Living alone couldn't be better. Although she had a gluttonous person around who annoyed her to no end, his cooking was just too delicious.
Xu Qingqing clung to her bowl, tears of happiness streaming down her face.
"It's so delicious!!"
Bo Jingran's hand trembled, and he was so weak that he couldn't even pick up the bowl. He ate Xu Qingqing's cooking for several days in a row, and he was lucky to be alive.
He had never seen anyone cook like Xu Qingqing. The food looked normal, but it was so salty that it almost made him die. It was one thing to find caterpillars in the vegetables, but the steamed buns were so fine they could crush a stone.
There was even one time when they almost blew up the kitchen.
After finishing her meal, Xu Qingqing wiped her mouth and ran away guiltily, unable to bear seeing Bo Jingran looking so miserable.
What a terrible thing!
Xu Qingqing arrived at the field and skillfully harvested wheat, no less skilled than the others.
The captain looked at the weather; there wasn't a ray of sunshine in sight. His heart skipped a beat, and he grabbed the gong and drum and struck them urgently.
"Let's work harder, everyone. We need to finish harvesting the wheat before it rains, otherwise it will get wet and moldy and we'll go hungry."
Everyone sped up their hands, even the children stopped playing around and followed behind the adults to pick up the wheat.
Xu Qingqing quickened her pace, the sweat on her face stinging her eyes, and she didn't have time to wipe it away.
Sigh, when will large harvesters be available? We'll have to rely on manual labor to harvest as much as we can in a day, and if the weather is bad, we can only watch helplessly as the grain rots.
For the next few days, there was not a ray of sunshine, only ever-gathering dark clouds.
As the time drew closer, the sky gradually darkened, and gusts of wind blew by, stirring up dust and sand that was particularly blinding.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, wishing they had several hands to harvest the wheat. Fortunately, only a small portion of the wheat remained. Even if the rain came, it would only reduce the harvest by a small amount. If they ate sparingly, they could make it until next year.
'Boom!'
...
The rain finally started, and the raindrops, as big as beans, stung painfully when they hit people's bodies and faces.
Xu Qingqing wiped the rain off her face without stopping her work, racing against time to harvest the wheat. Her eyes were wet from the rain and she couldn't see clearly, so she could only cut the wheat by feel.
We finally finished collecting everything before it got completely dark.
When the two returned home, Bo Jingran went to boil ginger water. After changing his clothes, he drank the spicy ginger water, and his body temperature gradually rose.
Xu Qingqing pinched her nose and drank it all in one gulp. Normally, she would put a little bit in her cooking and not be able to taste it, but this ginger water was full of fresh ginger, and the taste was simply amazing.
"I will never drink ginger water again."
Bo Jingran said helplessly, "This is for your own good. What if you catch a cold?"
"But this tastes awful, I'd rather catch a cold."
Xu Qingqing was unconvinced. Besides, she had one of her health-strengthening pills in her space, and she wouldn't have a cold or anything like that.
Bo Jingran flicked Xu Qingqing's forehead, disapprovingly saying, "Pah, pah, pah, what are you saying? How can you curse yourself?"
In the end, she will be the one who suffers. He has obviously forgotten that Xu Qingqing has a pill that is even more potent than ginger water.
Xu Qingqing covered her forehead, feeling extremely embarrassed and annoyed. Was Bo Jingran trying to get ahead of himself? She had never been flicked on the forehead before.
"Bo Jingran!!"
Xu Qingqing, feeling both ashamed and indignant, lay on top of him, determined to give him a good whack, otherwise she would feel bad for the first time she had ever given him a flick on the head.
Bo Jingran was afraid that Xu Qingqing would fall, so he kindly supported her little bottom and even gave it a few squeezes.
Xu Qingqing's rationality completely snapped, and she scratched and bit Bo Jingran.
"Bojing—Ran!!!"
"I'll bite you to death, you bastard!!"
The sound echoed throughout the surrounding area. Nearby households, hearing Xu Qingqing's embarrassed and angry words, thought to themselves, "These two are having a great time."
...
The torrential rain lasted for several days, and the roads were flooded. Fortunately, the Daping production team was in a higher position. Those in low-lying areas had their houses flooded, and the grain in their granaries was soaked and suffered heavy losses.
The brigade leader left the commune and returned home with a heavy heart.
What's wrong with you?
The brigade leader's wife came out with a ball of yarn and saw him sitting outside the door with a pipe in his hand, seemingly lost in thought.
The brigade leader took a drag, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and sighed: "Alas, this heavy rain flooded the production team located in the low-lying area, and the commune is demanding that our production team increase the grain allowance by 10%."
"Those grains were also flooded, what a pity."
The captain's wife felt a pang of dread upon hearing this; it seemed that God was not giving them a way to survive.
"What are we going to do? We could have made it through the next year by tightening our belts, after paying the grain tax."
The captain stood up and emptied the ash from the chimney: "No matter what, we still have food supplies, and we will definitely complete the tasks assigned to us by the higher-ups."
That's what they say, but they're afraid that others might not agree. The team leader's wife knows the personalities of some people in the team very well.
The captain's wife's concerns were not unfounded. When the captain gathered everyone together and explained the requirements from above, some people started to make a fuss.
"No, I disagree. Our team also lost some food, and what we get isn't even enough to feed our family of more than ten people."
"That's right, I disagree."
“Captain, it’s not that we don’t want to help, but look at our family of dozens of people. We’re barely scraping by with that little bit of food until next year. If we have to pay an extra 10%, it’ll kill us.”
Everyone chimed in with their opinions, but the bottom line was: they disagreed.
The educated youth looked terrible. They weren't very good at working to begin with, and their work points were pitifully few. The male educated youth were in a better position, but the female educated youth were in a much worse situation. They only got a few work points a day, and the food they could exchange for wasn't even enough to feed themselves.
Xu Qingqing didn't care. There were so many bamboo forests on the mountain, she wasn't worried about not finding bamboo shoots to eat.
Besides, she has plenty of everything in her space, so she can just take whatever she wants when the time comes.
Bo Jingran, who was beside her, was not as open-minded as Xu Qingqing. He felt that since he was married and had a wife, he should take on this responsibility.
Bo Jingran lowered his head and sighed softly.
Xu Qingqing heard Bo Jingran sigh, turned her head and saw him looking lost in thought, as if someone had done something to him.
"What are you thinking? Why do you look like a wronged wife who's been bullied?"
Bo Jingran's face was stiff. His wife was good in every other way, but her mouth was too sharp.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Qingqing nudged him with her elbow: "Hey, I'm talking to you, why are you ignoring me?"
Bo Jingran was so overwhelmed by Xu Qingqing's strength that he almost choked on his breath. Helpless, he said, "I wasn't thinking about anything. I was just wondering where I could get more food to feed you."
"Support me?" Xu Qingqing looked Bo Jingran up and down, her tone low and gloomy: "Are you sure?"
Given Bo Jingran's health, she's more likely to support him.
Yes, with his disabled body, how could he support her? Bo Jingran's expression was gloomy as he suppressed the bitterness in his heart.
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