Hua Baoguo's eyes reddened when he saw his daughter sweating in the field.
I shouldn't have listened to what that girl was saying back then. Letting her go to the countryside to experience life is pointless. What's so great about experiencing life like that?
I need to work on her properly later, and if all else fails, I'll take over her job.
At this moment, he had even forgotten that he had come to tell his daughter that the college entrance examination was approaching, and he felt that Hua Xiangyun was suffering.
Xun Liangfen, who came along, sighed, "Xiangyun is quite capable at farm work. It's obvious she's usually lazy. I've never seen her lift a finger when I came to Xunjia Village before."
She works so diligently, but the village won't give her any more work points or grain; all those years of schooling have been for nothing.
"What does this have to do with studying?" Hua Baoguo asked irritably. He shouldn't have let this woman come along. Luckily, his daughter was in the field and didn't hear anything, otherwise he didn't know how upset she would be.
Hua Xiangyun, “…” It’s my fault for having such good hearing; I heard every single word…
"You have to be fully committed to whatever you do. Trying to take shortcuts will only hurt yourself in the end." The two were on the same train, and even though he didn't care about anything, he occasionally heard some rumors.
Xun Liangfen always took advantage of Hua Baoguo's position as the train conductor to shirk her duties as much as possible.
No matter how well you talk, it's not as good as doing well. Many others have been working for over ten years and have already risen to management positions, while she's still just a train conductor...
Xun Liangfen said, "...That's because the child is foolish. No matter how well he does, who can see it?"
Besides, this is the countryside; the crops have already been grown, and they won't give her a single extra grain of rice."
"Alright, we're here to see the child today, so please keep your mouth shut for now." Hua Baoguo saw that Hua Xiangyun had already come to the edge of the field with a hoe, so he quickly picked up his things and ran over.
"Dad, Mom, you're back." Hua Xiangyun didn't expect it to be the two of them this time; usually, it was Grandpa who brought her second brother.
That makes sense. Last time I heard Jiang Yi mention that my second brother had already gone to my second sister-in-law's house to propose marriage. It should be around this time, right?
“Don’t be so honest, my child. Even if you do nothing in the village, our family will not let you go hungry.” Hua Baoguo took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his daughter’s forehead.
"Is it because your family isn't giving you enough money and food? Here are some food coupons and money for you to take first." Hua Baoguo said, reaching into his pocket, but Xun Liangfen stopped him.
"What are you trying to do, you woman? Can't I give my daughter something?" Hua Baoguo was angry. He had never seen a mother like this, whose daughter was suffering and who didn't seem to care.
"Are you stupid?" Xun Liangfen looked around and found that many people were paying attention to them.
"Don't you know that wealth shouldn't be flaunted?" she scolded in a low voice. "Xiangyun is all alone here, so it's best for her to keep a low profile in everything she does. You've got money and tickets all over her; do you want your daughter to be a fat sheep?"
It really infuriated her. She's in her fifties and sixties, and she never uses her brain when she does anything.
Hua Baoguo then realized that he seemed to be doing something wrong again, and carefully looked at his daughter.
What else could Hua Xiangyun do? She smiled reassuringly at him and said, "I know Dad cares about me, but I really don't need anything here."
I'm currently living and eating at the edge of the county. My master won't treat me badly, and besides, my family brought me plenty of food, so I won't go hungry at all.
Hua Baoguo smiled awkwardly, "It was my fault just now, I didn't think that much. I'll give you the money when you get back from your rest. You can decide what you want to buy then."
"Don't listen to your dad. Since you're going to work in the countryside, you'd better not stand out too much."
Even if you're slacking off at work, it's okay to earn fewer work points; your family doesn't rely on those points to support themselves anyway.
After all, she was her own daughter, and Xun Liangfen didn't want her to suffer too much.
I don't know what methods my daughter used, but her originally bright and beautiful features now seem rather ordinary.
The person is still the same, but the original wow factor is gone.
But that's fine too; sometimes being too beautiful isn't necessarily a good thing.
“You’re just as lazy as ever,” Xun Liangfen couldn’t help but tease. “You never helped out at your grandfather’s house before, but now you’re holding a hoe quite skillfully.”
"Alright, we came here to see our daughter, not for you to scold her." Hua Baoguo picked up a few sycamore leaves, folded them into a small fan, and fanned his daughter. "Are we going to clear that piece of land today? You can rest here for a bit, and Dad will help you with it."
Hua Xiangyun quickly put the hoe behind her back. She didn't think Hua Baoguo was capable of doing these farm chores, and she was afraid he might accidentally cut his foot while hoeing.
"Dad, no need, there's only a little work left, I'll finish it in a bit."
You're not familiar with the roads around here, so you should head back soon. I'm used to doing this for you.
Hua Baoguo felt comforted. Sure enough, his daughter cared about her father the most, preferring to suffer herself rather than let him help.
Having made up my mind, I decided that today, no matter what, I had to do something for my daughter.
He quickly snatched the hoe from his daughter's hand, saying, "I brought you some candy and pastries in that bag. Have some there. I'll be done soon."
Hua Xiangyun, "..."
Xun Liangfen, “…”
"Mom, has my dad ever worked in the fields?" Hua Xiangyun asked, turning to Xun Liangfen.
Xun Liangfen gritted her teeth and squeezed out a voice, "He's never worked in the fields. He used to go to your grandfather's house to help weed the backyard, but he ended up weeding all the vegetable seedlings instead of weeds."
After that one time, her family dared not ask him for help when they returned home, otherwise, they didn't know how he would squander their family's food.
Hua Xiangyun: "...This field is full of weeds, it should be fine, right?"
Xun Liangfen glanced at her and said, "Then you should pray that he doesn't hurt his foot. With your dad's unreliable personality, who knows how much trouble he would have caused over the years if I hadn't been watching over him."
Hua Xiangyun, "...This can't be serious..." Even if you haven't seen a pig run, you've at least eaten pork...
When she turned around again, she saw Hua Baoguo weeding with great skill, and she breathed a sigh of relief. He was doing a pretty good job...
But when you see the ridge between the fields, you should at least turn around it. You're hoeing all the way to the other side, onto someone else's land. Don't you know that there's a boundary system for dividing fields by ridges?
Seeing Hua Baoguo make another foolish move, Xu Liangfen could only grit her teeth and walk quickly over, snatching the hoe from his hand. "Go and chat with your daughter for a while, I'll take care of the rest."
The daughter had already done most of the work; if she were to take on more work in the remote area, the entire village's workload would be stretched thin.
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