Chapter 20
Meng Yinyin opened her eyes angrily, then stared at the ceiling of the educated youth dormitory with a frown in a daze.
What's wrong with her lately? Why has she been having these strange dreams for several days in a row?
And the strange thing is that although those dreams seem weird individually, when Meng Yinyin occasionally strings them together, it seems that there is a main line, and those separate dream fragments all revolve around the main line.
She racked her brains and tried carefully to string together all the dreams she had during this period, but unfortunately she was still unable to find any clues about the truth.
Could it be that she was overthinking it, and this was just a random dream she had in her sleep?
In the end, Meng Yinyin could only shake her head and ignore the matter for the time being.
After all, the most pressing matter now is the matter with Lu Chen, which is an important factor determining whether she can stay safely in the Nanjiao Brigade!
It was time to go back to work in the afternoon. No matter how embarrassed Meng Yinyin felt, she had to rush back to where she had been in the morning.
When she went there, Lu Chen had already arrived, as usual.
But he was different at this moment, because he rarely went directly to the fields to work, but stood on the shore.
Looking at his back, Meng Yinyin paused and suddenly felt a little afraid to move forward.
But Lu Chen had sharp hearing and he quickly detected Meng Yinyin's footsteps.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and looked at her.
There was a distance between the two people, one was looking at each other, while the other's eyes were wandering, not daring to look each other in the eye.
In the end, it was Lu Chen who spoke first.
He said.
"Meng, educated youth, are you hungry?"
Meng Yinyin's expression froze, and then she looked up at Lu Chen in confusion, obviously not expecting Lu Chen to ask her such a question.
Why did he suddenly ask himself if he was hungry? He had just had lunch over an hour ago. Although he didn't eat much, he shouldn't be hungry so soon.
Wait, could it be——!
As if she had thought of something, Meng Yinyin hesitated for a second, then nodded cautiously.
"A little hungry."
Forgive her for lying, but she really wanted to eat meat!
And the next second after she responded, she saw Lu Chen looked relieved, then he lowered his head and took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from his body.
After taking it out, he carefully unfolded the handkerchief and spread it out in the palm of his hand.
Then, Meng Yinyin saw the familiar strips of dried meat.
It’s jerky, it’s jerky!
At that moment, Meng Yinyin felt that her eyes seemed to be glowing.
Seeing her staring motionlessly at the dried meat in his hand, Lu Chen's brows relaxed, and he finally felt relieved.
"Eat it. If it's not enough, there's more at home."
In fact, what he wanted to say was that in addition to dried meat, there were actually a lot of other food in his house. If she was willing, she could go directly to his house to take a look.
But it sounded a bit reckless and like a hooligan when he said it.
So Lu Chen had no choice but to swallow his words.
At this moment, all of Meng Yinyin's attention was on the dried meat in Lu Chen's hand. She had no time to pay attention to his expression. Naturally, she regretfully missed out on something that was absolutely great news for her.
But after being happy, she thought about how she had been "rejected" silently by Lu Chen in the morning. If she reached out to take it now, would it seem like she had no position?
However, this thought only lasted less than two seconds before it was forcibly suppressed by Meng Yinyin.
What no position!
It's not like she is broke. At most she can just pay Lu Chen for whatever she eats!
Humph. Besides, he took it out on his own initiative. Who knows if he wanted to give her a gift to apologize?
If she didn't give Lu Chen this opportunity, wouldn't it make her seem very unkind?
So Meng Yinyin thought about it this way and quickly convinced herself.
Of course, she still had to put on an expression that said, "You treated me to this meal so I have no shame in asking you for it," and then she reached out and took two pieces of jerky from Lu Chen's hand with dignity.
"You don't want the rest?" Seeing that she only took this little, Lu Chen frowned and spoke subconsciously.
Meng Yinyin: “……!!!”
You said it yourself!
Meng Yinyin glared at Lu Chen angrily, then mercilessly snatched all the dried meat from his hands, not forgetting to prove herself.
"You asked me to take it all!"
Lu Chen hummed good-temperedly, without any intention of regretting.
Even when he saw Meng Yinyin holding the dried meat and his usual handkerchief in her arms like a little hamster, his heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
It seemed that as long as Meng Yinyin was happy, he would be happy too.
Retracting his gaze, Lu Chen turned his head to hide the unconscious upward curve of his lips.
"I'm going to work."
After handing the things to Meng Yinyin, Lu Chen did not delay any longer and continued to work in the fields.
Meng Yinyin also noticed Lu Chen going to the field out of the corner of her eye. She moved her lips. She really wanted to ask Lu Chen what he was thinking at the moment, and what was the meaning of giving her the dried meat, and whether it was just to express his apology for what happened in the morning.
Or has he decided to be with her and take care of her from now on?
But before I could open my mouth to ask, I saw Lu Chen had already walked a long way away.
She was immediately deflated and could only wait for Lu Chen to come over before asking again.
But she didn't know that while she was waiting for Lu Chen to finish his work, a piece of news about her spread quickly throughout most of the Nanjiao Brigade as if it had wings.
No one was too lazy to trace where the news came from in the first place, because at this moment all their attention was focused on the content of the news.
"What? I thought Meng Zhiqing had high standards, but I didn't expect that she would actually like Shang Luchen?"
"Oh my god, doesn't she know about Lu Chen's affairs? How dare she get involved with Lu Chen?"
"But I didn't expect that she could make clothes. I wonder how well she does it. Tsk, I hope it's as messy as her other jobs."
"I'm just curious about when they will get married, but I don't think Meng Zhiqing is someone who can live a normal life. He's probably just teasing that kid Lu Chen."
Regarding the news that "Meng Yinyin gave Lu Chen a piece of clothing and the two were suspected to be dating", some people were optimistic, some did not believe it, and of course some were pessimistic.
But it is undeniable that almost everyone who heard the news was not optimistic about the couple Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen.
And somehow this news got spread and even reached the ears of the captain.
When the captain heard the news, he was so panicked.
He never thought that such a "rumor" would spread between Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen.
Yes, in the captain's opinion, this is definitely a rumor!
After all, one is a cold man who only cares about work points and work and has no idea what feelings are, and the other is an educated youth who can barely afford to eat and has no other messy ideas. Shouldn't one of them teach seriously and the other learn diligently? How could they have the time to date someone?
In the eyes of the simple captain, survival is the top priority. Before the problem of food and food is solved, no one will have the mind to think about anything else.
However, although he believed that Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen were absolutely innocent, the rumors had actually reached him, so he had to go and remind Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen to pay more attention or not take these things to heart.
And speaking of Meng Yinyin, the team leader remembered that he had not paid attention to Meng Yinyin's work points for a long time. He was too busy during this period and didn't even check the work points book.
Now that he had some time, he went to find Song Yue and asked him about Meng Yinyin's situation.
When Song Yue heard this, he immediately showed an embarrassed expression.
When the captain saw him like this, he immediately felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next second, he heard Song Yue speak: "Captain, during this period, Meng Zhiqing's work points are all zero..."
This was of course due to the fact that he would wait at Meng Yinyin's workplace every day, preventing her from taking advantage of the situation.
At the same time, he was also very clear that Meng Yinyin was definitely very disappointed with herself, but what did it have to do with him? Why didn't she think of him when she rejected him in front of so many people before?
So this is all Meng Yinyin’s own fault!
The captain was certainly not aware of the grudge between Meng Yinyin and Song Yue. When he saw the long string of zeros after Meng Yinyin's name, he felt like he was about to faint from anger!
How could there be such a stubborn person!
No, I must educate her properly!
Thinking of this, the team leader walked angrily towards where Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen were working with the work points book.
I don’t know if it was because Meng Yinyin had a sharp intuition, but she always felt as if some danger was approaching. She was so scared that she didn’t dare to sleep anymore. She quickly got up and called Lu Chen to her side.
Lu Chen was worried that something had happened to her, so he hurried out of the field.
As soon as he walked to Meng Yinyin's side, the captain came over in a hurry.
Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen were seen standing by the field, their legs covered in mud, and it was obvious that they had just finished working in the fields.
The other one, on the other hand, was standing on the shore, looking relaxed and clean, as if he had done nothing!
The captain looked at his watch and found that it was already five o'clock, and there was only half an hour left before the end of work.
As a result, Meng Yinyin, she actually did nothing!
Isn't this a waste of his efforts?
The captain was more angry than ever before, and at the same time he finally confirmed one thing, that is, Meng Yinyin was indeed hopeless.
"Meng Zhiqing! What are you doing? You have spent so much time and have such a good opportunity, but you are not learning farm work from Lu Chen. You are still lazy. You don't think about our team, but you should think about yourself!"
The captain was heartbroken.
"Do you know that if you don't have work points, you won't have food, you won't have anything to eat, and you'll be hungry. Being hungry can kill you!"
Meng Yinyin never expected that the captain would come so suddenly, and was stunned by his appearance.
Before she could recover from the captain's words, she heard the captain continue, "Tell me what you are doing. You are still dating during work hours. You, you, you, what are you thinking? Can dating be more important than work points?"
If she wasn't sure that the captain was really angry at the moment, Meng Yinyin really wanted to nod sincerely and answer: For her, the object is indeed more important than work points.
After all, if she wants to survive in the countryside, she absolutely cannot live without her "object"!
However, she was afraid that if she told the truth, the captain would be so angry that he would faint, so Meng Yinyin could only lower her head and look ashamed.
Lu Chen on the side finally realized something, frowned, and asked the captain in a deep voice.
"Captain, the matter between me and Meng Zhiqing..."
He originally wanted to say that it was not the case, because he was not sure whether saying so would damage Meng Yinyin's reputation.
But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the angry captain.
"Don't ask me how I know this. I guess the whole team knows about your relationship now. You two are really good at dating someone and everyone knows about it. Are you afraid that it won't work out?"
What?
Everyone knows about her relationship with Lu Chenchu. What's going on?!
She was absolutely certain that what happened between her and Lu Chen was only known to her, and she hadn't even told Yu Xiaoyu!
What made her most angry was that she was clearly rejected by Lu Chen. Who was spreading rumors outside?
If other people knew that her relationship with Lu Chen didn't work out and that she was rejected, she would be so embarrassed!
Meng Yinyin was so angry that her lips were about to pout to the sky. She wished she could catch the person who spread the rumor and cut him into pieces!
After hearing the captain's words, Lu Chen's face darkened. He thought more than Meng Yinyin.
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