The Pretty Military Wife

Liang Xinyue patted the grass debris on her hands, stretched out her hand and put her arm around Long Xiaomei's shoulders:

"Little sister, I heard that you are also a well-educated person. There are some things that you don't need to care too much about. The true value of a person cannot be determined by the fact that you haven't recovered from the harm done to you by others, while others are enjoying themselves. You should make yourself stronger. Listen to me, work hard, and study hard later. I am preparing to take the exam this year. You are definitely better than me in high school."

Long Xiaomei felt like crying again:

"Sister Liang, you don't know, I..."

Liang Xinyue hugged her and walked to the other side, whispering in her ear:

"I know. I know about your situation. It's nothing serious. Really, it's not just your brother who is worried. Political Commissar Xu and his men have personally called the Public Security Bureau and the Armed Forces Department over there to inquire about this matter. None of those people can escape."

"But those injuries cannot become the stone of your growth. Your brother brought you here, so you should do your job well here. Don't worry about so many things. Try to live a better life. That is the most valuable thing."

Zhu Guixiang looked at her younger sister with some concern.

She was cautious because she was afraid that her younger sister might get sick again.

Long Xiaomei turned around and said seriously:

"Sister Xiang, let's do it together. Xiaobing will follow Teacher Zou. If we don't know how to do it, we can learn from Sister Liang and the others."

Zhu Guixiang smiled bitterly. There was nothing she could do about this little sister. She used to think that she was well-behaved and she was the only girl in their team who had attended junior high school.

The reason why she was able to study was, firstly, that she had good grades, and secondly, that Long Dacheng had always asked the family to pay for her younger sister's education.

Anyway, if my little sister doesn’t want to study anymore, he won’t give her money.

So, in order to get money from Long Dacheng, Long Xiaomei finished junior high school. But due to the change of the environment, the school was gone, and the high school was gone.

Long Xiaomei had no choice but to go home and work. However, the production team took a liking to her because she had been educated, so they asked her to first record work points in the team, and later to help with the team's accounts. Later, because she calculated quickly, she was called by the commune to help with the accounts, until something happened.

In the past, Long Xiaomei was the most favored in the family. In the countryside, there were very few people like her who were still unmarried at the age of 19, or they were either sick.

She didn't ask for marriage because her family thought she was half a public servant because she could help with the commune's accounts.

I have high standards. I want to introduce her to someone from the city.

She wanted to marry someone better, so she delayed it, but then something like that happened.

After the accident, she realized that the only people in the family who truly loved her were her second brother and his wife.

Zhu Guixiang is a stubborn person. Once she decides on something, she will do it seriously. Once she has decided on Long Dacheng, she will take care of everything that Long Dacheng cares about.

In the Long family, Long Dacheng loved his younger sister the most, because her mother died less than a year after she was born. At that time, Long Dacheng was only eight years old, and he took care of his younger sister. Later, he joined the army, and he wrote letters to his younger sister.

My father and my elder brother were the same kind of people, both honest and old-fashioned country folk. Plus, there was a sister-in-law who was a bit cunning, so if Zhu Guixiang hadn't been a stubborn person, my younger sister's life wouldn't have been so easy.

Now that my younger sister has said she wants to do it, what else can Zhu Guixiang say:

"You can do it, but you've never done farm work at home. I'm afraid you can't stand this kind of fatigue."

Zhu Guixiang is not afraid. Although she is thin, she is a strong laborer at home.

"Sister, I can do it. I'm nineteen. You can't always take care of me."

Long Xiaomei has also grown sensible.

Liang Xinyue laughed and said:

"Don't worry, the work here is not that difficult. Let's go. Today's task is to cut the grass down there."

Liang Xinyue led them all the way down to the bottom of the valley. Xiao Shun and Min Honglian, who were already working there, also greeted them.

Liang Xinyue smiled and said:

"Xiao Shun, you can't work early alone in the future. Let me make it clear that those who work early are considered to be doing voluntary work, and they don't get paid. Don't think that you can work early just because you have the strength to do it. If you have time, you can help Honglian wash the dishes at home."

Min Honglian smiled and said:

"He washes the dishes? He got up in the morning, washed up in a hurry and was about to leave. I had to force him to eat, and he ate voraciously. He said he had to cut down a few trees here today, so he came early."

Liang Xinyue said seriously:

"You really don't need to do things this way. In addition to doing things well, we also need to avoid exhausting our bodies. Don't rush to cut down all the trees in this area. Just take your time."

"Look, we have two more comrades from now on. Sister Zhu and Little Sister Long have also joined us, starting today."

Xiao Shun smiled and nodded, and Min Honglian smiled happily:

"Our team is expanding. Come on, I'll take the sickle. Here are the gloves. Xinyue said that we women need to work hard and stay beautiful. We can't wear our hands too rough. Put on the gloves and work."

Zhu Guixiang thought, why are there so many requirements? It would be very troublesome to do things with gloves on.

However, seeing that they were all wearing them, I took a pair and put them on too.

After receiving a sickle, they followed Liang Xinyue. It was still a bit cold at the bottom of the valley.

Liang Xinyue pointed at the weeds and said:

"Like this, gently stroke the cut grass like this. The long ones are useful to us. Just shake them out like this to shake out the short ones and put the long ones in order. Look over there, Mrs. Huang has piled up some long ones, just put them like that."

Are the cut weeds still useful?

Zhu Guixiang wondered if they didn't know how to farm. But what they grew was something she hadn't expected.

Long Xiaomei started to study seriously. Liang Xinyue looked at her and gave her some pointers:

"For shrubs like this that are a bit hard, let one person just cut the grass. Cut all the grass around it, and then cut the small shrubs. Leave the big ones and cut them with a machete, otherwise the sickle will not be able to bear it and the blade will be bent."

Long Xiaomei nodded and started to work seriously.

It was noon time, Liang Xinyue called out:

"Call it a day, let's go home and cook, and come out again in the afternoon. It won't be a problem to finish this piece of land today, and we need to pick vegetables to send to the city tomorrow."

Everyone brought the food back to the compound and cooked and ate by themselves.

Although Long Dacheng also bought rice, he brought it back from the army to eat every day.

When Long Dacheng came back today, there was no one at home.

Just as I was about to go out to look for them, I saw my aunt and sister-in-law coming back:

"Where have you been? I brought back the food, go eat it quickly, I have to rush back to the group, someone will come to check tomorrow, I'm a little busy."

Zhu Guixiang said hurriedly:

"You don't have to call back in the future, we can cook it ourselves. Look, I brought back the food."

Long Xiaomei said directly:

“Brother, my sister-in-law and I are following Sister Liang to do things.”