In the blink of an eye, the autumn harvest was about to come. The members of the Dongfeng Brigade were looking at the crops in the fields and were very happy, thinking that this year would be another good harvest. But who knew that another group of educated youth would arrive at this time.

When the team leader Li Tiezhu received the news, he was so angry that he directly sent his son Li Jianye to pick them up. He did not show up at all and only said a few words when the educated youth entered the village.

Li Tiezhu stood in front of the brigade headquarters with a sullen look on his face. He glanced at the commune members and said, "These are the educated youth sent by higher-ups. They will all be from our village in due time. Everyone, get to know them."

The members below are no longer so curious about the educated youth. Not only that, they are even a little annoyed. After all, there were not many good educated youth among the previous batch. They all looked down on others all the time.

So, someone curious among the crowd asked, "What are you educated youth doing in our village? Why don't you treat us well in the city?"

"That's right, he said he was here to help us build the countryside, but it turns out he can't even use a hoe. He's worse than me!"

Li Heping said with a smile: "Haha, Er Laizi, what you said is really right. These educated youths have skinny arms and legs, and they are lucky to be able to carry a hoe!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he caused a burst of laughter. The new and old educated youth all blushed and wanted to refute him, but they could not find any reason.

Li Mingxi stood in the crowd and watched all this silently. Looking at the group of new educated youth, he guessed in his heart that this should mean the beginning of that period, and there would be more and more educated youth in the future.

Team leader Li Tiezhu saw the unhappy faces of the educated youth. Although he was angry that their team had assigned more educated youth, he also knew that the fault was not theirs, so he quickly stopped them. "Alright, stop laughing. Yang Zhiqing, you take these male educated youth to the educated youth dormitory. As for the female educated youth, Wang Zhiqing, you take them there!"

After Li Tiezhu finished speaking, a group of new educated youth followed Yang Qiangjun and Wang Hongxia and left. When the other members saw that there was nothing interesting to see, they all went home.

As soon as she got home, Niu Cuihua brought up the matter, "Old man, why are there more educated youth here? Didn't my elder brother say it was just that batch?"

Old man Li tapped his pipe and said, "I don't know either. From what Big Brother said, there must be quite a few educated youth coming here this time, otherwise they wouldn't have given us another batch."

Niu Cuihua thought for a moment and asked, "Could something have happened in the city?"

Old man Li glanced at his wife and said, "Don't spread this out. We don't know what's going on right now."

Zhang Huilan interrupted, "Mom, why don't we go to town and ask my younger sister? My father-in-law works in the commune, so he probably knows more."

Niu Cuihua thought it made sense, as this way she could not only visit her daughter and nephew, but also get some information, so she agreed immediately. However, they didn't find out anything when they went to the town, and later, because it was time for the autumn harvest, all these things were put aside.

When it comes to autumn harvest, the first thing that comes to mind is the overflowing granaries, followed by the various menial tasks. However, in those days when machinery was not yet fully developed, most of the work was done manually. It's safe to say that a single harvest can cost at least five pounds of meat. But the most pressing issue isn't the fatigue, but the heat. As for the fatigue, those who are used to farm work are not afraid of it. It's just the heat that makes it hard to stay still.

For the educated youth, autumn harvest is a big trouble, especially for the new ones. They have not yet adapted to farm work, and they have to do such heavy work all of a sudden, which is very tiring. It is like a baby who has not yet learned to walk, but is asked to run. It is simply not possible, so there are complaints in the educated youth camp.

Li Tiezhu was well aware of this, so he tried his best to let everyone work in the morning and afternoon. However, no matter how good the time period was, it was still tiring, so some people in the educated youth site quit working that day.

Song Qiang muttered, "I'm not going anymore. Whoever wants to go can go. I'm working all day long. I'm almost dead tired. Look at my arms and neck, they're all sunburned."

Yang Qiangjun said sternly, "No, everyone has to go. Otherwise, how will we distribute the food when the time comes? Besides, can you find any educated youth who don't do farm work?"

"But isn't it said that going to the countryside is to build up the countryside? Why do you make me do farm work every day?"

Zhang Guowei laughed when he heard this. "No way, brother, you're so naive. Look at this place. What needs to be built? Besides, even if you were asked to build a rural area, what would you do?"

Li Qiang also tried to persuade him, "Song Qiang, stop being so stubborn and hurry up. Take advantage of the autumn harvest these days and the high work points the team is giving you. Do more work. Otherwise, when the work points are calculated normally in the future, the food you are given won't be enough for you to eat."

Song Qiang was puzzled. "Ah? How can there not be enough food? Isn't there food in this field? There shouldn't be enough to eat."

Li Qiang rolled his eyes. "You don't think the grain from the fields is distributed right after it's harvested, do you? You're wrong. We have to pay the public grain first, and then the grain is distributed according to work. Anyway, what we got before wasn't enough to eat. Otherwise, why do you think those members, young and old, go to work with their whole families? Isn't it to get a few more work points?"

Song Qiang panicked, "Then let's get to work!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Qiangjun gave Li Qiang a thumbs-up. Li Mingxi was completely unaware of the incident at the educated youth camp. She was currently busy collecting food in her space. Going to school wasn't a big deal these days, and the teachers' families also had to collect food, so the school had given them a busy holiday.

Normally, Xiaoxi should also go to the fields to work, but because Niu Cuihua loves her and Li Aiguo has a job, Li Mingxi did not join in the autumn harvest. But she couldn't help but grow crops in her own space.

Li Mingxi sat on the ground, looking at the cornfield in front of him, "Yuezhe, it would be great if we could harvest this grain without having to do anything!"

Yue Ze licked his paw and said, "We can harvest this food without any effort! Look, isn't it being harvested right now?"

I saw the corns peeling off automatically and then piling up together. Li Mingxi was shocked by the scene in front of him. He couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but it was still the same.

I screamed, "Oh my God, is this true? Why did I see the corn being harvested automatically? Am I dazzled?"

Seeing Li Mingxi's inexperienced look, Yue Ze said helplessly: "You are not mistaken, it is harvesting automatically."

Li Mingxi was puzzled. "Then why couldn't it be harvested automatically before? Was it you who did this?"

"How is that possible? It was able to harvest automatically before, but you just didn't know it!"

Li Mingxi complained, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm almost exhausted. Are you telling me now on purpose?"

Yue Ze said aggrievedly, "Absolutely not, I thought you knew, and I thought you liked to do it yourself, so I didn't tell you!"

Li Mingxi wailed, "How is that possible? Am I crazy? I just like working! Forget it, it's not too late to know now. At least it will save me energy in the future."