"No need, just rest over there, I'll be done soon!" He Chuan didn't want to eat her buns for free, so he helped her with more work to pay for the buns.
Favorability +20, indeed it increased. It seems that her strategy is effective, Su Tao's smile is even brighter.
He Chuan felt his scalp tingling when he heard Su Tao's smile, so he could only avert his gaze and concentrate on threshing the grain.
He Chuan had strong limbs. He waved his arms constantly to thresh the rice, and stepped on the pedals rhythmically without haste. Soon all the rice was threshed.
Su Tao helped He Chuan pack the threshed rice into bags and put them on a cart. He Chuan pushed the cart and Su Tao followed him to the warehouse to deliver the rice and register the delivery.
After completing the registration, Su Tao prepared to go to the educated youth dormitory. She stuffed the few remaining buns in the cloth bag into He Chuan's arms and ran away.
"I made too much and couldn't finish it. I can't put it away, so I'm giving it to you to avoid wasting it." Su Tao said while running and nodding her head. She didn't dare to stop, for fear that He Chuan would catch up and give it back to her.
He Chuan held the steamed buns and looked at Su Tao, which seemed to be covered in the sunset glow and gradually moved away in the bright twilight...
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At his father's house, He Chuan put the buns on the worn eight-immortals table. Looking at the plump white buns, his mind couldn't help but emerge with that face that was whiter and more delicate than the buns. His originally deep and cold face became softer.
He smiled dumbly, and the smile lines at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows revealed a hint of helplessness. How could she not finish the buns? These buns were obviously made today, so they were very fresh. They could be kept for tomorrow, and if things got worse, she could give them to other educated youth.
"Brother, you're here!" A girl of about eleven or twelve years old came out from behind the kitchen. She had two loose braids on her head and her face was covered with cigarette ash.
"Yeah, I'm here." He Chuan replied softly.
"Hey, big meat buns!" He Yanzhi took a look at the meat buns on the table and couldn't take her eyes off them.
He Chuan looked at his sister's greedy look, and smiled softly, "Go wash your hands quickly, I'll take a shower and come back."
He Chuan walked to the well, drew a bucket of water, and poured it over his head. The cold water reduced the burning sensation in his body, but it could not quench the ripples in his heart. After drawing several more buckets of water, the restlessness in his heart gradually subsided.
Inside the house, the younger sister had already placed the cooked food on the table and sat on a long bench, staring at the meat buns eagerly.
"Eat, eat more." Looking at the sweet potato porridge and Chinese cabbage on the table, which formed a sharp contrast with the pork buns next to them, He Chuan clenched his fists tightly, and despised himself in his heart, thinking that a beautiful person like her should live a life of being pampered, and how could she have any relationship with someone like him.
"Brother, this bun is so delicious. Did you go buy some?" He Yanzhi asked hesitantly while putting the bun into her mouth.
"It was a female educated youth who gave it to me." He Chuan was not good at speaking, and even worse at lying.
He Yanzhi still had many questions to ask: Why did she give you the buns? Does she like you? What do you think of this young woman? But seeing her brother's grim expression, she ultimately didn't ask.
Her brother was her only relative, a good man, but because of his background, because of this family, and because of her, he was a burden. Now he was 25 and still hadn't found a wife. He Yanzhi's thin face showed a maturity beyond her age, and she looked worried. The steamed buns she chewed seemed to have lost their freshness...
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