Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 333 Amazement

An Yue scratched the tip of her nose and said quickly, "Um...he...he is Yue Yue's distant relative."

The village chief didn't say anything else, just lowered his head, smiled and shook his head.

After a while, all the villagers who went to dig taro gathered together and walked towards the stream in a long line.

When they reached the creek, they found the water level was still high.

The village chief put his hands on his hips and said with some regret: "The water in this stream is still quite deep!"

Then he said loudly to everyone: "Everyone be quiet and listen to me first!"

Soon, everyone fell silent and the villagers looked at the village chief, Li Huairen.

The village chief pointed to the path and said, "Everyone, follow this path and place your baskets neatly in a row. The taro you will dig out later will also be placed on this path."

"Also, the mud on both sides of the stream is slippery, and there are a lot of clam shells and snail shells in the mud, so everyone needs to be more careful when digging!"

After hearing what the village chief said, everyone nodded in understanding.

A man named Li Ergou, carrying a hoe, waved his hand and said jokingly: "It's okay, if everyone slides down, just think of it as taking a bath."

Li Wu's wife covered her mouth and smiled, "Yes, yes, you, Li Ergou, have been used to doggy paddling since you were a kid."

This caused the villagers to burst into laughter. Li Ergou smiled embarrassedly and scratched the back of his head.

Afterwards, the villagers put their backpacks on the path, picked up their hoes, found a location, and prepared to start digging.

While chatting and laughing, everyone was wielding hoes to dig up taro in the mud.

Gu Mingchuan observed the villagers' actions, then imitated them and started digging.

An Yue and the village chief stood by the stream, watching the safety of the villagers.

She accidentally saw Gu Mingchuan's focused and serious look, and suddenly, her opinion of Gu Mingchuan seemed to have subtly changed.

The village chief standing next to An Yue turned around and said with a smile, "Girl, this boy is not bad. He is handsome and has good eyesight."

An Yue asked in surprise: "Uncle, what do you mean?"

Village chief Li Huairen laughed and said, "Haha... I guess it's because Uncle's eyes are blurry. He's getting old, so blurry!"

An Yue's cheeks couldn't help but turn slightly red. She quickly turned her head and pretended to look at the scenery in the distance.

After hearing what the village chief said, An Yue suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.

She was sure that this feeling was not something that a ten-year-old should have.

Without noticing, Gu Mingchuan had actually dug out the taro.

Man A, who was at the front, said: "After being washed by the flood, it is actually easier to dig!"

Another man B responded: "Yes! It's just easy to slip."

Man C laughed and said, "Haha... It seems that there are more taro in this field than in the field we dug last time!"

The village chief who was walking beside the man said, "Then everyone should dig more. The more you dig, the more you can carry back home, and your family can eat more."

After listening to the village chief, the villagers wielded their hoes more vigorously.

At this time, An Yue also picked up the hoe and began to dig slowly.

The mud beside the soaked stream is very soft and you will slip if you are not careful when stepping on it.

An Yue was digging along the path, and Gu Mingchuan slowly moved to An Yue's side.

He said with a smile: "Lady, please teach me!"

An Yue asked as she dug: "Master Gu, aren't you afraid of getting your clothes dirty?"

Gu Mingchuan said while swinging his hoe: "It might have been possible before, but not now."

After hearing what Gu Mingchuan said, An Yue began to look at him with a new respect.

An Yue stood up straight, raised her arm to wipe the sweat off her face, and asked with a smile, "Why?"

"Ah! Such a simple life is quite comfortable."

At this moment, An Yue couldn't help but look at Gu Mingchuan.

Suddenly she felt that he was not so annoying after all. Instead, he had a unique charm that attracted her attention.

An Yue didn't dare to look at him any longer. She quickly lowered her head and continued to work.

Before they knew it, they had been digging by the stream for nearly two hours.

The village chief, An Yue and several women began to squat down, wipe the dirt off the dug taro, and put them into the backpack one by one.

The sizes of these taro are not very different. In order to pack them into the baskets more quickly, I used An Yue’s small basket as the measuring standard as I did last time.

Based on the approximate number of taro dug out by the villagers, a marking point is made on Anyue's backpack.

Whenever the taro was piled to the marked point, it would be put into the villagers' backpacks.

Several people worked hard with their hands and feet, and after a few minutes, everyone's backpacks were filled with taro.

The village chief said happily: "Well, not bad, not bad. We have made a great harvest today! When we carry the harvest home, our families will be very happy."

A middle-aged man smiled with wrinkles on his face and said, "Yes! This taro is a good thing, better than sorghum rice. My mother has bad teeth, and this taro is soft, sticky and smooth, and it can satisfy hunger. My mother said that Yueyue girl is the little fairy in our Baili Village."

After hearing this, An Yue quickly waved her hands and said, "I don't deserve it. This is a gift from nature. It's God's mercy on us."

After that, she turned to the village chief and said, "Uncle, Yueyue hopes that every household will plant some crops, and I suggest that they also plant some taro in the future."

"Yes, yes, of course. We'll talk about this with everyone at the next village meeting."

The villagers all carried their backpacks and prepared to go home for lunch.

An Yue also carried the basket of taro on her back. Gu Mingchuan quickly stepped forward and said to An Yue, "Let me carry it!"

"No, I can do it myself." An Yue refused decisively.

"You are just a little girl, how can you have that much strength? Don't try to be brave."

Gu Mingchuan snatched An Yue's backpack without saying a word and put it in his big backpack.

"Let's go quickly. I'm hungry." After saying that, he walked towards the east end of the village.

An Yue raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and couldn't help cursing in her heart: [How dare you say I don't have the strength? Do you believe that I can lift up your crown with my bare hands? ]

However, seeing how domineering he was, An Yue was actually a little moved for a moment.

The two walked one after the other, and no one spoke along the way.

As soon as he entered the yard, Ba Shi came forward to greet him.

The aunt, who was drying clothes in the yard, looked at An Yue covered in mud and said with a distressed look on her face: "Oh my, why are you still covered in mud!"

An Yue just felt a little puzzled. She thought: [Your acting skills are worthy of an Oscar in the 21st century, right? ]

The aunt picked up the wooden basin on the ground and said to An Yue, "Yueyue, wait here for a while! I'll go to the kitchen and get you a basin of water."

After saying that, she walked quickly towards the kitchen.