I stayed in my hometown for about ten days. My family harvested rice and planted rice seedlings. After the rice was dried, I quickly sent it to the grain station to pay the tax.
The earlier you pay, the less you have to queue, because many families have not dried their rice yet, and some are not busy enough to pay their public grain tax yet.
So the sooner the better. After paying the public grain tax, what's left is your own food. Unfortunately, after being busy for half a year, there isn't much left, just barely enough to eat.
But Zhou Yuan doesn't care about these things now. His parents like to farm, and he has no choice but to let them do what they want.
After the busy farming season, he set out again with his brothers.
This time, in addition to the previous brothers, some new ones were recruited, totaling dozens of people. Except for Ouyang Xiaomei and Li Yue'er, the others were all young guys.
Wow, it’s so grand!
There were so many people and so much luggage that it was very inconvenient to take a car, so Zhou Yuan simply chartered a car and went directly from his home to the construction site, which saved trouble for everyone.
The brothers were extremely happy.
In the past, when people went out to work and earn money, they usually paid for their transportation costs themselves, unlike now when the boss reimburses them directly.
So when Zhou Yuan offered to pay for the fare himself, he naturally won applause.
Among all the people, the most unhappy one was Ouyang Xiaomei, because she never dreamed that before she could defeat someone, a stronger competitor, Li Yue'er, would appear.
Li Yue'er was dressed the cleanest, most beautifully and most fashionably. She stood out from the crowd, different from others. She looked like a lotus emerging from the water, spotless!
Except for Ouyang Xiaomei and Zhou Yuan, most of the people around were dirty.
Anyone working on a construction site knows that they don’t dress or carry luggage properly, and even their speech is not polite.
When grown men get together, they are bound to tell some dirty jokes or even make some rude jokes.
So Li Yue'er frowned the whole time and stayed away from everyone, fearing that other people's dirty clothes would get on her beautiful pleated skirt.
Zhou Yuan certainly knew what she was thinking, so he arranged for her to sit in the driver's seat when they got on the car.
Because we chartered a truck, unlike today, people can ride on trucks. Just pull up the canvas and no one will bother you.
The cab can seat three people. In addition to the driver, there are two more seats. Originally, there was a seat that Zhou Yuan prepared for himself.
As a result, Ouyang Xiaomei refused to give in. She didn't wait for Zhou Yuan to sit on it and took the initiative.
Zhou Yuan looked at her angry yet slightly smug look and jokingly said, "Xiaomei, I didn't arrange for you to sit in the driver's seat, did I?"
"Does this even need to be arranged? Li Yue'er can sit in the driver's seat, so why can't I? Is she prettier than me, so she should be given priority?
Or do you have ulterior motives?"
"No, no, how could that be possible? I always treat everyone equally."
Zhou Yuan quickly waved his hands and secretly sighed that girls nowadays are more capable than each other.
Li Yue'er was expecting him and Zhou Yuan to sit in the driver's seat, but she didn't expect that it was her competitor who got in, so she naturally felt unhappy.
It's just that I just arrived and am unfamiliar with the place, so I dare not send him away.
The driver was also a young man in his twenties. When he found out that there were two beautiful women sitting in the car, he was so happy that he was beaming with joy.
I thought that since the journey was long, I might be able to get some bargain, or at least feast my eyes.
It turned out that the truck driver was overthinking it. Ouyang Xiaomei was sitting next to him. After getting on the car, she was wearing a military coat.
The driver mistakenly thought that this person had a complicated background. Not only was he unhappy, he didn't dare to move a finger along the way, except for glancing at the beautiful woman's face out of the corner of his eye.
I can only look at the beauty in the rearview mirror.
So when we got to the base and everyone got off the car, Zhou Yuan was counting the money with the driver, and the driver said very frustratedly:
"Brother, you are so stupid. You have a woman with such a powerful background around you. You will suffer."
"You mean the one in the greatcoat?"
Zhou Yuan pointed at Ouyang Xiaomei not far away and laughed.
"Who else could it be if not her? I thought this girl was pretty and was trying to take advantage of her, but she ended up scaring me.
Oh, what a pity! It would have been nice if the girl in the pleated skirt had sat next to me."
"You wishful thinking, that's the dish I'm going to eat."
Zhou Yuan threw the fare he was supposed to receive into the driver's hands, glared at him and said, "Drive your car back quickly and stop trying to get my girl."
"Brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you have to be quick with such a beautiful girl. If you're slow, it would be a shame if someone else got there first."
The driver counted the money and put it in his pocket while sighing.
"Brother, this is not your business, just drive your car and get out!"
Zhou Yuan waved to the guy. Since they were all acquaintances from the same village, he could joke around casually.
After seeing the driver off, Zhou Yuan led everyone into the shed.
Those who worked here before all have accommodations, so just move your luggage to the room.
As for the new arrivals, they are waiting for Zhou Yuan's arrangements.
Zhou Yuan didn't want to take care of these things, so he asked Liu Yiming to arrange them. He was only responsible for driving to the town to buy things.
He had previously bought a motorcycle and stored it at the construction site, so it was very convenient for him to go out on the street now.
But unexpectedly, trouble came again.
Ouyang Xiaomei is going.
Li Yue'er wants to go too.
There was no problem for three people to ride on a 125 motorcycle.
But Ouyang Xiaomei insisted on the rule Zhou Yuan had set before, that only two people could sit at a time.
In the past, it was done to avoid accidents and to avoid causing trouble.
Zhou Yuan made a rule that he could only bring one person with him at a time when going out.
Now both beauties are going.
So here comes the trouble.
"Xiaomei, it's not like we haven't been to town before. Why don't we go next time? Li Yue'er wants to buy something, so let her go first."
"No! Who says I can't go back if I've been there before? I want to buy something too.
Moreover, I am the main leader of the construction team and deserve preferential treatment."
Ouyang Xiaomei waved her hands, looking very strong.
Li Yue'er stood there, her pretty face flushed red. She wanted to go but couldn't give a reason, and she didn't want to go but felt a little reluctant.
She is usually sharp-tongued, but now she can't use her strengths, so she feels very aggrieved.
Zhou Yuan looked at him anxiously, but he could do nothing to help.
After all, Ouyang Xiaomei is someone he can't afford to offend.
"Classmate Yue'er, it seems you'll have to wait a while before going. It's very close to town, only about seven or eight miles away. It's a quick walk. Please make your room and bed first. Wait a moment, wait a moment."
Zhou Yuan had no choice but to comfort Li Yue'er. Li Yue'er glared at him and said nothing.
But he showed obvious dissatisfaction.
Zhou Yuan didn't know what the girl was thinking. She was angry with Ouyang Xiaomei.
In fact, it is not a question of whether to go or not, but a question of who goes first and who goes later.
Alas, it is really hard to guess what girls are thinking.
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