Chapter 115: Somewhat distracted
"Jianguo, have you forgotten what I told you? As long as I'm here, you won't go hungry."
After saying that, Li Sihui no longer looked at him and insisted on boiling water to cook noodles. She put a pound of noodles into the pot. She plucked a scallion from the garden in the yard, washed it and threw it in, and added some coarse salt, because one would not have the strength to work without salt.
Li Jianguo swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to say anything. He would listen to whatever his sister said, and it was absolutely correct.
So, in the morning, after the brother and sister had their fill of noodles, they each carried a hoe and gathered at the production team.
"Roll call, everyone stand still."
When they arrived, the threshing ground was already full of villagers, young and old. People had to go to the fields at the age of fourteen, but they were paid half-time. The elderly also worked half-time. These two types of people were collectively called "half-laborers" at the time. Similarly, the work assigned to half-laborers was lighter than that of middle-aged people.
"Li Erzhu, Zhang Guoqiang..."
Liu Changshui took the roll call and started to divide the students into groups.
Because Li Sihui was old enough to get full work points, she was assigned to the adult group. Li Jianguo was only fourteen years old and was assigned to the half-child group, so the two sisters were separated.
Li Jianguo ate full meals for three consecutive days, and his face became more rosy and he had more flesh, and he looked energetic.
He was carrying a hoe and standing in the pile of half-baked goods, looking a little out of place.
"Li family boy, you should go to that team, you can earn more."
Aunt Liu kindly reminded that at this time, work points meant food, so it would be a good thing to get more.
"I'm not old enough, but I should be able to do it next year."
Li Jianguo now feels full of energy. His sister said that he is a man and the head of the family! Naturally, he wants to earn more.
"Oh, this kid looks very energetic after tidying himself up."
"That's right, it's better to have a biological sister. What happened when you followed your stepmother?"
These old, weak, sick and disabled women talked about it and expressed their indignation towards the stepmother.
In the adult team over there, Li Guozhu and Li Lannie gritted their teeth in hatred, but it was hard to go against the public anger, so at this time, they could only keep their tails between their legs.
Suddenly someone pushed them apart: "A good dog doesn't block the road."
Li Sihui's heavy body pushed the brother and sister aside, and Li Lannie lost her balance and almost fell down.
"Li Sihui, you are so rude."
The strong young men in the village who had always had a crush on Li Lannie jumped out one after another, blaming Li Sihui and protecting the weak Li Lannie.
"Ha, what do you mean by rude? Is it rude to take advantage of my sister like you did? No, that's called being a hooligan."
Li Sihui glared at Zhou Changjiang, who was the one who was shouting the loudest. He was Zhou Bashi's son. He was a strong man with powerful lumps of flesh on his body, and he looked energetic.
At this moment, he was holding Li Lannie like a flower protector. Li Sihui's words undoubtedly put a big hat on him.
The men around, especially the old bachelors, all started to make a noise: "The Zhou family kid is protecting his wife."
"Don't talk nonsense, she's not his wife! You little brat likes her."
When a commotion broke out here, Li Lannie, who was originally pretending to fall, couldn't hold back her pride anymore. She pushed Zhou Changjiang away, and hid behind her brother with a flushed face.
Zhou Changjiang, who looked innocent and finally stood up for the weak, was neither popular nor pleasing to the eye.
He stared at Li Sihui with his leopard eyes. What nonsense was this ugly bastard talking about? However, hugging Li Lanni's fragrant and soft body, he admitted that he was a little distracted.
He originally wanted to hug her for a while longer, but unexpectedly Li Sihui called him a hooligan. Now, he became the target of public criticism, and his role as a hero saving the beauty turned into someone taking advantage of her.
Seeing everyone looking at him with sarcastic eyes, he became angry and pointed at Li Sihui's nose and roared like an angry bull.
"Ugly bastard, what are you talking about? I'll beat you to death."
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