Chapter 9 When Will This Day End?
Song Shuyan continued to weed in the afternoon and even sped up his work so that he could finish early and go home early.
The ladies passing by couldn't help but praise her, "This Song Zhiqing looks very fashionable and delicate, but I didn't expect that she works so hard. Unlike He Zhiqing, when she first came, she would cry after doing just a little bit of work..."
"That's what it is. You can't judge a person by his appearance."
"Song Zhiqing is good-looking and hardworking. I think he is a perfect match for my son." Another lady lowered her voice and said secretly.
The other ladies laughed, "Oh, Second Auntie, you're like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. She's from the city, how could she look down on a peasant like us from the countryside?"
The woman called Second Auntie was indignant. "What's wrong with coming from the city? Doesn't he still have to work with us? It's not certain whether he can return to the city. Don't look at Song Zhiqing's good looks now. After working on the farm for a few months, exposed to the wind and sun, he will be tanned and dry, and he won't look much better!"
"That's true. When He Zhiqing first came here, she was pretty too. Now she's not much different from the girls in our village..."
They were standing close to Helan when they were talking, and Helan heard every word. She was very angry. What did these old women mean?
I looked down at my rough, no longer delicate hands and felt sad.
My eyes are very sore.
The thought of returning to the city seems to be a long way off, making me feel even more desperate.
She doesn't want to stay in the village forever!
There were people in the village who had shown interest in her at the beginning, but she rejected them all, hoping that one day she could return to the city.
If you get married in the countryside, you have to stay in the village for the rest of your life, right?
Every day when I open my eyes, there is endless farm work to do.
She secretly glanced at Song Shuyan who was pulling weeds on the other side of the field, and felt a distorted sense of balance in her heart.
So what if I’m prettier than her and have a better family background than her?
It’s different now that I’m working in the fields with her!
Sometimes people are like this. When they see people who were originally better than themselves fall into the same situation as themselves, they will feel a strange sense of satisfaction.
Song Shuyan actually heard the gossip of the ladies, but she was too lazy to pay attention to them.
The mouth is on the other person's body, so he can say whatever he wants.
The old lady reminded her of this by saying something.
If she works in the fields without any protection, it will be very easy for her to get tanned and dried out!
Although it is said that working people are the most glorious, it is also true that they suffer the most. Haven't you seen how many rural people and city dwellers of the same age stand together as if they are of different generations?
Whenever she thought about why she went to the countryside, she would realize how much she hated those two bad women!
What a wicked thing!
Harming others and not benefiting yourself!
Song Shuyan turned his grief and anger into motivation, gritted his teeth, and pulled the weeds as if they were the neck of a bad woman. His hands were swinging until they were smoking. The trio completed the task before the sun set.
Helan was dumbfounded. She still had one row of weeds to work on, and it would take at least another hour!
Seeing that the three men were about to abandon her, they packed up their things and went home.
Without thinking, she shouted at them, "Hey, wait!"
Li Chunmei stopped and looked back suspiciously.
Helan felt guilty for a moment, then raised his head and said confidently, "Are you just going to abandon me like this? Just give me a hand. The four of us can pull out the remaining weeds in no time."
Qin Fei pulled a piece of dogtail grass and played with it in his hand, the corner of his mouth curled up wildly and teased her, "Why should we help you? It was you who said that we should work separately and no one would take advantage of each other. What? Now you are going back on your word?"
Helan threw the weeds in his hand to the ground, stood up, put his hands on his hips, and yelled at Qin Fei in frustration, "Mr. Qin, why are you so stingy!"
Qin Fei made a face at her, "I'm just stingy, what's wrong with you?"
"If you have the time to mess around with us, you might as well save your energy and work hard. Don't let it get dark before you finish plucking, or a big beast will come down the mountain and take you away!"
Song Shuyan pulled Qin Fei away and said, "Let's go back and take a shower and wash clothes. It's getting dark now, and we have to leave the dirty clothes until tomorrow to wash them. They're going to stink."
"Chunmei, let's go. Didn't you agree to help us fetch water?"
Li Chunmei followed, "Oh, here I come."
Helan saw that Li Chunmei was really going to leave her alone and cried, "Chunmei, you can't leave!"
"We've known each other for so long, and we're obviously best friends!"
Li Chunmei was in a complicated mood. She looked back at Helan who was crying sadly and softened her heart. Song Shuyan on the other end was urging her to go back.
After some hesitation, Li Chunmei remembered that she had promised to help Song Zhiqing and Qin Zhiqing fetch water. She had even accepted the candies and could not go back on her word.
So she said, "Helan, I'll go back and help them fetch water, and then I'll come help you."
Helan: "..." Wait until Chunmei finishes fetching water, and then go back and forth again, she will finish the work by herself, okay!
After a tiring day, Song Shuyan wanted to work as soon as he returned to the Youth League Home.
But I was very dirty and couldn't lie on the bed.
"It would be nice to have a recliner," she sighed.
Qin Fei sat down on a large rock in the yard, pounding his legs. He looked at Li Chunmei, who was carrying two buckets of water, and said, "I really envy Chunmei. She's so strong. She works the same day as us, but she doesn't seem tired when she comes back."
Song Shuyan watched Li Chunmei's back as she left, feeling extremely guilty. They were obviously of about the same age, but she relied on her money to order Chunmei around.
However, strength is acquired through practice, and now she really can't carry water.
She thought that she was too tired today, so she would try to fetch water tomorrow.
If she couldn't carry a full bucket of water, she would carry half a bucket.
Since she couldn't carry half a bucket, she tried to carry one-third of the bucket.
At worst, she can just make a few more trips.
Today, forget it today.
After squatting and bending over all day, she really didn't have the strength to go out and fetch water.
Song Shuyan didn't expect that the next day, her whole body ached so much that it felt like it was about to fall apart!
My arms were so sore that I couldn't lift them, and my legs were so weak that I started shaking violently when I stood up.
She was in tears.
How can she ride a bike to town when she is like this?
She asked Chunmei and found out that it would take an hour to ride a bike to town!
Qin Fei also lay on the bed and wailed, "How about we go later?"
Everyone else in the Youth League Home had gone to work, and they still had corn porridge for breakfast.
Song Shuyan's eyes were red. "This life is really unbearable. The food is bad and the work is exhausting. When will it end?"
Qin Fei felt a lump in her throat and tears were about to fall. Before going to the countryside, she knew it was hard, but she didn't know it would be this hard.
She is even worse than Song Shuyan.
Her elders sensed that the situation was unstable, so they sent all the younger generations to the countryside to avoid the center of the vortex. She brought everything she could with her, as there would be no more subsidies from her family in the future.
Song Shuyan knew that it would take another five years before the college entrance examination was resumed, and she would have to wait five years before she could pass the exam and return to the city. She felt that she could not endure that long.
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