After the first production team picked up all the rice ears left in the fields, they began to light the fire. In just ten minutes, the sky above Dafeng Village turned pitch black, even darker than the dark clouds before the heavy rain.
The policy of protecting the environment and strictly prohibiting the burning of rice and wheat straw has not been introduced yet, and such a situation will not occur in another thirty or forty years.
"Women like you who only care about money and not people make me sick just by looking at them. Get as far away from me as possible and don't appear in front of me again. If you cause trouble for Jingyi again, don't blame me for being rude to you. I, Lu Beichu, don't like to hit women, but if someone provokes me, I will not let it go." An angry and rude voice came from the corner.
Wang Shuning, who was about to reach the corner, stopped suddenly and stood still.
What bad luck! How come I ran into Lu Beichu? From the tone of her voice, I wonder which woman she is?
"Do you have to be so mean to me? If you don't like me, then you don't like me. So what if you have a good family background? You still have to go to the countryside. If it weren't for your good looks and good family background, I wouldn't even bother to look at you. You are a love-blind man. You deserve to run after a woman all day. I hope Guo Jingyi falls in love with another man and dumps you."
Liu Sicun was rejected by Lu Beichu many times, and this time she was really annoyed. No man has ever said that he felt disgusted just by looking at her. Who do you think you are? I won’t serve you anymore. When the next batch of educated youth comes, there will definitely be someone who is richer than you.
Liu Sicun raised his head and walked away angrily without even looking back.
Lu Beichu stared at Liu Sicun's back in disbelief. How could a woman be so rude and even curse him?
He turned around to go back, but when he passed the intersection, he saw Wang Shuning. He was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Did you hear everything?"
Wang Shuning raised his foot and shook his head, "I just happened to pass by and didn't hear anything."
Lu Beichu frowned. She must have heard it. It was the first time she was scolded in front of her old classmates. It was embarrassing.
Seeing that he didn't look well, Wang Shuning didn't want to talk to him and just walked home.
A few days ago, I heard from Zhang Meili that Liu Sicun and Zhao Leyi came to Guo Jingyi's house to quarrel. After only a few days, Liu Sicun was already fed up with it. I don’t know how things will develop next.
There were a lot of villagers going to the village committee square, and few of them were dressed more warmly than Wang Shuning. Except for her eyes, not a single hair could be seen on her body.
After the rice is dried, the impurities inside are removed using a windmill, and then the public grain that needs to be handed in is transported to the town government grain station for delivery.
There were not enough windmills, so people had to hold huge winnowing baskets in both hands to shake out light impurities. Using a winnowing basket required skill, as rice grains would be shaken out if one was not careful, so all the educated youth were assigned to shake the windmills.
Wang Shuning stood beside the windmill, holding the handle with his right hand and cranking it. He looked at the man and two women in front of him and was a little confused. "Meili, what's going on? It's scary to see this."
In front of a windmill, Guo Jingyi was shaking the handle, Liu Sicun was using a glove bag, and Lv Beichu kept pouring rice into the bucket. These three people actually had a day of cooperation, especially Liu Sicun who was talking to Guo Jingyi with a smile. Lv Beichu looked very angry and Guo Jingyi seemed a little embarrassed.
"Ah..." Zhang Meili looked back and sighed, "Last night Liu Sicun suddenly came to my house with two sweet potatoes. At that time, I thought she was here to cause trouble again, but she actually apologized to Jingyi. It wasn't a hypocritical apology. Her attitude seemed very sincere. She said 'I'm sorry' and 'I was wrong' more than a dozen times, and every word she said was regretful."
Wang Shuning slowed down the movement of his right hand, and stared at Zhang Meili's eloquent speech without blinking. The gossipy nature of human beings was brought to the extreme at this moment.
"She also said that she was blind before and rushed to get close to a man. Who knew that Lu Beichu was a hypocrite without grace? She suddenly realized how unreasonable what she had done before was. She came to apologize to Jingyi. She doesn't expect that the two of them can be good friends in the future. She just hopes that they can get along normally when they meet in the future."
Wang Shuning opened his eyes wide: "Did Guo Jingyi agree?"
Zhang Meili nodded vigorously. "Liu Sicun was so humble that he almost knelt down to apologize. Jingyi had no choice but to agree. What's even more confusing is that she came to Jingyi this morning and asked her to be in a group with her, saying that it was to ease the rigid emotions caused by the previous quarrel. You didn't see Lu Beichu's face at that time. He looked like he had just climbed out of a cesspool."
Wang Shuning found that He Daniu stopped on his right side, and he coughed quickly and quickened his movements.
Zhang Meili received the gaze and quickly shut her mouth.
He Daniu stared at the two of them for more than ten seconds before going to check somewhere else. Although his efficiency was lower, fortunately his body was not so weak that he could not stand it.
Zhao Leyi, an educated youth from the third production team, caught a cold and had a fever after being caught in the rain all night. It has been three days and he has not come to work yet. His health is so poor that He Liangliang is afraid that the fever will be too high, so he can only agree to his request for leave, which would be a serious setback. He doesn't even realize what time it is now, as the village is busy delivering grain to the town.
Seeing that the sack was almost full, Liu Sicun quickly put on a new sack, and only a few rice grains leaked into the winnowing basket. She interrupted Lu Beichu several times when he was about to talk to Guo Jingyi, until the other party's face became more and more ugly. If she didn't teach this ungraceful man a lesson, he would look down on her in the future. She had to get back the dignity she had lost.
"Jingyi, when you're not working on the 15th, how about you five new educated youth come to the educated youth camp and have dinner with everyone? They are all educated youth from other places, and many of them don't know you."
"I'll introduce you to a few male educated youth. If you need manual labor in the future, you can ask them for help. If you don't have a partner, there are some good ones in the village. You just arrived and don't know the situation, so I'll introduce you to some people. Just like you have more connections, it will be easier for you to do things in the future."
Guo Jingyi rolled her eyes guiltily to glance at Lu Beichu, but saw that he was staring at Liu Sicun who was speaking with dark eyes, as if he wanted to cut him into pieces.
He is so fierce, he seems like he will hit a woman. He is so big, Liu Sicun is so skinny, she can lift him up with one hand. "No, I am still young, I don't want to date for the time being, we will get to know each other after spending some time together."
Liu Sicun added, "I didn't ask you to date now. Meet more people and pick the best one. For us women, getting married is the most important thing in our lives. If we don't marry the right one, our lives will be hard in the future. There are not many educated men in the village, but they have roots in the village, which gives them more security than those of us educated youth who live too far from home. If you want to find someone who looks good, you have a chance."
If I didn't cause you trouble, I wouldn't be called Liu Sicun. If you don't like me, I will make the woman you like look down on you.
Wang Shuning couldn't hear what they were saying, but maybe from their expressions he felt that Lu Beichu could explode at any time. Liu Sicun's mouth was still moving. What was he saying?
Thinking about the first day in the village, when Liu Sicun took Zhao Leyi, Li Jiefang and Hu Haoguo to fight for the house, this person is not someone to be trifled with. His emotions are all on his face. Unlike Zhao Leyi, he feels like a scheming white lotus.
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