Chapter 115 The Lazy Girl in the Historical Fiction 3
The next day, these educated youths were to go to work. In the summer, it gets light early, and by five or six o'clock the sky was already bright. The educated youths got up one after another, boiled water, cooked, brushed their teeth and washed their faces.
The grain was brought back last night, and the six of them are taking turns cooking, which means boiling the sweet potatoes. They don't plan to touch the corn for now, but intend to grind it into cornmeal when they have time.
Each of them carried two sweet potatoes and ate as they walked. They were really hungry after traveling all the way to this remote mountain valley, and they ate the sweet potatoes in big bites without complaining that they were tasteless.
When they arrived at the village warehouse, Luo Dashan and the others were also there. They distributed farm tools to them. Today was the first day that these educated youth were doing farm work, so they didn't dare to let them plant rice seedlings. Instead, they were asked to weed the cornfield, which should be fine.
Xu Yanhui and Xu Qinghe huddled to one side. The boy looked thin and small, so Luo Dashan simply arranged for the two of them to shovel cow dung.
Cows are precious, and there are people specifically assigned to herd them. Cow dung also needs to be cleaned up every day, otherwise it will attract mosquitoes. Although this work is tiring and dirty, there is no one else around, and these two "black five categories" (a derogatory term for people from certain ethnic groups) don't have to be pointed at or gossiped about, which is some consolation.
Just then, a girl dressed in a blue homespun dress walked over. She had a beautiful oval face with a gentle smile, two pretty braids hanging down her shoulders, a plump figure, and fairer skin than most people. She was a very pretty girl.
This person is the reborn female protagonist, Luo Hongmei.
"Uncle."
As soon as she arrived, she sweetly called out "Uncle" to Luo Dashan, which softened Luo Dashan's expression. This niece was virtuous and hardworking, and her parents also had a good relationship with Luo Dashan. The two families often visited each other and were very close.
"Hongmei is off today? What brings you here?"
Luo Hongmei works at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, which is the first job in Shanghe Village.
This was also because Luo Hongmei was kind-hearted. Once, she saved an old man by the roadside. Later, the man's son came looking for her and found out that it was Luo Hongmei who saved his father. He also saw that the girl was quick and efficient, spoke gently and generously, and could read and do arithmetic. After testing her, he arranged for her to work as a sales clerk at the town's supply and marketing cooperative.
Only then did everyone realize that this was the director of the supply and marketing cooperative. It's amazing that Luo Hongmei met such a benefactor!
The threshold of Luo Hongmei's house was worn down by matchmakers seeking her hand in marriage. Who wouldn't want such a capable daughter-in-law? Moreover, Luo Hongmei was beautiful. Every young man in the surrounding villages dreamed of marrying such a wife. However, the girl was only seventeen this year. Although in the past, a girl of this age could become a mother, nowadays, isn't it common to have a marriage certificate? Women can only get a certificate when they are twenty.
Therefore, Luo Hongmei is currently single, and there are many competitors who want to win the heart of this beauty.
Luo Hongmei came today, naturally to see Xu Yanhui. In her previous life, she hadn't seen him much, her attention was always on that glib-tongued scoundrel. In this life, she was determined to take a good look at him.
Then she saw the two boys, dressed in ill-fitting clothes, thin and with sallow faces, making her unsure if they were the same high-ranking officials she had seen on television.
As soon as Luo Hongmei appeared, the two female educated youths in the group immediately turned pale. This little village girl was quite pretty, almost as pretty as them. As soon as this girl arrived, the men who had been staring at them so intently immediately looked away. Tsk, she really knows how to attract attention.
“I have a day off today, so I thought I’d come here to take a look. How about I register for this today? I have some time to do something for the village.”
Upon hearing this, the surrounding youths' gazes burned even brighter. Who wouldn't like such a woman with high ideological awareness, generous demeanor, and stunning beauty?
Li Taimin agreed. He was originally the village's scorekeeper, but now that someone was replacing him, why wouldn't he be happy to do it?
He was originally the village party secretary and also served as the scorekeeper, so he was also earning a share of public points. As cadres, they should set an example and naturally couldn't accumulate too many public points for themselves.
Luo Hongmei sat down on the stool and registered the farm tools they had taken one by one. The newly arrived educated youth also had to register their names again. The last two were Xu Yanhui and his younger brother.
Luo Hongmei's gentle voice rang out: "Name."
"Xu Yan returned."
"Xu, Xu Qinghe."
It really was these two people. His younger brother, Xu Qinghe, later became very famous as well. He was a top neurosurgeon in the capital, and many famous and wealthy people were eager to give him money to have him perform their surgeries.
Luo Hongmei's heart skipped a beat. This name, which had been etched in her heart for many years, made her fingers turn white as she wrote it down carefully, stroke by stroke. Finally, she looked up and smiled at Xu Yanhui.
Xu Yan returned to find that she had finished registering. He took the rake and left with his younger brother. This woman was a bit strange. Although his name did not contain any rare characters, it was rare for someone to spell it correctly on the first try, especially the character "Yan". Many people thought it was the "Yan" in "swallow" or the "Yan" in "wild goose". This woman seemed to know him.
Abandoned by his parents and separated from his grandfather, this innocent boy eventually experienced different hardships and dangers, becoming a reliable man, but he could never return to the days of treating others with sincerity.
The cowshed where Xu Yanhui and his colleagues worked was at the foot of the mountain, but unlike where they lived, it was at the foot of another mountain. No one usually came here except for herding livestock, and it was a bit far from the village. Xu Yanhui was quite satisfied with this place, as no one bothered them, and they could just focus on their work.
After registering, Luo Hongmei was somewhat lost and disoriented. She didn't know how to approach this boy who was still classified as one of the "Five Black Categories." If she got too close, her family would definitely object; if she distanced herself too much, it would be pointless.
She needed to think about this matter carefully. Her mind was filled with thoughts. She handed the completed register to Li Taimin and went back. She needed to think it over carefully. After all, the person was there and couldn't run away. She needed to come up with a safe way.
Luo Shu also slowly woke up. After sleeping well, a blush rose on her fair and smooth face, like the morning glow on the horizon, which was breathtaking. She was wearing a blue jacket. Nowadays, people don't have many choices. Most of them wear blue or black. White is rare and not easy to get dirty.
She smoothed her hair a couple of times, her strands silky, and yawned softly, her breath sweet and fragrant. Her fingers were slender and delicate, before she walked out of the room.
No one was home; everyone had gone to work. Water was warming on the earthen stove, and two soft, white steamed buns sat in an enamel basin. Luo Shu didn't want to eat them; she had been eating steamed buns all summer and was tired of them.
If others saw this, they would be green with envy. Who would be willing to feed their daughter white flour buns every day?
However, she still pocketed one and then went into the back mountain of her house. In a short while, that beautiful figure had disappeared.
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