Aunt Zhang looked at Lu Chaoli in surprise when she saw him.

Lu Chaoli stopped and talked to Aunt Zhang: "Aunt Zhang, I have something to ask the village chief."

Aunt Zhang looked around the field and said to Lu Chaoli, "The village chief hasn't come yet. What do you want to see him about? I'll tell him when he comes."

"It's about the pig farm. It's okay. I'll wait for the village chief."

"Why don't you just go to the village chief's house and look for him? Why did you come all the way to the field?"

Lu Chaoli smiled and said, "I've been staying at the pig farm every day these days. I haven't seen you all for a long time. I can talk to you all here. I just finished my meal and I want to stretch my muscles."

"Hey, who are those people in front? Why don't I seem to have seen them before?"

Lu Chaoli pretended to be puzzled and pointed in the direction where Jiang Li was.

Aunt Zhang explained: "Those are some young educated youth who just came to our village. You haven't seen them yet, have you?"

Lu Chaoli understood: "So you are the newly arrived educated youth. I was wondering why you looked so unfamiliar. I just went over to say hello to the new comrade."

"Hurry up, hurry up, those young comrades look about the same age as you!"

Aunt Zhang smiled and nudged Lu Chaoli with her elbow. Lu Chaoli found a suitable excuse and walked straight towards Jiang Li.

"Zhao Li has grown up so fast."

Aunt Zhou, who was beside Aunt Zhang, sighed as she looked at Lu Chaoli's tall and strong figure.

"Who says it's not true? Those idiots who used to climb trees and steal bird eggs in the village have all grown up in the blink of an eye!"

Uncle Zhou agreed, then took out the pipe from his waistband and took a deep puff, then quickly put the pipe back before Aunt Zhou turned her head.

He boasted that he was quick enough, but a gust of wind blew and the smoke he exhaled was carried by the wind into Aunt Zhou's nose.

Aunt Zhou, who was originally looking at Lu Chaoli, turned her head suddenly. Uncle Zhou's face froze. It's over! Aunt Zhou grabbed Uncle Zhou's ear and said, "How dare you, Zhou, smoke behind my back again. Are you looking for a fight?"

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I was wrong! Let go!"

Uncle Zhou begged for mercy, but Aunt Zhou twisted Uncle Zhou's ear and scolded him, "You've been coughing for two months. Have you forgotten what you promised? Now that you're coughing, you're inhaling again!"

"No more, no more, damn it, let go, so many people are watching us!"

Uncle Zhou covered his ears and his old face turned red.

"Give me the pipe!"

“Give it, give it, give it!”

Uncle Zhou quickly took out the pipe from his waist and handed it to Aunt Zhou. Aunt Zhou then stopped, let go of his hand and glared at Uncle Zhou.

When the other men in the village were laughing at Uncle Zhou's joke, they were glared at by their wives. They looked away in dismay and picked up their hoes to work.

I don't know what's wrong with the men in Taohua Village. They are usually very brave, but they become cowardly when they meet their wives! "Hello, comrades. Welcome to Taohua Village."

Lu Chaoli originally wanted to greet Jiang Li directly, but then he realized that this seemed a little inappropriate, so he had to change his words.

Everyone subconsciously turned to look at Lu Chaoli, and Jiang Li also turned to look at him in surprise.

Lu Chaoli's family owns a pig farm, so he doesn't usually come to the fields to work and earn work points. Jiang Li knew this and was very surprised that Lu Chaoli appeared in the fields at this time.

Lu Chaoli secretly made a small expression to Jiang Li, then extended his hand to Lin Jiye in front of him.

"Hello, comrade. I'm Lu Chaoli. I'm glad you came to Taohua Village."

Lin Jiye quickly shook Lu Chaoli's hand and smiled honestly: "Hello, comrade, I am Lin Jiye."

"Hello Comrade Xiao Lu, I am Xi Qingshan!"

As soon as Lin Jiye introduced Xi Qingshan next to him, he introduced himself to Lu Chaoli.

Lu Chaoli shook hands with Xi Qingshan, and when he looked at Zhou Guoqing standing beside him, he immediately lowered his eyes and had to lower his head to see him.

"Zhou Guoqing, leader of the educated youth team."

In front of the tall Lu Chaoli, Zhou Guoqing could only look up to talk to him. This feeling made Zhou Guoqing very uncomfortable, and he deliberately emphasized his identity.

There was no change on Lu Chaoli's face. He shook hands with Zhou Guoqing and looked at the female comrades beside him. Liu Jiayi, Li Zhixiu and Xu Yuanyuan reported their names one after another.

Since Jiang Li was at the edge, after greeting everyone, Lu Chaoli took two steps forward and came in front of Jiang Li, looking at her with gentle eyes.

"Hello, my name is Lu Chaoli."

After Lu Chaoli finished speaking, he extended his hand towards Jiang Li, as if they were meeting for the first time.

Uncle Zhang was the only one in the village who knew that he had met Comrade Xiao Jiang. Judging from Aunt Zhang's reaction just now, Uncle Zhang did not tell her what happened that day.

Lu Chaoli didn't want the villagers to gossip about him, so he had to get to know Jiang Li again step by step.

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows slightly, raised her hand seriously and held Lu Chaoli's hand.

"Hello, my name is Jiang Li."

Seeing Jiang Li cooperating with him so well, Lu Chaoli raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "It turns out to be Comrade Xiao Jiang."

The two smiled at each other, and standing together, the handsome man and beautiful woman were very pleasing to the eye.

After seeing the two people holding hands, Zhou Guoqing gritted his teeth, took three or two steps to Lu Chaoli, separated their hands, and held Lu Chaoli's hand.

"Nice to meet Comrade Xiao Lu. Why didn't Comrade Xiao Lu come this morning?"

"I wanted to come, but I went to town for something."

Although Lu Chaoli was responding to Zhou Guoqing, he kept looking at Jiang Li while speaking, as if he was explaining to her.

Speaking of the town, Lu Chaoli realized belatedly that he had forgotten the hat he bought for Comrade Xiao Jiang at home.

Seeing that Lu Chaoli was looking at Jiang Li, Zhou Guoqing stood in front of Jiang Li and held Lu Chaoli's hand with more strength.

"So that's how it is. Then Comrade Lu, go get to work. This piece of land was allocated to us educated youth by the village chief."

Zhou Guoqing ordered Lu Chaoli to leave with a forced smile.

Even though Lu Chaoli was slow to react, he was aware of Zhou Guoqing's hostility towards him. He looked down at Zhou Guoqing and slightly increased the strength in his hands.

"ah--"

Zhou Guoqing cried out in pain, attracting everyone's attention.

"What's going on?"

Lu Chaoli smiled and looked at the man: "It's okay, Uncle Wang, I'll compete with Comrade Xiao Zhou in hand strength."

Uncle Wang pointed at Lu Chaoli with a smile and said, "Boy, who can compare with your strength?"

Everyone shook their heads helplessly, continued to work, and did not take the matter to heart.

Zhou Guoqing's face turned pale with pain, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, not wanting to embarrass himself in front of Jiang Li.

“Let me go!”

Lu Chaoli curled his lips, let go of Zhou Guoqing's hand and patted his shoulder: "Comrade Xiao Zhou is not in good health, you need to practice more."

Zhou Guoqing's shoulders sank, and he quickly took two steps to the side to distance himself from Lu Chaoli, fearing that he would be accidentally injured by Lu Chaoli's strong strength! Lu Chaoli ignored him and walked past Zhou Guoqing to Jiang Li.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, let me help you with the work."

(End of this chapter)