Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 71 - 70: Harvest (Asking for Ten Thousand More Pink Votes)

Chapter 71: Chapter 70: Harvest (Asking for Ten Thousand More Pink Votes)

Gao Jiaxing frowned, "What do you need to know that for?"

"Nothing much, just want to understand a bit," Xia Xiao said.

"It’s better if you don’t know about these matters, it’s no good for you either," Gao Jiaxing said.

Xia Xiao pouted, "You used to be willing to tell me, why don’t you want to say it now?"

"Have you not noticed that your speech is getting more and more like that of the underworld? Your courage is growing too, be careful or you won’t be able to get married," Gao Jiaxing said.

Xia Xiao unconcerned, "Don’t worry, if anyone can’t get married, it won’t be me." She didn’t think she would have trouble finding a husband.

Gao Jiaxing raised an eyebrow, took a sip of water, and said, "So confident, you’re pretty plain looking, but did you know your reputation has already spread to the Red Star Production Team? Now young men from both production teams are keeping their distance. Someone from the Red Star Production Team used to ask me about you, now they dare not even mention it."

"Who?" Xia Xiao asked curiously, ignoring the words ’pretty plain looking’ as she too took a sip of water.

Gao Jiaxing glanced at Xia Xiao and said, "The Red Star Production Team Captain’s son, Liu Haiguo..."

"Ptui!" Xia Xiao sprayed the water all over Gao Jiaxing’s face.

Covered in water, Gao Jiaxing frowned, "Did you do that on purpose?"

"No, it wasn’t intentional. It was accidental," Xia Xiao quickly stood up, grabbing a towel for Gao Jiaxing.

"You’re dead, you’ve ruined my homework," Gao Jiaxing said.

Xia Xiao looked, oh my goodness, his homework was all soaked, she had caused a huge mess.

"Brother Gao, I’m so sorry, I’ll pay you back, or I can help you rewrite it."

"Next time you sit opposite me, no drinking water," Gao Jiaxing warned sternly.

"Okay, no drinking water," Xia Xiao nodded her head; she really couldn’t control it.

"Brother Gao, it’s your fault for telling me something so shocking." How could Xia Xiao not spit out her water when he mentioned Liu Haiguo? She indeed cared a lot about looks; if she ever chose a partner, he didn’t need to be extremely handsome, but at least decent-looking.

And Liu Haiguo, with that appearance, just the thought gave Xia Xiao shivers, not to mention the story of Liu Haiguo turning tail in front of a bear, such a person couldn’t catch her eye.

"I haven’t finished speaking. There’s also Ge Lai," Gao Jiaxing said.

"Then you should have mentioned Ge Lai first, at least Ge Lai looks much better than Liu Haiguo," Xia Xiao’s lips twitched.

"Liu Haiguo is Liu Jiefang’s son, he’s well-off. Ge Lai is poor as dirt," Gao Jiaxing said.

Xia Xiao unconvinced, "What does that matter? I don’t care about wealth, in my eyes, Ge Lai is much better than Liu Haiguo."

Gao Jiaxing pursed his lips, looking at Xia Xiao, "It’s normal that you don’t fancy Liu Haiguo but I didn’t expect you to fancy Ge Lai."

Xia Xiao vehemently shook her head, "No no, you got it wrong, I like handsome men."

"Like He Xuebing?" Gao Jiaxing asked.

Xia Xiao nodded her head, then heard Gao Jiaxing say, "Shallow."

"I can’t help it, good looks make for a good appetite," said Xia Xiao.

Speechless, Gao Jiaxing for the first time found Xia Xiao to be a real oddity, she really dared to say anything.

"Ah, how am I even discussing this with you, I was asking about the county stuff, Brother Gao, just tell me already," Xia Xiao persistently asked Gao Jiaxing, having made up her mind to coax it out of him.

But Xia Xiao did not realize that she was becoming more and more casual in front of Gao Jiaxing.

"Speak properly," Gao Jiaxing chafed his arms and put on a severe expression.

"Hehe," Xia Xiao quickly sat upright, sheepishly grinning.

Only then did Gao Jiaxing talk about the outside issues, Xia Xiao’s expression grew more serious, she had not expected the situation outside to have become so grave.

"Is there still a black market?" asked Xia Xiao, thinking about how buying things in the black market had become even stricter than before, one could easily get caught or reported.

"Yes, do you have something you want to sell?" Gao Jiaxing asked.

Xia Xiao shook her head, "No, just asking."

"Outside matters are none of your business either, knowing too much isn’t good for you. Rather focus on empowering yourself. The other day your speech was the talk of both production teams, you became quite famous. If thieves come, you won’t be able to protect yourself and it will turn into a laughing stock."

As soon as Gao Jiaxing finished talking, Xia Xiao said, "Don’t worry, I can absolutely protect myself, I won’t let myself become a laughing stock."

Continuing, Xia Xiao asked, "Brother Gao, do you know where those thieves are? I haven’t heard anything."

"What do you need to know that for?" Gao Jiaxing frowned.

"Just asking, knowing it I will definitely not go that way next time," said Xia Xiao.

"If I knew, I’d have led a team to catch them already," Gao Jiaxing said.

Well, Xia Xiao had nothing more to say.

After chatting a bit more with Gao Jiaxing, Xia Xiao left the Gao residence, initially considering whether to steal weapons at the thieves’ hideout, but it looked like she was overthinking.

The location of those thieves wasn’t so easily uncovered. These days, everyone was actively training, making everyone uneasy over the thief issue.

However, after training for a month and still not spotting any thieves, everyone relaxed a bit.

"The harvest is coming, everyone needs to be on alert," Gao Guoqiang said.

Everyone shuddered, that’s right, the harvest season was here, what if right after the harvest, the thieves decided to strike?

It could be said that worries about the thieves left everyone restless and anxious. They couldn’t eat or sleep well, and at night people had to patrol, not a moment could be relaxed.

Now, with the busy farming season, everyone got busy. This year’s crops of rice, sweet potatoes, cassava, and corn all grew well.

Everyone began to smile, joy radiating from their faces. Even Gao Guoqiang, who is usually serious, wore a smile; it was extremely rare.

Xia Xiao, seeing her fields where she had released spring water, compared them and noticed that fields with more spring water had indeed yielded more. A few drops didn’t show much effect.

Xia Xiao’s face also wore a happy smile, the field that harvested the most was where she had put less than a bowl of spring water, rendering her greatly surprised.

But with this came worries—the good harvest this year had also raised some envy, which could be a blessing but also a potential disaster.

Regardless, after toiling for half a year and achieving a great harvest, everyone was still very happy inside.

"You all on night duty should stay alert and vigilant," Gao Guoqiang reminded the young men on night patrol, "The crops are our livelihood, our life. If they’re stolen, it will be deadly."

"He Dato has news; Guangming Production Team has the most yield this year. Gao Guoqiang truly has some skills, of all the production teams in the county, Guangming Production Team is the best."