"I understand."
Jiang Ci settled the payment with the doctor and then left with the child.
"Mom! Candy, I want candy!" Zhou Yang asked Jiang Ci for candy before he even left the clinic.
Jiang Ci looked down at the little kid who wanted everything to eat.
He doesn't understand anything. He's used to asking the "original body" for things, and he knows that even if his sister has something, their mother will take it away for him. That's why he snatched the candy from the doctor's hand.
"These candies are for my sister. She's sick and very weak, so she needs to eat candy. Are you sick?"
Zhou Yang wasn't hungry yet, but children don't know when they're full, especially since it was candy. Under the temptation of such a thing, Zhou Yang couldn't understand what Jiang Ci was saying at all.
Zhou Yang said quite confidently, "Give me my sister's, but the candy is mine!"
Zhou Miao lowered his head and remained quiet.
She knew her mother would definitely give the candy to Yangyang, and if she asked for it, her mother would scold her. Zhou Miao never asked her mother for anything.
Jiang Ci had no interest in arguing with the child. She restrained Zhou Yang with one hand, put the candy in her pocket, took two pieces, and stuffed them into Zhou Miao's hand.
Zhou Miao stared blankly at the little hand with two extra candies, then looked up at Jiang Ci.
The sun, which had not yet risen, was already emitting dazzling light, which shone on Jiang Ci's body, making her feel warm and making people want to get closer.
She squatted down to meet Zhou Miao's gaze, her tone casual, "Miao Miao was sick. She got an injection and took medicine. These two candies are a reward for you for overcoming your illness."
"If you don't want to give it to your brother, then hold on to what I gave you. Even if your brother comes to complain, I won't let you give the candy to her, okay?"
Children in rural areas mature very early, and Zhou Miao is one of them. She is afraid of Jiang Ci's insults and feels wronged by Jiang Ci's favoritism. She is cautious in front of Jiang Ci. She may not know what these emotions are specifically called, nor does she understand why she has these emotions, but she must understand whether others are good to her or not.
Zhou Miao clenched the candy in her hand and looked at Jiang Ci in confusion, "Mom, can I not give Yangyang candy?"
Jiang Ci smiled and encouraged her, "Of course you can."
Zhou Yang didn't get any candy, so he cried and made a fuss. Jiang Ci ignored him and took him and Zhou Miao to the field.
This is the main road of the production team, and there are many poplar trees planted here. It's not too hot under the shade of the trees.
As soon as he arrived, he saw that young and strong men were already working in the fields. Jiang Ci was late.
The captain frowned when he saw that she was alone with her child, but he didn't say much. He just asked, "When I came here today, the doctor at the clinic said that your husband came back?"
“Yes, but he’s badly injured and still sleeping. I’m afraid he can’t come to work.” Jiang Ci didn’t hide anything. “I can work today.”
She spoke with conviction, her eyes clear, unlike before when all she could see was calculation.
The captain looked away and nodded. "You follow behind them, pick up the fallen ears of wheat, and bundle them up. We'll wait for the machine to come over and thresh them together."
Shanding Brigade did not have a thresher, so they had to wait until other production teams had used them before they could start threshering.
Jiang Ci nodded, glanced at the sun which had not risen yet, and took the child to a shady place. Zhou Yang could no longer cry. There were many fun things here, and he was quickly attracted by them.
Jiang Ci pulled the two of them and threw out another bait, "I'm going to work, you guys play here for a while, and when we come back, I'll get you some meat, okay?"
The two children swallowed hard several times, then nodded emphatically, their tender voices saying in unison, "Okay!"
With the meat dangling from their mouths, Zhou Miao and Zhou Yang, being twins after all, quickly forgot about the candy and happily played together again.
This place is very close to the workplace, and there are other children here, so Jiang Ci is no longer worried and goes to work.
The work the brigade leader assigned her was the kind of work that half-grown boys did, earning her at most five or six work points a day. Jiang Ci didn't care; what she was thinking about was the white flour that would be paid out in a while.
This thing is in short supply. Even if you have food coupons, you can't buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative.
If we can get more white flour then, we'll naturally want more white flour.
Jiang Ci had never done this kind of work before, so it was mostly new to her. Now, as far as the eye could see, there were ears of wheat waiting to be harvested. Looking down, the stubble left on the ground was about the same color as the soil, and it seemed to be cleaner than the two houses. Jiang Ci didn't find it so hard to accept.
Jiang Ci was working hard and having fun, but she didn't know that the women who were bundling wheat were very surprised to see her.
"The sun rose in the west today, and Jiang, the educated youth, didn't slack off at all; he worked diligently in the fields."
"You're overthinking it. Don't you even look at who's working over there?"
A woman gestured with her lip towards a spot not far away.
Among the men who were leading the way in harvesting wheat, the one far ahead was Liu Yinyin's man, Xia Lei.
He is also the male protagonist that Jiang Ci loves so much that she goes crazy, goes mad for him, and bangs her head against the wall for him.
"oh--"
The women bundling the wheat spoke in an understanding tone.
Some people looked down on Jiang Ci, saying with disdain, "She's a mother of two, yet she still flirts with men in front of her children. Doesn't she know any shame!"
"It's also because Yangyang and Miaomiao are unlucky. The three-year-old looks like a two-year-old. They're so thin, they barely have any flesh on them. And they have to watch their own mother cause trouble. Tell me, when the two children grow up and know that they have such a mother, how can they feel at ease?"
"Who told her to be their mother?"
The women were working and gossiping when one of them, who was near the edge of the field, suddenly exclaimed, "Xia Lei's wife is here!"
The sound immediately attracted the attention of the other women. They straightened up and looked towards the shade of the roadside trees. Sure enough, a clean and neat woman in dark green trousers and a white short-sleeved shirt walked over, leading a similarly clean and presentable little boy.
As soon as the woman came over, she went to the brigade leader's side, smiled, and let go of her child's hand so he could play.
The child looked at his mother, then joined the group of children playing together.
"You've come to see Lei Zi?"
The brigade leader, who was also busy, put down his work and smiled at the woman.
"Yes, we are both educated youth. If we both go out to work, there will be no one to look after the child. My son Xia Lei asked me to stay at home to look after the child. I thought it was nothing to do, so I brought some mung bean soup over to help Xia Lei cool down."
Liu Yinyin has fair skin, beautiful looks and a sweet smile. In the hot summer, she is like a cool breeze that makes people feel comfortable.
She had never done farm work before. The team leader turned around and shouted at Xia Lei, "Leizi! Your wife has come to see you!"
The shout startled Xia Lei, but more women were looking at Jiang Ci.
This shameless educated youth is bound to cause some trouble and make a fool of himself again.
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