Regarding Mai Sui, the couple made some more guesses and finally concluded that Mai Sui was likely a supporting female character, but they could not completely rule out the possibility that she was the female lead. Therefore, they still needed to observe her secretly and it was best not to do anything before they had solid evidence, so as not to let people discover Qin Xiaoxiao's special status.
It was already 10 p.m. when the couple finished discussing things. Qin Xiaoxiao went to sleep first, while Su Lu continued to study the remaining three books. He also planned to write down the matter of Mai Sui in his notebook so that he could study it slowly in the future and make sure there were no mistakes.
This concerns Qin Xiaoxiao's life, and there is no room for carelessness or perfunctory work.
Su Lu only slept for three hours that night. At five o'clock in the morning, Su Lu got up, washed himself, prepared water for Qin Xiaoxiao to wash her face, and then gently woke her up.
Qin Xiaoxiao was sleeping soundly when Su Lu woke her up. She was still a little groggy, but she became more alert after washing her face.
"How was it? How much did you watch tonight?"
Su Lu placed the steamed buns that Qin Xiaoxiao took out of her space on the table and made an egg drop soup. He replied softly, "I've basically finished reading it. I mainly read the first half, and I've skimmed through the rest. After all, you're long gone from the later parts of the book, so it doesn't really concern us."
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "You haven't read enough. Read a few more books tonight, and then you'll understand what I mean."
Qin Xiaoxiao decided to find two lucky koi fish novels for Su Lu to read later. Since she was free anyway, she might as well read a couple more books and learn how the scheming and scheming characters in the books spoke and acted, in case someone tried to steal her boyfriend.
Su Lu was unaware that his wife had such plans. He nodded solemnly, "You should read more. From now on, read one book a day and spend the rest of the time taking notes."
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled but didn't say anything. As soon as the work bell rang, the two quickly tidied up the table, threw the bowls into the pot and put them in water to soak. Qin Xiaoxiao would wash them when she came back at noon.
The two left the courtyard one after the other. Su Lu rode away quickly on his bicycle, while Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at his back before leisurely carrying her stool to the field.
When they arrived at the plot of land that had been assigned the day before, the team leader and Aunt Liu and Aunt Song were already waiting there.
Seeing this, Qin Xiaoxiao quickly took two steps and came to the three of them. She said to the team leader apologetically, "Brother, my uncle scolded me yesterday. When I got home, I thought about it and he was right. How could I let you help us with the work? You have so many things to do and you're so busy. In the end, you took some time out of your busy schedule to help us with the work."
As she spoke, Qin Xiaoxiao took two white steamed buns out of her small satchel and stuffed them into the squad leader's hand.
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song stared wide-eyed.
White flour, you're just using it as a gift?
How many times a year do people in the countryside get to eat wheat flour? And she just openly gave it away like that?
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song were both well-off, but not to the point of giving away flour so easily. Therefore, they felt a strange envy for the team leader.
The squad leader, holding two steamed buns as if they were burning his hands, hurriedly looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.
"That won't do. It's not a big deal. Why are you giving me steamed buns?"
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song across the way only noticed that Qin Xiaoxiao gave them white steamed buns, but they didn't smell what kind of filling they had.
But the squad leader was holding the steamed bun, so he naturally smelled what kind of filling it had, because it smelled so good that he couldn't help but smell it.
The squad leader swallowed twice, smelling the fragrant meat buns, and was filled with mixed emotions.
His younger sister is very polite, so he didn't help her.
With the meat buns paving the way, the squad leader turned a blind eye even more, taking the meat buns and leaving without looking back.
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song exchanged a glance and then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with smiles.
Qin Xiaoxiao blinked in confusion, "Why are you two aunties looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
Qin Xiaoxiao touched her face and then looked down at her clothes.
Yes, just like before, the hat, gloves, and mask were all there, and the long sleeves and pants were also the same, still in blue and black, without a single floral pattern.
Aunt Liu laughed and took Qin Xiaoxiao's hand, leading her into the field.
“We’ve grown up, and getting married makes all the difference.”
Qin Xiaoxiao was even more confused.
Aunt Song continued, "They even know to get steamed buns for the squad leader now. Isn't that growing up?"
Qin Xiaoxiao understood; did they think she was offering a gift to the squad leader?
Qin Xiaoxiao sighed and explained, "You've misunderstood. I really feel sorry. When I got home and thought about it, it was my job, but the squad leader did it for me. It's only because the squad leader is so kind to me that people would misunderstand."
Besides, the squad leader also needs to earn work points to support his family. If I do the work, who will earn his work points?
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song exchanged a glance. "Xiao Xiao is right. We used to not need anyone's help, but now..."
They've become lazy.
After glancing at Qin Xiaoxiao, the two couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
It was only after playing with Qin Xiaoxiao that she became like this.
They didn't resent Qin Xiaoxiao for leading them astray, but rather felt that they had been assimilated by Qin Xiaoxiao, or rather, they envied Qin Xiaoxiao's carefree and unrestrained life, which is why they couldn't help but get closer to her.
Qin Xiaoxiao: "..."
I'm not being carefree, I'm just giving up.
The three of them got off the ground and sat on benches, chatting and working at the same time. Since they didn't expect the squad leader to come and help them again, they had to do it themselves.
After going through all the people and events in the village from the beginning, Qin Xiaoxiao listened to gossip all morning and gained a new understanding of the villagers.
On the other side, no one wanted to work with Zhou Ying and Huang Yuan, so the two were assigned to work together. Zhou Ying felt that since she had married Huang Yuan, he had to help her. Huang Yuan felt that he had married a wife, even though she wasn't great and wasn't the one he wanted to marry, but they were still family, so they had to work together and at least make sure they could fill their stomachs before returning to the city.
If one person points at another, the job can't be done.
Zhou Ying stood up "weakly" and looked at Huang Yuan. "Huang Yuan, I'm too tired. I'm going to rest for a while."
Huang Yuan didn't even look up. "I'm tired too, and I want to rest. If we all rest, who will do the work? We won't earn work points, and what will we eat? Don't forget, our current grain is still borrowed from the village, and we have to pay it back at the end of the year."
There are still more than three months until the grain is distributed. During these three months, we will have to borrow grain and repay it after the autumn harvest. Do the math, will we have enough to eat next year?
Huang Yuan kept working, evenly sprinkling the two buckets of water on the ground, then picked up the buckets and walked away without looking back.
Zhou Ying didn't say a word, gritted her teeth as she watched Huang Yuan's departing figure, her eyes full of resentment.
Zhou Ying stood in the field, looking around. Unfortunately, the crops in the field were almost waist-high, and everyone was bent over to work. If you didn't stand up straight, you couldn't see who was in which field.
After searching around several times without finding the person she wanted to see, Zhou Ying kicked a piece of wood in the ground in frustration.
"Hey, who threw this stuff around? Is that a piece of wood? Who is it? Step forward, you old hag."
Hearing the shouts, Zhou Ying, feeling guilty, quickly bent down to work, not daring to make a sound.
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