Chapter 71 Xiaoxue, why don’t you come and help me with the work this afternoon?
"What they did was wrong, and as their aunt, I can't say a word. I'm doing this for their own good." Why doesn't the mother-in-law understand her good intentions.
Uncle Shen San came out and saw his mother was about to go back to the house to get a rolling pin, so he pulled Liu Pandi and ran out. His own parents went out, and Shen Xue followed them out.
Old Lady Shen took out the rolling pin, and they had already run a long way away. "My dear, Jiandong, you guys continue to play. Liu Pan, if he says anything you don't like after watching that awful thing, you don't have to be polite."
Old man and old lady Shen finished their work in the morning, so they didn't have to go to work in the afternoon. The dough was almost risen, so old lady Shen started making steamed buns.
After giving the white radish a bath, Gu Jiandong ran into the kitchen and saw Old Lady Shen kneading the dough. He was eager to try, "Grandma Shen, I want to play too."
Kneading dough is also a strenuous job. This child is energetic and likes to play. Old Mrs. Shen moved the basin to him and kneaded the dough into various shapes in his hands.
Seeing Shen Shuyu was bored, he pinched half of the dough to her, "Shuyu, let's play together, it's fun!"
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On the way, Uncle Shen said, "Why do you talk so much every day? The soap belongs to the two children. If they want to give it to the dog, they can give it to the dog. What does it have to do with you? If you don't get scolded for a day, you will feel uncomfortable, right?
Shu Yu and Jian Dong are not the kind of people who would suffer a loss, so you two should just calm down."
"I'm your wife. I've been wronged. It's fine if you don't help me, but why do you always blame me?" Liu Pandi felt very uncomfortable. Even a fool would know to protect Shen Shuyu, but why didn't her man know how to protect her?
"What injustice have you suffered? You asked for it. You deserve to be splashed with water. If I hadn't pulled you out, you would have been beaten up." After the family was divided, Uncle Shen felt a lot of pressure. This woman didn't want to earn more work points, but was looking for trouble.
Everyone knows that you should pick on the weak, but she is different. She knows that her eldest niece and Gu Jiandong are not easy to deal with, but she still acts like an aunt and says things that others don't want to hear.
"Yes, it's my own fault. I won't mess with those two ancestors at home from now on, okay?"
Who was she doing this for? She just wanted a piece of soap to give him a bath.
Seeing her father was angry, Shen Xue did not dare to slack off at work in the afternoon. Zhou Jingchen kept looking at Shen Xue working and felt that she was not sensible at all today.
Knowing that he can't do the work, why don't you come over to help him?
The scorekeeper came over with a notebook in his hand. "Zhou Jingchen, why are you wasting time instead of working? If you become a household with a loss at the end of the year, don't complain that our team is bullying you."
"I'll do it right away." Zhou Jingchen has also seen the situation clearly recently. He has to bow his head in someone else's territory. These peasants are very arrogant and unreasonable.
Zhou Jingchen finally waited until the end of the workday. After work, when most people had left, he went to question Shen Xue, "Xiaoxue, why didn't you come over to help me with the work this afternoon?"
Shen Xue hadn't eaten anything at noon, and had worked all afternoon. She was so hungry that she didn't have any strength at all.
She thought Zhou Jingchen would come to care about her, but he just questioned her. She was very sad, "Jingchen, I didn't mean to not help you with the work. My parents are watching me closely, so I can't leave.
Besides, you are only pulling weeds, and you can finish that job by yourself."
"You said you would help me with the work, but you broke your promise and you're right."
In everyone's opinion, his job was easy, but in Zhou Jingchen's opinion, his job was the most difficult. The weeds were everywhere, and if he was not careful and pulled out the seedlings, he would be deducted work points. It was obvious that the team leader was deliberately making things difficult for him.
It would have been better if he had Shen Xue's help, but Shen Xue didn't come to help him this afternoon, resulting in him only earning two work points today.
"Jingchen, I know I was wrong today. I will help you with the work tomorrow. Don't be angry. I'm so hungry and tired. I'm going home first."
Under normal circumstances, Shen Xue would definitely be reluctant to go home. She wanted to seize every opportunity to stay with Zhou Jingchen for a while longer, but now she was too hungry and too tired. She just wanted to go home and lie down.
It was her turn to cook today, but Zhou Jingchen would never let her go home. She had to go to the educated youth center to help him cook.
Zhou Jingchen's expression changed, and he said gently and concernedly, "Xiaoxue, your mother needs time to cook, why don't you go to the educated youth camp and sit for a while? I have malted milk, I'll make you a bowl of malted milk, and you won't be so hungry after drinking it."
"Then... I'll go sit at the Youth League Center."
When they arrived at the educated youth camp, Zhou Jingchen said, "Xiaoxue, sit for a while. I'll make you some malted milk."
"Okay." Jing Chen was so nice to her that he even made malted milk for her to drink. She had never tasted such a precious thing before, but she had seen that loser Shen Shuyu drink it and it tasted so good. At that time, she asked Shen Shuyu to make her a bowl of it, but that stingy guy not only refused to make it for her, but also beat her!
Zhou Jingchen took a bowl and poured boiled water into it. He went into the house and scooped a little malted milk into the bowl. He stirred it with chopsticks and took it out. "Xiaoxue, drink it quickly. I'll scoop three spoonfuls of malted milk for you. You won't be hungry after you finish it."
Shen Xue happily took the bowl and looked at it. She asked uncertainly, "Jing Chen, this looks like plain water, right? Did you forget to add malted milk?"
The water in the bowl is crystal clear and looks just like the boiled water we normally drink. How could there be malted milk in it?
"This is not clean water. I scooped three scoops of malted milk for you. The whole yard is filled with the fragrance of malted milk. Can't you smell it?"
"Is there any fragrance?" Shen Xue picked up the bowl and smelled it uncertainly. There was a little bit of fragrance, but just a little bit. If it weren't for her good sense of smell, she wouldn't be able to smell it.
"Drink it quickly, you won't be hungry anymore." He was hesitating because he was still waiting for Shen Xue to cook.
Shen Xue finished the drink in one breath. Zhou Jingchen asked her if it tasted good. The taste was no different from boiled water. Shen Xue didn't think it tasted good at all, but she still followed Zhou Jingchen's words and said, "It tastes good, better than sugar water."
Zhou Jingchen despised her in his heart. A country girl is just a country girl. He could fool her by adding a little bit of malted milk.
"As long as it tastes good, you're not hungry now, are you?"
"Not hungry anymore!" She was very hungry, and now she was even hungrier.
The educated youths at the educated youth camp saw that he was chatting and not cooking for a long time, so they started to criticize him.
"Some people are bad at everything. They are the laziest when it comes to eating. When it's their turn to cook, they start to procrastinate. They really think they have come to the countryside to be a young master!"
Zhou Jingchen: “…”
"Xiaoxue, sit here for a while. I'll go cook."
Jing Chen was so nice to her, how could she sit still? She followed him to the kitchen, "Jing Chen, you're not very good at cooking, let me do it!"
Zhou Jingchen handed the food to her naturally, "Xiaoxue, you have worked hard."
With Shen Xue cooking, the educated youth at the educated youth site can have their meals quickly.
Shen Xue washed her hands and was about to go home. Li Jian thought for a moment and followed her out, "Comrade Shen Xue, you'd better not come to the educated youth camp to cook in the future. It's not good for your reputation."
Shen Xue snorted, "What's it got to do with you? I'm just happy to help Jing Chen cook!"
Well, he was superfluous in talking, "Just treat it as a fart!"
He just couldn't stand Zhou Jingchen's behavior and gave her a reminder. If she didn't want to hear it, then he wouldn't be annoying!