Li Ergou folded his arms and said nonchalantly, "Du Zhiqing, I don't understand what you're saying. What do you mean by deliberately messing with you? What we did became messing with you."
"That's right," Lu Jie agreed. "We're all here, and the public can see clearly. We're all doing the same job, so how can it be said that we're trying to punish you? We need to talk this out, and if it doesn't work out, we can ask the captain to judge. We took you in out of kindness, but not only are you not grateful, you're saying we're trying to punish you. This is really unfair."
Du Jiaming ignored what the two people said and stared at Lu Xiao coldly. The latter looked at him lazily, as if he didn't take him seriously at all.
The moment he looked into his eyes, Du Jiaming felt a chill in his heart, as if he had seen such a look somewhere before.
He is also so arrogant and looks down on everything. It seems that no matter how powerful he becomes, he is nothing in his eyes.
"You...what do you want to do?" Du Jiaming couldn't help but take a step back. "There are so many people around here watching. If you dare to touch me, I will definitely go to the captain to reason with you. I know you don't like me because of Jiang Wanwan..."
Before Du Jiaming finished speaking, the other party suddenly laughed.
Lu Xiao looked at him calmly, "Because Wanwan dislikes you? Du Zhiqing, don't you take yourself too seriously?"
He patted him on the shoulder and said, "I am just a member of the Red Star Brigade, uniting with the educated youth comrades, helping each other and making progress together. It's almost time for you to rest, right? It's your turn to push the cart."
Obviously, those words were extremely insulting, and he clearly wanted to refuse, but under Lu Xiao's gaze, Du Jiaming's body disobediently walked towards the cart.
Li Ergou looked at Lu Xiao and rubbed his arms. He hadn't seen Brother Xiao like this for a long time.
Lu Jie also raised his eyebrows. After all, this arrogant third brother was still pleasing to the eye.
Pushing the cart again, Du Jiaming finally realized why he had been able to swallow his anger for so long and did not expose Lu Xiao's true face.
It is a kind of sensitivity to unknown dangers. As long as this layer of window paper is not broken, there is always room for maneuver.
At this time, the cart was still full of soil, and two people were still helping to push it, but this cart of soil was several times heavier than before.
"Du Zhiqing, hurry up, we are all falling behind."
"Du Zhiqing, are you capable of this? You're still so slow even with two people helping you push. When we were three in a team, we were always the fastest. Don't let one more person slow you down. How will others view our team?"
"Ergou, don't worry. Look, Du Zhiqing is also working hard. It's normal for a Zhiqing to be less motivated. Let's work harder."
Li Ergou and Lu Jie echoed each other and urged Du Jiaming to work harder, but he did not feel relieved at all. Instead, he felt even heavier.
"Lu Jie, what's wrong with your team? You're slacking off. It's taken you this long to do this little work," the captain came over and said dissatisfiedly.
Lu Jie quickly smiled and said, "Captain, we've tried our best. Look at Du, an educated youth, who's willing to dig the canal with us. He's a role model among educated youth. Even though the work is hard, we can't give up on him. Unity and mutual assistance are our fine qualities. Moreover, Du is also very self-aware. He has expressed his willingness to stand with us and will never let us compromise him."
The captain looked at Du Jiaming, who was sweating profusely, and asked, "Is that so?"
Du Jiaming: “…”
What could he say? Could he say no? Or were these people colluding to frame him? Where was the evidence?
"Captain, I can do it. I'll try to be as fast as possible."
The captain nodded in satisfaction. "That's good, Du Jiaming. Although you educated youth should be commended for coming to dig the canal, don't forget that the nature of your visit is different. Don't let me see you slacking off."
Although he was different from the educated youth Qiao and was just sent by the Red Star Brigade for reform, the brigade leader also said that such people would only cause trouble if they were idle, so they would be more honest if they were made to work more.
Du Jiaming gripped the handle of the cart tightly, feeling embarrassed as if he had been stripped naked.
He turned to look at Lu Xiao beside him. Lu Xiao happened to be looking at him. Their eyes met, and Lu Xiao just gave the other person a meaningful smile.
Du Jiaming, “…”
A naked provocation.
What does he have to be proud of? He is just a country bumpkin, what is he proud of?
Even if he got Jiang Wanwan now, she was not what he wanted.
During dinner, Du Jiaming seemed to have shed a layer of skin and was so tired that he didn't want to move at all.
Qiao Wenwan prepared some food for him and said, "Brother Jiaming, please eat something, or you will collapse."
His glorious life hasn't even begun, so how can it be ruined now?
Du Jiaming knew he had to eat, but he really didn't have the strength to move anymore. "Why don't you feed me?"
When he was sick and hospitalized, Qiao Wenwan also fed him meals. What's more, she was his wife. Although she didn't know it now, she had been his wife for a lifetime in the previous life. Du Jiaming had no psychological burden in ordering Qiao Wenwan around.
When Qiao Wenwan heard his request, she was slightly stunned, and then she was surprised.
She thought Brother Jiaming didn't like her anymore.
Feeding is such an intimate act, and only the closest people can do it.
Although their place is remote, there are people not far away.
"Brother Jiaming, how about we go a little further over there?"
Du Jiaming also knew that it would be bad if someone saw their actions being too intimate, so he nodded and was supported by her as they walked into the shadows.
Lu Xiao took a bite of the steamed bun, turned his head to look at that place, and then continued to eat with his head down.
After a tiring day, most people put down their bowls and chopsticks and went back to their shacks to rest.
After Li Ergou finished his meal, he saw Lu Xiao still eating and yawned, "Brother Xiao, hurry up, why are you dawdling? I'm going to sleep first."
"Go ahead," Lu Xiao picked up half of the steamed bun and lowered his head to eat.
Lu Jie looked at his third brother's leisurely manner, then glanced at the bowl of empty food, thought for a moment, and picked up half a steamed bun to bite into.
After a while, Qiao Wenwan walked out from the shadows, her brisk steps showing that she was in a good mood.
Lu Xiao stuffed the last bite of the steamed bun into his mouth. Seeing this, Lu Jie also stuffed all the steamed buns into his mouth, patted his butt and stood up.
Lu Xiao turned around and glanced at him. "I'm going to the bathroom. Second brother, do you want to go too?"
Lu Jie blinked. "Are you going? Let's go? I think I have a little problem too. It's been cold lately, and I've been peeing a little more frequently."
"Since it's cold and you can't hold your urine, you should go to bed early, brother. You still have to hold your urine. Frequent urination will cause kidney deficiency."
Lu Jie: “…”
You are the one who has kidney deficiency, your whole family has kidney deficiency.
But he also knew that his third brother didn't want him to follow. Alas, he could only watch the fun tomorrow.
Of course, there might be something exciting to watch soon.
Lu Jie clamored to go to bed, but he didn't really want to sleep. He had to wait for his third brother to come back before he could sleep.
Lu Xiao watched Lu Jie walk into the shack, then lowered his head and walked towards the shadow.
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