Chapter 109 Coveting Her House
Lin Qi took a shower, washed her hair, and dried her hair in the winter sun, not wanting to move.
Xu Hexiao was watering the vegetables in the yard. "Did you do anything to them? How come they have grown a lot taller in just one night?"
"I went to sleep right after I came back last night and didn't do anything. However, energy is inevitably lost during the cycle. They absorb the lost energy and grow taller. This is normal." Lin Qi leaned against the back of the chair lazily. "After the first month of the lunar year, should we turn the soil?"
"It will take until February to plow the soil. In a few days, we will probably add fertilizer to the new land that was reclaimed last year." Xu Hexiao said.
"How to add it?" Lin Qi became interested.
"Cow dung and wood ash are both fine. Otherwise, you can use the silt from the pond or the swamp. If that's not enough, then go to the mountains, where leaves accumulate all year round. Those rotten leaves and the land under the trees are also good fertilizers." Xu Hexiao explained, but all fertilizers are no match for her mysterious energy.
Before Lin Qi went to the team leader to cancel her leave, the team leader came to her door first.
The captain came to find Xu Hexiao, but Xu Hexiao was not at home. He knew that Xu Hexiao had the key to Lin Qi's house, so he went to Lin Qi's place, and sure enough, he found Xu Hexiao at Lin Qi's place.
To his surprise, Lin Qi was also at home.
"When did you come back?" asked the captain.
"Yesterday." Lin Qi replied, "I was planning to go to you to cancel my leave later."
The captain nodded. "You know you need to cancel your leave. That's good. I came here today to inform Xu Hexiao that the weather has warmed up a little. From today on, he has to let the cattle out for a walk every day for two hours a day."
Xu Hexiao was not surprised at all. "Okay, I understand."
The captain said, his eyes sweeping towards Lin Qi's yard, "Your vegetables are growing well here."
In the middle of winter, the green vegetables here are unique.
"I'll pick some for you. There are only two of us and we can't finish them all." Xu Hexiao said as he bent down to pick the vegetables. His movements were natural, just like a host.
The captain looked at Xu Hexiao, then at Lin Qi, and hesitated to speak. After a long while, he uttered, "Then I won't be polite."
He won't listen to my advice. Forget it. He doesn't care anymore.
A few days later, the gong of the Anliang Brigade sounded, in order to add fertilizer to the newly reclaimed wasteland. Lin Qi was assigned to dig silt from the river.
In the winter the river level drops, and only a shallow layer of water remains in the section of the river where the silt is deepest.
"I heard there are loaches and eels in the mud, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"Of course it's real. There are not only loaches and eels, but also snails, black fish, pond mullet, catfish and so on."
"So many? Does the fish we dug count as one person's?"
"Let's count it. In previous years, it was counted per person. After all, there aren't many, two or three small loaches, how can you divide them?"
"In that case, I'm willing to dig the silt."
"I want to dig the silt, too."
“........”
Everyone signed up to dig the silt.
There were too many people who wanted to dig the silt, so Lin Qi took the initiative to give up the job, gave up her spot, and went to shovel rotten leaves under the trees instead.
On the first day of adding fertilizer, the people digging the silt more or less harvested some loaches and eels, and the smell of fish wafted over the Anliang Brigade.
On the second day, more people volunteered to dig the mud. The team leader had no choice but to let everyone line up and take turns.
It was on this day that Jiang Wanwan accidentally slipped into the mud. In panic, she only had time to grab Ming Kangjian, who was closest to her, and they both fell into the mud. Jiang Wanwan threw herself on Ming Kangjian, whether out of fear or intentionally. She was so strong that Ming Kangjian fell into the mud. He struggled several times but couldn't climb out.
To outsiders, Jiang Wanwan and Ming Kangjian were hugging each other in the mud, and their intimacy was comparable to that of a couple.
"I don't want to go back to this educated youth training center at all." Jian Tongyi complained, with a hint of depression between his brows.
"What does it have to do with you?" Lin Qi was puzzled.
"They quarreled, cried, and tried to commit suicide at the educated youth camp. They turned a resting place into a battlefield. Do you think it has anything to do with me?" Jian Yitong yawned. "They can't even sleep peacefully. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll shorten my life."
"Just because Ming Kangjian and Jiang Wanwan were hugging each other?" Lin Qi was curious.
"Yes, that's why." Jian Tong rolled his eyes. "They just hugged each other for a while, in public, with their clothes on, right under everyone's noses. They didn't do anything. I would say that they could just laugh it off and it's no big deal. But Jiang Wanwan didn't like that. She kept crying when she got back to the educated youth center, and she kept crying until her eyes were so swollen that she couldn't face anyone. Gan Tian was very angry, but Jiang Wanwan kept crying beside her, so she got even more angry and scolded Jiang Wanwan for being shameless for hugging someone else's partner and refusing to let go. Then they started arguing. Gan Tian and Ma Guizhi were in one team, and Jiang Wanwan, Zhu Qing, and Feng Qian were in another team. Jiang Wanwan was in charge of crying, and the others were scolding each other."
A girl who is so gentle on weekdays, becomes like a shrew when she scolds people, which really scares him.
"Why is Jiang Wanwan crying all the time? Is it because she is embarrassed?" Lin Qi had a feeling that this matter was not that simple.
Jian Tongyi sneered, "She didn't do it because she was embarrassed. She wanted Ming Kangjian to be soft-hearted and take responsibility. I even suspected that she deliberately jumped into the mud, deliberately dragged Ming Kangjian with her, and deliberately entangled with Ming Kangjian in the mud, just to rely on Ming Kangjian."
Lin Qi was surprised. "Is her family's situation so grim?"
"Who knows?" Jian Tongyi recalled, "According to the people who stayed at the educated youth camp, Jiang Wanwan did not go home for the New Year. During the entire New Year, she dressed very plainly and did not wear any flowery clothes. From this point of view, something must have happened in her family."
"Because something happened, they are now anxious to catch Ming Kangjian and want to change her situation by marrying her off?" Lin Qi recalled Ming Kangjian's daily attire, which ranked among the top two in the educated youth site.
Jian Tong nodded, "Having a partner can make things a lot easier. Ming Kangjian often helps Gan Tian with work, buys her delicious food, and gives her clothes and daily necessities. I suspect that this is why she set her sights on Ming Kangjian."
I see.
"What does Ming Kangjian think?" A person like Ming Kangjian who is good at judging the situation and seeking benefits and avoiding harm must want to stay away from Jiang Wanwan.
"The day Ming Kangjian emerged from the mud, he announced at the Youth League camp that he and Gan Tian were dating." At this point, Jian Yitong smiled, "Jiang Wanwan's efforts were in vain. All her efforts were in vain."
The day after Jiang Wanwan fell into the mud, she fell into the river. The person who rescued her was Xu Hexiao, who was driving the cattle to the river to drink water.
Now, in just two days, Jiang Wanwan was hugged by two men in succession.
"I didn't hug her. I grabbed her clothes and dragged her ashore." Xu Hexiao explained to Lin Qi.
"It doesn't matter whether you hugged the baby or not. What matters is that everyone in the Anliang Brigade thought you hugged the baby." Jian Tongyi gloated, as if he was enjoying a good show.
Xu Hexiao was extremely helpless, "Qiqi, shouldn't I have saved people?"
Lin Qi shook her head. "It's okay. I believe you. If you said you didn't hug me, then you definitely didn't."
Jane Tongyi: “........”
Jian Tong waved his sleeves and left. If he continued to stay here, he would probably not be able to help but curse.
"You hugged Ming Kangjian and wanted Ming Kangjian to marry you. Now that Xu Hexiao hugs you, why don't you let Xu Hexiao marry you?" Ma Guizhi said sarcastically.
"Xu Hexiao didn't hug me, he just grabbed my clothes." Jiang Wanwan explained hurriedly.
"I—"
Ma Guizhi spat, "You said you didn't hug him, so who saw it? To put it bluntly, you did it on purpose, deliberately scheming Ming Kangjian and trying to snatch Ming Kangjian from Gan Tian. But Ming Kangjian didn't like you, tsk, how embarrassing."
"Ma Guizhi, watch your mouth. Wanwan is so beautiful and has many suitors. If she hadn't hugged and kissed Ming Kangjian in public, she wouldn't have fallen for Ming Kangjian!" Zhu Qing felt sorry for Jiang Wanwan.
"Wanwan has jumped into the river. It's not enough that you forced her to death once. Do you want to force her to death a second time?" Feng Qian loudly accused Ma Guizhi and others.
"She was the first to lose face!" Gan Tian glared at Jiang Wanwan. "If she really wanted to die, why would she choose a place with people to fall into the river and be rescued by someone? She just won't give up and wants to force Kang Jian in this way. Jiang Wanwan, I advise you to give up. Kang Jian will not marry you."
"He hugged me and touched my body, so he has to be responsible for me." Jiang Wanwan risked her life.
"You are shameless. I will fight you."
Several women at the educated youth camp had a fight. It was said that the fight was very fierce. Not only did they use knives, but they also set the educated youth camp on fire. If everyone hadn't been there at the time, the educated youth camp would probably have caught fire.
"They can't live together anymore, so I was thinking that you have a few empty rooms here, could you temporarily house them for a while?" said the captain.
"Who are they?" Lin Qi had a bad feeling.
"Jiang Wanwan, Feng Qian and Zhu Qing." said the captain.
Lin Qi sneered, "No."
I originally thought that Jiang Wanwan's target was Ming Kangjian, but I didn't expect it to be her, or to be more precise, her house.
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