Liu Erya came over; Zhang Hongmei was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Sister Er Ya, lie down on the kang (heated brick bed)."
Liu Erya climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and lay down next to Zhang Hongmei. "Hongmei, I have something to tell you."
"What's wrong?"
"My sister has taken a liking to Comrade Zhang, and my dad scolded her for it. Why would she be so foolish?"
Zhang Hongmei burst into laughter after hearing Er Ya's words. "Falling for Zhang Shouyi and becoming so distraught? Yes, just like me. She's truly my good sister."
"Hongmei, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I just feel the same way as you. I also think it's a stupid thing to fall for Comrade Zhang, hahaha, that's hilarious."
Zhang Shouyi happened to come over to say goodbye to Zhang Hongmei. Hearing the two girls' conversation, he was so angry that he wanted to confront them. Why did they have to be so stubborn to fall for him?
"What's so funny?" Liu Erya asked, puzzled.
"Isn't Comrade Zhang definitely not a good man?"
"Why? I just think that Comrade Zhang comes from a good family and is good-looking, so he definitely wouldn't be interested in my sister. That's why I think she's being unreasonable. What are you laughing at? Besides, how could he not be a good man?"
“You’re right, he’s really not a good man. Don’t worry, let me tell you if you agree.”
First of all, there's his family background. Although it seems that he only has a father who is a high-ranking official and he is a cadre in the city, their appearances show that they are not from an ordinary family.
Then there's his personal problem. He seems cheerful on the surface, but his smile doesn't reach his eyes. He looks friendly and approachable, but he's probably a cold and ruthless person.
The most important point is that no woman can enter his heart. Your parents have been loving and affectionate all their lives; that is the most enviable married life.
That's why I said he wasn't a good man, right, Sister Erya?
"Hongmei, are you really only ten years old? You know so much." Liu Erya's biggest idol now, besides her father, is Zhang Hongmei.
"Am I not ten years old, or forty?" It's a sin to deceive a teenage girl!
Zhang Shouyi, who was outside the door, could hear everything clearly. He hadn't expected that she could see so clearly after only a few encounters. Who exactly was she? He had someone investigate her, and it was confirmed that she was Zhang Aiguo's daughter. She only became like this after Zhang Aiguo's sacrifice.
He couldn't believe that a ten-year-old girl could have such insights. Could she also be a reincarnation? But she didn't seem like it. Although she seemed to know about the severe drought this year, there were still some signs of uncertainty and confusion in her.
If she wasn't reborn, then what was she? A demon or monster? A fairy descended to earth?
But seeing her sometimes act foolishly makes me doubt that she's a fairy descended from heaven. Could there really be such a foolish fairy? What a sin.
Whatever she may be, for now she is simply Cui Lin's daughter.
In his previous life, he only learned Cui Lin's identity at the very end. These past few days, recalling everything that had happened, and connecting it with Cui Lin's cause of death and identity, he could roughly guess the source of their large amount of funds.
I originally wanted to explore this house and this mountain, but due to an accidental injury, I'll have to wait.
The message from my informant is that they're getting increasingly agitated, and it seems they haven't made any progress yet. I'll go back and arrange some things first, then come back here and stay a while longer.
Thinking of this, he coughed loudly. This startled the two girls in the room. How embarrassing! Had someone overheard them?
The two quickly got off the ground. "Brother Zhang, come in!" Zhang Hongmei replied, forcing a smile. It's all her fault for being so talkative; see? Karma's coming.
“Hongmei, I heard your laughter as soon as I came in. What’s so funny?” Zhang Shouyi looked at Zhang Hongmei with a half-smile.
"It's nothing, we were just joking around." Looking up at Zhang Shouyi's ambiguous smile, she felt even more embarrassed, realizing that he must have heard her.
“Hongmei, I’ve come to say goodbye. I’m going back now. Please take care of my father.”
“No need to be so polite, Brother Zhang. It’s only right that I take care of Uncle Zhang. Just go in peace.” After saying that, Zhang Hongmei realized something was off. Wasn’t “just go in peace” a nice thing to say? She glanced awkwardly at Zhang Shouyi, and only felt relieved when she saw that he didn’t seem to mind.
Zhang Shouyi heard it, of course, but seeing Zhang Hongmei's embarrassed expression, what was there to be angry about?
"Thank you so much! Next time I come back, I'll stay longer and bring you some delicious food. What would you like to eat?"
"You don't have what I want to eat?" "No need to be polite, Brother Zhang. I have everything I need at home. You don't need to bring me anything."
Zhang Shouyi noticed Zhang Hongmei's discomfort and left without saying anything more.
As soon as Zhang Shouyi left, Er Ya exaggeratedly patted her chest and said, "Hongmei scared me to death. His half-smiling face was really terrifying."
This time, Zhang Hongmei didn't talk about people behind their backs. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing.
After Zhang Shouyi left, life went on as usual. Zhang Xingguo asked Zhang Hongmei to bring him some dry food, as he wouldn't be back for lunch. Zhang Hongmei thought it was a good idea. She decided to make him dry food every morning so he could take it with him, and then cook him something delicious to treat him when he returned in the evening.
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye. The land is even drier, but the stream hasn't dried up and is still stubbornly holding on.
The sorghum in the field is almost heading, but there hasn't been a drop of rain yet.
Wang Hongxi led everyone to carry water to irrigate the fields. The sweet potatoes also needed watering every few days, so everyone in the village was very busy.
Zhang Hongmei didn't fetch water, mainly because it was too tiring and the sun was too strong. She genuinely couldn't endure such hardship and was afraid of getting tanned like an African. Of course, no work meant no work points.
Liu Erya brought back a lot of information from the outside world. People in the surrounding villages had starved to death. After hearing this news, everyone was in a panic and changed their meals from two a day to one a day.
This resulted in everyone being too tired to work, so Liu Maocai was elected as the village head by the villagers. Seeing that this was not working, he discussed it with Wang Hongxi and the old lady, and finally decided at a meeting that everyone should still eat two meals a day.
Don't let the villages become like other ones, where everyone is too hungry to move and just stays at home. Then there will be even less work in the fields, creating a vicious cycle where there will be no harvest at all.
Wang Hongxi enthusiastically encouraged everyone, and some of those who could distinguish between what was important and what was not started eating two meals again.
Therefore, the crops in Liujiatun are much better than those in the surrounding areas, and everyone is looking forward to a bumper harvest.
Zhang Xingguo didn't participate in fetching water either. Because of his health condition, no one cared, so he still went to herd sheep every day and would bring back wild game every now and then, which the two of them would secretly enjoy.
The ewe's belly is already visible, but she still has four months before giving birth, which is around the end of October or the beginning of November.
Zhang Hongmei kept tempting Zhang Xingguo with goat milk steamed buns and bean buns, so Zhang Xingguo became even more interested and was just waiting for the goat milk.
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