The sun slowly sets in the west, and clouds dyed with light rosy colors spread across the sky. The orange-red light depicts a poetic and picturesque scene, so gorgeous and beautiful that people can't help but indulge in it.
Mo Yutong looked into the distance, as if he could see a young man working hard in the fields.
A faint smile instantly appeared on her gentle eyes. She wrung out the last piece of washed clothes in the wooden basin and hung it on the clothesline.
Then she said to Yan Mingcheng and Yan Mingxue, who were washing the dishes she had just bought by the gutter, "Chengcheng, Xue'er, they're already clean. Bring them in to me!"
"Sister, let me serve it." Yan Mingcheng quickly stood up and walked carefully with a stack of bowls in his hands.
"Xue'er, can you take these two cabbages out of the cupboard and wash them in the basin?" Mo Yutong looked at Yan Mingxue, whose eyes were full of expectation, and quickly assigned her a task.
"Okay, sister, I will make sure to wash every leaf clean." Yan Mingxue happily went into the kitchen, picked up the cabbage and happily ran to the gutter.
Throwing the cabbage into the wooden basin and scooping a few buckets of water, Yan Mingxue squatted on the ground and began to work as a diligent vegetable washer.
"Chengcheng, I don't know how to light a fire. Can you help me?" Mo Yutong put the clean plates and bowls into the cupboard, half-knelt in front of Yan Mingcheng, wiped his wet little hands, and said gently.
"Sister, I will light the fire very well." Yan Mingcheng blushed and blinked his bright big eyes embarrassedly.
"Well, I believe Chengcheng and Xueer are the best and cutest kids." Mo Yutong looked at his blushing face with amusement and couldn't help pinching it gently.
"Sister, I am the best and the cutest, and my second brother is the second best and the second cutest." Yan Mingxue, who had been paying attention to the movements in the kitchen beside the wooden basin, quickly added.
She wants to be the cutest person in her sister's heart, and even her elder brother can't be as cute as her!
"Okay, our Xue'er is the best and the cutest." Mo Yutong smiled and took out the few green peppers from the cupboard and began to cut them slowly on the stove.
For a moment, the kitchen was filled with joy and happiness, the air was full of warmth and comfort, and Yan Mingcheng and Yan Mingxue seemed to be in a warm embrace.
And my sister is the source of all warmth. She is so gentle and so beautiful.
Time passed slowly, and half an hour passed quickly. With the news spreading from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, the members picked up their hoes and rushed to the brigade headquarters.
After registering their work points with the scorekeepers of their respective production teams and returning the tools with their fingerprints in the warehouse, they would go home together with three or five other fellow commune members.
But today was different from the past. When Yan Mingli walked out of the brigade headquarters, there was a long tail of people chatting and laughing behind him.
I originally thought that everyone was walking on the same road with him because they were having a party. After all, this road was one of the only two roads leading from the brigade headquarters to their homes.
But when everyone followed him into the small road, he lost his composure.
This path is very remote, and there is only his yard at the end. Usually no one would go in there.
"Uncle Zhao, where are you going?" Yan Mingli asked nervously as he looked at Zhao Ming, who had just chatted with him in the field.
The shadow of the past few years has always been there. To be honest, he is a little scared, afraid that those fists that were waved back then will once again be thrown at his family in indignation.
When he was young, he couldn't protect his father or his mother. Now that he is an adult, he wants to do his best to protect his younger brothers and sisters, and... his little girl.
"Let's go to the woods to get some firewood." Zhao Ming seemed to see through his guard, and a simple smile appeared on his honest face.
There is indeed a forest beside this path, but because it is too small, it is not a good place for members who like to hang out in groups to chat, so people generally do not come here to collect firewood.
But today, not only did people come here, but so many people came at once, which made Yan Mingli think too much.
But on the surface, he still chose to believe Uncle Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, I'll go home first."
"Go, go!" Zhao Ming waved his hand quickly and told him to leave quickly.
Although he said he came here to get firewood, the group of people behind him were purely curious and wanted to see what delicious food the educated youth from Beijing would give to the Yan family today.
They were all envious of the big bowls of braised meat and the big baskets of buns, but they also knew their limits and would not ask for them. They just wanted to satisfy their eyes.
These days, every household lives a tight life. Whenever a family cooks meat, the people around them will be so greedy that they will squat in the corner and drink porridge with the aroma of meat.
They come to take a look, just to quench their thirst and prevent their stomachs from rebelling.
Perhaps due to everyone's eager anticipation, the air suddenly wafted with the mouth-watering aroma of meat. The meat was so delicious! Suddenly, the sound of swallowing echoed all around.
Even Yan Mingli couldn't help but look in the direction where the smell of meat came from. The smell seemed to come from his house. Is the little girl frying meat?
She could actually cook? In his perception, the little girl was delicate and soft, with white and tender hands. At first glance, she was a girl who had never touched water.
"Whose restaurant is frying meat?" A member finally turned up his nose and walked towards the direction of the aroma.
"Who else could it be? It must be the Yan family!" One member was so envious that he almost beat his chest and stamped his feet.
Why didn’t he work harder and perform better yesterday? Maybe Mo Zhiqing would have taken a liking to him!
What a mistake! I regret it so much!
How could Yan Mingli have such a huge advantage? It was so huge! He wanted to bang his head against the tree next to him and die.
"This meat smells so good!" A member of the cooperative followed closely behind, striding towards Yan's yard following the aroma.
He can't see what kind of meat it is, so he feels uneasy! He probably has to eat less. If he has no appetite, it will only benefit the lazy wife at home. How can that be okay?
"Just with this fragrance, I can eat two bowls of rice." It smells so good, and the taste is amazing, really amazing!
"You are so bold! Even if I were given food, I wouldn't dare to eat two bowls of rice in one meal." That was rice. A bowl of white rice in a state-owned restaurant cost three taels of food coupons and six cents.
"I'm just thinking about it." The man said with a lack of confidence.
This is just to satisfy my craving for food.
If he really eats two big bowls of white rice in one meal, I'm afraid his wife will chase him all the way from the west end of the village to the east end with a rolling pin. She will not let him get into the bed in the bedroom until he screams in pain.
So when Yan Mingli walked to the door of his house, he was unexpectedly followed by a group of greedy people with twitching noses, making him not know whether he should push the door open.
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