Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 91 - 90 Typhoon

Chapter 91: Chapter 90 Typhoon

The people in Xia Xiao’s dorm hadn’t heard this, or else they would have known just how to tease her about her decade-long predictions.

Moreover, the main thing was that Xia Xiao had seen the older Li Zhenchuan, and looking at the current Li Zhenchuan, she always thought of his elder appearance, which didn’t really spark any interest.

Even though marrying Li Zhenchuan would definitely guarantee a glamorous status later on, Xia Xiao could earn everything she wanted on her own, so the position of Mrs. Li wasn’t tempting to her.

However, Xia Xiao really hoped that either Yang Xuehua or Wang Aihua would marry Li Zhenchuan. What a powerful support that would be!

"Age doesn’t matter, they always grow up."

When Li Zhenchuan said this, it gave Xia Xiao quite a scare, and she quickly responded, "I like those who can accompany meals."

"What do you mean?" Li Zhenchuan was confused.

"Like those who are really handsome, Secretary Li, I hope I’m not offending you. I think you’re more about charisma and talent," Xia Xiao explained.

Li Zhenchuan raised an eyebrow, "Like Gao Jiaxing?"

Xia Xiao shook her head, "No, like He Xuebing, Secretary Li. If you saw He Xuebing, you’d know just how good-looking he is, absolutely heaven-sent."

Li Zhenchuan was speechless. Xia Xiao truly had a way with words.

"That Xia Xiao is such a sycophant, always clinging to the Gao family, and now that the new secretary is here, she’s clinging to him too. What a lapdog," Li Shengmei commented from afar.

"That’s just her capability," a woman replied.

Another woman said, "Secretary Li doesn’t even seem to have a partner yet, maybe Xia Xiao has a chance. She’s clever, just look at all the women in the production team, none are as quick to cozy up to the secretary as Xia Xiao."

"Who knows what tricks she’s using, getting foxier by the day," Li Shengmei said.

"Yes, Xia Xiao is getting prettier every day. When she first came, she didn’t look like a city person at all, so dark and tiny, even my daughter was prettier than her. Now Xia Xiao has changed so much, I’d think she took some elixir if we weren’t in the same team."

"It might be something Zheng Xianghong gave her, look at her daughters, they’re some of the prettiest in the village too, especially Gao Yongfang, a real beauty of the village. Didn’t you see, Feng Zhiguang took one look and decided to marry her."

As the conversation continued, it shifted to Zheng Xianghong. Li Shengmei scoffed, "If Zheng Xianghong had something, wouldn’t she have turned herself pretty first?"

"Shengmei, to speak honestly, although Zheng Xianghong isn’t as beautiful as you, she’s not bad-looking either. Otherwise, how could her children all be so attractive?"

"But Binzi, your son, he’s extremely handsome. Back in the day, he would’ve been perfect as an imperial guard."

"Tch," Li Shengmei spat. "Imperial guard? My son can make his way without that."

Seeing Li Shengmei upset, the others didn’t say much more, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward. Even attempts to smooth things over didn’t return the mood to what it had been.

"Oh dear, why are there so many ants?" Xia Xiao suddenly exclaimed.

Li Zhenchuan leaned in to look as well and then glanced at the sky, immediately saying, "It might rain soon."

Gao Guoqiang took the phenomenon seriously, "Last year’s typhoon didn’t reach here, but this year everyone still needs to be prepared against any storm damage."

"There’s only half a month left until harvest, if the typhoon comes early, that will be troublesome," Li Zhenchuan also furrowed his brows.

"This place gets several typhoons a year. There were two the year before last, none last year, and we’re already more than halfway through this year; I’m really worried about typhoons," Gao Guoqiang said.

"I’ll go to the county and see if there’s any notification," Li Zhenchuan said.

Xia Xiao was very worried. The rice hadn’t matured yet, and if the typhoon came now, they would be in deep trouble.

The south is a place with plentiful rainfall, constantly raining throughout the year.

Now Xia Xiao was also worried about the typhoon; with the typhoon comes the fear of torrential rains and floods that could affect the harvest.

When Li Zhenchuan hurried back from the county, it was already very late. He first went to discuss with the Gao family and Gao Guoqiang.

"The telegram from above just says it’s possible, but they can’t be sure; however, the county has already notified everyone to get ready," he said.

As soon as Li Zhenchuan finished speaking, Gao Guoqiang lightly furrowed his brow. The reliability of the telegram was sometimes questionable, and it was hard to say at times, but old farmers generally made judgments based on phenomena. Not just because of ants moving, but also because of unusual activity in the mountain animals. If they didn’t harvest now, a real typhoon could cause even greater losses.

After discussing with Li Zhenchuan, Gao Guoqiang decided, "Let’s start harvesting early."

That evening, Gao Guoqiang immediately had everyone start emergency harvesting rice the next morning, and sweet potatoes and corn the day after that.

"Gege, what can we do, can the spring water in our space speed up the ripening?" Xia Xiao asked Shitou.

"No, but let the spring water go. Don’t worry, it’s okay to harvest now. Although it won’t be as plump as when fully matured, at least there will be some grain. Otherwise, if the typhoon comes, the grain would be shattered to pieces, and the loss would be greater."

Xia Xiao nodded, and early next morning, she joined everyone to rush the harvesting of the rice. The sun was very strong and scorching, and the rice stalks were itchy against the skin.

After several days of rushed harvesting, everyone was almost dead tired; yet, there was not a drop of rain or a hint of wind, and the weather stayed dry and hot.

People grumbled as if they had been deceived, and because the rice hadn’t fully matured, the yield certainly wasn’t as good as that of the matured one, so many were displeased and even discontent with Li Zhenchuan developed, even Xia Xiao who suspected the ants faced blame.

"Gege, do you think the typhoon will come?" Xia Xiao asked, her heart uneasy facing everyone’s sarcastic comments.

"It will, starting tonight," Shitou said.

"Are you so sure?" Xia Xiao asked.

"Mhm, I can sense changes in the weather."

As soon as Shitou said this, Xia Xiao wished she could hug and kiss Shitou fiercely. "Gege, I find you’re becoming more and more omnipotent by the day, capable of anything."

"I could always do this; you just never asked me before," Shitou said.

"Alright, next time I’ll definitely ask you," Xia Xiao laughed.

Originally, she had hoped the typhoon wouldn’t come, but now, seeing how unhappy everyone, even Li Zhenchuan, was with her, Xia Xiao hoped for the first time that the typhoon would come.

Li Zhenchuan was welcomed by many women here, but there were also men who were jealous and resentful. Of course, there was also Li Shengmei’s dissatisfaction with Li Zhenchuan; these past few days, as everyone was exhausted from the rush harvest, Li Shengmei’s influence caused everyone to become unhappy with Li Zhenchuan and Xia Xiao.

Li Zhenchuan had originally integrated into the community, but now many people started to distance themselves from him again. Even the women, like Li Shengmei, looking at Xia Xiao disdainfully, and Yang Hua, who had recently returned to work after giving birth, was cold towards Xia Xiao.