The golden ears of wheat release their wrapped grains one by one through the friction of hands. The small grains gather into wheat hills, and the hills are piled up in the square. From a distance, they look golden and full of attractive light.
However, compared with the joy of the villagers and Du Jiang and others, the village chief's expression could not be said to be good but not bad either. Du Jiang turned around and glanced at the village chief, then continued to rub the scattered ears of wheat in his hands. These were all picked up by the children from the fields. Looking at them little by little, there were quite a lot of them when gathered together. However, it was not enough for the millstone, but it was a bargain for Du Jiang and others, just a few centimeters.
After all the wheat was dried and bagged, the village chief pulled a cart and took the young and strong people to the grain depot to pay, while the rest of the people were assigned to plow the fields, weed and farm.
Yes, the harvest of wheat means the upcoming planting of corn. Du Jiang, who has changed farm tools, is using a hoe to diligently turn over the soil beneath his feet.
Even with gloves, his hands were still covered with calluses. However, with the sowing of seeds, Du Jiang finally escaped the fate of hoeing the fields.
When she got off work, Qian Meili stood by the bed and stretched, and said weakly to Du Jiang, "Du Jiang, the day after tomorrow is my sister's wedding, can you go with me?" Fearing that Du Jiang would refuse, Qian Meili pulled He Jiefang out, "Don't worry, He Jiefang is going too. Besides him, I've also called Li Hongjun and others, but I don't think anyone else will go with us except He Jiefang."
Xiazhuang Village is right next to Dujia Village, but even though it is next door, it still takes an hour or two to walk there. Du Jiang, who had been sore from working in the fields recently, thought about it and nodded in agreement. She was a little curious about this marriage. After all, according to Qian Meili, her sister was a beautiful girl who loved beauty and had high demands on life. They had even made a big fuss about going to the countryside.
It’s not that Du Jiang looks down on the villagers, but if what Qian Meili said is true, it is impossible for such a beautiful girl to fall in love with a villager. Both their conditions and living habits are different. But if it is true love, it is not certain. However, true love in such a short time makes Du Jiang suspicious.
On the day of the wedding, Du Jiang and his friends took leave early and rushed there. They walked along the country road to Xiazhuang Village. Along the way, Du Jiang noticed that in addition to weeds, there were also a lot of knotweed, wild mugwort and even a lot of four-leaf apples in the fields on both sides of the road. Unfortunately, they were in a hurry and couldn't pick them. However, Du Jiang made up his mind to pick them when he came back, and try his best to fill his backpack.
When Du Jiang, Qian Meili and others arrived at Xiazhuang Village, the wedding had not yet started, so several of them went to the educated youth site to find the bride, Chen Xiaozhen.
Sitting in the house, Chen Xiaozhen was wearing old clothes. The only thing that showed her festive look was the red scarf around her neck. She was very surprised by Qian Meili and the others' arrival. "Why are you here?"
Qian Meili looked Chen Xiaozhen up and down, then turned back to look at the deserted educated youth center, very confused, "Why are you alone? Where are the others? I remember there were more than a dozen people assigned to Xiazhuang Village, weren't there?"
"They don't live here," Chen Xiaozhen explained with a smile at Qian Meili's puzzled look. "When we first arrived, there were too many people and only two rooms here couldn't accommodate them. Plus, they couldn't cook, so the village chief arranged for them to live with fellow villagers, paying a small amount of rent every month. As for this place, two other male educated youth and I live here. Meili, you know my family's conditions aren't very good, so the rent isn't much, but it's still an expense for me."
Qian Meili stepped forward and held Chen Xiaozhen's hand distressedly, "Then what's going on with your marriage? Why are you getting married so soon? We haven't been in the countryside for two or three months. Are you being hasty?"
Qian Meili held Chen Xiaozhen's hand tightly while feeling distressed. She looked at the girl in front of her nervously, fearing that there was some hidden secret in this marriage. The look of wanting to ask but not daring to ask made Chen Xiaozhen laugh.
"Hahaha, Meili, you're still as tough on the outside as always, but soft on the inside. Why are you worried about me?" Seeing that Qian Meili was angry because of her words, she quickly suppressed her smile and said, "Don't worry, you don't know what kind of person I am. I really can't stand the farm work here, and the conditions the other party asked the matchmaker to give us are not bad. After we get married, we will move to the town. Life will be better than in the village by then."
Move to town? Du Jiang glanced at Chen Xiaozhen, who was sitting on the bed beside him, holding hands and talking with Qian Meili. Although this girl looked very friendly, her eyes flashed with a shrewd light from time to time. The worries and random thoughts he had before coming here disappeared at this moment. Du Jiang thought that maybe, just like this girl named Chen Xiaozhen said, she really couldn't stand farm work and decided to get married.
Not only Du Jiang, but also Qian Meili and He Jiefang let go of their worries. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Hearing the sigh of relief, Chen Xiaozhen laughed again, "You don't think I was forced to come so early, do you?"
"Hehe, isn't this a difference? Plus, you came in wearing old clothes, and the only thing that looks festive is the scarf around your neck." Qian Meili curled her lips in annoyance, "How could you not want to be different?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaozhen squeezed their clasped hands slightly, and said with some emotion, "Meili, although we had a quarrel, I didn't expect that you still care about me so much. Thank you, I really thank you very much. By the way, I will move to the textile factory dormitory in the future. If you need cloth in the future, you can come to me." These words were not only said to Qian Meili, but also to Du Jiang.
Du Jiang: "Thank you, Sister Chen." Du Jiang took out the two cents she had prepared before coming and handed them to Chen Xiaozhen. "Sister Chen, I came in such a hurry that I didn't prepare anything good. After thinking about it, I decided to just give you the money. I wish you a happy wedding."
Chen Xiaochun looked at the two cents in his hand and then at Du Jiang's serious expression, and laughed out loud, "Little sister, you are really cute. Okay, I'll take the money. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me in the textile factory dormitory."
Seeing this, He Jiefang on the side hurriedly handed over the gift money he had prepared and said, "If you have anything to say, tell us. We are from the same place and we are your family." It must be said that although He Jiefang has a bit of a mean mouth, he is also very serious when he means it.
Qian Meili also took out money.
Chen Xiaozhen was not polite about the money the two paid. She folded it together and stuffed it into her pocket in front of the three of them. "Thank you. I'm very happy too. Although I don't care about this wedding, I'm still happy that someone came. By the way, don't come to Xiazhuang Village again in the future whether you have something to do or not. Remember, if you want to find me, go directly to the textile factory staff quarters..." At this moment, Chen Xiaozhen's expression was very serious, and her beautiful hand holding the money tightened slightly.
Looking at Qian Meili's wrist which turned red after being held by Chen Xiaozhen, Du Jiang subconsciously wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by the sound of a gong outside.
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