Chapter 122 Guagua Guagua Two-in-One
Harvester!
A harvester that can harvest all kinds of fruits and vegetables!
Buried in the ground, grown on vines, hung on trees...
Hey! What's up? We can harvest everything!
Xiang Yao watched as the model on the shelf transformed into a super cool harvester in the melon field, her face as red as an apple with excitement.
She was really excited!
With this ultimate harvesting weapon, do you still need to bend over and dig in the earth? No! Do you still need to squat and lean over to pick fruits? No!
Wow, it's perfect.
Xiang Yao excitedly sat on the harvester, touching here and there, and studying how to use it according to the instructions.
She originally thought that after all, she had passed the driving test. Although this harvester looked much more complicated than a car, it would be a piece of cake with more practice.
But I didn't expect that the controller thing would be even easier than a piece of cake, it was simply a piece of salted rice...
It's so easy because it automatically identifies the types of fruits and vegetables in front of it and asks the driver how many to harvest. Then it starts picking the most suitable fruits and vegetables and starts harvesting.
For example, when digging peanuts, it can actually perform the steps of digging, separating branches and leaves from fruits, and washing them simultaneously. After one trip, the peanuts are white, plump and clean, and you don’t have to do anything else.
And Xiang Yao just needs to sit inside the machine and move her fingers to press options!
With such a treasure, what else could I ask for?
The whole afternoon was immersed in the joy of harvest. When Xiang Yao came to his senses, the melon field was already filled with mountains of various fruits and vegetables classified by category.
Xiang Yao felt a little guilty, thinking to himself that it was a good thing that time did not pass in this melon field, otherwise so many melons would rot in the ground in minutes!
Before leaving the melon field, Xiang Yao touched the harvester reluctantly and made an appointment with it to see it again next time.
The harvester said nothing, but was just cold and cruel.
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That night, the Nie family enjoyed a bowl of sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes. It was so delicious that Old Nie even ate half an extra bowl of rice.
"I used to dislike sweet dishes. I always thought it was weird to eat them with rice," said Old Nie as he scooped vegetables into his bowl to mix with the rice. "I didn't expect this scrambled eggs with persimmons to go so well with rice!"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "If it's delicious, eat more. Tomorrow I'll make a cold dish with some sugar sprinkled on it. It will be delicious too!"
Old Nie also laughed: "Good! It must be delicious!"
Xiang Yao put a piece of egg into Nie Baichuan's bowl and said, "Brother Chuan, you've worked hard. Eat more."
Nie Baichuan glanced at her, a smile flashing in his eyes: "Thank you, you should eat more too."
Xiang Yao: "I love fried peppers."
As for tomatoes, to be honest, she was harvesting and eating them this afternoon, and she no longer had much interest in them in the short term.
"By the way," she asked, "my brother Ming said he wanted to see you. Did you see him today?"
Nie Baichuan came back just before dinner: "No, I'll go find him after dinner."
Xiang Yao said, "That's not necessary. He and Brother Xiaofei are probably looking for you to deliver the goods. If they don't come today, they will come tomorrow."
Perhaps people who are naturally naughty always have many strange skills. Her brother Ming is good at using a slingshot, and Liu Xiaofei is said to know many ways to set traps. The two of them divide the work and cooperate with each other, and the rewards are always rich.
However, after Xiang Yao went into the mountains, she realized that the danger level in the mountains was much higher than she had imagined.
The Liu family is fine, as they go into the mountains with several people. The two uncles have been going up the mountain with their hunter father since they were young. They are experienced and have sufficient ability to deal with emergencies.
Xiang Ming and Liu Xiaofei are two half-baked people, so the risk is too high.
Xiang Yao then wondered if he had any better work to ask these two people to do.
She is also ambitious. With such a large melon field system in her hands, she must make full use of it. If she wants to develop it, she needs reliable helpers.
Of course it would be possible to rely on Nie Baichuan's power, but Xiang Yao still felt that he could not always rely on the other party's connections and market.
They are husband and wife, but that doesn't mean they have to mix their careers completely.
She wanted to build her own mountain and own her own business empire, rather than being the "sister-in-law" of Nie Baichuan's younger brothers.
However, there is no clear idea about this matter for the time being, so Xiang Yao has to put it aside for the time being.
Nie Baichuan said, "I still have to go look for your brother."
Xiang Yao: "Hmm? What are you doing?"
Nie Baichuan gave her a meaningful look and said, "Ask him to help me deliver the goods tonight."
Xiang Yao understood the look in his eyes and realized that the goods being transported were her goods.
She thought of the piles of tomatoes and peanuts in the melon field and gave a subtle reminder: "I suggest you call more people."
Nie Baichuan paused and nodded: "Okay."
He added, "Brother Ming doesn't have to do anything. Just keep an eye on things for me. I think he's quite methodical in his work."
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "You don't have to give me face. If he agrees to go, then he must have agreed to work hard."
Although her brother Ming really doesn't like doing hard work, he is definitely willing to work hard to help his brother-in-law.
Besides, if you are treated specially, others will inevitably have something to say, which is not good.
Nie Baichuan nodded: "Don't worry."
After dinner, Nie Baichuan went to wash the dishes. He would go to Old Xiang's house to find Xiang Ming later. Xiang Yao was not interested in this, so she didn't wait for him to come out and went out for a walk alone.
These days, every household has dinner early. In order to save lamp oil, most people finish their meal before dark.
Xiang Yao was a little uncomfortable when she first came here. She was a veteran late-night sleeper. If she ate dinner early, she would definitely be starving and want to eat something at night.
But now she has gotten used to it. After all, people not only eat early, but also go to bed early. Whether she is hungry or not, that’s something she can worry about tomorrow morning!
Anyone who gets up in the middle of the night to eat is the biggest spendthrift.
White smoke was floating from the chimneys on the roofs of Xiangjiawan. When you approached the edge of someone else's yard, you could hear the sound of a spatula hitting an iron pan as they flipped the food through the window.
Of course, there was no shortage of crying children. Every household had children. Some were crying loudly because they were beaten, while others were lying on the ground howling because they couldn't win the conflict with their older brothers and sisters.
The whole thing is ups and downs, coming and going, with good and bad rhythms.
Xiang Yao doesn't hate children. As long as the crying is not in her house or next to her ears, she thinks it is very cute.
Her real purpose of coming out at this time was actually to go to Old Man Li’s abandoned house, so she walked slowly along the way, heading towards that direction.
It was just that it was still early at this time, and it was easy to run into people from the team outside. Some were holding their bowls and chatting with others, or chasing their children to feed them. Some had already finished eating and were strolling around like Xiang Yao.
A little black dog came running over, wagging its tail, and squatted down to Xiang Yao: "Slurp, suck, suck~"
The dog was not shy either. It circled around Xiang Yao and stopped in front of her. It woofed and wagged its tail. Its chubby body rolled over twice.
Xiang Yao touched the dog's head and felt that it was very soft. She couldn't help but feel itchy in her heart and wanted to raise a cute one like this.
She was thinking about asking Nie Baichuan to see whose family had given birth to puppies so that she could "hire" one, when she suddenly heard a hissing groan of pain coming from the mountain not far behind her.
Xiang Yao paused stroking the dog and thought, no way, she came out today to trade fruits and vegetables, and now she has to passively eat other people's fruits again?
What a pleasant surprise...
Xiang Yao petted the puppy for the last time, then stood up and the puppy walked stealthily towards the source of the sound, observing where it would be more suitable to hide.
The dog whimpered and looked at Xiang Yao with its watery eyes, not understanding why this human suddenly stopped touching it.
Xiang Yao put his index finger in front of his mouth and whispered "hush" to signal it to be quiet.
The puppy didn't understand, but it was a good boy. After chasing its tail twice, it lay down and didn't move.
Xiang Yao followed the voice he had just heard, but unexpectedly met an unexpected person.
It was a skinny figure that exuded stubbornness from the inside out, with arms like tangerines and a round head drooping down, and no one knew what he was doing.
"He Guoqiang?" Xiang Yao confirmed softly.
The little figure stiffened, and he jumped up, subconsciously wanting to run.
Xiang Yao called out to him, "Don't move!"
He Guoqiang originally wanted to run away. He didn't want anyone to see his current appearance, but the voice behind him was so familiar that it instantly reminded him of the big red fruit that burst into his mouth with sour and sweet taste.
He knew who it was.
But he didn't want her to see him in such a miserable state even more.
Just as he was about to change direction and go into the woods, a hand grabbed the collar at the back of his neck.
He wanted to break free, but was worried that he would use too much force and throw the other person to the ground, so he had to stop.
Xiang Yao didn't know the child's complex psychology. Worried that he might run away, she grabbed his collar tightly and asked, "It's dark now. Why are you in the woods? Even though this place is next to the main road, it's still very dangerous at night."
What if some large animal came down from the nearby mountains to look for food and quietly carried people away without anyone knowing?
He Guoqiang didn't turn around and said in a hoarse voice: "It's very dangerous at night, you should go back quickly."
After a pause, to comfort Xiangyao, he added, "I'll go back later too."
Xiang Yao felt something was wrong. There was not much light in the forest at this moment. She lowered her eyes and was suddenly startled.
He Guoqiang's exposed arms were covered with blue and purple marks. Even in the dim light, the marks were still vaguely visible.
"He Guoqiang, are you injured?" Xiang Yao's throat rolled over, and he carefully used a little force to try to bend him over. "Turn around, let me take a look."
He Guoqiang didn't want to turn around, and his tone became impatient: "I don't want to turn around, go back quickly and leave me alone."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the hand that was tightly grasping his collar loosen, and a slight bitterness rose in his heart.
He didn't want to show his bad side in front of this older sister, and he also thought he was strong enough and didn't need anyone's care.
But I still feel so lost.
He didn't know how long this kind of life would last. Perhaps, if everyone in his family died, his violent father, his mother who watched with indifference...
Will this pain disappear?
All it takes is a fire in the dead of night, or stealing a bottle of pesticide from the warehouse keeper... let's just leave together.
He can't actually support himself if he lives alone, right?
No one knew what he was thinking here alone just now.
Xiang Yao felt the child's resistance and pursed her lips. She was not angry in her heart. She knew how sensitive children of this age were, and she also knew where the injury on the other party's arm came from.
While she secretly hated some parents for being such bad people, she also felt sorry for the children's plight.
Although in this era, there are indeed many parents who believe in corporal punishment, it is obvious that for He Guoqiang's parents, it is not just about "education".
This is clearly a venting of anger, pure violence, and abuse.
Xiang Yao lowered his voice and said, "He Guoqiang, I know your family situation. You don't have to be embarrassed. If you need help, believe me, I will help you."
He Guoqiang shook his head: "No one can help me."
In recent years, there have been neighbors who couldn't stand it anymore and came to persuade his parents, but the two of them either agreed on the surface but beat him even harder when they turned around, or they simply closed the door and ignored others.
He knew that the place where he lived was not home, but hell, a prison.
As for Sister Xiang Yao, she is even weaker than those neighbors who came to give him advice. She can't help him at all, so it's better not to waste her energy.
Xiang Yao smiled and said softly, "How do you know if you don't try?"
"He Guoqiang," she shouted, "You have to remember that you are still a young child. You have the right to ask others for help and help you solve your problems."
He Guoqiang's eyes were stunned. He couldn't understand why Xiang Yao was so confident to say such a thing. He still said, "But no one can help me."
"Unless they die, and unless I grow up and he can't beat me anymore."
Xiang Yao was stunned and quite surprised that the child was so desperate.
But then she felt that this seemed to be an inevitable result.
The child is so innocent. His only mistake is that he was born into the wrong family.
Xiang Yao felt a sharp pain in his heart, like a needle prick, which could not be ignored.
She gently squeezed He Guoqiang's shoulders and said in a slightly more relaxed tone: "It's getting darker and darker. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you'll be in danger, so I definitely won't leave either. You don't want the two of us to be eaten by wild beasts here, do you?"
He Guoqiang shook his head: "You are a good person, don't eat you."
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "Aren't you a good person? You're still a child, so you shouldn't be eaten."
He Guoqiang paused and said, "You can eat me."
Eating him seems like a good idea, but the two people at home will definitely not be sad.
Maybe they will even complain that there will be no one to wash their clothes and cook for them in the future.
Xiang Yao patted his head lightly: "Nonsense."
She said, "Go out and don't stay here, okay?"
He Guoqiang lowered his head and kicked the clod of earth: "I don't want to go back."
He will definitely be beaten when he gets home. His father will not let him off just because he was beaten.
Xiang Yao sighed softly: "Don't worry, I won't ask you to go back. Come home with me first. I have some medicine at home. I'll give you some."
He Guoqiang's back stiffened and he quickly shook his head: "Don't take me back, your family will be unhappy."
Although he didn't go to her house on her wedding day, he knew she was getting married and made a big fuss about it, and everyone in the team knew about it.
When he met her on the road a few days ago, he was given a handful of wedding candy.
Xiang Yao didn't expect that this child was so thoughtful, and quickly said, "No, my family will listen to me."
She took the child's thin wrist and walked towards the main road: "Okay, stop talking about these nonsense, just listen to me and follow me."
He Guoqiang struggled but couldn't move, so he followed him out silently.
He persuaded himself in his heart that it was not he who wanted to go, but she who insisted on dragging him away. If he didn't go, she would definitely not leave either. If they really encountered danger at that time, he would not be able to save her.
But her hands are so warm...
He Guoqiang lowered his eyes and thought, it seems that being alive is pretty good.
When we reached the main road, it was already completely dark. Fortunately, there was still a moon in the sky, so we could just about make out the path.
Xiang Yao let go of the child's wrist and hesitated for a while between sending He Guoqiang back to Nie's house first or going to the deserted house to "deliver" the fruits and vegetables there. In the end, he felt that the former was more troublesome.
She said, "I'm going to go to the valley over there to deliver something. How about you wait here for me? After I'm done, we can go home, okay?"
He Guoqiang was stunned and lowered his head without saying a word.
Xiang Yao understood immediately. She wasn't afraid of such a small child discovering her secret, so she said, "Then come with me."
He Guoqiang nodded and said softly, "Okay."
There was no one on the road at this time, so it seemed particularly quiet. The two of them walked with their heads down and soon arrived at the deserted house of Old Man Li.
Xiang Yao: "Wait for me outside. I'll be out in a moment. Please keep an eye out for any other movements around me, okay?"
This time, He Guoqiang was very cooperative and stood still immediately. He promised seriously, "Okay, I'll definitely watch."
He was not curious and did not ask anything. Xiang Yao asked him to wait, so he waited without moving a step.
When Xiang Yao asked him to help keep watch, he would keep his eyes and ears open in all directions. Even if the wind blew the leaves, he would stare for a second.
Xiang Yao really just walked around in there, and used his mind to sort the fruits and vegetables into different categories and piled them on the floor of the house. Everything took only a few seconds and there was no sound at all.
After leaving the house, Xiang Yao breathed a sigh of relief. Her mission was over. Next, she just had to wait for Nie Baichuan to send someone to transport the fruits and vegetables away.
"Let's go back."
"good."
Xiang Yao walked leisurely, and from time to time he looked to see if the child was following him. Seeing that the child was following closely behind him, he felt relieved.
This child is a stubborn one. She is afraid that she will run away if she is not paying attention. There are so many wounds on her arms. If she doesn't apply some medicine, she doesn't know when they will heal.
She asked, "He Guoqiang, your family often treats you like this, right?"
He Guoqiang nodded: "Yeah."
Xiang Yao was speechless, and sighed in his heart, feeling a little guilty.
This was not the first time she knew about the child's experience at home, but before this, she only sighed and felt distressed in her heart, underestimated the power of such violent treatment, and did not actually help the child in any way.
Although there are countless such situations in the world, at least she saw the one in front of her. How could she easily ignore it?
It would have been better if we had found a solution for He Guoqiang earlier. The child would suffer physical and mental torture one more time, and this might be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Xiang Yao felt guilty and inevitably felt a little depressed.
She quickly mobilized her brain cells, thinking about how to solve the problem of this child.
I was thinking about all sorts of things and soon arrived home.
At this point, He Guoqiang began to back down. Apart from visiting Aunt Cui's house, he rarely went to other people's homes.
Thinking that he was dirty all over and his face was not clean, he stopped and did not move.
"I, I'd better go back." He Guoqiang glanced at Xiang Yao secretly, quickly looked away, turned around and ran while she was not paying attention.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Yao had been prepared since he stopped. Seeing that he was really going to escape, he immediately grabbed his arm.
"You're just talking nonsense," she exposed his lie, "Let me see if I believe you will go back."
He just found some remote place to hide away alone, and no one knows whether he is dead or alive.
More importantly, Xiang Yao sensed from his few words that this child had some dangerous ideas and was really afraid that he would go to extremes, so he refused to let him go.
Sometimes people's thoughts are just a matter of a moment, and she doesn't want to gamble on this moment.
He Guoqiang struggled again. This time he really wanted to leave. He used all his strength and Xiang Yao was pulled forward many times by him.
Just as he was about to lose control of the calf, a car bell rang not far away, and Xiang Yao's eyes lit up.
She yelled, "Nie Baichuan, come quickly, help me catch this kid!"
Nie Baichuan on the bicycle: ...
What he said was that his wife acted like a bad guy who wanted to kidnap and sell children...
But Xiang Yao's words were like an imperial decree. Without saying a word, Nie Baichuan pedaled his bicycle twice and came in front of the two of them. He stood on one leg, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the back of He Guoqiang's neck.
Xiang Yao saw help coming, and he loosened his grip, panting: "It's a good thing you came, otherwise I really couldn't pull it."
Nie Baichuan paused, then asked, "Why didn't you use a flashlight when you went out?"
Xiang Yao waved his hand: "I thought I would be back soon."
Well, actually she just wanted to do something in the dark of night. What's the point of using a flashlight? What if someone discovered her secret?
Nie Baichuan raised an eyebrow, but didn't expose her. He then glanced at He Guoqiang, who was in his hand, and asked, "Why did you arrest him?"
Xiang Yao glanced at He Guoqiang. The child was in Nie Baichuan's hands and was now as quiet as a chicken.
She didn't know if she was afraid of Nie Baichuan or if she felt that her family had seen her, but she simply stopped struggling.
"It's a long story, I'll tell you later."
She patted He Guoqiang and said, "How come you're changing your mind when the time is almost here? I'll criticize you if you don't obey."
He Guoqiang glanced at Nie Baichuan, then glanced at Xiang Yao, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, I... I just don't want to trouble you anymore."
Xiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "You know I love to meddle in other people's affairs. It's normal for me to take care of your affairs now."
"Don't worry about it. Let's go. I'll let Brother Baichuan take a look at your injuries."
He Guoqiang: ...
I don't really want this brother to see it, it's scary...
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