Tan Yajun carefully picked up her new hoe.
"That's not necessarily true, but she's really angry."
Su Hong is not a talkative person and has a somewhat aloof demeanor. They all seemed quite surprised by what she said today, probably because Tan Yajun was genuinely angry.
After the incident at Tan Yajun's courtyard, the village had been quiet for days. Even Jian Dan had lost his enthusiasm for gossip. Seeing this, he quickly followed Tan Yajun to inquire about what had happened next.
"Sister Yajun, did the Liu family send you firewood?"
Speaking of this, Tan Yajun immediately looked worried.
"Sending gifts? Don't just say 'sending gifts,' we're not only sending gifts, we're sending lots of them."
Who would be so kind as to gather enough firewood for an entire winter in the sweltering summer heat?
There's barely any room to walk in my yard anymore. I've turned the base of the cane in the front yard and the base of the back wall in the back yard into firewood sheds. All the melon seeds, watermelons, and sugarcane I planted were weighed down by me.
Oh dear, please stop talking about it, the more you talk about it, the more my heart aches for you.
I finally managed to grow some good food, and now it's all gone.
"Huh? Well, they've all sprouted, so why are you still pressing them down?"
"Sigh, back when the accident happened a while ago, the seedlings hadn't even sprouted yet, right? In those few days, we don't know where he got the firewood from, it was dry and good firewood that could withstand burning."
It happened incredibly fast, only a few days in total. Right when the accident happened, weren't we just starting to farm?
By the time I remembered to check if the seedlings had sprouted, the firewood piled up almost completely.
"That's good. This way you won't have to run into them all the time, and you won't have to worry about not having enough firewood in winter, so you'll have to save on firewood."
"ah!!!"
The two men talked as they hoeed away the knee-high weeds. It was the first time the villagers had used the brand-new tools to hoe the weeds, so they were very enthusiastic and careful, afraid of damaging them.
Then a scream came from the cornfield not far away, followed by the nagging of a middle-aged woman.
'What are you yelling for? How many times have I told you? It's your own fault for being careless. That grass wasn't on your feet, it was at least a meter away, why did you have to cut it on your own grass?'
Honestly, he's useless at everything except eating.
Look at that hoe behind you, and you dare say you're taking it seriously? Is this what I taught you?
Regardless of what the middle-aged woman said, the scream that had clearly come from a girl immediately made her cry.
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts so much! Waaah, I want to go home, I want to go home, Mommy, Daddy!"
Will my legs be crippled?
The middle-aged woman scoffed.
"What are you thinking? It's just a small cut. We can just smear it with some ash."
"She's crying like a spoiled rich girl, as if she needs to be waited on hand and foot. So pampered! I don't know what she's doing in the countryside. Someone like her, how can she support rural development?"
The two of them didn't join in, quietly going about their work, and then changed the subject.
The consequence of not watching the excitement was that while others were still gathered around watching, Jian Dan and Tan Yajun had already finished their task ahead of time. After calling the scorekeeper to check the records, they returned the tools to the warehouse, strolled back leisurely, and finished work.
Just then, they saw people suddenly scattering in all directions along the paddy field ridges, and Liu Weimin, who looked unwell, behind them. The two educated youths helped the wounded out of the paddy field ridges and stood by the roadside waiting.
"Hey? Why don't they leave?"
"Of course, it's his knee that's injured. He definitely can't walk anymore and needs to go to the hospital. Do you believe me?"
Before long, the familiar old ox reappeared on the village road. After a few people got into the cart, the oxcart headed out of the village, seemingly heading to the hospital.
"Tsk tsk, no wonder the village chief is angry. The last batch of educated youth just passed through this stage and stopped complaining of pain and crying. Now a new batch has come. I bet he's waking up in a frenzy."
"Hey, there are always two groups like this every year. They come and make a scene, they come and make a scene. It's amazing that he can still have such composure and not lose his temper."
"What can you do when a man is both intentional and careless? You just have to find some humor in the misery."
If you can't adapt, after a few days of weeding, the cornfield is so tall and dense that it's not only stifling, but the corn leaves also chafe your skin. From one end of the ridge to the other, no matter who you are, it's just one ridge.
However, everyone was overjoyed.
"What if some escaped the net?"
The group immediately burst into laughter.
"We're eating right now, so why don't you just chop it up and give us more chips?"
Even simple things should be done to have some fun.
"However, it's been several years now, why are people still so enthusiastic about going to the countryside?"
Is there some kind of benefit we're unaware of? Has the resettlement allowance increased?
Tanya Jun was speechless.
"You really dare to think that way."
"Just look at these two, their demeanor, their behavior, and the things they say—is this something a normal person would do?"
Any normal person would wish they had two extra legs to get as far away from those lowly soldiers as possible.
These two people did the opposite of what was expected, and they insisted on making it known to everyone. They racked their brains but couldn't figure out why.
"Yeah, let's keep our distance."
"Don't let them come up with some excuse to pin it on us someday; they're so smooth-talking,"
"Alright, alright, let's go. Hey? Didn't that figure from behind look familiar?"
Tan Yajun gently tapped her forehead.
"Never mind him, let him go out like this. If he gets laughed at, it's his own fault."
"Okay, okay, I don't want to care. I just want to have a laugh."
"You know me well. Sometimes you want to laugh, and sometimes you just want to see other people make a fool of themselves. Tell me, who wants you to watch? In the future, you might have to move to a shady spot."
When the oxcart returned in the afternoon, the wounded were indeed taken back to the educated youth compound. Along with the cart were large and small bags of snacks, which were obviously bought at the commune's supply and marketing cooperative. After the people and the things were unloaded, the old man cracked his whip, and the old ox turned and walked back without looking back.
And just then, I happened to see a clear, simple muttering to myself.
"Did we offend the old man again?"
I couldn't help but shake my head. With such low emotional intelligence, sending her to the countryside—is this some kind of trap her family has set to kick her out completely?
At this point, the main colors are black, gray, and green. What can you find out?
Which of those figures wasn't in a hurry?
I had no motivation to work in the afternoon. My whole body ached and I didn't want to move. I just worked for a while and then rested. I stood up and wiped the sweat with a towel. I didn't care about the soreness of the small wounds on my face after the saline solution came out. I just felt like my throat was on fire.
However, looking around, they were all drenched in sweat, but none of them wanted to give up. For them, a little more harvest meant they could eat it all!
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