It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was like a furnace, baking people to the point of melting, but my parents told us to set off.
Zhou Yuan had no choice but to go ahead. As the only son and the eldest son in the family, he had no choice.
Zhou Xiaoyu felt much better. She cried and said that she had several blisters on her hands and it was excruciatingly painful. Her parents unanimously agreed that she should stay at home to recuperate and go to the dam to dry the millet when she had time.
She was relatively relieved, so in the afternoon when Zhou Yuan and his parents were sweating in the rice fields, Zhou Xiaoyu, apart from occasionally going to the drying dam to dry the millet, would stay at home fanning herself, humming songs and reading books.
Relatively speaking, it is not a little bit easy.
It is said that spring sowing and autumn harvest. In rural areas, spring and autumn are the busiest seasons.
But the weather is good in spring, and even though the work is tiring, it is more comfortable than autumn.
It is too hot in autumn. After harvesting the millet, we have to plant rice seedlings. After planting the rice seedlings, we have to dry the rice and deliver the grain.
Things were different back then. Paying grain every year was the most tiring and difficult time.
It was fine later on, as people used carts to pull the grain. At first, people just carried the grain on their shoulders, one load at a time, carrying the golden, dried grain to the grain station.
Zhou Yuan's home was more than ten miles away from the grain station.
I can only go there once a day, so the whole family has to make two trips.
This means that it will take two days to pay the public grain tax.
Just thinking about it makes me tired, it’s such a hot day.
When harvesting the grain, carrying the grain from the fields to the drying dam is not an easy job.
If given a choice, Zhou Yuan would rather not do it.
So after dinner, Zhou Yuan tactfully persuaded his parents to subcontract the land next year.
Seeing that her son could make money by working at a construction site, his mother Liu Caijuan was a little tempted.
But his father Zhou Yimin shook his head firmly: "Why make a package? Wouldn't it be better to grow it yourself? With food, besides eating it yourself, you can also feed pigs, chickens and ducks. What else can't you do?
"Can you guarantee that you can make money when you are out there? What if you lose money and have no food at home?"
Zhou Yimin's words made perfect sense, and as a result, Liu Caijuan soon joined him in the same trench and faced the outside world in unison.
This time I was thinking of Zhou Xiaoyu, because there were still blisters on my hands and I could clearly feel the hard work of farming.
So, he followed Zhou Yuan's lead and said, "Mom and Dad, just listen to my brother for once. I believe he won't lose money out there. With such a large construction site, the little money he makes can support our family. Why bother working so hard?"
"You little girl, you know nothing. What do you know besides asking your family for money?"
Zhou Yimin glared at his daughter and said something that scared Zhou Xiaoyu so much that she stuck out her tongue. She could only lower her head and eat her rice, not daring to speak anymore.
She is now a scholar living in the school dormitory. Every time she goes home, she has no choice but to ask for money.
So she is grateful for what she has received from others and is easily deceived by others. What else can she say except to remain silent?
I'm so angry. My parents don't give me money and I can't continue my studies.
In those days, there were many people who did not graduate from elementary school, especially girls.
She was already in junior high school and stopped studying to go home to work. At that time, it was completely natural and justifiable. No one cared, no one said anything, and no one found it strange.
So, haha!
Zhou Xiaoyu kept silent, so Zhou Yuan had to fight alone, and the result was predictable.
In the end, not only did he fail to convince his father, but his mother also scolded him, which made him very depressed. So after dinner, regardless of being tired, he rode his bike to the town.
He wanted to go see if there were any movies showing at the cinema so he could watch one to relax.
Unexpectedly, he was riding his bicycle towards the town and ran into Director Zhao when he was almost at the cinema.
Miss Zhao is feeling bored because her husband went to work in another city after the Chinese New Year and has not returned since then. She has been a widow for half a year.
She missed the days she spent with Zhou Yuan every day. Since the construction of the town primary school was completed, Zhou Yuan went to another place to contract a construction site. He only met with the beautiful Zhao once before leaving.
Half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Yuan didn't feel anything, but the beautiful Zhao was always thinking about him.
So, when the beautiful Zhao suddenly discovered Zhou Yuan, her joy and excitement were beyond words.
"Zhou Yuan, is that you? You have no conscience. You didn't even come to see me when you came back."
The beautiful Zhao didn't care that there were people outside the cinema, and she ran over like a little swallow. She patted someone's shoulder heavily, and her face showed surprise and joy.
"I just got back yesterday. I've been harvesting rice at home today. I'm exhausted. Why would I need you?"
Zhou Yuan looked at someone's bright smile, saw someone's excitement and eyes, and he knew that if he didn't do something tonight, it would be unlikely for him to go back.
Of course, he was actually quite looking forward to what would happen next.
Although I am exhausted from harvesting rice all day and my back and legs ache, why not have this beautiful sister to help me relieve the fatigue?
Sure enough, someone then looked around to see if there was anyone around, then lowered his voice and said bluntly:
"Have you eaten yet? Come on, come to my place and I'll treat you."
"What's the reward?" Zhou Yuan stared at someone's pretty face and smiled mischievously.
"Hateful. You ask me even though you know the answer. I miss you, don't you know? You're so heartless that you just turn around and forget about me. Who have you been entangled with lately?"
"No, we are five good and ambitious young people. Besides working to earn money, we go home to help harvest the grain. How could we possibly get entangled with anyone?"
Zhou Yuan laughed and pushed his bicycle behind someone, heading towards his residence.
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