“Wow, that’s amazing!” Zhang Yunxi fanned him with a straw hat.

The autumn wind in the south carried waves of heat, and Er Gouzi’s forehead was dripping with beads of sweat. “If you need help with work later, just call me. I’m off now.”

“Alright, don’t run too fast. It’s easy to trip on the ridges!” Zhang Yunxi called out.

Er Gouzi, while laughing and greeting his friends, responded, “Got it!”

After resting for an hour, Zhang Yunxi felt refreshed and continued working.

It was simple to ask Er Gouzi for help because he didn’t need to work for his family.

His father was a temporary worker who gave money to the family and also helped with household chores.

He was the only child in his family.

His family took advantage of his father.

Therefore, Er Gouzi was the only child in the family who wasn’t assigned any tasks.

Other children who helped outsiders with work would have been beaten to death long ago. Even Zhao Mo, who occasionally helped her with work, would be scolded for a long time after returning home. So, Er Gouzi was considered the most leisurely child in the brigade.

When Zhang Yunxi finished work and told the accountant uncle that she had earned four work points,

Wu Donglin happened to be standing behind her and said sarcastically, “When others ask for help, they at least ask adults. But you, you just use a piece of candy to coax a child into working for you for half a day.”

After seeing the accountant uncle record her work points, Zhang Yunxi signed her name and walked away without looking back.

This guy’s mind is too abnormal.

There’s no need to pay attention to him.

Wu Donglin, furious, said to his fellow educated youths, “Look, some people like to play hard to get. Before, when I ignored her, she threw herself at me. Now that I pay her some attention, she ignores me. I don’t know what kind of act she’s putting on!”

“Yes, fake aloofness!” Zhao Erhua pushed through the male educated youths and flattered Wu Donglin, “Wu Zhiqing, what do you like to eat?”

She had initially approached Wu Donglin for money.

Later,

she realized that there were people in the world who could be so talented.

He could compose poems and couplets.

He could talk about cars, trains, and airplanes that she had never seen before, even mentioning their parts.

He was like a god from heaven.

Coming to her side.

Even though they were thousands of miles apart, they could still meet. Who could say this wasn’t fate?

Zhao Erhua gazed infatuatedly at Wu Donglin. He was so handsome, completely different from the men in Zhao Brigade and other places.

He was the best!

Wu Donglin felt disgusted by Zhao Erhua’s gaze and despised her vulgarity, her attire, and her behavior. This country bumpkin still dreamed of getting a bit of his love. What a joke!
But Zhao Erhua was a good cook, and her brother was even more efficient at work.

Keeping Zhao Erhua around was somewhat useful.

“I want eggs, not sweet potato vines.”

Recently, he had been eating sweet potato vines until he was sick of them.

“Alright!”

Zhao Erhua happily agreed.

She didn’t find his pickiness strange at all. Wu Zhiqing was from the city, and his family was well-off. It was normal for him to be a bit picky.

Unlike country bumpkins who had no right to be picky!

They ate whatever was given, not even disdaining pig feed.

Hah!
How could they compare to her Wu Zhiqing.

No wonder Zhang Yunxi went to great lengths to win Wu Donglin’s love. With someone as wonderful as Wu Zhiqing, who wouldn’t like him!

Thinking of Zhang Yunxi, Zhao Erhua felt indignant!

How could such a little slut deserve such a pretty face.

A temptress.

She must have used it to seduce men. She needed to think of a way to teach Zhang Yunxi a lesson, to make her remember not to mess with her man!

*

Night fell again, and Zhang Yunxi sneakily closed the door of the female educated youth dormitory.

He Xiaoxiao, who showed clear signs of being asleep under the blanket, took a flashlight and followed Zhang Yunxi from a distance, wanting to see who she was meeting.

Afraid of being discovered by Zhang Yunxi, she could only let a little light from her flashlight show.

Seeing her head towards the back mountain,

He Xiaoxiao’s heart grew increasingly uneasy. What was Yunxi going to the mountain for?
Seeing her about to go up the mountain, He Xiaoxiao turned off the flashlight and, relying on years of memory, arrived at the foot of the mountain just in time to hear Zhang Yunxi call out.

“Zhao Rencheng, can you not always appear out of nowhere? It’s really scary at night!”

Yunxi’s tone didn’t carry any hint of ambiguity.

The two of them probably weren’t in a relationship, but Zhao Rencheng…

Wasn’t he injured?
He Xiaoxiao frowned slightly. What was going on?

Yunxi and Zhao Rencheng didn’t know each other, did they?
She had known Zhao Rencheng since last year but hadn’t had much contact with him. She only knew that when their brigade was fighting with another brigade over water resources, he single-handedly took on the entire opposing team.

It was kind of satisfying to watch at the time.

In the entire Zhao Brigade, she was also the most intimidated by Zhao Rencheng.

Last year during the New Year, Zhao Rencheng’s family went up the mountain to ask him for food, and his nephew almost got thrown off a cliff by him.

This guy…

was a bit terrifying.

He Xiaoxiao’s heart grew more and more uneasy.

What agreement had Yunxi made with him to meet him at night?

He Xiaoxiao’s head hurt.

She couldn’t ask directly now, nor could she expose it!

Shaking her short hair, He Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and returned to the female educated youth dormitory to wait, only praying that Yunxi would return safely. She needed to think of a way to develop a weapon that would help women exert greater strength.

That way, if Zhao Rencheng bullied Yunxi, she could just take him out!!!

*

On the mountain.

Zhang Yunxi worked diligently.

She sincerely hoped that Zhao Rencheng would arrange a good job for her, seeing how hard she worked.

“Big Brother Zhao, last time you mentioned arranging a job for me. Can I ask what kind of job it is?”

“Work!”

Zhao Rencheng said in a deep voice.

He felt that “Big Brother Zhao” wasn’t a good form of address. When she called him that, it made his scalp tingle.

“What’s with the attitude? Can’t I just ask?!” Zhang Yunxi glared at him.

Zhao Rencheng’s tone softened immediately, “No.”

Zhang Yunxi snorted coldly, “Then hurry up and tell me.”

“Currently, there are no available positions in the brigade. I’ll have to see who can make room for you, but don’t worry, I’ll arrange something for you before the end of the year.” Zhao Rencheng fitted the leather onto the shoe last and nailed it in place.

“It has to be easy work.”

Zhang Yunxi reminded him.

Zhao Rencheng nodded, “Mhm.”

Could he find her heavy labor work?

No way.

Zhang Yunxi was somewhat satisfied, “I trust you so much, and you haven’t given me anything yet. I come here eagerly to work. Tsk tsk, I’m such a kind-hearted person.”

Zhao Rencheng chuckled softly, fixed the shoe, peeled off the top layer of leather, and trimmed the edges of the bottom layer.

“What if you’re lying to me?” Zhang Yunxi asked tentatively.

“I won’t.”

He wouldn’t lie to a young girl.

Zhang Yunxi wasn’t satisfied with his answer, “But what if?”

“What if…”

Zhao Rencheng dragged out the last word.

Zhang Yunxi, operating the sewing machine, pricked up her ears waiting for his reply.

Zhao Rencheng: “You really can’t do anything about it.”

Zhang Yunxi: “Zhao Rencheng!!!”

Zhao Rencheng laughed, “No respect, call me Big Brother Zhao.”

Zhang Yunxi shot him a glare, “Oh, come on. If you dare lie to me, I’ll pack up and come take over your house.”

Zhao Rencheng: “Sure, whatever you say.”