"I say, Xiaozhuang's mother, aren't you too partial? Why do you help them with their work but not us?" the aunt asked loudly.
"The comrades from the other team brought a lot of food to Liuli, Tingyun and others at noon. What's wrong with us doing a favor?" Xiaozhuang's mother retorted.
After hearing this, the aunt blushed and didn't dare to say anything else.
At around five o'clock, both teams finished work and went home.
The captain of the team next to us is also a warm-hearted aunt, and everyone calls her Aunt Big Goose.
On the way back, Aunt Daye invited Li Tingyun and others to dinner at her home, but Li Tingyun refused with a random excuse.
When he returned home, Li Tingyun saw Uncle Dagui and a few unfamiliar uncles building a wall. Their efficiency was really amazing.
The wall in front of me was almost finished. When I entered the yard, I saw Grandma He and Uncle Dagui busy in the kitchen.
Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua quickly put down their backpacks and went to the kitchen to help, while Gu Xingwu helped everyone build the wall.
By nightfall, the walls were built and the food in the kitchen was ready.
There weren't many people here today, so in order to thank these old friends, Wang Dagui went to the town and bought a piece of meat.
The dish in the pot was fried potatoes with pork. It was dinner made by Grandma He. The pork was cut very thinly and didn't look like much.
However, it is difficult for everyone to see meat these days, and the uncles who helped were all very happy to eat it.
Li Tingyun only realized after listening to them talk that these uncles were colleagues who guarded the reservoir with Uncle Dagui, and Uncle Dagui was their leader.
After dinner, the uncles went back.
It takes more than two hours to walk from here to the reservoir, and the distance is not short.
These days, people have to walk to get around, and even ox carts are rare. Their brigade only has two ox carts, which are usually used to deliver things to the town.
In spring, there are not enough cows, let alone ox carts.
After seeing off the guests, Dagui sent Grandma He back. When he came back, he wiped Gu Xingwu's body and took a bath himself.
Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua cleaned up the yard, leaving a lot of broken bricks.
After finishing her work, she found a pair of scissors and planned to be Mr. Tony and cut Gu Xingwu's long hair.
After cutting her hair, the long scar on the right side of her face became very noticeable. Her beautiful face was almost ruined by this scar.
Looking at the scar, Li Tingyun became furious and stood there with the scissors in his hand, not making any next move.
"Tingyun, what's wrong with you?" Xu Erhua was sitting next to them weaving a winnowing basket. She looked up and found Li Tingyun looking at Gu Xingwu with a bad expression.
She stood up curiously and walked over, but when she saw the scar on Gu Xingwu's face, she was so scared that she took a few steps back.
"Can this be cured? Such a good-looking face is ruined." She had seen Gu Xingwu before, and that face was really handsome.
Li Tingyun came back to his senses, but did not answer the question directly.
Although the scar was ugly, she knew it would keep him safer.
"Let's wait and see. I hope I don't scare the villagers." She said and continued cutting hair.
"It's okay, you don't have to think too much. It's better for him to be like this, so that he won't be seen by the little girl." Wang Dagui changed into clean clothes and came out of the room.
Li Tingyun didn't say anything else. He cut Gu Xingwu's hair and washed it lightly, but he was not allowed to touch the wound.
By the time everything was done, it was already past ten o'clock, so everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Li Tingyun had originally planned to remove the bullet from Gu Xingwu tonight, but after that, he realized he'd have to keep him in bed for a few days. It was probably unrealistic for him to work with him every day, so he had to wait a few more days.
The work in the fields is almost done, and when they have some free time, the villagers begin to prepare firewood for the winter. They can only look for opportunities when the time comes.
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More than half a month passed in a flash, and the people in the village seemed to have gotten used to the existence of this man named Wang Liuli.
The farm work of the brigade was almost done, and everyone had to start preparing firewood for the winter, so the number of people going to work gradually decreased.
That day, Wang Dagui suddenly received a call from the village saying that there was a problem with the reservoir dam. He had no choice but to hurried back to the dam and hand Gu Xingwu over to Li Tingyun.
Li Tingyun felt that the opportunity had come, so he entered Gu Xingwu's room at night, brought him into the space and performed the operation.
The next morning, when Xu Erhua got up, she found that Li Tingyun was not in the room.
"Why did she get up so early today?" she muttered and knocked on Gu Xingwu's door again.
Only after hearing the knock on the door did Li Tingyun take Gu Xingwu out of the Space Hospital and temporarily remove the needles from his body.
She stood up and opened the door, then yawned loudly.
"Tingyun, what are you doing..." Xu Erhua saw Li Tingyun appear in Gu Xingwu's room and locked the door, and she couldn't help but have some thoughts in her mind.
"What are you thinking about? He had an attack last night and the wound was bleeding. After it was sutured, I didn't dare go to sleep and just stayed by his side." Li Tingyun made up an excuse.
After hearing this, Xu Erhua looked at Gu Xingwu with half belief and half doubt, but when she saw that Gu Xingwu looked unhappy, she believed it.
"I'm going to make breakfast. What do you want to eat?" She felt sorry for Li Tingyun.
"Noodles, let's heat them up." Li Tingyun replied and went to the next room to get a handful of noodles.
It would be nice if I could have a few eggs. It’s not good to always go to the county town. How about going to the town one day?
She had an idea in her mind, but she didn't say it out loud. She had to wait until Gu Xingwu recovered a little before she could go on a long journey.
After sending Xu Erhua away, she also went to wash her face.
After breakfast, Xu Erhua planned to go to the mountain to cut some bamboo. This time, Li Tingyun did not follow her. After closing the door, he pulled out the needle in the space and continued to give Gu Xingwu an IV at home.
Xu Erhua came back at lunchtime.
Li Tingyun had already prepared lunch, a simple stir-fried potato and pumpkin.
Gu Xingwu had taken the medicine and had not yet woken up, so the two of them had lunch at noon. They just ate a little. In the afternoon, Xu Erhua went upstairs to chop firewood, and Li Tingyun did not dare to go out.
In the evening, Gu Xingwu finally woke up.
The meat in the space has been eaten up, and now there are only cabbage, pumpkin, potatoes and eggplant in the yard.
These were all given by the villagers, and there were quite a few of them piled up in the small firewood shed.
Originally, Wang Dagui planned to build a cellar in the kitchen, but he felt that was not a good idea, so he built the cellar in the woodshed.
All the rice that could see the light of day was stored in the cellar, and only the noodles were kept in Li Tingyun's room.
She has been busy for so long and hasn't been to the city for a long time.
After dinner, the two sat in the yard to work.
Li Tingyun was chopping firewood, and Xu Erhua was making a few baskets for Grandma He's family.
Gu Xingwu rolled up his sleeves and tried to get back to work, but Li Tingyun yelled at him, "Sit back down and wait a few days until you're better before you can start working."
Boom boom boom!
There was a sudden knock on the courtyard door, and an unfamiliar voice came from outside: "Excuse me, Comrade Li Tingyun, is Comrade Xu Erhua home?"
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