frightfiction Chapter 1083 Partner Arrangement
Chapter 1083 Partner Arrangement
After dinner, Liu Jingxue naturally couldn't leave immediately, as that would mean she really treated the other person as her chef.
After helping with the cooking, a few people sat there listening to the radio, digesting the food and chatting.
"The autumn harvest will begin next month, and during the harvest, we also need to prepare firewood for the winter.
How are you preparing?"
"If the difference is much, I'll go a little further inside and find some dead trees," Liu Jingxue asked the two.
Zhou Mingxuan shook his head, "There's still almost a month left, we can handle it, we don't need your help.
You should just focus on researching your medicine. Didn’t you say before that you would get a few more prescriptions to hand over to the military pharmaceutical factory?"
"Yes, Xiaoxue, we still have a lot of firewood left from Grandpa Wu.
Didn’t you bring a few dead trees here before?
Anyway, there is still a month left, so we can just stop working for two or three days and go collect firewood. That will be enough."
After hearing what they said, Liu Jingxue did not insist any more.
She turned to look at Mr. Wu, who was listening to the radio and nodding his head.
“Grandpa Wu, what are you going to do during the autumn harvest?
Should I go to work or take a rest?
Wu Lao had already made plans, "Everyone in the production team, big or small, has to go to work, so it would be bad if I didn't go.
After all, my household registration is still here, so I should just follow the crowd."
Zhou Mingxuan frowned, "But the autumn harvest is too hard, Grandpa, can you stand it?"
Old Wu turned his head and said, "Mingxuan, you really underestimate me, your grandfather."
He patted his body and said, “My current body is much better than my peers.
Even if I'm competing with someone who is ten or twenty years younger than me, I'd still be better.
Do you really think that the ginseng wine I drank these years was in vain, and the health pills Xiaoxue gave me are vegetarian?"
"I was able to handle it last year and made it through the entire autumn harvest. I'm in better shape than last year, so why can't I do it now?"
Zhou Mingxuan quickly looked at Liu Jingxue, "Xiaoxue, it's not that I don't believe in your health-preserving pills.
The effect of the health-preserving pills is so good that my grandfather told me that after taking them for a month, his health has improved a lot.
I’m just worried that my grandfather is too old and can’t endure the hard work of autumn harvest.
After all, he is almost eighty years old.”
After confirming the effectiveness of the health-preserving pills from Mr. Zhang, Liu Jingxue prepared them for Mr. Wu, as well as her uncle and aunt.
Liu Jingxue did not even leave out the two old men from the Zhou family and the Zhao family.
It was sent to the two old men through Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao.
But I also told them to keep it confidential and not leak it.
Seeing Zhou Mingxuan explaining to her, Liu Jingxue waved her hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, Brother Zhou, I didn't misunderstand."
“But Grandpa Wu, I don’t approve of you working in the fields during the autumn harvest.
Although you are in good health now, you are at your age after all, so it is better for you to rest.
Yes, you did make it through the entire autumn harvest last year, but back then you still had Grandpa Zou, your uncle, and your aunt. They supported and encouraged each other, and it was much better than being alone like you are now."
Old Wu frowned. Liu Jingxue's words really left him with no way to refute.
He knew his own situation. During the autumn harvest last year, the production team was considerate of their age and did not assign them much work.
The main forces are still Liu Weihua and Wang Xiulan. After all, they are 20 years younger than him and Lao Zou.
Now that they have left, I am alone and I really cannot do those tasks.
“But resting at home is definitely not an option.
Although I have the documents saying that I can go to work or not as I please, the autumn harvest period is definitely different from other times.
Didn’t you see that during the autumn harvest, those elderly people in the production team who usually don’t work also came to help?
Although money can be used to supplement the work points of per capita rations when distributing grain, it will still give people a reason to criticize. "Old Wu frowned.
Liu Jingxue recalled the work done by the elderly in the production team during the autumn harvest and suggested,
"If you want to help, just like the old people in the production team, don't work in the fields anymore, and help out at the drying dam.
By helping to dry grain and peel corn, you can get some work points.
I didn’t slack off at home, so no one would complain.”
Zhou Mingxuan didn't want his grandfather to work hard with them during the autumn harvest at such an old age. After listening to Liu Jingxue's suggestion, his eyes lit up and he immediately agreed.
“Xiaoxue is right.
Grandpa, you should just work in the drying dam during the autumn harvest like the old people in the production team.
Working there is much easier than working in the fields.”
"Yes, Grandpa Wu, just listen to Xiaoxue and Mingxuan and work in the sunbathing area.
So that we don't have to worry about whether you can bear it while we are working.
Moreover, if you work in the sunbathing area, you can finish work earlier and go home early to prepare dinner.
Otherwise, we will have to cook after a hard day's work and be exhausted." Zhao Junhao suggested.
After listening to the words of the younger generations and recalling the scenes of autumn harvest in recent years, Mr. Wu couldn't help but back down.
"Okay then. I'll talk to the team leader and ask him to arrange for me to work on the dam."
"But Xiaoxue," Mr. Wu looked at Liu Jingxue.
"During the autumn harvest, don't cook at home. Come over to our place and eat in the evening.
I'll go home early to prepare dinner, and you guys can come back and cook the dishes then.
Anyway, it’s late to get off work, and everyone is exhausted after a hard day’s work, so no one comes here at all.”
"Mingxuan and Junhao, don't run back and forth between the two places. Just stay at my place during that time.
I am old, I sleep less at night and wake up early in the morning.
When the time comes, I will get up early and cook porridge and noodles for you for breakfast.
When the time comes, let them bring breakfast to you, Xiaoxue."
“Although I’m not a good cook, I can still make porridge and noodles.
You can also get some more sleep.”
Worried that some young people might refuse, Wu Lao said, "Although I am old, I am in good health.
Working in the drying dam is not tiring, but you have to do something.
You can't let me watch you guys get so tired every day and do nothing."
"You don't think my cooking is bad, or that I'm too old to be clean, so you don't want to eat the breakfast I made, do you?"
Mr. Wu simply started to play the victim.
Zhou Mingxuan, Zhao Junhao and Liu Jingxue looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The three of them didn't say anything, but this guy just started acting.
Zhou Mingxuan stroked his forehead and said, "Grandpa, please stop acting, your acting skills are really not that good.
We didn’t say we wouldn’t agree to your request.”
He looked at Liu Jingxue, "Xiaoxue, you've seen it too. If it doesn't go as Grandpa wants, who knows how he'll make a fuss.
You should listen to Grandpa and eat with us during the autumn harvest."
Liu Jingxue thought about it and decided that it would be difficult for her to refuse Grandpa Wu’s kindness.
Moreover, during the autumn harvest period, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao would probably be too tired to go hunting in the mountains after working all day long. They would probably eat mostly vegetarian food by then.
I must have been assigned the job of carrying grain. With my own strength and the help of spiritual power, I wouldn't feel tired after carrying for a whole day.
At that time, we will get some small prey from the high mountains in the space and say that we hunted them in the mountains to improve the lives of several people.
Make a pot of ginseng chicken soup every few days and use it as your food allowance.
"Okay then. I'll stay here during the autumn harvest."