"knock off."
By noon, the team had finished working on ten acres of land.
Jiang Yaping wiped the sweat from her face and gave an order with a smile on her face: "Take a rest this afternoon and tomorrow. I will inform you individually about the subsequent arrangements."
The art troupe also finished work at noon today and went back to the cafeteria for lunch. When I passed by the first troupe, I saw that the work had been completed. The soil had been turned over so perfectly that there was no fault to be found. They even had half the time left to rest. Their faces were so colorful.
Meng Xiaoying dragged her hoe as she walked among the crowd. She saw that although Gong Linglong was sweating, she was not tired at all. Her delicate and elegant face was rosy and shiny because of the sweat. There was not a single callus on her hands, and she still had the strength to help other military wives carry their children. She was so jealous that her face was twisted and hideous.
Seeing her so relaxed, and then looking at myself exhausted and with my hands covered in blisters, the anger that had been pent up in my stomach almost exploded.
But thinking of the scolding from her leaders yesterday, she didn't dare to lose her temper. She could only vent in her heart: "I'm just a country bumpkin, born to face the loess and back to the sky, destined to dig the ground for the rest of my life. I'm just temporarily experiencing the labor. I won't bother with these country bumpkins and shrews."
Lu Jingchuan was carrying a piece of meat back home when he saw Gong Linglong and the others coming back from a distance. He ran towards her and asked, "Linglong, are you done with work?"
"Hey, Brother Jing, why are you back so early?"
"We finished work early today."
Lu Jingchuan took the hoe from her hand and saw Yuan Anbin's son Gangzi lying on her with red eyes. He teased him, "Gangzi, why are you still crying?"
"He hasn't seen his family for a few days. He kept crying this morning and I couldn't comfort him for a long time."
Gong Linglong whispered to him that Gangzi was only three years old and was at a sensitive age. The sisters-in-law had taught their children not to mention Chen Eryan. He had had fun playing with his friends a few days ago and did not think of his parents, but today, for some reason, he kept calling for his parents in the field and no matter how he was coaxed, it was useless.
Later, Gong Linglong gave him candy and oranges to eat, and he stopped crying. On the way back, he hugged her legs and asked her to carry him back.
Seeing Gangzi's pout again, Gong Linglong quickly changed the subject: "Did you just go out and buy the meat?"
"No, it's the reward for the mission we went out on yesterday."
Seeing that the other family members were all there, Lu Jingchuan said to the sisters-in-law, "Sisters-in-law, don't cook for lunch. The men can go to the cafeteria to get food. Linglong and I will cook this piece of meat at home and share it with everyone at noon."
"Oh, okay."
There was meat to eat, and not only were the sisters-in-law happy, but the children's eyes were also shining.
"Gangzi, stop crying. Let's go home and cook some meat."
Gong Linglong took the lead, holding the child, and asked loudly, "Sisters-in-law, how would you like to eat this meat?"
"Meat tastes good even when cooked with shit." Liao Qiuhua said.
Gong Linglong: “…”
My appetite instantly disappeared. She definitely did that on purpose.
Jiang Yaping rolled her eyes and said, "Liao Qiuhua, if you can't speak, just shut up."
"Ha ha."
Others who knew Liao Qiuhua's character all laughed out loud.
Even Lu Jingchuan couldn't help but joke, "Sister Liao, how about you cut off some of yours separately, ask the battalion commander for some special ingredients, and then you two can go home and cook it separately?"
"They both have unique tastes, so I cut the meat into pieces and let them take it home and cook it separately." Jiang Yaping also found it very funny.
Liao Qiuhua laughed non-stop and said in a loud voice, "We are a big collective. Good things should be enjoyed by everyone. My husband and I will never ask for special treatment."
"Mrs. Liao, you can kick me away at this time. I promise not to blame you for kicking me. After I get up, I will roll away quickly and roll to a place where you can't see me." Gong Linglong also jokingly responded.
"Sister Linglong, I dare not ask you to leave. If I ask you to leave today, the deputy leader will make my man leave quickly tomorrow."
The battalion commander lived across the street. Liao Qiuhua often saw Deputy Regiment Commander Lu doing housework after get off work. He also helped her fetch bath water and hang clothes. He really loved her to the core. They would not be stupid enough to bully her like Meng Xiaoying and the others did.
Besides, Gong Linglong has a cheerful and interesting personality, is generous and righteous, and has a compatible temperament with them. All the family members in the group like her very much.
The group was laughing and joking in harmony, but the mood of the others following behind was completely different.
The second and third groups envied the first group for being rewarded with pork. Most of the people in the art troupe were also paying attention to the meat. If they cooked the whole piece of meat, even though there were many people, each person would get two or three pieces of meat after dividing it equally.
People in the art troupe receive a fixed monthly allowance, but they can't bear to eat meat every other day. Basically, everyone only has one meat dish a week to satisfy their cravings.
Seeing such a big piece of meat, not only the military wives and children, but even they were drooling.
Everyone's attention was on the meat, but Meng Xiaoying's focus was on Lu Jingchuan.
Seeing that he only had Gong Linglong in his eyes, and his eyes were gentle and smiling, completely different from his usual indifference, and then thinking about how she had expressed her feelings intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't even give her a glance, the jealousy suppressed in her heart once again surged violently.
She admitted that Gong Linglong was pretty, but she was not bad either. She was recognized as the most beautiful in the art troupe, and her family background was even better than the other one. She couldn't understand why Lu Jingchuan didn't even look at her and insisted on choosing a rural bumpkin as his wife.
She felt that Lu Jingchuan was deliberately humiliating her.
Meng Xiaoying has never suffered any grievances since she was a child. She grew up in a honeypot. Her parents and elders all doted on her too much. As long as she wanted something, they would satisfy her without saying a word.
But what happened recently deeply stimulated her, and instead of reflecting on herself, she forced out all the bad qualities in her character.
Once a person starts to get stuck in a rut and cannot open his narrow mind, and there are other people around him who encourage and stimulate him, he will only be forced to fall into the abyss step by step without knowing it.
Meng Xiaoying didn't reflect on herself at all at this moment. Her mind was full of resentment. She hated Lu Jingchuan for ignoring her humiliation, hated Gong Linglong for arrogantly snatching her things, and hated the country bumpkins in the family quarters for slapping her in the face. In short, when she thought about what had happened in the past few days, she seemed to be overwhelmed by anger.
The others were tired after a morning of work and were hungry, so they all rushed back to have lunch. No one paid any attention to her. Only her number one lackey, Xu Wei, noticed the change in her expression.
It was the first time Xu Wei saw Meng Xiaoying's murderous face, so she was smart enough not to go up and talk to her and get into trouble.
She followed closely behind him, thinking that Meng Xiaoying's expression changed just after she saw Lu Jingchuan. She had some vague guesses in her mind, thinking that she would definitely retaliate against Gong Linglong, and maybe even cause trouble for Lu Jingchuan. A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
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