Chapter 60: Constantly Returning Favours Can Create Distance
Wang Lianhua claimed she was still recovering from her injuries and refused to go to work, so she took some of the compensation money she received from her elder sister-in-law and mother-in-law to enroll Erqing in school.
She was determined not to let her child end up a blind drifter like herself.
On her way home, she bumped into Shen Meng, who said she was going to clean up her private plot, "Wait for me, I’ll go home and call Xifeng over; she didn’t go to work today either. Yaoyao and Gao Gao took Jinghao somewhere. Don’t worry, Xiao Meng, Xifeng and I are quick workers. By noon, we’ll surely have it all done for you!"
"Thanks a lot, sister-in-law. You go ahead, I’ll go tell Jinghao, and on that side, my brother and Uncle Guai have already started working."
After Wang Lianhua left, Shen Meng went straight home to find a sand pot, putting in half a pot of rose mint tea with a couple of rose petals and mint leaves floating on top. This was just the right thing to drink in the autumn, refreshing the mind, reducing irritability, and relieving fatigue. She placed the sand pot at the edge of the field with three bowls and went down to work in the fields as well.
She wasn’t really good at farm work; she was just imitating what she saw, copying how Shen Shoutian worked, and during work, she seemed awkward no matter how you looked at her.
When Wang Lianhua and Xifeng arrived, Shen Meng was struggling with both hands to pull up a stalk of straw, exerting all her strength without success, almost falling flat on her bottom.
"Wow, Xiao Meng, what on earth are you doing? Performing a circus act?" Xifeng, wearing a straw hat, couldn’t help laughing upon seeing Shen Meng’s attempts at working.
She wasn’t good at it, but didn’t feel embarrassed, "I don’t know what’s up with this one, it just won’t come out. I think it’s unwilling to leave my private plot!"
"Hahaha, if you can’t handle that one, just pick the ones that are easier to pull out. Leave the rest to us."