When Qin Hanshu returned to Haowan Village, it was the corn harvest season. The fields were bustling with activity and golden corn was hung outside each household's cave dwelling. When the sun shone on them, it looked like a rich oil painting.

Qin Hanshu first went to report to Zhou Changan, then handed him Zhou Weiguang's letter. Without saying anything, he went to the drying yard to rub corn with everyone else.

Qin Hanshu searched the drying yard for a while, found where the educated youth were gathered, and walked over.

"Hey, hey, hey, I was the one who rubbed out that pile of corn cobs. How did you get them to your side? Give them back to me now!"

Before Qin Hanshu got close, he heard Liao Yujie's shouting.

Ma Chaoyang took a closer look and found that he had indeed taken two corn kernels from Liao Yujie, so he threw them back to her. "It's not gold, look how excited you are."

"Although it's not gold, it's real work points! It can be exchanged for money!"

I don't know who came up with the idea, but in order to prevent people from taking advantage of the situation and being lazy, they stipulated that work points were given according to the number of corn kernels they produced. Everyone had to keep a close eye on the corn kernels they had produced, and when they collected a certain number, they would go over to report.

Liao Yujie glanced at Ma Chaoyang, and while he wasn't paying attention, she picked up a few more.

“Ahem.”

Liao Yujie felt guilty and was frightened when she heard the cough coming from behind her.

When I turned around, it was Qin Hanshu.

"Hey! You're back?!" Liao Yujie immediately put on a bright smile.

"Why are you stealing other people's corn cobs?" Qin Hanshu said, nodding towards Ma Chaoyang.

Ma Chaoyang was also very happy to see Qin Hanshu, and raised his hand to greet him. After hearing what Qin Hanshu said, he said to Liao Yujie in dissatisfaction: "Thief! Give it back to me!"

Liao Yujie glanced at Qin Hanshu with resentment, "You help him but not me."

Qin Hanshu said calmly: "Is stealing still justified?"

Liao Yujie: "Just a few corn kernels!"

Ma Chaoyang continued, "You said it all, this is real work points!"

Liao Yujie shut up feeling guilty.

The other educated youths greeted Qin Hanshu one after another.

Qin Hanshu asked Zhang Yao: "Is Kangmei going to Datian again?"

Zhang Yao smiled and said, "You don't know her yet? She never chooses the easy tasks when doing work."

Qin Hanshu looked again, "Lin Zhiheng is not here either?"

Ma Chaoyang said, "Oh, by the way, you may not know that Lin Zhiheng has joined the county agricultural machinery station! The secretary sent him there and said that he was not suitable for farming but for learning technology. He might even be able to become a technical expert in repairing tractors in the future."

Repairing tractors? In his previous life, Lin Zhiheng was interviewed on TV. He was indeed an expert in mechanical manufacturing, but not the ones that run on the ground, but the ones that fly in the sky.

"Alas, it is still the smart people who have the food to eat!" Liao Yujie sighed: "Lin Zhiheng, a 'hei gang kid', is actually doing better than the other educated youth."

Ma Chaoyang's face darkened, "Watch your wording!"

Liao Yujie was unconvinced and said, "What's wrong with my wording? He is just a member of the Hei Gang!"

Qin Hanshu pulled Liao Yujie and said, "The educated youth in Haowan Village never talk about their origins."

"That's right!" Ma Chaoyang said disdainfully, "You are a woman who married into the local area, so why don't you hang out with us educated youth? Hurry up and leave."

"I won't leave!" Liao Yujie paused and softened her tone, "Can't I keep my mouth shut?"

Qi Da Nao didn't like her and united other women in the village to isolate her. Liao Yujie felt that it was simpler and more comfortable to be with the educated youth.

Others ignored her.

Ma Chaoyang asked Qin Hanshu some questions about Jiangcheng, and finally smacked his lips and said, "I went to Jiangcheng once when I was a child. My aunt took me there. I remember that the buildings were very tall."

Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "That's right."

Several educated youths pestered Qin Hanshu and asked him many questions about Jiangcheng. Liao Yujie listened attentively and finally said quietly, "In my lifetime, I will never be able to see the prosperity of a big city."

Zhang Yao glanced at her and said, "Who told you to get married? You can only take root here."

For the first time, Liao Yujie showed a melancholy expression.

"Although I am from the capital and my parents are both working, my life is not necessarily easy. I have eight brothers and sisters in my family and we have slept on a big kang since we were young. I am so slim now that I suspect it was squeezed out from childhood."

Qin Hanshu glanced at her speechlessly.

"There were many children and few resources. I was a poor talker when I was little, so whatever was given to me was gone."

"Later, I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I learned to make a scene, to rob, and to steal."

Ma Chaoyang said disdainfully: "Are you trying to find an excuse for your bad behavior? Don't play the victim. Your reputation cannot be saved!"

Liao Yujie blushed, "I'm not playing the victim, I'm just stating my experience. Besides, I know that my life is not that miserable, there are many people who are more miserable than me..."

Qin Hanshu glanced at Zhao Ru who was not far away and interrupted Liao Yujie, "Why is Zhao Ru's stomach flat?"

Zhang Yao looked over and replied, "She gave birth a long time ago. It was a premature birth. She gave birth to a daughter."

Liao Yujie suddenly said mysteriously: "I know why she gave birth prematurely, do you want to hear it?"

Zhang Yao asked, "Don't the villagers say that it was because he tripped over a pumpkin vine in the vegetable field?"

"No!" Liao Yujie waved her hands vigorously and said excitedly: "I fell in the vegetable field, but it had nothing to do with the pumpkin vines. I was pushed by someone!"

Zhang Yao was shocked, "Who pushed me?"

Qin Hanshu also looked at Liao Yujie.

Liao Yujie was immediately satisfied and began to tell the story vividly.

"Although it was late that day, someone still saw her. It was a woman with disheveled hair. It was hard to tell what she looked like, but she looked a bit like a lunatic."

"When the woman saw Zhao Ru, she bumped into her without saying a word and knocked her flying!"

"Then Niu Quangen came out of the cave, picked up Zhao Ru, and asked his sons to catch the woman. The woman was really crazy and bit anyone she caught. The ears of the eldest son of the Niu family were bitten by her until they bled."

Zhang Yao asked in confusion: "Where did this madman come from?"

"She's not from our village!" Liao Yujie said, "She's from Chen Jialiang. I heard it's Chen Tieshu... Oh, Chen Tieshu is Niu Quangen's childhood friend, and that crazy woman is Chen Tieshu's wife."

"Not long after, Chen Tieshu chased after her and captured the crazy woman."

Zhang Yao was confused. "Does that crazy woman have a grudge against Zhao Ru? She even came all the way from Chenjialiang..."

Liao Yujie said: "Some people guessed that Zhao Ru was having an affair with that Chen Tieshu."

Zhang Yao expressed her disbelief, "That's impossible? Zhao Ru looks down on farmers and was reluctant to be with Niu Quangen." Even if she was having an affair, she would not find another farmer.

Liao Yujie curled her lips and said, "Who cares if it's true or not? Anyway, everyone is willing to believe this statement. They also say that Niu Quangen's little daughter is not his child."

Qin Hanshu looked at Zhao Ru again and saw that she was a little fatter than when she was pregnant, but her face looked even gloomier. She sat there rubbing corn slowly, and no one around her approached her.

The person who pushed Zhao Ru was undoubtedly Hu Wenwen.

It was probably because of childbirth that Hu Wenwen was able to temporarily gain freedom of movement.

Unexpectedly, the first thing she did after gaining her freedom was not to escape, but to seek revenge on Zhao Ru.

But if she thought about it carefully, she would have no way to escape even if she ran away. She could only turn herself in to the police station and return to the farm.

Hu Wenwen knew how the situation would develop in the future and planned to escape from the farm to add a stain to her resume, which meant that staying on the farm was not as simple as just working.

Maybe she was tortured and ran away by Bai Huilan, her rival in her previous life.

Qin Hanshu listened to Liao Yujie's gossip, but his thoughts drifted away...

Suddenly, everyone on the drying yard looked in one direction.

Qin Hanshu looked over and found that it was Zhao Chunmiao who was running over from the drying yard with his round body, laughing very loudly as he ran.

“Hahahahahahahaha….”