Chapter 69: A Few Things about the Farming
Season During the farming season, everyone gets up early and works in the fields late, just to earn more work points so that they can get more food and money at the end of the year.
At noon, many people don’t go home. Their families send them food, and they eat in the fields and continue to work after eating.
After Chen Dachun and Jiang Haoran got married, the Chen family held Jiang Haoran in their hands.
As long as Jiang Haoran said what he wanted to eat, Chen Daya would go home and cook it immediately.
Even meat was cooked every three or five days.
Others ate in the fields at noon and continued to work, but Jiang Haoran went back to take a nap at noon.
Although Chen Dachun was not worthy of Jiang Haoran, Jiang Haoran was lucky to be the son-in-law of the Chen family.
No family could treat their son-in-law as their own son, but the Chen family did.
They provided him with good food and drink, but did not use him as free labor.
The three of them, the mother and daughter of the Chen family, were big and could work as well as men. Jiang Haoran did not need to do all the heavy work at home like other families.
After marriage, Chen Dachun was rosy-cheeked and was particularly considerate to Jiang Haoran, but Jiang Haoran was a little listless. Everyone joked that the young couple was just married and was greedy for novelty and had no self-control.
Only Jiang Haoran knew that these women were almost squeezing him dry, and now he had to work on the farm, and he was almost exhausted.
During the busy farming season, Wang Yanhong also had an easy life.
Because of her pregnancy, the Zhou family only let her cook at home and bring the food to the fields. She didn't need to work in the fields. She was the most blessed woman in the village.
But Wang Yanhong didn't think so.
Although she didn't have to work in the fields while she was pregnant, she had to cook for the whole family and wash clothes, which was very tiring.
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During the break, Shen Jiale handed the water to Lu Mingfeng.
Lu Mingfeng took the water and drank a sip, then combed Shen Jiale's hair and said, "Wife, you must be tired. You can go home. I'll do the rest."
Shen Jiale was indeed very tired, but she didn't understand. Lu Mingfeng also worked every day and helped her with the work, but he was still energetic.
Looking back at myself, I wake up every morning with body aches. If it weren’t for the spring water in the space, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to work in the fields.
"It's still early for lunch, let's work for a while."
Lu Mingfeng pinched his wife's slightly red cheeks from the sun and said, "My wife is really capable."
The villagers next to him laughed and said, "Mingfeng, your wife just handed you a glass of water, and you praised her to the sky. How can other people's wives who earn 10 work points a day and have to go home to cook and wash clothes praise her?"
Lu Mingfeng said as a matter of course, "My wife is the most capable. Other people's wives won't hand me a glass of water. No matter how capable they are, it has nothing to do with me." Shen
Jiale was really ashamed when he heard this, and he didn't blame Lu Mingfeng for his hard work at night.
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When Wang Yanhong went to deliver the meal, she met Jiang Haoran who was going home.
After all, she was someone he had loved before, and they were forced to marry each other. Although Jiang Haoran gave up on her, Wang Yanhong still had feelings for him.
Perhaps what you can't get is always good.
Wang Yanhong said, "Do you regret marrying Chen Dachun?"
This was not an obvious thing. Jiang Haoran felt that Wang Yanhong was just making fun of him.
He didn't take responsibility for Wang Yanhong, and ended up like this.
Jiang Haoran didn't want to pay attention to Wang Yanhong, and was about to leave.
"Please wait patiently. As long as we can go back to the city, we can end our life here."
Jiang Haoran stopped and said, "Going back to the city is not easy. Shen Jiale's father is the deputy director of the factory, and she has not returned to the city. Do you think we have a chance to go back?"
"I heard that there are educated youth returning to the city from other villages, but the number of places is limited, but there is still hope."
Wang Yanhong's words rekindled Jiang Haoran's hope, and his attitude towards Wang Yanhong obviously improved.
"If you have nothing to do, please pay more attention to what conditions are needed to return to the city."
The two talked for a while and talked a little more unconsciously.
Chen Daya, who came to deliver food, saw this scene and her face turned cold, but when she looked at Jiang Haoran, she smiled again.
"My son, the meal is ready. I made your favorite fried green pepper and eggs today. Come with me to eat."
Jiang Haoran said goodbye to Wang Yanhong and went back.
Chen Daya cursed: "Slut!"
Wang Yanhong said angrily: "Who are you scolding?"
Chen Daya glared: "I'll scold whoever answers. You are still restless after getting married and still thinking about my son."
Chen Daya was a tough person. Wang Yanhong didn't dare to confront her directly. She only laughed at Chen Daya after she left: "You really miss your son so much. You still call him 'my son'. When Haoran returns to the city and abandons you, you can wait to cry."
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After experiencing her father's expulsion and Jiang Haoran's betrayal, Zhao Meili seemed to have grown up a lot overnight.
They ate the same food and did the same work as the educated youth. They didn't complain or ask for special treatment. For a while, everyone was a little uncomfortable.
Tang Xiaotian asked her why she had changed so much all of a sudden.
Zhao Meili said, "I used to be able to do whatever I wanted with my parents. Now that I have chosen to go to the countryside, I should learn to live independently."
When it was late at night, Zhao Meili remembered that she had no money or food when she left Hua Guafu's house. She thought Jiang Haoran would be her support in the future, but when she learned that her father was expelled, he immediately turned against her. After
that, she didn't eat for a day because she had no food. She couldn't help but take some food from the educated youth's food bags. She also took a moon cake from Cao Xiaoqing because she was greedy. Until she was found stealing Yan Xiaohua's toilet paper.
If Jiang Haoran had revealed her father's affairs, she would have been embarrassed in front of everyone if Hua Guafu had not temporarily covered up her lie.
Zhao Meili knew that she had no one to rely on in the days ahead and could only rely on herself.
Fortunately, Director Zhao loved her very much in the past and bought her a watch. She reluctantly sold the watch on the black market and exchanged it for money, so that she could maintain her dignity in front of the educated youth.
From childhood to adulthood, she had never felt so aggrieved, so Jiang Haoran's betrayal was unforgivable.
When Zhao Meili first came to Yaoshui Village, she saw the Chen sisters' intentions towards Jiang Haoran.
But at that time, she thought that the Chen sisters were just delusional, and Jiang Haoran would not fall in love with them even if he was blind.
But Jiang Haoran offended her, so she helped the Chen sisters.
Of course, she helped with compensation.
After Jiang Haoran married Chen Dachun, his life was quite comfortable, and Zhao Meili didn't want him to have it so easy.
But Jiang Haoran got close to Wang Yanhong again, and the two seemed to have forgotten their previous unpleasantness, and they would talk to each other every time they met.
When Zhao Meili saw this, she felt that Jiang Haoran was living too comfortably, and wanted to find some trouble for him, and now it happened.