The two walked back, and Han Qiushi was about to ask Lin Xiaoxiao about Wang Juan when Lin Xiaoxiao gave a brief explanation.
Having learned the gist of the matter, Han Qiushi suddenly felt a surge of anxiety.
Lin Xiaoxiao is a very charming person. She is beautiful, and her skills and decisiveness in handling matters deeply attracted him.
Most importantly, she was still so young, and he was at a disadvantage in terms of age. After completing the mission, he had to go back to report. Knowing that Hu San wasn't the only one who had his eye on Lin Xiaoxiao, Han Qiushi immediately felt a sense of crisis.
After arriving home, the two prepared to process the rabbit and pheasant.
Before Lin Xiaoxiao could speak, Han Qiushi took over the work from her.
Seeing that she didn't have to clean up herself, she went to the backyard to tidy up the yard. Although there were still vegetables in the field, the cucumbers that were planted at the beginning were almost withered. Except for the old cucumbers at the bottom, the tops were almost completely cut off.
There's no need to keep the ones above. We can take this opportunity to tidy up this area and use the space to grow other vegetables.
Other withered seedlings also need to be dealt with, such as green beans, which have become noticeably tougher recently and need to be removed.
These vegetable stalks and such don't need to be taken out and thrown away after cleaning them up. Just leave them on one side of the vegetable garden. With the strong sun in this weather, they will dry very well in a few days.
Then you can throw it into the stove as firewood, enough to cook one or two meals. Thinking about it this way, it seems that there aren't that many things in the countryside that can be thrown away. Everything can be reused in a way that minimizes waste.
Having figured out what to do, Lin Xiaoxiao started pulling up the trellises and seedlings, then processed all the seedlings and piled them in a corner. Lin Xiaoxiao didn't make any targets; she just used a hoe to clear things out of the field.
Once the fields are clean, you can plow and make ridges.
Lin Xiaoxiao had just finished the first step when Han Qiushi, who had already cleaned up the pheasants and rabbits, came over and took the hoe from her.
When it comes to turning over the soil, men are quick. They can swing the hoe down in one stroke and hardly need to swing it again. Because of the hot weather, Han Qiushi was only wearing a vest on his upper body.
From Lin Xiaoxiao's perspective, with each swing of the hoe, Han Qiushi's biceps bulged slightly, soon beaded with sweat, and his upper body muscles trembled subtly...
Lin Xiaoxiao: "..." Now she can understand why the concubines in novels fall in love with the farmhands in their homes. The visual impact is so strong that few people can withstand it.
Lin Xiaoxiao suspected that Han Qiushi's apparent intention to help was actually motivated by his desire for her own muscles.
Han Qiushi, who was working, said that he just wanted to make Lin Xiaoxiao's work less hard, but he did not expect it to have such an effect.
After watching for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao took the cucumbers and other things into the kitchen. They were a bit old, but as the old saying goes, these things are the roots of good fortune and they are still edible.
Take this old cucumber for example. The longer it's stored, the more sour it becomes. It's perfect for making soup at that point. The whole bowl of soup is sour, and she really likes sour flavors. No matter how much she eats, it never gets greasy in her mouth.
Whether you're making soup or a simple dumpling soup, it tastes great with a piece of stir-fried potato slices.
Even staying indoors in this shady weather makes you sweat profusely. How wonderful it would be to have an ice-cold watermelon right now!
There are watermelons in the space, but it's inconvenient for Han Qiushi to take them out here. He needs to find a way to go to the county town tomorrow to sell some of the miscellaneous items in the space and also sell the watermelons through legitimate channels.
If I don't think about it, it's fine, but once I start thinking about it, the image of watermelon just won't leave my mind.
......
The mountain village was very quiet at night. The wind at night was finally not as hot as during the day. The night sky was dotted with stars, which looked like gems scattered across the sky and were very dazzling.
Han Qiushi carried a basket of things on his back and arrived at the haystack in the cowshed under the moonlight. It wasn't far from where Lin Xiaoxiao lived.
He crouched in a secluded spot, picked a leaf, and blew on it rhythmically a few times.
The sound was like that of an owl, and hearing it on such a quiet night gave one a very eerie feeling.
Before long, a figure was seen slowly approaching Han Qiushi's direction. Han Qiushi quickly got up, took a few steps forward, and helped the old man sit down on a rock.
"Why did you come, child?"
"Didn't I say no one should come?" The person who spoke was Jiang Li, a good friend of his grandfather and also Han Qiushi's teacher when he was a child.
After he sat down on the rock, he began to scold Han Qiushi in a low voice.
Han Qiushi listened and then laughed: "Teacher, I've found a girlfriend. She's working in the countryside here. She's the one who helps me give pig feed during the day."
"I don't know anyone here, so I was hoping you could help the student and keep an eye on things so my boyfriend doesn't run away."
The old man waved his hand and patted Han Qiushi on the shoulder: "You little rascal, you've learned to talk nonsense now!"
"It was one thing to be naughty when you were a child, but now that you're leading troops, you still don't know how to behave properly."
"If your partner runs off with someone else, it's because you're incompetent. I'm not going to help you keep an eye on him."
"Then you can go and cry your heart out."
Han Qiushi chuckled: "That won't do. A teacher for a day is a father for life. If my future wife runs away, you'll have to compensate me."
Jiang Li became serious at this moment and asked in surprise, "You kid, are you serious? Your girlfriend is really here?"
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