"I don't think so.
Isn't it still the same as before? "The Ai Cao lowered her head and pretended to be calm.
"I keep feeling that our porridge has been getting thicker.
I thought that you added too much corn in the past few days, but when I went to the kitchen yesterday to put in the firewood,
I saw that the corn we brought back last time didn't get any faster. "Gu Dong was puzzled and shook his head.
He directly said what he was thinking.
"Maybe my appetite hasn't been good recently.
I don't want to eat, so I didn't add my share of water when I cooked the porridge.
That's why you feel that the porridge has been thicker these days. "The Ai Cao continued to be stubborn.
She was already very careful.
She only dared to add a little bit every day, but she didn't expect that Gu Dong still didn't notice.
"That's right.
I haven't said anything about you yet. Why do you eat so little every time you eat? You don't even eat as much as the chicks. You don't have to save food to starve yourself.
If you eat enough, I'll think of another way. The autumn harvest is coming soon. Your body is too weak, so it's easy to get sick from working. "
Gu Dong stared at the Ai Cao seriously.
Then, he continued to sharpen the sickle in his hand. According to the growth of the crops, the autumn harvest should really start soon.
It would probably be in the next two days.
The autumn harvest mobilization meeting should be held in the village.
"I know.
I didn't deliberately save food. "The Ai Cao acted guilty. She couldn't say that.
She really couldn't think of an excuse.
However, recently, she did deliberately eat less every time she ate. She tried to leave as much as possible for her grandfather and Gu Dong. Because she didn't lack food, she could give them as much as possible.
"Don't shortchange yourself. It's not worth it if you get sick from hunger." Gu Dong accepted her explanation.
In the next two days, the Ai Cao really didn't dare to do anything. She was really afraid that Gu Dong would find out. However, after the food returned to the previous level, Grandfather asked during dinner the next night, "Can the family's food last through the autumn harvest?"
"Yes." The Ai Cao didn't understand why Grandfather asked this.
"That's good. If there's more grain, then cook it thicker. If there's less grain, then cook it thinner. Xiaocao's arrangement is right." Grandfather Gu drank a mouthful of soup and looked at them lovingly.
Sweat! It turned out that the porridge was thinner than yesterday, and Grandpa could tell. However, for the sake of the future, Ai Cao made up a story and said with a smile, "Yes, Grandpa is right. In the future, I will cook according to the amount of food."
Seriously, there were two men in the family, one more sensitive to food than the other. What should she do in the future?
Were they really going to guard the food mountain and watch them starve? The Ai Cao was extremely conflicted.
On the second day of Ai Cao's dilemma, the loudspeakers in the village started blaring early in the morning.
The autumn harvest was here.
When the mobilization meeting was held, all the men and women in the village came. All of them were beaming with joy and looked very happy.
The autumn harvest meant that there would be food to eat. After waiting for several months, the harvest was finally here. Who wouldn't be happy? Even the Ai Cao was happy.
However, after the morning meeting, the Ai Cao's good mood was ruined by a 'fly' when he went back.
During the busy farming season, the school would also be on holiday. Therefore, Ai San An, who was studying in the county town, came back. Although he was sickly, pale, and thin, and didn't look like someone who would do farm work, he still had to do something in the field during the harvest.
When Ai San An came to the meeting, he was unwilling. He hated the villagers. Some people didn't have good manners. When they gathered together, their voices could turn the sky upside down. It was so noisy that he had a headache.
In addition, he was also tired of this kind of meaningless mobilization meeting. He felt that the people listening below were stupid and didn't have any ideas.
However, he never thought that he would see Ai Cao here. Or rather, he saw an Ai Cao that was different from the ones he had seen before.
Standing next to Gu Dong was a woman with a soft voice. She was wearing a neat dark blue coarse cloth shirt. Her hair was neatly combed and not a single strand was out of place. Her body was slightly tilted, revealing half of her small face. It was small, delicate, and clean.
At first, he thought that she was an educated youth from the village. However, his big brother's words made his expression change. He was shocked into disbelief.
"What? You're stunned, right? I didn't think that this wretched girl would be a beauty. Hey, if I had known that she was so pretty after dressing up, we would have tried her first. No matter what, we wouldn't have let that grandson of the Gu family take advantage of her! "
Ai Dabao's filthy mouth couldn't spit out anything good. However, Ai San An, who was listening next to him, frowned. While he was shocked by his words, he also showed a trace of disdain for his manners.
How could this kind of person be his big brother? Was he really a son of a bitch? However, Ai San An's disdain only lasted for a moment. Right now, all of his attention was attracted by the Ai Cao. He didn't have time to spare for his big brother.
Looking at the current Ai Cao, Ai San An's heart gradually filled with unwillingness.
The Ai Cao should have been married to him. Why did she have to be married to Gu Dong? This Ai Cao belonged to him. Gu Dong was a landlord's son. It was his grandfather who shamelessly stole the Ai Cao.
He couldn't let the Ai Cao be with someone like Gu Dong. He had to rescue the Ai Cao and return the Ai Cao to his family. Although she was married to Gu Dong, if she listened to him well in the future, he could discuss with his mother to let him marry her again after graduation.
Beauty moved people's hearts.
If the Ai Cao was still the same as the Ai family in the past, sloppy all day, not taking a bath, not washing clothes, not combing hair, and with a thick layer of mud on her face, Ai San An's heart wouldn't be so unbalanced. He wouldn't think that he liked the Ai Cao very much.
After the morning meeting, Ai San An went over to the Ai Cao to talk to her.
"Ai Cao, I'm back from the holidays. Are you doing well? Are you … "
Before Ai San An could finish his words, the Ai Cao saw that it was him. It was as if she had seen a fly. She was very annoyed and wanted to impatiently drive him away. However, before she could say anything, Gu Dong took the initiative.
"Let's go. Hurry up and go home. Don't delay business." After saying that, he ignored Ai San An and directly pulled the Ai Cao away.
He was annoyed when he saw the Ai family now. Moreover, this was his wife. Of course, Gu Dong didn't want the Ai Cao to chat and reminisce about the past with Ai San An, the person who almost married her.
He went home early to cook. After breakfast, he went to work. He wanted to stay as far away from these miscellaneous people as possible.
In Ai San An's eyes, Gu Dong's behavior made him feel that Gu Dong was deliberately avoiding him. He was afraid that Gu Dong would talk to the Ai Cao, so he controlled the Ai Cao and didn't let her come into contact with him.
Without thinking, he knew that the Ai Cao was forced. Hmph, she definitely didn't like Gu Dong, the son of a landlord. Looking at the two people walking away, Ai San An was like a blind person. He ignored the Ai Cao's bright smile at Gu Dong and selectively only saw what he wanted to see.
The busy farming season was really not something that could be summed up with these two simple words. It was really a hard work of all kinds.
Everyone in the village was the same. As long as it wasn't for health reasons, they had to work in the fields. In order to take advantage of the good weather to harvest, every day was like a war.
Although Ai San An, this fly, would come over to annoy them from time to time, Ai Cao was no longer in the mood to argue with him.
Every day at dawn, they would go to the fields to dig peanuts or break corn. They would only come back at night. The intensity of the work was especially high.
In addition, there were supervisors during the work. If anyone was lazy or slow and didn't complete the task, not only would they have their work points deducted, but they would also be criticized by the whole village when they got off work.
Work points meant food. If they were full of work points all day, it was still unknown whether the food distributed could fill their stomachs. If their work points were deducted again, not only would it be shameful, it would also affect whether their family could survive until next spring.
Men and women in the village, old and young, worked hard every day.
Ai Cao was weak and slow, but she and Gu Dong worked together. With Gu Dong's help every day, it didn't matter how much she worked or how little she worked. In any case, both of them could complete the task.
In fact, the most bitter were the educated youths in the village. After the first day of high-intensity farm work, except for Tian Yuanyuan, the other youths all had blisters on their hands.
Blisters were nothing. Unless they were too sick to get up, they had to work in the fields. If they wanted to work easier like Ai San An, they could only get five work points for the day. If they were really willing, no one else would have any objections. Even the team leader wouldn't force them too much.
But food was so expensive now. The educated youths were only given a small amount of food every month. It was not enough to eat. Now, they were counting on earning more work points to exchange for more food. No one wanted to be lazy.
At the same time, no one was willing to be labeled as a spoiled, lazy, and a hindrance to the harvest. Because if a radical person like Zhang Xianglan really stuck to this point and labeled them with a label, the result would really be impossible to get away with no matter how many mouths they tried to talk.
However, their situation also made it convenient for the boys and girls in the village who had other intentions. Those who had other intentions would find opportunities to help them from time to time.
For example, Fu Jiu looked for the team leader and wanted Fu Fang to share the work with her. The uncles in the village could tell what the boys were thinking at a glance. The villagers would definitely help their own people. Moreover, the autumn harvest task was still there.
Fu Jiu and the others who were capable were willing to help the delicate and burdensome people in the city. If they were to share the work, the daily task would be balanced.
Therefore, the village officials mostly turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. As long as it didn't affect the work, they wouldn't say much.
Other than Fu Jiu and Fu Fang, there was also Fu Qiang and the Duan Xue. In addition, what surprised Ai Cao the most was that on the third morning of the busy farming season, Cao Aiguo and Zhang Xianglan actually worked together.
"Why are you in a daze? Even if you're panting, you still have to put on a show. The team leader is watching." Gu Dong instructed as he deftly peeled peanuts.
"Yes, yes, yes. I was just curious why a grown man like Cao Aiguo would work together with the accountant's daughter, Zhang Xianglan. Didn't he always try to curry favor with the Duan Xue? "
Ai Cao felt that the educated youths in the city looked down on these Cinderella bumpkins in the village, especially Cao Aiguo. He was very arrogant and always spoke with a sense of superiority as if he was from the city.
"Hmph, a grown man like him?" Gu Dong turned his head and looked in that direction. He said sarcastically, "He's just a coward. He's afraid of hardship and tiredness. He's even worse than a woman. He probably couldn't stand working for two days. Zhang Xianglan tried to curry favor with him and he accepted her help."
"Oh!" Ai Cao was so shocked that her mouth opened wide. He let a woman help him? This man was really … Alright, he made his own choice. She had nothing to say.
Sure enough, Gu Dong was the best.
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