Early the next morning, every household in Li Family Village was ready. At the production team captain's command, the autumn harvest officially began.
The old matriarch and her son had deliberately picked a remote spot. This way, they could avoid the village's gossips—those old biddies with nothing better to do than constantly ask about this and that. 'So annoying.'
But before she could even start working, Li Ende arrived with his entire family in tow.
"Sister-in-law, you're certainly up early," Chen Fengzhen said as she approached, setting down a basket at the end of the row. It contained cooled boiled water she had prepared that morning. "Why didn't you wait for us? I thought we agreed to work together."
