The spring night breeze is gentle, the moonlight in the courtyard is like water, the fragrance of flowers is floating, and the cats on the roof in the distance are meowing one after another, making people feel restless.
Cheng Yaoyao stood up from the bathtub, her dark hair spread out on her shoulders like seaweed, water drops rolling down her delicate cheeks. She pulled the bath towel around her body and stepped out of the bathtub on a small stool.
There was a rustling at the door.
Cheng Yaoyao paused and turned to look at the door: "Xie Zhao?"
There was silence outside for a moment, and Xie Zhao's voice sounded muffled through the door: "It's me."
Cheng Yaoyao raised his eyebrows: "Are you peeking?"
"……no!"
"Hmph." Cheng Yaoyao wrinkled her nose cutely. She had noticed something was wrong when she was taking a shower just now. Xie Zhao had been busy with the greenhouse vegetables these days, and he would sleep against the door every day while waiting for her at the door. It was very quiet. Today, there were footsteps outside the utility room, sometimes pacing back and forth, and sometimes stopping at the door.
Knowing that Xie Zhao would not peek, Cheng Yaoyao still walked to the door in slippers, tiptoed, and stood on tiptoe to look out.
I only saw Xie Zhao's back.
The night in early spring was still quite cool. He was only wearing a single layer of clothing. His broad back was stretched, and his tight muscles rose and fell with his breathing. He breathed rapidly, raised his hands to rub his face, and suddenly stood up again, pacing back and forth a few times, looking very irritable.
Cheng Yaoyao wanted to laugh, but accidentally sneezed.
“A-choo!”
A small voice was right beside his ear, and Xie Zhao turned around immediately: "Sister?"
Cheng Yaoyao didn't want him to find out that he was peeking, so he covered his mouth and kept silent.
Xie Zhao knocked on the door: "Sister, what's wrong? Don't make any noise, I'm coming in."
Cheng Yaoyao was startled and quickly blocked the door: "Don't come in! I haven't put on my clothes yet... my bath towel!"
Cheng Yaoyao raised her hands, and the untied bath towel slid down to her feet, and she felt cold all of a sudden. Through the thin door, she could hear Xie Zhao's breathing suddenly become heavier.
"You are not allowed to come in!" Cheng Yaoyao was so embarrassed that he sneezed again in a hurry.
Quietly, like a cat.
Xie Zhao tugged at his collar. It was probably going to rain tonight. The heat was so hot that it made him anxious. He forced himself not to think about the scenery outside the door and whispered, "Don't be afraid. I won't go in."
Cheng Yaoyao suddenly became furious: "Bah, big liar! Shameless!"
"..." Xie Zhao didn't know what he was thinking about, his throat was hoarse and angry. After a long while, he coughed and said, "I mean, you should put on your clothes first, don't freeze, I'll wait at the door."
Cheng Yaoyao then realized that he seemed to have been thinking in the wrong way.
She covered her burning face and jumped around. It took her a while to recover. She quickly picked up a towel to wipe the water off her body and put on her clothes.
The door opened.
Xie Zhao turned his head away as if he was being burned, and his senses other than his eyes became more acute. A cloud of warm water vapor washed over his face, mixed with a faint rose scent. This scent was accurately captured and amplified, leaving him with nowhere to escape.
My shoulder was poked lightly, it felt soft and cool, and it seemed as if an electric current was running along that point straight up to my spine, then spreading to my limbs and bones, like a fuse that ignited the nameless restlessness in my body.
The culprit even asked innocently: "Why don't you look at me?"
Xie Zhao stiffened his neck and said, "Go back to your room. I'll clean up the things!"
His tone was a little stiff, and Cheng Yaoyao was immediately provoked and pushed him hard: "Why are you so fierce!"
Cheng Yaoyao's strength was like that of a kitten, but his momentum was very strong. If he wasn't appeased immediately, he would get angry. Xie Zhao closed his eyes in pain, trying to steady his breathing, and then turned around to explain to her: "I'm not vicious..."
He was met with a pair of moist peach blossom eyes, staring at him in what he thought was a very fierce manner.
Immediately, Cheng Yaoyao revealed a look of horror: "Xie Zhao. You...you have a nosebleed!"
It was a chaotic situation. Cheng Yaoyao didn't remember how she got back to her room that night. The moment Xie Zhao started bleeding from the nose, she was knocked unconscious by the yang energy. The more severe Xie Zhao's nosebleed, the more severe she became. The next day, she lay in bed until it was almost time to go to work before being woken up by Grandma Xie. She sat on the bed with her hair disheveled and sleepy.
Grandma Xie said, "Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin are waiting for you outside. Hurry up and get up. Didn't you sleep well last night? Why are you so sleepy?"
Cheng Yaoyao blinked slowly, his mind cleared up a little, and asked, "Where's Xie Zhao?"
"Zhao went to the vegetable garden early in the morning. This kid too, got up early to wash the bedding!" said Grandma Xie. "I asked him to leave it for me to wash. How tiring!"
Cheng Yaoyao: “…” Forget it, I won’t explain it to her.
As a result, Xie Zhao had nosebleeds for three days in a row and had to wash his mattress for three days in a row. Grandma Xie knew what was going on and she regretted giving him so much ginseng chicken soup.
Cheng Yaoyao also had a headache for three days. Every night, the footsteps at the door and the cat's cry on the roof complemented each other, disturbing Cheng Yaoyao.
Cheng Yaoyao made a variety of cooling teas to reduce internal heat, and said tactfully, "Relieve yourself."
There was an unstoppable look of happiness in his eyes.
Xie Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "After we get married..."
"Good night!" Cheng Yaoyao turned around and ran away.
The first peach blossom in Tianshui Village bloomed in front of Cheng Yaoyao's window. Time passed slowly in the old house. Cheng Yaoyao put two steamed buns, a fried egg and pickled vegetables in a lunch box, put on his army green water bottle, said goodbye to Grandma Xie and ran out.
Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw Cheng Yaoyao coming out, they said, "You're almost late."
"I'm sorry, I slept late today." Cheng Yaoyao apologized obediently and stuffed two hot eggs into the two people's hands.
Han Yin said happily: "I forgive you."
Zhang Xiaofeng also said: "Eggs are precious, keep them for yourself and don't always give them to us."
"It's okay, just eat it while it's hot." Cheng Yaoyao urged, "It's late anyway."
Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng cracked open the eggs. The aroma of boiled eggs was particularly tempting in the early morning. This egg was more fragrant than any they had eaten before. The yolk was not dry either. It was so fragrant that it tempted them. They swallowed it in two or three bites without savoring it carefully.
Cheng Yaoyao watched them eat with a smile. These eggs are raised by the spiritual spring and can nourish the body. Zhang Xiaofeng and Han Yin have been working very hard recently, especially Han Yin, who works very hard to pick tea leaves to make money, and can earn two or three cents more than others in a day.
Moreover, Xie Zhao was too busy these days to leave, so he asked Cheng Yaoyao to go to work with Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng every day. The two of them were also easy to talk to, and they would go a little further every day to pick up Cheng Yaoyao.
Cheng Yaoyao likes these two friends very much.
The warehouse was in good order. Shen Yan sat at the table to supervise the work, but his eyes kept looking at the door. Why hasn't Cheng Yaoyao come today? He picked up a pen and wrote Cheng Yaoyao's name in the register.
If you are late, you will be deducted points. It was a rare opportunity to please Cheng Yaoyao. Shen Yan thought about Cheng Yaoyao rushing into the warehouse and finding his name in the registration book. He couldn't help but look forward to it more and more. He was so absorbed in his thoughts, with a longing smile on his face, that he didn't even hear someone calling him a few times.
"Ayan." A hoarse voice sounded.
Shen Yan was startled and looked up, only to find that it was Cheng Nonuo who had been standing beside him. Cheng Nonuo smiled faintly and repeated, "I'll get the tea."
Shen Yan felt guilty. Then he remembered that he had already explained everything to Cheng Nonuo, and he became more confident. He quickly wrote down the numbers and said to Cheng Nonuo expressionlessly, "Go get it."
Cheng Nonuo curled the corners of her lips, picked up a basket of tea and walked back.
After a while, Cheng Yaoyao and the other two hurried into the warehouse.
The girls greeted her: "Why are you late today?"
"Oh, I slept late." Cheng Yaoyao put his things down and ran to get the tea.
Shen Yan smiled behind the table: "Yaoyao."
As soon as Cheng Yaoyao saw him, he said with disdain: "Why is it you?"
Shen Yan's joyful look dimmed, but he still whispered, "I'll be the accountant's supervisor."
Cheng Yaoyao ignored him and went to get the sieve and tea leaves himself.
Shen Yan admired Cheng Yaoyao's slender jade-like fingers and praised her in his heart. He ignored someone who came to get tea and just stared at Cheng Yaoyao and said softly, "I'll bring the tea over for you."
"No need." Cheng Yaoyao didn't even look at him, picked up the tea and left.
Shen Yan's eyes were fixed on her graceful back.
Lin Dandandao and Lin Pingping had already seen what had just happened, and they shouted at Cheng Nuonuo angrily, "You vixen, you still have the nerve to flirt with people even though you're late!"
Shen Yan is handsome and elegant, and he is an educated youth from Shanghai. Many girls in the village are fascinated by him. When she saw Shen Yan coming to supervise the work today, Lin Dandan was so excited that she went to get tea several times in the morning, and Shen Yan didn't say a word to her. Cheng Yaoyao actually gave Shen Yan the cold shoulder, and Lin Dandan immediately hated him.
Cheng Nonuo smiled and said, "Is she late? I saw her name on the notebook."
After a while, Shen Yan was called by the accountant to load the truck. As soon as he left, the warehouse suddenly became buzzing, and the girls began to chat. Just now, a gentle and handsome male educated youth sat on it, and they were too embarrassed to talk, and they were so stifled.
Lin Dandan ran to flip through the register and suddenly shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, isn't Cheng Yaoyao late? Why is your name written in the register?"
Cheng Yaoyao was talking to Han Yin and looked up when he heard this. The other girls also looked up.
Lin Dandan thought she had caught a huge handle, and raised the notebook to shake it in front of everyone: "Hey, look! Cheng Yaoyao and the other three were obviously late, how come she wrote her own name on it? Isn't this a fraud!"
Lin Guiyuan, the girl who asked Cheng Yaoyao to braid her hair yesterday, said loudly, "Lin Dandan, stop talking nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, take a look for yourself!" Lin Dandan pushed the page with Cheng Yaoyao's name on it into Lin Guiyuan's face.
Lin Guiyuan glanced at Cheng Yaoyao and said nothing. After all, Cheng Yaoyao was late today and everyone saw it.
Han Yin asked Cheng Yaoyao in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Cheng Yaoyao's delicate eyebrows wrinkled, and he immediately thought of Shen Yan. This idiot was bringing hatred upon himself again: "It's Shen Yan."
Han Yin slammed the table and said angrily: "Yaoyao didn't write it herself! Shen Yan wrote it for her!"
"Nonsense! Why did Shen Zhiqing write her name? She...she..." Lin Dandan also reacted. Why else could she do that? Wasn't Shen Yan's attentiveness to Cheng Yaoyao just now enough to explain everything?
Han Yin was even more proud: "What did she rely on? Open your eyes and look at it. What did she rely on?!"
The girls also joined in the discussion. Lin Dandan was speechless and looked at Cheng Nonuo and Lin Pingping for help.
Cheng Nuonuo was busy picking tea leaves, as if she hadn't heard anything. Lin Pingping turned away with a sneer. She had always looked down on Lin Dandan, who was as stupid as her aunt, and it was even more impossible for her to come out and speak for her at this time.
Just then Shen Yan came back. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Lin Dandan standing there holding up the register. He asked, "What's wrong?"
"I..." Lin Dandan was speechless when she saw Shen Yan's gentle and handsome face and his nice Mandarin.
Lin Guiyuan said quickly: "She said that you, Shen Zhiqing, lied and wrote latecomers in the registration book!"
She didn't mention Cheng Yaoyao, but Shen Yan's face had already darkened. He said, "Little girl, don't just look through the registration book! If you have any opinions, just go and raise them with the captain!"
Lin Dandan's cheeks turned liver color.
At this time, a soft voice sounded: "It's not Sister Dandan's fault. Sister Dandan also heard it from others."
The one who spoke for her was actually Lin Ranran. Lin Dandan nodded desperately as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Yes, it wasn't me, it was Cheng Nonuo who said that!"
Shen Yan's face darkened and he glared at Cheng Nonuo.
Cheng Nonuo raised his head and said innocently, "Dandan, I didn't say that."
This innocent and timid look on her pale face made Shen Yan feel uncomfortable. He quickly looked away and said impatiently, "Stop talking. Go back to work!"
Shen Yan's tone was impatient.
Lin Dandan's world suddenly collapsed. What could be more terrifying than being misunderstood and abandoned by her lover? She was simple-minded to begin with, and she immediately exploded, pointing at Cheng Nonuo and crying, "It's you! You told me that Cheng Yaoyao was late and still wrote her name in the registration book, it was you! Shen Zhiqing, it was really her who said that! Wuwuwu, it was her!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Cheng Yaoyao looked at Lin Dandan who was crying bitterly, not really understanding how things had gotten to this point. The other girls were also talking about it, and seeing Lin Dandan crying so miserably, they couldn't help but tip the scales towards her.
A girl said, "Lin Pingping, you should also persuade Dandan."
Lin Pingping said in disgust: "She insisted on crying, how could I stop her?"
Lin Ranran took the initiative to step forward and said to Lin Dandan: "Sister Dandan, stop crying and go out and wipe your face first."
Lin Dandan was howling as she waited for the stairs. Moreover, Lin Ranran had just spoken for her, and Lin Dandan reluctantly followed her out. The situation gradually calmed down.
"What a psychopath!" Han Yin cursed in a low voice, "This Cheng Nuonuo is causing trouble every day! That Lin Dandan is not a good person either, she is worthy of being the granddaughter of Mrs. Lin!"
Cheng Yaoyao said calmly: "Don't be angry, someone will take care of her sooner or later."
Han Yin agreed without knowing why: "Yes, God will punish her!"
Cheng Yaoyao laughed. Waiting for God? It would be better to wait for Lin Ranran to come sooner.
No one knew how Lin Ranran persuaded her, but Lin Dandan came back safe and sound after a while, and still sat with Lin Pingping and Cheng Nuonuo, while Lin Ranran sat with Lin Guiyuan and the others.
Lin Pingping looked at Lin Dandan's red eyes and pretended to be indifferent and asked, "Why are you together with that girl Lin Ranran?"
Lin Dandan thought to herself, "You didn't bother me just now." She said, "No, I think she's unlucky!"
Lin Pingping then smiled and said, "We are sisters who grew up together. She grew up in the city, and we can never play together."
The two smiled and reconciled. Only Lin Dandan knew in her heart that a thorn had been stabbed.
…
The sunlight in the warehouse gradually became warmer, and everyone felt a little sleepy. The warehouse became quiet for a while.
Cheng Yaoyao fiddled with the tea leaves with his delicate fingers, picking out the tea stems accurately and throwing them into a small box. These tea stems can be used as earrings, but more often they are taken home to make tea. Anyway, country people are not so particular. In the morning, they grab a handful of tea stems and make a large pot of tea. They can drink it all day long and taste the tea.
Cheng Yaoyao quickly picked out a basket of tea leaves, picked it up and poured it into Han Yin's basket.
Han Yin said: "Hey, keep it for yourself."
"You're welcome." Cheng Yaoyao stood up and stretched his body, his posture lazy and handsome.
The daily quota of tea leaves per person was five kilograms. Cheng Yaoyao finished her share every day and gave the rest to Han Yin. In total, she gave Han Yin several centimeters of tea leaves every day.
She was still the same as before, rewarding anyone who served as her follower and made her happy.
Liu Minxia's eyes flickered behind her brows as she calculated the value of the tea leaves in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more distressed she felt. When it was time to eat, she could no longer sit still after seeing Cheng Yaoyao split a poached egg into two halves and letting Han Yin and Zhang Xiaofeng take one piece each.
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