Chapter 5 Guaguaguaguagua He has a criminal record!
These days, when people greet each other, they usually ask the same three questions: Have you eaten? What did you eat? Where are you going?
Xiang Yao adapted to the local customs and asked everyone "Have you eaten?" within a few days. Within a few days, the impression of her changed from quiet to lively among the people in the team.
The Liu family next door is also noisy all the time, with a lot of sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters. This is one of her backup distribution centers, so she needs to build a good relationship with them.
Zhao Erhua looked Xiang Yao up and down and felt that what others said was right. This little girl really seemed like a different person.
In the past, he always kept his head down and was as timid as a mouse, but now he has raised his head like a sunflower.
You know what, after taking a closer look, she discovered that the girl from the Xiang family looked exactly like any other member of the Xiang family.
She has the same small eyes, fleshy nose and wide lips as her family members, but this girl has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and a small nose and mouth, just like someone in those picture magazines. She is exposed to the sun every day, but her skin is still fair and clean. She doesn't look like a country girl, but more like a city girl.
Zhao Erhua thought of her granddaughters who were always restless and shrewd. She curled her lips, replied lightly, "I ate it," and turned away.
Tsk, just like Liangsheng, he keeps this money-losing girl like a treasure. What’s the point of her being pretty? She has to get married, right?
You know what, she just glanced at her and saw that this girl seemed to be smiling, but her eyes were pitch black, which was really a bit weird. She didn't dare to chat with others too much, for fear of bringing bad luck to her family!
Xiang Yao shrugged, not minding his neighbor's indifference. He shook the water from his hands and walked towards his house.
It's impossible to have a meal with Zhang Juhua's character. If she comes back early, she can just have enough water to eat. If she comes back late, she won't even leave a drop of water for the hot pot.
As for the others, they went back to their rooms to rest after lunch. Even if Zhang Juhua scolded loudly, they would not come out to take a look.
This is one of the survival skills for the family - when Zhang Juhua is scolding people, don't show up easily.
When passing by the kitchen, Xiang Yao peeked inside and saw that the stove was empty, with not even a bowl of thin soup left for her.
But she owned a whole melon field and didn't care at all.
Returning to the house, she closed the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and leisurely took out a handful of peanuts to fill her stomach.
The Xiang family has many people, so they squeeze into several rooms. Xiang Yao's family of three lives in one room, which is more spacious than Xiang Yao's uncle's and third uncle's homes.
Especially now, Xiang Yao has a room to himself. He can do whatever he wants behind closed doors without worrying about being caught eating secretly.
After having a good meal, Xiang Yao lay flat on the bed and closed his eyes.
The straw mat could not withstand heat, so she had to turn over and move to another position every once in a while, and she could not sleep well.
I worked in the fields for a whole morning and my waist and arms hurt. It's really annoying.
I finally fell asleep in a daze, and not long after, the broadcast of "The Helmsman Depends on the Sea" started to sound mixed with noise.
The production team is calling for assembly and it’s time to go to work.
Xiang Yao sighed, not knowing when this double robbery would end. She really couldn't stand working from dawn to dusk every day.
So tired!
When she was a child, she lived in the county town and had to buy rice, flour, grain and oil with her own money. She had never experienced the physical work of farming, so she was very tired.
The sun was still scorching, and if she hadn't been wearing a straw hat, she suspected her head would have been tanned into a big boiled egg.
Thinking of the braised egg, Xiang Yao started to feel a little greedy again... How wonderful it would be if he had an egg to eat right now, and even better, a pack of instant noodles, slurp...
After gurgling twice in bed, Xiang Yao made a bitter face, put aside all the delicious food he had imagined, and finally got out of bed.
In this era when everyone has to participate in labor and earn work points, it is impossible for her to be lazy and not work. Even her cousin Xiang Xiuxiu, who is pampered by her third uncle's family, has to go to the fields to plant some rice seedlings during the summer vacation.
Of course, Xiang Xiuxiu had her parents to help her, so she just had to work for the sake of doing so. More often, she would use the excuse of going home to help her grandmother cook to slack off.
Speaking of Cao Cao, he appeared. When Xiang Yao opened the door, she saw Xiang Xiuxiu braiding her long braids by the well.
At that time, hair was not as messy and fluffy as in later generations. Everyone wanted to have a head of shiny black braids. Those who could afford it would apply hair oil, while those who couldn't would just put some water on their hair. The braids would be smooth and close to the scalp.
Xiang Xiuxiu's hair was well maintained. Among all the braids that were dry and yellow due to malnutrition, hers was the blackest, shiniest and most beautiful.
Xiang Xiuxiu also saw Xiang Yao. She glanced at the house behind her and then lingered on that fair face for a moment.
A hint of jealousy flashed across her face, then turned into a smile. "Sister, I changed my clothes at noon. Please wash and hang them for me. Also, grandma told you not to rush home after work today. Go to the pond and pick a basket of pig grass."
At this moment, everyone else had already gone out, and Xiang Xiuxiu was the only one standing in the huge yard.
Xiang Yao also walked towards the well, pouted his lips and said nothing.
She was a little grumpy when she woke up, especially because she didn't sleep well during her nap at noon, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
Washing clothes, picking grass for pigs, it seems like she is the servant of the whole family!
"Sister, did you hear that?" Xiang Xiuxiu asked again when she saw Xiang Yao ignored her.
Xiang Yao scooped up some water to rinse her mouth and wash her face. Clear water droplets slid down her delicate face to her pointed chin, and then dripped onto the ground.
She opened her eyes, her eyelashes were wet, and the remaining water droplets reflected the light in the sun. There was a malicious smile between her eyebrows. Under Xiang Xiuxiu's gaze, she slightly opened her lips and said, "Oh, I won't wash it, and I won't pull it off."
Xiang Xiuxiu was stunned.
In order to avoid the double harvest season, she lied that the school teacher wanted to see her for something and stayed in the county town for several days. In addition, she was usually very indifferent to Xiang Yao, so she really didn't know that she was no longer the cousin who could be ordered around by others.
She was so angry that she stopped braiding her hair halfway and glared at me, saying, "You don't want to live a good life anymore, do you? I asked you to do something and you kept making excuses. Just wait, I'll scold you to death!"
Xiang Yao acted as if he didn't hear her and didn't take her words seriously at all. He washed his face and left calmly.
There is no need to say much when dealing with such a person. Just ignoring her, treating her as if she doesn't exist is enough to make her angry.
Sure enough, Xiang Xiuxiu looked at Xiang Yao's back as he left, and she was so angry that she grabbed her hair fiercely, and the anger in her eyes was about to turn into reality.
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Even during the double-harvest season, experienced farmers will not work during the hottest time of the day.
The diligent ones will take a short break and go out to complete their tasks after one o'clock in the afternoon. The lazy ones will have to go out even if they don't want to at two o'clock in the afternoon.
In the entire Xiangjiawan Sixth Production Team, everyone who could earn work points, big or small, young or old, had to work.
Although work records were kept every three days, the team leader, the production team leaders, and the timekeepers all remembered clearly who was there and who was not, who was slacking off and who was working diligently.
Although Xiang Yao had never done farm work since she was a child, now that she had come here, she completed the tasks assigned to her conscientiously.
That's right, everyone is busy competing with God for the weather, and everyone is buried in their work. There are fewer people talking, and there is less gossip as well.
Xiang Yao worked for a while and straightened up. He felt that his entire back was as if covered with rust, stiff and sore.
The sweat slid into the marks left by the rice leaves, causing waves of stinging, numbness and itching.
She wiped the sweat that rolled down the brim of her straw hat, looked around, saw an acquaintance in front of her on the left, and had an idea in her mind.
After a while, a slim girl stood next to Yang Xiaohong.
"Aunt Hong, you haven't finished talking about Aunt Xianggui this morning. Tell me about it now!" The girl was naturally Xiang Yao. She took out a dozen peanuts and quietly stuffed them into Yang Xiaohong's mouths.
Small melons and big melons are all melons. If she listens more, she can stay in the melon field longer!
A handful of peanuts in exchange for a piece of gossip, which can help her harvest more fruits. What a worthwhile deal!
Yang Xiaohong glanced at the handful of peanuts, a smile spread across her face. She hurriedly wiped her hands on her clothes, took it and put it in her pocket, her usual rough voice becoming sharper and thinner: "Xiang Yao, why do you have so many peanuts?"
Everyone in the team knew how stingy Zhang Juhua from the Xiang family was. She didn't believe that Zhang Juhua would give Xiang Yao so many peanuts.
This little girl just gave a handful to the three of them this morning, so why are there still some left now?
Xiang Yao blinked: "A relative gave it to me, a relative gave it to me."
She changed the subject again: "I'm only willing to share some with you because you're such a kind person, Aunt Hong. If someone else wanted it, I would keep it to myself! We don't grow peanuts here, so they're rare!"
Everyone likes to hear nice words, especially when Xiang Yao says them so sincerely.
Yang Xiaohong was immediately pleased by these words, her mouth widened, and she also understood the origin of the peanuts in her mind.
Xiang Liangsheng passed away. Although the authorities said that a big funeral should not be held and superstitions should not be practiced, his acquaintances and relatives still came to help with the burial.
It is normal that some relatives of the Xiang family feel sorry for Xiang Yao and secretly give her some food.
Thinking of Xiang Liangsheng, Yang Xiaohong looked at Xiang Yao with a hint of pity in her eyes.
This child has lost his relatives and has no books to read. He is so pitiful!
No wonder his personality has changed. He used to be so quiet and gentle, but now he's everywhere watching the fun and listening to all sorts of nonsense...
"We mother and I were chatting while we were working. You can tell you're used to farm work. Don't worry, if you can't finish harvesting, your aunt will help you later!" Yang Xiaohong patted Xiang Yao's thin shoulder and said enthusiastically.
Xiang Yao chuckled and said, "Then tell me, Auntie, besides hanging herself and drinking pesticides, what else did Auntie Xianggui do?"
Yang Xiaohong was a talkative person, and at first she tried to restrain herself in front of an unmarried girl like Xiang Yao.
When she looked up at that moment, she saw the other person's clear eyes full of curiosity, and the awkwardness unconsciously disappeared.
"Oh, it's all that Yuan family shit!" She wiped her sweat with the tattered towel hanging around her neck, then bent down to cut rice. "Your Uncle Dashan has five brothers, and they've never separated. Each of them has several children, so it's so crowded, isn't it? There's a lot of friction!"
Xiang Yao nodded and agreed: "That's right, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, it's inevitable."
Even the Xiang family has fewer people than other families, but they still have a lot of trouble.
The more scarce the resources are, the more likely they are to cause competition. This is normal.
Yang Xiaohong's eyes lit up: "Your statement is interesting! That's the truth!"
Xiang Yao urged: "Auntie, tell me quickly!"
Yang Xiaohong's curiosity was piqued, and she became very excited. "Do you know why your Aunt Xianggui always suspects your Uncle Dashan?"
Xiang Yao shook her head obediently. Although her beautiful eyes were hidden under the straw hat to avoid the sunlight, they were still very bright.
This sounds like there is something extraordinary going on!
Yang Xiaohong looked around and saw that no one noticed them, so she said mysteriously -
"Because Yuan Dashan has a criminal record!"
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