Before he could finish speaking, Gu Zhiyuan grabbed his finger and twisted it hard, causing him to cry out.
The Xu brothers, Ye Jun and Ye Shi, rushed forward to help, only to see Gu Zhiyuan twist and turn him around, twisting Xu Ye Shan's arms behind his back and forcing him to his knees, howling in pain, "It hurts... let go, let me go—"
Upon hearing the screams, the Xu brothers, Xu Jinlai and Xu Yejun, involuntarily took two steps back and looked at Gu Zhiyuan in horror.
Xu Siya is already quite ruthless, so her boyfriend doesn't seem like a kind person either.
Xu Ningyan walked out of the courtyard, looked down at Xu Yeshan, slapped him across the face, and sneered, "Come on, didn't you say you'd show me what you're made of?"
The slap was delivered with full force, and Xu Yeshan's face immediately swelled up and turned red, his mouth was also cut and bleeding.
He tried to break free, but Gu Zhiyuan's hands held him firmly like iron clamps, preventing him from moving an inch. Finally, a hint of fear appeared in his eyes.
Before he remembered, his grandmother, Miao Cuihua, had unexpectedly not said anything about the job and had not fought for it for his aunt.
Even her own mother said not to rush to show up.
But he was afraid that if he was too late, his aunt or his second wife's son, Yewen, would find out and snatch the job away.
He couldn't wait to urge his father, uncle, and two cousins to come and make the first move.
Unexpectedly, we were the ones who suffered first!
Now I finally understand why Miao Cuihua never stood out!
Xu Ningyan shook her hand and took two steps forward. "How about I show you guys what's what—"
Xu Yejun and Xu Yebing instinctively covered their faces: "Siya, we didn't say anything! We absolutely didn't mean that! We were all pulled into this by Yeshan. He's the one who's after you for this job. You can hit him! If you hit him, he can't hit us, okay!"
Xu Jinlai nodded repeatedly beside him.
Xu Baolai wanted to say something, after all, it was his own son who had been beaten.
But looking at the two menacing-looking people in front of him, he nodded in humiliation.
Xu Ningyan spat: "With such little guts and such little ability, you dare to come here and steal my job? It's hilarious! Get the hell out of here! If you're not careful, believe me, I'll come to your house tonight and give you a good workout!"
"roll--"
Gu Zhiyuan then pushed Xu Yeshan aside, and Xu Yeshan stumbled and fell to the ground, his mouth full of mud.
He silently got up and ran.
Xu Jinlai and the others didn't dare to delay and rushed down the slope, afraid that if they were too slow, they would be caught and dealt with.
After the Xu family had all disappeared, the two turned back and entered the courtyard.
Gu Zhiyuan glanced worriedly at the silent Xu Ningyan from time to time, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have held back earlier. He should have gone even harder and broken Xu Yeshan's leg.
They felt even more sorry for Xu Ningyan. Such a well-behaved girl, yet the Xu family had bullied her for over a decade, and now that they had severed ties with her, they still wouldn't let her go.
They were like bloodsucking leeches, swarming at the slightest sound, regardless of whether she lived or died.
After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and gently patted Xu Ningyan's shoulder: "There's no need to be angry over those people. It's their fault that they don't care about you! I'll care about you and protect you from now on!"
Xu Ningyan did not feel relieved after the Xu family left.
She knew the Xu family's character all too well. Xu Jinlai and his group had left, but within three days, Xu Yinlai and his group would probably return.
This is a real job! What a huge windfall!
Xu Yinlai's two sons, the eldest Xu Yewen, is already twenty years old and is still just a temporary worker, while the younger Xu Yewu is eighteen years old and will soon graduate from high school. Both of them need to work, so how could they let this opportunity pass them by?
Even if the sky were to fall, she would probably come back and make a scene after hearing the news, and would do everything she could to get herself to give up her job.
This isn't the future; if you encounter such bloodsucking and unscrupulous family members, you can run far away and make sure they can't find you.
At most, I'll just give them a living allowance when they get old, and that'll be it!
This was an era when you needed a letter of introduction to even go to the county town. Without one, you couldn't move an inch. Where could you go?
They couldn't really kill the Xu family, so even though they were as disgusting as cockroaches that couldn't be killed, they had to put up with it.
Unexpectedly, her bitter and resentful expression led Gu Zhiyuan to misunderstand that she had been hurt by her family again.
Hearing Gu Zhiyuan's words, Xu Ningyan immediately stopped being emotional.
Thinking back to the moment when Gu Zhiyuan defended him and took action against the Xu family, he was absolutely incredibly cool!
Is this what it feels like to be protected by a powerful figure?
However, she immediately became worried about Gu Zhiyuan's injury: "You were fighting with them just now, did you aggravate your wound?"
Gu Zhiyuan shook his head easily: "No."
Xu Ningyan didn't believe it. How could such a big movement not have aggravated the wound?
She grabbed Gu Zhiyuan's arm, intending to pull off his clothes to take a look.
Gu Zhiyuan blushed and grabbed Xu Ningyan's hand: "Ning, I'm really fine!"
Seeing Gu Zhiyuan's resistant expression, Xu Ningyan let go of his hand with some regret.
Sigh, I really want to see the boss's abs again.
Forget it, if the big boss isn't happy, she'd better tone it down.
He took two steps back and raised his hand: "Okay, I won't look anymore! Go back to your room and check on it yourself later. If the wound reopens, be sure to tell me."
Gu Zhiyuan nodded.
Xu Ningyan made breakfast, and when she finished eating and looked outside, she saw that the light rain had stopped, and it was much cooler.
The loudspeaker at the brigade headquarters also blared, summoning all the production team members to a meeting at the threshing ground in front of the brigade headquarters.
The wheat is about 70-80% ripe and ready for harvest.
Holding a meeting at this time means holding a summer harvest mobilization meeting.
Sure enough, when they arrived at the threshing ground, they saw the production team members coming out of their homes one after another, walking over in twos and threes.
Before long, the threshing ground was filled with people.
The brigade leader stood on the platform and announced that the wheat harvest would begin tomorrow, and everyone in the production team, regardless of age or gender, would participate.
This is the second most important time of the year after the autumn harvest. After harvesting the wheat, we have to rush to plant rice seedlings, a process known as "double rush".
The "double harvest" lasts for about a month. After a month, almost everyone is exhausted and feels like they've been skinned alive.
The Tuanjie Brigade doesn't have much dry land; it mainly has paddy fields, since the province it belongs to is a nationally renowned rice-producing area.
The brigade grows two crops a year: early rice and late rice.
Wheat, rapeseed, cotton, and other crops are interspersed among them.
As for manpower, the women harvested the wheat, while the men carried it to the threshing ground to dry and thresh it.
The elderly and children were responsible for picking up the wheat ears.
Everyone was mentally prepared. A couple of days ago, the brigade leader led several experienced farmers from the production team to wander around the wheat fields several times a day, just waiting for the right time to start harvesting.
The mobilization meeting was very simple. The brigade leader assigned tasks, and everyone was divided into production teams. Everyone knew who was in which team.
Tomorrow morning, after gathering, just follow the squad leader.
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