Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 24 Eat Him

Of course, Li Xu ignored Xia Xiaohe's unauthorized arrangement.

Are you kidding? She comes to carry the backpack and I help her carry it. This is an international joke!

But this job is not as easy as imagined. The first challenge is the weather.

It's November now.

The last rays of the setting sun shone on the playground of this rural middle school, but failed to bring any warmth. The weather was bitterly cold, and most of the playground was made of earth, which was frozen dry and cracked, like a huge turtle shell.

The wind was roaring across the playground like a wild horse, sweeping past with a whistle.

Li Xu had naturally never done farm work before, but it was not the first time for him to work in this kind of weather.

I couldn't help but recall the scene of delivering takeout in my previous life.

When he delivers food, he won't stop taking orders just because the weather is too cold.

In winter, he would feel cold even with gloves on, and he would insist on delivering food even when it rained, or he would ride an electric scooter and speed on the quiet streets in the early morning.

He recalled those scenes, picked up the shovel, smiled, and said, "Then the three of us will have a happy cooperation!"

Liu Ruilan didn't say anything and had no expression, while Xia Xiaohe smiled faintly.

The three of them soon arrived at the designated area.

In order to set an example, the three of them have quite a few areas to cover in all the missions.

The soil seemed to have solidified into hard lumps of varying sizes, with sharp edges and corners, emitting a cold and hard light in the afterglow.

Seeing this, Li Xu finally understood why they had to give them a hoe. Without a hoe, the iron shovel probably wouldn't be able to dig anything.

Before the three of them started to move, many people in the class were already secretly observing them.

Liu Ruilan was keenly aware of those looks and sighed. She knew that many people in the class were waiting to laugh at them.

First of all, Xia Xiaohe usually gives others the impression of being a girl who has always been studying. She probably has never done any heavy farm work. As for Li Xu, a young man from the city, naturally has never done this kind of work.

As for her, she usually behaves too aggressively in class and many people don't like her. She is aware of this, so many people must want to see her get humiliated.

Standing next to the pile of earth, Liu Ruilan was about to say something when Li Xu had already picked up the hoe, raised it high, and dug hard, but it hit a stone, which immediately made his hand numb.

Liu Ruilan sighed helplessly and said, "Come on, give it to me, I'll do it!"

Li Xu ignored Liu Ruilan and swung the hoe again.

She was speechless looking at Liu Ruilan, but her eyes flickered slightly.

Although Li Xu's movements looked a bit amateurish, his eyes gradually became serious. He did not have any intention of being perfunctory at all and was doing this matter very seriously.

Li Xu raised the hoe high, drew an arc in the air, and then slammed it into the pile of earth. With a "clang", the hoe collided with the frozen soil, splashing a few bits of broken soil.

He quickly pulled out the hoe and swung it down again, leaning forward with the movement, his feet firmly planted on the ground. He pried hard, and a piece of frozen soil loosened and fell to the side.

This was not a very complicated matter. Li Xu quickly found the trick and his eyes became more focused.

His hands trembled slightly due to the effort, and his exhaled breath instantly condensed into white mist in the air, but he did not stop for a moment, adjusted his posture, and continued digging, sometimes smashing with the hoe, sometimes bending down and breaking larger clods of earth with his hands. The cold wind blew across his cheeks like a knife, he just shrank his neck, and then concentrated on the work of shoveling the soil.

Xia Xiaohe and Liu Ruilan looked at each other, then silently threw themselves into their work.

Li Xu's forehead was covered with sweat. He smiled and said to the two girls, "You two should take turns using the shovel!"

Liu Ruilan snorted, "Xia Xiaohe, just hold the backpack steady for me!"

Xia Xiaohe was a little afraid of Liu Ruilan, so she could only obey him.

As she spoke, Liu Ruilan skillfully used her feet to shovel up the loose soil that Li Xu had dug and scooped it into the backpack.

Not far away, several students were also working next to the pile of earth.

A boy, holding a hoe in both hands, but his eyes were wandering, he swung the hoe carelessly and smashed it crookedly at the pile of earth. With a dull "bang", he only scraped off a little bit of the soil.

After a few hits, he stopped and turned to talk to the classmate next to him with a smile on his face: "Does that branch look like a snake?" Another classmate was amused by his amusements and put down his hoe, grinning and responding: "It really does look like one. It's so cold, even snakes hibernate."

The girl next to me had her ponytail swaying in the wind. She leaned the hoe against her legs and was chatting animatedly with her friend.

"I watched the movie "Smiling Blockbuster" yesterday. It was the third time I watched it. The second male lead was so handsome!"

Her eyes were shining, her hands were gesturing in the air, and the hoe in her hand was shaking.

The companion nodded repeatedly, occasionally interjecting a few words, and the two of them laughed and talked continuously. The hoe occasionally tapped the pile of soil, but the soil still stood stubbornly. Liu Ruilan saw their situation clearly and sneered inwardly... Humph, are you still slacking off like this after being divided into groups?

Li Xu and his three companions were extremely focused and had no intention of chatting. Before long, the backpack was full.

Xia Xiaohe immediately bent down, lifted up a strap with one hand, turned to Li Xu and said, "Li Xu, please... help me lift it."

Li Xu went up and knocked Xia Xiaohe on the head without any hesitation, saying, "Move aside."

Xia Xiaohe was startled by Li Xu's actions. Although it didn't hurt much, she still covered her head.

Liu Ruilan deeply agreed with this, "This is the most correct thing I've heard Li Xu say today!"

Xia Xiaohe said aggrievedly, "Don't look down on me. I've carried firewood before, too!"

Li Xu glanced at Liu Ruilan. Although this girl had a bad temper, she was still quite rational at the critical moment. He smiled slightly and chased Xia Xiaohe away. "Okay, stop making trouble. Get out of the way. Let's improve our efficiency!"

Liu Ruilan nodded and said as a matter of course: "Yes, I still have to do it."

This made Li Xu, who had just squatted down, twitch his mouth slightly.

He pulled Xia Xiaohe aside with dissatisfaction: "You two are talking nonsense..."

He snorted and lifted the upper end of the strap directly.

Do you need anyone to help you with this stuff?
Then, before the two girls could react, he suddenly exerted force... Then, as he was inexperienced, he stumbled and the soil in the backpack almost buried him.

Liu Ruilan and Xia Xiaohe were both stunned.

The two were stunned for a moment, and looking at Li Xu's embarrassed appearance, they couldn't help laughing, and their laughter was like a silver bell, which was very pleasant to hear.

The dirt in the backpack poured into Li Xu's collar and quite a bit on his head. Li Xu patted the dust off his hair and started laughing.

Liu Ruilan realized at this moment that she had lost her composure and glanced at Xia Xiaohe unhappily... Really, why did she start to smile like a fool just like her?

But after this incident, both girls subconsciously realized... their relationship seemed to have inexplicably progressed a step further.

Li Xu refused to let the two girls carry the backpacks no matter what. He prepared everything and tried again for the second time. With the experience from the first time, he finally did not tip over and was able to carry the backpacks smoothly.

When Li Xu carried the backpack out, Liu Ruilan said, "Let's not sit idle either. Let's continue digging the pile of dirt!"

Xia Xiaohe nodded, and the two girls started working again with full concentration.

In fact, the tasks assigned to each group were not many. With the joint efforts of the three people, they completed their tasks in just four trips.

Looking around at this time, other groups were still busy, but they were the first to finish.

Xia Xiaohe looked at Li Xu with a strange look, and Liu Ruilan also glanced at him.

At this time, Li Xu had exhausted a lot of energy and had taken off his coat and tied it around his waist. The white shirt he was wearing inside was also stained with mud.

Doesn’t it say that if someone steps on his shoes, he will make a big fuss?

Li Xu smiled and said, "Why are you two looking at me like that?"

Xia Xiaohe quickly looked away, but Liu Ruilan met Li Xu's gaze without fear, folding her arms across her chest and saying, "I didn't realize you were so hardworking!"

Li Xu followed her example, folding his arms across his chest, snorting and saying disdainfully, "How can this be considered hardship? It's just shoveling a pile of dirt. I can do it without you two."

Liu Ruilan immediately exploded: "Ha, you mean the two of us are redundant?"

Xia Xiaohe didn't say anything... What Li Xu said seemed to be right, he could do it alone, but that would be too hard.

Li Xu then continued, "However, since you two have helped me a lot, how about this? I'll treat you two to a meal later."

The only restaurant in the village sells everything, including breakfast, lunch, and spicy hot pot in the afternoon.

When Xia Xiaohe heard that Li Xu wanted to treat her to another meal, she immediately shook her head and refused like a conditioned reflex: "No, no, I won't go."

However, Li Xu did the most work. He did at least 60% of the work alone, and the remaining 40% was done by Liu Ruilan and Xia Xiaohe.

But Liu Ruilan was very upset: "What do you mean by your business? It's clearly our business! If it weren't for me and Xia Xiaohe, you would still be shoveling the dirt!"

Li Xu smiled slightly. Liu Ruilan had naturally formed herself and Xia Xiaohe into the same camp. In the future, this girl would feel a little embarrassed when she wanted to cause trouble for Xia Xiaohe, right?
Li Xu nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't deny your work, so I said I would treat you to a meal."

Xia Xiaohe was still shaking her head, but Liu Ruilan snorted, "Xia Xiaohe, don't refuse. Since he wants to take the credit, then we'll both eat him up!"

Li Xu nodded, "Yes, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)