Upon entering the space, a chilling atmosphere immediately hits you.
Ling Huanwu quietly opened her eyes.
She originally thought that, based on the previous speed of spatial expansion, the space would definitely expand to the size of a small town in just over two months.
But I was a little disappointed; the space was still about the same size as when he last came.
The only change is the freshness of the air in the space.
Because she checked and found that the fruits and vegetables she had bought earlier were not spoiled.
When Zhou Jiuzhen left the space, he had just finished washing up.
At that moment, he was using a knife to remove the calluses on his shoulder that had been rubbed off from shooting practice.
Ling Huanwu quickly stepped forward and pressed down on the thick calluses on his shoulder to stop him, "What are you doing? Why are you peeling off these calluses that you finally managed to grow?"
Zhou Jiuzhen stretched out his long arm and pulled her into his arms, his gaze involuntarily falling on the broken skin on the back of her calf.
The look in her eyes carried an unspoken understanding between them, which still made Ling Huanwu blush. "What's going on in your head all day long..."
Zhou Jiuzhen tightened his grip on her waist, his ears turning red. "What are you talking about? I'm the one who's upset about that."
As he spoke, he kissed her on the back of the head, though he didn't mean it.
Ling Huanwu cursed inwardly at this roughneck who seemed perfectly normal most of the time, except that he always had a stubborn streak when it came to this.
They used to be hesitant and evasive, but now they're being stubborn while their bodies are honestly responding.
Outside, the azure sea stretched as far as the eye could see.
The surging tide that rose at the beach gradually receded, only to rise again at dawn.
When Ling Huanwu woke up, her eyes were still wet. Zhou Jiuzhen, who had been motionless, saw her wake up and held her face in his hands, looking at her again and again.
The once quiet room became intimate again, and the temperature rose.
Suddenly, a rapid knocking on the door broke the tranquility of the room.
After a while, Zhou Jiuzhen reluctantly got out of bed and quickly dressed.
Ling Huanwu followed closely behind.
The two of them have been acting ridiculously lately, dawdling even when it's already dawn.
Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, the person outside shouted anxiously, "Comrade Ling, something terrible has happened! Come out quickly!"
Ling Huanwu's heart skipped a beat, and her hands trembled as she tried to button her clothes.
Zhou Jiuzhen reached out and took her hand, calmly buttoning her clothes. "It's okay, no matter what happens, your man will be there to protect you."
Ling Huanwu felt a warmth in her heart and hurriedly ran to open the door.
Standing outside the door were the production team leader and a group of villagers from the production team.
The captain explained the whole story, and he was so anxious that he almost cried.
A large group of people arrived at a field of rice paddies. Ling Huanwu was so shocked by the sight before her that her heart ached.
The once plump ears of rice are now withered and yellow in large swaths, and when the roots are dug up, it is found that most of the roots are rotten.
The team leader then led everyone to check the situation in nearby villages, and sure enough, the same situation occurred in their rice paddies, with the roots of most of the rice paddies rotting and dying.
The villagers from the neighboring village, who had been anxiously pacing around, all surrounded Ling Huanwu and demanded an explanation from her.
“We’ve been saying, what kind of farming would a capitalist’s daughter like you know? Our ancestors have never been able to grow this. How could someone with long hair and short knowledge like you possibly grow white rice?”
"That's right! Our production team didn't even plant the peanuts we used to grow in previous years because we were planting these. Now the whole island is starving! I don't care, you have to compensate us for our losses!"
“That’s right. You know, although our peanut harvest is poor, it’s still better than not starving to death. Now that we’ve switched to rice, our whole village will starve to death.”
The villagers were enraged and surrounded Ling Huanwu, ready to attack. Fortunately, the villagers of Stone Village formed a circle to protect Ling Huanwu.
The production team leader of Shitou Village also stood up to speak the truth, saying, "How can everyone push all the blame onto Comrade Ling? Don't you remember the days when you had vegetables to eat every meal?"
He then went to the paddy field and pulled up a handful of lush green rice, showing everyone its intact roots.
"Look, if the soil were bad, the rice wouldn't be rotting in parts; it would be rotting in all of them. This means we've encountered a problem elsewhere. What we need to do now is find out the cause!"
When the others pulled up the rice plants, they found it to be true.
If it's not due to natural causes, then it must be man-made.
Normally, each village production team would send two people to patrol in order to prevent anyone from stealing from the team, and no one would dare to risk poisoning the rice.
There is only one reason why the rice on the entire island is in this state.
Ling Huanwu and Zhou Jiuzhen exchanged a glance and instantly understood each other.
The decision was made to hold off for the time being.
After calming the villagers down, Ling Huanwu instructed them to immediately drain the water used for irrigating the rice paddies and use water from a nearby small pond for irrigation.
That evening, Ling Huanwu and Zhou Jiuzhen did not blow out the kerosene lamp in the room, but quietly went out.
Not long after the two left, Song Yaoyao came knocking on the door, wanting some meat to cook rice and vegetables with you when you got back.
She is now more than three months pregnant, and her belly is as big as a six-month pregnant woman's. Not only is she heavy, but she also has a strong craving for food. However, with the addition of her parents, the little bit of sweet potato that Zhou Shuyao brings back each day is not enough for the whole family.
She had just returned from working at the farm, and her parents had eaten the only sweet potato they had at home.
Enraged, she held the sweet potato peel and cried, yelling at Ling's parents for the first time, tearing away the pretense of family affection they usually shared.
So she came today not only to spy on the situation, but also to persuade Ling Huanwu to take her parents back.
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