Her throat tightened.

"How early did Dad have to get up and how far did he have to run to catch loaches? It must have been very hard."

It's not easy to catch food in the water, let alone loaches, which are delicious and like to burrow holes. Even if Ma Xiuzhi didn't mention it, Liang Qingqing knew that Liang Xueyong must have spent a lot of effort. When she thought of this, she was very moved and her eyes turned red.

Seeing this, Ma Xiuzhi also wiped her eyes. This child knows how to feel sorry for others. Even if they are hard and tired as parents, it is worth it.

"Hey, why are you crying? Stop crying. It takes some effort to make something good these days. Besides, your father is always full of energy. Don't worry about him."

After hearing Ma Xiuzhi's description of Liang Xueyong, Liang Qingqing chuckled and pouted, muttering, "Those are two different things. Anyway, I'm worried!"

"Okay, okay, if you say this in front of your father, he will definitely be very happy."

Liang Qingqing responded with a smile and reached out to hold Ma Xiuzhi's arm. The latter was stunned at first by this sudden intimate action, then he narrowed his eyes and held her hand even tighter.

Due to years of farm work, even if Ma Xiuzhi washed her hands clean, they still looked gray and covered with knots, which felt a little rough to the touch.

But Liang Qingqing thought that these were the warmest and most beautiful hands in the world.

The mother and daughter talked and laughed as they walked towards the Liang family, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The others worked far away and had not returned yet. After returning home, Ma Xiuzhi went into the kitchen without stopping and made lunch in a hurry.

Liang Qingqing first scooped up some water with a basin, took a towel and asked Ma Xiuzhi to wipe the sweat off her face, and then took it to the eaves to wash her face. The cool well water took away the heat and fatigue of the morning. The water droplets stuck to her hair and hung wetly on her cheeks, adding a bit of freshness and purity to her.

Picking pumpkins is a physically demanding job, and she didn't slack off. After working for so long, Liang Qingqing only felt a sore back and waist, and her body was about to fall apart. She really didn't know how to hold on in the afternoon.

She sighed, wrung out the towel, and was wiping her face with the towel when she saw Liang Junqiang jogging over from a distance. He walked into the room without even saying hello, or maybe he didn't see her at all.

"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Liang Qingqing muttered, shrugged, and splashed the water in the basin into the yard. The sun was strong now, and the water would be dried up in no time.

"Squeak." The door was pushed open by Liang Junqiang from the inside. Liang Qingqing looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw a yellow file in his hand, which looked exactly the same as the one he handed to Fan Yanxing in the morning.

"Second brother." She hurriedly called out to Liang Junqiang, who responded and turned around. Seeing it was her, he smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits. "Little sister, how did you feel about work today? Are you tired? If you are, I will come to help you after I finish my work in the afternoon."

"Thank you, second brother. It's okay. It's not that tiring. I can do it myself." Liang Junqiang is one of the best laborers in the village. He has to get full work points every day. It's hard enough for him. How could she have the nerve to bother him.

Liang Qingqing's eyes flickered, her sight moved around his hands imperceptibly, and she asked curiously, "Are you going out?"

Hearing that she didn't need help, Liang Junqiang scratched his forehead, not knowing whether this was true or false. He was afraid that Liang Qingqing would show off and exhaust herself again, so he secretly decided to finish his work early in the afternoon and go to her field to check the situation.

"Yes, I left one in a hurry this morning, and I'll deliver it to Yanxing now that I'm free."

As expected, it was really from Fan Yanxing.

Liang Qingqing put down the towel in her hand, walked quickly to Liang Junqiang, and said nonsense without blushing or beating her heart: "But didn't mother ask you to go to the private plot and take a look?"

"When? Mother didn't tell me." Liang Junqiang frowned and subconsciously opened his mouth to shout into the kitchen. Seeing this, Liang Qingqing, who felt guilty, hurriedly stopped him, "Mother asked me to tell you, but I forgot. Second brother, you should hurry up now, otherwise mother will scold me later."

She would never scold you, and he would be the one to be scolded in the end.

Liang Junqiang looked at the document bag in his hand hesitantly, and then looked at the direction of the kitchen, and couldn't make a decision for a while.

Seeing him hesitate, Liang Qingqing gave him a strong warning, "Brother, don't dawdle, Mom is frying loaches inside. If you come back late and delay our meal, Mom will scold you to death."

The Liang family has an unwritten rule, that is, except for special circumstances, the whole family must be present before dinner can be served, no one can be missing. Everyone has worked so hard for so long, and it is finally time for dinner. If one person is late and everyone has to wait for him with an empty stomach, being scolded is the least of the punishment.

"I was wondering why it smells so good." Liang Junqiang swallowed his saliva, and suddenly became more entangled. He hesitated and said, "Yanxing came to me so early today to pick up something. He must miss his family very much. I can't delay him."

Liang Qingqing, who finally heard this, almost immediately replied, "Then I will help you deliver the things. You go to your private plot and take a look."

"This..." Liang Junqiang was shaken.

"It's just a delivery, not a big deal. Can't I do it?" Liang Qingqing put his hands on his waist, and his cheeks puffed up fiercely, which was quite intimidating.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, little sister." Fearing that Liang Qingqing would be angry, and thinking about frying loaches, Liang Junqiang gritted his teeth and handed the file bag to Liang Qingqing. Then he thought of something and said carefully, "Yanxing doesn't like others to touch his things without permission. You must not open it secretly."

"Do I look like that kind of rude person?" Liang Qingqing rolled her eyes at Liang Junqiang. Fearing that something unexpected would happen again, she quickly hugged the file bag into her arms, and secretly wrote down Fan Yanxing's taboo in her little notebook.

"..." Liang Junqiang didn't answer, but his eyes were really nasty.

Based on the previous reputation of the original owner, Liang Qingqing had no confidence to refute, and could only hum: "I am in a good mood, I won't argue with you."

After that, she trotted out of the courtyard without even taking her straw hat.

Thanks to the original owner's flattery of Su Jinchuan, this body knew the way to the educated youth point very well. Liang Qingqing could automatically think of the nearest path without having to recall it in her mind.

The educated youth point was on the west side of the village. The houses were originally made by the villagers with wood and straw. Because of years of disrepair, they looked a bit crudely made, and it even seemed that a strong wind could uproot them. But now the conditions are limited, the villagers live in shabby houses, and they don't have money to build new ones. How can they give money to these "outsiders" to build them, so they can only live in what they have.

The site was neither too big nor too small and was divided into two small courtyards for men and women. Except for the kitchen, the dormitories and toilets were all independent and visiting each other was not allowed. Normally, the doors of the courtyards and houses were all locked to prevent the educated youth from having sex due to loneliness.

Liang Qingqing walked to the gate of the male educated youth's yard and looked inside. It was dinner time. A fragrance wafted out from the kitchen. It was obvious that the snake that Fan Yanxing and Su Jinchuan had killed was playing its final role.

It was finally time to rest, but dinner hadn't started yet. Everyone wanted to stay in bed forever, scrambling to get more sleep, so no one was in the yard. Liang Qingqing, a girl, couldn't just barge in, so she had to wait at the door under the scorching sun.

Fortunately, a man came out of the kitchen soon with a spatula in his hand. He should be the male educated youth in charge of cooking today. He ran straight to the door of the dormitory, without even glancing at Liang Qingqing, and shouted in a loud voice, "Hurry up and eat."

After a while, the sounds of people getting up could be heard from inside, mixed with the rough and hoarse voices of men joking. It was hot in the summer, and the old men all took off all their clothes and slept in their pants. Some of the sharp-eyed men saw something and actually started a joke.

"You are such a shameless boy. You can't even get up upright when you sleep. Hahaha, you must be missing women, right?"

"Go away. I'm young and my thing is big. What's it to you whether

it's tall or not?" "Your thing is considered big? Don't say it out loud or people will laugh to death."

"You want to be beaten, don't you?"

The faint teasing made Liang Qingqing feel a little embarrassed, but she was not the kind of person who would be shy. Besides, she had important things to do, so she cleared her throat and shouted directly, "Comrade."

The only male educated youth standing in the yard, Zhao Qibin, was originally listening to the noise and laughing inside. Suddenly, he heard such a coquettish voice. His hands trembled and he almost dropped the spatula on the ground. He turned around and saw Liang Qingqing waving at him with a smile on her face.

Zhao Qibin looked left and right, and finally raised his hand hesitantly and pointed at himself.

"Me?"

"Yes, it's you." Seeing that he noticed her, Liang Qingqing tilted her head and smiled at him even more happily.

Seeing this, Zhao Qibin swallowed his saliva, but still couldn't help asking: "Are you here to find Su Jinchuan?"

"No, why would I look for him if there's nothing wrong?"

Hearing this, Zhao Qibin couldn't believe that this great luck in love actually fell on his head.

Because he was not assigned to repair the ditch, he just heard his brothers talking about what happened in the pumpkin field. At first he didn't believe it, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Liang Qingqing has really changed!

Listen, such a gentle tone of speech, would she have said it to him before? Not saying bad words means she is in a good mood today.

It is said that Liang Qingqing doesn't like Su Jinchuan. She used to come to the educated youth camp to borrow books from him. This is what Su Jinchuan said himself. If there is a twist in the story, and it is not really innocent, which man can speak up to clarify the scandal with the beautiful woman? He would have been secretly happy.

The most important thing is that Liang Qingqing went to work in the fields, and she did a good job!

This made the male educated youths who used to chase after men because Liang Qingqing was lazy and shameless start to make small calculations again.

The educated youth sounded good, but in fact he was just a miserable person who left his hometown.

Most of the male educated youth had become picky in the city, and they considered themselves to be educated people. They looked down on the skinny and illiterate rural girls, and kept delaying marriage. However, as they were getting older, they might be single for the rest of their lives. How could they not be anxious? Of course they were anxious.

But it was not easy to meet a fair and clean girl in the countryside.

Liang Qingqing was the most beautiful among them, but she was such a bad person...

Marrying her was like marrying an ancestor. What's more, she was picky and looked down on them. Everyone had given up the idea and began to turn their attention to the female educated youth in the same group, or other pretty girls in the village.

But after all the twists and turns, they still hadn't found a wife, and Liang Qingqing had become a different person. Not only did he become amiable, but he also started to earn work points by himself.

Maybe she is about to get married, but because of her bad reputation, no one comes to propose marriage, and she starts to worry about not being able to get married, so she suddenly realizes and learns to be humble.

Does that mean they all have a chance? The young men are full of vigor and vitality, and I don't know how many of them regard Liang Qingqing as their dream lover! After all, with her face and good figure, which man can pat his chest and say that he has no interest? When

Zhao Qibin thought of this, his eyes unconsciously swept to the two taels of meat on Liang Qingqing's chest, which looked soft and fluffy...

If Liang Qingqing is willing to marry him, even if he stays up all night and is squeezed dry, he is willing to do it!

No, he has to take the initiative, otherwise it will be too late when those bad boys come to their senses.

"Comrade Liang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhao Qibin quickened his pace, almost running, and ran to Liang Qingqing, showing the most brilliant smile in his life, then subconsciously adjusted the corners of his clothes, but noticed that he was wearing a torn jacket today, and immediately regretted it. Damn, I should have put on the white shirt at the bottom of the box.

Liang Qingqing smiled and said in a serious tone: "Please help call Fan Yanxing, Fan Zhiqing, and ask him to come out quickly. I have something to talk to him about."

If he didn't come out, she would be exposed to the sun.

"Ah? Are you looking for Fan Zhiqing?" Zhao Qibin's face changed. Before he could open his mouth, the door of the dormitory behind him was opened from the inside. Several men were fastening their chest buttons while talking.

Fan Yanxing was among them. His black coat was open, revealing a large area of ​​wheat-colored skin. His strong body was clearly visible in the sun. His muscular body was clearly defined, and his well-defined abdominal muscles were sure to feel good. The

pair of long legs wrapped in gray shorts were even tighter and stronger. However, Liang Qingqing's eyes involuntarily turned to a certain place, but she quickly looked away. She didn't mean to look at it. It was just that the presence of that place was too strong.

In the morning, she couldn't see it because of the black coat blocking it, but now it's hard not to see it.

No wonder there is a joke in later generations that if you want to test whether a man is qualified, let him wear gray pants. She didn't understand why when she saw it, but now she thinks it's true.

Gray pants are meant to be more "outstanding"!

"Fan Zhiqing, Comrade Liang wants to see you." Zhao Qibin shouted to Fan Yanxing weakly like an eggplant hit by frost. After serving as a mouthpiece, he took one last look at Liang Qingqing. Seeing that her attention was not on him at all, he returned to the kitchen with a tearful face.

He said, how could such a good thing suddenly happen to him after so many years of bad luck? As expected, even if the girl didn't come to find Su Jinchuan, she came to find another man, so how could it be his turn?

Wuwuwu, it seems that finding a wife is something that needs to be considered in the long run.

Fan Yanxing was dealing with Hong Wei here. He glanced at the gate of the courtyard when he heard Zhao Qibin's voice. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but once he looked, he couldn't take his eyes off.

Outside the bamboo fence, a slender figure stood gracefully. When she saw him looking at her, she quickly raised her hand to signal him. Her long sleeves slid to her elbows, revealing her slender white arms. She

waved her little hands at him, like a fairy summoning spirits.

"Isn't this Liang Qingqing? Why did she come to see you, Brother Yan?" Hong Wei touched the back of his head in confusion. He thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. In his mind, Liang Qingqing and Fan Yanxing were two people who had nothing to do with each other. What could she do to him?

This made Fan Yanxing's soul come back. His Adam's apple rolled. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of Hong Wei's naked upper body. His face suddenly turned as black as coal. He turned around and punched Hong Wei on the back without saying a word, urging him: "Stop talking nonsense and put on your clothes. There are female comrades here. Do you still have shame?"

Hey, why is he shameless?

What's wrong with a grown man showing his arms? Normally, when everyone was working in the fields, it was so hot that they had to roll up their pants to their thighs, not to mention their tops. At that time, Liang Qingqing was not the only female comrade, and I didn't see Brother Yan pay attention to this. It was really strange!

"Huh?" Hong Wei stared at him in confusion, but his hands did not stop, and he quickly put on the clothes in his hands.

"Put them on." Fan Yanxing ignored Hong Wei, turned around and fastened his buttons in a few seconds, and pointed at the others, his brows were furrowed, his tone was cold, and he had a strong aura of a superior.

In the youth training center, money and tickets were the hard currency, and Fan Yanxing could be said to have the best family background among them, and he was also generous. Every month, they could get some fresh goods from Beijing from him, and he rarely refused when they asked him to exchange tickets or help them, so everyone had a good relationship with him and even secretly respected him.

Now that he had made such a simple request, they naturally agreed, but they all had the same doubts in their minds as Hong Wei, and they were confused. What happened suddenly?

Fan Yanxing didn't have time to answer them.

"You guys go eat first, no need to wait for me."

After they all swarmed to the kitchen, Fan Yanxing strode to the gate of the yard. As soon as he walked in front of her, before he opened his mouth, he saw her pouting and humming: "Why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you here for a long time. I'm so hot. Can you see if my face is red from the sun?"

It was obviously a complaint, but when it came out of her mouth, it was full of indescribable tenderness and seduction, and the ending tone was slightly upturned, as if she was acting coquettishly with her lover.

Lover?

Before Fan Yanxing could figure out why he thought of this word, he saw her small face, which was not even as big as his palm, moving closer to him. The distance between them suddenly shortened, so close that he could smell the scent of soap on her hair, refreshing and going straight into his nose.

"..." Fan Yanxing's throat tightened, as if someone was choking him, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Huh? Say something?" Perhaps because she saw that he didn't answer, she took another step forward and asked.

Fan Yanxing began to feel numb from the soles of his feet. He subconsciously took two steps back, took a deep breath, and began to look at her according to her words.

Liang Qingqing's skin is very white, and the slightest redness is particularly obvious. I don't know how long she has been waiting here. Not only her face but also her neck is slightly red, but it is more likely because she stayed in the empty field for too long in the morning.

His gaze moved up again and met those beautiful fox eyes. She seemed to not know how to write the word shy. She just stared into his eyes and even smiled.

There was a thin layer of sweat on the tall and small nose bridge, and the lips were a little dry, but the next second the pink tongue tip swept across, giving them a rosy and bright color.

It's really terrible.

Fan Yanxing suddenly felt that his lips and tongue were also a little dry.

"It's a little red." He replied truthfully.

Hearing this, she covered her face as if facing a powerful enemy, and gave him a coquettish look, "It's all your fault. You saw me, but you still hesitated at the door for a long time. What if you get sunburned and become ugly?"

He hesitated for a long time because...

Fan Yanxing couldn't think of a suitable reason, so he could only comfort him kindly: "It shouldn't get sunburned, nor will it become ugly."

"You are not a doctor, how do you know whether it will get sunburned? Will it become ugly? Anyway, it's all your fault." Liang Qingqing glanced at Fan Yanxing's expression with her peripheral vision, and when she saw that there was nothing abnormal, she continued to talk nonsense with courage.

"Okay, blame me." Fan Yanxing held his forehead and inexplicably agreed to this crime that could not be called a crime.

Unexpectedly, he was so tactful. Liang Qingqing rolled her eyes and raised her lips secretly. She was about to strike while the iron was hot to ask him to agree to accompany her to the city for a date next time, when she heard him speak at the same time.

"Then you will accompany me to the city next time on vacation..."

"Then I will buy you a box

of vanishing cream..." Seeing that she was about to cry because of this matter, Fan Yanxing opened his mouth again and again, not knowing how to comfort her. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the vanishing cream and clam oil that his cousins ​​often applied on their faces. It is said that after applying a layer of that stuff, the face will become smooth and tender.

Although he, a grown man, did not understand these things and could not tell the difference between before and after application, he knew that all girls who love beauty like these facial wipes.

If I give Liang Qingqing one, she will definitely like it, and she probably won't worry so much about getting sunburned and becoming ugly.

"Buy me some vanishing cream?" Is there such a good thing?

"Accompany you into the city?" Why did he mention this suddenly?

The two spoke at the same time, and then fell silent at the same time. The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

Liang Qingqing took a deep breath. She didn't expect that Boss Fan Yanxing would be so generous. Just because of her nonsense, he actually said he would buy her some vanishing cream! This is a luxury item in this era. It costs a lot of money. People without a little family background can't afford it, and they are reluctant to buy it.

Ah, who knows that she has only used water to wash her face recently, and she can't put anything on. Her face is almost dry and peeling. How much she wants to buy some skin care products! But she is short of money.

But now he said he would buy it for her!

But when she thought that the person in front of her was the marriage partner she wanted to capture, for long-term consideration, Liang Qingqing gulped down blood and changed the "yes, yes" that was about to come to her mouth into "no, no".

"How can I accept this? If you accompany me to the city, it will be offset."

Liang Qingqing still knew the priority between one box and countless boxes in the future.

"Accompany you to the city?" What is the purpose?

Fan Yanxing frowned, unable to figure out what Liang Qingqing meant.

"Oh, don't worry about it, I'll take it as your agreement." Liang Qingqing would not state her purpose directly, she just laughed it off, and was relieved to see that Fan Yanxing did not refuse. It

was not easy to enter the city, it would take several hours to go back and forth, plus the time to stroll around the city, this was all their "alone" time, hehehe, and then they could have some physical contact, she didn't believe that he would be calm inside.

Thinking of this, Liang Qingqing looked at Fan Yanxing with more passion.

She was too blatant. Fan Yanxing felt uncomfortable being looked at by her. He coughed and changed the subject: "Do you have anything to talk to me about?"

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to give you one this morning. My brother was busy going to his private plot and I was afraid that he would delay your business, so I helped to deliver it." Liang Qingqing handed the file bag she had been holding to Fan Yanxing.

The latter took it and confirmed that it was indeed his, then said: "Thank you so much. You are still here in such a hot day. It doesn't matter if you are late."

"You're welcome. I'll leave first. You should go to eat quickly. I won't delay you." Liang Qingqing waved to him, pursed her lips and smiled, then turned and left. However, she stopped after only two or three steps, and suddenly turned back and blinked at him.

"Thank you for protecting me before."

The girl's clear and slightly shy voice echoed in his ears. The belated thanks made the tip of his heart seem to flow through waves of warm currents, and it began to beat wildly, again and again, faster than the gongs and drums that the team leader beat when urging people to work.

When Fan Yanxing came to his senses again, she was no longer in front of him.

*

Liang Qingqing was playing with a piece of dogtail grass she had picked up from the roadside, and she jumped towards her home. The smile on the corner of her lips could not be hidden. She did not miss the stunned expression of Fan Yanxing just now.

Hehe, the fish is biting.

After returning home humming a little tune, Liang Qingqing went straight to the kitchen, greeted her eldest and second sister-in-law at the door, and then went to Ma Xiuzhi. The latter saw her coming and smiled: "Where have you been? I just asked your eldest sister-in-law to go to your room to call you to drink cool water, but no one was there."

"I just went out for a stroll." Liang Qingqing squinted and smiled, thinking of Liang Junqiang who was sent to the private plot, she changed the subject to cover up her lie: "Mom, I forgot to tell you that my second brother went to visit the private plot."

Ma Xiuzhi looked at Liang Qingqing with a happy face and thought she was happy about the fried loach she was going to eat, so she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, her attention was attracted by another thing she said.

"It's so hot, why is he going to his private plot? I originally wanted to ask him to go to the mountain with your eldest brother to pick up some firewood to start a fire, but I couldn't find him for a long time. What an idiot! I'll have to talk to him later."

"You know that second brother can't sit still. He's probably worried that there is a lack of water in the fields and the crops will be sunburned to death, so he went to take a look. It's a good thing. Don't mention this matter later, and don't scold him." Seeing Ma Xiuzhi's angry face, Liang Qingqing blinked guiltily.

Ma Xiuzhi sighed, thinking that this was reasonable, and since the daughter had spoken up for her second brother, how could she not agree? She nodded immediately, "Okay, he's thoughtful. Go wash your hands and get ready for dinner when your second brother comes back."

"Okay."

The water tank was next to the second sister-in-law Huang Shumin, and Liang Qingqing took a basin to scoop water.

Huang Shumin was washing vegetables, still immersed in Liang Qingqing's warm greeting to her just now.

She thought that Liang Qingqing would definitely groan and complain about being tired after working for a whole morning, not to mention losing half her life, and then rest at home in the afternoon. As a result, she didn't expect that although she looked tired, she was like she had encountered something good, not only "full of energy", but also very happy.

This is simply not in line with common sense!

And she didn't know what was wrong with her husband. He didn't go home to rest after work, but went to the private plot to do what? No wonder she didn't see him when she came back from work just now.

Fortunately, Liang Qingqing still had a conscience and knew to speak for her second brother, otherwise she would definitely be scolded by her mother-in-law.

"Second sister-in-law, let me help you wash it?"

Huang Shumin's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Liang Qingqing. She subconsciously refused: "You don't know how to wash vegetables, let me do it."

As soon as she said this, she saw that everyone was looking at her. Huang Shumin knew that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant. Second sister-in-law saw that you were sweating profusely, so why don't you go and rest? I can wash these vegetables myself."

Ma Xiuzhi stared at Huang Shumin. Does the second brother have any opinions about Qingqing? Why are there thorns in her words? The weird tone made people feel uncomfortable. She could hear it, so how could Qingqing not hear it? She

clearly promised to get along well with her family and not to be so cold to me last night when she came to apologize to me. But she started doing it again the next day.

I guess only she knows what she is thinking!

Even if she was unhappy, she was afraid of creating a rift between them, so she quickly echoed Huang Shumin's words: "Your second sister-in-law is worried about you. She is right. Qingqing, you must be tired on your first day at work. Go and sit over there."

"That's right. Qingqing, if you want to help with the kitchen, there's no rush." ​​The eldest sister-in-law Wang Xiaomei also stood up and tried to smooth things over with a smile.

In fact, Liang Qingqing didn't take Huang Shumin's words to heart. She was not so stingy towards her family members, but in order to reassure others, she didn't insist on helping. Besides, a trip to the educated youth point had already used up all her energy, and now she just wanted to sit down.

"Okay, I'll help next time." Liang Qingqing smiled, rubbing her waist and walking towards the dining table.

It's called a dining table, but it's actually a table made of several wooden boards, and there are several chairs of different shapes placed next to it, forming a place for eating. She sat in her usual place, not caring whether the table was dirty or not, and just lay on it. After a while, she was so tired that she fell asleep.

When she was woken up again, everyone in the family had returned and sat on the chairs to prepare for dinner.

Today's table can be called "rich", a rare combination of meat and vegetables in the family.

Pour the loach into a basin, add a little salt, cover it and simmer for ten minutes, the loach will stop moving, then wash the mucus on the surface with clean water, kill it and remove the dirt, add cooking wine, ginger, green onion and wild pepper, marinate for a few minutes, heat oil in the pot at the same time, pour the marinated loach in and fry until browned.

Then add dried chili peppers, ginger slices, garlic, wild pepper and corresponding seasonings to stir-fry, finally add half a spoonful of water and simmer for a few minutes, serve and it's done, it's so fragrant that you want to bite your tongue off.

Not a drop of the fried loach oil was wasted. It was used to stir-fry a few vegetarian dishes. The stir-fried shredded potatoes and vegetables with the aroma of pork were more delicious than usual. Finally, a bowl of rice was served. Even if the rice was cooked with pungent cornmeal, I could finish several bowls of it with these dishes.

But the rice was limited, one bowl per person, and it didn't matter if they were not full, there was plenty of boiled corn and boiled sweet potato, which were sweet and sticky and loved by women and children. The

fried loach was limited, Ma Xiuzhi picked two for each person and urged everyone to eat quickly.

They had to go to work in the afternoon, so everyone buried their heads and ate. Even Songzi, who usually liked to jump around, sat quietly in a chair and wolfed down the food, almost burying his head in the bowl.

Liang Qingqing ate in a similar way to Songzi, but retained a sense of reserve. She took a big bite of the loach meat, which was crispy and soft, and left a lingering fragrance in her mouth. She immediately felt that the delicacies she had eaten in her previous life could not compare to this fried loach!

"Thank you for your hard work, Dad and Mom. It's all thanks to you that we can eat such delicious food."

She was so moved that she picked up a chopstick of shredded potatoes for Liang Xueyong and Ma Xiuzhi, and she kept saying flattering words. She was afraid that they would be thirsty, so she stood up and poured them some water.

The soft voice of the lady was enough to help them wash away the day's fatigue. Qingqing's mouth has become sweeter these days. Look, she still cares about them and pours them some water today! It is said that daughters are the intimate little cotton-padded jackets of their parents, and it is true.

The lady is more sensible than those bad boys, and it is not in vain!

Liang Xueyong wiped the non-existent tears from his eyes and waved his hands vigorously to say that he was not thirsty, but soon the bowl of water was delivered to him. He drank it and it was sweeter than sugar water.

"If you like it, Dad will go up the mountain to catch some for you next time."

"How can it be so easy to catch them? Dad, you should sleep a little longer in the morning and don't get tired. I am happier when you have a good rest than when you eat anything delicious." Liang Qingqing squinted and smiled. She and Liang Xueyong went back and forth, performing a father-daughter show of filial piety.

The others were stunned. They didn't expect that the little sister would be so serious and could make the elders happy. It felt like their father would go up the mountain to catch some loaches for his precious daughter in the next second.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Huang Shumin followed Liang Junqiang into the room and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Junqiang, why don't you learn to be a little sweet-talker from your sister and see how happy your parents are? If your parents are happy, won't they have everything?"

"Why should I, a grown man, be sweet-talker?" Liang Junqiang disagreed. He shrugged and lay down on the bed. The wooden bed made a sharp "creak" sound.

"Be gentle, the bed is broken. I wonder where you will sleep tonight."

Huang Shumin curled her lips and lay down. She remembered something, changed her expression and spoke carefully: "My mother sent someone to tell me to go back yesterday, saying that she had something to discuss with me. I will go back tomorrow to take a vacation."

This was the first time she said she wanted to go back to her parents' home since she returned to her parents' home. Although she was the one who made the decisions in her family, this matter was different. She didn't know what Liang Junqiang was thinking, so she could only discuss it.

"Sure, I'll go back with you." Liang Junqiang's voice was already a little sleepy. "There are still a lot of soybeans left from the big bag distributed by the brigade last time. I'll talk to my mother in two days and bring some back to my mother-in-law and others."

Hearing that her man was willing to go back with her and bring things, Huang Shumin's awkward mood finally eased a little.

Most men in the countryside don't want their wives to go back to their parents' home, fearing that they will take subsidies from their husband's family. So let alone agreeing to go back with them, even if they go back alone, they will give them a cold shoulder for a long time and find all kinds of reasons to stop them.

Liang Junqiang's words now undoubtedly warmed Huang Shumin's heart, and she felt that she had not married the wrong person!

Thinking of this, she took the initiative to move towards him, lowered her voice and tried to ask: "Can mother agree to take the soybeans back?"

"Why not? Mother is not that stingy. Besides, after you marry me, it will definitely be less convenient to go back to your parents' home. Bringing some things back to honor the two elders is also our way of thinking." Liang Junqiang stretched out his hand and hugged Huang Shumin, and the latter also hugged him.

But soon she was so hot that she hid away first. She wanted to say something, but when she looked up again, she found that Liang Junqiang was snoring and sleeping like a dead pig.

He was so good to her, so she had to treat him well.

Huang Shumin put her hand on her belly and thought to herself: You have to work hard to have a boy...

No, thinking of the family's attitude towards Liang Qingqing, even Songzi, the precious grandson, could not compare to her status. Huang Shumin shook her head quickly and thought it would be better to have a girl!

Yes, a girl!

After a while of random thoughts in her mind, she fell asleep unknowingly. She was still dreaming when she was awakened by the sound of the captain knocking on the gong.

"It's time to work, it's time to work, those who are late will have their work points deducted!"

The last sentence was more sobering than anything else. Everyone quickly wiped their faces, sat up from the bed, and started running to the village entrance. The team leader of each group counted the number of people, and when everyone was together, they organized to go to the fields.

Liang Qingqing was wearing a straw hat and walked listlessly at the end of the team. She yawned from time to time and looked like

she hadn't woken up yet. This scene happened to be caught by the team leader, and he said that Liang Qingqing was not cut out for work! He was busy all morning and had no time to ask the team leader how she was doing. Seeing her attitude now, he immediately made a preconceived notion that Liang Qingqing must have been slacking off in the fields. It was a pity that he was considerate of her first day of work and specially arranged an easy job for her!

Suddenly, he frowned and shouted in anger: "Comrade Liang Qingqing, go wash your face if you're still asleep! You look so sloppy and you don't even stand properly, which completely lowers the collective spirit of progress! If everyone is like you, will you still do this job?"

This loud voice instantly drove away all the sleepiness in Liang Qingqing. She shrank her neck and saw that everyone was looking at her. Her face turned red with shame. After searching for a long time, she locked the position of the team leader and replied loudly: "Yes, team leader!" It was

the first time for her to participate in such high-intensity labor. She got up early in the morning and didn't sleep well at noon because of the heat. She was really too sleepy and her body felt hollow. She was so tired, so she thought about relaxing on the way to the field, but she didn't expect to be scolded for not standing properly.

But she also knew that she would be scolded even more severely if she went against the captain at this time, and the captain was very prestigious in Daping Village, not only because he was practical, but more importantly, he really considered the villagers and put everyone's full stomachs first.

Liang Qingqing respected him very much as a good village official who served the people! She simply agreed, after all, being scolded wouldn't lose a piece of meat.

Others were not surprised that the captain would scold Liang Qingqing, because she had been singled out as a negative example and criticized individually in previous meetings, so everyone just laughed and went to work, but there were always those troublemakers who liked to jump out and seek a sense of existence.

"The captain is right. One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. Some people are very delicate and are not born to work in the fields. They will only hinder the team. I think it's better for them to find a man to marry as soon as possible. I just don't know who is willing to marry them!"