Chapter 109: Shelling Corn and Delivering the Grain Levy

The work in the fields was basically finished, and the family’s own plot had already been tidied as well.

Men, women, the young and the old in the village gathered at the drying ground to shell corn. This was a major undertaking: the dried kernels were to be delivered as grain levy, so they had to choose the best, largest ears and clean them thoroughly, or they would be criticized.

When grain was distributed to the villagers, they were simply given whole ears of corn to take home and process themselves.

Delivering grain as a levy was a different matter. If every production team turned in corn on the cob, the commune’s granaries would soon be overflowing, and it would also be inconvenient to manage and calculate. Therefore, the levy grain had to be shelled.

Su Mu let out a breath, opened his eyes, and pointed at the sky above his head. He did not bother with Lin Feng’s deathly pale face; instead, he closed his eyes again and began to commune with the soul tree to heal his damaged soul.

Once more he summoned five spiritual pulp berries and swallowed them. After a brief pause, Su Mu simply took out all the remaining spiritual pulp berries and arranged them before him, so that whenever he needed them he could lower his head and draw them in with one breath.

Watching Zhang Yunze score again and again on the giant screen, many people cheered in unison.

Pretending not to know them, it seemed these four were also deeply involved in dealing with Yao Tian.

Staring at the golden frame lacking its signboard, Su Mu remained in shock for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and hastily summoned it from his storage ring.

To his mind, this was a rare opportunity to make an impression. No matter what, showing his face before the old gentleman now might prove useful later.

But the defense that followed, after Tim Mello’s special training and the trials of the summer league, Zhang Yunze’s defensive level far surpassed that of domestic players. He pressed the entire court with high pressure; whenever the opposing guards wanted to bring the ball across midcourt, they had to spend seven, nearly eight seconds, or else resort to a long pass.

In order to achieve a breakthrough, Xiao Peng did not hesitate to spend a huge price, deliberately making his marked great-grandson stand out. When the end of life arrived, he intended to seize that body and be reborn through it, thereby gaining another thousand years of life to command as he pleased. Who could have known that, in the end, all of it would merely become a wedding robe for Su Mu? It was no wonder Xiao Peng’s hatred for Su Mu had sunk to the bone.

Su Ruoyao returned to the school dormitory because she was afraid the orphanage director would notice she looked unwell and start asking endless questions. Yet now she only sighed repeatedly in the dormitory, and her roommates paid her little mind; each went off to find her boyfriend. She spent the night alone.

Nangong Yu rolled up his trouser legs and increasingly felt the heat unbearable. It was far hotter here than daytime in the desert. At that moment, he only felt his mouth and throat dry, as though opening his lips would spit out fire. His whole body was flushed red, as if it might melt away.

Chu Cheng gave a faint laugh and did not look at Xu Qing’er. There was nothing to be done about it; this girl now looked at him with nothing but annoyance, so he might as well get on with something useful.

In ten minutes, Chu Cheng had successfully smashed out a long passage, one that could connect this place with the mountain road at the edge of the ravine.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Feng turned and moved behind her, wrapping both arms directly around her while controlling the power of lightning within a certain range so as not to injure Meng Yue, yet still leaving her unable to gather any strength.

If one day a stronger enemy were to capture her, then with Hua Cuo’s temperament, whatever the other side asked of him, he would surely do his utmost to satisfy their demands.

Hearing Leng Aoshuang’s words, Yan Zi and Yu Feng both shook their heads helplessly. They felt that Leng Aoshuang was far too foolish; at a time like this, she was still trying to defend Ye Lingtian. Was that not simply adding fuel to the fire?

Liang Man was telling the truth, but there was no point saying any of that now. After greeting Pei’s father and Pei Shaoyi beside her, Liang Man sat down on a chair nearby.

Back then, why had he fallen into those people’s hands just as she had? Was it truly only because he and Wang Weiran were deserters from Heart Island?

Cen Ziwei, who was watching Cen Rui and Lin Nianzhi at odds nearby, had a huge bead of sweat appear at the back of his head.

“I’ve already bought you a drink. If you want another, please pay for it,” Qin Yang replied with a smile.