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Chapter 631 - Chapter 631 631. Real hardworking people_1

Chapter 631: 631. Real hardworking people_1 Chapter 631: 631. Real hardworking people_1 Tian Tian indeed had a good hand at farm work. Although she had been working in an office for several years and was a bit rusty, it didn’t take long for her to get back into the swing of things once she grabbed hold of the sesame stalks and started swinging the sickle.

The siblings worked swiftly, their movements like a rapid dance. They would stand up to stretch their backs and load the previously tied bundles into the truck every once in a while…

The two of them worked so efficiently together that their pace was surprisingly fast.

Not far away, on the slope, the excavator began its thundering work. Its massive bucket unearthed the entrenched shrubs, small trees, and years of undisturbed earth to expose the pale yellow sand beneath.

On the other side of the excavator, the bare patches of dry light-yellow hillside were neatly arranged, clearly evidencing its achievements.

The excavator’s movements were rhythmic and organized, hypnotically engaging to watch until Tian Tian called out,

“Tian Ye, Tian Ye! Stop watching and get back to work. We were supposed to help out, and they’re even paying us, so we’d better get a move on.”

Tian Ye turned his attention away and bent down to resume cutting sesame, all the while asking,

“Sis, is it true that operating an excavator can be lucrative?”

Being true siblings, how could Tian Tian not know what he was thinking?

She advised him at that moment, “Don’t think too much. Sure, excavator work can pay well, but you need available jobs for that, and you need people to pay on time. Nowadays, so many construction sites are halted, and it’s not as booming as it used to be.”

Tian Ye remained silent.

Tian Tian knew he was concerned about the family’s financial burden and sighed,

“We can make two hundred a day with this job. If we do it for ten days or half a month, we can make four or five thousand. Doesn’t your training class start next week? We can join a little later, and you should be able to keep up if you work hard.”

Tian Ye was a diligent student, but he just couldn’t seem to get the hang of grammar and prepositions.

After all, they had got through the toughest times, and now that there was a bit of opportunity, she wanted her brother to improve his grades even more.

“I’m not going,”

Tian Ye turned his head, “English is all about vocabulary. I can just read more and memorize more at home.”

“Besides, we still owe money, right? If we pay off these few thousand, the burden will be much lighter.”

But Tian Tian wouldn’t agree.

Sure, English can be studied by reading and memorizing, but that also depended on having enough time.

The high school curriculum was no joke compared to middle school, and every subject required a great deal of effort. If English fell behind because of a few thousand yuan, it would be more loss than gain.

“Don’t worry about it. Dad might take another year to recover fully, but Mom will be almost there soon. Then I can go back to work normally, and we can save up my monthly salary. We’ll be able to pay it all off within a year.”

Of course, that assumed there were no other expenses. Really, such debts might take two years to clear.

But Tian Ye, for all his precociousness, lacked experience and his thoughts were simple. Tian Tian said this also to ease his mind.

Whether Tian Ye believed her or not, he said nothing.

The siblings continued to work, wearing gloves to avoid the fat green caterpillars on the sesame leaves, with sweat dripping from their foreheads. As the sun rose and the temperature climbed, their heavy breathing gradually spread throughout the sesame fields.

It wasn’t until then that Tian Ye finally sighed,

“Why doesn’t our village have families like this? If there were, our parents could be sitting there doing some work too.”

“Silly boy, our parents are still recovering. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to hire others for the same pay?”

Tian Tian continued to gather sesame stalks from the ground and tie them into bundles, all the while smiling and saying, “Song Tan’s family is pretty good, they offer decent wages. Even if I went to work elsewhere, I might not make two hundred a day.”

…

The two buried their heads in their labor, with clusters of sesame stalks falling to the ground. As the sun climbed higher, the heat in the air became more intense, making each breath feel scorching hot.

By the time layers of sweat made it impossible to keep his eyes open, there was still a corner of the sesame field that hadn’t been tended to.

Meanwhile, halfway up the slope, the excavator had already come to a halt.

Sun Ziqiang stepped out of the vehicle, squinting hard against the sun’s glare. Noticing people still working in the hollow below, he quickly shouted:

“Hurry up! We can call it a day, finish the rest in the afternoon!”

It was too hot. No one should get a heat stroke.

Tian Tian looked up, saw that it was Sun Ziqiang, and broke into a smile, then responded in a raised voice:

“Just a bit left. We’ll head back once it’s done.”

But it was nearly ten o’clock by then, and the temperature had soared to thirty-eight degrees. Sun Ziqiang hadn’t done any work himself, but just standing there had already drenched him in sweat!

He muttered to himself, “Why do they have to work so diligently?”

Following that, he made his way down to the hollow.

As he stepped into the sesame field, he happened to see Tian Tian awkwardly wiping sweat on her sleeve, strands of hair sticking to her cheeks, looking utterly disheveled from the heat.

He walked over and took the sickle from her hands:

“Let me do it, let me. It’s just a little bit left, you guys take a break.”

While still complaining, “This is not urgent work! If we don’t finish in the morning, we’ll do it in the afternoon. Risking a heatstroke for this – Song Tan wouldn’t have enough to cover your medical fees!”

As a grown man, he was much more efficient than the brother and sister, his large hands sweeping through the sesame stalks, the sickle swooshing through the air!

It wasn’t long before he cleared out that corner.

And behind him, Tian Ye and Tian Tian bundled the stalks, piling the three-wheeled cart so high it rocked and swayed, heaving with its load.

“Wow!” It was only then that Sun Ziqiang realized, “The yield of sesame is quite impressive!”

The three-wheeled cart was quivering under the weight. Just these small plots might yield a hundred or two hundred pounds of sesame!

Seeing Tian Ye hesitating to go and drive the vehicle, he quickly took the keys:

“Go on, go on! You can’t drive safely with the cart this full, let me handle it.”

Without waiting for a response, he mounted the bike, and with a buzzing sound slowly climbed up the slope. From behind, all that could be seen were the sesame stalks tied to the cart, swaying gently, gently… before gradually disappearing from sight.

Tian Ye too sighed with relief.

This was a mountain road, after all, and he had never driven a cart so fully laden.

And Tian Tian had already wiped the sweat from her forehead, gasping for breath as she urged him, “Stop staring, it’s too hot. Let’s quickly head back.”

The two of them had come to genuinely work. After returning to Song Tan’s house for a simple rinse with cold water, they were back on their motorcycle and on their way.

Sun Ziqiang chastised them for being too diligent at work, but after he returned and saw that Song Tan wasn’t home, he didn’t call anyone else. He simply spread the sesame stalks out on the cement floor.

In this scorching weather, it wouldn’t take many days to dry the sesame, and it remained to be seen whether it would be white sesame or black sesame…

As he hesitated over whether to cut the ropes, he saw the brother and sister come by to thank him, and then they swiftly rode off on their motorcycle.

Sun Ziqiang: …

He grumbled to himself: Zhou Tianyu doesn’t appreciate such a diligent girl. He better not end up with a lazy one!

Otherwise, with her strong work ethic, wouldn’t she be ruthlessly exploited?

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