About a mile outside Xiaojia Village, there is a mountain called "Elm Mountain". As the name suggests, there are many elm trees growing on the mountain.
There is an old saying: "A block of wood", which is often used to describe people who are stubborn and difficult to understand.
From here we can see some characteristics of elm, such as its toughness, not easy to deform, large wood width, mild texture, clear grain, moderate hardness and strength, and suitable for carving.
Therefore, elm is often used to make furniture and decoration. It not only has beautiful patterns and simple style, but also has a medium price among all woods.
It is neither cheap nor too expensive, and has a very high cost-effectiveness, so it has become one of the preferred woods for many urban residents.
Xiaojia Village earns a huge income every year just by supplying elm wood to major furniture manufacturers.
At this time, on Elm Mountain, a group of strong young men with bare chests were swinging their axes vigorously. Although it was the coldest time of the year, they were soaked all over, and sweat kept flowing down their foreheads and dripping into the soil along their muscles.
"Zhou Rang, give me some water to drink." Yu Mao wiped the sweat from his face and shouted to Zhou Rang who was drinking water not far away.
The latter paused, then closed the lid of the kettle, glanced coldly at Ga Mao, and directly refused: "No, go over there and drink it yourself."
Zhou Rang pointed to a large wooden barrel not far away. It was the shared water for everyone to drink.
After saying that, Zhou Rang carefully placed the kettle on his clothes, making sure it was stable before continuing to pick up the axe and chop wood.
"You kid, when did you become so stingy that you don't even want me to drink your saliva?" Mu Mao clicked his tongue and took a few steps to the big wooden barrel, still teasing him.
Mao originally wanted to scoop up some water to drink, but there was only a shallow layer of water left in the big wooden barrel, which didn't even cover the wooden scoop. Most importantly, because people were cutting down trees around, many leaves and debris had fallen into the barrel, making it difficult to drink.
After looking at the wooden barrel for a long time, Ma Mao pursed his lips, and after much hesitation, he finally couldn't bring himself to drink it. He turned around and begged Zhou Rang, "Just let me have a sip. I'll make you another pot when we get back to the educated youth site later."
Mao considered himself a casual and rough man, but even he couldn't drink it, so you can imagine how dirty the water in the bucket was.
Since he said so, Zhou Rang would definitely agree.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Rang not only ignored him this time, but turned around and hung the kettle around his neck, looking like he was protecting his child, as if he was afraid that Mao would steal a drink from it.
"Hey, I'm suddenly not thirsty anymore." Mao was so angry that he couldn't speak. It took him a long time to utter these words dryly.
After chopping down a tree, an idea suddenly occurred to Mao, and he suddenly remembered that the kettle seemed familiar.
Isn't this Su Nan's water bottle? She always takes it with her when she goes to work.
No wonder Zhou Rang wouldn't let this kid drink and wouldn't even touch it. So that's why.
"Haha, it's great to have a partner." Ma Mao complained in a low voice.
"Yeah." Zhou Rang's response came from not far away.
"Fuck." Mao rolled his eyes speechlessly. He actually heard it. Damn it.
After a while, everyone sat together and rested breathlessly, except Zhou Rang who was still chopping trees.
"Aren't you tired?" Mu Mao lay directly on the ground with clothes under his head, breathing heavily. He turned his head to look at Zhou Rang and couldn't help asking.
His eyes then turned to the pile of wood that Zhou Rang had chopped so far. Wow, that pile was almost twice as much as his.
It’s different for those with families. Why do they work so hard to earn work points?
On second thought, it's true. If you don't work hard, you won't be able to succeed. With Su Zhiqing's frail body, he probably won't be able to earn many work points. So Zhou Rang will have to earn more.
If he, Mao, also had such a pretty and lovely partner, he would work hard for her and pamper her.
He doesn't have any. If one person is well fed, the whole family will not be hungry, so just do as much as you can.
Hearing this, Zhou Rang stopped what he was doing and replied subconsciously: "Not tired."
"You are really strong, unlike me. I have to rest after chopping down a tree, otherwise I will feel sore all over."
"Yeah, I never saw him rest."
"Zhou Zhiqing is really amazing. I admire him."
The series of compliments from the men who were sitting or lying around him made him frown, as if something was wrong.
Because he has been exercising since he was a child, his physical strength and physical performance are indeed better than ordinary people. He has never felt tired at all after working all day without much rest like today.
I thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure it out, so I just stopped thinking about it.
䀴A certain "instigator" was sleeping soundly in bed at this time.
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In this way, Zhou Rang would help Su Nan finish the farm work on time every noon, and then go back to the mountain to chop trees. At the same time, he would also receive a bottle of "love water bottle" from Su Nan every day.
It was almost noon on the day when Su Nan and Huang Pingping had an appointment.
After Su Nan came back from the fields, she squatted beside the bed and counted the cosmetics in the bamboo box. After counting them twice, she couldn't help but frowned.
Because a box of vanishing cream was missing. No, it should be said that it was the packaging of the vanishing cream and the interior of the facial cream plus the fairy spring water.
"Did I remember it wrong?" Su Nan scratched his head, unsure if he had accidentally received it into the space.
I'd better wait a while before looking for it in the space. The most important thing now is to rush to Huang Pingping's house and put makeup on her.
Just as Su Nan was about to close the bamboo box, the dormitory door was pushed open from the outside, and Qin Xiaolan and her group walked in, talking and laughing.
The men made eye contact, and as enemies meet, they became extremely jealous of each other. They rolled their eyes and avoided each other.
No one noticed Yang Feng's unusual avoidance and the obvious panic in her eyes.
Seeing that Su Nan didn't say anything and just left with the box, Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief. When she turned around, she saw Zhong Xiaodie looking at her with a strange look.
Sure enough, the next second, Zhong Xiaodie smiled and said, "Yang Feng, I think something fell on the ground. Can you help me find it?"
Without waiting for Yang Feng to refuse, Zhong Xiaodie took her hand and half-forcefully pulled her out.
Only when they were far away from the educated youth center did Zhong Xiaodie let go of Yang Feng's hand, crossed her chest and smiled: "You stole Su Nan's things, didn't you?"
The tone is affirmative; it is not a question sentence but an affirmative sentence.
Yang Feng, who used to be outspoken and tough-tempered, now panicked and loudly retorted: "Bullshit, when did I steal her things? Don't accuse me here."
Even though she has a loud voice, Zhong Xiaodie, who knows her well, would never believe it easily.
"I've been smelling a fragrance on you these past few days, and I've also smelled that fragrance on Su Nan and Xiao Fangyun, so I specifically asked around, and someone said that Su Nan gave Xiao Fangyun a box of vanishing cream bought in Shanghai."
"I've already told you, my mother sent it to me." Yang Feng's eyes were wandering, and his hands were tightly grasping the corner of his clothes.
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