Chapter 24

The watch is of exquisite style and it is hard to tell what brand it is.

In rural areas of that era, almost no one had ever seen a watch.

Everyone checks the time using old-fashioned clocks at home. Some families are so poor that they don’t even have a watch.

Ye Yanha put the watch on his slender wrist and began to admire it.

I have to say that Jiang Wang really has good taste. The style of the watch is very classic and will never go out of style no matter when.

Ye Xuanhan was a little curious about the brand of the watch, so he took out his mobile phone from the space and scanned the watch.

Soon, the watch information appeared on the phone.

The watch Jiang Wang gave her was a Vacheron Constantin imported from Switzerland. In the 1970s, a watch would cost more than one hundred yuan.

If it could be preserved to later generations, it would probably be sold for 70,000 or 80,000 yuan.

Ye Xuanhan took a deep breath, quickly took off the watch, repacked it, and then made a special place in the space to place the watch.

Although this watch is not the most valuable item in the space, she just wants to store it well, and she doesn’t know why.

Rest time is always short. After New Year’s Day, Ye Hanhan prepared to officially start her work as a timekeeper.

I had just arrived at the brigade office and hadn’t even sat down when a few team leaders crowded at the door, clamoring for me to help record their work first.

Ye Xuanhan frowned and collected their attendance sheets.

Originally, I thought everything would be fine, but the team leaders insisted on dragging Ye Han to the fields, saying that they were going to take statistics on their work progress.

When they arrived at the field, no one allowed her to go back to the office, saying that they wanted Ye Han to help them go to the field and apply manure.

At first, Ye Xuanhan looked at the enthusiastic smiles on the members’ faces and didn’t realize that everyone was making things difficult for her. But within the morning, all kinds of messy things happened to her.

The first team asked for a dung shovel and asked her to go to the warehouse to help get it.

Someone in the second team was absent from work and there was a shortage of manpower, so they asked her to take over first.

The third team…

Ye Xuanhan, who was overwhelmed with the situation, finally realized that everyone was smiling but had ulterior motives and was targeting her.

It is highly likely that it was Wu Youcai who instigated it.

Looking at Wu Youcai standing in the distance watching the fun, Ye Hanhan threw the dung shovel in his hand to the ground and gave up.

The team leaders gathered around.

“Daya, how could you do this? Your job isn’t tiring, so what’s wrong with helping us?”

“You think you are a spoiled city girl, so what’s wrong with going to the fields?”

“The great man said that we should serve the people. Anyway, the work of a timekeeper is easy. You will die if you make a contribution.”

Everyone’s words became more and more unpleasant, and Wu Youcai’s mouth in the distance was almost stretched to his ears.

Ye Xuanhan could see it from a long distance away, and his face turned pale.

“You still know that I’m a timekeeper,” Ye Han snorted coldly, “I came out today to check whether you are working seriously.”

The team leaders have not yet realized the importance of the matter and are still pointing fingers at Ye Han.

“She’s just a little girl, not even as good as Old Wu. Before, she knew how to help us with some work.”

“That’s right, this girl has thin arms, she can’t carry anything on her shoulders, and she can’t lift anything with her hands. What’s the use?”

“…”

Ye Xuanhan was so angry that he laughed. He walked in front of the crowd, stretched out his index finger, and pointed at everyone one by one.

“Uncle Zhang, you went to the toilet seven times this morning, each time for half an hour, so you will be deducted four work points.”

“Aunt Zhao, you went home five times, either to get water or to get something, so three work points will be deducted.”

“Uncle Liu, you didn’t work hard and spent the whole morning chatting with others. I’ll deduct two work points from you.”

“besides……”

These team leaders usually just do nothing but figure on their posts. When Ye Hanhan pointed at them, they lowered their heads guiltily and dared not talk nonsense anymore.

When others feel uncomfortable, Ye Han feels happy.

She ignored these team leaders and walked towards Wu Youcai.

“Uncle Wu, if you retire, stop worrying about it all day long. Can’t you just eat and drink at home? You can’t refuse to accept your age. After all, you are so old.”

What Wu Youcai cares most about is his age, and he can’t continue to work as a timekeeper because he is too old.

Wu Youcai was so angry that he could hardly stand steadily after being hit in the sore spot by Ye Xuanhan. He almost fainted.

“Take care of yourself,” Ye Hanhan continued to add salt, “If you have any health problems, how can you still come out and jump around?”

Ye Xuanhan kept saying one infuriating word after another, and even Wu Youcai, an old man, was almost crying.

Ye Xuanhan was satisfied. He clapped his hands and went back to the brigade office to work.

No one came to disturb him, and Ye Hanhan was able to do his work smoothly. In just a few days, he had reorganized the notebook that Wu Youcai had messed up.

When Liu Xia saw this, she praised Ye Xuanhan for his ability, saying that he was many times better than Wu Youcai.

During this period, Wang Jianjun found Ye Hanhan’s home.

He finally paid back the ninety yuan, but looking at that resentful look, Ye Han felt that he wanted to cut him into pieces.

“Wang Jianjun, pay back the money, and let’s forget what happened before. I’m telling you, don’t get involved with us again, or I’ll beat you up every time I see you.”

After saying that, he slammed the gate shut, leaving Wang Jianjun outside speechless.

She was really curious about how Wang Jianjun managed to get the money together.

Given his personality of liking to live off women, he might find another sucker and abandon Zheng Xuehua.

Ye Han shook his head. What’s the point of caring where the money came from? Anyway, she wasn’t the one who suffered in the end.

…

Ye Xuanhan would bring some delicious food from home to Liu Xia from time to time, half a bag of spiced melon seeds today, a handful of White Rabbit milk candies tomorrow, and thus he quickly won Liu Xia’s favor.

That day, Ye Hanhan arrived at the brigade early. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Liu Xia sitting at the table, calculating with an abacus.

She raised her head and smiled happily, “Yanhan, I’m here.”

“Sister Liu, why do you look so happy today? Is there any good news?” Ye Han asked.

“Hey, you are really smart,” Liu Xia said with a smile, “My son went to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. He has been away for half a year. It is almost the Spring Festival and he is finally back. My wife is so happy that she asked me to go to the supply and marketing cooperative early today to buy some meat for the child.”

When Liu Yan talked about her son, it was like she opened up a chatterbox and she talked about her youngest son every three sentences.

“My son is so outstanding. Han, I am not exaggerating. My son Xiao Hu went to work in the county town after graduating from high school at the age of 16. He just happened to be recommended to go to college as a worker…”

In just one morning, Ye Hanhan remembered that Liu Xia’s son was called Hu Yong and that the Spring Festival was approaching, but he didn’t remember anything else.

At noon, Ye Han was preparing to go home to cook. As he walked out of the brigade office, he bumped into a young man.

The young man was dressed in black clothes and black pants, and his appearance was much more fashionably than that of the people in the countryside.

Ye Han took a glance and saw that the young man should be Liu Xia’s son Hu Yong. He was very strong and about the same age as her.

I didn’t stay for long, just said hello and left.

Calculating the time, it is indeed the end of the year.

Today’s Spring Festival is January 27th, and it’s almost ten days away.

Ye Han remembered that Jiang Wang said in the letter that he would be back soon, and he couldn’t help but start to look forward to it. He would take out the letter and read it every day.

There is a calendar on the wall at home, and Ye Hanhan will draw a circle on it every day that passes.

New Year’s Eve is coming soon.

From New Year’s Eve to the second day of the New Year, Li Erhe gave the members of the brigade a holiday so that everyone could have a good New Year.

But until the night of the 30th, Jiang Wang still didn’t come.

Ye Xuanhan took out the frozen green onion and pork dumplings from the space, cooked them in a pot, and as a quick meal, he went to bed.

Jiang Wang didn’t keep his promise, and Ye Han felt disappointed.

She lay in bed and couldn’t fall asleep. At first, she kept cursing Jiang Wang in her heart, but then she started thinking about Jiang Wang.