Captain Chen brought Li Dashan to Leng Yuan's house at the foot of the mountain.
He knocked on the door and waited.
It was an hour when everyone else was still asleep. Chen Beiguo knew it was rude to disturb someone at this time, but all joking aside, the grain harvest couldn't be delayed.
Inside, both Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan heard the noise. Leng Yuan started to get out of bed, but Gu Jiaojiao told him to keep sleeping while she got up to open the door.
She hadn't done much work the day before, but Leng Yuan had been hard at it all night, and her heart ached for her husband.
Gu Jiaojiao went out and opened the door. Seeing the Captain and a man she didn't recognize standing outside, she couldn't help but ask.
"Captain, what's going on?"
When Chen Beiguo saw Gu Jiaojiao come out, he cleared his throat and explained the situation.
"This is Li Dashan, the captain of the Li Jiawan brigade. He wants to borrow our thresher, but since you two made it, the decision is yours."
