Bai Fumei in the 70’s

At this moment, Pan Yuhua's second sister, Pan Yu, was looking for He Songbai's shadow in the crowd.

Such a proud person was splashed with dirty things by her sister-in-law. He must be very sad at this moment! Pan Yu couldn't wait to help shoulder everything he encountered. She was ashamed and blamed herself. Her brother and sister-in-law would never understand how precious He Songbai was!6

Pan Yu's heart was like a blazing inferno. She couldn't wait to find He Songbai in order to apologize to him for her brother's behavior!

Soon Pan Yu met the person she was looking for, on the way to the He family's house.

She quickly took out a bottle of medicine from her schoolbag and said with a whisper, "Grandma Li's leg has probably been hurting again recently. I heard people say that by giving the elderly more calcium supplements, their hands and feet will not hurt as much. I went to the pharmacy to buy these calcium tablets. Take them back and give it to her..."

He Songbai has just been pulled out of the groundless self-consciousness from being "peeped at in the bath". His whole body was hot all over. He saw the calcium tablets in Pan Yu's hand, and he simply refused, "No. I still have something to do."

Pan Yu blushed a little, and her eyes were a little hot and humid, "Yes, I'm sorry."

"My brother was wrong to treat you like that... they, they don't understand! I apologize for them. It was me, I was too selfish."

He Songbai's figure, who was about to walk away, stopped.

Pan Yu gazed affectionately at this thin man, looked at his deep and delicate eyebrows, and summoned the courage to say, "I will become your wife."6

He Songbai was struck by lightning.

Pan Yu used what little courage she had left as a young girl to say, "I don't think your family is poor, nor do I care about your family's background. If you are willing to be my man, go find a matchmaker to talk to my parents. I don't want your gift money, I just want you."6

He Songbai paled, his expression stiff, as if he'd seen a ghost, his thin lips squirmed as he tried to find something to say.

After a long time, he said, "I don't know why you would have such strange thoughts, but you better dispel them at once, because it is impossible!"

He Songbai paused before continuing fiercely, "Don't come to see me in the future."

Pan Yu stayed rooted to the spot alone and began crying sadly.

...

He Songbai originally planned to go home, but when he was about to enter the house, he suddenly changed direction and went to the captain's house.

Li Dali's family was about to have lunch. He saw He Songbai coming and asked, "What's the matter?"

He Songbai did not speak.

Li Dali looked at the tall, thin young man in front of him and knew that he had to say something, but he couldn't bring himself to talk about it. The young man's eyes looked at him expectantly, and He Songbai bowed his head and kicked the stone casually. Li Dali's impression of him had always been a violent and lonely backward person.

But today Li Dali changed his mind a little bit about this young man. He saw that when he was splashed with urine, he still continued to do the review without changing his expression. Li Dali was willing to be more patient with him.

He smiled heartily and praised without hesitation, "What you said at the meeting today is really good, and you can even quote the chairman's words, it was the performance of people of culture!"

"The thought in your review is correct, and the direction is also right. Go in the direction you said, and don't be discouraged! Keep working hard!"

After Li Dali finished his speech, He Songbai looked at him embarrassedly. He whispered faintly, "Can you give me another job?"

His low voice was full of helplessness.

Li Dali was stunned, his eyes flashed with caution.

He Songbai paused then and quickly explained with frustration, "I have been assigned that job by the commune since I was sixteen, and it has not changed ever since. The fifth-grade field at the foot of Niujiao Mountain is only giving me five points. I'm the only one that does it."

"The land is not good, carrying water back and forth is difficult, and the work is exhausting. But, at the end of the year, after all that hard work there is only a little bit of food food that is distributed."

It is very common for an adult to work hard for five points of work. If you can't finish five points worth of work, then you are not capable of stronger labor. But the five-point work of the fifth-grade field that He Songbai's does was different. There are first-grade paddy fields, second-grade paddy fields, third-grade drylands, fourth-grade, then fifth-grade fields... When it comes to the fifth-grade field, it is basically a barren land with very low efficiency, and was almost impossible to grow crops. If the waterwheel cannot be used to irrigate it, you have to rely on manpower and it was particularly tiring.

Li Dali only took over the responsibility of being captain in the past two years. He had basically changed the majority of the unreasonable agricultural arrangements, but... He Songbai had never come to him or complained, so Li Dali had not thought about his situation.

The entire production team had no less than 100 people, where would Li Dali have so much spare time to adjust each of their livelihoods one by one? It would be best if no one ever came to him to complain!

However, at the moment, Li Dali, after listening to the youth's explanation, was ashamed of his own negligence.

His eyes deepened and he said, "This..."

"Then I will change it for you. That fifth-grade place is really not good. Fifth-grade place..."

The fifth-grade land in the village was almost all completely uncultivated wasteland. Everyone was rushing to work in the first-grade and second-grade fields, but the third-grade and fourth-grade fields were still available.

"Never mind that piece of land. When the paddy field on the mountain opens up, everyone will not have to work so hard. Everyone will be trying to plant the paddy field." Li Dali said.

He Songbai heard these words and was surprised as if his whole body was shocked by a jolt of electricity. He couldn't believe it, but his ears had indeed listened to these words. At this moment his whole body seemed to be infused with a burning force, and he felt an unbelievable warmth. An overwhelmingly excitable yet pleasant feeling! His heart was hot, and he sincerely said to Li Dali, "Thank you!"

He had remembered Zhao Lanxiang's words, and after finishing the review, he planned to come to the captain to mention what he had always wanted to say but could not put into words before. He Songbai just wanted to give it a try, just give it a try. It probably wouldn't work, but what if the captain actually agreed to change it? He had fought hard and returned with a sigh of relief!

He Songbai, who received an affirmative answer, felt as if his heart had leaped over the moon! Everything seemed bright and fluttering as if his entire body were weightless and it felt hard to believe this was reality and not just a dream!