Chapter 5

The Song family has three rooms, one for Song Ruan’s parents, one for Song Ruan’s three brothers, and the remaining one is for Song Ruan alone.

So, after everyone went to sleep, she, who had the kitchen key, could easily go to the kitchen and bring back a lot of wheat.

Tiptoeing back to the room and closing the door, Song Ruan climbed onto the bed holding a bag of wheat, then took out the jade pendant and went in silently.

The next second, she appeared in the space, bringing the wheat in her hand with her.

Song Ruan was delighted and walked towards the black soil on the left side of the wooden house with Xiaomai in her arms.

She scattered the wheat seeds into the black soil, and then covered the seeds with black soil according to the method of growing wheat seedlings. The next step was to wait.

If wheat can grow in the black soil, she can add some spring water to test it later. Next, she has to find a way to catch some animals and raise them there.

There are many restrictions in the current situation, and food is in short supply. It would be great if we could raise animals in space.

Moreover, there will be a locust plague in the village in the near future, and many people will starve to death during that period, so it is important to stockpile food.

As he thought about this, Song Ruan slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, Song Ruan got up early to cook breakfast.

It is the busy farming season now, and we usually eat three meals a day. For the morning meal, we bring some dry food to the fields and eat before starting work.

The Song family’s staple food in the morning is sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes are steamed in the evening and placed on the kang behind the stove. In the morning, the skin will become chewy and the inside will be warm.

In addition, she made a cornmeal bun for each person, fried some chili oil, and stuffed it in the middle of the cornmeal bun.

At six o’clock in the morning, the team leader rang the big iron bell in the village on time, and everyone got up and started working.

Song Ruan brought two more sweet potatoes with her. She planned not to go home for lunch and go up the mountain to see if she could catch any animals.

When Song Ruan was walking on the road, there were already many people on the country road who were also going out to work.

“Little sister of the Song family.” A thin middle-aged woman came towards them.

Song Ruan nodded slightly and greeted: “Aunt Liu.”

Aunt Liu took two steps at a time and came closer, lowering her voice and asking, “I heard that you discovered that Zhao Zhiqing and Chen Hongying were having an affair in the cornfield?”

Song Ruan’s forehead twitched, but she still skillfully put on an expression that a victim should have: “Alas.”

“Ah, so it’s true? That’s really shameless!”

Aunt Liu’s face was filled with gossip that could not be concealed: “Then can you easily let that pair of dogs go?”

“Aunt Liu, look at what you said. Zhao Zhiqing and I are just dating, not married. Why are you talking about letting me go?” Song Ruan said indifferently.

Aunt Liu was sullenly treated with a reply that was neither soft nor hard.

“Alas, that Liu Zhiqing really has no vision. He actually chose Chen Hongying instead of you?”

Song Ruan raised her lips in a sarcastic tone: “It’s not his turn to make a choice yet. He is not worthy of me. Aunt Liu, let’s stop talking. I’m going to work.”

After she finished speaking, she walked away leisurely. Aunt Liu waited until she was far away before she whispered sarcastically, “What’s the point of being pretty? You’ll still have your man taken away by someone else.”

On the way ahead, Song Ruan met a few people who seemed to be sympathetic to her but were actually trying to get her gossip.

Song Ruan honestly played the role of the victim and let them get what they wanted.

Let the gossip get even more intense.

After going through many difficulties, I finally arrived at the place where I was going to work.

Her job was to mow the grass. The people assigned to this job were her and Widow Li from the village. Widow Li was not a gossiper, so Song Ruan could finally have some peace and quiet.

At noon, after Widow Li went back to cook, the familiar figure appeared as expected.

She was sitting under the shade of a tree eating dry food. When she saw him, she snorted, turned around and faced away from the person who came.

Yang Bin didn’t say anything either. He picked up the sickle on the ground and helped her cut the grass.

Song Ruan was slightly annoyed: “Go away, I don’t need your help.”

The man paused and said, “I’ll leave after I finish cutting.”

Then he lowered his head and continued to work without saying a word.

He was still wearing the same dark-colored coarse cloth clothes today, which had been washed to a pale color. As he moved, the tendons on his body continued to bulge out in beautiful curves.

Song Ruan suddenly stopped being angry.

Alas, this person has always been so stupid. In the past, he always secretly helped her with work when everyone went back to eat at noon. If she hadn’t returned to get something once, she wouldn’t have noticed it.

“You…don’t look at me like that.” Yang Bin finally couldn’t help it and spoke.

Song Ruan was slightly stunned: “What kind of look?”

Yang Bin took a deep breath and said, “Against all odds, just don’t look at it.”

He wanted to cover her crystal clear and disturbing eyes with his hands.

Song Ruan didn’t know what he was thinking.

When she heard that he didn’t even allow her to look at it, she immediately became irritated again.

“No, no, no.” Song Ruan said in a charming voice, “I just want to see you, humph, to piss you off to death.”

To his ears, the girl’s coquettish words sounded like a shy temptation that was reluctant to speak.

Yang Bin held his breath and quickened his hands, just wanting to finish the work quickly and leave. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and do something to her again.

The man seemed to have endless brute strength. Song Ruan only finished cutting half of the grass in the morning, but the man finished the remaining half in less than an hour.

Yang Bin piled the cut grass aside, put the sickle back beside her, and started to leave.

“Wait a minute.”

Song Ruan took out a cornmeal bun from the lunch box and walked up to her. She was 1.68 meters tall, and looked extremely petite next to the tall and strong him.

She held out the cornmeal bun in her hand and said, “Thank you for helping me cut the grass. Although I’m still angry, I’ll treat you to the bun.”

He shook his head: “No, you eat it.”

“Eat it.” Song Ruan walked closer and handed the steamed bun to him. “It’s made of cornmeal, not too expensive. Besides, I fried some chili oil and stuffed it in the middle of the bun. It’s delicious.”

The woman standing in front of him had skin as white as cream. She was sweating profusely under the scorching sun, but she still exuded a faint fragrance.

He was completely unable to think, nor did he hear what she said. He only saw her bright red lips opening and closing, as if inviting him to taste them.

His eyes gradually darkened, tinged with a dark light of desire.

Song Ruan pushed him: “Why don’t you speak?”

This push made him sober up a little and interrupted his act of usurping power.

He looked forbearing: “I’m leaving first.”

After saying this, he walked away with big strides along his long legs, his steps still a little flustered.

Not long after Yang Bin left, Widow Li came over after finishing lunch.

“Sister Song Ruan, you’ve finished the mowing, so quickly?”

Song Ruan was embarrassed: “Yes, that’s right.”

“Aunt Li, I want to go up the mountain. Can you help me while I’m recording my work points? In exchange, I’ll bring you breakfast tomorrow, okay?”

“Oh, it’s just a little job, you don’t have to bring me breakfast.” Widow Li said cheerfully, “I will help you, go ahead.”

“Thank you, Aunt Li.” Song Ruan immediately stood up and packed her things, preparing to leave. “But I will definitely bring you breakfast. Aunt Li, remember not to bring breakfast tomorrow.”

“Okay, thank you in advance.” Widow Li smiled and said, “But remember not to go too deep into the mountain. Some people said they saw traces of wild boars on the mountain.”

“Okay, thank you, Auntie. I’ll be leaving now.”