Chapter 20

Qiao Anle was not the only woman standing at the entrance of the village at this moment.

Many women in the village, as well as women in the military compound, were also looking around, looking at the shirtless, strong, sweaty men.

The woman watched and muttered to herself.

“The rice filled up the granary yesterday. I have never seen so much rice in my life. This is really an eye-opener.”

“I’m afraid that the landlords in the past didn’t have so much food. How many years can a family of several people eat?”

“Then you’ll have to eat it in your next life. I think I’ll have white rice to eat in my next life too!”

“I heard from the recorder of the production team that after the grain delivery is finished, it will be our turn to distribute grain! As long as anyone has participated in production labor, everyone will get a lot!”

“It’s such a blessing that we have encountered such a good thing! I have never eaten real white rice in my life! I really have to thank God!”

“Let alone white rice, even filling my stomach has only happened in the past six months. I think we should thank Captain Li instead of God!”

“You’re right! If it weren’t for Captain Li leading the whole village to work, would we have the good life we ​​have now? Forget white rice, I’m afraid we can’t even have steamed corn bread to eat!”

“That’s right, that’s right. We should thank Captain Li. He is truly a living Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering in our village…”

Amidst endless discussions.

The name mentioned most often was Li Fengbei.

Speaking of the famous Captain Li, everyone’s face was filled with admiration and worship.

Whoever provides them with food is their heaven.

In the hearts of simple working people, the truth is so simple.

Qiao Anle listened at the side and couldn’t stop laughing.

Listening to them praising Li Fengbei, she also felt honored.

that’s all.

We worked hard for another half an hour.

The remaining food was finally loaded onto the tractor.

Li Fengbei handed the final inspection matters over to Fang Cheng. He went to the stream to wash his face, then strode towards Qiao Anle.

As the man gradually approached.

The women around Qiao Anle let out exclamations of admiration. Which woman wouldn’t like such a handsome, strong and capable man?

Some people even whistled at the young couple.

This caused laughter from everyone around.

Li Fengbei walked closer and said, “Wife, you must have been waiting for a long time.”

Qiao Anle shook her head, took out a handkerchief and wiped the wet water droplets on Li Fengbei’s face.

See this scene.

A man shouted loudly, “Captain Li, you two have such a great relationship!”

Then there was the sound of everyone laughing.

Li Fengbei did not stop them and let them laugh and make noise.

The only thing in his eyes was Qiao Anle in front of him.

Because they were going to the county town, Qiao Anle had obviously dressed up deliberately. She looked clean and beautiful, and she put on her skirt again.

The hem of the skirt was blown by the wind, swaying up and down.

A small part of the ankle is revealed under the skirt, slender and white.

Li Fengbei looked around inconspicuously, and his dark gaze finally fell on Qiao Anle’s face.

She had been standing in the sun for half an hour, and her face was tanned red, as if she had put on rouge.

Such beauty is too eye-catching in the gray mountain village.

Li Fengbei felt warmed by what he saw, but also a little jealous.

Just as they saw Fang Cheng walking past them, the man stretched out his hand, pressed Fang Cheng’s shoulders, and quickly took off the straw hat from around Fang Cheng’s neck.

Then gently lift your arms.

The straw hat was put on Qiao Anle’s head, covering her pretty face.

The man said, “Wife, your skin is delicate, don’t get sunburned.”

Fang Cheng was about to get angry because his straw hat was snatched away for no reason, but when he saw that the hat was on Qiao Anle’s head, he was no longer angry and started to laugh instead.

He said cheerfully, “Sister-in-law, it looks good on you.”

Li Fengbei kicked the light bulb beside him and urged.

“Go do your work now, don’t waste time.”

Qiao Anle wore a straw hat, which blocked out the hot sun and also covered half of her face.

But she couldn’t hide her smiling eyes, all of which were focused on Li Fengbei.

She asked expectantly, “Are you done? We can go now.”

“Okay, let’s go now.”

Say this.

Li Fengbei immediately took Qiao Anle’s hand, and the couple walked towards the winding mountain road together.

At first.

Li Fengbei is tall, has long legs, and takes fast and big steps. He walks much faster than ordinary people.

Even someone as physically fit as Qiao Anle couldn’t make up for the gap in physical hardware.

She is not over 1.9 meters tall, nor has a pair of long legs.

But before she could speak.

The man next to him actually slowed down on his own initiative and matched Qiao Anle’s pace.

Step by step, walk slowly.

A cold and arrogant man may be dull, but he is definitely not careless.

This caused Qiao Anle to feel sweet in her heart.

After a while.

They walked out of the small mountain road and onto a wider road.

Qiao Anle also saw the tractors loaded with rice, five in total.

This scene is really quite big.

Li Fengbei took Qiao Anle to a tractor parked at the back.

I originally thought that they were going to sit on the back of the tractor, squeeze together with the rice, and take this ride.

But I didn’t expect that

Li Fengbei took a long stride and sat on the driver’s seat of the tractor.

He extended his palm towards Qiao Anle, “Wife, come and sit on it.”

Qiao Anle was stunned.

She looked at the palm of the man in front of her, and then looked at the space next to Li Fengbei that was deliberately left empty.

I never thought she could even sit in the passenger seat of a tractor!

Qiao Anle held Li Fengbei’s palm.

With the man’s arm exerting force, Qiao Anle easily stepped onto the tractor and sat down steadily.

Her vision suddenly became higher, and she looked around curiously and asked.

“Can you drive a tractor?”

Li Fengbei steered the car expertly and said, “I learned it in the army before.”

When Qiao Anle thought about it, she felt that it was right.

Li Fengbei might even be able to drive a battle tank, so a small tractor is nothing at all.

This is a tractor from the seventies!

It’s the coolest car.

Sitting in this is just like sitting in a BMW supercar decades later!

Qiao Anle was excited and felt it was novel.

Li Fengbei reminded, “The road is quite steep and will be quite bumpy. Be careful and sit tight. If you feel scared, hold on to me. I will try to drive as steadily as possible.”

“Uh-huh.”

Qiao Anle nodded.

The little hands had naturally wrapped around Li Fengbei’s waist.

The man who was reaching out to start the engine had the corners of his lips slightly raised.

The rumbling tractor drove on the mountain road for almost an hour.

The mighty army finally entered the county town.

Their first stop was the county grain station.

Li Fengbei knew the person in charge of the grain station. After they met and exchanged a few pleasantries, they immediately began to hand over their work.

Qiao Anle took advantage of this time to observe his surroundings carefully.

To her surprise, this small county town has developed quite well.

There are two main roads in the county town, and the others are smaller roads, all of which are square and arranged in a tic-tac-toe pattern.

On the way to the grain station.

She also passed by a credit union, a hospital, and the county office building, and actually saw a three-story building, which was quite impressive in that era.

If I could live here, it would be many times more convenient than living in a small mountain village.

While Qiao Anle was thinking about these things, Li Fengbei had already finished dealing with the matter and walked out.

The people at the grain station are responsible for unloading the grain, so he can take Qiao Anle to the supply and marketing cooperative now.

The supply and marketing cooperative is on the other side of the county town, a bit far from the grain station.

The two walked for a long time and finally arrived.

Before Qiao Anle saw the doorplate of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, he saw a huge crowd of people queuing in a long line.

No need to think, it must be there!

Nowadays there are no department stores or small vendors, and all daily necessities have to be purchased from supply and marketing cooperatives.

Therefore, there are always long queues in front of the supply and marketing cooperative every day.

Qiao Anle and Li Fengbei followed the crowd and stood at the end of the team.

As soon as the two of them appeared, Li Fengbei’s superior height immediately attracted a lot of people’s attention.

Not to mention, even if the man was wearing simple and plain clothes, he still couldn’t hide his awe-inspiring aura.

It attracted the attention of others.

Many people watched Li Fengbei, and quite a few people watched Qiao Anle as well.

Because she took off her straw hat and did not wear a headscarf, her fair face, delicate features, and bright and charming appearance were unique in the small county town.

Li Fengbei turned sideways calmly.

He used his broad body to block the sight of those who were peeping at Qiao Anle.

He whispered with concern, “Wife, are you tired?”

“I only walked such a short distance, but I’m not tired at all. On the contrary, I feel very fresh. The county town is much better than I thought. There is a regular hospital. I even saw a bus just now…”

Qiao Anle told Li Fengbei everything he had seen and heard.

Li Fengbei had been to the county town before, so he naturally knew all this, but when it came out from Qiao Anle’s red lips, it sounded more fresh than before.

Although there are many people queuing, it moves fast.

The time it takes to speak.

They have already entered the door of the supply and marketing cooperative from outside.

The entire supply and marketing cooperative is like a department store.

Cereals, oils, rice, flour, clothes, shoes, cloths, kettles, candies, dry goods, books, pens…anything that can be used in daily life is sold there.

Although they are just light industrial products, they are already the best in this era.

Qiao Anle even saw a radio and a watch on the shelf.

Placed in the highest and most conspicuous position, it is “three turns and one ring”, not only a commodity, but also hard currency.

Many young people specifically ask for these things when they get married.

The stuff is good, so the price is naturally not low.

Just that watch costs eighty dollars.

You have to know that the salary of an ordinary worker in that era was only 15 to 20 yuan. Even if you didn’t eat or drink, you would have to save for half a year.

A true luxury.

Qiao Anle was watching with great interest when something was suddenly stuffed into her hand.

It’s an envelope.

The envelope was stuffed so full that it was bulging, a thick stack of stuff.

She looked down and saw that they were all… colorful bills and money!

Adding them all together, it would be at least a few hundred yuan!