Although Zhao Xiu refused Zhao Guihua's kindness, her words still pleased Zhao Xiu, and her smile deepened.
The village chief's family started digging sweet potatoes the day before yesterday. The two of them, along with their husband and two daughters, are all used to farm work, so they were quite fast.
Around noon, Zhao Guihua told the chefs to stop working, "Come back this afternoon, let's go back and cook."
Zhu Changge shook her cramped hand, wishing she could go back and rest, but she had to put on a show and pretend she wasn't in any pain.
"Auntie, you go ahead with your work. My junior sister and I will go back and cook, then bring it to you." That's how farmers are; once they start working, they rarely stop, and they usually eat lunch in the fields.
Many frugal families bring their own dry food to eat in the fields, and after eating, they sit for a while before continuing to work.
Zhao Guihua didn't hesitate, "Alright, then thank you for your trouble. Senior brothers, you should go back too. If you feel uncomfortable in your hands and feet this afternoon, don't come over. We can handle it."
People who are not used to manual labor will experience muscle pain for a long time at the beginning, which is very uncomfortable. In severe cases, it is even difficult to walk. Zhao Guihua knows this well, so she wants them to go back and rest.
However, the senior students interpreted it as them being too bad at their work, not used to hardship, and exhausted after only half a day of farm work, unable to come in the afternoon.
That won't do. We must persevere today, even though they don't know the meaning of doing so.
They probably saw their junior brother working hard in the fields, and as senior brothers and sisters, how could they stand idly by and not help?
"We'll come back this afternoon, but we'll head back now." Zhu Qiuyu smiled weakly; doing farm work was even more tiring than practicing martial arts.
“Daughter, you should go back too. If you don’t rest, then Brother Lin needs to rest too.” Zhao Guihua gave her daughter a look, signaling her not to be stubborn.
Xingxing understood, put the small hoe aside, took Zhu Lin's hand, and said she wanted to go home for lunch.
Speaking of how Zhao Guihua addresses Zhu Lin, it was only yesterday that she changed it. Before, the entire Zhou family would call him whatever they wanted, but they would very politely call him Young Master Zhu.
Previously, Zhu Lin hadn't paid much attention to the way he was addressed, since he was used to it on the island where everyone called him Young Master or Junior Brother. But after leaving the island and seeing and hearing more, he realized that the title of Young Master made him seem very distant from the Zhou family.
The Zhou family are Xingxing's relatives, and Xingxing is close to them. Zhu Lin, out of love for the Zhou family, naturally wants to be close to them as well, so the way they address each other needs to be changed.
After returning from the mountains yesterday, he heard Zhao Guihua and Zhou Laoda calling him "Young Master" again, so he brought it up during dinner when everyone was there.
"From now on, Uncle Zhou and Auntie, just call me Brother Lin. Don't always call me Young Master, it sounds too formal." The young man's handsome face was solemn and serious.
Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua were taken aback, but they didn't dwell on it. They also wanted to get close to the boy, so they were happy to call him Brother Lin.
What a wonderful child! Although he's a bit aloof, he's incredibly kind to his family.
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