Ning Xiyue and Chen Yechu chatted for a while and then stopped talking. They didn't go to the space to study, but closed their eyes and started to take a nap.
If Ning Xiyue doesn’t have a good rest at noon, she is afraid that she will not have the energy to work in the afternoon. She needs to be in a good state.
When it was time to go to work, the penetrating gongs and drums sounded. Ning Xiyue, who hadn't even opened her eyes yet, sat up like a conditioned reflex, lifted the curtain, got up, washed her face, took the kettle, put on her hat, and left.
The entire process is a mechanical execution of commands automatically given by the body, without a trace of emotion.
I was in a half-asleep state the whole time, and only woke up completely when I went out and felt the scorching sun outside.
Walking outside the drying yard, Ning Xiyue rubbed her face to make it look a little dull from not waking up yet lively.
I walked in with a smile and greeted all the aunts in the group one by one.
Aunt Yang Liu drank from a kettle to moisten her throat. "Xiyue, how was your lunch break?"
"Yeah, I had a good rest. I'm in good spirits and full of energy. I have enough energy to work well in the afternoon." Ning Xiyue smiled and nodded, and took out the kettle to take a sip: "Auntie, how was your rest?"
"That's good too. Just get some rest. The work hours are long in the afternoon, so a good rest at noon will give you the energy to work."
Aunt Yang Liu looked around, sat down next to Ning Xiyue and said in a low voice:
"But you don't have to be as honest as you were this morning. How many other people are as honest as you? When the work is almost done, you can just work a little more lazily. If you don't stop, no one will say anything and you won't be able to catch them doing anything wrong. If you see others taking a break, just follow them."
Ning Xiyue responded with a smile.
She worked in the morning because she thought she couldn't be too lazy on her first day. In fact, it's not that she didn't rest at all, but when she was lazy, others thought she was working seriously.
Aunt Yang Liu also taught Ning Xiyue some little secrets on how to slack off at work in the afternoon.
"It's even hotter in the afternoon, so our main task is to turn the grain over to dry. We only need to do this every once in a while. We don't have to stay in the sun all the time. We can sit in the shade of the trees nearby, rest, drink some water, and chat for a while. You can do whatever you want when the time comes."
"Yeah, thank you for sharing your experience, auntie."
Ning Xiyue really didn't expect that Aunt Yang Liu, as the team leader's wife, didn't teach her how to work hard, but taught her how to be lazy. It was really unexpected and surprising. She liked this kind of aunt who was not rigid and pedantic at all.
Sure enough, when they started to work, the others turned over the grain and then sat under a tree to chat. Ning Xiyue followed their actions and did whatever the other aunts did, completely integrating into the team of aunts.
The other aunts sat under the tree, doing their own things with their things, and started chatting about family matters, talking about the gossip in the team, about which couple had a fight, who was chasing cats and dogs, what happened to which wife and daughter, and so on, without repeating any gossip.
Ning Xiyue sat on the wooden rake and listened to them quietly, getting a lot of information and gossip about the team.
Suddenly, one of the aunts, surnamed Liu, looked at Aunt Wang in the other group and Li Cuihua who was sitting alone drinking water, and lowered her voice to call the people around her to come closer.
Seeing this, Ning Xiyue moved with the other aunts and put their heads closer to listen to what the aunt said.
"Hurry up and tell me."
My aunt stopped sewing the soles of shoes, leaned forward, and whispered, "Didn't Li Cuihua and Wang Dazui have a fight today? Did you know they had another fight when they got home at noon?"
Other aunts: “There is also this matter.”
"Are you making trouble again? What's the situation?"
Aunt Liu, who had started the conversation, was a little pleased when she saw that no one knew. She said excitedly, "You don't know. Come, I'll tell you."
"It seems that Wang Dazui discovered that Li Cuihua's daughter had gone to harass her son again, so he moved a stool and sat at the base of the wall in the yard, cursing at Li Cuihua's family next door."
Aunt Liu used some body language while she spoke. One of her feet moved as she spoke, and she pouted her lips as she continued:
"Li Cuihua was no pushover. How could she tolerate Wang Dazui's harsh words? The two started cursing at each other across a wall. You called my daughter shameless and shameless, and I called your son a scoundrel who couldn't get married. The curses got worse and worse, and they both climbed up the wall and started fighting. In the end, the heads of the two families pulled them down and the fight ended."
Ning Xiyue felt a little familiar when she heard the gossip that Aunt Liu told about Aunt Wang and Li Cuihua's family. It was a bit similar to the gossip she heard at noon.
Keep listening.
One aunt said with a bit of envy: "Your living close to each other is a bit of an advantage. You can also see the excitement of both families."
Aunt Liu nodded and continued, "You didn't see it. The way those two fought while riding on top of the wall was hilarious. They both pushed their respective ladders over, and then they used their hands to flutter around, and they couldn't move too much, for fear of not hitting the other person and falling themselves off."
After listening to Aunt Liu's words, the three aunts began to express their opinions and ideas.
One person said: "When will these two families stop causing trouble? This has been going on for several times now."
Another said: "I'm afraid it won't stop. Li Cuihua doesn't know how to teach her daughter. Her Wu Xiuli is throwing herself at him without asking for money. I don't know how many jokes she will make. If I were Wang Dazui, I would make a scene too. She's lazy, greedy, and domineering. Who would want a daughter-in-law like that?"
"Wang Dazui will never agree to Wu Xiuli marrying her family's Li Jiandang. He just wants to harm Li Jiandang, who is a hardworking boy. What a pity! With Wu Xiuli around, it will be difficult for this boy to find a wife." An aunt who was attracted by Li Jiandang's ability to earn work points shook her head with regret.
"Yeah, what a pity! If Li Jiandang had been more powerful and assertive, Wu Xiuli might not have dared to pester him."
Ning Xiyue's eyes lit up. It turned out that the son and daughter the two people were scolding that morning were Wu Xiuli and Li Jiandang. Wu Xiuli was Li Cuihua's daughter, and Li Jiandang was Aunt Wang's son.
The melons she ate several times that day were all the same, and the melons were also provided with after-sales service, which made her not bored all day long, which was quite good.
Ning Xiyue continued to listen to their conversation, watching the show silently. As she listened, she heard an aunt shift the topic to her, and they all looked at her and spoke.
Ning Xiyue became alert and focused her attention.
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