Over the next period of time, Xie Zhuo made Liu Mancang understand the meaning of "loose lips sink ships."
"Ouch, Third Brother, that hurts!" Liu Mancang rubbed his buttocks. "Don't keep kicking the same spot!"
Xie Zhuo remained unmoved.
He raised his foot and kicked Liu Mancang in the buttocks again.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong," Liu Mancang cried, clutching his backside as he ran wildly down the street, being chased by him. "You're the most sought-after, the most popular, and you'll be getting married by this year at the latest! Then you'll have two kids in three years, and three in five!"
The others who were walking into the field were so shocked by Liu Mancang's words that they almost slipped and fell into the ground.
God the hell, having two babies in three years, three babies in five years, are you making wishes here?!
It might be possible for others, but Xie Laosan might actually remain a bachelor for life.
Song Guangming noticed that everyone's attention was drawn to Liu Mancang, and that even after arriving at the land, they didn't get off the ground but stood on the road watching the spectacle.
He took the shovel off his shoulder, slammed it into the ground, and roared, "Stop dawdling! If we don't finish weeding these plots today, nobody's going home for dinner!"
Upon hearing his words, everyone abandoned their curiosity and headed towards the plot of land assigned to them.
Liu Mancang tried to get closer to Xie Zhuo, but was met with a glare from Xie Zhuo.
"Get out!"
"Third Brother, are you really not planning to do anything?" Liu Mancang ignored his eye roll.
She crouched down next to Xie Zhuo and said, "I noticed that Han Xiaoyu was being a bit too attentive to Sun Jiarou the other day. Something seemed off."
Xie Zhuo didn't say anything, but quickly shoveled the grass in front of him and put it aside.
"I think the Sun family might be trying to back out. The idea of observing three years of mourning is so outdated, yet they still bring it up now. If they really don't have any ulterior motives, then I..."
"Liu Mancang!"
Liu Mancang was interrupted halfway through his sentence by the captain's angry roar.
"I think you want a beating today, don't you?" Song Guangming glared at him. "Go back to your place. If you get close to Xie Zhuo again, I'll deduct two work points from your score today!"
Nobody wants to work hard all day and then have their work points deducted.
Liu Mancang was the same.
No, it should be his mother too.
He and Zhao Jisheng would occasionally do some "side jobs" with Xie Zhuo to earn some money. They figured it was fine if work points were deducted; if they really relied on those work points, their family would have starved to death long ago.
But his mother cares. If she knew he was losing work points for such a small thing, she would nag him to death.
Thinking of this, Liu Mancang quickly stood up and gave the brigade leader a fawning smile, "Okay, okay, I'll go back now. You can't deduct my work points."
After saying that, he took a few steps back to his own plot of land.
Xie Zhuo continued weeding, but his mind drifted to this day in his previous life.
Just as Liu Mancang said, Sun Jiarou did come over to bring water to the Party Secretary before lunch break. At that time—
After delivering the water, Sun Jiarou went home without staying long. Less than ten minutes later, Han Xiaoyu went to ask the brigade leader for leave, saying he wasn't feeling well and wanted to go back to the educated youth settlement.
Since none of what happened yesterday occurred in his previous life, and the captain had a decent impression of Han Xiaoyu, he said a few words to him and then let him go.
Xie Zhuo later discovered that Han Xiaoyu's claim of feeling unwell and returning to the educated youth settlement was a pretense; his real purpose was to follow him and talk to Sun Jiarou. At that time, he even gave Sun Jiarou a bouquet of wildflowers.
Sun Jiarou smiled quite happily.
It must be said that these educated youth were indeed adept at doing these fancy things.
Whether Sun Jiarou later married Han Xiaoyu because of this bouquet of flowers, Xie Zhuo didn't know, but the fact that she accepted his flowers and walked a long way chatting and laughing together proved that there was something between the two of them.
Then, a few days after he returned from the farm in his previous life, the brigade secretary came to him and said that he wanted to break off the engagement, because his family's Sun Jiarou would never marry a thief.
Oh.
Thief?
To be honest, Xie Zhuo didn't have any special feelings for Sun Jiarou. He didn't have any in his past life, and he certainly didn't have any in this one.
Moreover, as a man, knowing that a woman's heart is not with him, yet pretending to be nonchalant and waiting for the mourning period to end before getting married, is somewhat pathetic.
Xie Zhuo thought about it for a while and still felt that he should break off the engagement as soon as possible.
The summer sun doesn't seem to have a scorching heat phase; when it rises above the horizon, it feels like it's burning your skin.
The sunlight grew stronger, and it was almost ten o'clock when the captain finally straightened up, picked up the water bottle next to him, and took a big gulp.
Then, he shouted to the field, "Alright, everyone take a break, have some water and something to eat before you continue."
Everyone was already exhausted and tanned, but when he shouted that, they immediately stood up and crawled into the shade of the trees.
As Xie Zhuo was carrying his water bottle out of the field, he saw that Secretary Sun Guoan had come to the field at some point, and Sun Jiarou had come to bring him water at the right time.
As the village's well-known beauty, Sun Jiarou is indeed beautiful and fits the aesthetic standards of this era.
She has a classic oval face, almond-shaped eyes, thick eyebrows, and fair skin.
At this moment, she was wearing a light blue dress, black leather shoes, and a straw hat. She looked so stylish that she didn't seem like a country girl at all.
While she was talking to Sun Guoan, many young men were secretly glancing at her out of the corner of their eyes.
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