Described as 'sticky,' Zhou Xiaoye's face turned as red as a ripe apple.
Li Weidong, however, remained calm: "So what if we're all lovey-dovey? I'm engaged to your sister-in-law, do you not like that?"
"How about I find you a fiancé too?"
"I don't want to!"
Li Xiaoli shook her head frantically: "Besides, the reason why Xiaoye agreed to get engaged to you must be because her family is forcing her to get married."
"If this hadn't happened, do you think she would have been willing to get engaged to you?"
Then he looked at Zhou Xiaoye and said, "Xiaoye, don't you think so?!"
Zhou Xiaoye blushed and glanced at Li Weidong before changing the subject: "Aren't we going to plant corn? Let's hurry up and finish the work so we can go home sooner."
He snatched the hoe from Zhao Xiulian's hand and fled out the door as if running away.
Zhao Xiulian was completely bewildered: "What's wrong with this child?"
Thinking of Zhou Xiaoye's flushed face, Li Weidong couldn't help but smile slightly: "I don't know, but Mom, if we don't go out soon, it'll really be too late!"
Zhao Xiulian then realized, "Oh dear, it's so late! Quick, quick, Lili, lock the door! We need to get to work in the fields!"
The family arrived at the field and began to divide the work.
Planting corn is actually not difficult. You just need to dig a hole, scatter the seeds on it, cover it up, and then water it.
“I’ll dig the ground, Lili will sow the seeds, Weidong will fetch water, and Xiaoye will be in charge of watering.”
Zhao Xiulian instructed, "Lili, don't sow too many seeds. Three kernels per hole. If any kernels are shriveled, sow one more. There aren't many seeds this year, so don't waste them. Don't let them fall everywhere like last year."
"And be careful when burying the seeds. Last year, someone dug the soil with their feet and pulled all the seeds out. If you're careless again, I'll deal with you!"
He then picked up a hoe and started working.
Li Xiaoli stomped her foot angrily: "Mom, why are you only criticizing me and not my brother and the others?"
"What do they have to say?"
Zhao Xiulian glared at her: "Is it your brother who makes a mistake when fetching water, or your sister-in-law who makes a mistake when watering plants?"
“Then…” Li Xiaoli complained, “Watering also depends on how much or how little. What if Xiao Ye waters too much or not enough? Wouldn’t that be a bad thing?”
Zhou Xiaoye said, "Lili, you water the plants, and I'll sow the seeds and cover them with soil!"
Let her do it!
Li Weidong quickly said, "You just need to be in charge of watering."
Sowing seeds requires covering them with soil, but watering only requires watering, which is much easier.
Zhao Xiulian echoed her sentiment.
Even if Li Xiaoli wasn't happy, she had no other choice.
Zhou Xiaoye carried the water that Li Weidong had brought and followed behind Li Xiaoli to water the plants, feeling a sweet warmth in his heart.
If she were in the Zhou family, let alone something as easy as watering, she would have to do everything by herself, from digging holes and planting seeds to carrying water!
My parents would never do such rough work, and as for my two older brothers, they were incredibly lazy.
Now that she's come to the Li family, even sowing seeds has become a heavy task, leaving her with only the final step of watering.
Li Weidong was even worried that she couldn't lift the bucket, so he would rather make several trips to fetch water himself, and he would never fill the bucket to the brim, leaving it only half full each time.
Even Zhou Xiaoye couldn't stand it anymore: "Brother Weidong, why don't you pick more at once? I can carry them."
"It's okay, just consider it exercise."
Li Weidong shook his head and instructed, "If you're tired, take a break. Anyway, we'll definitely finish planting this morning, so there's no need to rush."
Zhou Xiaoye nodded, feeling even sweeter inside.
Li Xiaoli walked quickly while sowing seeds and had already reached the other end of the field.
She turned her head and saw the two of them standing together, and immediately shouted, "Mom, look at my brother and sister-in-law slacking off!"
Zhou Xiaoye's face immediately turned bright red.
Zhao Xiulian glared at Li Xiaoli and said irritably, "What are you slacking off for? Your sister-in-law is so thin, what's wrong with working a little slower?"
"You brat, you just want your brother and his girlfriend to have a bad relationship, don't you?"
In her opinion, the better the relationship between the two, the happier she is!
Ideally, we should get things done as soon as possible, without waiting for Zhou Xiaoye to turn 20.
Anyway, at sixteen she's already a grown woman, and she's been looking forward to having a grandson for a long time!
Li Xiaoli was speechless after being scolded, and pouted: "Hmph, you're always so biased!"
"Get to work, you brat! If you don't finish this morning, you'll have to come back this afternoon!"
"Okay, okay, Mom, can you please scold me less?"
"If you behave yourself, why would I scold you?"
The mother and daughter were bickering, making quite a scene.
Zhou Xiaoye listened to their bickering from afar and couldn't help but laugh.
She likes this feeling, it's great!
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xiulian finished digging the pit and came back to take over Zhou Xiaoye's work.
"Ono, I'll water the plants. You can rest for a while!"
She said with concern, "Look at you, your face is all sunburned."
Li Xiaoli exclaimed, "Mom, my face is red too! I need to rest! Let my brother sow the seeds!"
Zhou Xiaoye quickly said, "Then I'll sow the seeds!"
"No need, just go and rest!"
Zhao Xiulian snatched the bucket from Zhou Xiaoye's hand and glared at Li Xiaoli: "You better get to work!"
Li Weidong returned carrying water and, seeing the situation, said, "Xiao Ye, Mom is right, you're weak, go and rest!"
Then she added, "It's getting late, you should go back and cook. The key is under the window. If you want meat, there's money under my pillow in my room, just take it."
In his words, he treated her as if she were an outsider.
Zhou Xiaoye wanted to insist a little longer: "How about we let Lili go back and cook..."
Li Weidong looked at Li Xiaoli, the threat in his eyes was self-evident.
Li Xiaoli shuddered and quickly shook her head: "No, no, I don't like cooking! I just like working in the fields. Xiao Ye, you go back and cook. I love your cooking!"
Just kidding, if I really went home and left Zhou Xiaoye behind, my older brother would probably explode.
Zhou Xiaoye couldn't persuade them otherwise, so she nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go back and cook. You guys go home and eat early."
As soon as she left, Li Xiaoli started yelling, "Brother, you have to compensate me for my losses!"
Li Weidong was completely bewildered: "What loss?"
Li Xiaoli argued vehemently, "You treat Xiaoye so well, so when I look for a husband in the future, won't I have to meet your standards? If I can't find one, won't I blame you?"
"How can you blame me for this?!"
Li Weidong's eyes widened.
Zhao Xiulian laughed out loud: "You brat, how old are you and you're already thinking about getting married?"
"Well, I don't care anyway."
Li Xiaoli acted shamelessly: "My brother and Xiao Ye show off in front of me every day. If I can't find a man as good as my brother in the future, I'll just stay at home and let my brother and Xiao Ye support me for the rest of my life!"
Although Zhou Xiaoye had walked away, her words still drifted to her ears on the wind, making her blush unconsciously.
But the corners of his mouth were always turned up, he couldn't suppress it.
Wei Dong's family has been so good to her, she has to try her best to repay them!
Thinking of this, she quickened her pace.
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