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Chapter 141 Feeling uneasy

Si Ningning's eyebrows trembled. He put down the broom head and leaned on the edge of the pig pen with his knees. He took off the military water bottle and handed it over in a smooth movement, "Are you thirsty? Drink some water?"

He Gu subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but he stretched his hand out in the air and then hesitantly retracted it.

He raised his hands in the air, stared hesitantly and glanced back and forth several times, and finally frowned and shook his head.

Si Ningning raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What? I work here in the pig pen, and now you think I'm dirty?"

"No, it's not." Hegu shook his head faster, pursed his chapped lips hesitantly, and said embarrassedly: "It's me..."

Before he could say the words "My hands are dirty", in his field of vision, a beautiful white hand held the kettle and handed it to him.

He Gu looked up blankly. He saw the young girl standing in the pig pen, with several pigs swaying around her, but she had a bright smile on her face that no one could ignore.

"Take it, I don't mind you." She said.

She seemed to be worried that he wouldn't know how to unscrew the lid of the kettle, so she unscrewed it for him before handing it to him again.

Hegu held the kettle with red ears. He held it in his hand and looked at it, but the owner of the kettle had already bowed down and continued working.

Hegu looked at Si Ningning, then at the kettle, and finally picked up the kettle, tilted his head back and took a few sips.

It's sour, a little sweet, and has a special taste. Well... it's a little strange, but it's not unpleasant to drink.

On the contrary, the water in the kettle was colder than the water just shaken from the well.

Originally, because of the continuous sound of cicadas and the fact that Si Ningning didn't come and Si Ningning didn't come, He Gu felt very irritated. After drinking two sips of water, he instantly calmed down.

He Gu glanced at the three girls behind him calmly, then held the kettle like a treasure, leaned on the fence and whispered to Si Ningning: "Si Ningning."

"Call me sister." Si Ningning raised her head and pretended to glare.

Hegu was not afraid of her, and still called "Si Ningning" regardless, "Did you know? Huo Lang is my eldest brother."

Si Ningning paused, "What?"

Huo Lang is He Gu’s eldest brother?

Si Ningning really didn't know about this. She only knew that Huo Lang had a sister.

But... Sanmiao, Sanmiao, Hegu?

Si Ningning got some clues from the name, "Do you live together? I went to Chen's house before, but why have I never seen you?"

He Gu opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He didn't know how to answer this question.

Si Ningning went to Chen's house a few times before, but he either fell asleep during his nap, or ran away while avoiding his brother's feeding.

Si Ningning did not struggle with this issue. She rubbed the broom head hard against the ground in her hand, tilted her head and asked the question she had always been curious about: "Your surname is Chen too, right? Your sister is also surnamed Chen, so why is your brother?

Your surname is Huo?"

He Gujian's chin tightened and he replied: "My eldest brother, my eldest brother, maybe his name is Chen Huolang."

Hegu actually didn't know. Anyway, his eldest brother had been called by this name since he could remember it, and he had never thought about this issue.

"..." Si Ningning was speechless for a while, knowing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, so he stopped gossiping about Hegu.

After asking Zhou Xiaocui to go home and get a bucket of water, Si Ningning washed the pig pen clean and took the teapot from He Gu's hand.

After giving some instructions to a few little carrot heads, Si Ningning braved the blazing afternoon sun and went to the fields to deliver water to other educated youths.

Hegu hadn't said what he wanted to say. When he saw Si Ningning was about to leave, he followed a few steps to follow, but Si Ningning turned around and scolded him: "There is no shade on the road and it's too hot. I'll be back soon. You

Just wait here."

Hegu reluctantly agreed.

It is midsummer when farming is busy. The scorching sun is scorching the earth. Wheat fields and rice fields far and near are like golden oceans. The hot wind blows by, like an illusion, with faint signs of distortion and deformation.

The commune members wearing sweat towels were hunched over the work, and their linen gowns were completely soaked with sweat.

Someone saw Si Ningning passing by carrying a teapot and shouted at the top of his voice: "Comrade educated youth, are you bringing water? Can we even order some? My throat is so dry that it's about to bleed!"

"Okay, uncle, do you have a cup here? I only have a teapot here, not a cup." Si Ningning responded in a loud voice, carrying the teapot and walking around for a while to get closer to the uncle who was calling.

"There is no cup, there is a vat!" The uncle took off his turban to wipe his sweat, and after a while he dug out a large enamel vat on the side of the field with the porcelain falling off. "My vat is big. Comrade educated youth, you are too young to have two mouths."

I need it.”

The uncle was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, uncle, this teapot is big enough." Si Ningning smiled, poured half of the teapot into it, and stopped when he thought it was almost full.

The sister-in-law who was busy tying grain next door also spoke, but unfortunately she didn't have a cup.

The uncle saw Si Ningning's dilemma, but fortunately he was almost done drinking, so he freed up the enamel jar and lent it to the sister-in-law.

There are many taboos about the relationship between men and women these days, but there are also times. On days like double robbery, everyone is so busy that their heels are hitting the back of their heads. How can they have time to think about those ridiculous things?

The two drank the water and praised Si Ningning one after another: "Comrade educated youth, the water in this pot is not well water, is it? Why is it sour, sweet, and very cold? Take this sip, and my five internal organs will be all over the place.

It’s cooler.”

"Uncle, sister-in-law, this water was boiled in the morning, and it was splashed with well water when it came out..." Si Ningning smiled and said: "I haven't been assigned to work in the pig pen recently? I go there often.

My sister-in-law's house is fetching water on Tuesday, and my second sister-in-law takes it very seriously. She has an orange tree at home, and she always gives me a few every time I see her."

Having said this, Si Ningning did not continue.

But the uncle and sister-in-law have already understood that the sweet and sour taste is due to the addition of oranges.

The two of them praised Si Ningning a few more times, saying that she was clever and could think of such a trick, and then they bent down to the fields again and started working.

Si Ningning continued walking along the field. Li Lingyuan and the others were nearby. They had already heard the uncle calling Si Ningning before. Therefore, before Si Ningning got closer, they saw Li Lingyuan holding his forehead.

Khan, holding the lunch box and waiting at the end of the field.

Si Ningning walked over quickly, and Li Lingyuan stretched out his tongue and spit out two breaths. He was really as tired as a dog, "Si Zhiqing, you, you are here just in time, I am so thirsty!"

The water he brought with him when he went out was all drank on the way to the field. Li Lingyuan was really thirsty.

Looking at Li Lingyuan's appearance, Si Ningning was really afraid that he would fall into the ground due to heatstroke, so she didn't dare to delay and quickly poured water on him.

While Li Lingyuan was drinking, Si Ningning took another lunch box filled with water from Li Lingyuan.

Li Lingyuan fell down twice more, then seemed to remember something, pulled on the strap on his shoulder and took out a military water bottle from behind, "Si Zhiqing, please, there is another one, Boss Mo's. Fill it up, is there enough water?"

"

Si Ningning closed the lid of the lunch box and took the kettle. She shook the elephant trunk teapot in her hand and listened to the sound of the kettle. She said, "Almost."

After delivering it to the male educated youths, you can't pass it on to other members along the way, otherwise it won't be enough.

Although orange mint tea is not lemon mint tea, the taste is the same. The sour and sweet taste not only quenches thirst, but also relieves heat.

Li Lingyuan thought it was very delicious, but when he heard the sound of water in the kettle that was already close to the bottom, he was too embarrassed to have another bowl. He chuckled twice, holding the lunch box and the kettle at Si Ningning and smiled: "Si

Educated youth, I discovered that not only are your meals delicious, but the water you serve is also delicious."

Of course she knew the taste of the orange and mint tea that Si Ningning brewed herself, but looking at Li Lingyuan's honest appearance, she couldn't help but laugh out loud and said: "Isn't the water all the same? You have been thirsty for too long, and you have an illusion.

Alright?"

The fair skin on Si Ningning's face showed a blush burned by the sun, her deer eyes curved into small crescents, and she replied with a teasing sentence, which made Li Lingyuan's face turn red and he scratched the back of his head with a silly smile.

"I have to deliver water to Xu Shuhua and the others. Hurry up and deliver the lunch boxes and kettles to Song Shuhan and Mo Bei. The water will not be cold in a while." Si Ningning left after saying that.

Li Lingyuan recalled the feeling of relief when the coldness penetrated his throat and entered his abdomen. He shouted a few thanks at Si Ningning's back, then turned around and ran in the opposite direction of the field without stopping: "Boss Mo! Song Shuhan, hey! Hurry up,

Hurry!"

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When they walked to the paddy field where Xu Shuhua and the others were cutting grain, more than ten minutes later, even though she was wearing a straw hat, a row of dense sweat beads appeared on Si Ningning's forehead, and she still felt that the top of her head was burning and burning badly.

Xu Shuhua and the others happened to be assigned to work on a piece of land this time, and there were other aunts and sisters-in-law nearby. By comparing them, you can see the difference in the speed of the work.

Xu Shuhua and the others did not work as fast as their rival aunts, but they worked harder. Si Ningning stood on the edge of the field and looked around. They were focused on harvesting grains and did not notice Si Ningning's arrival.

"Shuhua, Jiang Yue, Xiaoyun, I brought you water. Drink it before you do it, okay?"

It wasn't until Si Ningning started shouting that Xu Shuhua and the others noticed her. One by one, dragging their feet in the mud, they struggled to sway closer to Si Ningning.

"Ning Ning!" Xu Shuhua was the first to arrive. She stood in the field, resting her hands on the field stems and looking up at Si Ningning, with a big smile on her face and a lot of mud on her cheeks.

Si Ningning held the teapot in one hand and helped her remove the dry mud from her face with the other, asking: "Where did you put your cup?"

Xu Shuhua raised her chin to one side. Si Ningning looked over and saw Xu Shuhua's coats grouped together not far away.

It should be there.

Xu Shuhua stepped on the mud, which was suctioned and made it difficult to move. Si Ningning asked her to wait, and she walked towards the ball of clothes in a few steps and found the jar Xu Shuhua used to brush her teeth.

After Si Ningning poured water for Xu Shuhua and handed it over, Jiang Yue and Song Xiaoyun also arrived one after another.

Si Ningning discovered that in some aspects, Jiang Yue's personality was actually very similar to Li Lingyuan's. For example, when he drank water right now, he looked impatient, as if he couldn't get enough of it no matter how many bowls he drank.

Jiang Yue drank two bottles of water in a row before reaching out for more.

The kettle had reached the bottom, so Si Ningning poured some more for her, "Drink slowly, it's gone."

As he spoke, he turned to Song Xiaoyun, who was the last to follow, holding the kettle, "Xiaoyun, where is your jar?"

"I, I..." Song Xiaoyun rubbed her hands and said awkwardly: "I didn't bring it."

Xu Shuhua took her out at noon, and she didn't even have time to get the cup.

Si Ningning's cheeks bulged, she said "Hmm", thought about it for a moment, and handed the entire elephant trunk pot to Song Xiaoyun, "There is no jar, so you'll have to make do with it. Just raise your neck to deal with it first. Don't forget it next time."

Got the belt."

"Si Ningning, how did you make this water? It tastes so good, even better than the eight-cent soda from the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Just like that? If you are interested, I will teach you later."

"Okay! Don't go back on your word."

"Yes, I won't regret it~"

Jiang Yuexu asked nonchalantly, and Si Ningning answered nonchalantly. At the same time, he took off the military water bottle from his neck and handed it to Song Xiaoyun.

Xu Shuhua was drinking water and said happily: "Ning Ning, it's a good thing you didn't come. If the sun came, your thin skin and tender meat would have to be cooked in the sun."

Xu Shuhua is talking about the work of cutting grain.

"How can it be that exaggerated?" Si Ningning laughed and shook his head.

After making some jokes, Si Ningning looked at Song Xiaoyun.

There was not much water left in the elephant trunk pot, and that alone would definitely not be enough for Song Xiaoyun to drink.

Si Ningning wanted to say that if Song Xiaoyun felt that it was not enough, she could drink from her kettle first, but before she could say anything, Song Xiaoyun held the military kettle and glanced at it with a meaningful look, "This is Mo Zhiqing's kettle.

"

"Huh?" Si Ningning was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Mo Bei bought the kettle from her.

And this kettle was purchased online before traveling through time. There are hundreds or thousands of them, and they all basically look the same.

But she knew it, but Song Xiaoyun and Jiang Yue didn't.

In their eyes, they only saw Mo Bei holding a kettle that was exactly like this one that day.

Song Xiaoyun looked incomprehensible, and Jiang Yue's eyes were full of curiosity. Si Ningning was just thinking about how to answer, but Xu Shuhua explained to her: "They are all military kettles, so there is nothing surprising about them looking exactly the same, right? In order to buy this kettle, Ning Ning went out of her way that day.

I ran away once. Have you forgotten? Just buy the small table."

Si Ningning also remembered something. In order to deal with Xu Shuhua, she did explain that she went to the town to buy a kettle.

Thinking of this, Si Ningning nodded and said, "They should be produced in the same factory, right? Xiaoyun didn't tell me, I haven't remembered it yet. I'll go back and make a mark later to avoid making mistakes later."

With Xu Shuhua's guarantee, and Si Ningning nodding her head to admit that she bought it herself, the matter should have ended here. But what Si Ningning didn't know was that Song Xiaoyun nodded without asking any questions, but in fact she didn't believe it in her heart.

.

Song Xiaoyun held a military kettle with camouflage patterns, and the image of Si Ningning holding Mo Bei's hand under the kerosene lamp that night flashed in her mind, while Mo Bei looked intently at Si Ningning.

When she first drank the water, she felt it was very delicious, but for some reason, when she thought of that scene, Song Xiaoyun suddenly felt that there was no taste in her mouth.

Song Xiaoyun rubbed the military kettle and handed it to Si Ningning again. She looked at Si Ningning seriously with wide eyes, "Thank you, Ningning, I'm not thirsty anymore."

(End of chapter)