The newly arrived educated youth were also assigned to different groups. The male educated youth were assigned to cut corn stalks, and the female educated youth were assigned to weed the vegetable garden.

These vegetables will take another half a month to grow; they are for the village to prepare for the winter.

Weeding is a much easier job than other jobs, but the work points are also very few, at most five work points a day.

Therefore, most people in the village don't really like this job.

Su Li was assigned to the same work site as Chen Shengnan, a veteran educated youth.

They belonged to Group Six, whose leader was a man named Yang Tiezhu.

Yang Tiezhu's subordinates were mostly educated youth and children from the village.

After all, the task of weeding this large vegetable patch fell entirely on their group.

With a cold face, he said to the educated youth, "Be careful with these vegetables. Don't pull the wrong ones or step on them. This morning, each of you will complete your assigned tasks. Those who don't finish are not allowed to go back. Let's get to work!"

Just as Su Li put on the gloves, she heard Chen Shengnan beside her say, "Do you need me to teach you how to do this?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Chen Shengnan demonstrated how to pull weeds cleanly and quickly: "Don't use too much force when pulling weeds, or they will break easily. Use a clever touch like this to pull them up by the roots. After pulling them up, pile the weeds aside and collect them all together when you need to take them out."

Chen Shengnan taught very carefully, and Su Li wasn't a complete novice who knew nothing at all.

Therefore, they were able to pull it out quite well in no time.

The two of them didn't say anything more and went about their own work. Chen Shengnan worked very quickly.

He had finished tending his half of the vegetable garden a long time ago, and then came over to help her.

Su Li was surprised that Chen Shengnan, who had been quiet for so long, would help her. She didn't say anything either, and just kept working.

Next to Su Li's vegetable garden were Su Jiaojiao and Zhou Yuting's. Su Jiaojiao would take a break from time to time to massage her back, while Zhou Yuting would cry as she worked.

When she occasionally glanced up and saw that Su Li's area was completely dry, her face showed not only envy but also a hint of jealousy.