"Oh," Shang Yanfang said, her face contorted as she pushed the cart with all her might.

Seeing the little girl struggling to push the cart, the man reached out a hand and helped her push.

Shang Yanfang suddenly felt a lightness in her body. When she looked up, she found the man staring at her blankly.

The two smiled at each other, and pink bubbles seemed to appear between them.

"You must be tired, Yanfang. Let me push you for a while," Li Zhaodi said, taking the handle from Shang Yanfang.

Shang Yanfang was indeed tired, so she didn't refuse Li Zhaodi's suggestion and gave up the stroller.

She walked alongside Gao Jianguo, occasionally taking his hand when no one was looking.

Several people took turns pushing the bicycles, and after finally getting the grain to the educated youth settlement, Gao Jianguo helped them unload the grain and then pushed the bicycles away.

When He Lingling saw that no one was paying attention to her, she quietly took small steps toward Shang Yanfang.

"Tell me, are you having an affair with that person?"

"Who is that?"

"Don't try to fool me, I saw it all."

"N-nothing...nothing."

"How dare you speak like that if there's nothing wrong? Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely."

"So-and-so and I have a bit of mutual attraction right now," Shang Yanfang said, her face flushed.

"Oh, you two, I saw you holding hands. Is it just a crush?"

"Stop, stop talking!" Shang Yanfang waved her hands wildly and ran away.

Afternoon sunlight filters through the trees.

After resting, the group sat there lazily.

"I'll go and share the mung bean soup I made at noon with the villagers."

Shang Yanfang carefully picked up the large basin beside her and walked towards the backyard.

Gao Jianguo was helping to pass bricks in the backyard when he saw the little girl's cautious manner. He strode over to her and snatched the large basin filled with mung bean soup.

"Comrade Shang, are you suggesting we drink from a basin?" Gao Jianguo said, noticing that there was only a basin and no other tool for drinking mung bean tea.

"I forgot, I forgot to bring the bowl." The little girl slapped her forehead and turned to go back to the front yard to get the bowl.

"Walk slowly, don't rush, watch your step," the man said, looking at the mess the ground had made from the construction.

I don't know if the little girl heard it.

Anyway, the fellow villagers who helped heard it all clearly.

"Jianguo has also found a girl he likes."

"That's right, Uncle Chen won't have to worry about building the country anymore."

"Third brother, you're not getting any younger, it's time you found someone." (Third brother, Lu Youyou, Captain Lu's third son)

Several uncles and elders mentioned Gao Jianguo and Shang Yanfang before finally spotting the little girl holding a bowl.

"Uncles, gentlemen, I'm still pursuing her, so don't go around telling everyone," Gao Jianguo warned the group in a low voice, clearly frightened.

A few people would give him a smile: "Hey, you're pretty good, kid," and then they'd get back to work.

The little girl put the bowl aside and quickly said, "Uncle, rest a while longer, have some mung bean water to cool off in the heat."

Several fellow villagers who hadn't gone far returned the way they came.

"Thank you, Shang Zhiqing, your cooking is really amazing."

"Your future man is so lucky, you're so beautiful."

"She has such a cheerful personality. She's a really nice person. I wonder which young man will end up with her."

With each word of praise from others, Gao Jianguo stood a notch straighter.

"What are you so happy about? It's not like I'm praising you." Lu Youyou felt a strange feeling stuck in her throat.

Perhaps it was because he saw his friend's sister about to be taken advantage of. Or perhaps he was a little resentful.

He punched Gao Jianguo and said.

I could tell that the atmosphere between the two of them wasn't quite right.

Shang Yanfang handed two bowls of mung bean water to the two of them, successfully breaking the awkward atmosphere between them.

They all finished the mung bean water in a few gulps and went back to work.

Before Gao Jianguo left, he asked her to meet him in the back hill area thirty minutes later.

He left right after he finished speaking, without seeing the little girl's blushing face.

After everyone left, Shang Yanfang took away the used bowls and basins, washed them, and put them in the kitchen.

I glanced at the watch on my wrist and it was almost time.

She slowly walked towards the back of the mountain by herself.

A person walks slowly in the middle of a rice paddy.

Suddenly, a man reeking of alcohol rushed out from the side path.

"Hey, whose little girl is this? She looks just like Mo Jun! Come on, come play with your big brother."

Suddenly, a person rushed out from the side path and looked Shang Yanfang up and down with an aggressive gaze.

Startled, Shang Yanfang quickly took a few steps back.

The panic on his face was impossible to hide.

"Help! Help! Is anyone there?"

The little girl was so frightened that she ran back.

The man ran a few steps, trying to catch up with Shang Yanfang. But because he had been drinking, he fell after a few steps.

When Shang Yanfang turned her head to see if the man was going to catch up, she found him lying there motionless.

After standing there for a while, I thought the man was probably faking it.

They found that the man remained motionless lying there for quite some time.

She tiptoed toward the man.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" The sudden pat on the shoulder startled the little girl so much that her legs went weak.

"Don't be afraid, be good. Don't be afraid." I heard the man's familiar voice.

"Wow, Gao Jianguo, why are you so late? I was almost scared to death just now."

Upon seeing an acquaintance, the little girl burst into tears.

"No, don't cry, what's wrong? Tell me." Gao Jianguo asked anxiously when he saw the little girl crying.

The little girl was still sobbing, but she suddenly lunged at Gao Jianguo.

Shang Yanfang cried for a long time, soaking Gao Jianguo's clothes.

Gao Jianguo held the little girl in his arms, and listening to her cries, he felt his heart breaking.

He secretly vowed to himself: he would never let the little girl cry again.

Shang Yanfang had a good cry and felt much better.

She finally managed to tell the man the whole story, her voice trembling with sobs.

The man pulled the little girl to the side of the fallen man. He then turned the man over.

"Wang Damaizi. Wang Damaizi." Gao Jianguo slapped his face and called out twice, but the man remained lying there motionless.

Gao Jianguo held the little girl's hand with one hand and Wang Mazi's foot with the other, pulling them to the riverbank.

"Don't look, sweetie." Gao Jianguo coaxed the little girl gently, afraid that he would scare her if he got angry later.

Shang Yanfang nodded obediently.

Gao Jianguo pulled Wang Mazi to a place a little distance away from the little girl, but she could still see him if he looked up.

He was afraid that something else might happen to the girl.

"Ouch, that hurts." Wang Mazi woke up from his drunken stupor.

"Wang Mazi, do you think you're tired of living or what? How dare you seduce my woman?" Gao Jianguo said, grabbing Wang Mazi's collar.

Startled, Wang Mazi quickly apologized, "Brother Jianguo, how could I dare? How could I dare to take it from you?"

Wang Mazi was a petty hoodlum in the Kaoshan Brigade.

He bullied people since he was a child, loved drinking, and got into fights.

Once, I got into a fight with Gao Jianguo and was terrified by Gao Jianguo's reckless ruthlessness. After that, I avoided Gao Jianguo whenever possible.

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