Chapter Seventeen: Threshing Wheat



Serves you right for being so cheeky! You've offended someone now, haven't you? And it's the last person I wanted to offend! Serves you right for being so cocky!

Then she couldn't help but sigh. Why was she so unlucky? She finally managed to be sarcastic, and she ended up picking on Luo Juan's brother. Should she go buy a lottery ticket? She's bound to win the jackpot.

Song Lili stood up listlessly and followed behind Zhang Qinghua, sighing and praying that Luo Yuejin would not take it to heart and would just let her go like a fart!

That would make everyone happy!

Zhang Qinghua had been watching Song Lili behind him the whole time, and seeing her looking like a wilted eggplant, he sighed inwardly.

Forget it, I'll just keep an eye on her from now on. If Luo Yuejin really makes things difficult for her, I'll help her out more. After all, I have a good relationship with the Luo family.

Seeing her so listless always made Zhang Qinghua feel depressed and uncomfortable. He always wanted to see her smile happily.

Song Lili was unaware that Zhang Qinghua had already made plans for her. She was still thinking to herself, should she apologize later and let bygones be bygones?

But if she backed down, would Luo Yuejin really act as if nothing had happened? Song Lili wasn't sure!

Zhang Qinghua, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, and Song Lili, who was following behind, did not notice and bumped into him!

"Ouch..." Song Lili stumbled and almost fell, clutching her forehead and exclaiming in surprise.

Seeing the light shining in Song Lili's eyes, Zhang Qinghua couldn't say a word. All he could manage was a gentle expression of concern.

"Does it hurt?" But he remained expressionless, and to Song Lili, he still sounded stiff.

Song Lili said pitifully, "It hurts..." But after rubbing it hard, she didn't feel anything anymore; she didn't feel any pain.

But Zhang Qinghua was struck by the word "pain," and his heart suddenly ached, causing him to frown.

He wanted to say, "Does it really hurt? Let me see..." but he just stood there expressionless, his heartache hidden deep inside, known only to himself.

Song Lili was a little confused and slightly uncomfortable under Zhang Qinghua's gaze. She quickly turned her head away and said to Zhang Qinghua, "Give me the fork. It was my task anyway."

Zhang Qinghua then realized that "it's okay," and picked up his fork and got back to work.

Song Lili was speechless. Had she been rejected?

Song Lili pouted and thought, "Never mind, I'll just consider it Zhang Qinghua helping his granddaughter with chores ahead of time. After all, they're family."

She stopped worrying about it and squatted down to continue counting ants. She had no intention of helping others; she was hungry by now!

Song Lili couldn't help but sigh again. Even if she was hungry, she could only endure it. The new grain hadn't been harvested yet, and last year's grain was all gone, so she could only go hungry.

However, I have never been so hungry before. My stomach feels like it's on fire. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll develop stomach problems soon.

Don't even mention that you, a modern person, can't even find food. If you want to use your knowledge here, you can only do it secretly; it's simply unrealistic to do it openly and honestly.

The general environment determines people's lifestyles, and the current environment means that Song Lili can only go hungry along with everyone else.

If her complexion is different from everyone else's sallow one, then there's a big problem. So even if she has food, she can't eat as much as she wants.

So when I'm hungry, I can only try to reduce my activity level so that the feeling of hunger isn't too intense.

Song Lili was in the same boat, as were everyone else. They could only pray that the grain would be collected quickly, and once the grain was handed over to the state, they would have something to eat.

Besides hoping for the government-supplied grain, Song Lili also thought about the cucumbers and cabbages she had planted in her private plot some time ago.

With enough food, you can make a lot of delicious food and openly eat foods that you can't take out.

Otherwise, just because someone says it's "common for the people," you have to make everyone share it. Song Lili considers herself a selfish person and doesn't have that awareness yet.

As she thought about it, Song Lili's mouth began to produce a lot of saliva, and her stomach started to rumble even louder.

Suddenly, she was kicked, and her calf burned with pain. Song Lili looked up with tears in her eyes and saw Zhang Qinghua's departing figure.

Song Lili frowned, rubbing the still-burning skin on her calf through her pants, thinking that Zhang Qinghua had accidentally kicked her.

She looked around and realized that she was squatting right next to the wheat. Zhang Qinghua had probably just brought his livestock to thresh the wheat when they bumped into each other.

Yeah, if I move back a bit and keep a distance, I probably won't bump into them.

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