Gu Zuozuo raised an eyebrow and sighed inwardly.
"pain?"
Ma Liang shook his head, sniffed, and suppressed his sadness.
"Sister, I'm sorry, I'll pay back that one yuan."
Gu Zuozuo chuckled, reached out and ruffled his hair, her tone teasing.
"What do you mean 'repay'? Just send me a couple of whatever new and interesting things you make in the future."
Ma Liang nodded emphatically, secretly resolving in his heart that he would definitely weave the best things for his sister.
"Go home. Your grandma lives alone, and I imagine you're worried about her."
Ma Liang shook his head, his little face stubborn, refusing to go back no matter what. He followed Gu Zuozuo around, cutting wheat one slice at a time, his little face flushed from the heat.
"Put it on!"
He put the hat on Ma Liang's head, and when Ma Liang tried to take it off, he scolded him, making Ma Liang never dare to take it off again.
"You're still young. Once your skin gets sunburned, it won't heal properly. Be careful you don't end up not being able to find a wife when you grow up!"
The boy who was running around naked yesterday blushed and was incredibly embarrassed when he heard about getting married today.
Sigh~~~~
When the noon work whistle blew, Qi Meng and Meng Tian collapsed under the tree, looking utterly hopeless. These two city girls, who had never done farm work before, were facing a hellish test for their first time working in the fields.
Despite covering myself up very well, I still managed to get a little bit of it on me, and it made me feel itchy all over.
Liu Ximei carefully took off her mask and put it in her pocket. Seeing how tired the two of them were, she was in an extremely good mood.
I thought I wouldn't get any work points today, but who would have thought that these three new female educated youths were not fussy at all when they worked, and not only did they learn quickly, they also worked very hard.
"Has anyone brought you food?"
The three were dumbfounded. No one had told them they needed someone to bring them lunch. They thought they were going home to eat, since the older educated youth at the settlement had all gone home for lunch the day before.
Liu Ximei slapped her thigh and looked at the three of them with the same look she gave her own silly child.
"Yesterday, the captain told them to go back and take care of you, because he was afraid you would be scared when you first arrived."
Three people...?
"How about this, my daughter will bring me some food later, you can have some too, just to have something to tide you over."
"Aunt Liu, my grandma asked me to deliver food to Sister Gu and the others."
Ma Liang, who had disappeared before the whistle blew, came running over carrying a small basket, with the hat that Gu Zuozuo had put on his forehead.
Liu Ximei was stunned. Looking at how familiar Ma Liang and Gu Zuozuo were, she was surprised. When did Ma Liang become so familiar with the new educated youth?
"Sister, I know no one brings you food, so Grandma asked me to bring you some. It's not anything good."
As he spoke, a hint of shame flashed across his face. His family was poor, and this was all he could offer.
How do you know no one is bringing us food?
Qi Meng blinked her big eyes and curiously leaned closer, startling Ma Liang so much that he quickly hid behind Gu Zuozuo.
"When I got back, I heard the old educated youth discussing that they were betting on whether you would cry from hunger if you didn't get lunch today, and they were even stopping the female educated youth from coming to inform you."
Upon hearing this, Qi Meng stomped her foot in anger. She knew without a doubt that it was those male educated youths who did it—a whole bunch of bad kids!
Liu Ximei sighed. When the male educated youth first arrived, they were actually quite easy to get along with. They were all polite and well-mannered. However, after one of the male educated youth married a girl from the village and was recommended to go to university, the educated youth settlement was almost never peaceful.
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