When Song Yuehua arrived at the cotton field, she happened to see Liu Youfu carrying water.
"Liu Youfu." Song Yuehua shouted.
The fool was unsure at first, then he ran to Song Yuehua, grinned and said, "Boss, call me."
"Isn't your name Liu Youfu?" Song Yuehua said.
Liu Youfu scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I'm used to hearing everyone call me a fool."
"The water is still muddy." Song Yuehua glanced at the water in the two buckets.
"No, it's fine." Liu Youfu explained stutteringly, "I just watered the land, I didn't drink it, it's fine."
"That's right," Song Yuehua slapped her head and said, "I was confused."
Liu Youfu was carrying water, panting.
Song Yuehua was walking by, and seeing him like this, she asked casually, "Can you eat enough here?"
"Full! Better than in the village"
Liu Youfu said happily, "Give me enough salt, and I can still be full after drinking the porridge."
Song Yuehua's face turned cold, she kept silent and continued to ask, "Are you guys having dinner together?"
"There is a lot of work to do in the fields, so we don't have time to eat together." Liu Youfu said, "All these are brought to the fields by Grandma Li. After we eat, we can continue to work."
After that, Liu Youfu whispered, "Grandma said that she always gave me a lot and asked me not to tell anyone else. Boss, please don't tell anyone."
Song Yuehua chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell."
"Fool, this way!" shouted a man in the cotton field.
Liu Youfu hurried over carrying water.
Everyone in the cotton field was watering the cotton plants or replacing the seedlings.
After Zhou Dafu finished the things at hand, Song Yuehua asked him to go to the compound and sit with her.
Zhou Dafu said, "The long-term worker you asked me to find last time will come tomorrow. I will arrange for him to live with the idiot. If there is no problem in a month, we can sign the contract."
Song Yuehua nodded and asked, "What's the fool's name?"
"Liu Youfu." Zhou Dafu said.
Song Yuehua said, "Call me by my name from now on, so I don't forget it."
"OK."
After checking the sky, Song Yuehua said, "It's almost noon, Uncle Dafu, let's have a meal together."
"Okay." Zhou Dafu said, "I'll ask Aunt Li to cook for one more person."
"No need," Song Yuehua said, "Uncle Dafu, bring some food, and we'll go to the courtyard and talk while we eat."
When the two arrived at the compound, Granny Lan had just finished cooking. "Boss, Manager Zhou, have you two had your meal?"
Song Yuehua said, "Bring all the food here, let's eat together."
"Please take a seat first. I'll bring it over right away," said Granny Lan.
As soon as Liu Xue came in from outside, she saw Song Yuehua and the others and asked, "What's the matter?"
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Can't I just have a free meal?"
"Of course." Liu Xue poured herself a cup of tea, took a big sip, and then said, "The food may not be enough, you guys eat first."
After a while, Grandma Lan brought two bowls of soft corn rice, four dishes, one serving of shredded potatoes and carrots, one serving of cabbage and vermicelli soup, one serving of eggplant and salted egg yolk, and a plate of fried eggs with chives.
Zhou Dafu opened his lunch box, which contained a not-too-thin corn porridge, a portion of stir-fried vegetables, and a few salted radish strips. Originally, he thought that the farmhands on his side ate well, but now, in comparison, theirs seemed shabby.
After taking a look, Song Yuehua called Liu Xue over and asked, "Didn't the cotton fields distribute rice this month?"
"How is that possible!" Liu Xue said anxiously, "At the end of last month, Mrs. Li came to claim it, and she said there wasn't enough food over there, and asked me to give her more."
"Have you broken up yet?" Song Yuehua asked.
"No," Liu Xue said loudly, "It's the amount that should be given. I calculate it by the number of people here, and I always give them enough. There is no way it will not be enough. If it is boiled so thin, it will not be a problem to feed 10, let alone 20."
"Got it." Song Yuehua nodded and said while eating, "Let's eat first."
How could Zhou Dafu swallow this? Mrs. Li was his aunt from the same clan. He had kept her when he wanted to keep other people there. And because she was one of his own, he felt particularly at ease with her. But she did this behind his back.
"Uncle Dafu, if you don't eat now, there won't be any share for you." Song Yuehua said with a smile.
Zhou Dafu had no choice but to drink the porridge in no time, and then chew the vegetables. Song Yuehua also ate slowly. After eating, she called Liu Xue to go to the cotton field together.
The farmhands were sitting sparsely in the cotton field eating. When Song Yuehua and her group passed by, most of them closed their lunch boxes, stood up and called the boss. Only Liu Youfu sat on the ground, grunting and eating.
Song Yuehua lifted the lunch box away from Liu Youfu's face. There was still half a box of porridge inside. Zhou Dafu's face looked extremely ugly.
"Have you ever eaten eggs?" Song Yuehua asked.
Liu Youfu shook his head in confusion.
"Boss, wait a moment, I'll go call Mrs. Li over." After Zhou Dafu said this, he got up and left.
Liu Youfu wanted to drink the remaining half bowl of porridge, but Song Yuehua shook her head and said with a smile, "Don't eat it yet. I'll take you to the compound to eat later."
"Grandpa Lin said that we should listen to the manager and the boss." Liu Youfu said in a simple voice.
Liu Xue laughed and said, "He's like a child. How old is he?"
"19 years old." Liu Youfu replied.
Liu Xue sighed and said, "Master, why don't you let him come to the pig farm to work? It's better to deal with pigs and chickens than with people."
Song Yuehua nodded. "That's fine. You guys are in need of a laborer. I'll be at ease if he works for you. Someone is coming tomorrow to fill the vacancy."
After a while, Zhou Dafu came over with Li Pozi.
Before anyone else could speak, Granny Li started to cry, "Boss, I have done things with a clear conscience. There are many people here, and the food we give is only enough for this. I am a member of the Zhou family, how could you steal even a grain of rice?"
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