Tan Kah Kee pulled his fighting parents apart and put his drunk father to bed before he spoke to his mother about the loan of the water pump.

Lin Ju stopped crying and sat at the table wiping her nose: "Just lend it out. I was counting on your father to help me irrigate the fields this afternoon. I didn't give it to the mute next door this morning, and he went out to drink. He'll sleep for the whole afternoon and won't help with farm work at all."

Chen Jiageng thought that the family would not need it, so he lent it out without permission.

At noon, the TV showed the weather forecast. The weather conditions in Linhui Province in the next few days, the temperature in the whole province will rise by 1 to 3 degrees, no precipitation is expected in the next few days, and most areas will be sunny. Hengzhou 16 to 20 degrees cloudy to sunny, Yixian 12 to 19 degrees, sunny.

Lin Ju finished washing the dishes just in time for the weather forecast: "Not good, the temperature will rise in the next two days, and rice cannot survive without water. We have to irrigate the fields quickly today. Otherwise, it will be too dry and the rice won't survive. Go and ask Jiang girl to use it quickly, because we will need it later."

Tan Kah Kee responded, "I'll help you later."

Lin Ju asked him again: "Where are your brothers? Why don't you come to help me? Which man doesn't help in the fields?"

Chen Jiageng did not stop writing and did not raise his head as he answered, "My brother should have gone out with the sister he introduced. Chen Jiahao should have gone out to play, right?"

Lin Ju was furious again: "Your brother doesn't study hard all day long. I saw his schoolbag on the ridge of the field yesterday. He must not have gone to school. He just threw his schoolbag aside and went out to play. The two elders tried to stop him from beating him. He is really lawless."

Tan Kah Kee put down his pen and said, "I'll go to Jiang Yuan's house first to urge him to do something."

"Okay, let's go quickly. That little girl is so pitiful. Her father died, and her mother ran away with the money. The compensation for her father's death should be tens of thousands. She has her hands and feet, can't she support a daughter and an old man? She is so cruel. She just wants to give up her own flesh and blood. She didn't leave any money for the two of them. On the day she left, she said she was going to work, but when she got home, she took all the money. We knew she ran away and there was no way to catch up..."

Tan Kah Kee left before he finished listening. He had heard about her family's affairs. If something happened in a village, the whole village would know about it in no time. Everyone felt sorry for the two grandparents and grandchildren, and tried their best to take care of them.

Their family used to live far away from Jiang Yuan's family, so they didn't visit each other much. In fact, Jiang Yuan was his junior high school classmate.

There were two classes in the first and second year of junior high school, and they were the top students in both classes respectively. Later, the two classes were merged into one in the third year of junior high school. She regarded him as her competitor openly and secretly, and they didn't have much communication with each other normally, and at most they competed secretly.

In the third year of junior high school, he once again walked behind Jiang Yuan and her friends, and inadvertently heard her father also say that he would send her to high school. He also felt a little sad about this situation. In the end, he was the only one in the town who went to high school.

He didn't go to their house but went straight to the village pond, and sure enough, he found Jiang Yuan squatting there studying the machine.

She had been squatting there for a long time. Without the manual, she was not sure how to use it, although it should not be difficult. But she studied it for a long time and pressed the button but nothing happened.

Tan Kah Kee approached: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yuan looked up and said helplessly: "I don't really know how to use it, can you teach me?"

Tan Kah Kee also squatted down. Although he also helped with farm work at home, his parents had always been responsible for the irrigation work. He had never been involved, so he felt a little embarrassed. "Let me see."

He suddenly remembered that every time he used the water pump, he had to pull out the wires from home, and he didn't seem to have brought the wires with him. So his ears turned red: "I don't think I have connected the wires for you, I'll go get them later."

Jiang Yuan heard this and thought: It really isn't my problem. He smiled gently and said, "Thank you for your help. This is my first time doing this and I don't know anything."

Tan Kah Kee suddenly felt even more ashamed. He ran home and shouted as soon as he reached the door: "Mom! How do I use the water pump? Do I need to connect it to the wires?"

Lin Ju walked out of the door in a hurry, wiping her hands on her apron. "Why don't you know how to use the water pump? You need to connect the wires first and then press the button. Ours is a new water pump that your second uncle brought from outside. It's very simple. Jiang girl has been borrowing the old water pump from the house next door, so she definitely doesn't know how to use it. Here, the manual is here, go help her. This new machine is very easy to use and pumps water very quickly. Hurry up and come to our fields after you finish pumping."

Chen Jiageng took the instruction manual and flipped through it roughly. Feeling that he had an understanding of it, he quickly picked up the line, stuffed the instruction manual into his pocket, and ran to the pond again.

He didn't take out the instruction manual, but quietly turned on the power for her and taught her while he was doing it.

"Just press this at the end and that's it. It's that easy."

Jiang Yuan was generous with his praise: "Wow, thank you, this is really convenient. Uncle Lin's water pump next door is much more troublesome."

Tan Kah Kee smiled faintly: "You can just borrow ours next time."

Jiang Yuan thought that the child looked pretty when he smiled. The original owner's previous impression of him was only that of a cold and powerful opponent.

After the water is poured in, the next step is to sow the germinated seeds into the ground. This step looks simple but is actually very physically demanding. The fields flooded by the water are like a swamp, and every step is difficult in boots.

Although she was old, her grandmother came over with a bottle of water and insisted on going to the fields to help her work. It took her an entire afternoon to finish tilling the three acres of land.

From a distance, I could hear Aunt Lin Ju shouting, "Jiageng, Jiageng is gone, come back for dinner!"

He looked up at Jiang Yuan's house. It was getting late and they would soon be out of sight. Grandma Jiang went back to cook while Jiang Yuan slowly weeded the last ridge behind her.

She felt a little tired. She felt like she was stinking from the day's sweat. She had a hard time walking and there was not much food at home in the evening.

She lowered her head and slowly spread the last piece of soil. Then a voice suddenly appeared, "Give me some and I'll help you." In the dark night, she couldn't see clearly when he came, but this voice was like heavenly music to Jiang Yuan.

She pretended to refuse: "I don't feel comfortable with that." She said politely but had already held out the basin.

Tan Kah Kee didn't care. He took most of it and helped her sow the seeds from the other end.

At home, Chen Jinshu had already poured himself a glass of wine. Lin Ju had prepared dinner and called for Chen Jiageng for a long time but he didn't come back. She wondered, "Isn't it almost time to finish his work? Why hasn't he come back for dinner yet? Chen Jiahao, go call your brother back for dinner."

Chen Jiahao had not walked far when he met two people walking back side by side. He put his hands to his mouth and shouted, "Brother! Stop picking up girls and go home to eat!" Then he ran back.

Upon hearing this, Tan Kah Kee turned around and looked at her nervously: "He didn't mean that. I'll go back and beat him up."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Hit him a few more times."

People in this era care a lot about reputation, but since they are young, they won't be judged by others. If the news gets out, they will probably be teased wherever they go.

When Chen Jiageng saw that she was indeed not angry, he said goodbye to her directly and distanced himself from her.

Before she had walked a hundred steps, she couldn't help but look back. She seemed very tired and walked slowly. It was already dark.

He couldn't help but feel annoyed: he should have sent her home.

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