Chapter 8 Melon Huh? Is there a melon?
After resting for a while, the dizzy feeling finally disappeared. Xiang Yao picked up the sickle again and went to the field to continue working.
"Girl, why did you come down here?" Yang Xiaohong whispered to her, "I told you that I'll help you with some of the work later. If you can't finish it, there are still your Uncle Fengshou and Liu Jin to help!"
Liu Fengshou is Zhang Xiaohong's husband, and Liu Jin is her eldest son. He is two years younger than Xiang Yao. He stopped studying after elementary school and is now a full-time laborer who can get full work points.
Xiang Yao was grateful for Yang Xiaohong's kindness and said with a smile: "Although Auntie is willing to help me, I can't just sit there and wait for you to do it. It's okay. I'm much better now. I'll do as much as I can."
Although she was a lazy bum in her present life who would rather stand than sit or lie down, but in this era, when she saw the barren land and felt the feeling of hunger, it was difficult for her to stay out of it and continue to be lazy.
Seeing Xiang Yao say this, and not asking her to rest anymore, Yang Xiaohong secretly changed her mind about her.
Although this girl likes to watch the fun a bit and has some small thoughts, she is still very down-to-earth in her work.
She is usually smart and talkative, and can say anything, but she has her own principles in dealing with people and things. If others are good to her, she will spare no effort to be good to others.
It’s no big deal to help Xiang Yao with a little effort. People actually gave her a lot of peanuts!
After Huang Guofu's shock, the fields fell silent for the entire afternoon. Everyone was busy working, piling the rice into bundles and taking them to the threshing barrels for threshing.
Xiang Yao had never seen this purely manual threshing method by continuously stepping on the pedal before. He only felt that the sound of the pedal rising and falling was very regular and hypnotic.
But she just listened quietly while cutting rice and didn't look over there much.
After all, the men in charge of threshing were all shirtless, looking like bacon that had been smoked on a wood stove for more than a month, which was really a bit eye-catching.
Finally, with the help of Yang Xiaohong, she finally completed her task and finished her early shift.
To be honest, at the beginning, everyone in the production team went to work and finished work together.
But later the team leaders thought about it and realized that it was not right. If they did it this way, everyone would slack off, and everyone would be afraid of doing more work!
Especially during the double-harvest season, slacking off in rice harvesting will inevitably affect the subsequent rice transplanting process. If the rice transplanting time is delayed, the crop production in the entire field will be affected. How can this be tolerated?
So it evolved into the current way of working together and then assigning tasks.
Anyway, the task is given to you. If you finish it early, you can go home and rest. If you can't finish it, you can continue working at night! If you can't finish it, your work points will be deducted!
It’s no wonder that once this method came out, people couldn’t afford to slack off, and efficiency was greatly improved.
After parting with Yang Xiaohong, Xiang Yao plucked a piece of dogtail grass and put it in his mouth, then prepared to go home leisurely.
As for pulling pig grass, she had long forgotten about it and didn't take it seriously at all.
When they reached a fork in the road, Xiang Yao suddenly discovered a "ground twister" hidden in the bushes on the low hill on the side, with three or four small fruits on it.
This ground twister was purple-black in color, obviously mature, but it managed to evade the search of the children in the team and slipped through the net.
But after thinking about it, Xiang Yao understood.
Shengli Commune, where Shitang Brigade is located, is backed by a mountain, and Xiangjiawan is also located at the foot of the mountain. Behind this low mountain are continuous mountains. Children who collect firewood and look for wild fruits think that it is too winding to go up from here, so they usually do not go through here.
Hehe, this is a good deal for her.
Xiang Yao grabbed the grass and climbed up with all his strength. He gently picked up the ground spinach, wiped one of them casually, and put it into his mouth impatiently.
When you gently bite the small fruit with your teeth, a small stream of juice will burst out instantly. The sweet and sour taste spreads on the tip of your tongue, making you feel instantly happy.
He stuffed the remaining few ground apples into his mouth, thought for a while, and decided to look for it again to see if there was still such fruit.
Before I knew it, I had walked a short distance forward. Amid the chirping of insects, I suddenly heard a burst of murmurs of discussion, as if a few men were chatting, but when I listened carefully, it seemed that was not the case.
Huh? Is there a melon?
Xiang Yao blinked, and a strong desire for gossip arose.
She was worried that she would not be able to eat any melons after Secretary Huang came to visit in the afternoon, but she didn't expect to pick up one on the way home!
At the very least, we have to add some nutrients to her melon field and try to extend the access time by ten minutes!
In line with the principle of not missing any melon, Xiang Yao looked left and right and walked into the woods cautiously.
Walking uphill and around a big camphor tree, Xiang Yao squatted behind a thorn bush, picked up a branch and pretended to dig the soil, and quietly poked his head out from the gap between the branches and leaves.
"When that guy comes later, don't say anything. Stand behind me and show off your strength to intimidate him!"
"Okay, Brother Hai! We'll all listen to you!"
"Humph, I'm going to teach him a lesson this time. Let's see if he still acts arrogantly!"
"Wait for my signal, everyone come together and teach him a lesson."
"Okay! He's not as majestic as our Brother Hai. If Sister Wei Hong knew he was a useless bastard, she would definitely stop liking him."
"That's right, what's the point of being good-looking? It can't be used to make a living. Our Brother Hai is still the best!"
Four young men in their twenties, all as skinny as bamboo poles, became more and more excited as they spoke, and later they even started praising Brother Hai, who was as skinny as a bamboo pole, to the point that they were so proud of themselves that their tails were about to rise to the sky.
Xiang Yao thought about it and figured out the relationship.
Maybe this Brother Hai likes a girl named Wei Hong, but Wei Hong likes another guy, but that guy's family background is not good. Wei Hong's family opposes her liking the other guy, and plans to arrange a blind date for her with Brother Hai.
Just like this, he likes her, she likes him, he chases, she runs away, he runs away, she chases...
In the end, he decided to take his brothers to teach her an unforgettable lesson in order to win her heart.
Xiang Yao constructed a love triangle drama in her mind, full of hatred and love, with ups and downs, and she was a little worried about the "him" who only appeared in the mouths of these people.
Although none of these four people is strong, if it's four against one and they are prepared, I'm afraid the other person will suffer.
Just as she was thinking about this with a frown on her face, a figure came over from the side path.
Wow, here he comes.
Xiang Yao raised his eyes and looked over.
I only saw the back of a tall and long-legged man, not thin, with a white shirt worn neatly on his body, with only the sleeves folded upwards twice, revealing a strong and powerful wrist.
His trouser legs were not rolled up high like those of other farmers. His shoulders were broad and his straight back muscles were strong and firm.
Judging from his posture alone, the young man looked relaxed and didn't seem too nervous.
"What's the matter?" The young man stood in front of the four people. Although he was alone, his momentum was not inferior.
Just a few words, spoken in a slightly low voice, were full of magnetism, as cold as the ice crystals formed by the snow on top of the straw pile in winter, which made people feel cold instantly.
"Hey, you don't even know what you did, and you still have the nerve to ask?"
"If you offend our Brother Hai, you won't have an easy life!"
The two dark-skinned young men next to Brother Hai felt that this man was just pretending and spoke very rudely.
The man said "hmm" calmly and asked, "So what did I do?"
From Xiang Yao's perspective, she couldn't see the young man's expression, but she inexplicably felt that this man must be smiling.
It turns out that this man has won the heart of a beautiful woman, but he doesn't know that one of the people opposite him is his love rival.
"How dare you ask? Let me tell you, you've offended me, don't you know that?"
"I don't know."
"Hmph, let's be frank. Liu Weihong is about to become our Brother Hai's woman!"
"Who is Liu Weihong?"
"You, you! Liu Weihong! The Liu Weihong who always follows you around and talks to you! She's going to be with our Brother Hai soon!"
"Oh, I don't know him. What does it have to do with me?"
“Puff—”
Behind the thorn bush, Xiang Yao couldn't help but let out a very short laugh.
Fortunately, she immediately covered her mouth and forced herself to swallow back the laughter that was about to burst out.
Fortunately, the group of people were probably so angry that they didn't hear the noise she made.
"Stop talking nonsense to him, brothers, teach him a lesson!"
Brother Hai was obviously very angry, his face turned ashen, and he felt insulted. He immediately took off his sweat shirt and decided to speak with his fists.
The other three exchanged glances and attacked together.
Xiang Yao couldn't help but widen his eyes, thinking that the tall young man was probably going to suffer.
After all, there are so many people, and two fists cannot beat eight hands.
Of course, she wouldn't be stupid enough to rush in and get involved in this kind of thing. She could only closely monitor the situation, ready to yell "Help!" if these people really got angry.
but……
After several rounds, Xiang Yao didn't even see clearly what happened, and the tall young man had already broken one person's hand, kicked one down, elbowed one, and threw one down from the back.
Brother Hai and his four men failed to achieve any success in such a short time and were completely wiped out.
Good job!
She had just been genuinely worried about the man's weakness and fear that he would suffer a loss, but she didn't expect that he was such a ruthless person.
"Are you coming again?" The young man stood tall, as if the person who had just attacked so cruelly was not him.
Xiang Yao couldn't help but look at the other person.
He stood sideways, with very neat facial lines, a high nose bridge, and a sharp jawline. Just the side profile was enough to make Xiang Yao's eyes light up, as she came from the information age and had seen countless handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry.
This man's facial features and figure were exactly what she wanted, and every detail of him was in tune with her heart.
It looks really good!
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