Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1341 - 1163: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1341: Chapter 1163: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Xia Dabao laughed, "You don’t need to cut it, just go take a look, Axian is going too, and then... you can stroll by the river, or keep an eye on Axian, don’t let him get too close to the water."

"Okay!" Long Aixi replied.

Village life was ultimately refreshing and allowed for free movement, and Long Aixi

not only followed Xia Dabao in cutting fish grass but also tried to help Ye Ge and Nan Feng turn the soil in the fields and spar with Ye Ge. Ye Ge would patiently teach him some more impressive techniques, so Long Aixi’s feelings of loss were quickly filled by the mundane life here.

...

In the fields.

Axiang was turning the soil.

The widow Chen was still angry with her for not going to Xia Dabao’s house to ask for some things.

Axiang had always been timid and introverted, too shy to face such a situation. If she really went, Xia Dabao would surely look down on her, thinking she was just greedy, so she adamantly refused to go.

Unable to take it anymore, the widow Chen finally sent her to the fields to turn the soil, even under the harsh midday sun.

This plot of land needed to be replanted with new vegetable seeds after harvesting water spinach, but the roots of the water spinach were still in the ground, making the soil turning quite strenuous, and Axiang was soon dripping with sweat.

But as she was working, she felt someone running towards her direction. She looked up and saw it was Sha Gen.

Sha Gen quickly reached the field, looked at Axiang who was busy working, and first pulled out a baked sweet potato and handed it to Axiang. She stopped, "Sha Gen, did you come here to bring me this baked sweet potato?"

Sha Gen shook his head, but still insisted that Axiang eat it. Axiang had to say, "Look, the weather is so hot, and the sun so harsh, I am already thirsty. If there was water, maybe I could manage, but I really can’t eat this sweet potato now, you eat it."

When Sha Gen saw Axiang wouldn’t eat, he simply placed the sweet potato on the edge of the field and then snatched the shovel from Axiang’s hand, who was unable to hold onto it firmly.

Just as she was about to ask Sha Gen what he was up to, she saw he had already started to dig on his own.

So he wanted to help her?

Sha Gen was rather strong and did not seem to exert much effort digging up the soil. He quickly turned over a large patch of ground. Axiang felt bad and kept trying to take the shovel back, but Sha Gen, once determined to finish a task, would not let go and just kept working hard.

Seeing how hard Sha Gen was working, his entire body soon drenched with sweat, Axiang ran to the riverside, picked a lotus leaf, and filled it with water. She carefully brought it back to Sha Gen, "Here, I won’t stop you from working, but at least drink some water, don’t dehydrate yourself."

When Sha Gen saw Axiang bringing him water, he put down the hoe, took the lotus leaf, carefully drank a mouthful and then smiled at Axiang before handing the leaf to her, "Sister, you drink too!"

Afraid that Axiang was also thirsty, Axiang shook her head, "I just drank by the river, this is for you."

Sha Gen then drank all the remaining water and, once done, placed down the lotus leaf and resumed his work.

Axiang shook her head, she now had nothing to do, and sat on the edge of the field ridge, watching Sha Gen vigorously tilling the field. If only Zhao Datu could be like him.

But that was ultimately wishful thinking, as Zhao Datu would never be like that.

It was only then that Axiang realized she hadn’t thought about Zhao Datu for a long time. In the beginning, after getting married, she listened to Uncle Zhao’s advice to work hard at home, hoping that one day Zhao Datu would change his mind, but over time she became more and more disappointed. Now back at her parents’ house, her mother nagged her daily about when she would return, which annoyed her even more. She wished she had never had anything to do with Zhao Datu.

So, it was only her fault for being too trusting at the time.

The sun was still scorching, Axiang used the leaves she had just picked to shade her head, and watching Sha Gen laboring hard, she asked, "Sha Gen, how did you know I was working in the field?"