Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 314 - 313: Sufficient Reasons

Chapter 314: Chapter 313: Sufficient Reasons

Lin Nianhe slept through her first big lazy morning since she arrived in the countryside, not needing to think or care about anything. Especially because others were also sleeping in, the Educated Youth Corps was quiet, with no one to disturb her.

Waking up at half past ten, she opened the curtains to see that the rain was still pouring down, the vegetable garden in the yard had accumulated quite a bit of water.

It was then that she remembered, although the cornfields had been harvested, the vegetables in her private plot were not yet gathered!

She stood by the window in silence for a long time, then abruptly drew the curtains shut, turned around and climbed back onto the kang bed, burrowing back into the blanket.

To her annoyance, she had again noticed the unfinished farm work.

After lounging on the kang for half an hour, Lin Nianhe decided to face reality.

Before facing reality, she meticulously secured the curtains closed, freshened up, and then took out a massage chair, burgers, fried chicken, fries, cola... and finally a tablet to munch on her burger while watching cartoons.

Eleven o’clock was meal time, and reality could not change that.

After eating her fill, Lin Nianhe didn’t really feel like facing reality anymore.

After all, there was no real reason to get out of bed, right?

She got up from the massage chair and stretched lazily. A thorough massage for her sore muscles felt extremely comfortable.

Just as Lin Nianhe was debating whether to take a nap or get some more sleep, there came a rustling of voices outside the window.

"Let’s go ahead and pick them today; if the rain doesn’t let up, won’t the vegetables just rot in the ground?"

"Alright then... Ah, my back..."

"You guys clear out the main room, we’ll store the vegetables there later."

"Okay!"

Lin Nianhe clicked her tongue.

Well, someone was pushing reality right in her face.

She resigned herself to put on a sweater and raincoat, wrapping herself up tightly before heading out the door.

It was only on stepping outside that she saw two figures already in her small vegetable plot.

Wen Lan looked up at her, waved, and said, "You go back, we’ll take care of it for you."

Wang Shumei also said, "Yeah, Nianhe, it’s been tough enough these days, don’t get sick again."

They always felt it was a miracle that Lin Nianhe hasn’t fallen ill so far.

Lin Nianhe picked up a basket and walked into the vegetable plot, "I’m fine, I’m rested, and it’s good to get a bit of exercise."

Wang Shumei asked her, "You don’t have a fever, do you?"

"No." Lin Nianhe gave a faint smile, "Am I getting more impressive?"

Wang Shumei: "Mhm."

Wen Lan: "Tsk."

Lin Nianhe pretended not to notice their perfunctory responses and started picking vegetables.

Her vegetable plot wasn’t big, and it took less than an hour for the three of them to finish harvesting.

"Let’s store them in our room first to dry a bit, otherwise they’ll all rot," Wang Shumei said.

"Sure." Lin Nianhe helped carry the basket, heading to their little room.

Wang Shumei took the chance to pull her aside and handed her the two stacks of money from yesterday: "Here, fell asleep when I got back yesterday, totally forgot about it."

Taking the money and flipping it a couple of times, Lin Nianhe spoke softly, "I need to make a trip to the provincial city."

Wang Shumei nodded, "Shall I come with you?"

Wen Lan entered with a basket, overheard them, and said, "What good would you do? I’ll go!"

Lin Nianhe gestured for her to keep it down, then said, "We have to ask Uncle Team Leader first, without his permission, none of us can leave."

Wang Shumei frowned, "Even though the corn is harvested, we still need to thresh it. The team leader probably won’t let anyone go now."

Lin Nianhe nodded thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand, "Then, I’ll have to find a good reason to persuade him."

...

"Uncle Team Leader, I’m not the type to shirk from labor; I’m just trying to find odd jobs for our fellow villagers as soon as possible."

Lin Nianhe stood in the room at Li Dahe’s house, speaking in all earnestness.

This reason was very convincing!

Li Dahe drew on his cigarette, his voice still hoarse, "Can you really find work?"

He was a bit skeptical.

Even if Lin Nianhe’s parents were leaders in Beijing, this was Hei Province.

Whether it was pasting matchboxes or unraveling threads, those jobs were in high demand. So many people were scrambling for them! How could it be their turn?

Lin Nianhe nodded seriously: "I can’t guarantee it, but there’s at least a ninety percent chance."

Li Dahe took a sip of water, pondered for a moment, then asked her, "Is Xiao Su going with you?"

"No, he has work and can’t get away."

"You’re going alone? That won’t do." Li Dahe shook his head like a rattle-drum, "What if something happens to you out there?"

Lin Nianhe said with furrowed brows, "Uncle Team Leader, if we don’t go now, it’ll be too late. It’s already mid-October, and the factories also need to plan their production schedules. If we wait till November, won’t we have wasted most of our agricultural off-season? Moreover, our place gets so much snow in the winter. If goods get caught in the snow on the road, then we’ll really have nothing."

Li Dahe’s eyebrows nearly knit themselves into a knot.

He thought about asking a male comrade to accompany Lin Nianhe, but before he could voice it, he felt it was inappropriate.

Have a female comrade go with her? What if they all got caught together, wouldn’t that be even worse?

He would need a capable and resourceful female comrade, one whose absence wouldn’t be critical during the autumn harvest...

If it weren’t the harvest season, Li Dahe would have sent Wang Hong to accompany Lin Nianhe without hesitation.

But now...

Lin Nianhe tentatively said, "If you’re worried, how about letting Sister Shumei and Sister Lan accompany me?"

Li Dahe’s eyes lit up.

Wen Lan was tough, and even the average man couldn’t talk his way past her, and Wang Shumei was resourceful and adept in dealing with people.

Li Dahe slammed the table, "Alright! The three of you go!"

Lin Nianhe felt secretly delighted, but her face didn’t show it: "Okay, Uncle Team Leader, rest assured, I’ll do my utmost to make it happen."

"Mhm." Li Dahe took out some writing paper to draft a letter of introduction for Lin Nianhe.

As he wrote, he muttered, "Don’t get into arguments with people on the road, call Nine-miles Team every day to report that you’re safe, and if things don’t work out don’t be stubborn. We’ve made it through many years like this, no one will blame you..."

Lin Nianhe listened to his instructions, feeling warmth in her heart.

She took the letter of introduction and carefully put it away, then as if remembering something, she asked, "Uncle Team Leader, if there is too much work and our villagers can’t handle it all, can we share some with the Nine-miles Team?"

Li Dahe chuckled, "Too much? If you can find some work, I’ll be very grateful, but how much could there be?"

Lin Nianhe said, "Just in case."

"Alright, if we can help out, we should," Li Dahe said, not really taking Lin Nianhe’s words to heart, thinking she’s become muddled from the recent work and her head wasn’t clear.

Was work so easy to find? Still so young and unaware of life’s hardships.

Li Dahe gave them seven days off, and the next morning, the three girls set off on bikes.

Lin Nianhe had to report her itinerary to Su Yuncheng and leave her bike at his place, while the task of buying train tickets was left to Wang Shumei and Wen Lan.

Lin Nianhe, pushing her bicycle, arrived at the police station entrance and greeted Uncle Liu at the reception before asking, "Uncle, has Comrade Su Yuncheng arrived?"

Uncle Liu shook his head, "He’s not here; he’s gone to the city for a meeting. What’s wrong, young lady? Do you need something? Just tell me."

Lin Nianhe thought for a moment and said, "I am going to the provincial city with a few comrades and wanted to inform him. Also, I need to leave my bike at his place."

Uncle Liu casually waved his hand, "Leave the bike here for now, I’ll keep an eye on it. When Xiao Su returns, I’ll get him to take it home for you. Leave a note for him, and I’ll give it to him when he’s back."

"Alright then, thank you, Uncle! I’ll bring you some specialities from the provincial city when I return."