Chapter 18

Wei Luan did not know why Lin Yi would say that about him.

Did she think that everyone else was like her just because she had another man in her heart?

“I’m glad you don’t.” Lin Yi took out two warm eggs from her pocket and handed them to Wei Luan. “Eat up.”

Were these for him?

Wei Luan was stunned. He stared blankly at the two eggs and hesitated for a while before taking them.

“What’s with your expression? You ran so fast this morning and didn’t even eat breakfast. You still have to do farm work this morning. How can you not eat?” Lin Yi stretched lazily. “I’m going to pick up beans from the soybean field later, so we’ll have lentil soup tonight.”

Seeing Lin Yi was about to leave, Wei Luan stopped her, “Hang on. Take this.”

Wei Luan searched his pockets and handed a white rabbit milk candy to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi was stunned. She looked at the slightly melted milk candy and reached out to take it.

“Thank you.” Lin Yi’s tone was a little unnatural. She remembered how fierce she was to Wei Luan just now and blushed. She changed the topic. “Where did you get this candy?”

In this era, white rabbit milk candy was considered a luxury item.

“The village chief’s son gave it to me. He said he wasn’t there to celebrate my wedding, so this came as a belated gift.”

Wei Luan’s family background was not very good, and not many people attended the wedding. Wei Luan usually had a good relationship with the village chief’s youngest son, Tieniu. When Wei Luan went to the meeting, Tieniu secretly gave him the milk candy.

After taking the milk candy, Lin Yi went to the soybean field to start work.

There were already many people in the soybean field, all women and children.

Although picking up beans was very easy, everyone was still not very enthusiastic about working. Even if they picked up more beans, they would not get more production points.

However, ordinary families would ask the children to come and pick up the beans. As long as they participated in the assignment, everyone could take a small handful of beans at the end of the day.

In an era of poverty, this was one of the few good things the production team had done.

In her previous life, Lin Yi was not hardworking. In this life, Lin Yi did not like farm work either. After picking up some beans, she sat on the ridge to rest. She dawdled until noon before leaving with everyone.

However, on the way back, Lin Yi saw a little boy in tattered clothes looking at them. She asked the person next to her, “Where’s the kid from? Why isn’t he picking beans?”

“He’s not from our village. He’s probably a beggar from the neighboring village. Don’t worry about him.”

After everyone had left, Lin Yi hesitated for a moment before she stopped in front of the child. Just as she was about to speak, the child turned around and ran away in fear.

Lin Yi reacted quickly and grabbed the child’s arm. “Why are you running? I’m not a man-eating demon. You’re not from our village, right?”

The child saw that Lin Yi was beautiful and had a gentle expression on her face, so he nodded timidly.

“What are you doing in our village? Are you begging for food?”

The child lowered his head as if he was ashamed, but in the end, he nodded.

This child probably could not get food in his original village, so he went to another village.

Lin Yi sighed. “Have you eaten today?”

The child shook his head, his dirty eyes suddenly filled with tears. “I didn’t eat yesterday either.”

At noon, Wei Luan smelled the fragrance of meat as soon as he entered. The strong fragrance made him swallow his saliva.

“Are you back? We’re having buns for lunch today. You can put the box in the bedroom,” Lin Yi said as she poked her head out of the kitchen.

Wei Luan was shocked when he walked into the house. He saw a little boy in tattered clothes standing inside. When the little boy saw him, his eyes widened and he shrank back in fear.

After a while, Lin Yi came in with two plates of meat buns.

Wei Luan pointed at the little boy. “Whose child is this?”

“I bumped into him by the roadside. He hasn’t eaten for two days. If he doesn’t eat now, he’ll probably faint from hunger.” Lin Yi handed the two steaming buns to the child. The child took them as if he was in a dream and could not bear to eat for a long time.

“Isn’t there no meat at home?” Wei Luan took a bun and took a bite. The fragrant gravy stimulated his taste buds and the soft bun skin melted in his mouth. Wei Luan felt that this was definitely the best meat bun he had ever eaten in his life.

“The educated youths returned a portion of the money they owed me, so I went to the villagers’ houses to exchange for some pork and noodles.”

Wei Luan fell silent when he heard Lin Yi’s words.

Originally, he thought that he would have to work harder to support her in the future. In the end, she was the one who spent money to buy meat for him.

Lin Yi was not the innocent Lin Yi from her previous life. She had been independent since she was young and had a high EQ. When she saw Wei Luan’s silence, she knew that he was embarrassed.