Chapter 1165 Stepfather 76
"Don't be in a hurry. Eat something before you leave." Shen Yi put the table on the kang and laid out the food. Yuanchun finished washing up and was about to leave when he stopped her. She hurriedly ate a few bites and left.
Shen Yi chased after her and stuffed two corn cakes into her hands, "Put them in your pocket and eat when you're hungry."
During the autumn harvest, all villagers, from three-year-old children to seventy-year-old elders, have to go to the fields to work, except for the elderly and the sick who cannot get off the kang, or the babies who cannot walk steadily.
Shen Yi's family's job is to take good care of the pigs in the pig farm so they don't have to work in the fields.
Compared to the villagers, the Shen family's work is much easier during the autumn harvest. But on weekdays when everyone is resting during the slack season, the Shen family also has to go to work and cannot slack off at all when raising and taking care of pigs.
Yuanchun ran to the brigade headquarters, but because she arrived late, she did not receive any tools, so she was assigned to the team that was responsible for picking corn.
She happened to be assigned to the same team as Grandpa Liu's son, daughter-in-law and youngest daughter, but because no one in the village was willing to be in the same team with them and she arrived late, the team leader stuffed her into Liu's team.
There are only four people in their team, three of whom are from the Liu family.
The Liu family has been here for so long, and although they have gotten pretty good at farm work, they are too slow and hold the team back. Fortunately, Yuanchun works quickly, and after she finishes her own work, she comes back to help them.
With Yuanchun's help, all four members of the team completed the first day's work.
The Liu family was very happy because they got eight work points for the first time.
But in the next two days, the team leader divided her and the Liu family into one team. After finishing her own work every day, she had to help the Liu family. It was equivalent to her doing the work of two or three people. She was so tired that she didn't even have the energy to speak when she got home.
Shen Yi felt sorry for her, and throughout the autumn harvest, after finishing his own work, he would run to the fields to help his wife and the Liu family, which made Yuanchun feel a lot more relaxed.
After the autumn harvest, the couple were so exhausted that they rested for three days at home before going out.
That night, when Yuanchun and Shen Yi were about to go to bed, Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen came.
Grandma Shen took out a bracelet wrapped in a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to Yuanchun. "This is given to you by your Grandma Liu. The Liu family is very grateful to you and Ayi for taking care of them during this period. Your Grandma Liu said that if you hadn't helped your uncle and aunt Liu with their work, they would have been exhausted and sick during the autumn harvest. Your Grandma Liu is very grateful to you two. Your Grandma Liu likes to wear this bracelet very much. The fact that she gave it to you means that she accepts you as a junior."
Yuanchun looked at the bracelet that was full of water and hesitated, "Grandma, I dare not accept such a valuable item."
"Just take what your grandmother Liu gave you. If you don't accept it, your grandmother Liu will definitely be sad, and she will think you look down on her."
When Yuanchun heard this, she quickly took the bracelet and said, "Grandma, tell Grandma Liu that I really like this bracelet, but I can't wear it for the time being. When I can wear it out, I will definitely wear it for Grandma Liu to see."
"Hahaha, okay, good kids, then we'll go back first, and you should go to bed early." Grandpa and Grandma Shen held hands and walked slowly back to the thatched hut in the dark.
The next day, Yuanchun took the bracelet to a secret base and buried it in her own small treasury.