Song Lili persuaded her family, and the next day she went to work in the fields with them.
Song Lili was appearing in the labor team of the brigade for the first time, so many people would ask her a question when they saw her.
"Oh my, the new bride has finally come out? Qinghua isn't hiding her anymore? You've been married for over a month, almost two months, and this is the first time I've seen her in public."
"That's right, Qinghua has hidden people very well, it's difficult for us to even see them."
"Of course, we should keep such a beautiful wife a secret."
Many aunties couldn't help but tease the two of them when they saw Song Lili and Zhang Qinghua appear together.
Song Lili blushed and felt very embarrassed.
"Aunties, please stop teasing us. It's almost harvest time, and I've come out to help."
Although Song Lili felt shy, she still spoke generously with the aunties around her and did not show any pettiness.
This improved many people's impression of Song Lili, and they couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"Qinghua has married a good wife; she's generous and pleasant to look at."
"Yes, although it took several years, he married a good wife, so he's quite lucky."
"This Song family's daughter is quite good. I heard she's hardworking and capable. If she marries into the Zhang family, her future will definitely be good."
"Of course it will be good. This girl is a treasure. All those greenhouse vegetables we grow now were cultivated by her. How could they not be good?"
"Now that you mention it, I remember. You're right, this girl is quite remarkable."
"Yes, I don't have a son of similar age to her in my family, otherwise I would have made her my daughter-in-law."
"Forget about it, they wouldn't even consider you."
"Hey, how can you talk like that? What did I do wrong? I'm a good mother-in-law, okay?"
"Come on, thank goodness for your mother-in-law. With your temper, even your daughter-in-law would be scared. Thank goodness for your mother-in-law."
"Haha, it's true, you really do have a fiery temper." Many people laughed along.
Song Lili listened with a bewildered expression as they went off-topic, a black line appearing on her forehead involuntarily.
Sure enough, the conversation easily went off-topic.
But she was happy to see it happen; as long as the attention wasn't on her, she could join in the conversation.
And so, amidst the curious and teasing gazes of many, Song Lili began her autumn harvest.
During the autumn harvest, I would get up at five o'clock every morning and go to the fields before the temperature got too high.
One person from each household stays behind to cook for the family. When it's time to eat, they are sent back to eat. An hour later, they start cooking again until lunchtime.
Lunch is also eaten in the fields to save time, so many families prepare it in advance.
Song Lili was worried that the dry food would be too dry for everyone to eat, so she specially pickled some vegetables for dinner, thinking that they could eat them with the dry food at noon.
She pulled up some of the radishes she had planted a few days ago, washed them, cut them into strips, and put them in a basin, layering radishes and sprinkling them with sauce until the basin was full.
After marinating for half an hour, pour off the water that comes out, then add white sugar and marinate for another half hour. Then squeeze out the water and pour it off.
Then add chili peppers, vinegar, and other seasonings, pour in boiled water, put it into a jar, seal the opening, and it will be ready to eat in two days.
What they are eating now is the food that Song Lili marinated in advance. Because there are a lot of chili peppers in it, it tastes refreshing and goes well with rice.
Zhang Shengtian couldn't help but say, "Lili's cooking is still the best. This radish is delicious and crisp. It's perfect for eating on a hot day."
Zhang Qingguo was busy stuffing pickled radishes into his mouth, and couldn't help but nod as he listened, "That's right, that's right, I love eating this the most."
Zhang Qinghua nodded in agreement, "Lili's cooking is all delicious." He loved her cooking the most.
"Anyway, it's much better than my younger sister's cooking. After eating my sister-in-law's cooking, I never want to eat my younger sister's cooking again."
"I can't even imagine how I could have eaten my younger sister's cooking for so many years. It's unbelievable," Zhang Qingguo said, nodding.
Enraged, Zhang Shengtian slapped Zhang Qingguo hard on the back of the head. "So you're starting to look down on me now, huh?"
"If it weren't for your sister back then, the three of us wouldn't know how we would have managed to fool everyone. Now you're complaining? Why didn't you complain before?"
"Boss, why did you hit me? I was telling the truth," Zhang Qingguo said angrily.
"I know it's the truth, but you just can't say it," Zhang Shengtian said angrily.
Although his daughter's cooking skills were not good, he just couldn't stand hearing his son criticize her like that.
Song Lili found it amusing and pushed the pickled cucumber towards Zhang Shengtian, saying, "Big Brother, Qingguo may say it, but he really loves Ai Ai very much."
"Besides, Ai'ai's cooking skills are pretty good now, and her dishes taste delicious."
After working under her for a while, Zhang Aiai learned a thing or two.
Zhang Shengtian nodded repeatedly as he listened, "Yes, that's right. Ai'ai's cooking is also delicious now."
Zhang Qingguo nodded in agreement, "My sister-in-law understands me best. She knows I'm just saying it, but I do a really good job in bed."
Zhang Shengtian laughed and scolded, "You brat, you think you can say all the good and bad things by yourself?"
“I’m telling the truth,” Zhang Qingguo muttered to himself.
Song Lili and Zhang Qinghua had two people watch over the bickering father and son. The lunch was very enjoyable, and everyone was in a good mood.
In the afternoon, there was a flurry of activity, and everyone was given a row of wheat. This was today's task, which had to be completed. Once it was done, the work points for the whole day would be earned.
Those who are fast can finish harvesting the wheat earlier and then come back for another round; of course, they will also receive more work points.
Everyone wanted to accumulate more work points so that they would receive more grain when it was distributed.
So everyone is rushing to catch up, and everyone is giving it their all.
In order to earn work points, many people would wait until it was completely dark before going home.
Only those who have to go home to cook will finish work a little earlier, otherwise they won't see anyone cooking at home if they're late.
With Zhang Ai'ai at home, the Zhang family wasn't worried about not having food when they got home; they focused all their attention on harvesting wheat.
After dark, Zhang Shengtian stopped and said to the other three, "Alright, let's pack up and go back for dinner. We'll finish the rest tomorrow."
"There's no way to cut it now, it's too dark to see anything. Be careful not to accidentally cut yourself."
Seeing the sky darken, the three of them stopped working, bundled up the harvested wheat, and put it away before heading home together.
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