Tian 㫧-kun slept until morning and felt much better.
As soon as the second day of her period passed, she felt like she was alive again.
These days she didn't want to ride a bike, so she took the bus to the county town.
It is almost the rapeseed harvesting season. There are very few people coming to the county town these two days, so Tian Yujun can take a break.
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In Chenjia Village, the older people in the village are pulling wild oats from the wheat fields.
Wild oats are a kind of weed. If they are not pulled out at this time, they will be cut into wheat during harvest and planted into the ground in the second half of the year. The wild oats will absorb nutrients from the ground and grow more wildly than wheat.
The postman came to the edge of the field, parked his bicycle aside, and called on people to pick up the mail with a loud speaker in his hand.
There were only two or three people working outside the village. If it weren't for these educated youth, the postman would come to their village less than five times a month.
The postman called out, "Liu Meili, Chen Kaifang, here are your letters and telegrams."
Chen Kaifang and Zhang Cuiying were clearing land on the hillside. Zhang Qiang heard the sound and walked over.
What's surprising is that Liu Meili was also walking towards this side.
Chen Xiaohong just started working in the fields this afternoon.
She doesn't do any heavy work, she just comes to weed.
With her body like this, she needs to move as soon as possible.
Liu Meili's eyes lit up when she saw Zhang Qiang. Since Zhang Qiang became the village party secretary, the hard days for this group of educated youth were over.
Unlike before, when all the dirty and tiring work in the several brigades was theirs.
Liu Meili smiled at Zhang Qiang and Zhang Qiang nodded.
Zhang Qiang said to the postman: "Comrade, Chen Kaifang's..."
Before he could finish his words, Chen Xiaohong's voice came from behind him.
Chen Xiaohong's voice was soft and gentle.
"Comrade, I am Chen Kaifang's daughter. I am here to get the letter."
When Zhang Qiang looked up, he saw Chen Xiaohong.
She had her hair tied in a low ponytail, wore a straw hat, a white shirt on the upper body, a pair of tight-fitting trousers on the lower body, and a pair of clean black cloth shoes on her feet.
She had a faint smile on her lips and her eyes were bright.
Because of working, her face was red and there were beads of sweat on her forehead.
Zhang Qiang's eyes fell from her face to her legs, and he frowned slightly: "Why did you come down from the ground?"
Chen Xiaohong was still waiting for the postman to reply to her. When she heard Zhang Qiang's words, she realized that Zhang Qiang was talking to her.
"I have nothing to do at home. I have been resting for half a year. It's time to move around."
She has been eating at home all the time. It's not a good idea to keep going like this.
Zhang Qiang said, "Nonsense, your brother asked me to keep an eye on you when he left. You should take it slow when you are injured. You are getting out of bed as soon as you feel better. Aren't you afraid that you will suffer when you are old?"
When Chen Xiaohong heard this, she paused, looked down at her legs, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Liu Meili, who was standing by, glanced at Zhang Qiang. Her expression changed slightly. She took her letter and said, "Thank you for your hard work, comrade. I will go to work first."
The postman smiled and said, "It's not hard. It's my duty to serve you."
Zhang Qiang then realized that he was a little excited just now.
Chen Xiaohong whispered, "It's okay. I've already taken the medicine the doctor prescribed for me. I don't feel any pain anywhere on my body now."
Zhang Qiang said: "Take the letter and go back quickly. Even if you work in the fields, I won't record your work.
Wait until you are fully recovered. "
When Chen Xiaohong heard what Zhang Qiang said, she actually felt a little aggrieved.
The women on both sides of the ridge looked at the two men.
Chen Xiaohong hung her head, feeling sad, as she always felt like she was being looked down upon.
She also mustered up the courage to go out, just wanting to quietly earn some money to help her family, but she didn't expect it to be like this.
Chen Xiaohong glanced at the women on both sides of the field who were staring at her and whispering, her mind filled with those ugly gossips.
Her head was buzzing for a moment, and even her hearing seemed to have decreased.
The postman said, "Sister, what you have here is not a letter, but a telegram.
Please take a look at it quickly, I think this must be an urgent matter."
Chen Xiaohong finally came to her senses, swallowed her sadness and grievances, and took the telegram handed to her by the postman.
Her voice was even quieter than before.
"Thank you comrade."
"You're welcome."
The postman also noticed that Chen Xiaohong's eyes were red and she looked like she was about to cry, so he smiled and said, "Sister, your Party Secretary is right, if you are not feeling well, you should take some time to recover before you can work.
There is never any end to the work in the fields.”
Chen Xiaohong forced a smile and said, "Thank you."
"Then you guys get busy, I'm going to the next village."
The postman rode away on his bicycle. Zhang Qiang looked at Chen Xiaohong and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
Did what he just said hurt her?
Chen Xiaohong always kept her head down. Ever since her divorce, no matter how much she tried to comfort herself, she still felt inferior to others.
As soon as I left, I heard people talking about me.
She is a joke.
Chen Xiaohong no longer had the courage to stay in the field. Without looking up, she said to Zhang Qiang, "Secretary Zhang, I'm leaving now."
Secretary Zhang?
She used to call herself Brother Zhang.
Zhang Qiang also realized that his words just now may have hurt her intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhang Qiang tightened his hands on his thighs, wanting to explain but not knowing how.
Zhang Qiang also felt very upset.
He tried to open his mouth several times, but still couldn't utter a word.
Chen Xiaohong walked towards the village. The moment she turned around, the tears that she had been holding back for a long time began to fall.
She felt sad.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this marriage has come to this point because she is too weak.
She wanted to live a simple life, but the more cautious she was, the more she realized in the end that the simpler the life, the harder it was to get.
She has been trying hard to live all her life, but fate is really unfair.
On the way home, the scorching sun shone on Chen Xiaohong, stretching her shadow very long.
Zhang Qiang stood there, watching Chen Xiaohong's thin figure getting smaller and smaller.
He also saw her wiping her tears with her sleeves several times, and his heart tightened.
After Zhang Qiang calmed down, he took a deep breath.
After Zhang Qiang went somewhere else, the women who were weeding on the ridges of the fields began to gossip.
"Could it be that our Party Secretary Zhang has taken a fancy to this girl from the Chen family?"
"Who knows? But it seems that he cares about the eldest daughter of the Chen family.
The eldest girl from the Chen family is a really nice person, but she can’t have children.
I guess, this is how she will live her life."
"That's not necessarily the case. What if someone's wife dies and there happens to be a child around, then they want someone who can't have children?"
"What are you thinking? If you really marry someone like this, you may not even treat her as a human being.
Oh, this girl has a miserable life anyway."
Zhang Qiang heard what these women said and he paused.
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