Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

The next day, fearing that things might get complicated if he waited too long, Liu Xiangyang approached Zhang Tiejun and said, "Uncle Zhang, one of the educated youths offered seven hundred yuan. You should make a decision quickly, or I'm afraid something will go wrong if it's any higher."

"We had an agreement that my older brother's son would go, and he would give all of his salary for the first three and a half years to the village. Originally, it was only for two years, but that bastard Li Jianjun said it was too little and offered to pay for three years. I could only ask my older brother to pay for three and a half years. Now, five years' worth of salary is gone. Li Jianjun is a real bastard."

Hearing Zhang Tiejun say this, Liu Xiangyang thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Zhang, I can do without the seven hundred yuan, but I have a request: I hope that only educated youth will participate in the allocation of next year's recruitment quota."

"You're going back next year? You might as well go back this year."

"Uncle Zhang is not me. I said I wanted to stay in Dongsheng Village. I promised someone I would help her out."

"Okay, that's fine. They were already unhappy that we didn't let the educated youth participate this year, and they even said they would sue us. If there are quotas next year, then let's only let the educated youth participate."

Liu Xiangyang moved slightly closer to Zhang Tiejun. "Uncle Zhang, the autumn harvest is about to begin. Could you give me three relatively easy jobs?"

Zhang Tiejun thought for a moment and said, "I have no problem with that, but you need to talk to Wang Lixin. He's the one who arranges the specific work."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'll be going now."

After finishing his work, Liu Xiangyang went to Xue Bingbing's courtyard and saw the two sisters, Le Qi and Le Yao, cooking.

Where is Xue Bingbing?

"Her stomach isn't feeling well, so she should lie down and rest for a while."

"Then I'll go check on her."

Le Qi and Le Yao rolled their eyes as they watched Liu Xiangyang walk towards Xue Bingbing's room and continued cooking.

When Liu Xiangyang entered the room, he saw Xue Bingbing curled up on the kang (a heated brick bed), her face looking rather pale.

Liu Xiangyang: "Does your stomach hurt a lot? Let me rub it for you."

"Ugh, my stomach hurts so much, I'm on my period."

"Then lie down."

As he spoke, Liu Xiangyang rubbed his hands together vigorously until they were warm, then placed them on Xue Bingbing's flat stomach and began to massage them.

After rubbing her stomach a few times, Xue Bingbing felt a warm sensation in her abdomen, and her brows gradually relaxed as the pain lessened.

"The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and I don't know if I can hold on if my relatives come at this time."

"I'm here for you. Besides, there are still seven or eight days left. I went to see Village Chief Zhang and got you an easy job."

"Liu Xiangyang, you're so good to me, I'm so happy right now."

After Xue Bingbing finished speaking, she got up, hugged Liu Xiangyang, and took a bite of him.

"Liu Xiangyang, is Bingbing feeling better? Time to eat."

Just then, Leqi came over to call them for dinner and saw the two of them hugging.

When Liu Xiangyang heard Le Qi's voice, he tried to push Xue Bingbing away, but Xue Bingbing hugged him even tighter instead.

"Hurry up and come out to eat, I'm leaving first," Leqi said, blushing, and ran off.

"Bingbing, what's wrong?" Liu Xiangyang asked, pushing Xue Bingbing away.

"You'll see when the autumn harvest comes. Let's go eat."

"Then let's see what tricks you're going to pull."

Tomorrow is the autumn harvest, so Leqi made a big bowl of meat, along with eggplants and cucumbers that she traded with the villagers, and also some big steamed buns.

Liu Xiangyang picked up a piece of meat, took a bite of his steamed bun, and said, "Today I'll ask Village Chief Zhang for three relatively easy positions. I'll go and confirm with Captain Wang later, then your autumn harvest will be a bit easier."

Leqi could still see the image of the two of them kissing in front of her, her face flushed, as she heard Liu Xiangyang's words.

"Thank you, Liu Xiangyang."

Le Yao: "Liu Xiangyang, you're so good to us. Eat more meat."

"Of course, it would be my fault if I tired you out, Miss Yao Yao."

"I've finished eating. You guys take your time. I'll go take care of my work first."

Leqi: "Then slow down."

Xue Bingbing looked at Le Qi and Le Yao with a smile, making the two sisters blush.

Liu Xiangyang went to his room, took out three bottles of wine, and then took out three pieces of meat from his spatial storage. He wrapped them in newspaper, put them in his satchel, and headed to Zhang Tiejun's house.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Zhang Tiejun sitting there smoking his pipe: "Uncle Zhang, have you eaten?"

"I just finished eating, would you like some?"

Liu Xiangyang took out a bottle of wine and a piece of meat and put them on the table, saying, "I just finished eating too."

Seeing Liu Xiangyang's actions, Zhang Tiejun stood up and stopped him, saying, "Little Liu, what are you doing? This is just a casual thing. Besides, you're generous, and your Uncle Zhang isn't a stingy person."

"Uncle Zhang, let's keep this separate. I still need to go to Captain Wang's and Accountant Li's houses."

Looking at Liu Xiangyang's retreating figure, Zhang Tiejun wondered how such a clever child could have been raised.

Liu Xiangyang, carrying a satchel slung across his shoulder, arrived at Wang Lixin's house. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he called out, holding the wine and meat in his hands.

Is Captain Wang home?

"Who is it? It's Liu, the educated youth! Come in and sit down."

"Has Liu Zhiqing eaten yet? If not, he can eat something at home later."

Wang Lixin said this when he saw what Liu Xiangyang was carrying.

"Captain Wang, I ate it. Here's what happened."

These days, you can't just eat at someone else's house. Everyone only has so much food to eat, and if you eat there, they'll be counting every grain of rice they have to eat at the end of the month.

Liu Xiangyang placed the items on the kang table and explained the whole story.

After listening, Wang Lixin readily agreed to arrange some easy tasks for Xue Bingbing and the other two during the autumn harvest. The two sisters, Le Qi and Le Yao, would dry the grain, while Xue Bingbing, who was not feeling well, would work as a registrar in the warehouse.

Threshing was a relatively easy job. It involved occasionally turning over the freshly harvested grain with a long-handled rake, drying it, and then piling it up in the yard, waiting for someone else to come and collect it.

The registrar's job is very easy. As long as the count is accurate, they can just sit in the warehouse all day waiting for the goods to be put into storage.

After telling Wang Lixin about this, I went to Li Jianjun's house again. I didn't mention Xue Bingbing and the others to Li Jianjun. I just said that the autumn harvest was coming and the three big shots were working very hard. So I gave each of them a bottle of wine to help them relax and some meat to nourish their bodies.

Originally, Liu Xiangyang didn't want to talk to Li Jianjun, but the autumn harvest would take more than half a month, and he was afraid that Li Jianjun would see Xue Bingbing and the others doing something bad, so he decided to get some benefits to shut him up.

After settling the matter, Liu Xiangyang left Li Jianjun's house.

Liu Xiangyang was humming a song as he prepared to go back and pave the stone road when he passed by the educated youth settlement and saw Jiang Xiaowen, a girl from Xinjiang Province, and He Xiaoqin, a girl from Shanxi Province, chatting and laughing outside.

Her incredibly long legs, which could crush a person, left a deep impression on Liu Xiangyang.

"Jiang Xiaowen and He Xiaoqin, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Xiaowen's eyes lit up when she saw Liu Xiangyang. She walked towards him, her long legs almost as long as Liu Xiangyang's.

"Comrade Liu Xiangyang, we've been waiting for you here. We'd like to ask you about building your own house."

"Why don't you ask Xue Bingbing, Le Qi, and Le Yao? They also built their own houses. Wouldn't you girls be better at chatting with them?"

Jiang Xiaowen looked at Liu Xiangyang and said, "I ran into you, so I'm asking you about you first. Besides, I'm also very curious about a man like you who can take down a bear all by himself."