bayedsolid Chapter 36 Let Me Help You Pull Weeds
Chapter 36 Let Me Help You Pull Weeds
Wenxi took out the dumplings, counted forty-five and put them into the pot. After they were cooked, each person had fifteen dumplings and an egg, which was enough to fill them up.
Wen Xi put the dumplings into a bowl, brought it to the dining table, then called Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue, asking them to eat the dumplings first and then go wash up.
The two came to the kitchen and saw the hot dumplings in the bowl. They widened their eyes in surprise, "Xiaoxi..."
"Don't say anything, just eat quickly, otherwise it will become clumpy and not tasty." Wen Xi didn't care about them anymore, he pulled out a bench, sat down and started eating first.
The dumplings were stuffed with pork and cabbage, and there happened to be both cabbage and pork at home, so Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue didn't suspect anything and just thought that she had gotten up two hours early.
At 7:30, the gong sounded, reminding everyone to arrive at the village office within half an hour to wait for assignments. Wenxi and the others packed up and prepared to go out.
Seeing Wen Xi holding the new straw hat she bought from the carpenter, Shen Jiaojiao asked suspiciously, "Xiao Xi, why are you wearing a straw hat in the middle of winter?"
"Although it's not hot in winter, the sunlight is glaring. Wearing a straw hat can protect your eyes," Wen Xi explained.
Even though it was winter, the consequences would be similar under the scorching sun. As for why she knew this, Wen Xi had no idea. She just felt it was an intuition.
Seeing this, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue also picked up their straw hats, and then the three of them went out together.
"Xiaoxi." As soon as he went out, he heard Chang Qingqing's voice, so Wen Xi stopped and turned around, only to see Chang Qingqing's family of four coming over.
Only with work points can one get food, so most people are very enthusiastic about going to work.
Everyone greeted each other and walked towards the village office together. When they passed the door of the neighbor's house on the other side, the family happened to open the door and walked out, so the two groups walked towards the village office together.
Wen Xi could feel that there were vague gazes falling on him from time to time, and he didn't know what the other party meant.
Chang Qingqing said, "Actually, there is not much to do at the end of the year. We can just weed and fertilize the wheat and rapeseed to prepare for the New Year."
Wen Xi nodded thoughtfully. She had stayed here for two years in her previous life, so she naturally knew these things. Rice could not be grown here in winter, only wheat and rapeseed could be grown, so it was a little easier, but they could not just hibernate for several months like in the Northeast.
When everyone arrived at the village office, many villagers were already standing there.
Wenxi and the other two quickly ran to the area where the old educated youth were, stood there, and greeted those with whom they had a good relationship, but did not even glance at the people with whom they had conflicts.
Moreover, Nie Xiulan, Xu Huaying, Liang Zhaodi and Chu Waner all had a strange smell on their bodies that could not be washed off. Everyone stayed away from them as if they were some kind of dirty thing.
Nie Xiulan looked at Wen Xi, her eyes were about to spit fire with anger. If Wen Xi had just given her the watch obediently, wouldn't there have been so many problems?
Then Nie Xiulan looked at Qian Liang, the second-rate guy, and winked at him, telling him who Wen Xi was. When Qian Liang saw the beautiful Wen Xi, he liked her more and more. Then he nodded to Nie Xiulan, indicating that he understood.
He was determined to marry Wen Xi no matter what. Besides, he had Nie Xiulan to help him. He didn't believe that he couldn't get the girl even if the two of them joined forces.
After Captain Qian came over, he began to assign tasks to everyone. The male comrades went to the tool room to get tools to clear the ditches, and the female comrades went to pull out weeds.
Aunt Meihua came over and took them to the field to weed. Wenxi and the other two were assigned to the rapeseed field. When they came to the edge of the large rapeseed field, Aunt Meihua said, "Xiaoxi, the three of you are responsible for pulling out the weeds in this field. The one that looks like a cabbage is the rapeseed. All other weeds need to be pulled out. Be careful not to step on the rapeseed."
Wenxi nodded, "Aunt Meihua, I understand."
Rapeseed plants are very large and unlike grass, they are very easy to distinguish.
After that, the three of them went down to their respective assigned plots of land. Wenxi put on work gloves, squatted down, and started pulling out the weeds. Except for the rapeseed, the remaining green plants could be directly pulled out.
However, shepherd's purse is most likely to grow in rapeseed fields. Wenxi separated the shepherd's purse and put it aside, saving some to take home to eat, because shepherd's purse has a slight sweet taste and is considered delicious among wild vegetables.
Although Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were also nearby, they were too far away to talk, so there was no conversation.
Otherwise, everything they say will be heard by others.
Although pulling weeds was not tiring, squatting on the ground for a long time made his legs and feet very sore. When Wen Xi stood up to stretch his legs and feet, a man suddenly came over.
As soon as the man came over, he squatted in front of Wen Xi and said while pulling out the weeds, "Wen Zhiqing, let me help you pull out the weeds!"
It was only when Wen Xi heard the voice that he noticed that there was a person in front of him. He looked closely and found that it was Qian Liang, the well-known second-rate guy in the village.
He was Qian Liang, the second-rate guy who worked Jiang Yue to death in her previous life. In the last moments of Jiang Yue's life, she was so tired that she lay on the ground and couldn't get up. He thought she was just being lazy and didn't want to work, so he kicked her, trying to get her to get up and work, but he didn't know that she had been worked to death.
This article does not have any logic at all, so Wen Xi has no idea who in the educated youth center helped to plot against Jiang Yue.
Qian Liang was a cunning and dishonest person who neither went to work nor earned work points. His brothers and sisters-in-law did not want him to eat for free at home, so he was sent out to fend for himself.
After marrying Jiang Yue, the Qian family didn't want to waste such a labor force, nor did they want Jiang Yue to live too easily, so they coaxed Qian Liang to take Jiang Yue to move back to the Qian family's old house. Then all the affairs of the Qian family were pushed onto Jiang Yue's head. Jiang Yue had to get up and work when the rooster crowed, and she could only rest after everyone fell asleep at night.
Wen Xi also didn't expect that in this life, Qian Liang didn't plot against Jiang Yue, but instead came to plot against her. She didn't know who was behind it, but she thought it should be one of the four. After all, he had no conflicts with the others.
"Comrade, do you really want to help me pull out the weeds?" Wen Xi blinked and looked at Qian Liang in disbelief.
There is a saying that goes "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb." If Wen Xi wants to find out who framed Jiang Yue in her previous life and himself in this life, he has to deal with Qian Liang.
Qian Liang looked at Wen Xi with a smile, but behind those eyes was a determination to win. With Nie Xiulan's help, he would surely be able to win the beauty.