiled at Lu Zhengting and said, "Thank you, Comrade Lu. I'll treat you to dinner another time."
Lu Zhengting smiled and nodded, then pushed Gu Mingzhou aside and left with the grain sack on his back.
Lin Sisi was so angry that she almost bit her teeth off.
She was angry that Gu Mingzhou rushed to help Lin Qingyan but not her, and she resented that Lin Qingyan had so many people helping her while her boyfriend ignored her.
The others nearby had also noticed that Gu Mingzhou and Lu Zhengting were vying to help Lin Qingyan. Besides envying Lin Qingyan, they also felt some sympathy for Lin Sisi.
Gu Mingzhou was unwilling to fall behind Lu Zhengting and wanted to grab another opportunity, but Lin Qingyan stopped him: "Comrade Gu, you should go back quickly, otherwise your fiancée will be unhappy."
She just wanted Gu Mingzhou to get as far away from her as possible.
"It's okay, she's your sister, she won't be jealous."
The next second, Lin Sisi walked over and grabbed Gu Mingzhou's arm.
She said in a coquettish tone, "Brother Mingzhou, please help me, I can't do it at all."
She pulled and tugged, finally managing to drag Gu Mingzhou back.
Lu Zhengting was taller than Lin Zhiheng, and having undergone rigorous training for many years, he was much stronger than Lin Zhiheng. By the time Lu Zhengting arrived at the educated youth settlement with his bag of grain, Lin Zhiheng had just unloaded his own bag.
Lu Zhengting put down the grain, patted Lin Zhiheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Young man, you're quite strong. Let's go back together."
Lin Zhiheng had always had a good impression of Lu Zhengting, mainly because Lu Zhengting often gave Lin Qingyan things and helped her. He liked anyone who was good to his sister.
Besides these, he also found that Lu Zhengting was indeed a very good person. Putting aside the filter he had for his sister, he found Lu Zhengting much more pleasing to the eye than Gu Mingzhou.
They hadn't gone far from the educated youth settlement when they saw Gu Mingzhou also carrying a bag of grain. However, from a distance, they could see that Gu Mingzhou's face was sour, as if it was full of reluctance.
When Lu Zhengting and Lin Zhiheng saw him, they exchanged a glance, suppressing their laughter, and then walked past him to continue carrying the grain.
Lin Sisi earned fewer work points and received less grain than Lin Zhiheng and Lin Qingyan. By the time all the grain from Lin Qingyan's side had been moved, Gu Mingzhou had also moved all of Lin Sisi's grain.
Lu Zhengting had to go help the brigade leader's family transport grain, so he said goodbye to Lin Qingyan and left the educated youth settlement.
Lin Zhiheng said to Lin Qingyan, "Sister, Brother Lu came to help us before he even had a chance to help his uncle move the grain. Brother Lu is so kind."
"Brother Lu?"
Lin Qingyan felt that Lin Zhiheng's way of addressing Lu Zhengting was quite affectionate.
Lin Zhiheng said, "Sister, I think Brother Lu is a very good person, at least I have a very good feeling about him, so I just called him that casually."
"That's good, we can call you that from now on."
However, since Lu Zhengting helped her so much, she must thank him properly in the future.
After the autumn harvest, everyone can rest well until the spring planting season next year, when they will need to go to the fields again.
Everyone was exhausted after the autumn harvest. Both commune members and educated youth chose to rest on the first day after the harvest.
There's not much grass left on the mountain, so we need so many people to do this work. Lin Qingyan told Wu Fatian that she wanted to quit early and left the task of cutting pig feed to the children.
Lu Zhengting was thinking about going to the county town to buy needles and thread for embroidery so that he could mend Lin Qingyan's handkerchief as soon as possible.
But he didn't understand these things himself, and he needed Li Qinqin to come with him. Li Qinqin was exhausted after the autumn harvest, so he waited for her to rest before going to the county town together.
Li Qinqin probably thought of this as well. After only one day of rest, she said she wanted to go to the county town with Lu Zhengting to buy needles and thread for embroidery.
The brigade leader had a bicycle, so they rode it to the county town.
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