Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 49: Living Next Door to the Big Shot

Xu Qinghuan didn’t say anything. Yu Xiaomin gave an awkward smile and changed the subject, "Auntie went to the commune to buy or sell things?"

"A few eggs, taken to exchange for soy sauce!" Liu Cailing’s eyes turned and landed on Xu Qinghuan, "What are you, this young educated youth, doing here in the countryside? You can’t carry anything on your shoulders or lift with your hands. Does your family send you money and tickets?"

Xu Qinghuan paid no attention.

She continued, "You educated youths have come here before, and couldn’t do the work. Our production team has quite a few lads who work really well. My son, Hu Qiang, he’s a top-notch worker, can handle any task..."

The tractor suddenly sped up, bounced twice abruptly, and Xu Qinghuan hurriedly held onto the tractor’s crossbar. Liu Cailing nearly got thrown off, screamed in fright and scolded, "Xiao Wu, how are you driving, Auntie almost lost her life!"

Jiang Xingye gave her a sidelong glance; Liu Cailing didn’t dare make a sound, quieting down at last.

The tractor stopped once more at the gate of the brigade headquarters. This person complained, "Xiao Wu, drive the tractor a few steps further, are you afraid these two female educated youths will have to walk more? They’re young, unlike Auntie’s old arms and legs?"

Jiang Xingye didn’t utter a word, directly turned off the tractor engine, took a stride with his long legs, and left.

Liu Cailing wouldn’t stop talking, followed Jiang Xingye for two steps, "Oh my, Xiao Wu, did you get into a fight again? Look at your clothes, why is the sleeve torn so much?"

Xu Qinghuan, feeling guilty, put a basin on her head pretending to be a turtle, and quickly ran into the educated youth point.

The older educated youths were still at work, and the other new ones were not at the point either. Xu Qinghuan and Yu Xiaomin cleaned up a bit, having gone into town and come back exhausted, they didn’t even have time to daub the walls and decided to sleep first.

They slept until after four o’clock. People gradually started returning, and the noise woke the two of them up. Xu Qinghuan lay on the kang, dazed for a moment, just about to get up when they heard Chen Dewen shouting outside, "Educated Youth Xu, Educated Youth Yu, are you there?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Yu Xiaomin hurriedly got up and responded, "Yes, here."

Chen Dewen said, "Then get up, we’re planning to go collect the grains."

Xu Qinghuan also scrambled to get up and casually tied two loose centipede braids. Seeing this, Yu Xiaomin was quite envious, "Huanhuan, how did you braid your hair? It’s so pretty."

"I’ll teach you when we get back, it’s very simple."

No girl doesn’t love beauty.

Yu Xiaomin gleefully said, "Okay!"

It happened to be knock-off time. Three men and four women walked in the brigade, good-looking guys and girls, especially with Xu Qinghuan, who seemed like a fairy walking out of a painting, the eyes of the passing commune members were practically glued to her.

Xu Qinghuan frowned lightly, and Chen Dewen along with the other two male educated youths tacitly surrounded her, shielding her from those curious, amazed, or lewd gazes.

Seeing this, Lu Nianying was almost driven crazy with jealousy.

She bit her lip hard but had to admit that whether in appearance or figure, they couldn’t compare with Xu Qinghuan.

Each received thirty pounds of grain; ten pounds of fine grain were actually cornmeal, and of the twenty pounds of coarse grain, ten were black flour and ten were buckwheat flour.

Black flour is ground from wheat bran, so coarse that it scraped your hand, and even more scratchy on the throat when eaten.

Seven people, totaling two hundred and ten pounds.

Asking Xu Qinghuan to carry thirty pounds of grain nearly four hundred meters; it wasn’t that she couldn’t carry it, she just didn’t want to.

Fortunately, there was a cart at the warehouse. Chen Dewen asked to borrow it, and the group put their grains on the cart. Chen Dewen pulled, while Zheng Siqi and Dai Yifeng helped push on either side, and despite never having done farm work, they managed to get the grains to the educated youth point by working together.

Chen Dewen was drenched in sweat.

Duan Qingmei, upon hearing the commotion, came out with a ladle, "Not working the whole day, and just now going to pick up the grains. Our meal is already made, there’s nothing for you today, you’ll have to cook your own."

With that, she gave Xu Qinghuan a resentful glare, turned her head away with a flick of her braid, and went back inside.

The faces of several people didn’t look good.

Xu Qinghuan didn’t say a word, took down her own grain, and said, "Since you male educated youths helped us drag the grains here, the cart should be returned by us female educated youths!"

"Sure!" Chen Dewen didn’t hesitate, and asked Xu Qinghuan, "Want me to help you carry it in?"

"No need, leave the cart here, Xiaomin and I will return it!"

She didn’t like owing people favors, and since she had come to the countryside, she preferred to do whatever she could by herself, not wanting to take advantage of anyone.

The two returned the cart, and on their way back, they encountered the brigade leader, who called out to Xu Qinghuan, "Where did you two go?"

"Got our grains and returned the cart," Xu Qinghuan replied, "Brigade Leader, any progress on the house yet?"

The brigade leader said, "Just wanted to talk to you about it. The owner is willing to rent, and the rent is cheap, just one yuan a month. What do you think?"

Xu Qinghuan was overjoyed and hurriedly took out twelve yuan to give to the brigade leader, "I’ll rent it for a year first. Do we need to write a contract or anything?"

"Let’s write one, come with me to the brigade headquarters, I’ll write you a receipt." The brigade leader took a tobacco pipe in his hand and walked towards the educated youth point.

The brigade leader deliberately took a detour. When passing by Jiang Xingye’s house, he pointed to the neighboring landlord’s house and said, "Look, it’s this house, quite large, enough to house several people, repaired every year but no one lives in it.

If you all move in, I’ll arrange for people to fix the roof and windows for you."

"Great!" Xu Qinghuan was pleasantly surprised; she hadn’t expected it to be this kind of house, a serious brick-and-tile structure, with high stone walls. The door looked old but quite sturdy.

Seeing from the outside couldn’t reveal the situation in the yard, giving a strong sense of security.

The neighbor came out upon hearing the noise, and Xu Qinghuan exchanged a glance with Jiang Xingye. He quickly averted his gaze and approached, calling the brigade leader, "Uncle."

Jiang Baohua beamed at Jiang Xingye, smiling so much that his wrinkles showed. "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet." Facing Jiang Baohua, Jiang Xingye was rather well-behaved, but still maintained a cold demeanor.

"Eat at home, don’t skip meals." Jiang Baohua glanced at Jiang Xingye’s shoulder, pulling up the half-torn sleeve, "Didn’t get into a fight today, did you?"

"No."

Jiang Xingye stole a glance at Xu Qinghuan, leaving her feeling quite guilty; she hadn’t meant for this to happen, could she make amends somehow?

Fortunately, Jiang Baohua didn’t say much and instead commented, "Educated Youth Xu wants to rent your house; it’s one yuan a month, here’s twelve yuan, keep it, and write her a receipt later."

"Oh, no, no need, no need." Xu Qinghuan hardly dared to ask the big boss for a receipt, but her response was a bit too intense, inevitably arousing suspicion. She quickly said, "I just think, it’s not much money, and besides, I believe in Comrade Jiang’s character."

Jiang Xingye was indeed a bit surprised, a flicker of doubt passing through his dark eyes. But when Jiang Baohua heard someone praise his nephew like that, he immediately thought this young educated youth had a good eye, "Our Xiao Wu may not say much, but his word is gold, that’s for sure. Still, better to have a receipt!"