Ji's mother rolled her eyes at her, annoyed: "Isn't seducing young girls his forte?"
Ji Xia was speechless for a moment. Speaking of which, seducing young girls was certainly his skill. Even the male prostitutes of the Japanese devils in later generations could produce top scholars—the top scholars among male prostitutes.
She shook her head, and after a long while, she said speechlessly, "Young girls these days don't have brains. They're so easily fooled."
"Hehe, who's fooling whom? It's hard to say!"
"Mother, what do you mean by this? Is there some other story behind it?"
Ji Xia looked on with amusement, while her mother calmly coaxed her grandson to stand up, supporting him against the crib.
After a long pause, she turned around and whispered, "The woman Lin Haodong has hooked up with is the daughter of the commune's grain station chief."
Ji Xia blinked, wanting to hear more gossip, but saw that her mother was coaxing the child and didn't say anything.
She hesitated for a while, then couldn't help but ask, "Mother, the grain station manager is very popular, isn't that great? Lin Haodong has really struck gold this time, hasn't he?"
Upon hearing this, Ji's mother merely smiled, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes so quickly that even Ji Xia couldn't see it.
After a long while, she explained in a low voice, "The grain station manager said that his wife has some mental problems and can't handle any stress."
"Later I heard that he had three children, two daughters and a son, who also inherited some of the diseases."
Ji Xia was confused when she heard this. After a while, she finally managed to find out that the Yu family at the grain station had a hereditary mental illness. She heard that all three children in the family carried the gene and had experienced symptoms when they were young.
Therefore, the three children were spoiled from a young age, and almost no one dared to go against their wishes, because doing so would trigger a reaction and cause them to have an attack.
If Ji Xia put himself in that position, the commune grain station would definitely be a lucrative and desirable job, with far more power than the brigade party secretary.
Every summer and autumn when grain was delivered to the state, which brigade didn't fawn over the grain station staff, let alone the station chief?
Given this opportunity to turn their lives around, Lin Haodong and his mother certainly wouldn't want to miss it and would definitely go to great lengths to become the son-in-law of the grain station.
After he marries Ms. Yu, how long will he pamper and spoil her?
Just like in her past life, the mother and son flattered her for at most half a month before they started to show their power.
But the Yu family woman is easily provoked. What will happen when Lin's mother and son have a conflict with her?
The afternoon sun was scorching, but it was also the busiest time for the team, as most of the crops had reached the grain-filling stage.
Ji Xia cooked a nourishing soup with soaked mung beans, kelp, barley, and other whole grains, and added half a piece of winter melon when it was almost done.
After simmering for more than two hours, the herbal soup was ready. Sugar was added, and it was poured into a large bowl and soaked in a large water vat.
After the herbal soup cooled down, she called Chen Jing, and together they carried half a basin of herbal soup and a dozen bowls and chopsticks to the fields.
It was sunset, and the sky slowly turned orange-red, no longer glaring and scorching. Instead, the light softened and gradually retreated to the west.
The clouds in the sky also turned purplish-red, deep red, and pink, with distinct layers, making it magnificent and dazzling.
Ji Xia and Chen Jing carried a bowl of refreshing herbal tea and a pot of cold boiled water to the fields. They found a large tree at the edge of the field and waited there. Chen Jing was then asked to go to the fields to find the Ji family and the Chen family.
Before long, Ji Xiangjun arrived wearing a straw hat and carrying tools.
Ji Xiangjun pulled the towel off his shoulder and wiped his face before casually sitting down under a tree by the field ridge.
He took the cool boiled water that Ji Xia handed him, drank it down in two gulps, and then let out a long sigh of relief.
"This awful weather is terrible. Working in the fields is no easier than working in the army."
Although farming is not dangerous, the labor intensity is no less; after half a day, you're soaked in sweat, even your underwear is drenched.
Ji Xia glanced at her second brother's soaked shirt and served him a bowl of refreshing herbal soup: "Have some refreshing herbal soup to cool you down and remove dampness. It's the easiest time to get heatstroke in this weather."
Ji Xiangjun couldn't help but grin, took the bowl and drank a big gulp, finishing half of the bowl of herbal soup.
Feeling the cool, sweet soup slide comfortably down my throat, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Delicious, so refreshing, my little sister really loves us."
"Drink more if you like."
Ji Xia served him another bowl, and looking up, she saw Chen Zhang, Xu Yufen, and Ji Zhijun coming over.
Seeing Ji Xia, Xu Yufen smiled wearily: "Sister-in-law is back."
"You're back, sister-in-law, brother. Would you like some water?"
"What is this? It looks delicious."
Xu Yufen drank the water and looked down at the sugar water in the basin. Ji Xia then served her a large bowl of herbal dessert.
A bowl of Qingbuliang contains half a bowl of sugar water. Seeing its light green color, one can almost feel the coolness in their throat.
"This is a refreshing herbal drink made with mung beans, kelp, and other ingredients. It's good for clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and removing dampness. Drinking it in the summer will prevent you from getting heatstroke."
"Sister-in-law, you really have a knack for this. You can tell it's delicious just by looking at it."
Chen Zhang praised it happily, then lowered his head and took a sip. The heat seemed to dissipate a lot from his sunburnt face.
After drinking it down, they all felt much better and sat down in the shade of a tree to catch their breath.
How did you do on the exam this time?
Xu Yufen asked Ji Xia about her college entrance exam with concern, then lowered her head and took a sip of her drink, instantly feeling refreshed and invigorated.
She looked down to examine the ingredients in the bowl: "What ingredients did they put in this? It tastes pretty good."
"Yes, these are all cooling ingredients. Besides mung beans and kelp, there are also fox nuts, barley, and winter melon. It's a good choice to eat this in the summer afternoon."
Xu Yufen nodded, a thought suddenly forming in her mind: "What do you think about selling these in the city?"
"Sell them in the city?"
Ji Xia looked surprised, while Xu Yufen blushed and said, "You taught me how to roast chestnuts during the New Year, but we don't have those anymore, and I haven't been able to do it for a long time."
Ji Xia understood that even if there were chestnuts available at this time of year, not only would there be none, but even if there were, roasted chestnuts would not sell much in the summer.
Selling iced drinks in the summer would be more appropriate.
Her eyes lit up: "Do you still want to go back to the city and start a small business?"
"I do want to, but I don't know what to do. In the countryside, I can only earn some work points, and I can't earn much money in a year. I still want to stay in the city and find something to do."
Xu Yufen looked at Ji Xia with pleading eyes, wanting to ask her for an idea, but too embarrassed to ask.
As they chatted and laughed, Captain Chen and Party Secretary Ji returned with Chen Jing.
Xu Yufen's two children also came along, carrying half a basket of pig feed.
When Party Secretary Ji and Captain Chen appeared together, Ji Zhijun and Chen Zhang tactfully finished their bowls of sugar water, gave their seats to the two elders, and left with straw hats and chuckles.
After exchanging pleasantries, Party Secretary Ji and Captain Chen sat down casually.
As Ji Xia served the two matriarchs sweet soup, she gave Xu Yufen a wink: "Sister-in-law, shall we chat again tonight?"
Xu Yufen smiled knowingly, put the empty bowl aside, and got up to leave.
A few women who had come to join the fun sat down and asked Xu Yufen in a sarcastic tone, "Chen Zhang's wife, why is it that only you are out working in the fields? Don't your sister-in-law have to work in the fields?"
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