Many young women and wives in the crowd saw the legendary remarkable person Zhang Liunian for the first time, and were all stunned by his handsome face and tall figure.
"This Zhang Liunian is so handsome, more handsome than the children of cadres in the city. It's a pity my family doesn't have a daughter, otherwise we could talk about it."
"Get lost, that Zhang Liunian wouldn't even look at your daughter born with a face like a pancake."
"Exactly, look at comrade Zhang Liunian, he's comparable to the gods in the sky. To be worthy of him, one must be like our captain's daughter, Si Si."
"Si Si is the flower of our brigade, and the men who want to marry her have circled our brigade several times, but she doesn't fancy any of them. It seems her standards are also very high!"
"If I looked like that, I would also have high standards."
"Hey, stop talking, stop talking, Si Si is here."
"..."
The women who were gossiping immediately fell silent when they saw an exquisite and spirited girl walking from behind.
However, the protagonist, Wan Si Si, stopped and saw Zhang Liunian, who was starting to inspect the grain, in the crowd. Looking at his face, which shone under the sun, and his mature demeanor, her heart was struck.
"Si Si, is that Zhang Liunian from the Ten Mile Brigade? He's so handsome, much more handsome than any man I've ever seen," the round-faced girl beside Wan Si Si also saw Zhang Liunian and exclaimed.
Wan Si Si did not reply, but turned back with a slight blush on her small face.
With so many people here now, it was not appropriate for a girl to go forward. She would wait for an opportunity to see him up close!
After they left, the women started talking again.
"Why did she leave? Could it be that Si Si didn't even fancy Zhang Liunian?"
"Impossible, right? Zhang Liunian is capable and handsome. If I could marry him, I would be willing to die."
"Go, go, you indecent woman, be careful your husband comes to deal with you."
"Be careful you can't get out of bed tonight."
"Hahaha..."
The women chatted merrily, while the men selling grain stared at Zhang Liunian as he inspected the quality of the rice one by one.
Wan Xian Jin returned and saw the situation. He stepped forward and said proactively, "Comrade Zhang Liunian, please rest assured. We are all honest country folks, and we won't engage in any superficial tricks."
Zhang Liunian put down the grain in his hand, turned around, clapped his hands, and smiled, "Of course, I believe everyone doesn't have such intentions. It's just a glance, and I'm afraid there might be any oversight. Please forgive me!"
"That's true. When we sell grain in the county town, people are even more meticulous than you, and they even take it out to inspect it, like sifting through old rice."
"But you don't need to take it out. You can tell the good from the bad like this."
After Zhang Liunian finished speaking, he had Xiao Si and Xiao Wu carry the grain onto the scale for weighing, and then Zhang Lao Shi recorded and calculated the money.
Du Ziteng was responsible for the checkout, and soon a truck was full. The members who came to deliver grain were lined up far away.
Zhang Liunian originally thought that ten thousand a day would be the maximum, but he collected thirty thousand on the first day, and this was still due to his lack of familiarity with the business.
When it got dark, Zhang Liunian had just managed to finish collecting the grain from the Jiu Xiang Brigade.
"Comrade Zhang Liunian, come to uncle's house for a meal. It's not good to wait here like this." Wan Xian Jin saw Zhang Liunian and his companions waiting for the truck to arrive and proactively invited them to eat.
Seeing Wan Xian Jin's enthusiasm, Zhang Liunian stood up, took out ten yuan, and said, "It's fine if we don't go. Could you trouble Uncle to prepare four dishes and four servings of rice for us? Here's the money for the food."
Wan Xian Jin quickly waved his hands and refused, "How can I take this? You're buying our grain at such a high price, we are grateful to you. How can we take your money? No, no, I'll go get you the food." After speaking, he turned and ran.
Zhang Liunian looked at the "Da Tuan Jie" (a colloquial term for a 10 yuan bill) in his hand. After thinking for a moment, he decided to give it to him when he came back later!
"Brother Liunian, is this the last truck? Where are we going after this!" Du Ziteng, with a blade of grass in his mouth, sat beside Zhang Liunian, looking at the stars in the sky.
"We need to unload at the South City breeding farm, it might be a bit late." Speaking of the breeding farm in the South City, he wondered if the pigs had been moved out. If they had, he would have them cleaned up and used as a warehouse for now.
"It's okay, I'm healthy and I don't mind staying up late." Du Ziteng didn't care about this and said casually.
"It's only busy today. Tomorrow, I'll call a few people to be responsible for unloading. Tomorrow, after you finish collecting the grain, you can go straight home, and continue collecting the day after tomorrow." The reason it was so late today was that the handover of the breeding farm matters was not yet complete. He had only met a small portion of the people.
"I promise to help you complete the task." With nine more days of grain collection, Du Ziteng was very much looking forward to it.
"Are these dishes the ones you ordered?"
At this moment, a soft voice appeared. Zhang Liunian, Du Ziteng, Xiao Si, and Xiao Wu heard the voice and immediately turned their heads to look. To their surprise, they saw a petite and exquisite beautiful girl gracefully approaching with the dishes.
Behind her was a round-faced girl, who was cute and pretty. Although not as exquisite as the former, she was also very delicate and charming.
Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were at an age where they were easily smitten. Suddenly seeing two such beautiful girls, their faces immediately turned red.
Compared to their green reactions, Zhang Liunian and Du Ziteng were much better. After all, they both had people they liked. Although they would glance at beautiful girls, they wouldn't show any inappropriate expressions.
"It's here." Zhang Liunian finished speaking, stood up, and walked forward, intending to take the tray from her.
Wan Si Si, holding the dishes, looked at the tall and handsome Zhang Liunian walking towards her step by step. She was completely stunned, her feet unable to move. She could only stare blankly as he approached her, momentarily forgetting to react.
Zhang Liunian tugged at the tray. Seeing that she didn't let go, he finally realized something was wrong. He looked up and saw that the girl was staring at him blankly.
"..." Zhang Liunian felt a bit awkward. This was the first time he had encountered a girl who froze just by seeing his face. There had been many girls in the past who had developed feelings for him because of his face.
But a girl like the one in front of him, who stared blankly at him, was the first.
"Ahem, let me do it!" Zhang Liunian, not wanting to be in an awkward atmosphere, cleared his throat to bring her back to her senses, then took the dishes, turned around, put them on the sacks, and beckoned everyone to come and eat.
"This is today's food money. Please help me send it to Captain Wan!" After Zhang Liunian called out, he took out a "Da Tuan Jie" from his pocket and handed it to Wan Si Si.
Finally recovering from Zhang Liunian's handsome face, Wan Si Si looked at the "Da Tuan Jie" in front of her and immediately refused, "No."
Her father had told her before they came not to accept anyone's money, so she decided not to take it.
"Take it. This is what Captain Wan deserves. I can't eat anyone's food for free." Zhang Liunian extended his hand again, almost pushing the money into the young girl's hand.
"My dad said not to take money, so I can't take it." Wan Si Si saw Zhang Liunian's persistence in giving her the money and waved her hands in a hurry to refuse. At the same time, she tried to step back, but by accident, she fell backward.