Ye Weiwei couldn't resist pinching Xiao Chuan's cheek and asked with amusement, "How did you know?"
Xiao Chuan thought for a moment, then blurted out, "I miss my wife!"
Ye Weiwei's face flushed slightly. "Who told Xiaochuan this?"
Xiaoshan quickly replied, "I know, I know, it was Grandma who said it."
Xiaochuan nodded vigorously, "Grandma said so."
Ye Weiwei patted the two little ones' heads, took them to their doorstep, and then returned to the educated youth settlement.
Xu Meijun and Chen Jiali spent the whole day in town and returned a little earlier than Ye Weiwei.
Looking at the two large bags that hadn't been unloaded from the bicycle, Ye Weiwei couldn't help but joke, "Are you going to empty out the town's supply and marketing cooperative?"
Xu Meijun said proudly, "Isn't it almost harvest time? I heard that harvesting is tough, so I bought a lot of food and drinks so I won't be exhausted in the fields."
Chen Jiali said shyly, "I also bought a lot of things today."
When she went to the countryside, her family gave her twenty yuan to buy things here. With the thirty or so yuan she had secretly saved by doing odd jobs over the years, all her belongings amounted to less than sixty yuan.
She had been saving money frugally for the past few months and had only forty-odd yuan left. Today, she was persuaded by Xu Meijun to spend almost twenty yuan, and she still feels the pinch when she thinks about it.
If her family knew she spent so much money in a day, I don't know how much they would scold her.
But Xu Meijun said that losing money is better than losing one's life, and she thought about it and agreed.
We can't let her go hungry, cold, and die of exhaustion in the countryside, can we?
Moreover, she only bought things she actually needed, so it wasn't considered a waste of money.
Ye Weiwei glanced at Chen Jiali's package, which was mostly filled with cotton, and said, "The two quilts you brought from home are too thin; they definitely won't last through the winter. You should stock up on cotton while you can, otherwise you might not be able to buy any when it gets cold."
Chen Jiali nodded, "Luckily, Xu Meijun had cotton coupons to exchange with me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to buy so many."
This amount of cotton is enough for her to add another layer of thickness to the quilts, cotton-padded trousers, and cotton-padded jackets she brought from home.
As long as she gathers more firewood before the weather gets cold, and keeps the kang (heated brick bed) warm and doesn't go out in winter, this winter shouldn't be too hard to get through.
and……
“I heard from the villagers that after the autumn harvest, when there is no work in the fields, the village militia will lead people to clear the mountains. We can then go up the mountain with the villagers to find wild fruits and mushrooms. We don’t need to hand these over; we can keep them for ourselves or sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative in town.”
She can work harder and send some money home, maybe even earn some extra money.
Upon hearing that they could go up the mountain, Xu Meijun immediately became interested. "Really? I want to go too! Ye Weiwei, are you coming? Let's go together!"
Xu Meijun suddenly felt a little depressed when she thought about how Ye Weiwei would be getting married and moving out of the educated youth settlement after the autumn harvest.
They've only just started dating, and now they have to break up.
If only Ye Weiwei hadn't gotten married so early.
"Ye Weiwei, are you really going to marry someone from the village?"
She couldn't control herself and blurted it out.
Ye Weiwei was puzzled, "The wedding date has been set, and they've already met each other's parents, how could there be a fake wedding?"
Xu Meijun said awkwardly, "I just think that although you have a lot of flaws, you are still a pretty good catch. It's a pity that you got married so early."
Ye Weiwei: "How can you know the joy of fish if you are not a fish? Besides, with my Huo Xiao's face, I dare say he'll be a handsome old man even in fifty years."
Xu Meijun rolled her eyes: "You're blinded by lust! You're hopeless!"
Ye Weiwei pinched Xu Meijun's chin and stared at her face, looking her up and down. "Look at your beautiful face, it's just a pity you were born the wrong gender!"
Xu Meijun: ...
"Ye Weiwei!" Xu Meijun angrily slapped Ye Weiwei's hand away, glared at her, and ran back to her room with a flushed face.
Ye Weiwei is such a scoundrel, she actually flirted with her in front of so many people!
Ye Weiwei clicked her tongue twice: "She's really easy to tease."
Chen Jiali stared blankly at the two of them. When Ye Weiwei looked over, she immediately picked up the large bag on the ground and ran away quickly.
"I'm going to put something away!"
Ye Weiwei: ……
The autumn harvest officially began the next day.
Everyone has to go to the fields during the autumn harvest.
Ye Weiwei was assigned to husk corn today.
She was assigned to the same plot of land as Liu Guilan and Su Xuemei, which Huo Xiao had discussed with the village chief beforehand.
When Liu Guilan saw that Ye Weiwei had only changed into her work clothes and shoes and hadn't prepared anything, she quickly gave her the work gloves and headscarf that she had prepared for her.
"This new headscarf is a new one that my aunt bought and hasn't used yet. She'll cover her face when we go into the cornfield later so she won't get scratched by the corn leaves."
"Thank you, Auntie," Ye Weiwei said sweetly. "I didn't even expect to need to prepare all this."
Su Xuemei smiled and said, "This is your first time harvesting corn, so it's normal that you don't know how. Just stay with me and your mother-in-law for a while. Don't rush, take your time, do as much as you can, and don't tire yourself out, or you'll suffer tomorrow."
Liu Guilan: "Your sister-in-law is right. Don't overdo it just because it's a bit of a novelty. The autumn harvest will take many days."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Auntie, thank you, Sister-in-law."
Liu Guilan: "We're family, there's no need to be so polite."
Su Xuemei also said, "Don't worry, your mother-in-law and I will help you."
Ye Weiwei was speechless at their cautious and attentive manner, thinking to herself, "You know nothing about my power."
But she happily accepted their kindness.
But when working...
Su Xuemei had already been told by her husband to take care of Ye Weiwei these past few days, so when she finished harvesting her own corn and turned around to help Ye Weiwei, she found a large pile of corn on Ye Weiwei's side of the field, but Ye Weiwei was nowhere to be seen.
Startled, she immediately called for help, only to see Ye Weiwei emerge from the front and wave at her, "Sister-in-law, I'm here."
Su Xuemei: ...
Liu Guilan was also taken aback by Ye Weiwei's speed and quickly said, "Weiwei, take it easy, don't tire yourself out! We'll definitely finish this piece of land today, no rush!"
"Don't worry, Auntie, I know what I'm doing. This little bit of work won't tire me out!"
Liu Guilan had no choice but to work even harder. As someone who had been doing farm work for many years, Su Xuemei couldn't let Weiwei, a novice, outdo her!
Otherwise, if the men in the family find out, who's taking care of whom?
But even if Su Xuemei put in all her effort, she couldn't match Ye Weiwei's speed.
Who made Ye Weiwei have such a superpower? The corn cob fell down the moment she touched it, without her having to exert any force at all.
While others would be sore and unable to lift their arms after picking corn cobs all day, she did it effortlessly without any problems.
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