Aunt Hu said, "I said, you two have harvested wheat before, but do you know how to harvest wheat? The four of us are harvesting one plot of land together. Oh dear, we're old, we can only finish our own work, otherwise our backs won't be able to take it if we do too much."

Luo Jingyan knew that she and her brother were being looked down upon, and said, "Auntie, we've never worked in the fields before, and we don't know how much we can harvest. But if we can't finish, we absolutely won't stop working. Even if we have to work until the wee hours of the morning, we'll finish what we're supposed to harvest."

Aunt Hu was terrified when she heard this. "You're all too slow! If the four of us work together and you still can't finish, the two of us will have to stay with you until the wee hours of the morning!"

Luo Jingyan said, "We don't want to drag you two into this either. How about this, the four of us divide this land up again. You can finish your work and leave without worrying about us."

Aunt Hu was finally pleased. "Young educated youth, you said it yourself. After we finish our work, you should tell the team leader that it's not that we're abandoning you."

"I understand, Auntie." She was worried that the two old ladies would hold her back.

"Come on, let me teach you how to harvest wheat first."

Aunt Hu gave a rough demonstration, and together with Aunt Hua, they drew a boundary on the ridge in the middle of the field. Whoever finished harvesting their own plot first would be allowed to leave work first.

Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian both put on yarn gloves. When Aunt Hu saw this, she laughed at them, saying, "Look at these city kids, they're so delicate. I've been harvesting wheat for decades and have never worn gloves. The calluses on my palms are thicker than gloves."

Aunt Hua said, "How can someone doing farm work for the first time compare to your old fur coat?"

The two old ladies chatted as they worked, discussing everyday matters in the village, even the question of who the father of the puppies was when someone's dog had given birth.

In her previous life, Luo Jingyan was not only a head chef and the owner of a chain restaurant, but also a farmer.

In her previous life, she had simply done it for fun, using a sickle to harvest some wheat, and she was quite adept at it.

With his left hand grasping the wheat and his right hand holding the sickle, he swished and swished, and several rows of wheat fell to the ground.

"Xiao Tian, ​​how are you? Can you cut this thing off?"

"Don't worry, sis, I've already cut a few bunches."

Luo Jingyan saw a small pile of cut wheat next to him: "Okay, let's continue. If you can't finish, be sure to tell your sister."

"I understand, sister, but I will persevere."

He's not a child anymore; he shouldn't keep worrying his older sister.

Luo Jingyan works for two hours in the morning, then goes back to the educated youth settlement for lunch, and then comes back to continue working.

In the first two hours of the morning, Luo Jingyan was a little faster than Luo Changtian, but she deliberately didn't catch up with the two old ladies, letting them be smug for a while.

As soon as I returned to the educated youth settlement, I heard crying coming from inside.

"Oh God, why did you send me here? Farm work is so hard! Waaah, can anyone help me?"

Luo Jingyan knew from the sound of it being like a theatrical performance that it was Du Yinan complaining.

They went inside and saw Du Yinan sitting on a rock, sobbing.

Fang Zhiyuan thoughtfully handed over a rough tissue. "Du Zhiqing, wipe your tears. Sigh, now that you're here, crying won't help. The old educated youth said that you'll get used to farm work after a while. Look at them now, they're no different from the local farmers."

Du Yinan glanced at the paper, but didn't take it. She continued to cry, "But I'm not them, I can't take it. Dad, Mom, who can hear my cries? Who can see how I'm suffering?"

Fang Zhiyuan was heartbroken; if he could, he would be willing to help Du Yinan with the work.

Liu Huifang was getting a headache from Du Yinan's nagging. "Are you ever going to stop? You come back from the fields and start crying. Do you see anyone else like you? You have the energy to cry, so why can't you do more work? I've never seen anyone like you, so delicate and spoiled."

Du Yinan was afraid of Liu Huifang. After being taught a lesson, she changed from crying loudly to sobbing softly.

After dinner, Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian went to the field. Aunt Hu and Aunt Hua had not yet returned. She took out two apples from her "pocket" and handed one to Luo Changtian.

After the siblings finished eating the apples, the two elderly ladies, Hua Hu and her husband, arrived together.

This time, Luo Jingyan didn't hold back, grabbing the wheat and cutting it quickly.

Because it gets quite hot at noon, she wanted to leave work early and go back to the educated youth settlement to cool off.

Before long, she overtook Aunt Hu and Aunt Hua. Seeing that his sister was cutting quickly, Luo Changtian also sped up his pace.

After cutting half of the land, Luo Jingyan stopped. She would cut the rest in the afternoon. After resting for a while, she met up with Luo Changtian, and the siblings finished work and went back to the educated youth settlement.

The sun was blazing, and Aunt Hu and Aunt Hua were both sweating profusely and had back pain from exhaustion.

Aunt Hu was extremely envious of Luo Jingyan. If she had known, she wouldn't have separated from Luo Jingyan and her brother to work.

When Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian returned to the educated youth settlement, none of the others had returned yet.

Luo Jingyan pretended to take a pear out of the box and handed it to Luo Changtian: "Eat."

The siblings sat comfortably in their dormitory eating pears.

Before long, Song Yinglan and Ning Peipei, who were in charge of cooking, returned together.

“Someone’s already back, so early.” That was Song Yinglan’s voice.

Luo Jingyan and Luo Changtian had finished eating the pears. Luo Jingyan ordered Luo Changtian, "Lie down quickly!"

Luo Changtian obediently lay down on the kang in Jiang Manyue's spot, and Luo Jingyan also lay down. Before Song Yinglan and Ning Peipei even entered the room, she patted her leg.

"Ouch, my leg!"

"Ouch, my back!"

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