After finishing his meal, Gu Anyang put down his bowl and went out.
"Hey, Xiaowu, where are you going? You're running out during your break. Aren't you tired after working all morning?"
Gu Anyang didn't even turn his head. "Mom, I have something to ask Ada. I'll go to work directly when the time comes."
Liu Jinhua looked at her youngest son's hurried appearance and said, "This child is so anxious and hurried."
Jiertan.
"Ada, have you been waiting for a long time?" Gu Anyang asked as he took the hoe from Liu Da.
Liu Da smiled innocently, "Cousin, you're here, not long."
Gu Anyang picked up the hoe and weighed it. "Okay, go back and rest."
Fearing that his mother would get to the bottom of the matter, Gu Anyang gave the hoe to Liu Da for safekeeping when he got off work, and asked him to bring it here after dinner.
Liu Da smiled innocently and picked up another hoe from behind him, "Cousin, let me help you."
"Okay, don't tell your aunt."
Gu Anyang nodded and took Liu Da to turn the soil for Chen Qiangwei. He wanted to hurry up and do more work so that she wouldn't have to work so hard.
Liu Da knew Gu Anyang well. He couldn't possibly have done just this little work in the entire morning. This piece of land must belong to a female educated youth. However, he didn't say much and followed Gu Anyang to work without hesitation.
Not long after, the four brothers Gu Chunlai came over carrying hoes.
Gu Chunlai nodded towards Gu Anyang, "Busy?"
Everyone knows that the young people in the team like to help the female educated youth with their work, so it is not surprising for Gu Chunlai to see Gu Anyang and Liu Da working here.
According to him, these young people have nothing to do because they have nothing to do. If they have that time, they might as well help their families with more work and earn more work points.
They secretly helped the female educated youth with their work all day long, and the female educated youth didn't know about it. Some of them even beat them up behind their backs for a female educated youth.
He wanted to ask, "Does the educated youth know about all this? Does she appreciate it? Can she become your wife in the end?"
Gu Chunlai counted again and it was indeed this piece of land. What was Gu Xiaowu doing?
"Brother Chunlai, what are you doing?"
Gu Chunlai's face looked a little strange. "I followed my mother's instructions and came to help Chen Zhiqing turn the soil."
Gu Anyang: ...
He knew that Chen Qiangwei had gone to visit the sick Bi Dazui after dinner, and he was a little worried that Chen Qiangwei would be bullied, but now it seems that he was narrow-minded.
Gu Anyang nodded and stopped talking.
Gu Chunlai's four brothers also went to the fields to work, standing one at a distance. Soon, Chen Qiangwei finished her work.
After finishing the work, everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "Don't tell anyone." Then they carried their hoes and went back. There was still some time before work started, so they could go back and rest.
Chen Qiangwei continued to fool people at home with her mouth shut.
“…Apart from that, Sixth Aunt, you must control your mouth in the future, do more good deeds, and be nicer to your daughter-in-law and granddaughter. You must know that they are all meritorious people.
If you have accumulated enough merit, disasters will naturally be resolved, and you can be reborn into a good family in your next life."
After two dealings, Chen Qiangwei discovered that Mrs. Gu was a very good person.
He listened with his mouth wide open and nodded continuously, as if he saw her being reborn into a wealthy family in the next life, where she would never have to worry about food and clothing. A mysterious smile appeared on his face.
"Don't worry, Chen Zhiqing. I will do as you say and be a good person. I will be a good mother-in-law and a good grandmother."
"Also, this matter is known to heaven, earth, you, and me. Once you leave this door, no third person can know about it, otherwise it won't work."
"I promise not to tell anyone, not even a word about it in my sleep."
Chen Qiangwei: "Okay, Aunt Liu, I'm leaving now."
"Hey, wait, Chen Zhiqing, you've helped me a lot. I'll get you some eggs to eat." Bi Dazui called out to Chen Qiangwei, then said to Mrs. Gu beside him, "Old lady, get Chen Zhiqing two handfuls of eggs."
Chen Qiangwei vehemently refused: "Sixth Aunt, no need. I came here to visit you. How can I ask for anything from you? Isn't this a slap in my face?"
He shut his mouth and tried hard to give it to her: "No, I must take it. Chen Zhiqing, you have shown me the direction for my future. You are my great benefactor. If you don't accept it, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life."
Chen Qiangwei was unable to defeat Shut the Big Mouth in terms of tearing and retreating.
Finally, she was respectfully escorted out the door with her mouth shut, carrying a basket with twenty eggs in it.
Halfway through the journey, we met the four brothers Gu Chunlai who were returning.
Gu Chunlai nodded to Chen Qiangwei: "Chen Zhiqing, your land has been turned over."
"Brother Gu, thank you."
Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder most people at that time valued boys over girls. Men had to do the heavy work, and men could work faster, so no one dared to mess with them.
But why does Gu Chunlai's eyes look a little strange?
Chen Qiangwei shook her head, probably annoyed at being assigned to work during her break. But whatever, her work was done and she had the afternoon free.
When Chen Qiangwei returned home, she saw Gu Sannai sitting in the yard twisting straw ropes. Rice is a common crop in the south, and the raw material for straw ropes is rice stalks. After the straw is dried, the excess straw leaves are removed, and the remaining rice stalks can be used to twist straw ropes.
It is not difficult to make straw ropes, as long as you have hands. However, it is a boring job that requires you to repeat the movements of your hands constantly, and the longer you do it, the more uncomfortable your hands will feel.
There are people in the supply and marketing cooperative who buy straw ropes. A bundle can be exchanged for five cents. A straw rope is twenty meters long, and there are ten in a bundle.
In the countryside, every household knew how to make straw ropes. In their spare time, a family could make a bundle in just a few days. When not working, not everyone rested like the educated youth; some of them would make straw ropes at home.
However, although there was a lot of straw in the team, it was collectively owned and was of great use to the team, so each household could only get a small amount, and there were not many straw ropes that could be exchanged for money at the commune.
First, when there is no green grass in winter, rice straw is the food of the black cats.
Secondly, rice straw can also be used as padding in pig and cattle pens to help pigs and cattle resist the cold.
Third, the rice straw that helps pigs and cows resist the severe cold will become a rare and excellent farm fertilizer in the spring of the following year.
In addition, straw ropes are needed for tying pig grass, tying fences, and building melon sheds, so every household always has some straw ropes piled at the base of the wall in case of emergency.
Gu Sannai watched Chen Qiangwei go out empty-handed, but come back with a basket.
"Hey, there's a return gift. Shut up! Are you really going crazy?"
"Third Aunt, Sixth Aunt is a good person. Look, I went to see her and she gave me a lot of eggs. I couldn't refuse them. She almost tore my clothes."
Gu Sannai rolled her eyes at Chen Qiangwei. "I don't believe you. Do you really think she's old and confused?" Who knows how this cunning girl coaxed her out of Bi Dazui's hands.
"Sixth Aunt is not only generous, but also kind-hearted. Seeing that I was too tired from work, she asked Brother Gu Chunlai and the others to help me with the work."
Chen Qiangwei covered her mouth and yawned. "Oh, I'm so tired after working for half a day. I'm going to rest for a while. Let's make some egg soup to improve the meal tonight."
Gu Sannai: ...Could it be that this girl has given Bi Dazui some drug that makes him mad?
Chen Qiangwei decided to use the afternoon to expand the space.
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