Chapter 364

Jiang Yue (4)

The two little radishes held hands and walked on the ridge together, looking like little things who could fall down at any time.

The weather was hot at noon; even the naughtiest children would hide in the house and not want to go out. Even the adults working in the fields would avoid the hottest noon time and chose to enjoy the shade under the trees. They would wait for the worst part of the day to pass before continuing to work.

Therefore, when these two children appeared here, they attracted the attention of a large number of people.

“Jiang Yue and Jiang Xing, what are you doing here?”

“Did you bring food for your mom?”

“I haven’t seen you for a while, you’ve grown so big.”

Everyone was chattering and calling at them.

Jiang Xing was relatively timid, hiding behind his sister, poking his head and not daring to speak. Jiang Yue said boldly, “We, we want to help my mother pick up rice.”

When rice was threshed, some of the grains would fall outside, and someone would need to pick them up afterwards. It was meticulous and time-consuming, but because it didn’t give a lot of work points, no one was doing it. Hearing these two children say this, the adults were silent for a while. Originally, they wanted to say that they were still young and couldn’t do much work, but after thinking about it, the situation of the Jiang family was really pretty bad. Thinking about how ruthless Jiang Xiumei was with herself these days, they didn’t say anything.

Someone pointed to a field ridge, “There, they were just threshing there and no one has gone to pick stuff up yet. Go there and pick them up, and remember to go to the captain to record your work points.”

Jiang Yue thanked him and ran over with Jiang Xing.

They originally thought that these two children would not be able to endure the hardships. As soon as the sun became too hot, they would definitely give up. No one expected that they would stay here for the entire afternoon. When the adults finished work in the evening, they also managed to pick up a basket of rice.

Jiang Yue heard that her mother was not scolding her, and said timidly, “I don’t want to study anymore, I don’t want to study, I just want to be with Mother.”

But when Jiang Xiumei heard it, she slapped her fiercely, “Is that all you can do!? Isn’t this just because there’s no choice? If there’s a choice and you say something like this, I’ll beat you to death! You don’t want to be someone at the top, and only want to be someone whose feet are covered in mud?”

Jiang Yue was startled again.

“Forget it, I can’t explain it to you clearly.”

Jiang Xiumei sighed again and said, “Have you seen the person who usually keeps track of work points? Why can he make money and get paid without working in the field? Isn’t it because he studied? If only I knew how to read, hmph!”

“Do you not need to work so bitterly anymore if you could read?”

Jiang Xiumei gestured at the thick calluses on her hands and the bloodstains on her shoulders, and said, “I don’t know if the work is going to be hard or not, but what I’m currently doing is certainly hard.”

Yes, it was definitely very hard work.

Jiang Yue could see it.

She really wanted to help her mother; she wanted her mother to live a good life, and she didn’t want to be given away.

Could she achieve all of that if she studied? Anyways, it was a possible path. She was too young to think of any other way.

But school fees were very expensive.

Jiang Yue thought, she had to think of a way. She couldn’t just sit still and wait to die.