Everyone has heard of watermelon, but has never eaten it. When they tasted the sweet, crispy and thirst-quenching watermelon, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

Nice words come out like they are free.

After distributing the two buckets of watermelon to everyone, they returned to the cafeteria. Wen Xi continued to process the watermelons. After the watermelons were cut, he called Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei, scooped a spoonful of watermelon for each of them, and asked them to eat slowly at the side.

The watermelons that Wenxi brought today were indeed not enough, so he went home and got two more. In this way, everyone in the production team, including the educated youth, had a bowl of sweet watermelon.

When Captain Qian ate the watermelon, his eyes lit up obviously, and then an idea flashed through his mind.

Wen Xi returned to the cafeteria and began to process the watermelon rinds. Regardless of whether there were enough supplies or not, the watermelon rinds were delicious. While processing, Wen Xi asked, "Aunt Xiaoju, Aunt Mei, the watermelon rinds are as delicious when pickled as pickled radishes. Do you want to take some watermelon rinds back to pickle?"

It’s not that Wen Xi wants to please them, she is just preparing for next year. She wants to make sure that no one can say anything bad about her next year.

Wang Xiaoju was surprised at first, then her face got hot, "Is it okay?"

"Of course you can as long as you want!" Wen Xi smiled faintly.

Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei nodded repeatedly, "Yes."

Afterwards, Wen Xi gave Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei a basin of watermelon rinds each and told them to take them home, wash them, drain them, and put them directly into the pickle jar to pickle them together with cucumbers, beans, and green peppers. They didn't have to worry about anything.

"Wenxi, thank you!" Wang Xiaoju said sincerely. She felt ashamed when she thought of the past.

The canteen was open for cooking twice, during spring planting and wheat harvest. She cooked easily, but never interfered with Wenxi and the others' cooking. Instead, Wenxi tried every means to make delicious food for everyone every day, and she took advantage of it a lot.

After Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei left, Wen Xi peeled off the red flesh and green skin of the watermelon rind, cut it into shreds, and made a dish of stir-fried watermelon rind with green peppers for everyone. He added soy sauce and dried red peppers, which looked delicious.

As soon as Wen Xi finished cutting the watermelon rinds, the air around her was filled with the fresh fragrance of the watermelon rinds, which was so refreshing that it made people seem to forget that it was a hot summer day.

"Wenxi."

Hearing the voice, Wen Xi looked up and saw that it was Captain Qian. Wen Xi put down the work in his hands and followed Captain Qian to the woods outside.

A breeze blows, bringing a slight coolness.

"Wenxi, this watermelon..." Captain Qian spoke curiously.

Wen Xi nodded and said, "Captain Qian, I planted these watermelons myself. I only planted five of them, but I didn't plant them for myself. I planted them for everyone in the Harvest Brigade. There should be no problem with me doing this, right?"

Who doesn’t grow cucumbers, pumpkins and other things? If growing a few watermelons is a problem, then is growing cucumbers and pumpkins not a problem?

"No problem, no problem." Afraid that Wen Xi would misunderstand, Captain Qian hurriedly shook his head, "I think this watermelon tastes pretty good. I was thinking that if our team grows more watermelons and sells them to the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores, can we increase our team's income and make everyone's life better?"

Wen Xi couldn't help but laugh secretly in her heart after hearing this. This was her goal, but the watermelon was hers, and she certainly couldn't let others take advantage of it, so she said, "Captain Qian, you are a good captain who cares about everyone. I am very touched, but this kind of watermelon can't be planted just like that. Can you allow me to take some time to give Captain Qian a plan for planting watermelons? This way, Captain Qian will be more likely to succeed when he goes to the commune to find the leaders, right?"

If Captain Qian wants to grow watermelons on a large scale, he can't just do it. He has to report an application and go through the formalities. Transactions also require procedures, otherwise it would be speculation.

Captain Qian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. We can't plant crops this year anyway, so take your time and don't worry."

Watching Wen Xi return to the cafeteria, Captain Qian couldn't stop smiling, as if he saw piles of banknotes waving at him.

I am really grateful to the Youth League Office for assigning such a smart and capable Wenxi to their team.

Wen Xi had no idea that Captain Qian had already become her die-hard fan before they even started dating.

In the evening, everyone came to eat and the whole cafeteria was bustling with people praising Wen Xi endlessly.

"Don't be deceived by Comrade Wen's appearance. Comrade Wen is not as good as you think." At this time, a mocking voice sounded, and the whole cafeteria suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked at the person who spoke.

Wen Xi also looked over curiously, and unexpectedly it was Qian Qiu Sheng's second sister-in-law, who was also Chen Dahua's second daughter-in-law.

When Chen Dahua didn't exchange houses with Jin Changfeng, she lived next door to Wenxi. Wenxi thought that his family were all good people. Now she knows that she was wrong.

"How did I deceive everyone? Please show me the evidence, or I will sue you for slander. I got to know a lot of people at that commendation meeting!" Apart from sending her mint water and serving her food, Wen Xi had no contact with her at all, so Wen Xi didn't understand why this person came out to destroy her reputation.

People around also began to point fingers at Qian Qiu Sheng's second sister-in-law. Although many people did not have much contact with Wen Xi, Wen Xi had always behaved well since going to the countryside and had no problems. How could they allow others to wrongly accuse Wen Xi like this?

Seeing that everyone was defending Wen Xi, Liu Youhong rushed towards Wen Xi in anger, "I will tear your face apart, I will let you hook up with other men, I will let you eat our eggs..."

When Liu Youhong pounced on her, Wang Xiaoju raised her foot and kicked Liu Youhong out. She was a villager and it was okay for her to fight with villagers. But if Wen Xi fought with Liu Youhong, it would mean that she was standing on the opposite side of everyone, and all her efforts would be in vain.

"Second sister-in-law of the Qian family, when did I eat your eggs? Please explain clearly, did you steal the eggs and eat them? Are you afraid that your mother-in-law and sisters-in-law will blame you, so you want to put the blame on me?" Wen Xi sneered.

"Don't think I don't know. Our Qiu Sheng often sends you eggs and firewood. Since you ate his eggs, it means you accept him. But you keep him hanging like this every day..."

After hearing this, someone remembered and said hurriedly, "I did see Qian Qiusheng give Wenxi eggs several times!"

Liu Youhong got up from the ground, like a victorious rooster, and raised her head proudly, "I didn't lie to you, I told the truth. Qiu Sheng didn't keep the eggs for his family, but gave them all to Wen Xi, that bitch."

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