After leaving the Song family, Zhang Xian looked at the oil-paper bag in her cousin's hand. She reached out and picked up a small fish, closed her eyes and put it into her mouth, her eyes widening in shock.
"Huh? It tastes really good, fragrant and oily, without any fishy smell at all."
"Really?!" Su Yueyue was just about to reach out and pick one to taste when she saw a familiar figure and said with some admiration.
"He Zhiqing is amazing. He went up the mountain again."
Zhang Xian frowned. "This He Zhiqing is really a weird guy. His family doesn't look poor, so why is he always working so hard? He has never been idle since he went to the countryside."
Su Yueyue shook her head in confusion.
....
The next morning, it was just dawn.
Song Guoliang was riding a bicycle with two huge backpacks hanging in the middle of the beam, but he still pedaled effortlessly.
Du Xiaoying hugged the man's strong and thin waist, leaned on his back and closed her eyes to take a nap.
A faint smile appeared in Song Guoliang's deep eyes. He looked straight ahead, his eyes occasionally glancing at the pair of restless, tanned little hands at his waist, and his pace slowed down a lot.
When he arrived at the county town, the time he spent on the journey was actually half more than his usual working time.
Du Xiaoying jumped off her bike and stretched. "What time is it? Why does it feel like I've been walking for so long today?"
Song Guoliang coughed lightly and took a light step with his long legs. "I guess he was busy avoiding potholes on the road. Wife, you should ride a bike. I can walk faster."
Du Xiaoying nodded, not doubting him, and took the bicycle. "Okay, then go to work quickly, don't be late."
"Um."
....
"Oh, sister, you are finally here. Are you done with the work in the village?" Mrs. Wang excitedly pulled the sister she hadn't seen for a long time, and with a look of heartache, she quickly stuffed the freshly prepared brown sugar water into her mouth.
"Sister, you've lost a lot of weight and become darker."
"That's right. I have calculated everything. Every autumn harvest is a race against time with God." Du Xiaoying was not polite and took a big sip of the brown sugar water.
"As soon as the villagers paid their grain tax, I was worried about my sister-in-law and rushed here immediately."
The two chatted for a while and then got down to business.
As usual, all the eggs, mountain goods, fish and other things that Du Xiaoying brought were taken away by Mrs. Wang.
....
Thinking that the autumn had passed quickly and all the candies and biscuits at home had been eaten, I left Mrs. Wang's house and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Comrade, give me a pound of White Rabbit milk candy, a pound of fruit candy, a pound of brown sugar and a pound of white sugar, as well as walnut cookies and milk biscuits..."
The salesperson's eyes widened, and he looked at her several times in a row, "Oh my god, sister, you have lost so much weight and darkened so much. If I hadn't heard you speak so familiarly, I wouldn't have recognized you."
Du Xiaoying often came to the supply and marketing cooperative. After learning that her husband worked in the security department of the supply and marketing cooperative, she became familiar with several of the sales clerks.
"Now that we're busy with the autumn harvest, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
“Oh~ It’s really not easy.”
As she was speaking, she caught a glimpse of He Xiuyu, who looked listless, and felt a little strange.
The salesperson leaned forward and lowered his voice, "I heard that Xiao He is dating someone from the countryside. Her parents don't approve, and it seems they've been looking for someone recently."
Du Xiaoying's eyes lit up, and she pinched her thigh to control her emotions. "She's still too young and hasn't experienced anything. Her parents have seen more than she has eaten. She should listen to them on matters like this."
"That's right. Finding a suitable match for me is better than anything else. A nice city girl is asking for trouble if she insists on marrying a country boy."
"Today is a good day, what a good day..."
When she thought of the Song family's frustration at not being able to marry into the in-laws in the city, she couldn't hold back the smile on her face and pedaled her bicycle very fast.
"mom."
Du Xiaoying happily pushed her bicycle under the eaves and said, "Come and see what delicious food Mom bought today."
"sugar!"
"Today, each of you will get two pieces of White Rabbit milk candy, one piece of peach cake and one piece of milk biscuit." Du Xiaoying noticed Daya's worried face, raised her hand and stuffed a piece of White Rabbit milk candy into her daughter's mouth.
“Is it delicious?”
Daya smiled shyly, her black eyes sparkling, and nodded heavily, "Yes."
Erya snorted coldly, pouted deliberately, and stamped her feet angrily, "Mom is partial, why does she only feed the eldest sister~"
"Mom, Xiao Si also wants candy~"
Du Xiaoying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She tapped Erya's forehead with her index finger and said, "Oh my! My Erya's little mouth is so pouty that it can even tie up a donkey."
"hey-hey...."
She fed each of her daughters a piece of White Rabbit milk candy. Looking at the smiles on their little faces, her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.
"Mom is here to take care of the housework. Don't miss out on school."
"Mom, bye Xiaowu~"
"Goodbye, eldest sister, second sister, third sister, fourth sister~" Wu Ya waved her little black hands, turned her head, pouted her little mouth, and buried her head in her mother's shoulder.
Du Xiaoying suppressed her smile, locked the door, and took her little girl to work in the fields.
The little girl's emotions came and went quickly. By the time she reached the field, she was fine again and twisted her little body to get out of the field.
"Mom, go to the fields to pick grass for the pigs~"
"Okay, Wu Ya, be a good pig farmer and don't run around. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, mom, go quickly~"
Urged by her little girl, Du Xiaoying went to work in the fields, looking back every few steps.
For the whole morning, she worked hard to plow the soil, and from time to time she looked up at the little girl beside the edge of the field.
Liu Da Jiao laughed and joked, "It's okay, there are so many children, no need to worry too much."
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