"Sister Xiaoxi, I'm going to take a nap!" Yan Lili stopped the cicadas from making their shrill chirping.
Jiang Yue gave Wen Xi a thumbs up. Luckily, Wen Xi had a way of dealing with children, otherwise she didn't know how long she would have been tormented.
The bamboo bed where Yan's mother slept was a single bed, so Yan Lili couldn't sleep with her mother. Therefore, Jiang Yue took Yan Lili back to her room for a nap.
At this time, almost every household was taking a midday nap, so apart from the chirping of cicadas, there was not much sound outside. After yawning, Wenxi returned to her room.
In the afternoon, everyone went to the watermelon field together. Now, more and more companies are coming directly to the Fengshou Brigade to order watermelons, and the brigade's income is increasing.
Seeing everyone picking watermelons, Yan's mother asked Captain Qian to buy a basket of watermelons. After all, there were many old friends like them from the city, and each family would give half or a whole watermelon. This basket of watermelons wasn't enough.
Mother Yan will have the oxcart driver take her home in the afternoon, so buying more watermelons won't be a problem; the oxcart can take her directly to her doorstep.
Wenxi prepared dinner early. After Yan's mother ate dinner, she took a basket of watermelons and went home. Yan Lili stayed at Wenxi's house for a few days, but Jiang Yue took care of her. Wenxi didn't have that much time right now.
After harvesting the early-ripening watermelons, she had to quickly plant the late-ripening ones. She was too busy to take care of other people's children.
That day, Zuo Qiuyi, who had been taken away earlier, returned. She had been away for more than a month, and when she came back, she was so thin that she looked almost unrecognizable. If it weren't for her coming to pack Zuo Qiuyi's things, no one would have known that she was Zuo Qiuyi.
However, before her roommates could ask her what had happened, she was taken away again, and later they heard that she had been transferred to an even more difficult place.
What does this tell us?
This indicates that Zuoqiu Yi made a mistake, but no one knows exactly what mistake she made.
Zuo Qiuyi was filled with regret. When she first signed up and came out of the street office, a woman asked her where she was going to work in the countryside. She told the woman, and then the woman asked her to help her find out about Wenxi in the countryside and to keep an eye on Wenxi and let her know if there was any news.
Then she gave her benefits.
In the end, I didn't get any benefits and instead got myself into such a mess. Now that I've gone to that place, even if I can return to the city in the future, I probably won't be able to find a job.
Because at this time, personnel files are really important. Jobs and other jobs place a lot of emphasis on personnel files. If such a mark is made on her file, her future will be ruined.
If she could go back in the future, she would definitely go find that person and make her take responsibility for her future. After all, she was harmed by that person. Without any reason or cause, she was made to monitor Wenxi. She knew nothing about it, yet she suffered such an undeserved disaster.
How could Zuoqiu Yi not hate this?
Since the beginning of summer, Xu Mengying hasn't left the house at all, let alone come to the watermelon field to check on Gu Huai'an. Her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and her family and in-laws still haven't been able to get them to return to the city, which is making her increasingly anxious and her temper increasingly strange.
Her family had been telling her to stay in the countryside and rest during her pregnancy, and that they would send her anything she needed. But finding a job was really not easy, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Xu Mengying didn't like life in the countryside and dreamed of going back. Her temper also worsened, and Gu Huai'an no longer spent time with her. He would go back to cook lunch and dinner, and spend the rest of the time in the watermelon field, trying to avoid being with Xu Mengying. He would only go back at night after Xu Mengying had gone to sleep.
That evening, when Gu Huai'an returned home, Xu Mengying was still awake. Xu Mengying asked, "Brother Huai'an, have you been avoiding me lately?"
"No, there are a lot of watermelons ripening recently, and we've been picking them every day." Gu Huai'an went straight into the bathroom.
Xu Mengying pushed open the door and followed him in without ceremony, her eyes probing Gu Huai'an. "Brother Huai'an, you haven't been seeing other women behind my back, have you? I remember Xia Minglei and Lu Xiaoyun broke up because of something like this..."
"No." Gu Huai'an looked at Xu Mengying helplessly.
He knew Xu Mengying's character; if he really had done those things, neither he nor that person would have a good outcome.
"Really?" Xu Mengying approached Gu Huai'an step by step. "If you dare to do such a thing, I will write to Grandma and let her deal with you."
"No," Gu Huai'an shook his head.
Xu Mengying looked up at Gu Huai'an, "Then I'll trouble Brother Huai'an to prove it."
"How can you prove it?" Gu Huai'an asked Xu Mengying.
“Be with me.” Xu Mengying looked at Gu Huai’an and said with a mischievous smile. They hadn’t been together for a long time, and she couldn’t feel Gu Huai’an’s need for her anymore.
“Not now,” Gu Huai’an refused.
"It's fine already. Have you forgotten what the doctor said? Besides, we haven't been together for a long time. How am I supposed to know if you've been like this lately unless you prove it with your actions..."
Gu Huai'an had no choice but to reach out and pull Xu Mengying over...
She's acting strangely right now. If he doesn't do as she says, she'll probably throw a tantrum, and he doesn't want to lose face.
Before Li Jianguo even reached the bathroom door, he heard strange noises coming from inside. He turned away awkwardly, genuinely surprised by how outrageous Gu Huai'an and Xu Mengying were. How were they supposed to shower now?
Are you suggesting we build another thatched hut for bathing?
It seems I need to have a serious talk with Lu Mingxiu about this. Gu Huai'an said back then that no female comrades were allowed to come to the house, but not only did he get married, he's now affecting everyone.
In Gu Ningzhi's dormitory, Yang Liling sat on the edge of the bed, her hands propped up on the back of the bed, smiling as she looked at Gu Ningzhi. "Gu Ningzhi, what did you just say?"
"I said, since you don't want to be my girlfriend and haven't given me a clear answer, then we shouldn't waste each other's time anymore." But they weren't even dating, so how could there be a breakup?
“Although we’re not dating, we’re like a married couple. Do you think such a simple sentence is enough to end all contact?” Yang Liling isn’t some naive girl. Gu Ningzhi probably has other targets and is afraid that she will affect them, so he wants to get rid of her.
She really didn't want to marry him or take on any responsibility, but she wasn't someone he could dismiss with a few words. If things didn't go her way in the future, she could still come back and bother him.
She's like a leech; if she's doing well, she'll naturally forget about him; if she's not doing well, she certainly won't let go of the resources she has.
"So what do you want?" Gu Ningzi frowned.
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