We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Now everyone will split into groups according to their class, and each group will have a hoe." Wu Changguo stood in the field holding a hoe.

"Li Mubai, hello, long time no see." Zhang Chun walked up to Li Mubai.

We're in the same class, so why haven't we seen each other for so long? But...

"Zhang Chun, are you in our group?" Li Mubai asked. He vaguely remembered that Zhang Chun had been moved to another position during the middle of last semester.

"Yes, I changed seats at the beginning of the new semester, and now I sit behind you."

Xie Shu glanced at Zhang Chun, then looked away, staring blankly at the field.

"Oh, oh," Li Mubai said, surprised that he could even take the initiative to request a seat change.

There are only 42 students in Class 3 of Grade 11. The school adheres to the principle of valuing quality over quantity in recruiting key liberal arts classes, so each group has only seven students.

Aside from Xie Shu and Zhang Chun, Li Mubai wasn't very familiar with the other girls.

"After you've divided into groups, everyone look over here. Today we'll start by teaching how to prepare the land. First..."

Wu Changguo held a hoe, explaining and demonstrating at the same time. He bent over, lowered his shoulders, raised the hoe and firmly planted it in the soil. With a strong pry, the whole clod of soil was turned over and spread out loosely.

"Like this, do you understand?"

The students had already formed a circle.

"Understood, teacher," Yang Kun shouted first.

"Okay, the boys can try first, then we'll take turns."

After assigning positions to the six boys, Wu Changguo ordered them to start turning over the soil.

Recalling Wu Changguo's actions, Li Mubai raised his hoe and smashed it into the ground. It took him quite a bit of effort to pry up the hardened soil.

"Don't smash it down; send it in and then pry it up," Wu Changguo corrected.

Okay, Li Mubai readjusted, and this time it wasn't as difficult.

"Haha." Suddenly, the sound of girls laughing came from all around.

Li Mubai thought he was being laughed at. He looked up and saw that Yang Kun's hoe had gone astray as soon as it hit the ground. At this moment, his face was already slightly flushed.

After experiencing the sensation of "sweating under the scorching sun" for a while, Wu Changguo called them down and replaced them with girls.

What would happen if Xie Shu hoeed the earth?

Zhang Chun was the second person in their group to go up. Li Mubai handed her the hoe, and she picked up the hoe, which was almost two-thirds the height of her, and went up.

"How are you? Tired?" Xie Shu asked softly.

"fine."

Li Mubai said defiantly, "There's nothing we can do. Nowadays, students are lazy and don't know the difference between the five grains. The only one who's alright is probably Jiao Yong."

"Is this okay, Mu Bai, Li Mu Bai?" Chen Qiuhe quietly slipped into Li Mu Bai's group.

"If you're so good, then you do it."

"Heh, I'll blind your eyes in a minute." Chen Qiuhe sneered and ran back to her seat.

Li Mubai was waiting, but unfortunately he couldn't take a picture with his phone, otherwise he could have captured Chen Qiuhe's disheveled appearance.

"Next." Before the girl had even finished half of the boy's experience, Wu Changguo announced loudly.

Zhang Chun carefully carried the hoe back, looking exhausted.

"I'll give it a try," Xie Shu said.

"Class monitor," Li Mubai suddenly called out to her.

"Hmm?" Xie Shu turned to look at him, her eyes filled with doubt.

"It's nothing." Li Mubai hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the other classmates were also looking at him, he finally uttered only these two words.

"Okay." Xie Shu smiled slightly.

Li Mubai felt strange. It wasn't like they were going to fight a boss. He just wanted to say, "Don't overwork yourself," but the words felt inappropriate when they reached his lips...

Chen Qiuhe also joined in. She took off her school uniform jacket, tied it around her waist, and instead of carefully carrying the hoe like the other girls, she carried it on her shoulder.

The onlookers were amazed.

Chen Qiuhe arrived at the spot, picked up the hoe without hesitation, gently pushed the hoe along the ground, and with a slight twist of her wrist, a piece of hardened soil was pried up.

Sure, I have kung fu skills.

Chen Qiuhe was vigorously hoeing the ground when Li Mubai turned his attention to Xie Shu.

Her grip on the hoe was noticeably clumsy, which was to be expected.

The stray hairs on her forehead gradually became damp with sweat and stuck to her cheeks.

"Alright, let's move on to the next one," Wu Changguo said promptly, then added a reminder:

"If you're tired, you can take a rest. Don't push yourself."

"Shubao, why are you working so hard? Just pretending isn't enough!" Deng Yi ran over, took the hoe from him, and handed it to the next person.

"It's nothing." Xie Shu took a few breaths and gradually recovered. She just felt that whatever you do, you should do it seriously, even if you don't like it...

"Shubao, you're sweating, and you say you're fine... Wait, I don't think I brought any tissues."

For a girl not to bring toilet paper is as serious as going to war without a gun.

"I... have some paper."

Because he eats alone, Li Mubai always carries a pack of toilet paper with him.

Deng Yi looked at Li Mubai in surprise, but Xie Shu took it from him.

"Thank you." She wiped the sweat from her forehead, gradually regaining her usual aloof demeanor.

"Li Mubai, how's it going?" Chen Qiuhe walked over and said proudly, having hoeed a bit more ground than the other girls.

"Amazing, it's practically a cow that has come to life."

"You dare say I'm a cow spirit?! Then you must be a dog spirit, no, since you love cats so much, you must be a Hakimi spirit!" Chen Qiuhe said angrily.

"Deng Yi, does Hakimi mean honey?" Xie Shu asked.

"Uh, no, it means cat."

"Hmm? Isn't 'Hakimi' the Japanese word for honey?" Xie Shu had some basic knowledge of Japanese.

"No, it's because..." Deng Yi explained to Xie Shu how Hakimi and cats were equated.

"I understand."

Looking at Xie Shu who had finally understood, Deng Yi felt that her precious Shu Bao was going to be led astray. Damn it, I asked to sit back down next to Xie Shu.

She glanced at the paper Xie Shu was holding and Li Mubai, who was arguing with Chen Qiuhe, and pondered to herself.

After the labor practice class, Li Mubai and the boys had to tidy up the farm tools before they could eat.

Deng Yi and Xie Shu randomly chose a seat in the cafeteria.

Looking at Xie Shu, who was eating silently with his head down, Deng Yi suddenly spoke:

"Shubao, what's the situation between you and Li Mubai now?"

"Friend," Xie Shu blurted out without hesitation.

"Really? Just friends?"

Deng Yi was somewhat suspicious, feeling that since New Year's Day, Xie Shu and Li Mubai's relationship seemed to have become more open and aboveboard.

"Mm." She nodded slightly.

"All right."

Deng Yi tentatively believed it. She also didn't quite understand Xie Shu's feelings for Li Mubai. When she asked him, Xie Shu remained silent and finally shook his head.

Shaking his head meant no, or that he still didn't know; Xie Shu didn't say.

From Deng Yi's perspective, Xie Shu must have feelings for Li Mubai, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to choreograph a play for him. Was it just to become friends?

Xie Shu wouldn't treat other boys like that; as far as Deng Yi knew, she rarely accepted male classmates' friend requests.

However, she still didn't quite agree with this possible "relationship." What if it interfered with Xie Shu's studies? As someone who had been burned before and her best friend, she was a little worried.

Thinking of this, she immediately spoke:

"Shubao, do you think Chen Qiuhe might like Li Mubai?"