Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Li Meifen was halfway through her speech when she heard a knocking sound on the nearby wall.

"Can you please stop nagging? It's disturbing my sleep. What do you talk about all night?" These words came from Bai Luwei's room next door. However, what surprised Su Wanwan and Li Meifen was that they could recognize Bai Luwei's voice so clearly, as if the wall didn't exist at all!

Following the feel of her hand, Li Meifen touched the wall beside her and found that the wall separating their two rooms was made of simple wooden boards instead of a real wall! It turned out that the wall was covered with newspapers, which explained why the sound could easily penetrate. This meant that all the conversations between the two of them just now were heard by the neighbor.

Facing Bai Luwei's impolite attitude, Li Meifen knew that it was caused by poor sound insulation, but she still couldn't help but feel dissatisfied: "Tell me what you did by eavesdropping?"

She said sarcastically, "Even if you cover your ears, you can still hear my loud voice."

Su Wanwan felt strange about this delicate situation. She glanced at the thin wooden partition and newspaper. Although the kerosene lamp was turned off in the dark, she could still vaguely feel someone's breathing. But this vague feeling could not resist the deep fatigue. After a day of exhaustion, she fell asleep a few minutes later.

After being disturbed, Li Meifen discovered the connection between the two families, and had to hold back the words she wanted to say before. She carefully looked at Su Wanwan who was sleeping in the dark, listening to the latter's even breathing. She felt a little regretful, as if she saw her wishful thinking fall to the ground, and bit her lower lip lightly.

The night passed slowly and dawn gradually appeared.

At dawn the next day, Su Wanwan woke up from her dream. She heard the continuous crowing of roosters outside. She couldn't help but turn her eyes to the outside of the yard. Some young people had gathered in the yard, wearing similar clothes and waiting in line, obviously for collective action.

Su Wanwan walked into the house to wash her hands and rinse her mouth, and found that the cold water in the basin was a bit piercing. At this time, as she was draining the water, Li Meifen slowly opened her eyes on the other side. Strangely, the villagers did not seem to be in a hurry to wake them up to work. It might be that they were still sleeping because of the fatigue from last night.

Realizing that time had passed, Li Meifen suddenly jumped off the heated kang, staring straight at the door, staring at Su Wanwan who was returning with an empty basin of water: "You're awake, why didn't you call me?"

Because her experience of living in the educated youth dormitory seemed to have influenced her, Li Meifen always spoke in a condescending manner when talking to Su Wanwan, as if she was naturally the leader.

Although she had tried hard to suppress her temper on the way the day before, the traces of her years as an educated youth still showed up in a short period of time. However, Su Wanwan was very different from the educated youth in the village.

Directly rejecting Li Meifen's statement would definitely damage their relationship, which made Su Wanwan unwilling to get into unnecessary complications. After thinking, she responded with an unchanged smile: "After all, everyone worked hard all the way yesterday and rested very late. I just hope you can sleep a little longer. And I saw that the production team here has not come to call us yet, maybe we can relax this morning and don't have to work."

The tense atmosphere that seemed to be on the verge of breaking out was temporarily calmed down by Su Wanwan's friendly attitude. Although Li Meifen still wanted to say something, she couldn't find a reason, so she quickly washed and dressed. But in the end, she was still a step too late.

The young people outside the door had been waiting at the door for some time. Until it was completely bright, they knocked on their respective doors in an orderly manner.

"Here we are."

Su Wanwan, who had been ready to go, followed the sound of the response and walked towards the door. Xu Yan, who walked out at the same time as her, came from another door. The person who greeted them at the door had changed to a stranger, who was about the same age as the one who picked them up last night, but spoke in a serious tone, with a strong and distinct facial features, and seemed unapproachable.

Realizing that he had gotten up too late, Bai Luwei was busy the moment he opened his eyes, trying to shorten the time it took to get up and wash, but he was still late when the young men opened their mouths. He put on his incomplete coat, grabbed his shoes, and hurried to the door.

"Wait for me, I'll wash my face and come out soon!" At the same time, a woman's reply came from the other room.

"What mission are we here to do today?" Bai Luwei showed no remorse for getting up late. He met the leading young man's gaze frankly and asked the question loudly.

The leader explained: "Because the youth exchange coincides with the autumn harvest season, you can directly follow the production team to the fields to help harvest rice."

In fact, they had a vague premonition of this arrangement long before they set off. Why not organize such an activity at another time instead of the autumn harvest season? It was obvious that they wanted to let these young people directly participate in the labor of other villages.

For most of the young people in the village, they have already been doing similar work in the village. Now coming to the next village, not only can they continue this work, but they may also receive extra care and more work points, which is obviously profitable for them.

"These are the farm tools allocated to our production team. Starting tomorrow, everyone will not go out to work as late as today. After all, the autumn harvest is only a few days away, and after harvesting the rice, we still need to thresh and do other chores. After the farmland tasks are completed, there may be other arrangements. We can't afford to waste a second." The young man in charge had explained everything very clearly outside the door, but Bai Luwei seemed to listen half in one ear and out the other, and smiled foolishly to express his agreement, while Xu Yan and Su Wanwan beside him looked embarrassed.

After all, the first day of communication went wrong, which inevitably left some prejudices on the part of the residents of Baihua Village. Autumn harvest is an annual event for every production team. If the reasons of these few people affect the autumn harvest of Baihua Village this year, the problem will become more difficult.

"The production team will gather at the intersection in the yard every morning and everyone will go out to work together. Starting tomorrow, you will have to get up early. Don't expect the team to wait for you every day. By the way, my last name is Chen, just call me Comrade Chen." The team leader emphasized again and finished his self-introduction.

Li Meifen, who was also in a panic, lowered her eyes the whole time, avoiding the eyes at the door, and silently joined the team. The silent production team members walked straight to the rice fields. For Su Wanwan, this was her first time in this era to experience the hardship of labor.

Fortunately, she knew about the labor in advance, otherwise she would have aroused discussion and criticism from the onlookers. Even if the villagers did not criticize her directly, the rumors would eventually be quietly returned to the village.

The young working team was divided into two groups according to gender. Su Wanwan, who happened to be following closely behind Li Meifen, was led by a guide to a rice field waiting to be harvested.

From Su Wanwan's perspective, the vast rice fields of Baihua Village were in urgent need of harvesting, and the ripe rice ears were being divided into tasks under the orderly arrangement of the older young people.