Chapter 1135: Chapter 1135: Autumn Harvest
At this time, Li Yunqiao also came inside carrying Zhibin.
Zhibin stretched his hands toward Lu Fengzhen; after all, he’d spent more time with her, and Lu Fengzhen really liked this child, so it was normal that Zhibin liked her too.
"Yunqiao, let Fengzhen stay at home a few more days."
"Mom, the harvest is too exhausting right now. I don’t want Fengzhen to get worn out, and besides, there’s already more work at home than we can handle."
Aunt Wang could only nod; since her son‑in‑law had said so.
Lu Fengzhen had originally wanted to go find Little Ju to sit for a while, but everyone had gone to the fields to pick corn, no one had time, so she could only wait until next time.
Aunt Wang watched her daughter and son‑in‑law go out with the child in their arms.
"Big sister, don’t worry about it, it’s good their husband‑and‑wife relationship is close."
"I know."
"All right, you stay home, I’ll go to the fields and help with some work."
"You, you just can’t sit still."
When it was about time, Lu Fengzhen had Li Yunqiao watch the two children and went to cook with her mother. This was food for more than twenty mouths; just the griddle cakes took three big pots.
Because she hadn’t done any work for such a long time, she really did feel it was exhausting.
After lunch, the four members of Li Yunqiao’s family lay down for a nap, but the others didn’t have such good luck. They only had an hour and a half at noon to eat and rest, then they had to go back out under the sun to pick corn.
It was the same in Li Family Village; four tractors and the ox carts and horse carts had all been sent out.
So the corn ears on the threshing ground were already piled almost like a mountain.
The pesticide factory also had harvest vacation for the big autumn; whether they’d still have it later no one knew. But for now they were still in Li Family Village, so of course they did.
The able‑bodied men were in charge of cutting down corn stalks, and Li Yungui specially assigned one tractor just to haul the stalks away.
That way the fields could be cleared quickly, and they could harvest and plant at the same time.
Wei Kaiyun, Jiang Xinyu, and Old Yang had all gone out to work.
Jiang Xinyu was wrapped up tightly, in charge of picking corn.
The rows were extremely long, like they would never be finished. Someone would cut a path, and the corn they picked would be tossed there into one pile after another. The kids followed behind the tractors or ox carts, loading the corn onto the wagons.
In any case, there were no idle people in Li Family Village. Feifei worked while sighing; it really was too tiring. If only they could make a combine harvester.
By the end of the day, they had already brought in one‑fifth of the early corn, which meant it could definitely be finished within a week.
The older folks and those in poor health were all on the threshing ground husking corn. Some people were in charge of stacking it into long rectangular corn "baskets," to save space and make it easier to dry.
At home there were only Zhao Xiaoli and Zhang Qiu’e, and the three little ones.
By the time they all came home at noon, the food was already prepared.
Because the weather was too hot and both Jiang Xinyu and Jing Chu were wrapped up tightly, they felt a bit unwell, mainly with no appetite.
Wei Kaiyun was worried and wouldn’t let Jiang Xinyu go to the fields in the afternoon.
"It’s fine, I can just work slowly. I just don’t want to eat meat; this liangfen is really good."
In the afternoon, it was just Jing Chu and Wang Menglin by Jiang Xinyu’s side.
"Teacher Jiang, aren’t you uncomfortable like this?" Wang Menglin was more carefree; she didn’t even wear gloves.
"I get tan really easily, so I can only dress like this. It’s not that I want to; unlike you, born naturally pretty, you can dress like that."
Wang Menglin laughed. "Teacher Jiang, are you jealous of me?"
"How could I not be jealous?"
The other female educated youths also followed behind them. They weren’t as fast as the aunts and sisters‑in‑law, but they weren’t slacking off either.
After this month or so, they had already accepted reality; since they couldn’t go back, if they stayed, they definitely didn’t want to be rejected by Li Family Village, so they just kept their heads down and worked.
Yan Shuping was still hoping the village aunts would take a liking to her so she could marry into Li Family Village, so she had to show a good performance.
Anyway, this really saved Li Cunshan a lot of worry. No matter how fast or slow they worked, at least their attitude was proper; as long as they could work, that was enough.
Listening to Jiang Xinyu and Wang Menglin chatting, Yan Shuping was extremely envious. In her heart she still thought about Wei Kaiyun, but she had never had the chance.
Besides, after staying in the village for so long, she also knew that the couple’s relationship was particularly good. Even if she ran into Wei Kaiyun on the road and spoke to him, he would only nod.
This made Yan Shuping very discouraged, so she had basically given up on Wei Kaiyun, just still a bit unwilling in her heart.
During the day, Li Yunqiao also went out to help with the work. Many people knew he was a leader, although they didn’t know exactly what kind, but seeing that even a leader worked, there were a lot fewer people slacking off.
Wang Shulin was really grateful to Li Yunqiao.
That night, Li Yunqiao still came back twice. "Tomorrow morning I’m going back to my old home."
"Do you need me to go with you?"
"Do you want to go? I’m going back to help with a day’s work. You’d better stay home; you can still cook for the sisters‑in‑law. When I come back next month, we’ll go straight back to Li Family Village."
"Okay. Will you come back tonight?"
Li Yunqiao put his arm around his young wife. "I’ll definitely come back. As long as you’re here, no matter how tired I am, I’ll come back."
In the past, Li Yunqiao had never believed he was the type to be so greedy for affection. But that’s how he was now; he wished he could have his young wife by his side all the time.
"How are you going?"
"I’ll get up early and leave early, I’ll walk back. It’s the busy season now, I’d be too embarrassed to ask the village to send a vehicle to take me home.
Don’t worry, your man’s in great shape."
The next day at five, without eating, Li Yunqiao left.
He started off jogging; he felt all right, so it took him forty minutes to get from Jin Family Village to Li Family Village.
Li Xue and her two younger brothers saw Dad coming over, dripping with sweat.
"Big brother, you haven’t eaten yet, right?"
"No."
"How come you’re back? Weren’t you staying in Jin Family Village with big sis‑in‑law?"
"I’m also a person of Li Family Village. Since I’m back, even if I can’t do much for the harvest, I still have to work."
Qu Xiaoli had made sugar buns the night before. She’d made a lot so the children could each put two in their pockets; when they got tired from work, they could have something to fill their stomachs.
Li Yunqiao very much approved of Qu Xiaoli doing this; she never let the men or the children suffer.
After the family finished eating, Li Yunqiao went down to the fields with them.
He had grown up in Li Family Village; only the younger ones weren’t familiar with him, so along the way everyone greeted him.
"Yunqiao, how come your wife didn’t come back?"
"She can’t really do anything during the harvest, and the baby’s too little. I just left her at her mother’s home."
"Yunqiao, you’re really something, got yourself another son. When things are less busy, bring your wife and kids back."
"Of course, this is home."
Tao Chunhe looked at this most capable man from Li Family Village and was really quite surprised. He was too young, much younger‑looking than Li Yungui, and he looked scholarly and refined.
Li Family Village really did produce capable people. She and her brother had analyzed Li Yungui; he was a capable person.
This eldest Li from the Li Family was even more impressive. Well, for someone from the grass roots to make it to that position, it couldn’t have happened without real ability.
