Chapter 655 Drawing lots to decide going to the countryside
Yang Yihe looked at her curiously. Xiaoyu was sleeping on her side, curled up into a small ball. Her thick and curly hair cast two soft shadows on her face, which made people feel soft-hearted.
Her two little hands were clenched into fists and placed obediently on the pillow.
As Yang Yihe watched, the anxiety caused by fatigue in her heart was suddenly dispelled.
She saw that a strand of Xiaoyu's hair was stuck to her cheek due to sweat, so she stretched out her index finger and gently brushed away the sweaty hair with her fingertips.
The gentle movements carried the tenderness and protection of an older sister.
The heat was rolling outside, but the house was cozy. The children fell asleep one after another, and when the radio played music, everyone was stunned.
Xiaoyu rubbed her sleepy eyes and saw Sister Xiaohe subconsciously fanning her. She jumped up with guilt, snatched the fan, held the handle with both hands, and fanned her vigorously: "Sorry, I fell asleep."
Yang Yihe sat up and rubbed Xiaoyu's face with both hands: "It's okay, and I fell asleep in a short while."
Xiaoyu drooped her eyelashes in frustration: "I'll fan you tomorrow!"
Yang Yihe agreed with a smile.
Xiaoyu no longer felt uncomfortable.
The two of them went out hand in hand.
Maomao lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He secretly vowed that he must study music well and work hard to join the art troupe. The double harvest season was too tiring!!!
He Yuxiang pulled him off the bed.
The six children went to work in the fields again.
Captain Wang even came to take a look. These kids had earned quite a lot of work points, which was enough to count as full work points for the Wang family's elders.
So he immediately scolded the educated youth: "Look at those kids from the city. They work harder and more diligently than you. How can you still be so ashamed?!"
The educated youth were not convinced and went to take a look, and their eyes were instantly focused on Xiaoyu.
Assuming Xiaoyu is a little girl with a pale face and skinny body, everyone can deceive themselves that this child was abused in the city and learned how to work quickly, but the child's face and clothes look like they were carefully raised.
"She works so fast!"
"I heard that the parents of these children are making bicycles for them. How can they bear to let their children work?"
The educated youth didn’t understand.
The educated youth went back to work quietly.
Captain Wang didn't expect that these kids had such abilities and left with satisfaction.
Xiaoyu worked hard. He Yuxiang reminded her to drink water from time to time and stuffed White Rabbit candies into her mouth: "Bring some cookies tomorrow."
While he was feeding Xiaoyu, he also gave candy to others. Wang Wenming and Aijiaohu were very happy because the White Rabbit milk candy was very expensive.
Yang Yihe thanked him politely.
Maomao was too tired to eat.
He Yuxiang fed him directly.
Maomao had no choice but to eat obediently.
He had originally imagined singing in the fields, which must have been a wonderful thing, but he was so tired that he couldn't even speak, let alone sing.
He Yuxiang suggested changing positions: "Let's switch a little bit and see what we are best suited for. That way we can get things done faster."
The thresher became Wang Wenming.
Xiaoyu is responsible for transportation alone.
The remaining four people harvested rice.
As Short-legged Tiger and He Yuxiang were working side by side, he asked him, "Are you planning to send Xiaoyu to the countryside?"
He Yuxiang: "Who said that?"
Short-legged Tiger: "Xiaoyu, she said she will go to the countryside in the future."
He Yuxiang frowned and looked at the running figure: "She's talking nonsense, our family has jobs."
The dwarf thought about it and continued to work.
He Yuxiang bent down to cut rice, and felt that his sister really thought so, because he was always worried about his work. Xiaoyu thought he liked working, so she didn't think about letting him go to the countryside. His younger brothers and sisters were still young. According to the rule that a family must have one child go to the countryside, Xiaoyu would think she was the most suitable one.
Is that why Xiaoyu asked Grandpa Wang about his work points at noon?!
He Yuxiang frowned more and more, and decided to go home to ask his aunt how to arrange going to the countryside.
The group worked until five in the afternoon and finished work an hour early because they had to ride their bikes home and didn't want to be inconvenienced after dark.
The sun gradually set, and its golden afterglow lit up half the sky. He Yuxiang felt that rural life was to work from sunrise to sunset.
In the sky full of golden light and fragmented clouds, Xiaoyu rode a bicycle, with her chin slightly raised and her eyes squinted, letting the mountain breeze hit her cheeks. The sunset glow gilded the fine hairs on her face, and when the mountain wind passed by, it blew the broken hair on her cheeks into flying shapes.
He Yuxiang turned his head to look at his sister, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
When the group returned home, it was already past half past six. He Yuan had already gone to the research institute. Chen Qing felt a little distressed when he saw that their faces were all red.
If it weren't for the fact that a round trip bus would cost thirty cents per person, which was too expensive, Chen Qing really wanted to persuade them to take the bus: "Your uncle bought a chicken and made chicken soup and stewed chicken with mushrooms to replenish your nutrition. You should eat more later."
After washing their faces and hands, they started eating in silence. Both siblings finished three bowls of rice, two bowls of soup, and a lot of meat and vegetables.
Chen Qing was stunned.
How tiring it is.
He Yuxiang also served a small bowl of chicken to the dwarf tiger, who was so moved that he cried.
He Yuxiang ignored him and went home first.
He needs to practice typing.
Chen Qing came to the study and asked, "Aren't you tired?"
He Yuxiang: "I'm holding back, it's okay. Xiaoyu works harder, so she's more tired."
Chen Qing turned his head and looked at Xiaoyu, who was jumping around and getting ready to go out to play: "Seems to be okay."
He Yuxiang looked at her, not knowing what to say, "Maybe she was a cow in her previous life."
Chen Qing smiled silently: "As long as you are still in high spirits, that's fine."
Seeing his aunt about to leave, He Yuxiang asked, "We saw a group of educated youth going to the countryside today. When we grow up, who among the four of us will go to the countryside?"
Chen Qing didn't have the question of who would go to the countryside in her mind at all, because when the children finished high school, they would be educated youth and would return to the city. But she certainly couldn't talk to He Yuxiang about their future development at the moment, so she said, "I'll get a lottery. The four of you draw lots. Whoever draws the lot with the characters in it will go to the countryside. But at the same time, everyone who doesn't go to the countryside must give a subsidy of ten yuan to the children who do. All of us who have jobs in our family will give it. How do you say that?"
He Yuxiang: "...Okay."
Such a big thing.
Using such a perfunctory approach.
She is worthy of being his aunt.
In front of He Yuxiang, Chen Qing wrote "go to the countryside" on four pieces of paper, and then called Xiaoyu to her room to draw lots.
He Yuxiang also went with him.
When drawing lots, the two kids took it first, followed by Xiaoyu and He Yuxiang.
The one who was chosen to go to the countryside was Xiaoyu.
(End of this chapter)
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