Refusing to marry a widower, I went on a crazy spree of sending my children to the army.

When Qiao Manman returned home, she saw Qiao Runming squatting on the ground washing rice and vegetables.

He Nian brought out a bucket of water from the backyard and watered the seedlings.

The wheat grains that Qiao Manman planted still showed no signs of life, but she wasn't in a hurry. She just left them there, hoping they wouldn't be pecked by the little flowers.

After washing up in the backyard, she happily told her parents that she was on vacation: "Dad, Mom, I'm going to Suzhou in three days. Take good care of yourselves at home."

He Nian nodded: "Don't worry, your father can walk on his own now."

The cane and wheelchair that Tan Mujiang ordered arrived a couple of days ago. If all else fails, I'll take him to the pigsty and have him feed the pigs with me.

Qiao Runming was stunned when he heard this: "Comrade Xiao He, why do I feel that you've become more upright since you started working?"

He Nian laughed heartily: "Of course! Who told me to be the one earning work points now!"

Qiao Manman couldn't help but smile and said, "Dad, why don't you participate in the accountant election? Now that our family has fallen out with the Qiao family, they won't affect you."

Qiao Runming touched his knee, somewhat hesitant.

Qiao Manman advised, "Why not give it a try? It doesn't matter if you don't get selected. It'll save you from being bored at home."

Qiao Runming nodded: "Okay, I'll sign up tomorrow!"

"I'm on vacation right now, so I can keep you company!"

The family enjoyed a delicious dinner and then went to rest.

Qiao Manman flashed into the space and was constantly harvesting wheat and rice, never stopping for a moment.

Tell me, tell me, how come those piglets can eat so much? She's almost running out of wheat bran.

Qiao Manman worked hard for two hours, spreading the harvested wheat and rice ears onto a tarpaulin, planning to take them out of the space to dry in the sun the next day.

During my break, I went to check on the fruit tree saplings and found that they had all survived. Not only had they grown a lot of new leaves, but flower buds were also forming on the branches.

And the strawberry seeds she scattered—it hasn't been long, and they've already grown three big leaves.

The center of the leaf is bulging; if you pull it open, you'll find green flowers inside.

Qiao Manman rubbed her chin: "Master, should I bring in a beehive?"

I just don't know if the bees will sting her.

The system nodded: "Sure, host, these two plots of land are suitable for raising living creatures!"

Qiao Manman was satisfied, but she wondered if one day she would sign in as a mutated bee.

Thinking of the sweet, energy-rich honey in post-apocalyptic novels, Qiao Manman's mouth watered.

I rested in the space for a while, then came out. After a quick wash, I lay down on the kang (heated brick bed) and fell fast asleep.

The next day, as the morning dew rose, I accompanied He Nian to the pigsty to feed the pigs.

As soon as you enter, you smell a foul odor, but He Nian and Granny Qi seem oblivious, laughing as they clean the pigsty and not letting Qiao Manman help.

With no other option, Qiao Manman went to cook pig feed.

She has more mental fortitude than He Nian. She reached into the bag of wheat bran and stirred it—hey, no need to add extra ingredients every day!

Qiao Manman followed He Nian's instructions, started a fire to boil water, and poured in the wheat bran. She stirred it well, and then added some other random ingredients.

The stew smelled especially delicious. The piglets were snorting and rooting around, almost tipping the stone trough over.

Qiao Manman calmly walked over and poured the pig feed in. The pig heroes quickly licked it up, and in less than two minutes, the stone trough was completely clean!

"Ha, I didn't expect Man's cooking skills to be so good. If you didn't have a job, you could have taken over the family business!"

Qiao Manman laughed heartily, finding Granny Qi to be truly humorous.

He pulled out seven or eight White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket: "Grandma, these are from the county town, please enjoy them!"

Grandma Qi didn't stand on ceremony and accepted it with a smile.

She added, "Come visit Grandma often when you have free time. As I get older, I enjoy listening to you young people talk about life outside."

As I listened, it felt as if I had returned to the glorious years of fighting the Japanese invaders. Looking at those energetic faces, I was filled with emotion at the ever-growing prosperity and strength of our motherland.

Qiao Manman sat there for a while, then left.

While stretching and strolling around the village, he happened to run into Wang Defa and was conscripted into the army.

"Man'er, come here, help me check if Dong Zhiqing's calculation is correct!"

Although Dong Jinhong checked it several times, Wang Defa was still not satisfied. He insisted that Qiao Manman calculate it again before he would announce it to the commune members.

Since she had nothing better to do, Qiao Manman agreed.

Sitting at the captain's desk, looking at the stack of papers on it, he asked, "Have all the data been checked?"

“I checked it. Sun Xiangxuan looked at it twice, and I also randomly checked a few people. I didn’t find any problems.”

Qiao Manman hummed in agreement: "Then I'll just forget about it!"

As they talked, they started calculating work points and grain, checking one page after another at lightning speed.

Wang Defa glanced at it twice and then left.

Qiao Manman waited for a while, and seeing that the captain didn't seem to be coming back, she carefully took out her calculator. Wow, her efficiency improved again.

After a busy morning, I stretched and finally finished checking everything.

To be fair, Dong Jinhong is quite capable. He can calculate accounts almost without any errors without relying on tools, and his handwriting is also beautiful.

Qiao Manman compiled a table summarizing the amount of grain each member of Qingshan Brigade should have received, the amount of grain they actually received, and the difference between them, and handed it to Wang Defa.

"Uncle Captain, look! Nearly half of the commune members have received less grain!"

Wang Defa took a puff of his pipe and realized something was wrong.

If Liu Yun was bad at math and made a mistake in the calculation, then there should be some mistakes and some mistakes. But in the end, the total was only slightly less than expected.

What does this mean? It means that Liu Yun was secretly trading in the brigade's grain.

He didn't know the specifics of how it was done, but this bill alone was enough to send Liu Yun to jail!

"Girl, you go back now, I'm going to settle accounts with Liu Yun!"

"Captain, shouldn't you bring a few more people?"

"No need, making a big fuss about this won't do us any good!"

Qiao Manman nodded and left the brigade headquarters.

I took a stroll around the village and happened to run into people coming home from work. I greeted them with a smile.

"Man'er, are you on holiday? How's the machine factory? Is work tiring?"

"I'm tired, busy from morning till night!" Qiao Manman smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries before going home.

They had no idea that Wang Defa almost got into a fight with Liu Yun's wife.

"You, surnamed Liu, know perfectly well whether you've done it or not. Do you really want me to tear off the mask and expose your evil deeds to the public?"

Liu Yun's wife immediately started tearing at Wang Defa: "It's all your fault! My husband Liu was doing a good job, but you had to let that educated youth surnamed Dong interfere."

What? Are educated youth more important than the people in the production team? Don't you care about all the years of working together?!

As he spoke, he scratched Wang Defa's face, without holding back at all.

Liu Yun squatted in the corner like a quail, cheering in his heart: "Go, wife! Scratch that old Bi Deng to death!"

Wang Defa raised his hand to block, but because the other party was a woman, he was hesitant to fight back.

Seeing that the other person's sharp nails were about to land on his old face, he hurriedly shouted, "Liu Yun, aren't you going to do anything about this? Do you want me to hand over the account books to the commune and send you to jail?"