Since Zhang Guoquan got into the door, all his energy has been placed on his wife who was paralyzed in bed.

On the summer night of 1986, as the heat slowly subsided during the day, only a hint of breeze at night remained.

Zhang Guoquan was lying on a pile of wheat grains collected from the bungalow, looking up at the stars in the sky, and the wheat grains that had been drying all day long emitted a fragrance. This is one of the few red brick and tile houses in Yangjiazhuang.

The moon hung high above his head. It was eleven o'clock at night, and it was already late at night. For rural people, most of them had already fallen asleep, but he could not sleep yet. The task assigned by his father-in-law had not been completed.

After a whole day of fatigue, after a short rest, Zhang Guoquan sat up, with some wheat grains stained on his back. He gently patted it and walked out of the bungalow.

As soon as he got down to the stairs, Zhang Guoquan suddenly let his feet lightly and stopped there. He didn't dare to move anymore.

In the darkness, there is a room on the east side of the yard where Bai Ge's elder sister and brother-in-law live, and now Zhang Guoquan's elder sister and brother-in-law are also Zhang Guoquan's elder sister and brother-in-law.

The kerosene lamp in the room had been blown out, and a cricket chirping came from the vegetable field next to it, and the humming sound of the eldest sister from the east room rushed into Zhang Guoquan's ears, causing him to feel restless.

After a few fierce sounds, the east room returned to silence, and the elder sister's complaints came faintly.

"So quickly, I'm just about to ascend, alas, go to bed."

The entire dark yard was filled with only the chirping of crickets, but Zhang Guoquan's heart was as if he had been scratching his heart.

After waiting for a while, when he heard that the east room had completely quieted, Zhang Guoquan dared to start, but his steps were lighter.

If Bai Ge's elder sister finds him hiding in the corner and eavesdropping, she can't explain clearly without having a few mouths.

Taking a deep breath, he tried hard to suppress the restlessness in his heart, slowly opened the yard door, and walked out.

Outside the yard are two large poplar trees, half of which stretch out on the bungalow, and the shadows of the leaves scattered just spread on Zhang Guoquan's young and handsome face. When the wind blows, large leaves rustle.

Next to the two big poplar trees is a round wheat threshing farm. The site that was compacted over and over by stone trees looks flat and solid.

The stone carpet is the lifeblood of farmers, and it is carved with grooves. The blue-gray stone surface is extremely smooth and shines in the moonlight. It can be seen that it has been a long time, at least longer than the old yellow cow tied to the pulling wooden frame next to it.

"Old ox, it's so late, why haven't you been sleeping yet?"

"Don't compare with me. At least my father-in-law can still treat you as a treasure. I'm different. Maybe even your livestock is worse than that."

While muttering to himself, Zhang Guoquan picked up the wooden fork leaning against the poplar tree and walked into the wheat field, and began to turn the wheat straw that had been rolled by the stone during the day again.

With a light tweak, the wheat ears that were crushed by the stone carp were scattered all over the ground. The bottom layer was full of wheat grains squeezed out by the stone carp, but it was not enough. You still need to turn them over and grind them again so that most of the wheat ears can be removed.

This is also the task given to him by his father-in-law. Since he has no time to re-roll during the day, he can turn it over while he has time to go through it at night so that he can quickly get into the working state the next day and save time.

When harvesting wheat, it means catching grain at the tiger's mouth. There are unexpected situations in the sky. If there is a sudden rain or a fire one day, it will be considered as over.

In order to save time, the father-in-law has to do the farm work well even if he, his son-in-law, does not sleep.

In his eyes, the "thing" of the son-in-law is the cow he bought to work, and the more he uses it, the easier it is.

Zhang Guoquan understood that his brother-in-law and father-in-law could do farm work during the day, but his father-in-law was just like he was playing around and deliberately slowed down.

He knew that it was done by his father-in-law deliberately, with the purpose of increasing his workload, so as to straighten out the hair on his body, and firmly control it in his hands.

The two months after he was "married" were fine the previous month, but his father-in-law didn't call him much, and basically he handed over to another son-in-law who was hardworking and willing to do it, that is, Bai Ge's brother-in-law Wang Yonggui.

The next month, his father-in-law's attitude made a 180-degree turn, and all the dirty and tiring work were handed over to Zhang Guoquan. For this period of busy farming, he did not have a complete sleep.

The purpose is self-evident, to cultivate him into a livestock that he can be used as freely as his brother-in-law.

The father-in-law's open and secret attitude made Zhang Guoquan feel a strange feeling in his heart. Later, he realized that this feeling that made him uncomfortable was called "dignity".

Looking up at the stars above his head, Zhang Guoquan suddenly took a deep breath. His life had just begun. Could it be that he would live like this for the rest of his life?

"National all, national all..."

This was his wife Bai Ge calling him, and the sound was not loud, but it was enough for him to hear it on the quiet night.

Zhang Guoquan stopped flipping wheat straw, raised his head, took off the straw hat on his head, and saw that Bai Ge, the wife who "married" him, was sitting in a wooden wheelchair, holding a bowl of water in his hand at the door of the yard.

Zhang Guoquan put the wooden fork on the newly turned wheat straw and walked towards his wife.

Looking at the wheelchair under Bai Ge, Zhang Guoquan felt a little uncomfortable. This wheelchair was made for her the month he had just arrived. He liked to tinker with this kind of wooden thing since he was a child. At that time, he felt that he would become a great carpenter in the future.

But now, looking at his wife who was paralyzed with legs and could only sit in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, he suddenly felt that it was a bit ridiculous to be a carpenter at the beginning. It was such a fate that it was a mess.

"It's so late, why are you coming out?" Zhang Guoquan took the water from her hand and swallowed it into his stomach with big mouthfuls. He really felt tired and thirsty.

"Me, I see you haven't returned to the house to sleep..." Bai Ge looked at his shaking Adam's apple, and suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Zhang Guoquan finished drinking the water and felt comfortable. He gasped and said, "Your father asked me to turn the straw over today, and I will roll it again tomorrow morning. When will it be?"

Zhang Guoquan asked casually again.

When Bai Ge heard Zhang Guoquan say "your father", he felt a little uncomfortable. He knew that Zhang Guoquan still had not adapted to this family. To be precise, Zhang Guoquan still had a grudge against her.

She pursed her lips and said, "It's a little bit, why don't you do it today? It's too late. You've been working all day. Go back to the house to sleep and rest."

Bai Ge really cared about him. After only two months of getting along, she found that she fell in love with this man.

This is also the only one who is truly good to him in this strange home, Zhang Guoquan could feel it.

Looking at her somewhat disappointed face, Zhang Guoquan suddenly realized something and immediately changed his attitude: "Well, our father said we must turn it over today. Anyway, I have almost finished it. I will not go back to my house tonight. Our father said that he was afraid that someone would steal wheat at night, so he asked me to stay in the wheat field at night."

He finished speaking in one breath, and his chest was fluctuating violently because of his work.

When Bai Ge heard him say "our father", he laughed "splash". Looking at Zhang Guoquan's embarrassed look, he laughed so happily.

Bai Ge's voice sounds very nice. If you don't see her paralyzed body, just listening to her voice, you will definitely think she is a great beauty.

In fact, she is indeed pretty, but with her paralyzed body on the lower body, it is greatly reduced.

Although it was night, she was still a little stuffy on the summer night. The white pigeon top only wore a white vest short sleeve, which tightly wrapped around her chest like an apple. Because she didn't bask in the sun all year round, her skin was very white.

The white pigeon sitting in the wheelchair felt his hot gaze and was a little panicked for a moment.

Zhang Guoquan hurriedly moved his eyes away and said uneasy: "You go back to sleep first, I'll just make do with the wheat pile for a night today."

Bai Ge could only nodded in agreement. Although she felt sorry for Zhang Guoquan who was still working, she did not dare to disobey the tasks assigned by her father. In this family, there was no burden that she could not do any work, so she could speak.

This embarrassing feeling became stronger as she grew older.

It was not until she met this man that her dead heart became vibrant.
Chapter completed!