However, they pampered their wives, a lesson they had been taught since childhood.
So he let his wife go watch the fun, while He Chaoyang went to the woodshed to get a saw and started sawing wood. However, he could only saw the wood into sections. As for chopping firewood, he could forget about it for the next few days. The wood-chopping knife was still stuck on the wild boar's head, and he didn't know where it had been taken.
He Chaoyang was chopping wood, but Chen Shuning rushed to the front yard, squeezed next to Gu Xinyi, and whispered in her ear, "What's going on? What happened this time?"
Gu Xinyi, who was engrossed in watching, was startled by Chen Shuning's sudden appearance. After recognizing him, she swallowed back the words she was about to say and began to explain with a smile.
"What could it be? It's just about gathering firewood. Cao Qing said that Cai Xiaoyu deliberately slacked off and only gathered a small bundle of firewood after spending a whole day in the mountains."
Cai Xiaoyu said that she was in poor health and had little strength, so she couldn't walk or carry too many things. That's all she did every day. She said that the two of them would suffer in the winter.
By the way, why did you take so long today? Those two withered trees Brother He was dragging were quite large. Is he in good health? Has his injury fully healed?
"Well, that's about it. Didn't you say there were only the two of them in that room? What's with all the comparison at a time like this? These two are from the south, right? They obviously don't know how tough winters are in Heilongjiang Province."
Gu Xinyi nodded in agreement. "That's right. Just you wait and see. Cao Qing is no pushover. I noticed that ever since she first argued with Cai Xiaoyu about firewood more than half a month ago, the two of them have been keeping their firewood separate, and they each burn half every day."
It's alright now that it's not too cold, but what if it gets cold in winter and the mountains are snowbound? Cao Qing might just ask the team leader to arrange for two months of single rooms. At that point, Cai Xiaoyu will be in real trouble.
Although this move was a bit underhanded, based on Chen Shuning's understanding of Cao Qing over this period, it was not something the girl was incapable of doing. After all, she and Cai Xiaoyu argued every day and had long since become enemies.
The two chatted and watched the commotion, and soon their verbal sparring escalated into a physical fight. At that moment, Liu Shumei, carrying a bundle of firewood, returned from outside. Although somewhat helpless, she resignedly put down the firewood and pulled the two apart, who were now pulling each other's hair.
The daily farce at the educated youth settlement had just ended when the brigade leader led a simply dressed middle-aged couple into the courtyard.
Fang Qing, who had been watching the commotion, saw the middle-aged couple and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd. She grabbed the woman's hand and exclaimed, "Mom and Dad, didn't I say you could come at the end of the month? Why are you here now?"
To be honest, Fang Qing's appearance is truly a case of "a good bamboo shoot emerging from a bad one," while the appearance of the Fang family couple is really hard to describe.
Fang Qing's mother is rather short, only about 1.5 meters tall, but weighs 150 to 160 kilograms.
In this era, people with such a figure often come from relatively wealthy families; otherwise, how could they possibly have grown so much fat?
It's worth mentioning that although Fang's mother has beautiful almond-shaped eyes, she has sausage-shaped lips and surprisingly large nostrils, making her a typical pig-shaped face.
Mr. Fang's situation was completely the opposite. Judging by his appearance, he was at least 1.8 meters tall, but he only weighed a little over 100 kilograms. From a distance, he looked like a skinny stick.
He had long, narrow, slanted eyes, a hooked nose, thin lips, and a pointed chin; his face resembled that of a bird.
It's unbelievable that such an ill-matched couple could have a daughter as beautiful as Fang Qing.
But that's the truth. Fang Qing's eyes resembled her mother's, while her nose and mouth were like her father's. In particular, her pointed chin became a template for many plastic surgery hospitals in later generations.
This seemingly honest and kind couple actually had surprisingly bad tempers.
Fang Qing only asked one question before her mother abruptly shook off her hand and angrily scolded, "I haven't even asked you what's going on yet, you brat! And you're already complaining about us for being too early? Didn't we agree when we went to the countryside that you shouldn't look for someone in the countryside? Don't look for someone in the countryside!"
When your younger brother grows up a few years later, we will naturally consider your marriage.
You've decided your life's most important matter with just one letter, and even picked out a wedding date!
Do you even care about me and your father? Fang Qing, let me tell you, we will never agree to this marriage!
"Country folks are just country folks. They don't even have a penny for a bride price, yet they dream of getting married? They're just daydreaming!"
At this moment, the brigade leader had not yet left. Hearing the Fang couple repeatedly calling him "country bumpkins," his face turned very ugly, and anger and dissatisfaction intertwined in his heart.
He clenched his fists tightly, barely suppressing his anger, his eyes revealing his disdain for the couple.
Noticing the captain's expression, Fang Qing felt a pang of anxiety. She quickly turned around, looked at the captain with an apologetic expression, and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, Captain, my mother really didn't mean anything by it."
The main problem is that my wedding date was set too suddenly, and she couldn't accept it all at once. I absolutely didn't mean to look down on the villagers, please forgive me.”
Fang Qing's eyes were filled with anxiety and worry. She was afraid that her mother had offended the brigade leader and brought trouble upon herself.
She apologized while holding her parents' hands, hoping to leave this awkward situation as soon as possible.
The Fang couple were only staying in the countryside for a few days before returning to the city; they didn't care whether they would offend anyone in the village.
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