"You're not leaving until you put the soil back in my bag!"
Hearing Lu Fangfang's words, the leading man looked somewhat embarrassed.
However, after thinking about it, he quickly waved and led the group back.
They re-hitched the carriage onto the horses, and the men began loading it with shovels.
"snort."
Lu Fangfang stood aside, her hands clasped in a fist, watching coldly.
"Hurry up and pack it, don't keep your sister-in-law waiting."
The man in the lead reprimanded the group, then smiled ingratiatingly at Lu Fangfang.
"Who's your sister-in-law? I'm not that old."
"Um, sister-in-law, sister-in-law..."
"Pah, who's your sister-in-law? Do you think I'm even in your league?"
Lu Fangfang spat again.
The man, in his thirties, had scabies on his head and was completely different from his previous arrogant demeanor; his change of expression was disgustingly rapid.
"..."
"You old rightist, what's it to you? What are you looking at? Get back to work, or I'll smash your dog head in!"
Unable to find happiness with Lu Fangfang, the man took his anger out on Lao Xu.
He cursed as he strode over and kicked Xu Huayun hard.
"Xu Laizi, don't go too far."
Uncle Guo strode over and shielded Old Xu behind him, saying, "Old Xu, you push the cart and go ahead."
Xu Huayun knew this was for her own good.
He silently pushed the cart and quickly left the place.
"Hmph! Guo Pianzi, let's see how long you can protect him."
Xu Laizi glared at him fiercely.
"What are you saying? Hurry up and fill the soil for me, I need it urgently."
"Hey, here it comes, here it comes."
Xu Laizi immediately returned to the front of the carriage and told the others to speed up. He even bent down and scooped up soil to load the carriage himself.
Only after all the clay on the ground had been loaded onto the cart did he look at Lu Fangfang and say, "Comrade, the clay we accidentally spilled has been put back in. Shall we be on our way?"
Seeing that Lu Fangfang didn't speak, Xu Laizi waved his hand, and everyone immediately slipped away.
Uncle Guo, holding his long whip, watched the retreating figures of Xu Laizi and his gang, still feeling lingering fear.
"Comrade Xiao Lu, we really owe you a lot this time."
"It's nothing, but Uncle Guo, they'll definitely come back to cause trouble in the future. You and Comrade Xu will have to think of other ways."
"It's alright. In a few days, when the grass turns green, I'll let Old Xu go up the mountain to graze the horses. Then they won't be able to do anything to Old Xu."
Uncle Guo is very optimistic.
He walked to the carriage with a smile, flicked his whip, and the carriage started moving again.
The two walked along the path for a short while before they saw Xu Huayun, who was still pushing the cart with his head down.
Seeing this, Uncle Guo quickly shouted, "Old Xu, it's alright now. You should thank Comrade Lu this time. If it weren't for her, you would have been taken to the farm headquarters by Xu Laizi and his gang."
Xu Huayun stopped after hearing this.
He turned to look at Lu Fangfang, his face full of apology, and said, "Comrade Lu, I'm sorry to have dragged you into this."
"It's okay, you help me push the dirt, I'll help you this once, it's fair."
Lu Fangfang shook her head, not caring about these things.
She could tell that since Uncle Guo was protecting him, Old Xu must be a good person.
"No matter what, I have to thank you!"
Xu Huayun bowed slightly to express her gratitude, then continued pushing the soil.
The sixth team was closer to the family compound than the farm headquarters. Lu Fangfang and Uncle Guo walked for more than twenty minutes before finally arriving at the family compound.
The gate to the house was too small for the carriage to pass through.
Lu Fangfang took a look and then had Uncle Guo pull the cart to the east side of her house, where he dumped clay right next to the wall.
"Uncle Guo, come in and have some water and rest for a while."
Uncle Guo waved his hand, "No, Comrade Lu, Old Xu should still be on the way. I'll take this time to go back and get you another load."
As he spoke, he sat down in the carriage and cracked his whip.
"Uncle Guo, do you have any wooden molds for making adobe bricks?"
"Yes, yes, I'll make sure you bring them, don't worry, giddy up!"
Lu Fangfang stood at the gate of the courtyard until she could no longer see Uncle Guo's figure before she went inside.
She took two large tea mugs, grabbed some white sugar, and then poured in hot water.
She took it out to air in the yard, then went outside to wait at the entrance of the residential compound.
Old Xu was pushing her cart, still halfway there. This person didn't know where she lived, so she had to lead the way at the entrance of the residential compound.
"Comrade Lu, who was that uncle just now?"
As soon as Lu Fangfang walked to the front of the first row of houses, her curious sister-in-law asked her about it.
She didn't hide it and said with a smile, "Uncle Guo from the nearby ranch helped me bring some clay."
Since Lao Xu hadn't arrived yet, Lu Fangfang simply walked over to her sisters-in-law.
Looking around, there weren't many women here today, just a few. Among them, Sister-in-law Hao Mei caught Lu Fangfang's eye.
She hasn't shown up for several days since Hao Mei's sister-in-law said something wrong a few days ago.
After taking a closer look, Lu Fangfang noticed that Hao Mei's left cheek was somewhat red and swollen, which could not be covered even with a silk scarf.
Lu Fangfang seemed lost in thought, but it was none of her business.
"Why does the yard smell so good today? Who's made something delicious again?"
"The Zhu Haiming family just moved in. Tomorrow is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and she's getting married. So today they called some people over to prepare some dishes in advance."
No wonder there were so few people today; they all went to Zhu Haimei's house.
After the sister-in-law finished speaking, the atmosphere became somewhat subdued, and several of the sisters-in-law felt slighted.
"Hey, Xiao Lu, I heard you and Zhu Haiming came to join the army in the same car. What are you planning to send tomorrow?"
Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Lu Fangfang was taken aback. She was usually very busy and had never really thought about it.
Forget about sending gifts, she wouldn't even want to attend Zhu Haiming's wedding if she wasn't afraid of what others would say.
She and Zhu Haiming not only had no relationship, but also some grudges.
"Xiao Lu? Xiao Lu?"
Forehead……
Lu Fangfang hesitated for a long time before whispering, "I have two cans of food at home."
The sisters-in-law: "..."
Zhu Haiming bought half a pig to entertain guests, so isn't it a bit too little to just give away two cans of food?
"Well, Comrade Zhu Haiming, we don't need these things. I just wanted to give you a token of my appreciation. Mingcheng and I just moved here, and we're not exactly rolling in money..."
Lu Fangfang came up with several reasons.
But in the end, she couldn't stand the stares from her sisters-in-law, so she quickly slipped away.
"Actually, what Comrade Lu said is not wrong. Zhu Haiming probably doesn't lack these things. How about... we send her canned food too?"
The other sisters-in-law remained silent, but they were all pondering their own thoughts.
If you're not even noticed by others, then there's really no need to give expensive gifts.
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