Chapter Sixteen: The Preciousness of Grain



Song Lili was overjoyed. She grabbed Yang Mei, threw away the sickle, hugged her, and shouted excitedly, "Great! Haha, great!"

She was still thinking of playing matchmaker for the two of them, but she didn't expect that one side had already succeeded. However, thinking about what "Li Qinghua" said that day that he didn't like Yangmei, Song Lili said that she would definitely create more opportunities for the two of them to spend time together in the future.

Yang Mei felt even more embarrassed by Song Lili's actions. She pushed Song Lili away, picked up a sickle, bent down, and silently began cutting wheat.

Song Lili was still very happy, feeling as if something she had been thinking about for a long time had finally come to fruition.

She couldn't help but tell Yang Mei, "I think Li Qinghua is pretty good. Although he has his own shortcomings, he's still very good in other aspects."

After spending so much time together, Song Lili only noticed one flaw in "Li Qinghua": he didn't talk much and had very few expressions. Otherwise, he was fine.

Yang Mei really doesn't want to be with Song Lili right now. Just now, because Song Lili was jumping and shouting, a lot of people came over, and now she can't even move if she wants to leave.

He could only pretend he hadn't heard anything and continue what he was doing, even speeding up his work, just wanting to get as far away from Song Lili as possible.

Song Lili didn't care about any of that. She was in a great mood and couldn't help but hum a song. After finishing work, she immediately went to find "Li Qinghua".

Zhang Qinghua was surprised that Song Lili would come looking for him, but he thought it was probably because Song Lili was going to the cliff.

However, looking at Song Lili's bright eyes and chubby cheeks, it didn't seem quite right. This girl seemed very happy today.

"Let me tell you, Sister Yangmei said she likes you today. How about that? Aren't you happy? Do you like Sister Yangmei even a little bit?" Song Lili was like a proud cat, waiting for her owner to pet her.

Zhang Qinghua's eyes deepened. "Yang Mei told you herself that she likes Li Qinghua?"

"Yes, yes, I asked her if she liked Li Qinghua, and she admitted it, so of course she likes you."

Zhang Qinghua frowned, wanting to tell her not to say that Yang Mei liked him, but then he thought that Song Lili had mistaken him for someone else, so he let it go.

"Then you must try your best! Fall in love with Sister Yangmei as soon as possible, so that you two can be together."

In Song Lili's heart, she always believed that Yang Mei and Li Qinghua would be together, it was just a matter of time, and she never thought about what would happen if Li Qinghua didn't like Yang Mei.

So, she doesn't even realize that saying such coercive things is wrong, which is giving Zhang Qinghua a headache. Is this girl stupid? Or just plain stupid?

Zhang Qinghua said expressionlessly, "I don't like her. Besides, she belongs to someone else, and I have no interest in taking someone else's hobby."

Song Lili got anxious. "Oh dear, why are you so stubborn? Sister Yangmei is such a good person." She was getting a little angry. Sister Yangmei is such a good girl, why doesn't this person know how to cherish her and seize the opportunity?

Zhang Qinghua moved his fingers and kicked the wall in front of him. Seeing Song Lili's angry expression, he said in a muffled voice, "Didn't you say that you would like her if you spent more time with her?"

Song Lili was still angry, but she also listened to what Zhang Qinghua said. Fine, since that's the case, let them meet more often, and then she can gracefully retire.

"I'm leaving," Song Lili decided, turning and walking away. "Hmph, I'm ignoring this guy, he's such a blockhead."

This delay lasted for more than twenty days, and the people of Hongqi Village managed to harvest all the wheat. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any continuous rainy days, which was a happy ending for everyone.

All the wheat was harvested and piled up at the stage, and it was all dried in the sun. All that was needed was to thresh it to complete the task, hand over the grain to the state, and then distribute the grain.

Every household is looking forward to the day when the grain will be distributed. Many families have been without food for half a month or a month and have been surviving entirely on wild vegetables.

Song Lili's family was in a similar situation. The two of them supported a family of four, which was already tight, and they could only afford to drink some gruel every day.

Threshing is also a very troublesome process. Without machines, it all depends on manpower, using pure force to separate the wheat grains.

Men and women work together to spread all the wheat out on the flat ground, thresh it down with tools, and then turn it over to thresh the other side.

Some people also use livestock to pull stone rollers to compact the stones, which is faster and easier than doing it by hand.

Hongqi Village is a large village. There is an old yellow ox and a stallion in the village, so there are two choices.

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