The autumn wind rustled,
The leaves turned yellow, and with a few misty drizzles,
The weather was getting colder day by day. In addition to the temperature difference between day and night, the villagers could be seen wearing short-sleeved, long-sleeved, and even pinched jackets throughout the day.
Ai Cao married into the Gu family and had nothing,
The previous two sets of clothes were taken out by Gu Dong for her to change into.
Now, she had to add a coat and wear thick clothes,
Naturally, she didn't have any,
As usual, Gu Dong gave her his clothes,
But it was the busy farming season now,
She didn't have much time to change it. She only sewed it a little. Ai Cao only asked that it didn't affect her movements.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days of the farming season had passed. These days had greatly affected Ai Cao.
She never knew that being a farmer was so hard. Breaking corn, removing corn stalks, digging peanuts, picking peanuts, and harvesting soybeans, sesame, and sorghum required even more delicate work.
After a whole day of work, she was so tired that she didn't want to do anything at all when she went home,
She just wanted to lie on the bed and fall asleep.
In fact, compared to the other people in the village,
She didn't do much. She worked with Gu Dong,
Gu Dong basically did most of the work,
Usually, she told him to just put on an act.
But with a few autumn rains,
The progress of the farming season was constantly accelerated, and the tasks that fell on everyone's shoulders were also constantly increasing. Seeing Gu Dong sweat like rain every day, she couldn't relax and slack off.
Although she didn't do much, Ai Cao did her best to do it. She knew that Gu Dong loved her and didn't want to tire her out, but they were family. How could she bear to put everything on Gu Dong?
According to the situation in previous years, it would take about a month. Now, it was almost done. There were only two fields of peanuts left in the field that hadn't been dug. The other corn, sorghum, and other crops had already been put in. Now, they had already begun to be pulled to the field to be dried.
When they went to work that morning, Ai Cao did not work with Gu Dong because Gu Dong and the others had to go to the cornfield to pull corn stalks. The women in her team continued to dig for peanuts.
Some people were like cockroaches that couldn't be killed. They kept appearing in other people's lives and annoyed them without them knowing it. For example, Ai San An.
For the past few days, Ai San An had been trying to find an opportunity to talk to the Ai Cao, but every time, he was interrupted by Gu Dong. He was even warned by Gu Dong to stay away from the Ai Cao. If he dared to have any ideas about the Ai Cao again, he would beat him up.
After being intimidated by Gu Dong's fists, the Ai San An behaved itself for a few days. On this day, when the Ai Cao came to work alone without Gu Dong, he finally felt that he had found an opportunity.
"Ai Cao!" Ai San shouted at the Ai Cao from afar.
Now was the time to work. There were many people working in this area, and most of them were women. When Ai San An shouted, not only did the Ai Cao turn to look at him, but everyone in the area also focused their attention on the two of them.
Ai Cao frowned in annoyance and decided to ignore him.
Her relationship with Ai Sanan was too special. Not only were they siblings, but they were also child brides. Even if the two of them did nothing and just stood together, there would be gossips behind their backs. What's more, Ai Sanan looked like he wanted to have a deep talk with her.
However, this was a rare opportunity. Even if Ai Cao wanted to escape, Ai San An would not let her go so easily.
"Why are you avoiding me? Do you think I will eat you? Are you so afraid of Gu Dong? He is not here, so why are you running away? "Ai San An was very dissatisfied with Ai Cao's reaction and reached out to pull her.
"Go away." Ai Cao quickly dodged. "Ai San An, we have nothing to talk about. You are a man, so why are you shamelessly pestering a woman like me all day?" Ai Cao said and moved towards Fu Fang and Tian Yuanyuan in disgust.
Ai San An, who claimed to be educated and knowledgeable, was not only thin-skinned, but also valued others more than anything else. Ai Cao's words made his expression change again and again.
When he saw the other women around him pointing at him, he was suddenly angry and ashamed. His face was green, red, purple, and black, like a color palette.
"You … I just, I didn't …" Ai Cao stammered and looked around to explain.
"You didn't what? You didn't stop Ai Cao? Hahahaha, do you think we are blind? We all saw it just now. Isn't that right, Yuanyuan? "Fu Fang did not give him any face and directly retorted.
Ai San An, who was clumsy but had many thoughts, was so angry that he almost fainted. He straightened his neck and pointed at Fu Fang. "What are you laughing at? You have no manners! I am his brother, what can I do to him? "
"Hahahaha, hahahaha!" …
Ai San An's words caused more laughter around him.
Brainless! He doesn't even know how to speak. Ai Cao felt that he should just shut up. He rolled his eyes at him and directly pulled Fu Fang and the others to the other side, waiting for the team leader to call for them to start work.
"She is already married to Gu Dong, that landlord's son, why are you still thinking about her?" Zhang Xianglan, who was watching the show from the side, looked at the people walking away with disdain and asked Ai San An.
"Who? Who is thinking about her! " Ai San An hurriedly denied. "I just want to help her because she is living a hard life after marrying Gu Dong."
"It is indeed not a good thing for her to marry Gu Dong. Sigh, do you know that some time ago, your fourth brother found out that Gu Dong was stealing food, but he managed to escape in the end? I have always felt that a landlord's son like him is rotten to the core. How can he be a good person? Mugwort also grew up together in the village. She was an innocent poor peasant, yet she blindly followed him. "
"That's right. He's not a good person at all. Mugwort was forced to be with him. We have to respond to the call and rescue her from the hands of the landlord." With just a few sentences, Ai Sanan directly promoted Gu Dong to the landlord.
"You are right. I support you. I will find a chance to help you!" Zhang Xianglan enthusiastically supported and helped Ai San An. Not only did she encourage him, but she also promised to help him.
Ai San An, who had just been mocked in public, was thin-skinned and already wanted to retreat. But now, because of Zhang Xianglan's words, the fire in his heart that was about to be extinguished was reignited.
"Good!" Zhang Xianglan clenched her fists and cheered him on. Then she continued to encourage him until the supervisor stood at the site and shouted for them to start working. Then she turned around and left.
However, her face, which was full of enthusiasm when she faced Ai San An just now, was full of smiles, but the moment she turned around, a cold smile appeared on her face.
Zhang Xianglan was not blind. She could tell whether Ai Cao was forced to live with Gu Dong or not. But towards Gu Dong, the bastard son of a landlord, she was a decent, patriotic young woman who had been poor farmers for eight generations. She naturally could not stand him.
Since Ai San An wanted to stir up trouble, she was naturally willing to fan the flames and watch the Gu Family make a fool of themselves.
Some people wouldn't do anything outrageous, but their minds were really dark. They always felt that they would be happy to see others living a worse life than them or living an unfortunate life.
Zhang Xianglan was such a person. She boasted that she was smart and had a lot of little tricks. She always wanted other people's lives to be chaotic and the more miserable they were, the better.
The second day after Ai Cao and Gu Dong were separated from each other, Zhang Xianglan found an opportunity.
On this day, they had to dig out the leftover peanuts. In order to keep up with everyone's speed, Ai Cao did not place the peanuts neatly after digging them out.
When the sun went down and they were about to go home, Zhang Xianglan deliberately made a suggestion. She leaned over to Ai Cao and said, "You can't place the peanuts like this. It will affect their ability to pull the cart and load the cart tomorrow!"
It would have been better if she had not mentioned it. The moment she mentioned it, the women who had just finished work and had not left yet all looked over.
"Ai Cao, you can't place the peanuts like this. Gu Dong and his men can't pull the cart in and it is not easy to load the peanuts into the cart either." An older woman said to her sincerely.
"Place it again, otherwise it will affect tomorrow's work." Another sister-in-law came over and bent over to do it.
"Hey, Zhou Quan, Second Aunt Fu, you guys can go home first. We have been busy all day and everyone is exhausted. If you guys are delayed here, Brother Zhou Shan and Second Uncle Fu will be in a hurry to eat when they go home. Also, this is Ai Cao's work, we can't be a burden to everyone. "
Zhang Xianglan's words were very beautiful and they directly touched the women's hearts. Compared to helping Ai Cao tidy up the peanuts, they were more anxious to go home and cook for the men at home.
In the end, when Fu Fang and Tian Yuanyuan wanted to stay behind to help, Zhang Xianglan stopped them. "Ai Cao did not do her job well. If you guys stay behind to help her, you are telling everyone that they can be lazy and leave the work to everyone in the end! You're encouraging laziness! "
A series of 'righteous words' were put on the line, causing everyone to feel anxious.
"Fu Fang, you guys can go home first. There is not much here and it will take a lot of time to place the peanuts. I will be done very soon. Go home." Zhang Xianglan was a member of the Red Guards in the village. Ai Cao saw that she was accusing everyone and her words were getting more and more ridiculous, so she quickly stopped her.
She should do her own work. There was not much anyway. If she moved quickly, she would be able to finish the work and go home in 15 minutes. There was no need to be a burden to them.
Ai Cao knew that Zhang Xianglan usually had a lot of things to say. Whenever she saw someone with a problem, she would say something about it. However, she didn't expect that today's matter was completely different from Zhang Xianglan's usual style of picking on others.
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