Chapter 17

In the wheat field, fifty or sixty men and women were waving sickles and cutting wheat ears.

The queue was sometimes formed in a V-shape and sometimes in a straight line, like geese migrating south.

Zheng Yunsheng was naturally also in the wheat-harvesting team.

Harvesting wheat is the hardest farm work done by farmers.

At this time, the sun was scorching and people were sweating and panting.

Generally, when a cooperative is harvesting wheat, the most labor force participates in the first ten days or so, and the fields and countryside are full of people.

Once it reaches the middle and late stages, it is necessary to harvest, thresh, hand in the publicly purchased grain, and arrange summer farmland infrastructure construction.

Therefore, fewer and fewer members will participate in the harvest.

The summer solstice has just passed and the wheat harvest has only just begun in the past two days, so there are still many people in the fields at this time.

When Zheng Yunsheng works, he takes off his coat and leaves only a vest on.

On his exposed arms, one can clearly see the bulging muscles, but they are not particularly exaggerated. His tall and straight figure is even more pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of the vest.

While working, Zheng Yunsheng worked very hard. He waved the sickle in his hand quickly and did not let himself stop for a moment.

The main thing is that if you take a break, you’ll easily lose energy, so it’s better to keep going with all your strength.

Bai Xiaoou was harvesting wheat not far from Zheng Yunsheng.

She was wearing the army green uniform of educated youth, and from time to time she would raise her head and glance in the direction of Zheng Yunsheng, looking thoughtful.

“Hello, Xiaoou.” A shrill female voice sounded beside Bai Xiaoou’s ears.

Bai Xiaoou turned his head, glanced suspiciously at the young woman beside him, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

The young woman looked at Bai Xiaoou and said:

“Stop looking at her, stop looking at her. Your eyes are almost glued to her. Zheng Zhiqing already has a lover. There’s no point in thinking about her anymore!”

The woman who spoke was called Chang Qing, and she was a very good friend of Bai Xiaoou.

Seeing that Bai Xiaoou had not worked properly all day and had been looking at Zheng Yunsheng, she whispered a complaint in Bai Xiaoou’s ear.

When Bai Xiaoou heard Chang Qing’s words, his face suddenly turned bad.

“She is not a lover at all. She just married Brother Yunsheng because he had no other choice but to climb into bed with her. She is just a country woman who is not presentable. I don’t believe that Brother Yunsheng will take her with him when he returns to the city!”

Bai Xiaoou and Chang Qing are now working alone in a small field of one fen in size.

The two of them were talking in a low voice so no one else could hear them, so Bai Xiaoou spoke out what was in his mind so unscrupulously.

When Chang Qing heard Bai Xiaoou’s words, she looked around nervously. Seeing that no one noticed them, she spoke:

“How dare you say anything? It’s a good thing it’s me. Otherwise, how would others think of you if they heard it?

But I say you are really stupid. If you like Zheng Yunsheng so much, why didn’t you sleep with him earlier? Now you’ve been snatched away by someone else!”

“Bah!” Bai Xiaoou glared at Chang Qing angrily: “Do you think everyone is as shameless as that country girl, marrying someone by climbing into bed? If I did such a thing, I would definitely be beaten to a pulp by my parents!”

Chang Qing remained silent. In her heart, she was actually despising Bai Xiaoou for pretending to be noble. If she really had some dignity, why would she be secretly thinking about a married man here?

Of course, Chang Qing would never say this out loud. She only dared to mock Bai Xiaoou secretly in her heart.

On the surface, she still had to maintain her plastic sisterhood with Bai Xiaoou.

When harvesting wheat, the time always seems particularly long. Old people always say that you cannot look up and forward when harvesting wheat.

Because when people look up and see the endless wheat fields in front of them, they are likely to collapse.

However, no matter how hard time is, the sun will always set.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the team leader shouted loudly in the field on time: “It’s time to get off work!”

After the captain gave the order, everyone stopped what they were doing, packed up their things and went home.

The crowd dispersed and began to walk towards the village in twos and threes.

Zheng Yunsheng was walking with a young male educated youth.

The male educated youth was named Xu Jianan. He had a relatively good relationship with Zheng Yunsheng among the educated youth.

The two of them would occasionally share some intimate conversations.

Xu Jianan still remembers that Zheng Yunsheng was in a very depressed mood when he moved out of the commune the day before yesterday.

And yesterday, Zheng Yunsheng didn’t look very good when he got married, and he drank a lot of wine at the banquet.

Even Xu Jianan felt sorry for Zheng Yunsheng. Such a young man was forced to marry a country woman, who was of poor moral character.

He guessed that Zheng Yunsheng must be feeling very aggrieved.

However, what surprised Xu Jianan was that Zheng Yunsheng seemed to be in a good mood today, and he worked very hard, as if he was ready to dispel the shadow of forced marriage.

“Yunsheng, it seems like you’re having a good married life?” Xu Jianan asked tentatively while walking with Zheng Yunsheng.

Of course Zheng Yunsheng knew what Xu Jianan was wondering about.

After all, he was forced into marriage, and he didn’t know much about Gu Qijiao before they got married.

When he first got married, he was indeed in a bad mood.

However, he no longer had that thought. He smiled and told Xu Jianan:

“It’s pretty good. My wife is a very nice person. I feel quite satisfied with my married life.”

Zheng Yunsheng has a rather dull personality, and usually doesn’t show his worries on his face. Seeing him smiling so happily, Xu Jianan knew that what Zheng Yunsheng said was true.

“As long as you feel satisfied, people should be content. Since you are married, you should live a good life with the girl.”

Hearing Zheng Yunsheng say that his married life was good, Xu Jianan felt happy for him from the bottom of his heart. He really hoped that Zheng Yunsheng could live a good life.

Although the two met when they went to the countryside to work in the production team, they established a deep friendship during these two years. Xu Jianan regarded Zheng Yunsheng as a close friend.

The two walked all the way to the village entrance before they separated. Xu Jianan wanted to go back to the commune, and Zheng Yunsheng wanted to go home. When they reached the village entrance, they were not going in the same direction.

After separating from Xu Jianan, Zheng Yunsheng quickened his pace and walked home.

He had already seen the smoke rising from the small courtyard in the distance and guessed that Gu Qijiao must be cooking.

The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up into a gentle smile.

However, Zheng Yunsheng had only taken a few steps when Bai Xiaoou called him from behind.