Chapter 31: I couldn't get rid of her, but I had to bow to her

Ning Xiyue's words really touched the captain's heart, making him so happy that he kept saying several good words, and the wrinkles on his face were filled with joy.

Next, the team leader assigned tasks for the new educated youth to work on tomorrow. Ning Xiyue was assigned to an easy group, the drying group, which specialized in drying grain on the dam. It was the easiest job among all the educated youth. The other educated youth looked at Ning Xiyue with envy, especially the older educated youth who knew the situation were even more envious.

The old educated youth all knew that the drying group was the place in the entire team where the work was easy and the work points were good. They only had to dry the grain on the dam, turn it over from time to time, and collect the grain on time, and they would earn seven work points every day. Moreover, only people on the team could enter the drying group, so it was absolutely impossible for the educated youth to enter.

Although other jobs pay more work points, they are tiring, especially during the autumn harvest. The work is heavy and the weather is hot. It is hot and tiring. After an autumn harvest, people become dark and thin. For those who have never experienced it before, it is like losing half their lives.

However, they could only envy and dared not say anything or make any extravagant demands. After all, they did not receive any certificates or letters of commendation. Most importantly, they did not dare to question what the captain said. No one in the team had any objection, let alone them.

The most popular person among the captain now is none other than Ning Zhiqing.

Ning Xiyue calmly accepted the envious looks from the educated youth. This was something she had earned with her own ability, so she was not afraid of anyone seeing or talking about it.

It won't hurt to take a look, and her job will still be hers.

"Okay, today's meeting is over. Everyone should go to work if they should, and do whatever they should do. The new educated youth should quickly finish their work today and go to their respective groups to start working normally tomorrow. The meeting is adjourned."

After the captain finished speaking, the members under him left the dam one after another.

Ning Xiaoxiao originally wanted to find the captain, but after Ning Xiyue won the award, there was also someone she was afraid of, so she didn't dare to go over to the captain to make trouble. While the crowd was trying to leave, she didn't even bother pretending to have a limp.

Chen Yechu, who was just coming down from the stage, saw Ning Xiaoxiao's appearance and shouted loudly as if unintentionally: "Xiaoxiao, your feet don't hurt anymore?"

This shout successfully attracted the attention of the people around to Ning Xiaoxiao's feet.

A young male member nearby looked at Ning Xiaoxiao curiously: "Hey, Ning Zhiqing, your leg is no longer lame? How come it got better so quickly? Aren't you going to ask the team leader for leave?"

"Well, my feet don't hurt anymore. The autumn harvest is the most important thing now, so I won't waste time asking for leave."

Ning Xiaoxiao smiled softly, but she was very impatient with the male members in her heart. She just wanted to leave here, so why were they surrounding her? If she went to ask the captain for leave now, she would just be scolded.

An old lady standing by said with a mocking smile: "I think Ning Zhiqing has an intermittent limp, haha."

He even wanted to ask for leave and not go to work. These educated youth have so many things to do. Just now he was slandering the new educated youth Ning in both open and covert ways, as if no one could hear him. Now that he sees someone else has won the award, he doesn't dare to look for the team leader anymore.

"Perhaps Ning Xiaoxiao, the educated youth, wants to learn how to limp so that she can blackmail others in the future."

Ning Xiyue, who was always looking for fun, said this in a muffled voice in the crowd, then turned around and moved to another place to continue watching.

An unknown aunt in the crowd heard what Ning Xiyue had just said and said, "Could it be that Ning Xiaoxiao was imitating Li Bozi's way of walking just now?"

"No..." Ning Xiaoxiao shook her head in panic and wanted to leave quickly, but she couldn't move in the crowd.

Li Bozi, who was walking slowly in front, was shot innocently. What he hated most was being imitated by others to walk. When he heard that someone was imitating him, he turned around and looked at Ning Xiaoxiao fiercely, "Bah, you little bitch, do you want to be beaten?"

Li Bozi even wanted to rush over and hit someone, but was stopped in time by the onlookers.

The captain, who wanted to chat with the comrades from the Public Security Bureau, frowned when he heard the noise below and shouted, "What are you doing? What are you all doing here? You don't want to work every day, don't want to share your food, don't want to eat? Ah."

Seeing the captain getting angry, the members of the team quickly distanced themselves from the matter and pointed at Ning Xiaoxiao and said loudly: "Captain, it was Ning Zhiqing who wanted to ask you for leave. She said her feet hurt."

Zhang Dawei asked impatiently: "Why are you asking for leave? What's wrong with your foot?"

"Captain, I don't need leave. My foot is fine. I'll go to work right away." Ning Xiaoxiao blinked her innocent big eyes and looked at the captain tenderly.

However, this trick of hers didn't work on the rough and uncouth Zhang Dawei. Instead, it made Zhang Dawei feel even more disgusted.

Li Bozi suddenly howled: "Captain, she was limping when she came here just now, but now she is not lame anymore. She must be imitating me. Captain, you have to make the decision for me!!"

"That's enough, stop howling." Zhang Dawei glanced at him, and Li Bozi suddenly fell silent. After the scene quieted down, Zhang Dawei looked at Ning Xiaoxiao coldly: "What's wrong with your foot? Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't. What are you trying to do?"

The lackey Wu Zhigang stood up and said on behalf of Ning Xiaoxiao: "Captain, Xiaoxiao's foot was pierced with needles. It was the new educated youths Ning Xiyue and Chen Yechu who pricked it with needles last night."

"Huh?" Comrade Ji, who had walked here at some point, looked at Wu Zhigang with emotionless eyes, cold and sharp, as if he was looking at an enemy on the battlefield, and asked in confusion.

Wu Zhigang was so scared when he received this look that he broke into a cold sweat. Then he remembered that Ning Xiyue had just received a certificate of merit from the police. If he said that Ning Xiyue hit someone with a brick and stabbed her foot, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the police? The other people in the Youth League were just standing by and watching. They would not stand on Xiaoxiao's side to help plead for her, so he stammered and changed his words:

"But, they gave her acupuncture to save... to save Xiaoxiao. Everyone said that acupuncture and bloodletting would heal a fainted person. Xiaoxiao woke up immediately after two injections. Everyone in the Youth League helped Xiaoxiao, and she should be thanked..."

The captain listened to Wu Zhigang's words, and combined with what the members had said just now, he knew what he didn't know. He looked at Ning Xiaoxiao with an icy look in his eyes and said, "Tell me what you mean."

Ning Xiaoxiao hated Chen Yechu who spoke first. Seeing that the current situation was totally unfavorable to her, she looked at the captain sincerely and said:

"Captain, I don't mean any harm. I just twisted my foot accidentally. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Now that it has healed, it doesn't hurt anymore. I just want to go to work. I am very grateful to everyone for saving me last night."

Ning Xiyue spoke up at the right time: "Captain, we helped her last night, and she hasn't thanked us one by one yet."

The captain looked at the members who were watching and the unconvinced Li Bozi, then looked at Ning Xiaoxiao and said seriously:

"Let's do this. Ning Xiaoxiao, go over and thank the people in the Youth Farm who helped you. Then everyone should go back to work and the matter will be over. Anyone who causes trouble again will have their work points deducted."

We have brought shame upon ourselves in front of the county’s public security comrades. How shameless!

Ning Xiaoxiao reluctantly walked to the front of everyone in the Youth Academy and thanked them one by one. Finally, she walked to Ning Xiyue and suppressed the resentment that had already reached her throat. She whispered, "Thank you."

"Strange." Ning Xiyue scratched her ears in confusion: "Why can't I hear clearly? Can you speak louder?"

She was happy to see Ning Xiaoxiao looking aggrieved. She liked to see Ning Xiaoxiao unable to defeat her and having to bow to her.

"Thank you for saving me, Comrade Ning Xiyue." Ning Xiaoxiao shouted loudly with her eyes closed, and the last few words "Ning Xiyue" sounded a bit like gnashing teeth.

Ning Xiyue stopped when she saw that things were going well, looked at Ning Xiaoxiao sincerely and said, "You're welcome. If you faint again next time, I'll save you. Don't worry, the little medical skills I've learned can cure everyone's illness, but I will do my best to cure your illness anyway."

This sentence made Ning Xiaoxiao very angry, but she could only hold it in.

The captain nodded with satisfaction when he heard Ning Xiyue's words. He didn't expect that Yuewazi not only liked to do good deeds, but was also humble and friendly, and knew a little medical skills. He was indeed a rare good comrade.

"Well, since everyone has accepted your thanks, let's stop here. Everyone, don't waste any more time and get to work."

After the captain finished speaking, all the members did not dare to delay any longer and went back to work one after another, with the excitement of watching the fun still lingering on everyone's face.