Chapter Twenty: Ma Liang Secretly Helps (Part 2)
[Host, what did you do to that person?]
Gu Zuozuo paused slightly as she worked busily, stood up, rubbed her wrist, and spoke in a somewhat nonchalant tone.
"The Love-Devouring Powder, what's wrong?"
Klass watched the scanned video with great interest, his core throbbing with joy.
[Is it an aphrodisiac? Hahaha, he's being a pervert with an old man, and he's getting beaten up by the old man's son!]
Gu Zuozuo paused in her wrist-rubbing motion, her expression turning incredulous.
"Heat? How could that be? I clearly gave him a love-devouring powder that would make him unable to stand and cause him a lot of pain, not aphrodisiac. What nonsense could he be having... Uh... I used the wrong medicine..."
Looking at the intact packaging of the Love-Devouring Powder in her space, Gu Zuozuo suddenly felt guilty. Oh no, she had taken the Love Heat Powder.
As the name suggests, people who take Chinese medicine will regard the first person they see after the medicine takes effect as their beloved, and they will want to have sex with them seven times a night, maintaining a passionate night. However, when they wake up, they will be half-crippled.
Klass was silent for a while, then burst into laughter, which made Gu Zuozuo's head buzz and start to spin.
"Shut up! If you laugh again, I'll chop you up!"
Klass couldn't stop laughing. In the video, Ma Ma San was tightly hugging the old man who was almost stripped naked. No matter how others pulled him, he wouldn't let go. He kept calling him "darling" and "baby," which made the people around him turn pale.
You might think that if a burly man were hugging a girl, people would treat it as a scandalous news story.
But when a grown man hugs and kisses someone old enough to be his father and calls him "baby," it's hard for them to handle.
Gu Zuozuo completely ignored the system's arrogant and unrestrained laughter and continued to bury herself in harvesting wheat. Wouldn't it be better to finish early, go home, and lie down?
Just as she was engrossed in her work, she suddenly heard a rustling sound.
Gu Zuozuo looked up in confusion at the person opposite her.
Their assigned field was surrounded by cornfields on both sides, with only the five acres in the middle being wheat fields. Liu Ximei and the other two were still behind her and hadn't caught up yet. So who was opposite them?
"Ma Liang?"
Gu Zuozuo looked at the boy in surprise, his face flushed red from the sun and the skin on his neck even peeling off. She was astonished; she never expected that Ma Liang would secretly come over to help her harvest wheat without a word.
Ma Liang stood there somewhat helplessly, unsure whether to continue wielding the sickle or stop, his hands trembling with panic.
"...Sister...I just wanted to help you..."
He was restless all day because he asked for that extra dollar. At night, he even dreamed that his father was holding a belt and about to whip him, saying that he shouldn't have lied and that he didn't want to acknowledge him as his son anymore.
He had already spent the money on his grandmother's medical treatment, and he was still young and couldn't earn money to pay her back. She didn't need a bamboo mat, and she was from the city. He didn't have anything to give her either, so he really didn't know what to do.
It wasn't until this morning, when I heard the older women say that these newly arrived educated youths would definitely not be able to complete their tasks, that I secretly came over, wanting to help this older sister complete her tasks. I can't repay the money, but I can help her with the work.
Gu Zuozuo sighed. This child had a strong sense of morality. He had only cheated her out of one yuan, but he had given her a bamboo basket, eggs, and wild vegetables. She thought that was enough, but who knew he would come over and secretly help her with chores.
"You're too young, this kind of work isn't suitable for you. Look at your neck, the skin's all peeled off from the sun, doesn't it hurt?"
She pulled the boy, who was looking down helplessly and silent, over and took a vial of medicine out of her pocket.
This is a skin cream she made herself. It has skin-nourishing, anti-inflammatory, and skin-protecting effects, and is also very useful for sunburn.
A cool sensation spread across his neck, and he smelled a faint medicinal fragrance. Ma Liang lowered his head, and his eyes suddenly reddened.
He lost his parents at a young age and was raised by his grandmother and uncle. However, when he was four years old, his uncle also joined the army and, like his parents, never returned. What he returned with was a bankbook and a martyr's certificate.
In recent years, Grandma's health has deteriorated, and all the money has been spent on her medical treatment. The family has become increasingly poor. Although the team has taken good care of them, it is only a temporary solution, and their lives are still very difficult.
He had no parents and was bullied a lot since childhood. Few people were kind to him, and even fewer were as gentle as his sister. She was the first.
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