Eating melons

Jiang Qi successfully ate a lot during this meal. Ning Lanzhen was really too enthusiastic.

When he saw that Jiang Qi had eaten some of the mountain of food in her bowl, he immediately filled it up again.

After dinner, Ning Lanzhen immediately pulled Jiang Qi over and started chatting with her, asking her daughter how she was doing in the countryside.

This is not only a concern of Ning Lanzhen, but also of everyone else.

Although she wrote letters almost every month, she was still always worried.

At the end, Ning Lanzhen couldn't help but say, "Nannan, stay down there for a few months next year, and Mom will try to find a way to get you back, okay?"

Jiang Qi's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. To be honest, she didn't want to come back.

In fact, life in the countryside is pretty good. Although it is a little tiring, it is really fulfilling.

The most important thing is that Wei Wei is in the countryside, and she doesn't want to be separated from Wei Wei at all.

Not to mention anything else, after being separated from Wei Wei, her period alone was enough to drive her crazy.

Not to mention that Wei Wei is her spiritual support and spiritual sustenance, and she doesn't want to be separated from Wei Wei.

She understood some truths. Don't be fooled by the fact that the male and female protagonists in those time-travel novels are doing well and living happy lives.

But they themselves did not realize that they were slowly being assimilated by that era.

She has received advanced education and grew up under the influence of advanced ideas. She doesn't want to be assimilated at all.

As long as Wei Wei is around, she will know and remember that she is not from this era, and she will not be assimilated.

Even if she assimilates, it won't be that serious, so she won't be separated from Wei Wei.

Therefore, Jiang Qi immediately wanted to interrupt Ning Lanzhen's thoughts, "Mom, actually, I think it's good in the countryside. There are many like-minded friends there. I am still very happy. It's not worse than the city."

Ning Lanzhen didn't believe it. No matter how good the countryside was, it would always be worse than the city. It could never compare to the city. It could be seen from Jiang Qi's rough hands that he must have suffered a lot in the countryside.

When Jiang Qi lived in the city, he never touched water with his fingers, but now his palms are covered with calluses.

When Ning Lanzhen felt the calluses on her daughter's palms, her heart ached.

I have always been pampered since I was a child, but I have to endure such hardships.

Jiang Qi knew that his previous reason was a bit forced, so he found another reason that was trustworthy.

"I don't know how many people are watching Dad and the others right now. I've only been in the countryside for a little over a year, and they brought me back so soon. Who knows what tricks those people who are watching us will come up with.

In the Red Star Brigade, as long as I had money, I would never have to worry about food and drink. My best friend, Vivi, was the son of the brigade leader and was asked by the brigade leader to take care of her.

In that place, the captain almost has the final say. Weiwei and I get along well, so no one will bother us there. I live a very comfortable life there.

So I'd better stay for another two years before coming back! That way I won't be easily criticized."

The college entrance examination will be held in two years. By then, Ning Lanzhen won't need to say anything, she will take the exam on her own initiative.

"If it's really that good, then why do you still have so many calluses on your hands? It's obvious that they're from constant work."

As Ning Lanzhen spoke, tears began to flow.

Jiang Qi really didn't expect Ning Lanzhen to imagine so much based on just a few cocoons, so he hurried to explain.

"This is entirely my own fault. In fact, our team doesn't force people to work. It's the kind of thing where the more you work, the more you get paid, and the less you work, the less you get paid.

So no one would say anything even if I slacked off. After all, the less work I did, the less money I got.

But Weiwei thought that the captain took care of her in every way, and everyone in the team was kind to her for the captain's sake, so she couldn't be too much of a drag.

She also said that in the countryside, food is the lifeblood of farmers, and they should respect the fruits of other people's labor and not be too perfunctory in their work, so Vivi still works very hard.

Since they took such good care of me, I couldn't lag behind, so I worked harder.

And I think what she said is quite right. We are not short of those things, but that doesn’t mean that the people in the team are not short of them.

Even if we don't do our job well, we can't ruin other people's things, so we should work seriously.

However, our efforts have yielded good results.

This year, because the brigade’s farm didn’t share any of the money from sales, I have to keep some for next year to buy piglets, fertilizer, and other things.

Even so, I got more than 150 yuan and a lot of food.

I have used up my allotment of refined grains, which would have taken me months to live on.

As for those whole grains, even if I eat them every day, they would be enough for me to eat for a year, and I still might not be able to finish them.”