After several days of work, the corn harvest was quickly completed. Today, we'll start harvesting the soybeans.
After Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun finished their meeting as usual, they lined up to receive their tools and walked towards the fields, listening to the conversations of the older men and women along the way.
Today, Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun were assigned the task of carrying soybeans, and they carried soybeans back and forth to the brigade headquarters.
This time, the discussion wasn't as heated as before. After all, everyone was used to it. After Lin Qing carrying corn a few days ago, carrying soybeans no longer aroused anyone's curiosity.
Only occasionally would she encounter one or two older women looking at Lin Qing with regret, as if they had missed something great.
And so, Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun followed the Chaoyang Brigade to harvest corn, then soybeans, and finally sorghum.
After that, I followed the brigade to peel corn and beat soybeans with sticks with the women of the brigade. After several days of sun exposure, the soybeans were completely dry and fell out of the pods with a light touch.
They spread a plastic sheet on the ground, then carried the soybeans and stalks onto the sheet. Next, they swung sticks and forcefully pounded the stalks, causing the soybeans to fall out of their pods onto the plastic sheet. After pounding them clean, they removed the stalks and replaced them with unpounded stalks, repeating the process until finally the soybeans that had fallen onto the plastic sheet were put into sacks.
After a busy month, all the work was finally done.
With the replenishment of spiritual spring water and meat, Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun did not suffer too much, but the others in the brigade lost weight to varying degrees, with the most loss occurring among the educated youth who went to the countryside with Lin Qing and the others.
They hadn't yet adapted to working in the fields, and they didn't have the money to buy much nutritious food. After the devastation of the autumn harvest, everyone was so thin that they looked like they could be blown away by a gust of wind.
Aside from Wang Haoran and Chen Bin, who were already well-off and had bought a lot of food from Lin Qing, and with Lin Qing's occasional subsidies, they had even gained two pounds after the autumn harvest and looked a bit more robust.
Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao are doing well. Although Lu Xianghong is a bit poor, Xu Fengjiao is not short of money. During this time, Lu Xianghong has put in more effort while Xu Fengjiao has provided more food. Both of them are doing well, except that they have lost a few pounds.
"..."
"Ah... Brother Nanxun, the autumn harvest is finally over. I'm not going anywhere tomorrow; I'm going to rest all day."
As soon as Lin Qing got home, she went straight to the bathroom, and after taking a shower, she collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
If she hadn't just finished working and was covered in dirt, Lin Qing wouldn't have wanted to take a bath.
Fortunately, thanks to the transformation by the spiritual spring water, my physical attributes have improved a lot. And with the spiritual spring water, I can relieve fatigue from time to time. I really can't imagine how I would have been able to persevere without the spiritual spring water.
After the autumn harvest, the brigade leader gave everyone two days off. Lin Qing decided that she would not go anywhere tomorrow and would just stay in her space for a day. She hadn't had a chance to properly tidy up her space because of the autumn harvest.
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
Seeing how exhausted Lin Qing was, Gu Nanxun stepped forward and massaged her shoulders, saying with a doting expression.
"Brother Nanxun, stop massaging me. You've worked so hard these past few days. Lie down and rest."
Seeing Gu Nanxun massaging her shoulders, Lin Qing tugged at Gu Nanxun's arm and said something.
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
As Gu Nanxun spoke, he continued to massage Lin Qingqing's shoulders.
"Even if I'm not tired, I should lie down. I want Nanxun to hold me while I rest."
Lin Qing tugged at Gu Nanxun's arm and continued to whine.
How could I not be tired? I've been working for so many days in a row, it's no wonder I'm exhausted!
"Okay, I'll hold the baby."
Gu Nanxun couldn't help but lower his head and kiss Lin Qing's forehead, then, following Lin Qing's lead, lay down next to her. He reached out and pulled Lin Qing into his arms.
Soon, Gu Nanxun heard Lin Qing's soft breathing in his arms. Gu Nanxun looked down and saw that Lin Qing had fallen asleep. It seemed that she had indeed been exhausted these past few days.
"..."
"Brother Nanxun, come and sign in with us! We've accumulated a lot of sign-ins lately."
After waking up, Lin Qing regained her energy. After taking another shower in the space, she lazily lay on the sofa.
Gu Nanxun had just come out of the bathroom when he heard Lin Qing calling him.
"Qingqing, you can sign in by yourself!"
Gu Nanxun walked over and patted Lin Qing's head.
"But I'm unlucky!"
Lin Qing wrinkled her delicate little nose, puffed out her cheeks, and said that she also wanted to sign in, but her luck was just...
"It's okay, we don't lack anything now, just make sure Qingqing has fun."
"Okay, I've checked in?"
Lin Qing thought about it and realized that Gu Nanxun was right.
"Okay, sign it!"
Gu Nanxun lowered his head and kissed Lin Qing on the lips, saying this.
"System, check-in!"
"Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in and received a bottle of sunscreen. Would you like to claim your check-in gift?"
"System, are you kidding me?! Sunscreen? The autumn harvest is already over, why are you giving me sunscreen?"
"The sign-in is randomized and cannot be changed by the system."
"Okay, I'll take it!"
"System, check-in!"
"Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in and received a box of face masks. Would you like to claim it?"
"receive!"
Lin Qing looked at the face mask in her hand and nodded with some satisfaction. Although her skin didn't need a face mask right now, it was still better than sunscreen.
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